Er- um – er, you don’t need to “borrow” your mother’s water pump. Bet that’s it, isn’t it..?:diablo:

The ” government” is the executive of parliament which repesents the State, which we all “own”.

Both are “managed” independently – the key difference being that the BBC is funded through taxes ( the licence fee ) and Channel 4 is funded through advertising revenue.

They are both publicly owned and have no shareholders.

At my age I only use the softest, most cushioned mat available…..;)

Herculean efforts continue to ready Vulcan XH558 for RAF Waddington Airshow

Huge efforts are being made to complete the final servicing procedures & tests that would allow Vulcan XH558 to appear at the Waddington Airshow this coming weekend. The Vulcan to the Sky Trust (VTST), in partnership with the CAA, Marshall Aerospace, BAE Systems, Messier-Dowty, Kearsley Airways, and Rolls-Royce, continues to do its utmost to try to ensure XH558 takes her rightful place in the skies above Waddington in celebration of her 50th Birthday. XH558 was the first Vulcan B.Mk2 to be delivered to the Royal Air Force at Waddington in July 1960, so it is a particularly significant & poignant year for this iconic and much loved aircraft.

These pages are for sharing…..;) Although I think we can guess……

A road’s only as dangerous as the idiot driving on it…

And unfortunately the roads mentioned and others we could all name encourage idiots to drive as though they had left their brains back in the garage. If the idiots only killed themselves I wouldn’t care but they kill innocent drivers as well.:mad:

………..I’m still on the mat!!

CD – that is very illuminating, with the reservations we must always apply to Wikipedia, that it is not a biased analysis. It illustrates the political and diplomatic complexities of that immediate post-war period and the effects of the new alliances.