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https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/5326/economics/government-spending/ has some figures in £, rather than GDP nonsense. 99% is up, with a couple of rounding errors the other way in recent history. MPs and the media seem to keep asking what the government can/should do. I don't look at life...

I have no particular loyalty to the blue or red side. In all my adult life, I've observed government spending grow. Pretty much every year. Taxation is now at record highs, isn't it? Highest since 1945? I know the activists and media (one in the same?!) would have us believe that Blair...

Truss was absolutely a victim of an organised coup. She did nothing wrong.

See here: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201255 You should be able to use some of those to re-install from scratch. It can go back to the macOS it came with, or pull a newer one over the Internet.

If you don't want the vents, then make this clear to the fitters. Worst-case, find another fitter.

Unfortunately, 'hate speech' just means 'speech someone disagrees with'. :( Konstantin is a good speaker and very middle-of-the-road in his politics. He's really not saying anything extreme here. I met him and had a brief chat: he's perfectly rational and level-headed. Ivor has it spot on...

Not sure there is any evidence for either of those claims. For example, deaths: https://ourworldindata.org/natural-disasters

Hi all, I find myself needing to buy some new (UPVC) windows for the first time ever. House is a plain 1960s detached, and has 1980s double-glazed aluminium windows, with a hardwood frame and internal trim. Although they don't look trendy, they are in good condition for their age...

I had no felt in my last house (also 1930s). I cleaned it all up, and within a few months, it was filthy again. So a total waste of time!

£400?! You could probably get a fixed-price repair from Biasi for less than that!

Looks exactly like a cheap Triton bar mixer I installed in my own bathroom a long time ago! If I were you, I would measure the pipe centres and buy another cheap one. Any brand. Should be a simple swap.

I bought several from 247blinds, made to your measurements. Very happy with them.

If you are selling, don't waste your money. You will not fit what other people like! Make a bath panel. Some tongue and groove board will paint up nicely. Paint the radiator. Get a door threshold. Job done, less than £100.

Err... I don't see why not. But if there is a liner, why not just stuff some insulation up there?

You can buy a chimney balloon, which you inflate to fit.

No idea, to be honest. Surely it is the same stuff? I have done it the other way and used some of a five litre PVA container for kids' crafts!

I have had worse in the past! You want some expanding foam, PVA and patching plaster/filler. Look up 'Painting and Decorating' on YouTube. He has done loads of videos on this topic. I think the idea with the PVA and foam is to provide some adhesion to the brick underneath. It is supposedly...

'Painting and decorating' on YouTube would say: rake out, apply PVA inside, fill with expanding foam, cut/sand back foam to a few mm below finish level, then finish with Polyfilla. I have tried it in a few big cracks, and it works well. I think the idea is that the foam takes up all the gap...

I prefer my modern ones because they have convector fins. This gives much better heat output. I have replaced all but one of my 1970s Stelrads with new Myson Premier HE.

Buy quality. I had some 1970s Stelrad in my house. I bought a modern Stelrad, but wasn't quite happy with it. I got a couple of Quinns: a short one was OK, but the 1.6m long one was very thin steel and wobbles. More recently, I bought a bunch of Myson Premier rads, and this difference is...