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  1. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I don't think we have any psychiatrist members. .
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    Hybrid cars

    I didn't cover that aspect of hybrids, but they are certainly worse than e-cars. I paid £25,500 for my Leaf, but the alternative hybrids from Mitsubishi and Kia were well over £30,000 and of course there's far less saving over petrol with them. The case for electric cars and especially...
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    Weasel

    In my London fringe borough I see foxes all the time and badgers are also commonplace, since they pop by my lounge to see if I've got any peanuts for them. I'm surrounded by badger setts. Rabbits are much more scarce now, disease taking it's toll around here as in many other areas. Plenty of...
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    Hybrid cars

    Most are ideal for the many who have the occasional long journey but mostly drive around town for shopping, school trips, shorter commutes up to 20 miles or so. So for most of their driving time they aren't polluting urban areas with exhaust output or noise. That's so long as they don't put...
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    Why many ebikes exceed UK/EU maximum of 250W

    They can be successfully prosecuted if a pedelec exceeds 15.5 mph using any motor power. That's because the onus is on them to only ride a legal machine complying with this exemption from being considered a motor vehicle: So no speedometer is necessary. Any machine not complying is...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    3,100,779 do. It's why they took part. And despite them pretending to ignore it, the government cares since even without the 3 million they'd have to debate it on the remaining 100k plus. This response is unique and nothing that government conceived possible when this petition facility was...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Now 2,866,811 and paused in verification. Fingers and some others think it's foreign bots, strange that they work to UK hours. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The referendum and what followed has already done that. Nothing that happens now could possibly make things worse. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    No need for you to wait, Remain has already won this with over three times the petitioners for Leave, and in a tiny fraction of the time that took. The country has spoken again, and this time it's decisive. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    He's obviously the man of the moment, you know the saying: "We get the politicians we deserve". And this country stupid enough to vote to leave the EU has got the party politicians it now deserves in May, Corbyn, Cable, Dodds and co. Those in waiting are no better. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The other way round, it's the Leave petition that's lagging at around a third after many weeks. That never experienced a fraction of the present voting rate for Remain. And there are no bot votes, all voters are verified before an email is sent out for a verification click before each vote is...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Over 1.2 million now. I've just been monitoring it and it's been going up by about a 1000 every 20 seconds. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Trouble is OG, they're French too now, since GM flogged them off to PSA. It's not just us selling the family silver, the Yanks are helping with that, ending 116 years of Vauxhall being an English car brand. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It just shows how widely travelled Remainers are! ;) .
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    What's happened to Powacycle?

    To use an old saying, one swallow doth not a summer make Ajax. I'm pleased for you that you had a good experience, but over the 12 year history of this forum we have a litany of incidents of very poor service from Powacycle. From time to time they've employed someone to deal with service...
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    Eligible Electric Bike Manufacturers and Suppliers Should Have 8 Features

    That is the most ridiculous thing you've posted. They are not remotely alike, the Brompton is many times better than the DYU. But if you make the DYU a little longer and use 16" wheels it will be able to compare. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    No. But I dislike Macron's pomposity. From the moment he was elected his sense of self importance took over, presuming to speak for Europe with Trump and on more than one occasion giving unasked for advice to the UK. A bit less time doing those and more time looking out of the window at what...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Well it won't be the first time we've had to kick a French arse to help with understanding. .
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    Eligible Electric Bike Manufacturers and Suppliers Should Have 8 Features

    1) I haven't predicted its instant demise or even said it won't sell. What I have said is that it isn't the improved pedelec that will take over the market that Jessejin seems to think it is. It's a greatly reduced capability one that will have very limited acceptance. 2) As I said 50,000...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    That will include about enough parliamentary sessions for Theresa to re-present her deal some 8 more times with Speakers unable to prevent that. By about number 5 the MPs will give up and vote the bloody thing through. .