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Putin has reinforced his troops with foreigners, mostly North Korean, it seems. He is now using missiles that are superior and more devastating than earlier missiles. He is on the push...Is he getting desperate? Is the pressure on? Can he hold on? We wait, and hope, he loses but the chances are...

While losses on the scale of WW2 were high, they were in a different time. In those days with poor communications and with only the 'official' broadcasts available, the rulers kept the 'peasants' in the dark. That doesn't happen so much these days. The kids in Russia all have radios and tune...

From my observations over the last 40 years, I'd say that when the USSR broke up and those states formed their own independence, Russia had appeared weaker to the world. They were not ony weak but fallible and had lost their credibility as a world power. Then they went through Perestroika. the...

Perhaps you're not clever enough to notice?

China are building their economy on manufacturing and supplying to the west. They are, as has been said before, tuning to other forms of power generation and away from fossil fuels. We are becoming more dependent on their technology. Will they use that against us one day? Or will they feel that...

I'm sure Wagos are very good, and convenient, chocolate block connectors, however, are still useful and do the same job. and in the right enclosure are mountable and maintenance free. They have a very good safety record, in my experience. No doubt choc blocks will fade away but Wagos, and...

The ring main, assuming it is one, needs to remain intact, so the twin backbox becomes a connection point where the ring is extended up above the wortop, using new cables and connected to one DP switch (IN), looped across to the other DP (IN) switch and then new 2.5 mm² TWE cables down to...

Without understanding the wiring in the sockets, ring, spur or single feed, a satisfactory solution is difficult.

It's a schematic.. Not something usually drawn by a tradesman. Makes me think Dabop is a DIY dabbler as he's wrong on several levels but, he's in Australia where there may be differences in wiring. Choc block and junction boxes are all valid methods of connecting cables if they are installed...

But a twin, double or 2-gang box in the rest of the UK. I've never heard of a dual box and I've been an electrician for a very long time.

I think it's more a reaction to those who can't accept the truth. Of course, the pandemic followed on the heels of Brexit so it reduce the financial gains from leaving; the NHS got most of the money, but not in the way it was planned. And the businesses and workers were kept solvent for a few...

I suppose that the illegal and, sometimes, violent actions of the Israeli settlers, supported by the government, didn't have any bearing on Hamas's decisions? So, we are 'persuaded' by the US and other Jewish-financed countries to take the Jewish side. The world, however, is witnessing the...

While the Middle East carry on their tribal infighting, the West is a safer place.

The government didn't need to follow the vote. It was, after all, a close run thing. But they did, Cameron resigned because he found himself with a dilemma. Choose to stay and rile the voter, or leave. He never thought the British people would react in the way they did which showed Cameron was...

The Israeli government use that antisemitic cry whenever somebody criticises their actions; an attempt to deflect their guilt, no doubt and justify their actions. It's a ploy that is wearing very thin, as world opinion slowly, but inevitably, changes.

No. the UK voted to leave the EU and the EU did all they could to slow down the inevitable break up of the union by punishing the UK. At the time of the vote we were told that if we voted out we could expect a period of economic instability. It seems to me that the people accepted that in favour...

Indeed it was. Now, get over it and plan for a better future.

Checking your social media history, perhaps?

I worked, for many years, in a local electricty board. It wasn't efficient, even to my young and innocent eyes. The boards did a lot for the customers but the costs and the restrictive practices were legion. Pay was kept low. I compare that to the modern day electricity companies and I think, on...