oldJoe wrote:I don`t know where you live but in the small village I live there is everything built up even with a tiny road ( 20 habitants )
Last, in Germany at least, if you are in a city or anywhere not on the Autobahn you always give way to the right . So at a cross roads with no lights, traffic from the right has priority at all times. A bit nuts tbh but there we go. That is actually not true: That is only the case if there are no p...
Jump to postLate to the party, glad it went well! Was going to add a few things just for others.. With roundabouts just be aware that they don't indicate on entering the roundabout, only when they are going to exit. So keep a close eye on that especially on smaller ones (not that there are many). On Autobahn ju...
Jump to postAt the end of the day, UA is responsible for the defense of UA, not US, not EU, not NATO. While that is true, there is a clear danger to Europe and the US directly. There are plenty of people on this side of the Atlantic openly now stating that we need to arm Ukraine to win, right now, so that Puti...
Jump to postWe've had the wettest January/ February on record (last year was the driest) and we've had the warmest February day on record (19.9 degrees). We've also had the most number of Atlantic storms this year (10).
So the US is not alone in the craziness.
Well our winters are wetter than ever, and this year we are just getting Atlantic storm after storm - tons of flooding. Seas last summer were so warm blue fin Tuna were found (UK). Southern Spain is 30 degrees the last few days.... in January. It's nuts. But it's exactly what was predicted so there'...
Jump to postI'm seeing a lot of social media nonsense written by people clearly from Muslim nations or in the West who are vehemently apposed to Israel's current actions that they are actively supporting "Yemens" actions as they believe it's being done to stop ship deliveries to Israel. Of course they...
Jump to postBiggest problem here (UK) is that the area's that most suit EV's (cities + 1-2 hr drives) have onstreet parking only. There's no infrastructure that can handle those types of people and it's millions of them. Once you get into the 'burbs you have a lot more people with drives but you still have issu...
Jump to postThere is a TV program in the UK on BBC1 on Sunday evenings called Countryfile. It's all about.. well suprise suprise the country. Farming, agriculture etc. They had a segement on fishing last night and the impacts of climate change around the UK. They were on a research boat monitoring sea temperatu...
Jump to postI read somewhere else (can't remember where now, maybe here) that Turkey has said it will deploy ships to protect grain shipments so they will continue if Russia doesn't extend the agreement. Lets hope that is indeed true. I posted information about it a couple of days ago. Ah ha, nice! Well lets r...
Jump to postRussia has halted the Black Sea grain deal: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/crimea-bridge-key-russian-supply-line-damaged-two-dead-reports-blasts-2023-07-17/ They say it is not a retaliatory move for the bridge attack (...). I'm not sure what Putin aims to achieve here, other than tit-for-tat....
Jump to postAs far as I understand it Ukraine has yet to involve most of it's reserved forces in the counter offensive and what they are doing now is exactly what has been reported in the press. That is to systematically destory ammo dumps to start to cut off certain areas and then prod and push areas to find w...
Jump to postIt seems that Mercedes made a big step and are now best of the rest, somehow Aston was really struggling this race. Somehow this race led to the most differentiated tyre strategy I have seen in a long. Most cars used all compounds. Ferrari is really in trouble, there racepace is quite off… Both Sai...
Jump to postA lot doesn't add up here. The video below seems to show that both drones got through and exploded despite Moscow's claims that both were 'disabled'. For the second strike, it looks as though the two people on the roof were likely checking for damage from the first when the second one arrived. I do...
Jump to postNever seen that either. Remember Jimbo though... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimbo_and_the_Jet-Set
Jump to postYou don't want it to be a stock series where any team can win. What we want is a rivalry. Two teams that are a second clear but are competitive is far more exciting than where Williams could win one week and RB then next. I disagree with that. I think there are so many fans of every different team ...
Jump to postIt’s gonna be a fun season! I think only if you're a Verstappen fan. Checo doesn't have the pace of Verstappen in most races and considering how just crazily fast the RB is this year, I think he'll wallk the championship. I find Verstappen utterly unlikeable as a person and would rather almost anyo...
Jump to postThere is a two part podcast by Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart on Spotify or Amazon Music released in the last few days. Very interesting discussion from two men heavily involved in very different parts of Iraq from a UK's perspective. Certainly worth a listen.
Jump to postThat's very true. Unfortunately you'll find a lot of Chinese don't see it that way - they don't have a choice, or are happy to go along with considering how quickly their quality of life has improved / income levels are rising and how mindblowingly fast infrastructure is built there. The rest of us ...
Jump to postAs has been the case for the last 5 years or so, China thinks it owns most of the ocean and it's fishermen sure as hell don't care about maritime law or managing fish stocks. This is just the latest example of it. Always amusing to hear their denials and accusations that the west shouldn't involve i...
Jump to postI think it was a very bad day for the GOP and a reflection on how little control McCarthy has. He had no clue when to stand, when to clap, was seen shusshing when certain members were shouting stupid things. Was a good setup by Biden regarding Medicare / Medicaid. They fell for it, and are now on re...
Jump to postThis is the entire point, we all agree that money needs to be spent wisely. We can probably all agree it hasn't always been done so and certainly not in the last decade. As we keep on saying, the money has been there. It can be there again. But it's been government decisions on where they money has ...
Jump to post@Reinhardt, in the first post, didn't you say you don't know why UK has productivity issue. AFAIK Margaret Thatcher threw a lot of manufacturing when she ruled in the 70's for whatever reason/s she stated. Now if you are going to throw our manufacturing then for sure you are becoming dependent on o...
Jump to postand loads of extra funding is certainly not it. It's part of it. You'll need to significantly increase it in the short term to make up for what's happened to it, and the state it's in now. Longer term, once the clear issues have been resolved, I don't believe "loads" or "significant&...
Jump to postBorder force - nowhere near enough of them. Takes ages to get through UK customs, has done since before Brexit but it's only been made worse. ). I somewhat disagree with this, depending on which airport you enter, if you're a UK citizen or one of the lucky few with the right nationality you can use...
Jump to postUK has had a massive productivity issue for many years. Nobody is quite sure what the answer to it is. In regards to the strikes, it's entirely public sector workers (exception of train companies). The reason for that? 10 odd years of no pay rises, and continious lack of investment and not providing...
Jump to postYeah I never let anyone phone me and ask for ID. I'll ask them for a number to call back on, double check it or go through the banks normal call centre. There are so many scams going around, I just don't trust them.
Jump to postThe really interesting one will be when the motor industry changes over form an EU certificate of conformity to UKCA certificate of conformity, I wonder how many manufacturers will decide that making vehicles for the RHD UK (already a PITA) and now they will have to go through a separate UK set of ...
Jump to postDid you ask the rep on the phone (the second one) if that was standard procedure, or to clarify why they would have needed your driver ID?
Jump to postNZ (and maybe Australian farmers) are incredibly efficient, with NZ lamb and dairy we can produce a product which is superior to what British producers can produce at a lower price point, with no import tariffs how will British farmers compete? The upside for the British public is better products a...
Jump to postI misread it but the premise seems to be the same. Instead of playing the blame game and insulting the people that voted to succeed from the EU get some leadership in your government and fix your economy. Oh the vast majority of the population want that. All polls point towards a massive landslide ...
Jump to postYou need to speak to some Brits about their education and NHS, not so strong. Just try campaigning in the US for those tax rates. Here’s a Twitter thread on the problem https://twitter.com/brian_riedl/status/1616907474086563841?s=61&t=xDG7x2mYV82KYzZvqeeJ7g Please don't conflate the current sta...
Jump to postUAUA wrote:And how did they solve the problem?
Just abolish it all and let the Windsors become normal taxpayers, they are not innately superior to anyone else. Lizzy or Chucky or Willie have nothing more intelligent to say to the PM than any other citizen, probably far less intelligent than many. Our entire problem is the quality of elected rep...
Jump to postI think most people are just bored and fed up of hearing about him to be honest. Not him himself, but him and his wife constantly being on TV in the US bashing everything. They've made things feel like a hollywood daytime soap opera and are probably being paid accordingly for their thoughts. They ne...
Jump to postIts not about punishment or suffering in prison, the death penalty is about justice for the surviving family members. To deny them that justice is wrong! It's state sponsored revenge, and has no place in this world in this day. If you can't guarantee 100% you will never find an innocent person guil...
Jump to postWhat about the Government stepping in with regards to other contributors to high public healthcare costs? Alcohol, poor diet choices, not exercising, extreme sports with high risk of injury, etc.? While I don't disagree with your comment, I also understand the viewpoint other members have as to whe...
Jump to postOnly a complete idiot would take up smoking today, now those people will have to find something else. I am sorry in my country we are free to make that decision for ourselves. Maybe that's fine for you, for countries that has public health care I don't see why my taxes should go towards smokers.The...
Jump to postWell indeed deserve doesn't do anything, you have to believe your time will come. As I said France are a class team and they showed the difference as to why they are world cup winners and England not.. those few moments of brilliance out of almost nothing. England generally can't do that. Regarding ...
Jump to postBillboard in Paris was placed by one of Murdoch's Brexit loving, red top trashy tabloid newspapers, not an England supporters group. Funny, AFAIK such protests weren't raised before the match... Really? Maybe because the average England fan, like myself, was blissfully unaware of what was happening...
Jump to postGood to see we're not trusting the UK with the prosecution on this one. He's gotta be well into his 60s if not 70s by now. You should define what exactly you find so wrong with the SCOTTISH justice system. We should trust the good old US justice system instead? A country that still has the death pe...
Jump to postThe Jan 6 committee is pretty much a done deal, I don't think they have any more meetings planned there are no plans to press charges as the entire case is based on hearsay and circumstantial testimony. How is hearsay first person, in person, at the time of the events witness testimony? No doubt so...
Jump to posthttps://facts4eu.org/news/2022_nov_observer_rejoiners#comments I’ll leave it to you to say how they are wrong I really wouldn't quote or refer to a website like that. One that has more "remoaner" words in one page than I've heard in my lifetime. One that has a page dedicated to trying to ...
Jump to postElon laid off the guy responsible for staff access to offices. Elon then called him, asked him to come back and fix it. https://twitter.com/anothercohen/status/1593404311832338442 Rumours today that hundreds more resigned yesterday and there could be only a few hundred left. Last night people all ov...
Jump to postReferenDUM singular. You're the only person in the world who insists on using it for both one vote and multiple. Yes I've said it before and I'll probably say it again. Would be lovely to not listen to a word the IEA and other think tanks say considering they refuse to publically share who funds the...
Jump to postDo you feel the Dems need someone other than Biden to win next time round? He'll be what 81? He's making noises about running again, but is he really just too old nowm I think so despite the fact I think he's done a massive amount of good. Lets say it is DeSantis who do the Dems need to beat him?
Jump to postWell obviously it didn’t sell itself now otherwise remain would have won and by a large margin. Don’t make excuses why it didn’t sell itself after all you pointed out the remain in reality had the easier campaign as it was a known quantity at the status quo That's nonsense. Everyone knows that elec...
Jump to postThe UK has fairly dire public finances right now, almost entirely due to the actions of the last few Tory governments. I won't list every billion that was wasted but it's all there and we all know it. The £50 billion can be filled without tax rises but that doesn't fix the fact so many areas of the ...
Jump to postI fear the Dems will continue to reduce the value of my assets by 8+% a year. So how high would inflation be if the Republicans would run the country? What is the cause of the high inflation in the US? Is it the same that has pushed it over 10% in the UK, Germany and high single digits in most of E...
Jump to postBrexit has resulted in fewer trade barriers between the UK and the rest of the world, But what is the real world impact of that? At best a roll over of an existing EU deal, or worse case a deal like the Australia one which is very one sided - not in the UK's favour. https://tradebarrierindex.org/ H...
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