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2024 election and party Railway policies
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Passenger rail without rolling stock - how bizarre! Why not nationalise the whole lot?
Yesterday at 15:28
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A question about commuting to vs living in London.
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Depending on budget – and anywhere in the south-east is going to be a challenge for someone on an average income – there are some very...
Monday at 21:58
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DHELM: Why are UK railways so bad?
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Merseyrail were playing up this morning (two consecutive trains cancelled) so I drove my daughter to work: six miles across the city. I...
Monday at 18:07
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A question about commuting to vs living in London.
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Would he be based in the office full time, or working from home part of the week? Part-time commuting would be more bearable. Most...
Monday at 17:14
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Is tradition holding the UK back?
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I don't think most countries with an elected head of state go after ex (failed or otherwise) politicians. The US and France are the only...
Monday at 13:46
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Why did we need HS1?
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No need to do that. Avoid the pollution and the crowds, and cut through the housing estates instead.
Monday at 13:36
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Is tradition holding the UK back?
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Hear hear! And ensure that those 400 are elected by proportional representation. It is a nonsense that so many peoples' votes just...
Sunday at 21:30
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Why did we need HS1?
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The environmental disaster of cheap flights byEasyjet and others should have been addressed by governments on both sides of the channel...
Sunday at 21:25
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Merseyrail legacy fleet updates (Class 507/508)
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Is there a date for the final last appearance of a 507/8 on Merseyrail?
Saturday at 20:44
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Keir Starmer and the Labour Party
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Starmer has reneged on virtually all of the policies he promised to uphold on being elected. Therefore in my view he is less to be...
17 Apr 2024
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Northern re-records 34 station name announcements with local pronunciation
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It's too complicated and subtle for most normal English speakers. But I understand 'shall' after a first person subject (I or we) is the...
17 Apr 2024
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Keir Starmer and the Labour Party
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Possibly. I don't know them all.
17 Apr 2024
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Keir Starmer and the Labour Party
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Difficult to say at present, of potential Labour senior politicians. We'll need to wait and see how they act. Of the Tories, very few...
17 Apr 2024
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Keir Starmer and the Labour Party
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Can you point to one phrase in Corbyn's manifesto which suggests this? You may well think (and I don't have the knowledge to agree or...
16 Apr 2024
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Keir Starmer and the Labour Party
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I don't trust Starmer at all. But many of his MPs and potential cabinet members may well think it wise to tiptoe gently up to the...
16 Apr 2024
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