Wales being a separate country is debatable.

They went from being a principality with some sovereignty to having none.

Currently they have devolved powered but the UK parliament has full sovereignty and can veto anything the Senedd decides.

They have no currency or mint. No separate legal system. No separate military.

Essentially they are were a part of England on joining the UK and their sovereignty comes from the UK parliament.

If Scotland left and the Union was broken they’d be a part of England again.

Northern Ireland is complicated.

This issue with that is Wales and Northern Ireland haven’t been independent territories either.

England conquered them. They haven’t voluntarily joined a union, they have been conquered.

Northern Ireland with “power sharing” meaning they cannot elect a democratic parliament is essentially is run as a colony. The only caveat being they do have seats in the UK parliament.

Wales is a semi-autonomous part of England with a local government having some say but no ultimate control should the national government decide against something. Again they have seats in the national parliament so they aren’t a colony.

Essentially in any other place Wales would be just part of England, not a separate country. Not a separate territory as there’s no significance to the border except a historical one.

Wales isn’t a kingdom. It’s a principality of England.

Without Scotland it isn’t a unity of kingdoms at all.

Edward I took over Wales while divided and it’s been a principality of the English crown since.

If Scotland becomes independent it’s logically back to “England” officially.

If England still has sovereignty over Wales and Northern Ireland one is a principality, the other a territory. Neither is a kingdom capable of forming a union of kingdoms.

Another name might be chosen but “United Kingdom” wouldn’t be accurate anymore. If it stayed the same it would be an anachronism.

My point is this isn’t a long period without design change though. Not compared to the axes.

Innovation has periods of change and equilibriums.

It’s an object around for a short period of time, then forgotten about.

If it was a new innovation it would be when changes were constant, until the design settled into equilibrium.

Essentially if it were a tool, there would also be prototypes and variations. Then the winning design. Not a winning design with no changes.

Those stone tools are surprisingly effective and efficient.

The innovation block to improve was access to bronze.

That’s different than a complex shape requiring rare resources and skills to produce appearing out of nowhere and disappearing again.

If people start using that shape for knitting I’ll start to believe it. But all I’ve seen is that it can be used for knitting, not that it’s even close to the best shape for it.

I’ll bet a knitter could learn to use one of those and improve on the design almost immediately, creating a better tool.

My argument against this is they’re all 12 sided. That’s like finding out knitting needles were all the same length and shape.

Something used for a task like that will have variations in design.

These things are oddly specific. The lack of evolution leads away from it being an actually designed and optimal tool.

It’s definitely designed to look good first. If it does anything while looking good that’s a mystery so far.

It’s also exaggerated by FPTP.

This was the result of the 2019 election in Scotland.

So losing a small percentage they lose a lot of seats because they initially won so many by a small margin.

It’s quite simple. Don’t take up more space than provided.

If you want more space, park somewhere else.

You’ll quickly find out how little people care about a minority of people with stupid vehicles, making stupid decisions by buying them, not being able to park conveniently.

Those people can take their business and nuisance elsewhere and the town will probably be better off as a result.

I’ve got nothing to rebut from you.

I’ve stated my case simply and you can’t find a relevant rebuttal.

I don’t think you understand, different places have different prices for parking. Where I live bikes get charged less.

You can state irrelevant facts only true for a city or two if you like. You just end up wrong.

Sorry you live in a silly place. Doesn’t change the argument.

I’m not lying at all.

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Motorcycles are charged less.

Human rights don’t apply to parking.

And I’d be interested if the Human Rights were ruling against oversized passengers on airlines being charged extra for taking up more space.

If they literally take up more space than everyone else, then they’re not paying their fair share unless we charge them more for parking.

It doesn’t matter how much you pay for other things. Smokers and drinkers pay more tax on a relative scale, they don’t get to take up more space on an airplane unless they buy another seat.

From someone defending big cars because some of them are old and doesn’t understand the simple problem is they’re becoming more common.

Look up “tragedy of the commons”

Do you not see how it applies?

More like people being called out for blocking roads because there’s more of them. If you can’t park in a space, park somewhere else.

If parking is difficult as a result, buy a smaller car or accept you’re often going to walk further.

The average size of car has risen. That’s not automatically something we have to accommodate. The people who bought larger cars always used to live with the consequences and should continue to.

Urban planning for what is needed by the majority rather than demanded by the few.

Parking and roads in general are examples of induced demand.

Chances are whatever the size of the average parking space, people would buy cars too long or wide for them.

If I were to pay someone to move furniture. I’d get someone with a van.

If I were move furniture myself, I’d rent a van.

The reason smaller long bed trucks don’t get bought is because you might as well get a van. A roof is generally a good thing.

Modern trucks are nothing more than a bodge to get around safety regulations for ordinary cars.