DublinMagyar Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 I'm Rosewell 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 It's cute that all of you are pretending to be me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Shit wrong account 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 I sold the rights to the Rose well account in November. Its not me. Anymore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) So Corbyn and Labour propose re-nationalising the railways and that is seen as total madness and a reflection of how out touch they are with reality. Yet today on the news Graham Shapps and the Tories announce that they are going to renationalise Northern Rail because the current system clearly isn't working. Go figure. Edited January 29, 2020 by Fullerene 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 26 minutes ago, AB de Villiers said: Northern is only temporarily being renationalised because it’s currently a shambles. There are plenty of other rail franchises doing just fine. Wouldn’t be like the anti-semites to push an agenda... Okay. Temporary madness is totally fine. I understand. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 33 minutes ago, AB de Villiers said: Northern is only temporarily being renationalised because it’s currently a shambles. There are plenty of other rail franchises doing just fine. Wouldn’t be like the anti-semites to push an agenda... Hiya Tarmo pal. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 1 hour ago, AB de Villiers said: Ultimately the DfT and Network Rail aka the government have to take a large portion of the blame for this. Northern is a very large franchise area, serving a lot of big cities such as Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, York, Newcastle, Carlisle, Bradford, Blackpool, Preston, Darlington and many more. No other rail operating company in the UK deals with this amount of cities over such a large amount of space. There is no way that Northern should be a franchise area, it should be split in two. The DfT refused to grant permission for two extra through platforms at Manchester Piccadilly which would have solved about 90% of congestion on the Northern network, and Network Rail’s signals (all over the country too) have been nothing short of disgraceful. This is the government led companies you want to run the railway... Arriva do have to take a lot of blame, their renewal of rolling stock was confusing and poor. Their customer service was awful and several improvements could have been carried out better such as the Blackpool blockade. Thank you for your detailed response which is certainly more than I know about Northern Rail or maybe even need to know. On the point of nationalisation, if Corbyn suggested this solution it would be seen as ideological and he hadn't thought it through. He is seen as the ghost of Hugo Chavez and would probably have nationalised Blockbusters when their business model failed. Yet when the Tories suggest nationalisation (for Northern Rail) and say the franchise approach simply doesn't work nobody challenges them at all. To be blunt, if Corbyn said we need more vitamin B12 he would be called a lunatic. If the Tories say we need more vitamin B12 they are seen as worldly wise and of course it is obvious that is what we need. Inconsistency is the word. IMO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Which is why the next leader needs to prioritise media approval over any sort of personal conviction. I am Paul Mason and Stoya come to Athens, the revolution is happening. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 I wish that were true but I don't believe it.That’s because your Scottish and hence less likely to be swayed by unsubstantiated claims on the internet than English people In fact you probably don’t believe this either 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 3 hours ago, Fullerene said: Graham Shapps How many names does that guy need?!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 15 minutes ago, AB de Villiers said: It seems that Labour voters agree with it because Corbyn said it, and Tory voters disagree because Corbyn said it. The truth is while the way the franchises are awarded probably needs a strong look at, nationalisation would be a backwards step in terms of the quality of rail travel in this country. Nothing against Corbyn on this for me, just speaking from industry experience. I think this has been the key problem with Corbyn. He has spent his entire career as a protestor. Even when Labour was in power he was constantly defying the whip. Maybe if you examined each of these issues in turn you might agree with him but nobody does that and thus he is simply seen as somebody sitting in the back seat going "I don't want to be here. I don't want to do this". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 10 minutes ago, Lurkst said: How many names does that guy need?!! Sorry. I meant his brother Grant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, oaksoft said: He gave me a green dot on one of my posts. And followed it up with a red dot on another post a day later. Maybe he is colour-blind and is actually SandyCromarty's biggest fan. Just an idea. Edited January 29, 2020 by Fullerene 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsenal till I die Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 22 hours ago, Malky3 said: We know what kind of Scotland you would like to see - ruled by an authoritarian zealot dictator committing acts of genocide against fellow Scots. That's a strong accusation to make. Do you have any links to back up your claim? And I have read what you quoted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 12 hours ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: That’s because your Scottish and hence less likely to be swayed by unsubstantiated claims on the internet than English people In fact you probably don’t believe this either But I didn't do to uni so can't be intelligent enough for this critical thinking stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsenal till I die Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 23 hours ago, oaksoft said: He gave me a green dot on one of my posts. And followed it up with a red dot on another post a day later. I had a red dot from a Dundee fan I think who had a history of about 2 posts and about 3 pages worth of dotting... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 I’m willing to be corrected, but I think a party defining its contribution to an election through a discussion of what it will do it it suffers a major defeat, and in the process incentivising at least quarter or so of its most recent voters to desert, might be a Scottish first. https://t.co/yuMEXLD4gg— Ewan Gibbs (@ewangibbs) February 2, 2020 He’s the informal co-chair of the group I’m a part of and I couldn’t have put that better myself. Starmer and Leonard essentially telling half the electorate and half their own voter base to go and vote for another party next year is fucking lunatic behaviour. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 It's easy to be the best when you don't have a manifesto or any kind of record to defend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Heliums Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 4 hours ago, AB de Villiers said: She’s right in that they aren’t a UK-wide party, but I’m not sure any party can claim that right now. No major party can: neither Labour, Conservatives, Greens or Lib Dems stand UK wide 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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