Category Archives: transport

News round up

Posted on April 28, 2024 by daryan12
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Something is rotten in the state of Illinois

Posted on March 18, 2024 by daryan12
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The downfall of Boeing

Posted on January 27, 2024 by daryan12

The fallout from the blow out of a door on a Boeing 737-Max plane is a bit more serious than I think many realise. Firstly, it appears that the fault was down to poor build quality by Boeing and its … Continue reading →

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Pre-Christmas news

Posted on November 30, 2023 by daryan12

No shame Tories…. So we’ve seen the return of sir “call me Dave” of pigtoon. This is the fellow who, to quote Jeremy Paxman “gambled the country’s fortunes for the sake of the Tory party and after he mucked it … Continue reading →

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Debunking right wing myths: Ultra Low Emission Zones

Posted on July 21, 2023 by daryan12

The political right is out of ideas and even the ideas they do still support (such as neo-liberal capitalism, i.e. the rich get richer while everyone else gets poorer), aren’t exactly very crowd friendly. So, while they have every intention … Continue reading →

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Rocket plane roulette and rich thrill seekers

Posted on June 23, 2023 by daryan12

Amid the search for this submarine over the last week or so two things occurred to me. Firstly, why is the media hyper fixating on a couple of lost rich people when over the same period a boat full of … Continue reading →

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Holiday Catchup – the calm before the storm

Posted on August 30, 2022 by daryan12

I’ve been on my holidays back in Ireland. It was nice to get away from the mad house that was the UK for a wee while. A lot seems to have happened since then. Zombie government and the looming winter … Continue reading →

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How brexit is turning the UK into a haven…for human rights abuse

Posted on May 29, 2022 by daryan12

One of the main motivations for brexit was to tackle immigration. However, even before the referendum, it was pointed out to the brexiters, that their plans would be unworkable and counter productive. Job markets are fairly complicated and restricting migrant … Continue reading →

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Here we go again…..

Posted on April 15, 2022 by daryan12

So the Tories have suddenly realised (after 14 years in office) that the UK doesn’t have an energy policy. And that this might be something of a bad thing. So, over a few lines of coke, Boris and co have … Continue reading →

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The chickens come home to roost on UK energy policy

Posted on March 15, 2022 by daryan12

For years I’ve warned of the dangers of the Tories policy on energy. Well now we see the inevitable end result. People in the UK are getting letters warning them of a massive increase in energy costs from April the … Continue reading →

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