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The socialist utopia which you imagine does not, and has not, ever existed. There are no examples to show what humanity can do for and with each other - at least none of which I am aware. A belief that such a utopia could exist if humanity made the right choices is entirely decent, although to...

Prosecutions, if they happen at all, will be few and far between. In the case of Grenfall: the roots of the problem go back a couple of decades, involve two political parties and several responsible ministers others implicated- contractors, architects, fire brigade, manufacturers, building...

Have you tried mounting a (say) 3mm bandsaw cut veneer onto a stable plank (say) 25mm thick with hot melt adhesive. Then run it through a thicknesser. Carefully remove thin veneer from base.

It is easy to measure electricity consumption for induction, traditional ring, kettle etc. If in simplistic terms energy in equals energy out, the differences in consumption must be due to energy losses - that not used to heat the water. These could arise from simple lid on/off, energy...

Rachel Reeves seems to be more than adequately provided with intellect - apparently a chess champion and did PPE at Oxford. Like many politicians, irrespective of party, dogma and the party line can often compromise objective economic analysis.

Wood lathe. blank approx 1.5cm thick cut roughly on a bandsaw to ~125mm diameter depending on jaws, use a forstner bit to cut a shallow mounting hole - possible 30mm mount on lathe, turn end flat - this will be the top. Remaining thickness ~1.25cm sand but don't apply any wax finish yet as...

I don't know the dimensions associated with your 13 sq m, nor whether you can use some outside space. But if (say) a door frame is going to be at least 220cm long you need a workshop space ~4.5m as a minimum to process any timber - needs infeed and outfeed. This would not stop you buying stock...

That hop picking was a popular holiday for east enders for a long time is a testament to the rubbish conditions in which they lived and worked for the rest of the year. Spartan accommodation supplemented with wholesome food I assume - free beer would be a bonus!!

You may like to have a look at this parliamentary publication Seasonal agricultural workers In summary - much lower wages, poor employment opportunities in home country having just joined the EU, reluctance of UK folk to do the work. Note seasonal workers had been required since WW2 so not a...

I have tried searching for Dr Robert Malone. A 5 minute look at the results, including that on a lot of respected media, seems to indicate he belongs to the "nutter" end of scientific endeavour - to quote from the Washington Post: His claims and suggestions have been discredited and denounced...

Arrogant - yes. But insisting all staff have Covid jabs was both socially responsible and good business sense.

The cost of EV vs ICE is down to tax policy and behaviours government want to encourage. For the last few years EV, if charged at home, has been materially cheaper to run than ICE. Benefit in kind company car tax has also massively favoured EV. Both encouraged EV adoption despite the price of...

As a complete non-expert I have observed that buried pipes and wires are frequently covered by a coloured tape to indicate something vulnerable lies below. Not so much for your benefit, but the benefit of others who may follow, it may be worth gluing down (so it no longer moves) the cut yellow...

The fourth power law states that the greater the axle load of a vehicle, the stress on the road caused increases in proportion to the fourth power the axle load. This law was discovered in the course of a series of scientific experiments in the United States in the late 1950s. An ICE with each...

I have no idea whether or not this is true - but why would the unions agree to strike, take the blame, and lose out on normal pay. I assume if they were unable to work through lack of parts they would still get paid - drink tea/play cards instead.

Whether in the absence of Red Robbo the UK car industry would have thrived is debatable. But his contribution all but guaranteed its demise. Destructive and pointless - an individual to be despised not applauded for his actions.

This basis of calculating horsepower for car taxation purposes ended in 1947. I don't think that the design constraints the old system encouraged would have had much impact on cars by the 1970s - lowest UK car production was early/mid 1980s. We could debate endlessly the reasons for the...

Not true - although I would hesitate to call them "luxury" vehicles, there are EVs from BYD, Citroen, Fiat, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, MG, Nissan, Peugeot, Renault all of whom have EV ranges below £40k. Dacia, MG and Nissan also have ranges below £20k Not according to the RAC - reduced brake...

Currently gas has to fill in the gaps in wind generation. Green energy will only be capable of 100% generation when storage is available sufficient to meet fluctuations in green output. EVs could be part of the solution. That it is currently complex or costly is an immediate. not permanent...

We have an opportunity to elect those who represent and lead at least every five years. We are responsible for our politicians which includes some (but not all) million and billionaires, or are beholden to such. Perhaps it is because we (the electorate) are fed a diet of data to describe the...