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That's the most likely way to get her deal through, also enabling her to go out on a win. The problem then is who will take the Tories into that General Election? I can't see that Boris Johnson has rehabilitated himself enough yet after his chaotic two and half year performance since the...

I wouldn't be so sure of that. The Nissan Leaf has reduced in cost in real terms by nearly 40% in a decade, basic model originally £32 k, newest basic model £22k. Then there's the decade of inflation to take into account as well. And my high end 2018 Leaf cost the same as the top of the range...

Yes, the sick attitude of Margaret Thatcher. David Cameron followed that policy of leaving people to help themselves, but ironically called it the Big Society. Two Tories following the identical policy, one saying there is no society to make it work, the other depending on society to make it...

In one sense many of us do that already, living in flats as I do. Our heating transfer benefits the whole building, we share all the maintenance and gardening costs and often help others such as in giving lifts or clearing bulky refuse. .

I agree, the Dutch infrastructure didn't just appear overnight, it;s been growing gradually and is still far from completed. They've always cycled anyway, partly and importantly due to their very flat terrain and also because from 1970 on their government actively discouraged a car love affair...

Very sensible. The night rate fuel cost of my 2018 Nissan Leaf electric is equal to 200 mpg (4 miles per kWh average). One electricity supplier offers a very late night rate for charging at only 4.99 pence per kWh, which is equal to 400 mpg in my Leaf! If I wasn't a low mileage driver I'd...

Wrong, in this instance the past is a very accurate barometer. The simple reason being that we haven't changed enough, the Leavers vote and the reasons they gave for that being identical to their post war beliefs that lead us into failure. Now they want to do it again, and for the same...

And here's my answers to their beliefs: "but we can't see the future" But I can see the precedent that shows the future. "stop being so negative, don't you love your country?" It's my love of country that inspires me to want to save it. "everything will be fine, the EU needs us more than...

When we joined the EU we we were going into a national bankruptcy so severe that the IMF had to take over our governance during that decade to rescue us. But only 46 years later we are the world's fifth largest economy, proof absolute how we've prospered during EU membership. As Fingers...

The silly thing is that pedestrians rarely use them for the same reason, even some pushchair users not bothering and using their handling skills to kerb hop. Makes them almost pointless, other than for the rare wheelchair. .

Yes, they are classified in law as normal bicycles so long as they conform to the EAPC regulations, maximum 250 watts power rating, 15.5 mph assist speed limit and power stops when pedalling stops. .

There's lots of choice and often at much lower prices. For example there's this Halfords Carrera Crosspath stepthrough hybrid at £1280, nearly down to half the Gazelle price and still using the Bosch Active Line motor. It has derailleur gears so no full chaincase, making it the more popular...

Same in Britain, the police say they don't have the manpower to utilise or maintain them. Even when flashed when one is working, usually nothing happens since the record is never examined. Even when our police are using hand held it doesn't mean that they act. In early July last I was caught...

Oh how dreadful. Threatened with a flower, whatever shall we do. Can't you see what a joke these people are? .

Not a problem in many parts of the UK. When we see the road signs sprayed with "tags" or uprooted and flat on the ground, speed cameras "necklaced" with burnt rubber tyres and cars burnt out or up on bricks with wheels missing - - - - - - - Then we know it's a dodgy area. .

That's just not true. The Normans came here in huge numbers within a very short space of time and greatly angered the English with their insistence on the adoption of French language and customs. So much so that the English deliberately misunderstood and mispronounced French to infuriate the...

Invited or not, they were still immigrants and Germany has happily kept them See this reply, the friction is temporary so irrelevant. It was nearer half that, the whole of immigration from the world into the UK in the relevant period was a bit over 3 million and very large numbers of East...

Just your familiar rant all over again! Just because people moan about change doesn't mean failure. It's just part of the process of getting accustomed. The Germans moaned and bitterly complained about the three million Turks they imported long ago. Then they got used to them, started...

You've seriously misread Germany. Yes they have their minority of far right yobs, just as we've had with the BNP et al, but they've at last learned a very harsh and long lasting lesson from history. They won't go there again now that they've realised they can achieve the same ends peacefully...

Yippee!! That'll teach us to get all snotty about the EU. .