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Show me a country that permits 200 mph for 200 miles. :p .

Blinkers off time! I was speaking of cost equivalence of course and what I posted was accurate. Yes it does. Outside shops and other commercial premises for customer gaining advantage of course. In the street since some 25% of homes countrywide cannot have a home charge point for access...

I try. Indeed some say I am very trying. ;) .

E-cars don't need lots more power stations. Go though the eight pages of this thread to read my replies to all those who think the way you do and you'll see there is no problem. For starters e-cars carry out almost all their charging at night and they all have charge timers. And they aren't...

Yes, but I'd only bother if and when that gave a material advantage such as being able to drive in bus lanes to avoid congestion or free parking. To allow such advantages many countries have coloured number plates for e-cars but usually it's the whole background of the plate which has the...

That's obviously correct since from October our new electric cars will have the number plate space where it said GB as a Green Panel instead to identify it as fully electric. .

I've been running one for over ten years and never needed any recharge, but of course it's only needed on our few really hot days each year. At other times it's off since they are noisy. I've got a five inch hole through the cavity wall to the outside for its duct, not much use hanging it out...

That makes sense in Britain where graduates come out to either unemployment or employment in the ever increasing multiplicity of unskilled jobs. Ultimately we could just get back to teaching only the three Rs, leaving it Johnny Foreigner to do all the clever stuff. .

A lot of variation I think, both in grammar schools and individuals. Back in the 1940s my older brother passed the scholarship and went to a grammar school he enjoyed at Isleworth, but then we moved and he had to transfer to the useless grammar school that I was to suffer later. He found it as...

Some close parallels there Andy! My Saturday job from 11 years old was also as a butcher's boy on a trade bike, in the mornings delivering weekend joints and collecting the cash. Then in the afternoons helping Sid the junior butcher in making the sausages for the following week, then helping...

I'm 84 and started full time work at 14 years old. That wasn't unusual in those days when there weren't all the intrusive and restrictive personal laws we have now. For example at 11 years old with three part time jobs I worked/schooled a thirteen hour day Monday to Friday and an 11 hour day...

Another simple way is to sit on the bike and place a spirit level on the centre of the top of front tyre with the bubble showing level. Then the distance from the level to the ground is the diameter, that times Pi (3.14) is the circumference. .

Yes but now we are out of the EU, we judge by our own dependable British Standards, not those of others. As you said, BS is our accepted standard. And by our standards we are doing quite well now, having often done far worse a short while ago. .

Since he fell flat onto his back, likely to be an overdone wheelie, turning right over the top backwards. .

But doesn't this show how silly these witch hunt campaigns of condemnation of individual's behaviour are, like the current one against Cummings. Christine Keeler lived to 75 years old, John Profumo to 91 years old, both lifespans easily long enough for fulfilment and decades longer than many...

Of course it is, but as you acknowledge it's rarely applied since it's simply not practical. Lying is integral to all politics whether we like it or not. I disagree on Profumo, it was his activities that were most disliked, bringing the party into disrepute with the public. As with previous...

There is an internal rule, but there may not be any law since I'm unaware of anyone being punished for doing that. Most commonly an MP caught lying is required by the Speaker to leave the House but readmitted upon receipt of a formal apology. It is rarely likely to arise since accusing...

One could argue that in telling a white lie to protect the PM, Cummings was showing integrity and loyalty, both praisworthy characteristics. Whatever, as I've shown above this is and always was a non event. It isn't going anywhere and will be completely forgotten as more important issues than...

As I posted, Cummings is merely an advisor holding no official public office, so wouldn't be obliged to resign. Nor would Johnson, if all politicans who lied had to resign we wouldn't have any since they all routinely lie. It's an essential part of the job specification since the job isn't...

Not at all, Cummings isn't an important person in that sense, he's just an advisor so not even a political figure. This silly story has no value to anyone. This whole matter is, as I've previously posted, a storm in a teacup and it should have been dropped long ago instead of being used for...