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There is opinion that we need higher accuracy/resolution than is currently available for various purposes. That enhanced accuracy might not be available without some sort of privileged access. Also, making a seamless transition between locations where GPS can work (broadly, outdoors) and where...

And there was I thinking that our usual H&S rules mean that washing and toilet facilities should always be kept clean. And he says campsites will be allowed to open, provided washing facilities and toilets can be kept clean.

I saw that after my post - and thought along those lines. Mind, I can imagine India pushing forward with their own GPS-like system given the severe breakdown of relations with China. Or, the really sensible solution, get on board with Galileo. Magnifico-o-o-o-o.

What was that? A GPS system? A busted government looking at a busted company for a busted idea? UK seeking to scale back plans for independent satnav, report says Ministers reportedly exploring alternatives to plan announced in 2018 to build rival to EU’s Galileo project British ministers are...

Makes more sense than many other allegations: Johnson and May ignored claims Russia had 'likely hold' over Trump, ex-spy alleges Exclusive: Christopher Steele claims May government turned blind eye to Trump allegations...

Risk of death appears to be higher from covid-19 than terrorism or mental health or even both. The UK government has not acted as well as would have been hoped. It is at least arguable that there is more danger from our own government than any other source at present - if you allow failure to...

Wormtongue, ah!, yes, a name to summon up extreme untrustworthiness and intent to manipulate. Check Urban Dictionary, inter alia. Sir Chris Wormald, the permanent secretary at the Department for Health and Social Care, claims that at the point when hospital patients were being discharged into...

I agree with you. Further, the revelation that she got a fake version of herself removed undermines its claim to total freedom. If I want to post using any name whatsoever, that should be permitted - simply using first-come-first-served to allocate names. Faking your name is as basic a bit of...

An interesting hypothesis. However, this paper suggests the opposite! Current models for flu-like epidemics insufficiently explain multi-cycle seasonality. Meteorological factors alone, including associated behavior, do not predict seasonality, given substantial climate differences between...

I rather assumed you would look it up yourself! I certainly can't remember most of the issues. Just that Jack won against her. Certainly not a "wouldn't" in the sense of a refusal. :) I wonder how many of the claimed million are real? How many are UK-based? And how many will really move across...

You appear to be assuming that Libyan nationality automatically implies BAME genetic background.

Today, it is reported: Donald Trump declared “the silent majority is stronger than ever before” at his comeback rally on Saturday, but thousands of empty seats appeared to tell a different story. The outdoor, second crowd speech did not happen. No point relaying a speech to no-one.

Just wondering if a PM has ever sacked an entire cabinet, including him/herself? Ministers are expecting a wide-ranging government reshuffle in September in which Boris Johnson will sack key figures who are judged to have underperformed in the Covid-19 crisis.

Like the incumbent.

Just had a look. Don't seem to be able to view anything without downloading the app. Twitter's accessibility has been a vital element in its growth. Their attitude to abiding by the FCC and USA Supreme Court only has issues. Just why should I abide by their rules? And why can I not take them to...

So far from it you wouldn't believe! I had no idea whatsoever about this side of my family. Seems his father got a maid pregnant - and the offspring was to become my grandmother. The maid was sent away from Cambridgeshire to Manchester to have the baby. If the story is right, he got the maid...

I forgot about the purple tabard wearers. Might have remembered if I had been on a train - or even a station - in the recent past. UK rail bosses rejected call to dress staff like face-mask volunteers Request came after Grant Shapps’ ‘army of journey makers’ in purple tabards failed to...

Today's news: Katie Hopkins permanently removed from Twitter Rightwing commentator’s account was suspended to ‘keep platform safe’ from abuse https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/19/katie-hopkins-permanently-removed-from-twitter

And this is one of my relatives: The improbably named Skelton Smalley.

Twitter responds by suspending account. Unfortunately only Hopkins, not DT. @KTHopkins Account suspended Twitter suspends accounts which violate the Twitter Rules