Recent content by Mrwerdna1

Two things: 1) That was 14 years ago, support for proportional representation (and dissatisfaction with FPTP) has grown substantially since then. In a recent poll by YouGov, just shy of a majority (i.e. 49% percent) were in favour of scrapping FPTP and introducing a proportionally...

The thing is, though perhaps objectively meaningless or misleading, adding (or rather retaining) Great in GBR was actually quite a clever political move by Labour. It works to appease the more rabid pseudo-patriotic fringes of the right-wing. Might not seem like there's a big overlap there, but...

This is also what infuriated me about the endless post-Brexit debates back in the day, on both sides of the isle. People like Nigel Farage and others should have been hammered every single day about why they kept bringing up Norway and Switzerland as shining examples of progress, wealth and...

Strongly agree and I think the LNER idea is a great one. I can only hope the designers were thinking along those lines, i.e. allowing only one colour to dominate to avoid a potential clash. Only Sunday will tell.

Very nice! To be honest, that's probably about as good as you can get with a red, white and blue livery. The problem is, the odds are stacked against this new GBR livery turning out well, especially if they do decide to feature all three colours prominently. In that case, I think it may either...

If the information surrounding the colour scheme is based on the Guardian articled I originally quoted and linked to in the SWR thread, then I fear I need to nip some potential misinformation in the bud: There is no talk about a red, white and blue livery, merely that the train will carry the...

Strange indeed. Perhaps it's even a full-blown one-off publicity livery - you know, kind of stating "Great British Railways - coming soon to somewhere near you" or something like that :D

Quite. Another one of these "wish it weren't so, but alas it is" realities of politics. Without wanting to appear facetious, I ask myself just how much current opposition to Brexit (apparent in polling) is down to British holiday makers not wanting to queue at airports, rather than the myriad of...

So, this latest Guardian article on the subject seems internally contradictory, at least at face value. It reads: Source: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/19/labour-great-britain-railways-south-western-lower-fares (19.05.2025) So from this I draw the following conclusion. Given...

Unless you heavily blur out the tagged parts, I wouldn't recommend it. It's free promotion for their acts of vandalism and might encourage more. But it's up to you of course.

I suppose this publicity banner from the press announcement just about confirms it: I do wonder why the West Midlands are going for distinct liveries for different transport modes. I suppose there is nothing inherently wrong with it, some other cities do it too (London, Madrid or Copenhagen...

Two things: 1) This statement, whilst partially true, somewhat throws a wrench into your argument, as EDI policies (based on the UK framework) are largely about addressing systemic inequalities, not inequity (though that can be a side effect, if EDI policies are applied right). The clue is very...

Just to get this clear, is ADL in any significant trouble? I thought their Enviro400EVs were doing quite well?

True, more recent polling has certainly seen a boost in support for Reform, as high as 19%, actually. So Reform's message as a protest vote does work everywhere, it would seem. Scottish voters are, like English or Welsh voters, tired of the Tories and now, also tired of Labour. The SNP has been...

I think it's two things. Firstly, as you say, it's offering a positive vision, reversing austerity and leading with major investments in health, education, transport, housing and public infrastructure - but that also requires adequate funding, which without tax rises or more borrowing is not...