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Yes, although that's a much more recent change introduced a couple of years ago.

There was also the 1935 novel 'It Can't Happen Here' about a populist US president who morphs into an authoritarian dictator, some of the similarities to the Trump regime are frightening. Extract from the plot summary on the novel's wikipedia page...

I'm a year older than you, must be at least 20 years since I wrote one, probably for an eBay purchase. In the early years of eBay, sellers could be very specific about accepted payment methods, and some only accepted cheques or postal order as a way of avoiding the fees for online payment...

One of the 'stations' in the Birmingham version is Spaghetti Junction New Street, Snow Hill and the Airport are the others

No I hadn't, thanks for that.

Yes, becoming more common now unfortunately. It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the fact the different companies all have the own apps so you have to download it there and then if it's not already on the phone. If not banned entirely, there should IMO definitely be a law that all app only...

Solo was the Mastercard version of Electron. My CoOp bank card did state Electron on the card when I first had it but branding was changed to standard Visa some time in the early 2010s, but still with the Electron restrictions. I think the logic was to remove the stigma around using one as it...

Not recent either, I had to apply for one of those types of accounts in 2005, it came with a debit card back then too (not contactless back in those days of course). The only difference was it was a Visa Electron rather than a standard Visa debit card which prevented you going overdrawn but was...

Not comparable. Headcorn is a small village, most people using the station would have been driving there anyway. Coventry is a city of over 300,000 people.

Happy isn't really the right word, more that will a majority of the cabinet reach the stage that they believe anyone is a better option than Trump? With Trump's behaviour steadily becoming more unhinged, that likelihood increases with each passing day. Bear in mind they're probably not Trump...

And gold. 1789993204 If he doesn't do an Elvis beforehand, I suspect the 25th amendment will be enacted not long after 20th January 2027. That's the point at which Vance could serve out the remainder of Trump's term and stand for two further terms.

Personally I always prioritise a direct flight over extra travel time to the departure airport.

I've a suspicion that when you go down to the fine detail, most of that big beautiful agreement is merely re-iterating long standing arrangements Denmark and the US have had since the cold war, but sold to Trump as if it's all down to him.

Aside from Musk, the other big reason I don't like Teslas is they take the touchscreens for everything principle to extreme lengths. As long as there are brands who continue to provide physical buttons for basic features like climate control, I'll stick with them.

That's good to know. In the case of the power cuts, they weren't specific to the property but affected the whole village. My dad's theory was the mains infrastructure hadn't been upgraded for decades and was unable to cope with modern demand (he lived there between 2000 and 2013).