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  1. flecc

    Ignoring threads

    The Ignore functions will return, but as said, these big changes are taking time. We just have to be patient for a little while. There's no danger of going blind by seeing the Brexit thread title. .
  2. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    As I posted before, a fixed backstop is likely to be what Theresa May is seeking to try to get off the DUP hook. Would the EU refuse it to her but allow it to JC? Politically a very dangerous tactic, opening them to accusations of interference in national politics. .
  3. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I think the ERG have burnt their boats, isolating themselves. As one minister remarked, their antics could bring about the thing they want least, a referendum and remaining. .
  4. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    As I posted and reminded again on Saturday .
  5. flecc

    Pushing ebike

    Yes that's correct. The exact walk alongside speed depends on which law designed to: EU limit is 6 kph (3.6 mph) UK limit is 4 mph. .
  6. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    In EU matters I'm a bit wary of Nigels. .
  7. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    DUP policy is to support Leave though, despite N.I . voting Remain. .
  8. flecc

    Ignoring threads

    It's not available yet after the change Robert, the ignoring section is headed with this message: "The site is still in the process of being updated today so a number of things may not work yet. We've opened the forum while this is taking place. Thanks for your patience. " .
  9. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    In that case as said, another referendum and we remain in. Not what the DUP want. .
  10. flecc

    Site Update - Latest (10pm Mon 10/12)

    Already working quite well on first tries Russ, so well done for such a big change carried out so quickly. Already finding my way around ok. .
  11. flecc

    Pushing ebike

    A number have a "walk alongside" mode operated by a thumb throttle, restricted to 4 mph by law. They're often not powerful in that mode, just helping a bit. It still works when the battery is low, but once the low voltage cutout operates you are on your own. .
  12. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Exactly what I've been saying all along, the Leavers maintaining it was impossible were clearly wrong. A pity the ECJ didn't also add that it would be the sensible thing to do. .
  13. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Well it is the gospel according to Saint Theresa of Maidenhead: "And God came unto David Cameron and said unto him, On the morrow thou shalt hold a referendum, and the result of that referendum shall be sacred, even unto the end of time". .
  14. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yes we are the ones who tax wine heavily, not the EU: on a bottle that costs £5.50: - £2 duty. - £0.92 VAT - £1.15 profit for the importer and retailer - 85p for the wine, bottling and transport .
  15. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I have the same suspicion Tom. .
  16. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Indeed, that was how he portrayed himself, but I quickly saw before the French that he was just an empty vessel, a sort of French Tony Blair. Like Blair, promising a new way without saying or knowing what that might be. .
  17. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I was including trains, light rail and trams of course, which don't rely on batteries. And the hydrogen production using electricity is inefficient and expensive We have already achieved pumping high pressure hydrogen into vehicle tanks, there's already filling stations for the Toyota Mirai...
  18. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    We do that already, but it cannot earn on the scale we need for our economy. Germany is the smartest and best performing economy and society in the EU, but they can only make that work to earn enough by producing mass manufacture stuff as well as very high tech. They can't compete with such...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yes it works for very low pay countries with huge peasant population reservoirs who have only recently got into large scale manufacturing. That's not the UK is it? You really need to think through your arguments more thoroughly. .
  20. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I blame the food banks, supplying food without wine is thoughtless. .