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They are allowing free will while protecting them from themselves as far as possible. .

As always it's the contacts. He's been transport minister so he has contacts in the ministry and some inside knowledge of its working. It's that which is being paid for, not any skill or ability he has. It's the chief attraction of politics as a middle life career, the passport to an...

Or it's a history and track record of a nation famed for it's humanity in even the most difficult circumstances. .

It depends on two things the steepness of the hills to be tackled and the motor torque. Sparta with the original gearless Ion model made the mistake of it's hub motor with only 20Nm torque. They added a derailleur but that alone wasn't enough, so later they upgraded the motor to 40Nm torque...

For him the benefit is that he still thinks he'll get his own way, as he always has through life. He can't accept different, hence the perversity of his attitudes. .

And the shed as your hunting lodge. .

I'm sure he thought the job would largely consist of striking Churchillian poses and uttering Churchillian phrases. That last worked briefly for Harold Macmillan, but can no longer in today's world. .

And boy, does it show. .

Agreed, though that is not my intention. I just put the damn thing on as I enter the door to avoid causing the mainly junior door staff the embarrassment of tackling me. That said, at least a third of the also junior staff inside that superstore don't wear masks, so I'm not sure they would. .

Actually upwards. The mask fits very snugly around my chin, I breathe through my nose and I feel the air passing upwards and downwards past my cheeks to and from my eyes on both sides. When I say the mask is on the tip of my nose, I really mean the tip. .

You really make me laugh. Read what I posted and lose your village mentality. .

I still find this difficult to believe. My Borough of Croydon was originally London's worst affected and it was almost two months in before some North London Boroughs and then others took over that title in succession. Added to that the way London did it's own thing, ignoring the rules in...

The weird thing is that it's had almost no effect on me whatsoever, my life has continued virtually unaffected. I continued to do all my usual driving, I've seen my usual personal friends with no attempt at social distancing, the same with the dozen committee members of our wildlife...

I've hated every minute of education and work without exception, from birth I only ever wanted to do what I wanted to do and I've been far more successful at that than most. Retirement isn't a vacuum if it's spent occupied with the only real world, the natural world, and we still know so...

Because I'm so close to the end I no longer give a damn. **** everything, I've won! .

Still alive and kicking, but it's one of my busiest times of the year so little time to waste in here at present and certainly not enough time to catch Covid of any number, or read about it .

He thought he could treat the EU with the same contempt he's shown to everyone else he's encountered in life. Now he's reached a level of responsibility where that is no longer possible, he's lost and doesn't know how to deal with the situation. The answer is simple and obvious, resign. .

I fear this could be an unwitting own goal. For decades Japan made its cars here in Europe, meaning Britain, to avoid import duty, but Japan and the EU have reached an agreement phasing out import duties. This is why Honda have left and Nissan cancelled plans to build their Infinity cars and...

But as ever, they'll be other people, so why should I worry? .

It would be very much in character for Boris Johnson to walk out after leaving things in a mess. It's something he's used to doing, the London Mayoralty being an example, which we are still paying the price of. .