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Nearly Sane

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Re: UK election 2019
« Reply #150 on: November 15, 2019, 06:43:25 AM »
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Re: UK election 2019
« Reply #151 on: November 15, 2019, 10:12:02 AM »
The Tories have announced £500 million to 'reverse the Beeching cuts'. How much is HS2 costing? I suspect a magnitude out.
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Re: UK election 2019
« Reply #152 on: November 15, 2019, 10:30:49 AM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on November 15, 2019, 10:12:02 AM
The Tories have announced £500 million to 'reverse the Beeching cuts'. How much is HS2 costing? I suspect a magnitude out.

You can't reverse the Beeching cuts. Most of the lines and stations have been built over. There's no room to replace them.

Oh, and to answer your question about HS2, it's roughly £403 million per mile. I suspect two orders of magnitude.
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Re: UK election 2019
« Reply #153 on: November 15, 2019, 10:40:45 AM »
Quote from: jeremyp on November 15, 2019, 10:30:49 AM
You can't reverse the Beeching cuts. Most of the lines and stations have been built over. There's no room to replace them.

Oh, and to answer your question about HS2, it's roughly £403 million per mile. I suspect two orders of magnitude.
Or even three.
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Re: UK election 2019
« Reply #154 on: November 15, 2019, 11:00:20 AM »
Quote from: jeremyp on November 15, 2019, 10:30:49 AM
You can't reverse the Beeching cuts. Most of the lines and stations have been built over. There's no room to replace them.

Oh, and to answer your question about HS2, it's roughly £403 million per mile. I suspect two orders of magnitude.
A few lines have been reinstated. HS2 is a huge white elephant, and should be scrapped, but more branch lines is a good idea.
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Re: UK election 2019
« Reply #155 on: November 15, 2019, 12:09:46 PM »
How should railways and transport be organised and run? How should digital be organised and run? NHS? Education?

Why do I get the impression that no-one has actually thought anything through without being already invested in one fantasy or other?

As it is Xmas we are now being showered with borrowed billions inevitably to be spent on grafters dishing out crap!

Politicians have had forever to sort out this stuff but never actually discuss the issues, only who should be in charge.
 
Somewhat frustrated.
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Re: UK election 2019
« Reply #156 on: November 15, 2019, 01:22:19 PM »
Quote from: Udayana on November 15, 2019, 12:09:46 PM
How should railways and transport be organised and run? How should digital be organised and run? NHS? Education?

Why do I get the impression that no-one has actually thought anything through without being already invested in one fantasy or other?

As it is Xmas we are now being showered with borrowed billions inevitably to be spent on grafters dishing out crap!

Politicians have had forever to sort out this stuff but never actually discuss the issues, only who should be in charge.
 
Somewhat frustrated.
Cone now, Udayana, we're being offered lots of free stuff, and milk, and honey, and bendy bananas. We are living in blessed times where our political leaders combine the wisdom of Solomon, the allure of Cleopatra, and the dribbling skills of Stanley Matthews.
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Re: UK election 2019
« Reply #157 on: November 15, 2019, 03:05:33 PM »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-50433951

What a ghastly man, I hope the Church of Scotland kicks him out. ;D
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Re: UK election 2019
« Reply #158 on: November 16, 2019, 08:32:27 PM »
Westminster voting intention: CON: 41% (+1) LAB: 33% (+3) LDEM: 14% (-2) BREX: 5% (-2) GRN: 2% (-1) via

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Re: UK election 2019
« Reply #159 on: November 17, 2019, 11:31:13 AM »
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Re: UK election 2019
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Re: UK election 2019
« Reply #161 on: November 17, 2019, 02:33:35 PM »
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Re: UK election 2019
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Re: UK election 2019
« Reply #163 on: November 18, 2019, 07:14:58 AM »
Westminster voting intention: CON: 42% LAB: 28% LDEM: 13% BREX: 5% GRN: 3% via

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Re: UK election 2019
« Reply #164 on: November 18, 2019, 09:47:20 AM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on November 18, 2019, 07:14:58 AM
Westminster voting intention: CON: 42% LAB: 28% LDEM: 13% BREX: 5% GRN: 3% via

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I think I might request that you stop posting the opinion polls. It's all too grim.
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Re: UK election 2019
« Reply #165 on: November 18, 2019, 10:15:16 AM »
Quote from: jeremyp on November 18, 2019, 09:47:20 AM
I think I might request that you stop posting the opinion polls. It's all too grim.
I just need people to share my pain
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Re: UK election 2019
« Reply #166 on: November 18, 2019, 10:36:02 AM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on November 18, 2019, 10:15:16 AM
I just need people to share my pain

Why don't you stop looking at them so your don't cause yourself an injury? ;D
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Re: UK election 2019
« Reply #167 on: November 18, 2019, 11:14:29 AM »
Quote from: Littleroses on November 18, 2019, 10:36:02 AM
Why don't you stop looking at them so your don't cause yourself an injury? ;D
More likely my tablets or phone that would be injured  ;)
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Re: UK election 2019
« Reply #168 on: November 18, 2019, 11:19:55 AM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on November 18, 2019, 11:14:29 AM
More likely my tablets or phone that would be injured  ;)

I know what you mean, I am sick to death of hearing about the election and Brexit, I know it is important to know what is going on, but I still feel like throwing something at my laptop or the TV screen.
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Re: UK election 2019
« Reply #169 on: November 18, 2019, 03:43:07 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on November 15, 2019, 01:22:19 PM
Cone now, Udayana, we're being offered lots of free stuff, and milk, and honey, and bendy bananas. We are living in blessed times where our political leaders combine the wisdom of Solomon, the allure of Cleopatra, and the dribbling skills of Stanley Matthews.

Is he the bloke who used to run a Guantanamo Bay type place for 'bootiful' turkeys?
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Re: UK election 2019
« Reply #170 on: November 18, 2019, 04:04:20 PM »
Quote from: Robbie on November 18, 2019, 03:43:07 PM
Is he the bloke who used to run a Guantanamo Bay type place for 'bootiful' turkeys?
Stanley's, the wizard of the wings, defensive supremo brother Bernard.
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Re: UK election 2019
« Reply #171 on: November 18, 2019, 04:10:02 PM »
 ;D

Quote from: Littleroses on November 18, 2019, 11:19:55 AM
I know what you mean, I am sick to death of hearing about the election and Brexit, I know it is important to know what is going on, but I still feel like throwing something at my laptop or the TV screen.

Agree. Plus we have HRH Andy and BJ, wonder what will come next?
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Re: UK election 2019
« Reply #172 on: November 19, 2019, 07:53:42 AM »
I don't know whether anyone has posted this before, apologies if they have but this site is astonishing:

https://boris-johnson-lies.com/
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Re: UK election 2019
« Reply #173 on: November 19, 2019, 08:55:14 AM »
Quote from: Trentvoyager on November 19, 2019, 07:53:42 AM
I don't know whether anyone has posted this before, apologies if they have but this site is astonishing:

https://boris-johnson-lies.com/

Boris has been taking lessons from his White house pal! >:(
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Re: UK election 2019
« Reply #174 on: November 19, 2019, 11:06:49 AM »
If we are lucky there will be no candidates left. This sort of stuff is so frequent that it shows up the vetting procedures to be pretty crap.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-50468770?__twitter_impression=true
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