Jump to content

The United Kingdom and the Death of Boris Johnson as we know it.

CB Fry

By CB Fry,
in The Lounge

 Share

SWF (Non Legally Binding) General Election  

193 members have voted

  1. 1. SWF (Non Legally Binding) General Election

    • Conservatives
      42
    • Labour
      65
    • Liberals
      54
    • UKIP
      1
    • Green
      18
    • Brexit
      8
    • Change UK
      0
    • Other
      5

Recommended Posts

Lord Duckhunter

Lord Duckhunter

Posted
Posted (edited)
58 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

Standard nimbyism that all MPs and local politicians show.

If Sunak did what Starmer wanted & stopped it at Old Oak Common, Soggy & other lefties on here would be moaning like fuck. He’s spent post after post claiming that Starmer is being sensible, but not to go into Euston is fucking ridiculous. Can you imagine the up roar if Boris did the same, wanted the track to end before his constituency, some of you would self combust 

Edited by Lord Duckhunter
Link to comment
Share on other sites
badgerx16

badgerx16

Posted
Posted
22 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

If Sunak did what Starmer wanted & stopped it at Old Oak Common, Soggy & other lefties on here would be moaning like fuck. He’s spent post after post claiming that Starmer is being sensible, but not to go into Euston is fucking ridiculous. Can you imagine the up roar if Boris did the same, wanted the track to end before his constituency, some of you would self combust 

The reason HS2 stops at Old Oak is that to go further it needs a tunnel, and most of the London constituencies are already underrun with tunnels, be it the Underground or Crossrail, so on that basis it should make no difference.

The main issue with HS2 has always been that there was never a need for a high speed link, what was needed was greater capacity on the West Coast Mainline, coupled with vastly improved east-west trans Pennine lines. As a national vanity project it was trying to deliver the wrong thing.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Tamesaint

Tamesaint

Posted
Posted (edited)
On 06/10/2023 at 14:40, Weston Super Saint said:

Which is political mumbo jumbo for the easily led, people like you.

He could easily commit to it no matter what happens with the "wrecking ball". All he needs to do is say they'll do whatever it takes to put it back on track.

He won't commit to that though because it would not make any sense at all financially or politically.

I'll guarantee that Starmer sighed a huge sigh of relief once Sunak announced he will scrap the project as it would have been a millstone round his neck once he gets into office.

Why is it so hard for you to admit that scrapping the whole farce is the best thing to do for the country? Just because Sunak has gone ahead and announced it, you seem hard wired to oppose it. It's very childish behaviour.

Nice try at being pedantic though with my wording, I've already said a number of times that Starmer has refused to commit to it 😜

You had better watch it Weston. Your last 2 posts on this thread have contained unnecessary personal digs at me and SOG. 

Lighthouse smacked your botty a couple of weeks ago. You will get banned if the mods spot  personal, unnecessary digs.

Edited by Tamesaint
  • Haha 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Fan The Flames

Fan The Flames

Posted
Posted
19 minutes ago, Tamesaint said:

You had better watch it Weston. Your last 2 posts on this threads have contained unnecessary personal digs at me and SOG. 

Lighthouse smacked your botty a couple of weeks ago. You will get banned if the mods spot your personal digs. 

Weston playing the man. He is an expert on rail capacity and on drivers for economic growth.

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
buctootim

buctootim

Posted
Posted
7 hours ago, Fan The Flames said:

Fuckin hell, that's appalling. She has to contain herself from crying with patriotic pride.

Stand up and fight for more debt, higher inflation, lower pay, higher mortgages and a £100 billion on a railway to nowhere. Who could resist that call?  

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Weston Super Saint

Weston Super Saint

Posted
Posted
4 minutes ago, Tamesaint said:

 

Wow. You like to live dangerously. You must have another log in ready. 😁😁😁

No need to hide behind the mods. Mods, mods, look WSS did a comment!

If the light hearted jibes upset you so much, just say 😜

Although I'll bet you've already contacted the mods to ask for a "report post" button to be added 😜

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Tamesaint

Tamesaint

Posted
Posted
30 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

No need to hide behind the mods. Mods, mods, look WSS did a comment!

If the light hearted jibes upset you so much, just say 😜

Although I'll bet you've already contacted the mods to ask for a "report post" button to be added 😜

A report post button. Now that's a good idea. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
badgerx16

badgerx16

Posted
Posted (edited)

Just seen the highlight of the Tory conference; Gove standing up and saying, without any conviction whatsoever, that "we have £350 million more every week going into the NHS; promise made, promise delivered". Even the audience seemed embarrassed when the cameras panned across the room.

The most easily and frequently debunked Brexit lie, as admitted by Johnson Farage and Cummins, gets dusted off and given a public airing. How desperate are they that they think that particular piece of wool can be pulled back in front of the electorate's eyes.

Edited by badgerx16
  • Like 7
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 1 month later...

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...