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  1. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    EASA has a budget of around 160/170 million euros. Disregarding everything else, to get anywhere near what they are achieving we will have to spend towards that much. On top of which UK will, surely, have to double-up approvals of UK air things?
  2. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Quite right too. I still insist it was reported late (as well as other issues). Parliamentary watchdog to investigate Johnson’s Caribbean holiday Questions remain unanswered over identity of donor who lent prime minister a property in Mustique over new year...
  3. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Why did he turn the tap on with his bare hand? If he had any virus load on his hands, the tap would now be contaminated. Yet, at the end, he made quite a pay about turning it off with his elbow. Surely would have been better to elbow it to set temperature and turn it on?
  4. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yes - was somewhat facetious.
  5. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    If the German car industry isn't going to, it would be good to read how the British car industry will ride to the rescue. Just five years ago... Evidence of how successful this policy is came last month with £1bn of investment in UK car manufacturing announced in the space of seven days...
  6. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    And fellow house guest then needs to self-isolate for 14 days from then - which is 21 days from the start.
  7. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    If, say, I have just got it this morning, and the two of us are in the house. It could be something like a week before my symptoms appear. And it might only be then that partner gets it from me - so her 14 days starts then. (Delayed transmission within our house could occur by chance, because it...
  8. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    How to tell?
  9. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    How old is elderly?
  10. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Health minister for Australian state of Victoria: However Mikakos said there was no need for panic-buying of supplies. “Have enough of what you need if you need to self isolate for 14 days; that does not mean filling up your home and garage with toilet rolls,” she said. 1) Buying a full shop...
  11. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    PP. Maybe. Space Hub Sutherland planning application submitted 11 February 2020
  12. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    If someone has stocked up for a fortnight, and then comes down with covid-19, that foresight will mean they do not need others then to deliver. Avoiding being a burden and reducing need for any contact at all. (Obviously, this goes wrong if they are ill enough to need hospital treatment.) If...
  13. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    4.4 billion on corona virus and 46 million on investigating the downsides of any possible leaving of the EU?
  14. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    How come anyone is in the least surprised? Well, in the direction of it being so high. My view is that it will be far, far more than that once everything else is added in. At best, this is government expenditure up to 1st January 2020. How much else has been spent by government but somehow not...
  15. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Just think how many garden bridges you could not have built for that!
  16. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It was probably a note to make sure that whoever allowed that question to be asked is sacked immediately. Dear Dom, ...
  17. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Where I used to live, there was not one butcher in the town - and just a handful in surrounding villages. All were expensive. None were that appealing.
  18. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I did check just - and there was no discernible difference between the beef selection today and any other day. Nor any other meat. Cans - tomaotoes and various beans - seemed to be selling relatively heavily. Bog rolls are low stock. But the rest looked fairly normal. Because of changes to the...
  19. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Well, we regularly go to one specific butcher shop and buy a reasonably large amount - freezing much of it. Did that yesterday (just happened to be at that point in our cycle of buying and using). Certainly no apparent shortage of Hereford 60-day and Wagyu. :) Shall keep an eye open when we go...
  20. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    With the rising cases (over 100,000 worldwide now), the NHS has decided to rename it. Corridor-Virus.