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Don't make things up, I didn't used an example. China is just one of an infinity of compromises that are possible. There are no absolutes in politics, a party aims for a true position but never fully attains it. My point in in this discussion is that Blair never aimed to be anything like the...

Yes possibly, but still change from Blair, which is what I was answering to when Zlatan said he'd still be in power but for Iraq, Kelly etc. .

After Iraq? Sh*t themselves! .

But that doesn't mean you have to have true Conservatism. Compromises can have distinct bias, look at China. .

No, the 2008 international recession would still have resulted in the same change to Tory in 2010. Just circumstances and bad luck, the electorate don't like being made worse off, whatever does it. .

Because you are not socialists. i.e. Not true Labour supporters. .

Completely wrong. A political party is defined by its policies and New Labour's policies were not Labour policies. Labour policies from those of its founder Keir Hardie were always left wing socialism. New Labour's policies under its founder Blair were right of middle, so much so that they...

See my last post. Also Blair did not campaign as Labour, only as New Labour making it clear it was not the same. So not an "ecumenical matter", rather a Trojan Horse. .

Yes, fully agreed. New Labour is finished and I'm determined we'll never see it's like again. There's far to much dishonesty in politics already without this misrepresentation. That's why I won't allow anyone to say New Labour was Labour unchallenged. It was a middle of the road party to...

Wikipedia is wrong, not at all unusual. Blair had been in the Labour party, but to achieve power he only campaigned as New Labour, changing the party to that middle of the road position, against the will of many of his MPs, Corbyn included. Now Corbyn has changed it back to true left...

The Nissan and Tesla ones aren't taken out of use. When they reach the end of operating life down to 70% capacity, they are used in the home storage units that many are installing. In other words they store the charge from rooftop solar panels for later use or return to the grid. No doubt...

Not so much idiosyncratic as expressing that you are not a potential e-car driver with present technology. Most of us are though, and don't forget half of all car drivers now are female, and their average annual mileage is only a little over 5000 miles. That's less than a charge a week! Your...

Far from pointless when not letting it die is a barrier to anyone else abusing a political position in that way. True, an inevitable reaction to the New Labour right wing position, from New Labour to True Labour, left wing under Corbyn. No, he never was. From the outset he campaigned and...

Similar. When I want to do it, I just place the photo in my domain web space and post the link. .

And Blair invented and created the academy schools that the Tories have enthusiastically adopted, a purist Tory concept if ever there was one. Regardless of who voted for them, New Labour was 100% Tory, founded by a wealthy and privileged barrister with his equally advantaged barrister wife. .

If only you had a plug in facility, a petrol electric plug in hybrid would be the answer. Able to tow, electric drive benefits around town, unlimited range and overall mpg similar to diesel. Maybe you'll get lamp post car charge points at some future date, we already have 400 of them in London...

There's a number of things I disagree with him on which I'll mention below, but I agree the price is very high. It appears to me that Nissan are treating this e-plus as a luxury version, taking advantage of the fact that everyone else's e-car is appreciably dearer than the standard 2018 Leaf...

I'd suspect the connectors between the head unit cable and motor losing connection, a quite common problem. Condensation or forming a diodic layer are usual causes. Try unplugging and replugging two or three times, preferably spraying them with some switch/contact cleaner while apart. There's...

Yes, that was already my opinion too. But it will still be fascinating to see how the Tories deal with the leadership issue. .

Why does anyone use Strava anyway? Can't they just enjoy cycling? .