Paid Members JNLister Posted October 2, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted October 2, 2023 https://twitter.com/sturdyAlex/status/1708913451710484494?t=KM2kDiXgk1NlQoGGuhnxBQ&s=19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRooster Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Ah, the Tory conference. Come for the policies, stay for the entertainment: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66979020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 More tories making shit up to rally against the shit they made up as defenders of your freedom. This is going to be the most horrible of election campaigns, isn’t it. Even worse than the ones we’ve had recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Thesz Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 On 10/1/2023 at 6:05 PM, Keith Houchen said: Yeah but Peter Tatchell is a cunt. May I ask why you think that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Hugh Thesz said: May I ask why you think that? Yes you may. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Thesz Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 20 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: Yes you may. Then why do you hold this opinion? I ain't an offence seeker BTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Amongst other things he is an egomaniacal liar, has said verrrry questionable stuff regarding adult / child sexual relationships, constantly speaks over other voices, in particular trans voices, and stops them being heard. But mainly it’s those egregious shirt and tie combos that are an affront to both the eyes and decency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCJ Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 One of my friends who’s always been a diehard Tory (I put political differences aside) is livid about the HS2 Northern line cancellation. It will impact his job. Whether it will stop him voting Conservative is another matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 27 minutes ago, LCJ said: One of my friends who’s always been a diehard Tory (I put political differences aside) is livid about the HS2 Northern line cancellation. It will impact his job. Whether it will stop him voting Conservative is another matter. I heard a discussion today about how they should’ve started the construction in the north, that way it definitely would be finished. Once it got out of London, the interest in it diminished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCJ Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 I’m certain the project would’ve been completed had it started in Manchester and finished in London. The Government would’ve found the money then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Remember cuntface and his three word slogans at the start of the pandemic, and beforehand? “Spades in the ground” is as irritating. And it is making me want to wrap a spade around Sunaks mushki. Plus it sounds like a Combat 18 battle slogan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 I'm really thick and not mentally well enough to bother reading loads on it but HS2. Someone help explain. So like what happens then. It won't go through the north or more the point Manchester, so where do the line stop or skip. I find it so fucking confusing or I'm just a dullard who can't understand it and won't be able to afford it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted October 3, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted October 3, 2023 7 minutes ago, Chili said: I'm really thick and not mentally well enough to bother reading loads on it but HS2. Someone help explain. So like what happens then. It won't go through the north or more the point Manchester, so where do the line stop or skip. I find it so fucking confusing or I'm just a dullard who can't understand it and won't be able to afford it anyway. It's outskirts of London to Birmingham. It should also include Manchester & Leeds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 14 minutes ago, Chili said: I'm really thick and not mentally well enough to bother reading loads on it but HS2. Someone help explain. So like what happens then. It won't go through the north or more the point Manchester, so where do the line stop or skip. I find it so fucking confusing or I'm just a dullard who can't understand it and won't be able to afford it anyway. It was meant to be an express lane, if you will. You know how the M6 toll is meant to alleviate traffic around the Birmingham junctions?  It’s the same principle. By using the new express line for Leeds / Manchester - Birmingham- London. It frees up the existing line for more local services. Obviously there’s no overtaking on a train line so it’s limited to how many trains can be on it at once. The service between the big cities got priority so local services have to work around that.  But it’s only the north that misses out now so who cares, that seems to be the attitude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamura Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 9 minutes ago, Tommy! said: It should also include Manchester & Leeds Leeds was deep-sixed in 2021. Although as someone unfortunate enough to use the trans-Pennine route regularly, the ridiculous number of cancelled services is bad enough already. They can't recruit enough staff as it is, more trains won't solve that problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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