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Yes, Gibraltar is heading in that direction already. They've banned the importation of petrol/diesel scooters above 100c already along with petrol/diesel cars above 5 years old, and by 2030, they will ban the registration of anything other than hybrids and fully electric cars. By 2035, only...

I think it would be fine without loops, as there's more than enough place there to load and unload. The infrastructure at Folkestone and Calais is ridiculously overblown, although that design was mostly in anticipation of it being a genuine turn-up-and-go service rather than the airline-type...

Euro 5 is an obvious next step for petrol cars, and I'd go further and say that it should go to Euro 6. It's been mandatory since 2015 for cars, meaning that it's an easy win at very little cost. Motorbikes could also go to Euro 4. Euro 7 is incredibly problematic to introduce, and it may never...

As per usual. The inability of this country to finalise a timetable is beyond belief.

Yes, that's essentially how it works. No, this is specifically relating to those legally resident in Ireland. It seems that the 2 month clock restarts as soon as you return to Ireland though, so essentially it's unenforceable. It's a terrible mess and should be resolved through simply...

Gold-plating, nothing more. There is the Czech transit service through Głuchołazy where they don't speak Polish, as well as several services that terminate at the first stop on the Czech side where the train crew don't speak Czech.

Essentially, the whole thing is a massive bodge job. The CTA doesn't apply to non-British/Irish citizens, so what's happened is that they've quietly accepted that people travelling to NI from the RoI can do so if they're legally resident in the State of Ireland. As EU citizens are almost always...

There's an argument that Ebbsfleet International would be ideal for this purpose. There's plenty of space there to build a truck terminal. Lille is trickier, but there's a good site to the west of the city where a terminal could be built. However, the sticking point might be the slow speed of...

Interestingly, this is how people often communicate in Gibraltar in English or Llanito. I've seen a wild argument on the street between two drivers, caused by a woman who blocked traffic to have a chat with her mate on the pavement. The argument started in English, but they quickly established...

It, in itself, is not a major problem as long as you keep records of when you entered and exited.

This is routine, and anyone checking in luggage should expect that it's been scanned and sniffed thoroughly before arriving.

Neither did I until I actually checked them! It's quite astonishing how efficient planes are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_economy_in_aircraft#Example_values . as some like the Airbus A321neo are coming in at less than 2L / 100km per seat, which is on par with a 2.0L modern car with four...

It depends what they were using for the route, but to give an idea, the ATR-42 will use about 150 litres of fuel for every 100km flown. It's about 300km, so at current prices, around £1 a litre, they'd spend in the region of £450 for fuel. With 13 passengers a flight, it gives a fuel cost of...

Since Brexit, I've only seen a visible presence once, which was on arrival on an early morning flight into Luton. Other than that, I haven't seen a single officer present. I actually did a test in Stansted one evening by entering the Red channel to declare something that I wasn't sure about and...

Yes, it's not impossible. The problem is more the unnecessary cost.

At the time, the Bank of England (and Bank of Scotland) were just private banks, nothing more. The position of the BoE didn't come about until 1844, when new banks were prohibited from issuing banknotes among other reforms. However, while the BoE was already a de facto monopoly in banknote...

Strictly speaking, the GIP is not the same currency as the GBP. It's the same story with the GGP, JEP, IMP, FKP and other currencies linked at par to the GBP (which includes Scottish and Northern Irish notes as well as English notes).

There's no difference, Scottish and English notes are dispensed interchangeably in Scotland, unless the machine explicitly says that it only provides English notes.

It is a real problem, especially if some details have been given like a real name and a previous address, leading to someone being convicted without any knowledge of the process. I find it quite strange and surreal that a conviction can take place on the basis of nothing more than a statement...

There is no obligation to present ID to anyone, nor to even carry it. In my specific case, not a single document of mine contains my address, not my British passport, not my Polish passport, not my Polish ID card, not my Polish driving licence. So even if they demanded ID from me as a foreign...