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Whilst you're not necessarily wrong, I feel like you've missed the important point... In doing so, they calculated they could regain some of the political capital they had lost in the preceding three decades... Which worked pretty much as intended. It's also notable that the more visible (and...

Whilst I don't agree with you on much about the EU, I would fully agree with you on this. I don't know if this fits with your own thoughts, but is what I learned from a bunch of the operators at work who were/are keen brexiteers. Whilst I did have a whole detailed post written about what I...

I wouldn't have thought you'd be naïve enough to have seriously believed the second referendum would stop people "Banging on about Europe", given the first one clearly did nothing to that end. If you're particularly lucky the voices will get so loud that some hapless government will decide to...

Exactly! It would help to clarify the status of devolution too... I know plenty of younger Scots people who recognize the issues with independence, but still vote SNP because they don't feel that Labour, LibDem, or Conservative would actually represent their interests in Westminster. The...

I don't think Starmer has built a cohesive platform, I'm not a huge fan of his having rather prefered Lisa Nandy for the leadership after Corbyn departed (although to my discredit, not enough to have joined the party in order to vote for her). Anyway, on the distinct political philosphies going...

Once again for emphasis: Now taking the other point: The cynic within me suspects that it would be extremely difficult, nigh impossible to build a campaign or party to do that, as long as we have: De-facto two party rule, and A politically influential Print Media which is highly polarised...

Given the option I would take a spindle with a demountable one over one without every time, because it effectively adds a single ended tenoner to the workshop for no extra space or expense. As with the other posters, demountable is the important factor here (although you could always remove and...

Our system of government now effectively selects our rulers via a national popularity contest which is won by a concerted effort over several months to deflect people from looking at each party's failings by demonising the other side. There is no practical mechanism for us to hold individual...

This underestimates the power of retailers and wholesalers in the food supply chain. People on the whole will buy whatever is conveniently available to them, and when push comes to shove many if not most will discriminate on price. That you and I care enough to be selective is almost wholly...

I'm not worried about our farmers animal husbandry practices... Certainly the ones I know care deeply about their herds/flocks and treat their animals very well. I am quite concerned by our farmers being put out of business by the kind of faceless corporate agribusiness which would be only too...

My experience is that Aerosol Spraying doesn't tend to build up the film thickness that results in a really hard-wearing paint job, but you can get a nice finish with it. If you want to use spray cans I would brush on the etch and high build primer coats, and at least one colour coat, then use...

It's most useful when working with shackles or carabiniers, as you can very quickly attach the middle of a line to one in a specific place, securely and one handed, then load either or both ends of the line. Alpine Butterfly is similarly useful but much stronger, and more permanent (still...

It is rather unsettling isn't it. For contrast, see the Ugandans who seem to go for a cross between pro-wrestling (chairs and all) and a brawl at a shriner convention!

Honestly I would pay to see former and politicians face off in pro wrestling matches... Maybe someone should suggest it as a charity fundraiser? Alternatively, maybe I just need to follow more Taiwanese politics. It's certainly very... spirited, you might say.

It's highly unusual for Boris to be personally announcing his government's policy towards UK manufacturing in a musical number... But I'll credit him this, if the whole prime minister thing doesn't work out he's got a much more promising career as a drag artist than I would have thought!

I would fully agree with the latter point, I suppose that's the Gist of my Post, when push comes to shove, the UK government doesn't want to (or isn't able to) support those sectors in a meaningful way. Too much value appears to have been placed on non-productive and abstract financial...

I've recently discovered David Wilks YouTube channel, and was pleasantly surprised to see he's fair local to me and doing really interesting stuff, sharing his knowledge of deep-hole boring and trepanning, which is something of a black art in the machining world. Well worth watching! Edit...

Several years ago I agreed to collect a 200kg anvil for a friend when I was passing the seller on business, seller loaded it with a tractor no sweat... When I went to drop it off my friend, had failed to consider that 200kg was in fact really quite heavy, and was not in a position to safely...

Screw a length of threaded rod into it, clamp in a vice and apply force outward. If you had a slide-hammer with a threaded attachment points that would be ideal, but capturing some wire rope round the rod between two nuts, and attaching the other end to a hammer, then swinging it so the rope...

The motor gets in the way when the tilting of the saw head to produce the bevel angle moves it downwards, reducing clearance underneath it. There's nothing you can do to avoid that limitation on the saw design; your choices are: buy a big enough saw that it's not a problem, or use the other...