Trains generally go so fast that they can't stop in the distance visible to the driver, so it's kinda important that the driver knows the route, rather than reacting to it as it happens. (View Post)

My experience with a lot of unions is that ASLEF have likely been warning management for ages that they are short-staffed, and cannot rely on workers goodwill to fill rosters at short notice to fill … (View Post)

The high feed-in tariffs will be from the old scheme that existed when solar panels were a lot more expensive, and the tariffs were reduced as the panels became cheaper, and I believe don't exis… (View Post)

They had a British journalist talking about the election campaign on RTË radio this lunchtime and he couldn't stop laughing when asked if the Tories had any chance at all, or about the National … (View Post)

If we're talking brutal geopolitics here then neither Russia or Ukraine matter. China matters. The parallels between Russia/Ukraine and China/Taiwan should be obvious. If the West supports Ukrai… (View Post)