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Just two points 1. The supreme court ruling was on the legality of parliament having the final say rather than the executive , and they were not ruling on the advisory nature of the referendum. 2. Since the public opinion is basically evenly split, they can safely make up their own minds as...

As an outsider, I have been bewildered by the lackluster response from Labour.

Thanks... Not the first time I made that error

This is the only arguement presented by the brexit supporters which in my opinion has substance. I do not agree with it but can accept that it may find resonance with a significant body of people who would view themselves as patriotic.

With respect this is a worthless post and a futile gesture. 1 Once a parliment decision to invoke the article 50 process has been communicated to the EU , the process will be irreversible and irrevocable. Any marches after that date are just an excercise in futility. See my previous post on...

I .Would agree with you on this point that putting people into two camps and then insulting the other camp is divisive. Using terms like brexidoit or remoaner should be banned from any civilised debate.Even my spelling checker agrees with me and I have to fight it to put in these nonsense words.

The airflow over the roof of the car will be faster than the car speed, but not as fast as the air rushing back in to the void behind the car. The car creates a vacuum behind it and the air has to flow back in.it is also very turbulent flow..

Only a million? That seems a paltry R&D budget they would spend more than that on a taillight design.

Walking pace is 4 miles per hour for the first hour, idling on a bike is 10 miles per hour and 15 miles per hour on a ebike. 1.5 miles can be walking distance and will take around 25 minutes by a reasonable fit not athletic person. On a standard push bike , one would be hard to take longer than...

If you live on flat land without hills you can live without gears otherwise you will need it . Anyway gears are no big deal. Modern gears with the derailleur type use two push buttons one for up one for down and that's it... They do need periodic servicing but the bikeshop can handle that. ...

If only It were as simple and binary as that. In your hopes, the people will eventually come to ,their sense 's, kick out the bad guys and live happily ever after. If I have learned anything in 65 years it is that this type of learning will not occur. More likely they will scapegoat those who...

Sorry I missed the class on humour. Anyway I use an app called CPU x which gives useful and useless information on all parts of my android devices

Rule of law futile? Had your PM initiated discussion and a vote in your parliment there would have been no need for two court cases . The key point is was that she was acting ultra vires . It is always necessary for the law to hold the powerful to account.

Tom I tend to be in agreement with most of what you post, but in this instance I must differ. .. the parliaments in Wales and Scotland ,,and Northern Ireland are all creatures of the Westminster parliment, as such they are subsidiary to the Westminster one. These regions also send MPs to the...

The major difference is that the amount of combustible material in a phone or mp3 player is in grams and in bike battery it will be kilogrammes. In safety as in another activity , size matters . The material in these cells is a mixture of carbon dust, organic solvents and the metal plates, if...

I remember from a past life that there is something special of voltages below about 56v,. , Relating back to the telecoms industry, this was the peak voltage for the ring tone on the old exchange s. Below this you can get away with single insulation, and above this need to have double insulated...

... And a panel quoting 25w is only capable of generating this subject to a number of conditions. Full sun at 90degree to plane of the panel. Full noon type sun peak summer. Matched load for max power transfer No part of the panel in shade or shadow.... Much more serious than it may appear. A...

It only makes financial sense to use solar power in an off grid mode is if there is no AC supply available and or one has a strong green energy commitment, bordering on obsession. While panels are reducing in price, the infrastructure remains expensive. Batteries have a limited lifetime...

I suspect the reason why Halfords might have put that warning on was to protect themselves. The wind whipping around the back of the car can reach hurricane speeds and could rip open the rain cover. Image the consequences of that flying off behind and alighting on the windscreen of a following...