There's a complicated explanation here, but fundamentally if energy producers in Scotland generate more than the transmission network can cope with you either have to boost the transmission netw… (View Post)

Actually a very effective arrangement with a derogatory/self-effacing name. For the price of a coffee, unemployed people can get out of the house, maintain a working routine, develop skills and relat… (View Post)

Low/no alcohol gin and tonics make sense to me as the (hopefully decent) tonic water does the heavy lifting in that taste combo. Some no alcohol gins seem to work and others don't. I haven'… (View Post)

Scary how quick fire spreads in the strong wind. This is probably about 20 minutes after it started. (View Post)

The situation appears to be that VAT is having minimal effect on numbers of private pupils. It must have some effect at the margins, I guess. The Times ran a headline a couple of days ago of X privat… (View Post)