In general elections you are correct, but at that level you’re effectively voting for who is the next Prime Minister.

Finally. Although she did basically say that she only cares about British citizens who... won’t be affected. Because they’ll have a British passport.

Sorry Patrick. I’m sure someone will but, as I’ve said to someone else, it’s counter-productive for me to do this. The management rowed back their decision very rapidly due to opposition from the pilot’s association and it’s not in my interests to throw the name of my company into the spotlight.

Yup. Not doing it, for the reasons stated earlier. The company rowed back its initial edict very quickly and I have no idea if this came from one panicky intern who was told to ‘think of something’ or from the board.

I think it’s based more on the need not to isolate the UK from every country we do business with (we are really going to need the USA to help us out when Brexit takes place) but imagine what this message sends to the Middle East, to Asia, to anywhere else where this policy is viewed with disgust?

We get a massive fine.

From my point of view it’s counter-productive. We are actually banned, in contract, from using social media to talk about our work and I actually really like my job. This is why I have a burner and talk about ‘the Asian airline I work for’ rather than name names.

I’ve got a flight to the US rostered for next week. It will be interesting to see how it pans out, but there are going to be a lot of nervous people on board I think.

Somewhat unamusingly, an edict came down from our airline management via email about this. They were going to start holding the flight crews accountable for anyone who got on board who was turned away from the USA (it costs the airline an enormous amount of money when this happens.)

Exactly the same in the UK. Whilst the average working person was struggling to start their Vauxhall Viva or Morris Marina, Toyota was importing the Corolla which worked first time, every time. The interior, whilst basic, stayed screwed together and the car didn’t disassemble itself every few thousand miles.

It’s a European race series on the cheap for amateurs. VW must have decided to bring it to the USA as well (perhaps for a bit of positive press?!) but I don’t imagine it’s well known there.

The latter.

Shhh. We need to let the DB9's prices fall to match the level the DB7 fell to...

You, sir/madam, know how to order a car.

Bah.. outvoted!

In the UK, Lotus cars are sold as mechanics’ training aids, not as personal transportation.

Just had a look at that - good budget option and I think I’ll pick one up for my daughter’s car. It’s not expensive enough to warrant a £700+ dedicated unit + subscription, but it would be a pain in the ass if it went missing, and the insurance payout wouldn’t cover its replacement. This we all know.

That is a great way to do it cheaply. Dedicated trackers like mine are expensive, sadly, and have a yearly subscription, but they do send alerts to a control centre who then phone the owner, and the police in that order if it reports itself stolen.

As I’ve suggested to someone else, I’m not sure that what is available in the UK would be suitable for the USA market and vice-versa. We have quite different regulations for many areas in the electronics field.

In the UK we have tracking systems that will work through containers, underground car parks, GPS jammers etc., but our regulations on wireless transmissions are quite different in many areas.