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But read the get-out clause: "But in an attempt to assuage French and British partners’ concerns, the government also agreed to extend for nine months export licences that had already been granted, provided the companies undertook not to deliver any finished weapon systems until the end of the...

You're in a crusty mood today. ;) That may not be necessary, if Brexit really happens the public won't be able to afford to buy cars in about 20 to 30 years time. Especially since the rules will mean electric cars only which are very expensive, more so since they'll all be imported because...

I think you are missing the points I was making thoughout this post sequence. Firstly I was comparing the M25 to having the two originally planned London motorway boxes instead, not being without all three. Second that I made the point that the M25 produced all the traffic you complain of...

Exactly as I forecast some while ago, Boris Johnson once again conning Leavers, this time with May's deal, portraying it as achieving something new as I said. .

I'm afraid I can't see any benefit in encouraging even more long distance car and truck use, automated or not. I do see very big benefits in transfering people and freight traffic to railways, both environmental and land use wise, with only very local use of roads using electric vehicles to...

I'm not making any comment on the value of this HS2 project, just making the point that we have to start somewhere. That will include some that are better, some that are worse, but finding reasons to block every proposal for modernisation isn't going to get us anywhere. For example, take the...

With his propensity for messing up anything and also being a journalist, he'd just end up in an Iranian jail with Mrs Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who he helped to keep imprisoned with his falsehoods. .

The blame isn't solely theirs though, the British public shares it with their nimbyism. Our lack of modernisation is a national fault, self inflicted and affecting every facet of our lives. .

If true they are worrying about nothing, ultimately the public always blame politicians, never the civil service. With one in six UK working people employed in the public sector, politicians blaming any public servants is unlikely to find a substantial sympathetic ear. .

They are if used more fully, and I don't see robotic driving ever being an adequate mode of long distance travel. It could better serve at both ends of HS train journeys. The M25 was only created and expanded to cope with the huge excess of traffic. With people on trains for their major...

The trouble is that it's this attitude that had left us with an archaic transport infrastructure that is vastly inferior to all of our neighbours and even many other countries worldwide. Just looking at the cost alone is always a mistake and it's become a British disease, knowing the cost of...

The same money tree orchard that Theresa May used and Jeremy Corbyn intends to use. It seems Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have similar intentions, since Philip Hammond says there's no money in the kitty for what they are proposing. .

It arises from the determination of the authorities to clearly divide our bureaucracy free pedelecs from any other powered vehicles. Anything faster and/or more powerful ends up as a motor vehicle with all that implies. This isn't uniquely the UK, the L1e-A class is Europe wide and has been...

The EU similarly rescues some from foolishness, such as Boris Johnson who stupidly decided a cable car would make a suitable alternative to a bridge as a Thames crossing. It's become a white elephant, only carrying two Londoners each day, almost only being used by tourists. Fortunately the...

The Rad Rhino is an e-bike not conforming to the legal conditions for pedelecs since it has three times that power rating. Therefore in the UK it has to be registered and rear number plated as an L1e-A moped and ridden with third party insurance. The Certificate of Conformity that comes with...

That's a cadence sensor, ideal for your daughter. The term cadence refers to the rate of pedal rotation, usually expressed in terms of crank turns per minute. A torque sensor only delivers motor power in proportion to the pedal effort put in, which of course wouldn't suit her. Most mid drive...

I've never had access to the 36 volt models. Even with access, Panasonic routinely deeply encapsulate their unit and charger circuit boards, sealing them into their housings so making circuit tracing impossible. So with no data issued either, no-one I know of has been able to use an...

Yes, everything prescribed by an independent GP or pharmacist is charged to the patient. .

Three too many 0s for one million, you've shown more than 17 short of one billion, 999,900 short in fact. .

There were 17 alone in this little thread back in May 2018 moaning about the Brexit thread, so they must have read it at least once. .