I had not caught up with how many countries boycotted the Paralympics Opening Ceremony, including the UK. It's a bit obfuscated between "boycott" and "events start tomorrow, so we… (View Post)

This is not he worst one I have seen this week by a long chalk - at least here a "squeeze" is possible. They always seem to block pavements where there are already obstacles. I'm more … (View Post)

Picking up the parking fine conversation I missed from earlier, afaics Havering get about -8% of their revenue from Parking Charges and various Fines, That ism about £17-20m a year. TBH that seems qu… (View Post)

What are the prospects of Trumpski himself doing another personal TACO on Iran? I think the USA may be hit hardest by the oil and gas prices in the short term. Most others seem to have 2-3 months of … (View Post)

It's a tricky one. I don't imagine athletes can be banned from the ceremony by instruction somewhere like the UK, and the boycott is ceremonials not events. My second link shows which athle… (View Post)