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  1. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yes when I saw the newly indoctrinated cabinet following BJ's lead I thought of this: blackwhite- The ability to accept whatever "truth" the party puts out, no matter how absurd it may be. Orwell described it as "...loyal willingness to say black is white when party discipline demands this. It...
  2. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I worry that you may well be serious not just trolling...
  3. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It's like Alf Garnett never left us
  4. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Cabinet reshuffle: Jacob Rees-Mogg appointed Viceroy of India
  5. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Maybe the sums for the budget didn't add up for Cummings & Co.... and with that in mind turning to Norton... A year ago, Stephen Barclay, the outgoing Brexit Secretary, said Norton was an example of a "great business" that would thrive when Britain leaves the EU. Norton collapse...
  6. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Boris Bridge... nah too puny Dutch plan to bringing back Doggerland and Britain back to Europe...
  7. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    British man sleeping on streets in Europe after being blocked from entering UK Fatush Lala, who has lived in UK for 20 years with British citizenship, stranded in Brussels after Home Office revokes passport with no warning – rendering him stateless.
  8. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Tories always have scapegoats on rota to blame for something - single mums, new age travellers, immigrants, disabled & poor rinse & repeat every few decades.
  9. Wicky

    Police ebike checks.

    Police or dongles?
  10. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    More specifically the Unionists as a carrot that they are literally connected to the mainland - and Johnson has a certain fondnest for muttering vague grandiose technologcal solutions for just about everything inc. housegold Rolls-Royce mini nukes as well as flogging around the world...
  11. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Trump has is obession with walls and Putin built the 12 mile bridge to symbolically link Crimea. Johnson has delusions of grandeur (World King kind of thing) and wants things to impress the big boys as if nukes and aircraft carriers aren't enough. Channel tunnel is now an inconvenience, so I...
  12. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ;-)
  13. Wicky

    Tyre Choice

    Schwalbe Marathon come with puncture protection.
  14. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    HPA INFLUENZA PANDEMIC CONTINGENCY PLAN 2005 PDF Some things will have been updated since then Pandemic Influenza Plan 2016/17
  15. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Before or after anyone eventually gets to see the Russian Report...
  16. Wicky

    Update on N.I. e-bike regs.

    Has anyone contacted Nichola Mallon asking her to clarify what precisely her aims are in regards to legislation / registration? “While it is currently legal to ride electric bikes here, this new legislation is required to simplify the requirements around registration, licensing and insurance...
  17. Wicky

    Mid Drive for off trail and Hub Motor for flat commutes, true or false?

    An oldie hill climbing mule from 2014 but I'm still happy with it (KTM hub drive) on and off road and still going on strong - though discontinued a year or two ago https://ebike-mtb.com/en/back-issue-ktm-erace-p-29-review/ Best get some test rides on a variety of different models / types.
  18. Wicky

    Update on N.I. e-bike regs.

    In mainland UK - Not unless they are s-pedelecs / e-scooter mopeds.
  19. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Ignore it and the issues arising from it and hope it will go away - while blaming businesses and EU for harking on about it.