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I saw/see far more Bosch bikes and large direct drive hub kits fitted to Carreras than e- Carreras with Suntour HESC.

I think bike4two made a good point: The block that has lower voltage than the rest may have a faulty cell, it will discharge faster that the other blocks. When the difference becomes large enough, the protection system in the BMS will shut down the output to prevent fire. On charging, the...

she will use the devalued Pound as the proof of growth, achieved purely on the back of inflation.

the BoE has hit the QE button. It is now the buyer of last resort for KK's Treasury bonds. On the news, the Pound fell 1.5%. My guess it will continue to fall. What will Liz Truss have to say at the next PMQ?

that's the effect of quantum entanglement. It's the same Labour party across time and space.

for many imported products from China, the underlying price is in RMB although the strike price is in US dollars. A year ago, the Yuan (RMB) was worth 16 US cents, now 14 cents, so it is affected like the Euro. The £ price of the bike components I buy now is about 8% more than what I paid back...

Putin knows that Russia has huge fossil energy resources and a surplus balance of payments. He knows that the entire Europe relies on his gas, he thought he could not possibly lose.

a lot will depend on Liz Truss. The mess we are in is caused by her wanting to deliver taxcuts way too soon. If she does a u-turn on her tax cuts, showing the world that her government is fiscally conservative (ironic isn't it, a conservative party whose policy for the economy is seen by most...

I wonder what Russia could be if it did not have Putin for dictator or if it was a member of the EU. Their young people would not have queued for days to cross to Finland, Georgia, Mongolia etc to avoid being sent to Ukraine.

I watched KS speech this afternoon and was impressed with the idea that if Labour wins the next GE, within a year, Labour would set up GB Energy to invest in renewables. It would be publicly owned. Brilliant idea.

he should change priority from growth to controlling inflation and help for British exporters. That's where the bulk of extra borrowing goes anyway. It was his stupid reaction to the market's rejection of his plan that caused our borrowing cost to double over the weekend. When you need to borrow...

you seem to say that Russia was pushed into invading Ukraine by NATO and the USA and Zelenskiy should have given in, give to Putin what he wants to avoid devastation of Ukraine. While it's still unclear if there is any truth in Russia being pushed, some of us disagree with you about both Putin...

42NM. The last price rise was last January 2022. In view of the 20% fall in GBP exchange rates since then, all Woosh products will go up in price on 01-October by 7% on average. I expect we'll have to increase price again in January 2023.

I reckon it'll be 1.03 in the morning. The BoE has no gold reserve, we have a huge deficit in the balance of payments, an economy in recession and need to borrow immediately an awful lot of money to keep the boilers on this winter. Liz Truss still believes she can give us a world beating...

BoE statement just now: we'll not hesitate to raise interest rate. KK has nothing to say. BBC journalists are queueing up to explain why our economy is in such a mess. In so doing, explain also why KK is an idiot. Labour gets a free gift. BTW, the market expected the BoE to increase interest...

it's not the number though. Firstly, more migrants arrive in France, Germany, Spain, Italy than UK. Secondly, our government declares them illegal because of their method of arrival but subsequently, accepts most (about 90%+) of their applications. If our government declares only those whose...

the facts seem to contradict that view. All those come by rubber boats are deemed illegal and yet, nobody gets sent back or to Rwanda. So where do they go? What do they do? Most are in fact allowed to work permanently, only some temporarily.

completely beside the point. Dictators rely on corruption to build their regimes and the regimes rely on wars to keep their people under their thumb. Under the circumtance, only the young adults have the physical strength to leave. We are lucky to live in a relatively liberal society, we can...

Sunak was right to prioritise inflation. Kier Starmer is always obsessed to appear business friendly to the point of aping everything the tories do, so he embarks on making plan for growth to compete with KK. The whole world is going through a low growth, high inflation phase because of the war...

it depends if KK and his Number Two at the Treasury (Chris Philp) can keep their mouths shut and show a bit of humility to those who are still prepared to buy our sovereign bonds. KK's cockiness on Friday costs the Pound 3% against the Dollar and 2% against the Euro. As we import so much of what...