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This was first anounced a little while ago, I'm sure before BJs election to PM, so I'm sure it's genuine. I particularly remember it due to reflecting that I'd been almost 50 years ahead on this issue by ripping out gas and having the meter removed back in 1970 as part of green measures in my...

It's rare, treasure the moment. .

Always happy to acknowledge when I've made a mistake and pleased you've seen an example. If an apology had been due that would have been delivered as well. Meanwhile there's an example of me apologising on this link .

Yes, I made a mistake, misreading the question. Proper answer, maybe The Potteries, the West Midlands or the North East, predominantly Leavers, but I'm sure there are others. In England overall it's probably largely a North-South issue. .

Yes, the 400 square miles of Greater London. We are predominantly a Remain area. .

I didn't know what, but have long suspected he had a dirty trick in hand to get his own way. This device looks very likely. .

Sorry to learn that. Its the correct pure white now, instead of the distinctly pink colour cast that it had before. .

Yes, but the company name and assets were bought by the Sunrace company in Taiwan where they are now made. They are now known as Sunrace Sturmey-Archer inc. and the gears have been re-designed. .

"The Duke of Sussex has visited Angola and retraced the footsteps of his mother Diana, the Princess of Wales, as he paid homage to her campaign to outlaw landmines." ALERT Impending "ginger twat" post due from 50Hertz. ;) .

That's correct. Although that four gear hub was their most efficient, it was their most unreliable. A string of its failures on the low powered Giant Lafree Comfort model caused Shimano to discontinue it. It also had slightly less gear range (198%) than their three speed (200%), making it...

And lots of duplicated ratios! .

This better?

Just a pity it's the inefficient NuVinci system. .

True enough and I was already well aware. But in practice utility riders don't worry about such minutiae, they usually just ride at the speed and effort levels they are comfortable with. They don't care if it's a mile or two per hour slower and cycling in The Netherlands where hub gears are...

I fully agree with all your previous posts on this subject. One factor often ignored, including in those tests at one standard speed, is how each type of gear is preferred. Hub gears have usually been preferred in utility riding which is generally at much lower speeds, ambling around at 10 to...

Perhap not as funny as you think: In 2015, Boris Johnson was selected to retain the seat; he was elected with a swing of less than 1% to Labour. However, the 2017 election saw a 13.6% swing to Labour’s Vincent Lo which brought Johnson's majority down to only 5,034, less than half his 2015...

As I've observed previously, he's now on his third Tory PM since becoming Labour leader, and is safer in that position than the current PM. He could easily reach a fourth. Up on that fence is proving a very safe place. You're joining most of the rest of the UK. I first got bored with the...

I wonder if some Scots were saying similar things things when we roped them into our union. Many of them seem keen to exit GB now, though they've waited around 250 years to try. Maybe we should ask the EU for a 200 year delay to article 50 in the hope it might run smoother then? .

Not without justification. In the 1997 GE they won 46 seats, some unexpected enough to cause a real upset. Given how sick of the two main parties that so many are now, that could easily be repeated or bettered. .

Me too, more than considering, I'm going to this time, hoping a lot of us will feel the same way. The two main parties deserve a nasty shock. .