The Romans were exceptionally good at political metaphors (cf The Game of Glass Ball).

Visions of Mr Hughes peering inside and muttering 'mint!'

He was looking for Brexit benefits, apparently. He'd tried everywhere else to no avail.

This is weird. I've always stopped every 70-80 miles on a road trip for a stretch and a tinkle, regardless of motive power. Fends off fatigue and prevents numb bum syndrome. Hence charging an EV has no effect on my journey times. All hail the petrol heads with 1000-mile bladders!

Tiny Johnson, still whining abjectly. 🙄

This all looks a bit of a mess for EV charging in Scotland. Will SBC even bother putting any more in (Duns has already been cut from 2 to 1)? voltshare.co.uk/the-newsroom/n…

The change from Pobox (which I joined donkey's years ago) to Fastmail has, sadly, been disastrous, with stuff that normally got through now being scooped up by their too-aggressive spam (including orders from Amazon). That's a deal-breaker for me.

Crashes on 20mph and 30mph roads at 'record low' bbc.in/4jfUTaK

Smallerbillboards.

Poor old Trumpolini doesn't understand that a) the North Sea is worked out b) the UK doesn't own what is there so consumers wouldn't benefit from reductions in bills (oil & gas are sold on the international market & we have to buy them back) & c) renewables are simply cheaper.

Well, at least it's not served on a piece of slate or a breadboard. And if they're that dumb, they get what they pay for. 😃

BS of the worst kind, masking theft from writers who don't have a fraction of his or Meta's wealth. He should be ashamed of himself.

One wonders if this will affect half their chargers at Tweedmouth still not working 🙄 independent.co.uk/cars/electric-…

The A1 in north Northumberland has long been known as the Cart Track and seen as a sign of Westminster's lack of regard for northern England bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

23 Polish pilots from the Association of Polish Aviators and the Warsaw Aero Club, in collaboration with Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej 🇵🇱, organised the “Air Rally from Poland to the UK” to mark the 85th anniversary of the #BattleOfBritain and honour the contributions of Polish airmen to the Allied

The great thing about travelling through Europe is that you don't have to listen to the client media pushing Farage's talking points all the time.

This is such an excellent list. Orange Shitgibbon is a personal favourite, Rug-wearing Thundernugget has a certain charm about it, as does Ole YamTits. 🐻

I sometimes wonder if these nimbys are too dumb to understand that wind farms have a finite life. Dominating feature, my *rse; what do they think the JC Rally is?! bordertelegraph.com/news/25203085.…

So, EV journey from Scotland to Czech Republic: no problem. The fact that all Europeans now seem to drive like wannabe Germans? Problematic. EV acceleration definitely advantageous. 😬