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It took three and a half years after the referendum for the UK to leave the EU, followed by yet another year of "transition". During that time Parliament was often in chaos. Add in a period of campaigning before the referendum and the thick end of five years elapsed. Any attempt to rejoin, or...

I think as well as that it carried a significant risk that the party members would once again select somebody not on the "approved" list.

And what have they said in response to that? Is there a particular reason for your stubbornness?

As I may have said before, my opposition comes entirely from ideology. The practicalities will have to be overcoome.

Most people that I know who wanted to remain (admittedly, not that many) appear to have got over it. They have accepted that the UK has left, it is very unlikely to rejoin any time soon and, most importantly, they find no significant disadvantages have been visited on them. The aspect that...

Whatever is in it for individual continental countries does not figure in the Brussels ideology. Indeed. Many normal (i.e. non-EU) countries go to considerable lengths to keep tabs on who is coming and going. Unfortunately the UK is not among them, but it really is no big deal when you visit...

Presumably proceedings are barred under the SJP because the offence is imprisonable. But I understand (though may be wrong) that only a second or subsequent offence carries a custodial sentence. Do all the cases which Mr Kirk has investigated involve a second or subsequent offence, or is there...

So 13 year olds will get the vote???

So should that mean that those who pay no tax cannot vote?

China currently operates 1,155 coal fired power plants providing 1,136 Gw. They have a further 332 plants either in pre-construction or construction which will provide an additional 645Gw. For comparison, the UK's total peak electricity demand is around 35Gw (which in the main involves little or...

Perhaps, then, there should be a system developed where people who are happy to pay more than the minimum required could make additional voluntary payments. I haven't read it (I tend to keep away from the "fiction" section prior to a GE). Did they also perchance mention that such a move would...

Indeed. As I outlined in post #3155.

Thanks. Excuse my ignorance, but would a major depot like that (which includes the LT Museum's "Depot") be unattended for any length of time? Or is supervision over such a large site impractical?

The problem is, that far too many people believe that a manifesto pledges the party to do exactly what it says on the tin. For example, the front page of the LibDem effort: "Every vote for the Liberal Democrats is a vote to elect a strong local champion who will fight for a fair deal for you...

Have you any idea where it happened? Some of these "artistic displays" obviously take some time to complete and I'm just wondering where something like that can be accomplished undetected.

I doubt they are. But unfortunately this is the sort of thing that happens when politicians ignore the electorate. They eventually find someone to vote for. Like it or not, immigration is obviously a huge issue for many Germans and nobody seems to want to take them seriously apart from AfD. If...

Indeed, which is been the thrust of my point throughout this thread. General Election "campaigns" are infantile. Day after day we hear pointless announcements of what each party tells the electorate it will do if elected, few of which are likely to materialise. Yesterday Mr Sunak was shown on...

They can get out and about all they like. But they shouldn't annoy people by ringing their doorbells. The UK has a voting system which involves a secret ballot. There's not much point in that if people are going to knock on your front door asking which way you will cast your vote. Not only do...

No. I have a notice on my door which says I do not welcome unexpected callers and this includes sales personnel, religious missionaries and political canvassers. There is no way my vote is going to be influenced by some chancer telling me what he and his party will do for me over the next five...

There were originally platforms on the Catford Loop tracks but they were closed in 1916 and eventually demolished. All that remains today is a short stretch on the Up side, just east of the junction with the main line. Soon after Brixton opened a service began between there and Camberwell, via a...