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QUESTION Are there outspoken supporters of the Republican Party in Hollywood?
IN THE partisan atmosphere of the Trump era, some Hollywood actors who have expressed support for the Republican party in the past have become a little coy about their politics.
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson was a registered Republican who campaigned for Mitt Romney and has openly contemplated running for President. Yet, he recently told the newspaper USA Today: ‘Right now I’m an independent.’
Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Republican governor of California from 2003 to 2011, describes himself as fiscally conservative and socially moderate.
He is not a fan of Trump: he was openly critical of the U.S. President pulling out of the Paris climate agreement and his plan to re-open U.S. coal mines, stating: ‘Coal is the Blockbuster video of fuel sources.’
During the summit with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Schwarzenegger described the President as a ‘wet noodle’ and a ‘little fanboy’. In return, Trump pointed out Schwarzenegger’s failure as his successor hosting TV’s The Apprentice.
Clint Eastwood is a long- term Republican and former Mayor of Carmel, California, who loathes political correctness and has defended some of President Trump’s outpourings.
‘ We’re really in a p*** y generation. Everybody’s walking on eggshells. We see people accusing people of being racist and all kinds of stuff. When I grew up, those things weren’t called racist,’ he said. He’s no stranger to playing outspoken characters, such as Dirty Harry, who said: ‘You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well do ya, punk?’
Actor James Woods, who starred in Once Upon A Time In America, Casino and White House Down, is well-known for his conservative views. He was an Obama opponent and a Trump supporter. He is periodically suspended from Twitter because of his strongly expressed political views.
In contrast to his daughter Angelina Jolie, the actor Jon Voight is a staunch Trump supporter. He made headlines for a speech he made at a Republican fundraiser in which he called the then President Obama a false prophet.
Hollywood action star Chuck Norris is a staunch Republican who launched a blistering critique of the Democrats when they tried to stop Brett Kavanaugh’s election to the Supreme Court, arguing: ‘ Would they reject Moses if Trump nominated him?’ Superman actor Dean Cain is also a Republican who has appeared on Fox News railing against ‘Hollywood hypocrisy’.
Jess Miller, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon.
QUESTION When are we likely to see the first electric HGV?
THERE already is an electric HGV. ONE AG was launched by the Swiss company E-Force One in 2014. This 18-ton truck was intended as a competitor to standard diesel-powered urban and interurban delivery vehicles. It is powered by two lithium iron phosphate batteries with a capacity of 240Kw/h.
Its maximum range is claimed to be 200 miles, but that drops by nearly half on a motorway. Solar panels on the roof help maintain the battery charge. If running low, the batteries can be exchanged in ten minutes and can be fully recharged in six hours.
COOP, the second largest retailer in Switzerland, and Feldschlosschen, the country’s biggest brewery, use the ONE AG.
Many companies are pursuing similar technology. The hotly anticipated Tesla Semi truck is expected next year. There will be two models: one with a range of 300 miles, the other with 500 miles on a single charge. The larger truck will have four motors, each with a capacity of 80-100
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QUESTION In 1954, tea rationing ended after 12 years. What about coffee?
THE previous reply referred to record coffee production in Latin American countries shortly before World War II, which couldn’t be exported due to the German submarine blockade.
Surplus coffee beans were used as a substitute fuel in steam locomotives because Welsh coal couldn’t be exported to Latin America.
You could smell a train coming before it came into view!
Robin Higgins, Barnoldswick, Lancs. I WAS brought up in Tooley Street opposite the Tower of London, where my father worked. My grandfather owned a coffee factory called Norvil’s on the site of what is now the Hilton hotel.
On the top floor was the roasting machinery and on the next floor down the coffee was ground and packed by women into dark red tins, with Norvil’s Coffee written in black.
During the war, it was sold to American troops, hotels and a few members of the public. Instant coffee was not then available. Coffee was not rationed because not many British people drank it at that time.
Mrs Diana H. M. Wood, Salisbury, Wilts.
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