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Four years horizon for policy. One week horizon for survival. Expediency rules. .

More apt than you might suspect The economic "Mo Farah" minority of this world will be there at the finish. Most will never make it, so no prizes for them. .

Chain through wheel and frame? .

In office by default will suffice, in politics expediency is king. As for fiscal policy, it remains to be seen how McDonnell will perform if actually elected. He may surprise over time. .

I think it's deliberate. An opposition giving away in detail what they intend to do just allows the party in power to steal their ideas. Labour due to inexperience have suffered this many times but now seem to have learned at last. Better to appear vague and lacking detail, knowing how short...

I thimk they are going to have to think again. Even with motor-propeller pairs on each arm there isn't enough redundancy for safety. One motor down and the reduced lift at that point with the weight above the propellers will mean instability, especially in variable winds. Elsewhere there...

I've happily agreed this. At the next GE it's likely to be a numbers game in which nowhere near enough will feel they've benefitted from the Conservative's last 14 years to return them to power. It will be the party's misfortune since they didn't cause the 2008 recession, they'll be just as...

While I understand what you are expressing, I feel you've discounted what I've posted about how the public will be feeling in 2022. Just look back at the past recessions and what followed: The 1980 Thatcher recession. By 1985 the economy was doing quite well, unemployment down and many new...

There's over four years to the next general election, a period in which we are likely to see a drop in the economy with falling living standards and rising prices while Brexit settles towards eventual success or failure. The public are already increasingly impatient with recent politics and...

Oh dear, you failed. ;) .

Very long ago as a young man I made a New Year's resolution that I've kept ever since. That resolution was to never again make a New Year's resolution. .

AKA Birmingham screwdriver. ;) .

One should be vandalised and kept as a monument to Nigel Farage, thus illustrating his achievement. .

This dealer has an any make e-bike repair service: London Electric Bike Shop 183 York Way, London, N7 9LN TETSLondon@gmail.com Their website repairs page is on this link .

I'd also second the original Ezee Torq. With its 22 mph assist power it was the first to bring high speed performance to e-biking at an affordable price and was hugely popular in 2006 and 2007. I've a website on that too. At one point in the early days of this forum 38% of the members owned a...

The Giant Lafree Twist Lite from 2001 to 2006 was widely regarded as a classic. It was the first e-bike that was truly bicycle like and could be ridden without the power switched on. On leaving home I always rode mine that way until reaching the first hill. They were still fetching high...

Yes, everything about him has always been Tory, wealthy parents. education in top private schools like Westminster, then Cambridge University and a member of the Cambridge University Conservative Association. He subsequently worked in Tory MP Leon Brittan's office at parliament. I think his...

Clegg's constituency is Sheffield Hallam. He is the fifth consecutive Tory MP for that constituency to receive a knighthood. That is very odd. .

That can't be done, any more than the Leavers could prove leaving was a good option. Either way the only proof is trying. .

We beat them to it in this thread, a number of us saying that we will be trying to rejoin the EU after a period outside. That will happen well within the majority of the population's lifetimes. .