Bletchleyite
Veteran Member
One word: Sh**e
I was going to say, it's not, on the world and UK stage, been a great decade. It's been fine for me as an individual, but looking wider not that great.
One word: Sh**e
One word: Sh**e
Personally though, I think that the 2020s will look up in terms of positivity, as we continue to leave recession. Hopefully by the mid twenties, the current state of austerity will be a thing of the past.Rubbish
Personally though, I think that the 2020s will look up in terms of positivity, as we continue to leave recession. Hopefully by the mid twenties, the current state of austerity will be a thing of the past.
"Continue to leave" recession? We haven't been in a recession for ten years!
I'd agree. However apparently it's not right to believe such things.The decade of Offence by Proxy...where grown adults have the mindset of children.
The myth of "privilege" and the rise of the anti male legalised institution. Positive Discrimination.
Identity politics where your "race" or gender are the key aspects regardless of individual competency or intelligence. Racism by another name basically
Oh.....and utter garbage trains!
I'd agree. However apparently it's not right to believe such things.
(385s are ok though )
"Continue to leave" recession? We haven't been in a recession for ten years!
The myth of "privilege"
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I really have not noticed this.
By happy coincidence, the best people for the top jobs are always wealthy white men from wealthy white backgrounds
Nonsense.
Our news outlets would rather give us the ins and outs of election coverage thousands of miles across the Atlantic when I'd rather hear about what's going on a couple of hundred miles across the North Sea.
Nonsense.
The anti white, anti male statement you made.
My mother does the same job she did 11 years ago (probably now a more important one actually, since it’s now safety critical) and earns less than 3 quarters of what she did back then in numerical terms, let alone in real cost-of-living terms. But of course the rich toffs who are in a much more privileged position than the pair of us work much harder and we should pipe down of course!You're lucky.
I have- both in the wages I get for the work I do, and in the relentless misery that my job involves (trying) to fix.
Still, 12 years of real-terms wage cuts whilst the hyper-rich gain half a trillion quid makes me know my place.
So I treat the concept of wages rising with inflation with just a little skepticism shall we say.
- Brexit (obviously some people will disagree about this)
I must say that I considered putting something in about railways in my earlier post.Gosh what a bunch of cynics most of you lot are.
I can think of a lot of good and bad things over the last 10 years. This is a list of things that come to mind that have changed since 1 January 2010.
The good:
- Greta Thunberg, and environmentalism becoming more mainstream.
- Movement towards democracy in Tunisia, Sudan
- Gay marriage going from a controversial idea to almost universally accepted in the UK, and gay rights much more accepted across most of the western world.
- #metoo leading to much more awareness of women's rights across many countries
- Unnoticed by many in the UK, a lot of progress in reducing absolute poverty in many developing countries
- Windows Vista is now ancient history almost everywhere
- Greece seems to have emerged from its financial crisis
The bad:
- Politics in the UK becoming more polarised.
- Donald Trump
- Resurgence in nationalism and some pretty unpleasant right wing authoritarian politics in many countries
- Lack of progress on reducing CO2 emissions
- Rise in fake news
- Brexit (obviously some people will disagree about this)
- Growth in poverty in the UK
- Civil war in Syria, Libya and Yemen
Other stuff
- Smartphones go from niche to almost universal
- Social media gone completely mainstream
And by the way, closer to home and seeing as this is a rail forum: First decade for a long time that saw significant improvements in infrastructure and capacity across most of the country. Reading rebuilt. Thameslink and the new London Bridge open. Oxford to Marylebone. The Bathgate line. The Tweedbank line. Halton Curve services. Lots of electrification on GWR and around Liverpool, Manchester and Blackpool. New trains across much of the country. More frequent services in loads of places. Marred mainly by high increases in fares.
Watching what’s happening around Exeter at the moment is very positive. For the first time in a long time I’m seeing the railway expanding rather than contracting which is a very good thing.
Well we’ve got the new maintenance depot rapidly taking shape behind the station plus lots of new IETs and the decent HST short sets, then there’s also the future Okehampton services starting and potentially a more frequent service to Axminster (Devon Metro stuff).Out of interest, what is happening around Exeter? I have to admit that's one place where I wasn't aware of any current expansions in services?