Would still be a good idea to be a bit more self sufficien Agreed, but that would require government investment. Especially as Transport goes electric in the near future. Hopefully the lorries and buses and vans will go green too as well. Not just transport, central heating will have to be moved aw...

The problem is how to go about strengthening the union. I think that the union would be in a very different place if there'd been English regional devolution, if only because it would have meant Scotland being in the same boat as a number of English regions in their complaints about the central gov...

The problem is how to go about strengthening the union. I think that the union would be in a very different place if there'd been English regional devolution, if only because it would have meant Scotland being in the same boat as a number of English regions in their complaints about the central gov...

Ron5 wrote:Looks like the back end to me.

I think that the fin indicates that it's the central and forward section, maybe as far as forward as the hull begins to narrow toward the bow.

For Labour its a case of be careful what you wish for. Wasn't the idea of devolution to put the SNP back in their box and cement Labours position in Scotland. Well that worked well! Nothing will appease the SNP short of independence, so It comes down to convincing the people to remain in the union,...

anyone care to take any guesses? They flipped some parameters in the model, until it gave the 'right' answer? - see upthread I'm not arguing that the CEBR WELT report is a bit guffy, I'm just pointing out to those who are presenting it as a repudiation of Brexit having negative economic consequence...

Looks like i'm not the only one amused at the way the beeb is choosing to report the cebr results: I just checked BBC "News" for the CEBR forecast, they have it, but have have not mentioned the 23% UK growth prediction. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-55454146 They probably wo...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D49W1XJTYTI (Nigel Farage) 24th December 2020 The deal is not perfect but it is a big moment. This victory is a tribute to the ordinary men and women who stood up against the Westminster establishment — and won. There is no going back, the war is over. Damn, man. Are...

SKB wrote:Damn.. we're still in the Eurovision Song Contest...

What's wrong with Eurovision, at its very worst it's barely rises above harmless daftness.

looks ok as a staunch brexiteer... Looks like a significant victory for Boris and the brexiteers to me. Yes devil in detail as ever Good to have those views here... and we have none :D of the below mentioned around here no doubt there are some things the hard liners won’t like Now, about the detail...

zanahoria wrote:Was sacking Erasmus really necessary?

Of course it was. If young people get to spend time being educated in European countries they might like it and (shock horror) think that joining the European Union might be a good idea.

An oven-ready Turkey of a deal? Commons' could reject it, as could EU Parliament and EC. Given how narrow a deal the British government wanted any deal is inevitably going to result in significant economic damage over a period of years, but it still won't be as bad as the damage that would have res...

Who's guessing it's going to be a total bino deal and Boris has totally caved in ,so we can't branch out and EU got control of UK in perpetuity ? Whatever it is and however many claim that it is that it won't be. I'm pretty sure that membership of the single market and customs union weren't part of...

The man knows he will lose (but the Congress will have to come back from Xmas recess) "If Congress does not override Mr Trump's veto in this case it would be the first time in 60 years that the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) does not become law." - luckily these manoeuvres, to ...

TheLoneRanger wrote:We have learnt he is no Churchillian figure capable of protecting the UK from this exercise.

I'm told that he always saw himself as Churchill's successor and I definitely think that there's an air of Anthony Eden about him.

Gruffydd was the only Welsh king ever to rule over the entire territory of Wales So Wales was once on a par with Strathclyde, Northumbria, Mercia and Wessex is what you are saying? Do we recognise them as countries these days? :twisted: :twisted: Sorry - couldn't resist You say it like it's a bad t...

Not so fast! Gruffydd was the only Welsh king ever to rule over the entire territory of Wales, from about 1057 until his death in 1063 and the whole of Wales recognised the kingship. Yes! I knew that The British History Podcast was worthwhile because I recognise that name and Gruffydd when you ment...

The idea that give it a few of generations and Gibraltarians will be so integrated with Spain that they'll wonder why they're not just part of Spain. To be fair - that's a decision for the Gibraltarians. The UK has been consistent in saying that. Up 'til now, it's the Spanish who have denied that t...

By doing so, they have effectively accepted the legitimacy of the Gibraltar Government and also apparently put aside their claim to sovereignty in Gibraltar. Once that genie is out of the bottle, they are going to find it difficult to stuff that particular cork back in. Fair point. My concern would...

Not in the UK as a whole and not for the many Scots who were denied a vote (who live in the rest of the UK. There's a significant practical issue with that which basically boils down to: How do you define a Scot? Is it someone born in Scotland, someone who's parents were born in Scotland, someone w...

Maybe the result of the 2014 Indy ref should have been fully respected. End the pretence ,,, Wave goodbye to Devolution! :wave: Erm what? The result of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum was mostly fully respected, I think that there's a bit of ill-feeling amongst some secessionists who feel...

Quelle dommage!