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Peter, if you eliminate the deficit (a perfectly balanced budget or you are in surplus), then you do not run the economic engine to the best. As John Maynard Keynes wrote in 1937: “The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity at the Treasury.” Trust me on this, I can bore you to...

but we don't, do we? if we were to live within our means, we wouldn't start by doing our best to destroy our own planet. We wouldn't start wars in the hope that the spoils are going to pay for the cost of wars. Even the EU accepts 3% budget deficit is stable enough. All economists accept that a...

you get the motor wheel and this lot: 1) SWX02 motor in your choice of wheel with freewheel fitting 2) A pair of sensored brake levers for mechanical brakes 3) Pedelec sensor and waterproof cableset 4) Speed sensor and King Meter LCD with 5 assist levels, speedometer and clock 5) Thumb...

where do you live? if you are not too far from Southend, you could make an appointment to bring your bike to us and collect it after 4 hours. We'll supply and fit the fork and the kit for you. Total cost with front BPM kit and 15AH battery is £699. £50 extra if you need 17AH battery. Contact...

We are all links in a chain.

the 17AH battery has the same casing. Other than that, it costs £100 more than the 13AH. The shipment is on this boat: https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/CMA-CGM-MAGELLAN-IMO-9454424-MMSI-235081888 You can get a Woosh 48V 17A SWX02 kit from the third week of October with 48V 12AH battery...

20 countries out of the EU27 have coalition governments. The common form is the largest party + a liberal party. In the UK, the liberals are seen as a joke. No wonder we don't fit in.

the Rio MTB can take a traditional £25 rear rack, but the Big Bear is best for pulling heavy weight. Here is a Big Bear pulling a trailer:

I would recommend the Rio MTB. It is the lightest of the 3.

blame our voting system. If we have a more proportional share of seats at Westminster, we'll embrace coalition governments which will always result in a more balanced politics and less of giveaway budgets.

we just borrow from our banks, which borrow from froreign banks, and ultimately, from all the big countries' central banks printing paper money.

free market economy and immigration control? it can't be done. Not even in a dictatorship.

neither. I watched with interest the BBC reportage on Cambridge Analytica and the campaign to elect Donald Trump. The keypoint is that the campaign uses internet platforms (FB, Twitter, Google etc) to convince voters. The reason they can do so with appropriate messages is because those...

I meant posting with the same respect for laws, same on internet media as printed media. We can perfectly exchange points of view without verbal violence. For example, you may say 'this point of view is xenophobic' but you can't say the poster is. Otherwise you should go post on breibart or the...

I think we are all old enough to know without being reminded.

with the printed press, we know who said what and the onus is on the publisher to vet their contributors. the problem we have is the internet platforms, including this one. If I am for example, fed up with oldtom's insults, I can't sue the site's owner for defamation. The law needs to change to...

I was me who mentioned the busy lotto terminals on Saturdays. I subsequently regretted attacking the lotto for connecting the low probability of an immediately favourable outcome to brexit, I shortened the post and removed the mention of lotto terminals.

people can sort out truth from lie but a few are too lazy to do so. They prefer placing their trust in those promising the most although we all know the kind of probability of something appearing too good.

I can move freely between the UK and France, I have never given much thought to the question. There is something in the language that makes you think and react differently when you flip the language.

I reckon if there were a referendum to join in the US of E, the margin will be much greater than the 4%.