On topic, and to add to Cyclefree’s excellent article: We covered the Challenger disaster in some depth in Engineering Officer Training, and the instructor emphasised that the most crucial thing we s… (View Post)

Acceptable. If you like them, have them. If you don't, don't. There's no law mandating what is on a Christmas dinner, and it has evolved and changed hugely over the centuries. It's a type of roast di… (View Post)

Bart's point is that if you working, say, 110 hours per month on minimum wage per month and you started out on UC with assistance for housing, you'll be getting a reduction in your benefits of 55p pe… (View Post)

For me, the second, and especially the third lockdown were the most frustrating of all. I have no doubt that when we were in the position we were in just before they were declared, with the knowledge… (View Post)

Only four out of fifty-six are over 500,000 population. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unitary_authorities_of_England Only seven are even within 100,000 of the half million (View Post)