John, research in the UK will slow down. Research does not happen until funding is in place. Currently a lot of that funding comes from Europe. That was the situation when Mr. Geim came to the UK. It will not be the situation after UK exit.

Looks interesting, Tony. I was thinking of adding Halifaxes at 30 feet above the flaming city streets to it. (Has anyone read the account of this in ‘Flames in the Sky’ by Pierre Clostermann)? And the only semi-official actions of the Polish crews – I understand some of the sorties weren’t entirely approved of?

I guess it would need buckets of CGI – or the substitution of Lancasters, which nobody here would approve of 🙂

Re. P and P’s bit about the VR augmentation – it would be a superb thing to do. In fact no goggles are needed. I have already used a smartphone app with the kids on a Gruffalo hunt through the woods, with animated snakes appearing on logpiles and owls in trees etc. All you need to do is point your phone in the right direction, in camera mode, and the images are overlayed onto the live background. The effect is totally absorbing. Seeing the crew at stations, for example, flak bursts, damage, with sound… it could be very effective indeed. Or imagine watching a gaggle of Heinkels intercepted over DX. The possibilities are endless.

You have missed the sarcasm entirely, haven’t you? You really DO believe that a cheese baguette is the height of sophistication.

John, it is not 1970!

I don’t give a **** about class. Again, if you believe opposition to the right is a class thing then you have missed not just your target but also the last fifty years.

Indeed. Why let truth get in the way of a good story. The one you quoted came from Central Office. It’s a good one. But then I hear a chorus of Tories going ‘la la la, can’t hear you’ with hands firmly over ears when it’s shown to be a fabrication – which is what the article you posted was saying, if you care to read it!

John, why would I give a toss about your choice of baguette?

My favourire ‘ethnic’ eaterie is the last greasy spoon in Cambridge. You’re probably right.

Tony, that story was a fabrication by a chap called Robbie Gibb, editor of the BBC ‘Daily Politics’ programme and PR advisor to Theresa May. Jeremy Corbyn has never at any time said he would write off all student debt. He did say the problem would be addressed.

Don”t normally do this, but as you are so keen on ‘known facts’ please read

https://www.ifs.org.uk/bns/bn142.pdf

https://iea.org.uk/in-the-media/press-release/inactivity-not-calorie-co…

Or, if you you think it’s a left wing plot:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/dietandfitness/10126042/Britons-getting-fatt…

Telling you that you were talking crap is not squeaking. It is telling you that you were talking crap. And you know it. That is why you shifted your argument away from variety to focus on calorie intake and in fact restated what I had just said, with the same conclusion about reducing intake but without the historical context to show up the falacious part of your argument. Then you claim that I fly in the face of ‘all known facts’ when essentially saying the same as you but in context.

What ‘known facts’ are these then John? The working class get too much to eat these days and are stupid? Things were better when we had proper malnutrition in our population, everyone knew their place and you could leave your door open, hell in a handcart, liberal lefties, no respect drone drone.. Come on, let’s hear the ones you feel are apposite to this particular theory.

No, John, you need to start from a logical position. You claim that a limited range of foods is healthier than a wide choice. Poppycock.