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Am I surprised? YES. Oppressive regimes always require forms of ID to be carried at all times. Indeed the UK is one of very few countries that do not. Having travelled right through Afghanistan on multiple ocasions, I can know for a fact that everyone over the age of 12 carries ID So: Am i...

I have not made any counter-arguments to "the previous 4 points I made" because they simply parrot the un-fact-based opinions of a Professor of Sociology at a mid-ranking university. His "Institute", the: Institute for Research into Superdiversity, University of Birmingham tells us, I suggest...

www.migrationwatchuk.org: 24 Feb 2022 — 98% Of Channel Boat Migrants Have No Passport Maybe: A little less emotion; a few more facts?

The other difference is that the Ukrainians have all managed to keep hold of their ID documents . . . . unlike the others.

No more 'fact' than having lived and worked in Ukraine, and hosted Ukrainian refugees - women and children. And having lived and worked in Albania - and in virtually all the countries from which migrants are coming. And the FACTS - gathered on the ground from the people concerned - is that the...

"Anybody with empathy will appreciate" ? Anyone with commonsense will realise that the principle motive is economic, NOT security. If it were security, we would see the Ukrainian pattern . . . Not the Albanian pattern - where the country has not been invaded, and there is no military threat...

"Then things will change." ? For the worse

Refugees: Migrants:

This is complete nonsense. 1: Geneva Convention of 1951 on Asylum-seekers and Refugees: Article 31 of the Convention: The Contracting States shall not impose penalties, on account of their illegal entry or presence, on refugees who, coming directly from a territory where their life or...

A good word for Guido Fawkes: "The only man ever to enter Parliament with completely honest intentions"

How about drilling normal round holes - to the correct size, but slightly deeper than needed [to cope with frass] - at either end of the desired mortice. Then finish it off with a morticer?

" and Grade 2 listed" ? Why? It doesn't look particularly old, nor distinguished: brickwork is Flemish Garden Wall bond – so most probably post-1750. Purlins and rafters modern machine-sawn; roof tiles machine-moulded, post bases apparently concrete? I would apply to Historic England to...

"It is a privilege to live in or own a heritage building and custodians should act accordingly." ?? WHY? It's choice.

So: deduct the cost of restoring it - using Listed Building materials, methods and contractors. Also: your time and hassle dealing with the Conservation Goons. You end up with its true value: £22,000

So: a Conservation Architect recommends always to employ a Conservation Architest. No Conflict of Interest here, surely? About as little as asking the Conservation Officer whether or not your 'Minor Repair" required his/her sanction?

My son-in-law studied Urban & Regional Planning at Uni - the standard base for both Planning and Conservation Officer positions. He reported that, at the final exams, it was like a knife: all those who had worked, studied and covered the ground, got 1sts or 2.1s. They all went into building...

BE CAREFUL. My house was not listed; but the local council Planning and Conservation Officers tried to insist it was. I've had 8 years, two Plannng Appeals and thousands of pounds fighting with them, before finally winning. Some Conservation Officers are reasonable, well-informed and have done...

When I worked at Ford, steel sheet for bodywork pressings was bought in either from British Steel [Redcar & Port Talbot] or from Hoogovens in Holland. The British steel was cheaper but, unless you pressed it straight away, would 'kink' in the press, rather than bending smoothly. Then the car...

This is symptomatic of the reasons for the collapse of the Sheffield saw industry. Persisting with individual craft skills, in a business that was rapidly industrialising, Long before fleam-hardened teeth [i.e. from 1890 on], the Sheffield industry was on its knees, facing overwhelming...