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Indeed, my first e-bike. .

From the five point aims of the EU: To help the poorest regions of Europe and the rest of the world. That means giving, which you rightly say may be viewed as redistribution. Whether we misread it or not, that is what we signed up to, and it's repeated in the Wilson agreement with the EU. .

Policies, that's why. The Scots have long been unhappy with certain UK policies but broadly agree with the EU's policies and ambitions and see themselves as better placed to succeed as an independent and co-operative part of the EU. .

I think the dominant factor is that the the EU will not drive anyone out. With their ambitions for expansion they won't want to do that so I'm sure would not make an issue of an essentially petty matter. It's so easy for them to allow Scotland to continue with it's current status that I think...

And I'm equally sure that is wrong and another political scare story from the referendum debate. Having existing membership they would not have to join the euro. That is the rule for new members. After all, it wouldn't be Scotland changing it's EU status, it would be the English led UK...

. I'm never one for one-upmanship! :) .

I don't think so, I think that was just a UK politician's scare story to get them to stay in the UK. Greenland was a country possessed by Denmark and both together in the EU. In 1979 Greenland was granted home rule by Denmark, but stayed within the EU. In 1985 Greenland voted to leave the EU...

I based my opinion on the results of the independence referendum and ensuing national election. The independence referendum produced a close result only slightly in favour of staying with the UK. In the following national election large numbers who had voted against the SNP in the referendum...

And another factor will be the US pressure and influence behind the scenes. They always wanted us to join to be their voice in the EU and have made it clear that they are strongly opposed to us leaving. The USA nows enjoys very good relations with some of the eastern bloc of EU countries...

Not a fair comparison Robert, since it invites looking at the negatives without regard to the positives of our past membership which everyone has got used to and now disregard. It's also a question being posed at a point of maximum problems. The fair question is, if we'd never joined the EU...

And that is probably the status of the whole country, fairly evenly balanced. On present indications I think the final referendum result could be so close that it won't resolve anything. The one thing we can probably be sure of is that if we do clearly vote to leave, Scotland will immediately...

That isn't the problem of course, as said earlier, it's if one is in an accident that the complications can arise. The only two occasions I've known of the police questioning an e-bike's legality was after accidents, both times by traffic officers doing the investigation. They were thorough...

Indeed, it surprisingly little known how high the cost of trading from the outside can be. And this is really what's on offer to us if we leave but want to retain a market in the EU. We will just have to be an EFTA member and keep all the EU cross border laws. Though not an EU member or ever...

To ensure that your post doesn't confuse Blackgold, this does not apply in the UK. Type approval here as L1e is impossible for an S class bike as supplied, so registration is also not possible. Legally it is also not possible at present in France since no S class bike complies with the EU wide...

I am absolutely certain without any possibility of a mistake. This is a subject that has been discussed in great depth over many years. The S class bikes are not legal in the UK and there is no class to register them. Only in the last week we've had one of the larger suppliers, Kudos, posting...

I think technically you should be stopped at the point of entry and the vehicle taken until your return to France. However, that wouldn't happen in practice since the only incoming vehicle compliance checks we conduct are those on HGVs, following the considerable trouble those have caused...

I've no doubt he didn't. There are a fair number of S pedelecs on our roads illegally, the riders relying on the lack of policing or police knowledge of the law on ebikes to get away with it. 50cycles have sold quite a few of them into the UK, all being illegally used. The first I knew of one...

Indeed, echoed now by their amazing generosity in immediately accepting over a million migrants without question in the current crisis, while we grudgingly say we'll accept 20,000 over the next three years, but only when we say they can travel from Africa. That's the difference each time...

Seconded, the S class pedelecs can only be registered as L1e-B mopeds after they've been type approved as such, but they cannot get anywhere near meeting the requirements for that. Therefore in the UK they are illegal on the roads. In the mainland EU, Germany has a specific class for them, as...

I'll believe it when I see proof of a practical method. The DfT's documents that they refer people to, including me recently, lead to the usual dead end of the Low Powered Moped class, being renamed L1e-A from this year on. The requirements for both at present are impractical for an e-bike...