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Northern Italian joke: "Why are Southern Italians so small? "It's because their mothers told them that when they grew up, they'd have to go out to work". .

A great rant, but not based on truth. Our population growth has been at a perfectly normal rate, and lower that of most of the world. Much of the immigration has been by exchange, our citizens moving to other parts of the world. A major part of the population growth has been the very large...

It's minimal. The large scale of inter-marriage is far greater in effect and will continue to make difference diminish and seem normal. Well over a hundred years ago at the turn of the 19th to the 20th centuries we had a vast influx of Eastern European Jews flooding into such places as...

Millions pour in from other parts of the world, desperate to be a part of the EU. Some failure! .

And the Welsh nationalists with the English holiday homes. .

Which is temporary. Post WW2 they imported well over 3 million Turks to repopulate for production and many hated that. But now they and particularly their offspring are so well integrated that no-one even mentions them. .

That's perfectly ok Paul, all links welcome. Some of our members also post on ES. .

The EU law is 250 watts, but a couple of countries also have the S high speed class allowing up to 500 watts and 45 kph (28 mph) assist. Not in the UK though, unless registered as a moped. .

That was the Velosolex. They make electric ones now which mimic the old petrol one's style in some respects, but no longer with friction drive. Link .

They come to look at it though, not to live it on the way here. .

Around the turn of the millennium a new company was proposing a freight rail route from there, skirting around London's perimeter and heading into the Midlands and North. That could well have provided what you propose with huge benefits, but as ever in Britain, the Nimbys had their way and...

I doubt that will make much difference. Heathrow is a hub for important through traffic which will continue unabated, as will tourism. London's near 9 millions are swollen by 22 million visitors each year, almost all arriving by air. .

Heathrow would still need more runways to cope with the important traffic times. Atlanta in the USA isn't exactly a centre of commerce but it is a hub airport. It has seven runways. That and many other locations worldwide put Heathrow into perspective. It has wholly inadequate runway...

Mistrust of Trump is probably the last straw. Many of the EU 28 have been very unhappy with NATO's forays into distant countries and have resented being involved. Germany and Belgium for example have expressed their concerns, and Germany's continued involvement in Afghanistan with 54 deaths is...

It's facilities. Many companies have large established warehouse premises at Heathrow, some high security and high tech, and they and their road system take up huge areas of land. So apart from the high cost of relocation, it may well be that Stanstead doesn't have the space or suitable layout. .

You're in now Jamie. We only use the first half of the postcode so as not to give away exact home locations, so I've got you cycling on The Ryde. Map Link .

Thanks to the multi-nationals control of so many food brands, we have no control of processed foods. .

I don't think their cattle wear bowler hats! .

You do realise that you are implying the Northerners can accurately count those crossing to the north but the Southerners can't do the same the other way? ;) .

Fortunately we do rear our own poultry and eggs, been a strength of ours for decades. And we've always led the world in the birds welfare standards too. .