theProle

Three things. 1) She hasn't been wandering around complaining bitterly complaining about politicians being dirty little grifters, got elected to clean up politics, and then turned out have her snout … (View Post)

If the Tories have Farage back as leader, it may splinter off some of the left of the party - but at the same time, it heals the huge chasm that's been opened up by Reform. A lot of the BigG types wi… (View Post)

They've got that bit right. They talked right, governed left, thus created a huge gap in the market for a actual party of the right. They're probably doomed regardless, but their only possible hope i… (View Post)

But that is to miss the point. Let us say, for convenience of argument and round numbers, that adding £50k of insulation to a new build reduces the gas bill from £1k/year to zero. Let us also assume … (View Post)

The stupid idea was building a capacity upgrade as a high speed line. There's a very strong law of diminishing returns as you increase speed. Allowing for plausible acceleration curves, 125mph still … (View Post)