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I got your point ok, but there's a question about refusing claims from those who were in there, regardless of their circumstances, They may well have suffered physical and emotional losses. .

Those who were tenants of someone letting illegally to multiple occupants, they wouldn't have such bills. They just pay rent for a room that is all inclusive of fuel and water use, usually no rent book issued then. And when the tenants are illegals, they don't have bank accounts or NHS...

Indeed, as it's proved to be now for those who attempted to put any of the blame on the Liverpool fans at Hillsborough. A disaster can create untouchables. .

You may well be right Tom, since 1994, innocent until proven guilty is more wishful concept than fact: In theory an accused person does not have to prove innocence, the onus is supposed to be on the prosecution to prove guilt. The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 means the scales of...

Judging by some of the Tour de France riders, they are either extremely well endowed or wearing codpieces under the lycra. They don't seem to have any bother of this sort over the 2200 miles of the Tour. .

Juncker was right of course, a little more respect would have been in order. Unfortunately many cannot say anything good about Juncker, apparently thinking him the inspiration for Despicable Me. .

I hope most refuse to pay this excessive charge. I'm not against a charge, but to leap from free to $399 is ridiculous. I've always expected this to happen with free services eventually, it's the way the web is slowly going, and one of the reasons I established my own domains and web space long...

There are so many almost insoluble questions around any of the compensation, official or donated. As so often happens in London, some of the official council tenants were living elsewhere and letting their flat to others, often multiple occupants in each flat with their illegal "landlord"...

That world is called Germany. There engineers are highly valued and respected and many qualify for the title Doctor. .

While I agree that Brexit isn't reversible by current statute, I think in practice we could get agreement to withdraw article 50. My reasons for saying this are: 1) The propaganda value to the EU of a country realising withdrawal is disadvantageous. 2) The deterrent effect it would have on...

Strange we've heard so little about these setting off fires. Germany doesn't seem to have any bother with this, despite being a leader in using photo-voltaics with about 1.5 million systems producing almost 7% of their electricity this way. .

I think he's reluctant to appear to oppose Brexit in any way due to so many Labour voting areas being so strongly in favour of it in the referendum. Those strongly pro-Brexit voters could shift to voting Tory in the next election if they think he's letting them down. His strategy has the...

I say give all concerned a chance, the ex-residents in particular are far too impatient and demanding impossible things. For example they want the judge's inquiry widened to include criminal matters, but it simply cannot do that since the police are carrying out that separate investigation and...

Ogden Bolton's 1895 motor is the earliest hub motor design I've ever come across, but as you post it was more a motorcycle design than a practical bicycle one.. My interest has been more in machines actually produced. In 1898 Humber produced a stretched tandem with an electric motor in the...

These 2010 regulations followed a serious fire in a large terraced building where the fire spread laterally through the roof/attic spaces. This section was specifically intended for that sort of building to ensure there would be full lateral fire resistance in future, not just that between the...

There was no question of scrapping both, defence policy is that we have an aircraft carrier, so HMS Queen Elizabeth was always going to be completed and commissioned. And as I posted, construction on the second was so advanced that completion so that it could be sold could be a more sensible...

When it was announced around a couple of years ago that only one would actually be commissioned with the Royal Navy the government said they were seeking a buyer for the other one. There is no intention that we will ever use it. Cancellation was out of the question for the same reasons as the...

There's no chance of that, they are too small for the USA who prefer larger catapult launch carriers, not these smaller jump ramp types. And conversion to a nuclear power plant is almost certainly impossible. Those have to be designed with a large access removable area to lift out the whole...

The art of Irish politics? ;) .

Near to the mark, the two command towers are in effect for operation by committee. One conning tower is for the navy to command the ship, the other is for the air command controlling flight operations. Personally I think this design is bonkers, given how tightly interlinked these two...