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Really? https://www.statista.com/statistics/236541/per-capita-health-expenditure-by-country/

RE: Sick Man of Europe - I don't disagree with the use of that term. The UK did become the sick man of Europe back then, but it was largely due to serious mismanagement of vast areas of the economy which were increasingly falling under the control of politicians. If you look at the experience...

I am glad to hear that. She will most likely receive timely attention. In this country, unless you have an imminently life threatening issue, you will likely wait many months for attention. The NHS seems now to be a crisis oriented service. You can't even get an appointment to see a GP unless...

Yeah - its government run. What do you expect. If you were using the French system, it would be different.

Anyone can express a pointless political remark such as that. The evidence shows malfeasance on a grand scale and negligence and incompetence in the supervision at every level. To suggest it was designed that way is baseless. No matter what kinds of systems you have put into regulation and...

Hmmmm - maybe I'll think about bigger government - maybe like during the 1970s when Labour governments and Conservative ones were running huge nationalised industries in vast and disparet swathes of the economy, and doing it REALLY REALLY badly. They ran, and controlled much of the car...

I think it was yesterday that someone suggested you could go into the Argos shop and that they could perhaps get one delivered to the shop from the central warehouse to the shop and you could then collect it. This is only an impression - so uncertain.

Did you mean this? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/09/03/badenoch-rich-pensioners-stripped-winter-fuel-payments-2022/ Or was it this? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx291090y0zo I like Badenock. She is an intelligent, and sensible woman. In a democracy, you need an effective...

Would it be possible / sensible to drill a small drain hole in the bottom of the bottom bracket to allow water to get out? I have an old Raleigh Superbe in green that used to develop a creaking bottom bracket. I didn't want to pull the cotters and get off the cranks and regrease the bearings...

Just listening to Angela Rainer speaking in reaction to the Grenfell report on the Today Programme. I am surprised and impressed. Reasonable, articulate, fully on top of her brief. Good knowledge of the numbers and percentages of affected buildings, how many remediation orders are in place...

It seems that Celotex may be no strangers to bad publicity. They used to make asbestos building products and in the 1980s were heavily pursued over liability claims resulting in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. There was a $1.2 billion settlement.

Oh dear - what are they for? Never mind; far preferable to what you thought they were going to do to you. I didn't like the sound of a bicycle inner cable attached to a small crocodile trip being sent on a fishing trip up that particular bit of organic plumbing. A few blue tablets is a...

Read this article if you are interested in the causes of the Grenfell fire. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/sep/04/grenfell-tower-fire-report-public-inquiry-key-players-cladding

I am not sure what to make of this. I am wondering if some of the medication has disagreed with you. :)

I didn't really need my argos folder because I already have a perfectly good ebike conversion with many better features. I fell into that ape like tendency to just grab at the fruit that looks too easy to miss (easy = ridiculously cheap). However - I am very pleased with what I got for what I...

All true but these guys marketing insulation and cladding had faked certification tests. Raynobond made by Arconix, had passed tests for flat Raynobond, but failed the cassette application tests where the material was bent around into a sort of very shallow box. They used the certification for...

No idea sorry. He has good coverage at the marina the boat is moored at. I should make it clear - when he goes to Cyprus he flies and lives in Airb&B He has talked about sailing there. I told him not to be so stupid and keep sending him links to stories about killer whales sinking yachts in...

That is a horrible tale. My son's boat of course has the same issue. The marina he is at in a northern river estuary has no disposal facilities. It is forbidden for obvious reasons to empty the boat's sewage tank in the marina and they have to go to sea every now and again to get rid of the...

I spent a couple of hours listening to this Kate Lamble series on BBC Sounds. I don't think it is possible to point to a single culprit. There are multiple points of failure and outright campaigns of fraud and dishonesty among suppliers. Even the fire service - perhaps the least culpable...

I've never been on one, but I have watched some vids about living on barges on the canal system. There is a certain appeal in the idea of waking up in a cosy berth with water lapping against the sides, somewhere in the middle of nowhere. I expect that is a hopelessly romantic and deluded view.