Well, people were leaving Ireland for Britain (and elsewhere) before Independence - that was the effect of the Famine. Scotland similarly suffers a drain of people down south to England - this is the… (View Post)

For the same reason that lots of people who voted for Brexit don't regret doing so - such a vote is not about practicalities for many people. I'm kinda on the other side of the fence. My experience i… (View Post)

€1 is equal to £IRE 0.787564 Today £1=€1.141 So, £1 = £IRE 0.8986 The transition might well be difficult, but an independent Scotland could be an economic success, as the rump UK continues on its pat… (View Post)

Because he didn't need to. If Ukraine had kept their Putin-friendly corrupt leader then it would have freed Putin to concentrate on Moldova, or the central Asian Republics. (View Post)

I've never driven a petrol car, so I've been scratching my head at those that do talking about 53mpg as a good rate of fuel efficiency. I am hoping that EV cars will have a range of 1000km by the tim… (View Post)