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So is 1984 a history book now?

I think she should have the £150k tab attached to her as student debt

3 Facts: 1. Generally unmanaged funds do better than managed funds. 2. When investing in stocks and shares, and funds etc, you have to assess the risk using time as a risk reduction factor, and mostly 5+ years is needed to reduce risk sufficiently, otherwise it is gambling instead of investing...

Bloke in the top middle looks as if he's been "assisting police with their enquiries"

A lot of "poverty" in the UK is created by regularly moving the goalposts, and some real child poverty is created by parents abysmal spending priorities.

You're looking too deep, it was just her distracted incompetent governance catching up with her

Wasn't that Bill'n'Ben the flowerpot men?

Well he did ask via his barrister to be given a full life term, wonder what he would have got if he hadn't

I see there's a product around that promotes itself by suggesting it will cut your electricity bill considerably. It says it will do this by realigning the current and voltage of the sine wave of AC electricity, and ultimately providing more power for the same amount of money. I understand in...

I plan on tiling my outdoor veranda next month, and thought I'd post this in case I'm about to do it wrong, or maybe someone can suggest a better way, or tips or improvements. It is covered by the roof, but still gets rain on it regularly with the wind. From markings on it I can see it has had...

The bigger (and most important) picture = You cannot work for yourself @ £10 per hour. It is not sustainable.

Thanks Bobby, much appreciated

I’ve a small dwarf type wall at the end of my garden, backing onto a tarmac type pavement. It is mostly made up of sandstone sections and rubble, with a capping section on top. The capping section is in poor condition in many places, and the sandstone is bulging in places, so I intend to...

Thanks for the replies guys, that helps a lot

I have a ford transit connect 12yo 100k. The clutch was replaced as is normal on these at three years old. Recently the clutch cables needed to be replaced (pretty pricey), and since then I find the clutch slipping in third gear and slightly in fourth gear. I asked the garage about this but...

On a slightly different tack, don't you think you should have had a chat upfront about the plants being "right in the way", and the laurel "that had to come off"? Might save some hassle in the future, and a disappointed customer. Getting the job done is one part of the job, another part is...

I support your stance against commas too it stops people getting lazy and nodding of when they're reading

There is ministerial guidance to back up the regulation (which is an amendment to the existing housing act), so the guidance can be changed - and it already has been changed to expand the organisations that can carry out the EICRs - NAPIT has been added. Depending on the type of property, a...

normally unused ways are blanked with plastic insets; do they now have to be metal blanks?

It might help if you don't tell them you know more than they do....that's what us men do :), no need to die first to start reaping the benefits :mrgreen: