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majorp
majorp
24 Jul 2018

This was America and we nearly always follow suit. The year was 1917 The year is 1917 "One hundred years ago." What a difference a century makes. Here are some statistics for the Year 1917: The average life expectancy for men was 47 years. Fuel for cars was sold in drug stores only. Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of the homes ...

Well not to worry Lynne, after the news today that Dominic Raab is being sidelined and Brexit negotations will be done by May personally, along with the unelected Olly Robbins pulling the strings, it looks like Brexit won't be happening at all.  It's time for the pro-Brexit MPs to oust May and, to coin a phrase, take back control.

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True. But the government is proposing only the one lane and from pictures that I have seen of previous Operation Stacks the lorries have been covering two, even three That's gonna be an awful long tail back. As I said - chaos. AndI  wonder how long it will be before the good people of Kent get really hacked off.   (and it doesn't seem to do that much good for economy as a whole, does ...

burneside
burneside
24 Jul 2018

Operation Stack, as it is known, is a traffic management scheme which has been used for decades to control lorry traffic on the approach to Dover and the Channel tunnel.  We could do with less of the hysterics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Stack

Lynne
Lynne
24 Jul 2018

Seems I'm not the only one with mystic powers B/S as some claim that life in this country will be all fine and dandy after Brexit........ PS Just heard on the news that the government is making plans to use one of the three lanes on the M whatever it is motorway in Kent leadingto/from Dover as a lorry park in the event of a No Deal Brexit. Chaos.

burneside
burneside
24 Jul 2018

Do you now possess the powers of Mystic Meg, Lynne?  Nobody knows with certainty what will happen after Brexit, but apparently you do.

Lynne
Lynne
24 Jul 2018

Expected world trade? Ha! That's just pie in the sky. PS Busy/busiest can be defined in different ways. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/busiest-airport-international-passengers/

majorp
majorp
24 Jul 2018

All this talk about what might or might not happen, does not appear to be squaring the circle as far as Heathrow expansion is concerned. They are going ahead and hope that a new runway/terminal will be up and running by 2026, to cope with the new expected world trade. We must be doing something right by owning the busiest airport in the world and set to get busier. So is all this brexit talk by ...