Morning all. Off thread but I'm feeling distinctly irritable. My daughter has her English Literature GCSE today and she's been rattling through it. Apparently English Literature is essentia… (View Post)

The west coast is the slighty more direct route so ought to be quicker. But as you say, the topography is challenging to engineer for very high speeds. In fact (though I am getting away from my area … (View Post)

This is a subject I know quite a bit about, unlike most of my output. It's not about speed. It's about capacity. Fixed track is still the most efficient way of transporting large numbers of… (View Post)

Mods - can I appeal for a ban on the term 'staycation' for anything other than a holiday where you stay in your own house? What Brixian appears to be describing is what many of us would des… (View Post)

On thread - I'm happy to agree that a Conservative extinction is likely. But I could only see this as a failure of Kemi Badenoch if it was clear that someone else would do better. The best the C… (View Post)