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With respect 'Iosw', perhaps you haven't been giving the reporting of the 'Brexit' issue in the media your full attention but there is no deal on the table now nor will there be a deal after Article 50 is invoked. The EU doesn't need to do anything for the UK as it is not dependent on us for...

I asked you two questions which you have not answered as indeed you needn't. You, by way of reply, ask me a question the answer to which is well known to anyone who understands how the EU is structured. Nonetheless, I will answer your question: I am, like everyone else in the UK, neither...

Whether she is waffling or not Dave, somehow I don't think she will remain as leader of the tory party for very long. Thatcher was eventually stabbed in the back and May will probably be removed as a result of a bloodless coup....or maybe even a bloody one! Tom

Correct me if I'm wrong but you seem to be suggesting that we should take the momentous decision to leave the EU, based on a poll, rather than a decision taken by parliament after the normal debate and vote. Is that what you think should happen? Also, could you tell me why you think leaving...

While I'm not sure about your premise in the rest of your piece, I'm with you all the way on the 'democracy' point! Being elected to what has been called, 'The best club in London' is to get on board the finest gravy train in the country and principles are easily cast aside should they...

I hadn't realised, Trex, that Wales voted to remain but I'll take your word for that. Regardless, I find it interesting that the Westminster joke shop we call parliament has yet to formally vote on the issue while we know that Scotland, N. Ireland & London all voted to remain in the EU last...

I'm not quite sure what to make of the reporting by the 'Observer' about the distinct possibility of both our major banks and not so major ones exiting the UK should 'Brexit' occur. It's not exactly new news, having been mentioned quite some time ago and since repeated at intervals by various...

Many things have changed in British society and in most cases, not for the better. Intolerance of other people, neighbours and strangers, has risen immensely and racial intolerance has become widespread, no longer restricted simply to colour prejudice. Good manners are rarely in evidence...

The sooner this nonsense is behind us, the better! Tom

For many in the UK, that point arrived a long time ago but there are various definitions of poverty. Your point is well made though and reflects a society based on greed and selfishness. Today, materialism is worshipped in the way that God was three or four generations ago and that has...

I do beg pardon 'shemozzle' but I seem to have misunderstood as I thought you were in agreement with the Brompton CEO's view. Now, misunderstandings and failures to grasp the full picture may not matter one iota in online forums but if negotiations ever occur between the EU and the UK.....I...

I'm afraid I have to disagree with your assessment, 'shemozzle', of the Brompton position in the market and future prospects. Their bikes have always been very much a niche product but they have never diversified in any meaningful way which leaves them badly placed to compete in a global market...

Already, I believe people are becoming a little jittery as prices of quite a few things have crept up recently and now that fuel prices are clearly increasing, that will impact on everybody, whether they be motorists or not. Of course, there will be some who will continue to actually hand over...

Apart from the fact that the message about using phones while driving still hasn't got through to the moronic element on our roads, it pains me to watch cyclists still blatantly ignoring red traffic lights and I have witnessed several very recently. Tom

Apart from the morons driving on our roads, I have spotted cyclists several times recently blatantly ignoring the red light at junctions. Tom

Anotherkiwi, you are blessed by having the ability to view such matters with an objectivity absent from most of those in the UK who would have us divorce ourselves from the main body of European trade and economic co-operation. To be fair to those I refer to as 'Brexidiots', it is hardly...

I really admire your patience OG as it is very difficult to discuss politico-economic matters with those so immature they are prepared to accept the word of proven liars and are incapable of reasoned argument. The epithet, 'Brexidiot', suits such individuals very nicely. The party of the...

I'm surprised you find anything in the torygraph worthy of the adjective, 'interesting'. It has always been one of the major purveyors of tory central office propaganda and remains so today. In this particular case, we have the 36 year-old Allister Heath, deputy director of content...

Hi and welcome to the forum. The battery used in that model was also employed in the Kalkhoff Pro-Connect models with the Xion motor. I know there were issues with some early batteries but the importer, '50cycles' was pretty good about replacing faulty batteries under warranty. I experienced...

My biggest difficulty currently with this whole mess is the fact that even now, many of the massed hordes of 'Brexidiots' still cannot distinguish between the EU and a tory government, believing that all our ails are a direct result of EU policy/laws/rules/interference as Farage and his circus...