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What do I want from our next Government?

reevery April 21, 2010 Blog No Comments

I thought that as a way to work out what I really want from the upcoming General Election I would list them. Just so happens I have done so here.

  • Reform the Houses of Parliament, particularly to introduce proportional representation. At the moment, a constituent’s vote can get lost if they are in another party’s stronghold, and PR would mean that we are voting in the context of the country and not just a small part of it. Obviously this increases the position of smaller parties however this is not such a bad thing – no … Continue Reading

Comm panel

reevery April 17, 2010 Blog, Flight Simulator No Comments

Comm panelI have spent my spare time over the last few weeks crimping cables and this morning soldered some 7-segment cables for the next stage of my cockpit plan. I had aquired a 737 comm panel with the components for a display, but not wired up. This morning’s effort completed this. I also had to do some work on the buttons as they had been glued to the supporting frame using wood, so I took that out to hold the panel together with M3 bolts instead. The standby digits … Continue Reading