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I dunno, I feel like repeated dunkings might be more satisfying than just a one and done dunking?

When I went to Portugal in the autumn of 2022 I entered at Porto via a manual desk and exited at an e-gate in Lisbon with just a stamp from a guy sat at a desk behind the gates. That being said some people were struggling to get them to work, though it seemed a mixture of people rather than a...

Well quite! Typically I tend to prefer European comparisons as those are usually more relevant, but some people seem to get upset at that sort of thing. Something about some silly referendum or something a few years ago...

Aha! April 2021 feels a bit more like what I was thinking for the account system to have been introduced. Either way, by measures other than those used by @yorksrob, it isn't a recent innovation ;)

Though I think there's an argument to be made that the US House of Representatives could do with a few more members. It will always be disproportionate, that's why they have a Senate with a fixed two Senators per state after all, but it does feel a little barmy that they have 435 Representatives...

It was but I was more referring to the promises that it would actually solve anything that were given more recently.

Well no, that's why you use the conference centre for the actual chambers and probably the committee rooms as well. Doesn't seem like an insurmountable problem!

Disbanding the RDG isn't a pre-requisite of negotiating TOC by TOC. That's a function of how the DfT are wishing to run the dispute. You need to worry more about the DfT and less about the RDG. They aren't guiltless for the handing of this but they're just dancing, sometimes badly, to tune...

Don't even need to buy it, it's already Government owned! And yes I agree the logical course of action is to repurpose the conference centre as a new permanent home for Parliament. You might need to find some office space nearby for MPs Parliamentary offices but for the Chambers themselves seems...

Welcome to the Tory Party in its death throws. You don't honestly believe them when they promise the various things they have over the last twelve/eighteen months do you? They're a party that has given up on governing and is desperately trying to cling onto power for as long as possible and will...

This is, of course, is why its so opposed by the Tories (and doubtless will be by Labour). It makes party management tougher. When you physically have to walk through a different lobby alongside those who are not from your party its a slightly tougher psychological matter to vote against the...

That all being said, it is still slightly odd therefore that Mr Chope has no problem introducing Private Members bills himself which are flawed in exactly the same way that he appears to vociferously object to. Strikes me as somewhat odd if he is so concerned about bills not receiving a proper...

Ah so you're an optimist then! :lol:

It's always possible that it's brought over some older claims from an older systems so doesn't date back that far but I've been using the current delay repay website for several years at least.

The oldest claim I have on the Northern delay repay website dates back to 2018! It's not that recent!

Perhaps I might offer an illustrative example of how it works in reality should someone which to "choose" not to work due to ill-health? Let's keep it simple for sake of argument. A single person, living alone, in a private rented house for instance. Lets say they were working but due to some...

That would very much depend on just how Israel carried out this attack. I've heard some suggestion it might have been via drones launched from within Iran which is a troubling development for Iran as it suggests a significant Isreal intelligence/special forces penetration of their interior...

I think that perhaps undersells the achievement last Saturday night/Sunday morning! The attack included 170 drones, 30 cruise missiles and 110 ballistic missiles which was relatively well coordinated to have everything arrive on targets in a fairly tight window with the aim to saturate Israeli...

Well, fixing the actual problem would be difficult and expensive and very hard to do in the time remaining before the election. Because the actual problem is the continuing slow motion collapse of the NHS meaning that people are unable to access treatment for their physical and mental health...

They should be but I'd wager the vast majority of ticket office staff will have never sold one and so might not be at all confident that a) they can or b) how to do it even if they think they can. Which means you're then reliant on finding a ticket office person who is up for a challenge. In my...