January numbers wouldn’t be affected in anyway by the fact the government has made it illegal for nearly any shop other that food stores to be open since before xmas and they were all open last year would it? Surely they'd be no more affected than April or May's figures last year were when we were ...

Why on earth would he despair?? I assume that it's because he'd prefer to design the room to put the modifications necessary for carrier launch and recovery in to it from the outset rather than having to try an adapt an aircraft designed to take advantage of the lower launch restrictions of convent...

SD67 wrote:The key thing is the Full Business Case 2025, I cannot see the government throwing Lancashire under the bus in the run up to the next election

As things currently stand, in 2025 the next scheduled general election will be four years away in 2029.

But if the ships were built faster, enough money would be saved to pay for another one. That's in addition to the construction of a modern, under cover build facility (aka the FF) which would add further efficiencies. Sadly that's not how government finances work. The government is more concerned w...

For me it is time we had a national museum to the slave trade it is time to lay out the facts and stop hiding behind the fog of miss truth we know how many people owned slaves we know how many ships were employed in this evil trade we know how many plantations there were we know how Black men women...

I don't believe that the British Empire was wholly good or bad. It was complex and often contradictory, and like most complex things, we understand it better by embracing those complexities and contradictions and learning from them.

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Its noise levels will be lower than the surrounding ocean making it very hard to detect.

Conn, Sonar. It's quiet... too quiet.

I tend to think that a year of investigations and hearings combined with criminal investigations in to his businesses and media investigations in to the conduct of his administration would likely to keep Trump very much in the public consciousness and further convince those that are open to convinc...

What future can there be for the GOP now? The same as it always was. Using their legislative majorities in state governments to gerrymander congressional districts and pass laws restricting voting rights that disproportionately impact demographics where they have the least support. The sad reality ...

Lovely, one witness has been requested (to give the details of a Republican leader pleading Trump to stop stalling with sending help during the riot) and the defending side says: Oh, no, for you to get your witness, we will call hundreds .., and stall any legislation for 2-3 months (as collateral d...

It looks like the Salmond situation is opening a few divisions in the SNP. I wouldn't be entirely surprised if he doesn't try to wrest back control of the party.

Caribbean wrote:Well - since they moved the plant to Europe, sales crashed in the UK - the change of formula alienated their core customers.

I'd be interesting in seeing the UK Dairy Milk sales data that demonstrates that.

SKB wrote:Cadbury owner Mondelez has announced its to relocate its Dairy Milk chocolate production from Germany back to the Bourneville factory in the UK.

It'd be interesting to see what Dairy Milk sales are in on the continent compared with the UK.

Cooper wrote:Do you think anyone outside of your pathetic little remoaner/remaniac echo chamber that you've got going on in this thread, is paying the slightest bit of attention to anything your posting?

Apparently you are.

Just speculating but maybe India is a long term dark horse. What is their long term Flanker replacement now they've pulled out of PAK FA? Chinese expansionism plus strategic industrial opportunities in the Software domain could make the program attractive. Gnat, Jaguar, Harrier Hawk, Tempest? My gu...

As no confirmed names for Type 31 - What about Sir Class? HMS Sir Tom Moore HMS Sir .... Or maybe a barracks? I don't know about the type 31's but it could be a great name for a RFA say the new SSS the RFA Sir Tomas Moore & RFA Dame Vera Lynn Yes that's a better idea. and if we get a third it c...

seriously, if this thread has morphed into a private grief, don't be shy about it. say so. it would be rude to intrude, and all people of good nature will give you the space you need. :) You keep saying this as if you're it's what you're expecting and are disappointed that it hasn't happened. Are w...

Aye, I've come to notice all the project fear predictions tend to all result in rubbish :x I must have imagined the last few weeks of almost every news bulletin featuring a tale of woe from one SME or another bemoaning the increased red tape and other requirements that are threatening their export ...

ArmChairCivvy wrote:trade is not the only front. China set up a competing stall for the existing Asian Dvlmt Bank and we of course signed up??

Quite a bit has changed since David Cameron was prime minister, including I imagine some aspects of government foreign policy.

And there's this one more 'little' thing https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-georgia-exclusive/exclusive-georgia-election-board-member-to-seek-state-ag-probe-of-trump-idUSKBN29X33L coming on 10 Feb The Georgia one is quite fun because one of the ways he definitely appears to have broken th...

he might as well use the opportunity to pander to his base and keep them riled up. No doubt he would try to do that (and keep the king maker role within GOP), but with a trial giving a good glimpse into "all" of hos wrong-doings would make him less saleable to anyone else than that base -...

UK applying to join Asia-Pacific free trade pact CPTPP I suspect that the benefits will be pretty marginal in terms of trade, but I think that it provides a backdoor in to fulfilling the Brexiteer commitment to forge trade agreements with Australia and Canada. Though I suspect that the real purpose...

CNN White Hse Correspondent on Twitter: Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins · 4h "A third attorney, Josh Howard, who was also recently added to Trump's defense team, has also left, I'm told. Trump wanted the attorneys to argue there was mass election fraud and it was stolen from him rather than fo...

Looks like I will need to read The Guardian: " Russia has been cultivating Trump as an asset for 40 years, former KGB spy says Yuri Shvets told The Guardian that the KGB had identified Trump as a potential asset as far back as the 1980s." I read that elsewhere and it's all about a book th...

Marco Rubio floundered when asked about challenge from Ivanka Trump this weekend. The former president’s daughter is reportedly considering a run for Senate in Florida, after she bought a house in Miami." If Ivanka mounts a primary challenge to Rubio it'll be an absolute gift to Democrats. All...