General Discussion
@OLD FART - yes i know china has had previous empires. what i meant by my comment is that china is on its way to having an empire again. As I said - empires come, empires go.
Empires come, empires go. Empires take different forms. American imperialism for example? (now there's an irony). I think the next nation state to have an empire will be China. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire
Do we have a pub in the area called The Woolpack? Smella might be in there and no doubt spinning a yarn or two.
BoJo talks of reviving Grammar Schools. How do grammar schools decide which students to admit and which not? Is it still based on an exam/series of exams at age 11?
Would sat nav be of help?
Well.......according to this http://www.darkskytelescopehire.co.uk/brilliant-venus-shines-as-an-evening-star-in-november-and-december/ that bright 'star' low(ish) in the south western sky just after sunset is Venus.
@ the time I typed this. Not a star, but I think a planet. Venus.
"1954: Housewives celebrate end of rationing Fourteen years of food rationing in Britain ended at midnight when restrictions on the sale and purchase of meat and bacon were lifted. Members of the London Housewives' Association held a special ceremony in London's Trafalgar Square to mark Derationing Day. The Minister of Fuel and Power, Geoffrey Lloyd, burned a large replica of a ration ...
The present coalition government has, as far as I can ascertain, 1 Tory MP with a seat in Scotland and 11 Lib Dems with Scottish seats. The Labour party has 41 MPs representing seats in Scotland. So, should Scotland vote for independence then it seems to me that it would be the Labour Party and the Lib Dems that would lose out and the Conservatives who would benefit. And if say, just for the ...
I thought food rationing ended in 1954 (not 1952 as stated above). And didn't the Welfare State start in 1945? ( Family Allowances Act 1945 , National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946 , National Insurance Act 1946 , National Health Service Act 1946 , Pensions (Increase) Act 1947 , Landlord and Tenant (Rent Control) Act 1949 , National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1948 ...
