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What a very odd list. (Yes, "very" used intentionally.) Numerous fullstops not followed by double spaces. "imperial" without a capital. "Esp." instead of "Esq.".

Why on earth would anyone want a special prize?

Unfortunately SNCF say they slow down their TGV services in high temperatures. (Apologies for the site linked to.)...

Which is why I put it as a hypothetical inauguration in a very hot summer. Goodness knows how many billions and it is restricted to low speed on the day - would at the very least not look good.

How much heavier than the concrete sleepers that have been in near-universal use on UK mainline tracks for many years? Seems it was not just sleeper movement but sagging catenaries, failing A/C, and other issues which afflicted the UK rail network. And reducing speeds to make rail buckling less...

The other day we saw discussion of the 30 billion increase in cost of HS2. Just wondering how much more it would cost to make sure it can continue running at 38.1C (or whatever everyone thinks will be needed by the time it starts)? It would be a pretty typical mistake for it to be built and...

Jacob Rees-Mogg found out about his new role in Boris Johnson's government from BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg. The MP for North East Somerset was made Leader of the House of Commons.

Take back control, get rid of EU courts having jurisdiction. EU and Canada close to agreeing WTO appeal court alternative I guess, if we ever entered a trade agreement with Canada, we too would end up agreeing to some non-UK court alternative. Whether EU or not. Ditto for other trade agreements.

The British Pound is said to already be trading at crisis levels, and as a result it will struggle to fall much lower says an analyst at leading global investment bank. GBP is already "trading at crisis levels, and will struggle to go much lower," says Jordan Rochester, foreign exchange...

Fintan O'Toole - have a read Boris Johnson can’t be found out: we all know he’s bluffing As Boris Johnson walked up to the podium at 10 Downing Street to make his first address as prime minister, they should have played Leonard Cohen’s Everybody Knows as his fanfare: “Everybody knows that the...

Except what is the Russians. Or DT. Or... :) :) :) But your point, I agree.

I am wondering what the shortest time between becoming PM and losing a by-election? Of course we do not know whether that will be the case in Brecon and Radnorshire next Thursday, but always good to have some statistics ready.

He simply doesn’t look like a demagogue from central casting — less Benito Mussolini than Bertie Wooster. Oh - that's all right then.

About the scale of a wormcast. The entire tory party is around 0.25% of the UK population and I hazard a guess even a massive vote in his favour would not exceed 0.15%.

Is that the US which seems to have said "get on with protecting your own shipping, we don't care"?

Completely unimportant observation - which just shows how unobservant I can be - Essex, seeming home of brexit, has EU number plates. :)

Tory party seem to be self-selecting themselves out of existence, or at least out of having a majority. OK, might not technically kick in for a while, but BJ relying on this vote might not be a good plan: Charlie Elphicke: Tory MP charged with sexual assault

Somehow they (anyone using this example of technology) always misplay it. I am far more impressed by the fact that they got the men back from the moon.

As someone living in the rest of the UK, I bitterly resent the possibility of a part of the UK being on the other side of a customs barrier of any sort. Equally, some residents of NI might resent it the other way around. (I accept the pragmatic management of the channel tunnel terminals because...

But using the word "journalist" will evoke concepts such as "freedom of the press". And they will be claimed as some sort of universal defence for whatever they want to do. Some other people will be fooled... Doing so should be roundly criticised by real journalists who do their damnedest to...