OneGuyFromBarlick

I thought Clause IV had been excised. Meanwhile a year on since Sunak resigned and disolved the Govt. Really he should have hung on. The inward migration official figures are down by half as result of changes made - mainly one families of students and others not getting right to come to UK and some ...

Previous posts have merged into dialect and word meanings forum. But dahn sarf we do have a form of English as she is murdered that can be quite grating to listen to , sometimes though I have to "dumb down" my talking to make a direct, understandable, point. It is like learning different l...

When we had nationalised grid and nationalised gas ( for good or ill ) , we had economic / demand forecasting teams along with capital planning for generation and transmission generally and specific needs - new towns, new developments and so on.

"Bicester Motion" has built up a number of motor repair units mainly in the classic and historic car market with a monthly "Coffee and Chrome" meet up sponsered by one of the classic car insurance specialists . Looking at the pictures there are at least three "hangars" ...

I was searching You Tube for a audio recording of one of mum's 78s by Geraldo , Somewhere in the night, there had been one but its gone now but I know the audio exists on a CD so I can get if from there. What did come up was a film (US) of 1946. While not watching it through in full I caught one lin...

Politics not quite in a becalmed state. Starmer has been trying what to do with respect to Ukraine that may even look competant. The main talking point has been on of immigration - which has impacts on policies like education, housing , benefits among others. With the speech use of "Britain bec...

I hadn't seen that one and you are all right. Total insane nonsense. If anyone can be said to have won WW2 in terms of sacrifice it was the Russians. (And nobody won WW1, it was postponed until 1939.) I think we have to be pedantic (not that I have full stats) it was USSR , (and definately not Russ...

If it helps the US are somewhat (as a population) losing interest in Israel. I didnt realise US politicians were pretty much divided even in 1948 . Israel (Ben Gurian) Pretty much forced the hand with declaring Palestine as Israel - with Gaza and West Bank basically being western compromises for the...

Theres more One of the new intake of Labour MPs said "this is not a verdict on our failure to deliver. "It is a verdict on what we have delivered. People on the doorsteps are using the word 'betrayal' Which just about gets it right. Chancellor etc point to Rising Wages - without noting thi...

The BBC Graphs etc may tell a better story but here is the raw numbers Reform UK 677 +677 Liberal Democrat 370 + 163 317 -676 Labour 99 -186 Independent 89 -20 Green 80 +45 I dont think they present the total number of votes for each party affiliation compared with 2021 A Crude thought would indicat...

Net zero or just cost of energy and nhi ?

I think Climate and (net zero however you measure it) is moving out of political choice to one where the economics do start to work ASSuming the UK distribution grid gets real to the last five miles and inputs in , it can be done.

After tumbling in most of April the underlying ISA value mum has (which is not a lot) has started to go up of late days - of course this is after thinking that a small dabble of purchase earlier might have been worth a punt but not brave enough to go for). Basically it looks like Trump back peddaled...

Best laid plans and all that. The last sour dough that I baked for the family do on Monday was finished off yesterday lunch. Not time yet to wake and feed my starter so I mixed up a basic seeded bloomer, Sunflower, Chia and Sesame. It was ready for the oven over tea time. I decided to do it in the ...

The US has a problem. Can anyone "fix it"(without some kind of socialism ?) Manufacturing might be nice to have , but its done by robots at best and a lack of mass good employment means a lack of mass market. At present the box shifters depend on high margin on rubbish from china to decora...

HMRC might be interested for income tax thingys ( I assume creatives can use averaging rules )

Went to a funeral of a closish neighbour of mum's on Wednesday. She was younger than me and apparently died of the same condition I had ( Its a bit pot luck when you go into hospital that they actually pick up on symptoms and get the right condition (in time) , If I had known her symptoms I could ha...

It seems there was / is a wid(ish) strip of rain from top to bottom of England and most of Scotland. London has had it a bit rainly from drizzle to mizzle and a touch of wind but some sunny spells which were warm, basically not the worst , but not the best, of a British Bank Holiday. ( I see I said ...

Went with even better timing than the queen. The Cardinals get together to mourn, and stay in the Vatican. Cardinals under the age of 80 vote between themselves (basically) for a new successor to the keys. Cardinals over 80 can give advice , but not vote. I can never figure out why they never electe...

Trees - its to do with Climate change, ecosystems , green wellbeing, a lack of management of our timber resources. I suppose we mark the death of the RC Pope this morning following his rather good speech on Easter Sunday. 88 years old. A new one is due for election, given we need a new Head of the C...

Saturday's edition of The Times had a long report from its journalists in Ukraine exposing the widespread use of chemical agents against Ukrainian soldiers by the Russian military. Thousands of incidents since the war began. It eased off at one point then the levels jumped sharply when Trump became...

Short term pain worth long term gain

In addition I have been told that modern males are insecure in their understanding of gender and this explains the ultra-male behaviour we see in some sectors of society, Gymnasia, sports and the military. I I think for some that has always been so. However the Supreme Court Ruling was rather speci...

Well - there's no hiding this one. Gatwick carpark exit during the day. Fully photographed. The Australian blogger I referenced above has given the Reg Number, so they can't pretend it was a diesel car. It was a Volkswagen Hybrid electric. If the Reg No he gives is true then from the MOT database, ...

While there should be non corrosive covers at the bottom - to avoid corrosion caused by dogs, most corrusion occurs from the under ground portion rotting just at ground level from rainwater, etc. Did the Victorians site their gas lamp poles differently in the days before macadam - tarred - surfaces ...