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An alternative economic theory (see Keynesian economics) When demand matches supply then shortages are rare. If demand exceeds supply then either supply needs increasing or demand needs decreasing. So thinking of a business that sells 5 million units (products) per month at £1 each with a 5p...

Since the start of July the number of people in UK hospitals has been rising slowly to a peak on 14 Sept and has started to drop again although this peak was much lower than the Nov 2020, Jan 2021 and Apr 2020 peaks https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/healthcare Assuming a vaccine efficacy...

Is this a government or a cult? Do we need a winter of discontent to reduce the popularity? Cut in universal credit (was originally temporary increase), rise in national insurance, empty supermarket shelves, food price increase by 25%, shortage of gas and electricity along with price increases...

In 2009 First, Cosmen / CVC and Stagecoach had expressed an interest in bidding for National Express. ----------------------------------- https://www.nationalexpressgroup.com/newsmedia/corporate-news/2009/statement-regarding-press-speculation/ ----------------------------- The bid would...

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-buys-extra-32-million-24740914 If you're charging £18 per vaccine and stand to earn say £90 million by vaccinating 5 million people with a booster, then what would your attitude be towards those who don't or can't take the vaccine due to various medical...

Sunday: vaccine passports unlikely to be implemented Monday: we'll keep them in our armoury Tuesday?? they'll be used if hospital cases hit a certain level Wednesday: VPs won't be enough so we'll lockdown anyway Question: why do we have to go through VPs, vaccines, boosters etc if lockdown 4...

Thank you - agree that it should be endemic and that vaccines are highly but not 100% effective - we could compare to the use of antibiotics and "superstrains" of bacteria. Some combination of vaccines and face masks in crowded places could be close to (but not) 100% effective - lockdown and...

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2020 we had covid secure measures such as face masks, ventilation, NHS app, NHS test and trace, local tiers etc 2021 we have vaccine passports (VPs) Can care homes afford to lose a proportion of their staff? Can nightclubs afford to implement VPs? Why do people not wear face masks when they are...

I seem to recall being told that to allow schools to reopen that certain parts of society would remain closed. Now that the schools and universities are likely to have all finished for 6 weeks holiday from around 19 July, this should allow the other parts of society to reopen - I doubt whether...

Giles Fearnley and Dave Alexander became colleagues when Blazefield bought BTS around 1992 and remained so until around 2008 when Dave Alexander joined First West Yorkshire, then again when Giles Fearnley jpined First in 2011). Giles Fearnley retired I believe towards the end of 2020 and the...

Here is an illustration of how vaccine uptake influences the R value, making some assumptions 1. The base R value is 3 2. The vaccine efficacy is 75% 3. Pre-covid contact levels in the population (no social distancing etc) 4. An approximate use of Bayes theorem 5. Other environmental factors may...

Transdev may be impacted by the incoming Bradford Clean Air zone (CAZ). https://www.bradford.gov.uk/breathe-better-bradford/where-is-the-clean-air-zone/where-is-the-clean-air-zone/ Not sure if the current Shuttle 662 fleet are Euro 5 or Euro 6 (after they were re-engined in 2015) - a PVR of 13...

For the Leeds Harrogate York trains their destination is given as Poppleton in one direction and I think Burley Park in the other. Similarly Leeds Bradford Huddersfield is given a destination of Brighouse. In both cases alternative trains run via a shorter route with shorter journey times.

Halifax had quite a few ex London Metrobuses in service in the mid 2000s both with First Halifax (I seem to remember catching one on the 503 from Huddersfield to Halifax in 2005) and Halifax Joint Committee. It looks like C424BUV entered preservation while B162WUL was around until 2014.

I think we have a sense of deja vu here National lockdown 2020: 12 weeks to "bend the curve" 2021: road map to easing lockdown Local restrictions 2020: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/30/leicester-lockdown-what-are-the-new-covid-19-restrictions 2021...

Thank you, this data source is what I was looking for but couldn't find - it will be interesting to see what the data looks like when "The next release will be published on 3 June 2021."

A few main issues here; Quite a lot of people are either on furlough (11m) or unemployed (1 in 20 of working age population). https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116638/uk-number-of-people-on-furlough/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52660591 Add in sectors moving some of their operations...

The first 662 journey of the day is at 0515 from Keighley and it looks like daylight (in the pictures / video) so possibly moved out from depot.

142 143 144 with the occasional 141 and "comfortable" 156 Later we got 308s following electrification of the Airedale / Wharfedale lines which although slower top speed felt quicker end to end as their multiple slam doors seemed to reduce station dwell times Vaguely remember the smoothness of...