And, of course, the tradition was originally for a change of Government following a loss of confidence vote. It wasn't until Pitt the Younger threw out precedent that the alternative even became… (View Post)

The referendum result mandated that we leave - but not how, nor what final state we should be in. Yes, they should have foreseen that there would be no agreement on what our final agreement would be.… (View Post)

David Herdson - the Ashwin/Buttler example is an excellent one for a second reason: the rules on what Ashwin did changed quite recently - in 2017. Before that rule change, Buttler would have been saf… (View Post)

For long-range electric aircraft, you have to think outside the box. A large airship, using helium, with electric motors and with solar cells printed over the envelope - for long range, possibly toda… (View Post)

Nope. Boris Island was doubly in the wrong place. It was the wrong side of London for almost anyone other than East Anglians and North Sea fish, for a start. But worse than that, it was due east of L… (View Post)