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  1. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The EU is the best thing that has ever happened in Europe. Joining the EU was the best thing the UK ever did. All the great things that have been achieved in the UK over the last century occurred when we voted in a socialist government. The other party, that of millionaires and billionaires...
  2. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The rich are well able to withstand what will surely be hardship for the ordinary folk, a great many of whom actually voted for this nonsense out of ignorance and blind hatred for their fellow man, based on race. If the evil fascists of the tory party continue to proceed towards 'Brexit', then...
  3. oldtom

    I got my A2B Hybrid, and I'm hating it.

    The oft-repeated advice to test-ride several different bikes applies in your case, 'wheatear'. As to the question you pose in the last sentence, any decent bike seller will happily tell you which system a particular model employs. Ring a few and ask them; then you can perhaps get around a few...
  4. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    When your country is in a complete mess with its currency devaluing by the day; when tens of thousands of its people have to rely on food banks and charity handouts to survive, step forward a great, radical politician who promises a new dawn........(perhaps that should be a Third Reich!) I give...
  5. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Some may have seen this lyrical take on 'Brexit' implications from the Edinburgh Festival but here's the link if you missed it: Tom
  6. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    This has been bandied about frequently yet it is the stuff of myth! The UK has never lost its sovereignty nor its ability to create or alter British laws so we cannot take back what has never been lost or ceded. The simpletons in our society love to grab hold of any xenophobic material spouted...
  7. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Many people seem totally unaware of the magnitude of revenues earned through the London financial district which forms a major plank of the services sector. The capital has been subsidising the rest of the country for many years and the biggest risk to UK solvency is that the huge volume of...
  8. oldtom

    Ebikes abroad

    Cycling in southern Spain for both fitness/sport and leisure/utility has grown enormously over the years I have lived here. With a high level of northern European ex-pats living here, electric-assisted bikes have become very popular among that age group and even the rather high-end, road-race...
  9. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I can report from speaking to many of my ex-pat friends here in southern Spain that they are really feeling the pinch now that the pound doesn't buy many euros. These people are all pensioners and some of them who were able to vote actually voted 'Out'! Obviously, my heart bleeds that they...
  10. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I agree entirely Dave. That will be crux time; the litmus test of the whole issue and the point where elected parliamentarians determine the way forward for the country, rather than the media and Farage, unelected to parliament, banking the nation's future on a freak referendum result. It...
  11. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Mrs May has confidently announced that we will trigger Article 50 by the end of March next year. Excellent!.....except it has this air of déjà vu about it and history has a habit of repeating itself. Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six...
  12. oldtom

    Labour Party - is there hypocrisy abroad?

    Jackie Walker, Momentum’s Vice Chair has come under attack from the Israeli lobby and mainstream media for anti-Semitism. This begs the question: If a Jewish woman cannot criticise Jews or Israel, then who the hell can? We have to get over this mindset that anti-Semitism is "special racism,"...
  13. oldtom

    The judiciary and the NHS

    Those who saw the hugely proclaimed victory for Jeremy Hunt over the junior doctors were not availed by the media of the full facts which brought about that decision. A better understanding of what happened and where we are now with the issue is recorded here...
  14. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yes, it was very noticeable on yesterday's TV that the tory propaganda machine had gone into overdrive to give the Brexidiots something to cling to while the muddle continues with no good news from any quarter outside of a few 'august' bodies entirely populated and funded by tories. I felt...
  15. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yes, sod the EU! Let's do our own thing and reduce the power limit on EAPCs and let's get our speed limits down to sensible levels......and ban those nuisance, small petrol bikes. That'll show 'em! Moreover, how nice it would be to re-establish our own British road signs - I mean, who needs...
  16. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Perhaps if London were to declare UDI from the UK, that might grab the attention of MPs and the population! Alternatively, London, Scotland and NI? Tom
  17. oldtom

    England Football Manager

    Yes, one becomes very cynical when massive sums of money change hands in sport and going off at a slight tangent, the recent news about Bradley Wiggins made me feel very uncomfortable. Having watched the interviews with both Wiggins and Brailsford, I am unconvinced by the story being put out...
  18. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    May has the sword of Damocles hanging over her and she is well aware that there is a deep schism within her party. It is for that reason that she selected the '3 stooges' to lead the negotiations over 'Brexit'. Whatever they achieve (or otherwise) it will need to be considered by the whole...
  19. oldtom

    Always be prepared to haggle......

    Tom
  20. oldtom

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I must have missed these views on 'Brexit' as these were around in June but I have just come across them: https://www.buzzfeed.com/h2/vflt/natalyalobanova/dogs-with-opinions-on-brexit?utm_term=.ypOOVdm5O#.ufdXeq7BX Tom