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Excellent result, showing how obedient our population is. An example to the world. Last year they were told to avoid Covid, and column 1 shows how well they did that. This year they were told to live with Covid, and column 2 shows they are doing just that. Makes one proud to be British. .

It's how the cabinet got where they are. .

No, he was neither politician or diplomat, as declaring himself the son of their God among the Hebrew people showed. More a nut case. .

You are far from the first to have said that. If we are to live in peace with all the world's peoples, being both politician and diplomat are essential. .

It's still an option in Annex D of the regulation last I saw it. But as you say in practical terms its a bit of a nonsense with many of today's pedelecs. As is the test of power at the motor "shaft" which isn't accessible without altering the pedelec to the degree that a test outcome is...

You are clearly referring to the Uyghur minority in Xijiang province. I don't push the system that the Chinese government are using to change this minority, but with my knowledge of Chinese dynasties through the ages I support them doing that. Many of those dynasty administrations have given...

Sorry, but you are off beam here with me. Although I express a view on political and religious matters and often firmly stick to it, I'll never back enforcing it. Simply because any attempt at enforcing validates others forcing their view. .

There is no official measurement of power for separate pedelec motors, as vfr400 has posted above, it's what the manufacturer says it is. The power tests in the official technical document EN15194 are only for complete pedelec bicycles and the most realistic one for a manufacturer to carry out...

I always respect the right of others to be wrong. .

"Should we merely stand by whilst other countries go about their business?" Emphatically YES. "We seem to be leaving China to do what it wants." As we definitely should. I believe as Danidl posted, "I suspect the Chinese are correct in their approach." The One Party democracy actually works...

The 250 watts is a rating, little more then a legal nicety. In practice the actual power obtainable usually ranges from about 400 to 600 watts and can even be higher. The ways of measuring it set out in technical document EN15194 allow considerable flexibility both of measurement and...

Much less efficient and not radical or new either. It was preceded by the Mando Footloose in 2016, using a near identical system., except that the Mando incorporated a lithium battery as well, giving it more flexibility: Information Link 1 Information Link 2 .

Country disadvantage: Information Link .

Little hope of that, it's already being recommended that owners use E5 for them. With the small amounts mowers and other garden machinery uses, the price difference won't be noticed. But I agree everyone should be changing to the best E of all, E - Lectricity. .

At 85 now I grew up with inches, but in my first employment in my teens I also had to use metric for three years. The end result since is that I've freely used them interchangeably all my life, using whichever is most suited to the job in hand. .

It's difficult to simplify and easy to complicate as most explanations make clear! However, you've got it right, 700c x 37-47 tubes are the right ones. 622, 700c, 27.5", 29" (aka 29ER) and even modern 650B are all the same diameter. Variations: 29" mountain bikes often have the rim wider to...

With a truly sensible head he wouldn't even have needed a helmet's protection and would still be riding his bike. .

Confirms what I've been saying ever since the pandemic began. It doesn't matter how well it's handled, at the outset or later, it will still catch up with everyone eventually if they don't have near perfect isolation. Policies can make it worse as we've done, almost no policy makes it...

Agreed and it's what I meant about the two sides, now China and Russia are increasingly aligned, also saying Afghanistan was effectively a neutral now. But a neutral like Switzerland is a long way off I fear. More a country which hates everyone. The USA, Russia and China have spoiled their...

The answer is that technology doesn't win that kind of war and never can or will. The Russians found that out the hard way and withdrew from Afghanistan in early 1989 after finding it impossible to beat the Mujahideen. The USA found that out in Vietnam when they fled in fear of their lives...