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There could be a farmer's strike next week. Food shortages expected. Best to get stocked up while you still can. Could this bring Plodder Starmer's government down? I don't know too much about the supply and production of food but I would expect the farmers of the UK have produced the years crop by...

Homebase now in administration. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c624nzepd59o I bought my first ever cordless drill from Homebase in Cambridge in about 1994. I recall it being an OK shopping experience but I expect it fell through excess debt and was sucked dry by an investment fund. Hilco bough...

I have a fire with a metal flue and I miss the old brick chimneys. The metal gets way too hot and I worry about it setting fire to the house.

Maybe you should try to build a "tile stove" with a huge thermal mass in the middle of you heat losing extension.

It's a sign of the decline of the West and other countries are beginning band together in things like BRICS to take initiatives - not always in the best direction but they will learn the hard way when the oil runs out and the seas and temperatures rise. Let's hope that it means the UK has to pay les...

One can only wonder how many trillions of pounds have gone to the EU from the UK over 40 years of trade imbalances. Presumably we received a few BMWs, Audis and Renaults, wine, cheese and salami in return? Hopefully also some machine tools and manufacturing equipment as well as the mainly luxury it...

My cynical remarks regarding parking tickets etc. following a disaster are based on experience ! After a riot in the City of London resulted in considerable damage, the main response of TPTB was to issue parking tickets to vehicles of contractors removing debris, and also fixed penalty notices for ...

Well, that's a completely unbiased and reliable source you've got there. :roll: Surprised it's taken you so long to slither on here after Trump's victory.... The bodies continue to pile up....., has the Special Military Operation been worth it ? In terms of WW2 level of casualties the Russians have...

I am not really sure that Ukraine had an opportunity to join NATO. Before 2014 they were ruled by a pro-Russian government that would not have entertained that possibility. After that they started getting invaded. I favour just giving them tactical nukes and NATO membership now. I don't think there ...

Or a run to be President in 4yrs time ?? Not a natural born US citizen. He can't stand for President. Trump is set to tear-up the rule book on everything else....., so why not that as well ? Although he might be thinking to set up one of his kids to succeed ?? Who knows - all we can be certain of i...

Mark wrote: ↑07 Nov 2024, 13:53

BritDownUnder wrote: ↑07 Nov 2024, 10:00 Musk is after government business I would guess.

Or a run to be President in 4yrs time ??

Not a natural born US citizen. He can't stand for President.

I expect a falling out with Musk in six months to a year. Agreed, Musk has a low tolerance for incompetence. Combine that with the power dynamic, Trump will resent Musk's wealth and Musk Trump's power. Their relationship is transactional - will only last while there's clear benefit to both parties....

Problem is that the US has about 2% of oil and gas reserves but produces the most so they must be depleting their reserves much more quickly than their enemies. I do expect they will last another Trump term however. In my mind it makes sense to move to renewables quite quickly. USA has good wind res...

A few quotes about Trump from people who will have to engage with Trump in a few months. David Lammy - UK Foreign Secretary ... described Trump as a “neo-Nazi sympathising sociopath”, a “tyrant in a toupée” and a “dangerous clown”. Kevin Rudd - Australian Ambassador to Washington ... Trump is “destr...

I agree that the US will hit a peak oil wall when their shale oil reserves get depleted. I approved of Biden on doing the Inflation Reduction Act. Pity he made it the same abbreviation as his favourite terrorist organisation. Maybe Elon Musk will persuade Trump on renewables who knows. Perhaps these...

The recent DHL warehouse fires were in packages from Lithuania, and contained magnesium which was probably designed to defeat fire containment in an aircraft hold. Arrests have been made, the attacks are assumed to be Russian directed and it is reported that future attacks were to be aimed at US fl...