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Quite simply, an ultra-simplistic assertion not based on real world performance. Why, even the use of higher-power motors to enable such acceleration increases mass and therefore energy required. Add onto that the psychological factors which result in someone with a fast accelerating vehicle...

I generally agree. The incredible acceleration possible in (some) electric vehicles is a danger in itself. How many people when out and about, whether in a vehicle or not, mentally allow for the possibility of the vehicles they see managing 0-60 in just over two seconds? And making due...

Would the world be a better or worse place if Branson and Bezos take off on the same day and ended up racing all the way to Mars?

So George Galloway Go back to Alloway Don't split the vote You odious old scrote As now your supporters fall away.

I know it wasn't - but the rest of the Leaf was pretty much OK! I'm not unhappy with many of the changes from ICE to BEV - it is very much the internal colour and light! But that Ariya combines horrible paint with a design which I find deeply unattractive - though I know why some of it is as it...

Well, on the Leaf I drove, it wasn't the actual shapes of things, where they are, etc., it was the depressing darkness of the cabin. I usually drive one car with an opening glass sunroof, and another with a fixed panoramic roof. I find the lightness from up above is much more pleasant. But the...

Watched and that guy said lots of things which I really don't agree with. I don't find it attractive. The interior is far too dark for my taste. Might well be successful - as has been the Qashqai - but I didn't like that either - except the panoramic glass roof option.

Sunak has failed to get a financial services deal with the EU and has given up on that. Was that one of the easy deals?

The £135 is indeed the duty threshold, I agree. But it is also the threshold for whether the VAT charging is at source (i.e. vendor abroad) or at point of importation. If the item is over £135, yes, certainly the carrier will charge the recipient. Under £135 VAT should have been charged by...

Partner has just ordered something from Italy. (From a company she used many times before brexit - but has refused to register with HMRC and so will not supply goods under £135.) The Italian company is under the impression that the £135 bar is supposed to include P&P - it isn't. What she has...

And if those companies don't register for VAT with the HMRC (and do returns, remit funds, etc.) what can and will HMRC do? Can you see HMRC chasing companies across the world for failing to register and collect VAT? Indeed, it might even be illegal for some to do so under their own laws...

Did you know that Sunday 4th July is Thank You Day (in the UK)? I had not the slightest idea until about thirty seconds ago. I'd never even heard of such a day.

Even if they did reach those safety standards, just how many would be allow to be flying over, say, London? I simply cannot see sufficient numbers being allowed to fly simultaneously to make a significant difference to existing traffic. There is a possibility that they could be of use in more...

Some fairly amazing education on this thread.

On the other hand, a football game doesn't last as long as a cricket match. (Although there might be rare exceptions.)

A vendor within the EU exporting to the UK would be expected NOT to charge their country's VAT at all.

And it also says: You will not have to pay anything to the delivery company to receive goods worth less than £135 unless they’re gifts over £39 or excise goods (for example, alcohol and tobacco).

That looks difficult to argue with this specific statement on government website: Goods worth £135 or less in total If you bought the goods yourself and they are not excise goods, the seller will have included VAT in the total you paid. https://www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad/tax-and-duty...

Absolute proof that Gove knew private email should not be used for government business - over ten years ago! Freedom of Information to include ministers' private texts By Chris Mason Political correspondent, BBC News Published 30 September 2012 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19775763

That would count as an OMP - and I completely agree that they are doing as you say (though the admin cost might vary a bit). I am referring, primarily, to those who sell directly and couldn't give a damn about HMRC. They charge the same price (e.g. $100) within the USA or when sent to the UK -...