Some Thoughts on Britain’s Railways
Some thoughts on Rail Services in the UK
1. To set the scene…
In France and Germany company law is framed in […]
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Nick Hollinghurst
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Category: Economy
Forget the Scrap Yard offering folding money for your Old Car – Vehicle Recycling has now Moved Up a Gear.
For decades Scrap Yards have been a common edge-of-town feature where you could get rid of a problem and earn […]
Read more →Down Memory Lane -Tory Opposition to Onshore Wind Farms Risks the Creation of British Jobs
Conservative opposition to onshore wind farms risks undermining the creation of British jobs, former Liberal Democrat Secretary of State for […]
Read more →Life Expectancy Improvements are slowing down in UK and the USA – is this a new trend?
An article in the ‘New Scientist’ published in 2018 discussed the following unexpected statistical results.
It was based on data for […]
Population, Migration and Housing Demand – a Confused Picture based on Estimates and Out of Date Data
Do we really need so many houses in South East England? Or perhaps more? Or perhaps fewer?
Governments have at least […]
Leavers have no Sense of Proportion About the Size and Global Importance of the UK Economy
Leavers were fond of telling us that we are the fifth largest economy in the world. Indeed, but did they […]
Read more →“Public Transport should be viewed as a Public Service, not a profit-making industry,” says Lib Dem councillor.
A local Liberal Democrat Councillor has called for a new way of looking at Basic Public Transport – we should […]
Read more →With Battery Storage only a Partial Solution to the Efficient Use of Wind Power, Germany Plans to Exploit Helgoland as a Hydrogen Distribution Hub
Several European energy companies are currently exploring the feasibility of producing hydrogen out at sea. Although not particularly efficient, electroysis […]
Read more →The Tory Government is Loading the cost of Private Failure onto the Public’s Energy Charges
“The Tory Government is loading the cost of private failure onto our fuel bill,” claims a local Lib Dem Councillor.
“The […]
Saving People £50 on Energy Bills
Work by Liberal Democrats in government means that bills are £50 lower this year, the lights are kept on and […]
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