Roversforlife Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 SNP 49 +3 Lab 25 -4 Con 18 +2 LD 4 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 The TORIES have announced that rail fares will be frozen for their entire term in government if they get into power. Wow, I think that might be a vote winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roversforlife Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 The TORIES have announced that rail fares will be frozen for their entire term in government if they get into power. Wow, I think that might be a vote winner. Are they not private companies? How can they do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Coburn getting ripped apart forensically by Sarah Smith on BBC2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 The TORIES have announced that rail fares will be frozen for their entire term in government if they get into power. Wow, I think that might be a vote winner. f**k freezing fares, how about putting down more track? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Expect scenes on Question Time. Got the pop corn out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaffenThinMint Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 The TORIES have announced that rail fares will be frozen for their entire term in government if they get into power. Wow, I think that might be a vote winner. Unless they nationalise all the railways I cannot see how they can promise this. Once a company has the franchise there are certain restrictions on fare increases, but the government is in no position by the terms of the contract to force companies to have frozen fares on routes which due to circumstances beyond their control may have saw their passenger numbers markedly decline. The only way they could guarantee it would be by promising the companies concerned to pick up the tab for any such shortfall, whereupon they would probably demand some sort of interest as well to "compensate" for the time between the losses incured from running the services and the government's eventual reimbursement - in itself a potential banana skin should private rail providers threaten to go to court if they feel they're not being paid enough (or simply have an eye for the main chance). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Got the pop corn out Has Mrs JLD managed to peel you off the ceiling yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 The TORIES have announced that rail fares will be frozen for their entire term in government if they get into power. Wow, I think that might be a vote winner. I can get on board with that. Think these sorts of policies are on the right track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Has Mrs JLD managed to peel you off the ceiling yet? :lol: what a fix!!.....that dragon was chased!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 A wee ditty. Apologies to the Proclaimers. . When you go will you take a note to branch HQ. . You are fucked and there's no one here that's wanting you. . Murphy no more, Curran no more, Sarwar no more, Danny no more. . Labour no more, Lib Dems no more, Tories no more, liars no more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Are they not private companies? How can they do that? I guess it's similar to freezing power prices etc? As I say, if that gets through scrutiny, that's a great idea I think. No idea how it would be implemented! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rational Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Reminds me of that Michael Portillo anecdote (think it was him at least). He walked up a driveway and as he knocked on the door he realised the drive had just been laid and he'd left huge footprints going right up it. The door opened and he said 'hello, I'm your local Labour candidate.' I've done that out canvassing. Late at night I buzzed an intercom to gain entry into a block of flats, the women went tonto saying I could be a murderer etc. So I said I was the labour candidate. Turns out, he defected and he's now a mate.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Sturgeon ahead of leadership ratings in a UK wide poll. You couldn't make this shit up. Murphy must be beeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 I can get on board with that. Think these sorts of policies are on the right track. This post didn't get the appreciation it deserved btw. Kudos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow-sheep Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Someone just posted something from the Facebook page "I bet this jobby can get more likes than Jim Murphy" Jobby page 6254 likes Jim Murphy 5702 likes Nicola Sturgeon 152k likes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny van Axeldongen Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Jobby Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Someone just posted something from the Facebook page "I bet this jobby can get more likes than Jim Murphy" Jobby page 6254 likes Jim Murphy 5702 likes Nicola Sturgeon 152k likes Ooft, that's not good for Murphy either. Probably shows the demographics voting for SNP and Labour too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 http://news.sky.com/story/1461921/miliband-heads-to-scotland-for-attack-on-snp Oh, Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
git-intae-thum Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 http://news.sky.com/story/1461921/miliband-heads-to-scotland-for-attack-on-snp Oh, Ed Poor wee cretin. He jist disnae get it. A day campaigning in Scotland is a day wasted for him. He needs tae stick tae the tory bashing down South. He is gonna need uncle Alex come the 8th of May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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