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I don't get this headline. I mean, is he actually welcome anywhere? Chris Grayling not welcome in Calais, says port's chairman Jean-Marc Puissesseau reportedly accuses transport secretary of disrespect...

Yet more wrong-doing resulting in, is this right?, a "warning"! By the Charity Commissioners. In my book, should have charitable status removed with retrospective effect. Rightwing thinktank breached charity law by campaigning for hard Brexit Institute of Economic Affairs issued with legal...

Following the recent discussion about energy, this site might be of some interest displaying, as it does, actual electricity sources and consumption: https://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/

Further, any health, plant and animal disease, etc., controls are being entirely left to the EU. Just who will be held responsible when African swine fever, Foot and Mouth, or whatever other animal diseases appear in the UK? Will we be suing the suppliers in the European courts (country by...

Probably nothing new. North-east England will pay the price for decades of dishonesty about Nissan David Conn Thatcher’s ministers knew EU membership was vital in attracting the Japanese carmaker. No one told the public The sprawling site near Sunderland of the giant Japanese car...

? Royal Festival Hall, I believe.

You will, I assume, be pleased that the Swansea tidal thingy seems to be up for discussion again. There are many potential issues with tidal power which make it not 100% green. The one that always gives me cause to pause is the impact of the whole thing on the rest of the coast. They are...

Though, as I mentioned earlier, there was quite a bit of talking up of the hybrid X-Trail - which was supposedly a good thing to make in Sunderland. We might have expected an even stronger push towards hybrid in the egoist of dieselgate.

And: Chicken safety fear as chlorine washing fails bacteria tests British microbiologists find that American technique at heart of Brexit trade row does not kill listeria and salmonella...

And Belgium: https://www.eenewspower.com/news/400kv-hvdc-interconnect-uk-belgium-opens

a) It is NOT that the chicken is exposed to chlorine disinfectant, it is that the whole production line is based on the assumption the final chlorination process will completely wipe out all the problems that were not addressed earlier on that line. b) There are many reasons to question bagged...

Not only are you right about the British soldiers and VW, but my own mother was peripherally involved. She spent a few years immediately after the war travelling round Germany with her boss and visited the remnant VW factory at Wolfsburg. Never did quite get what her role was... The important...

Does anyone know what impact a no-deal exit would have on mainland electricity interconnects to Europe?

There, there, don't worry your pretty (or not so pretty) little head. Afraid that the government's continuing failure to truly reassure and demonstrate preparedness makes these stockpiling stories entirely understandable. No-one has said that they will take responsibility should there be...

I thought I had carefully asked where it said that - not that it was essentially wrong. It could be the case that some EU standards are wrong-headed, excessive, or whatever. But nothing that I saw from the leave campaign said that I personally would have to put up with lower standards because...

Had been thinking about potatoes - but it does depend on how they are grown, stored and cooked.

Something which is definitely worthy of a tag something like, let's see, "Project Fear". Don't you think?

Will Nissan stay once Britain leaves? How one factory explains the Brexit business dilemma In the 1980s, Thatcher’s government sold Britain as ‘a gateway to Europe’. Nissan came to Sunderland and thrived – but now its future is uncertain. By David Conn...

Where in the referendum did the leavers explain we would have to accept food that does not meet current EU standards?

Nissan has confirmed it is abandoning plans to build a new model of one of its flagship vehicles at its Sunderland plant. The Japanese car manufacturer had said in 2016 it would be building the new version of the X-Trail SUV at the factory along with its next-generation Qashqai but on Sunday it...