Disabled people tend to be poor and thus *have* to use the bus because they have no other option. Also, being disabled and having reduced mobility are not necessarily the same thing, lots of disabled… (View Post)

I've been dealing with a significant back injury that means I can't currently walk for more than about a minute or two without excruciating pain. It has hugely opened my eyes to how much ha… (View Post)

That's basically the policy in Scotland now, too, the Scottish government just hasn't publicised it in the way Wales did. All 30mph roads are to be moved to 20mph unless the local council f… (View Post)

The justice system in the UK has no mechanism for dealing with serial petty offenders, which shoplifters tend to be. There was a report in the local rag last year of a woman who got caught stealing f… (View Post)

You make a good point. I suspect a lot of people, even at the top of the EU, don't yet realise that America's descent into insanity means the EU in its current form is no longer viable. In … (View Post)