If the GOP take the House and Senate next year, then with the state legislatures they control, it doesn't matter if Trump is their candidate in '24 or not. Whoever it is, they will claim election fra… (View Post)

Merseyrail are going to order some battery-pack trains so they can extend their services from the edge of their electrified network: their trials indicate that the trains can operate for up to twenty… (View Post)

Yes, he gave up the title Emperor of India in 1948. That title (as Empress) was Disraeli’s idea in 1876 due to the prospect of Victoria’s daughter, also named Victoria, potentially outranking her mot… (View Post)

I think these days you have to get up the aircraft carriers to find an RN ship captained by someone with the actual rank of Captain. But then, a naval captain is equivalent in rank to an army colonel… (View Post)

Yes I remember occasionally getting George VI shillings and florins (and quite a few pre-decimal Elizabeth II) in one’s change up until the early 90s when they changed the size of the five and ten pe… (View Post)