Now, don't get me wrong I am a massive railway fan and have been for 60 odd years but . .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23070506

Have we not just had an austerity spending plan to save £11b ?

I don't agree with HS2. If that money is available then spend it on upgrading cross country routes rather than shaving off whatever between Birmingham and London which is hardly onerous at present in any case!

And yes, I do love and admire systems like France's TGV and Germany's ICE.

Quote: Oldrocker @ June 27 2013, 12:01 AM BST

Now, don't get me wrong I am a massive railway fan and have been for 60 odd years but . .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23070506

Have we not just had an austerity spending plan to save £11b ?

I don't agree with HS2. If that money is available then spend it on upgrading cross country routes rather than shaving off whatever between Birmingham and London which is hardly onerous at present in any case!

View original

Yes, but while upgrading country routes will help the general public, building the HS2 will line the pockets of Cameron's mates, so it's the obvious choice really.

Quote: Oldrocker @ June 27 2013, 12:01 AM BST

Now, don't get me wrong I am a massive railway fan and have been for 60 odd years but . .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23070506

Have we not just had an austerity spending plan to save £11b ?

I don't agree with HS2. If that money is available then spend it on upgrading cross country routes rather than shaving off whatever between Birmingham and London which is hardly onerous at present in any case!

And yes, I do love and admire systems like France's TGV and Germany's ICE.

View original

The government needs a good rail system to get disabled people and people on jobseekers to the "camps", which I'm sure can't be far away now.

Quote: lofthouse @ June 26 2013, 6:19 PM BST

When are you clowns going to see sense and elect Alf Stewart at prime minister ??

Struth

View original

Stone the Flamin' Crows! Didn't think of Alf. Don't like his chances. The Fairfax/newslimited media (read the Packer/murdoch/Rienhart press) haven't written anything about him.

HS2 can burn in hell.

Quote: chipolata @ June 27 2013, 10:26 AM BST

The government needs a good rail system to get disabled people and people on jobseekers to the "camps", which I'm sure can't be far away now.

View original

Ah, satire, where did you disappear to, old friend?

Dozens of birdwatchers travel to a remote island to see a rare bird, the white-throated needletail.
It gets splattered by a wind turbine.
>_<

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-23082846

One of them said: "We just watched the whole thing with dismay,"
and added that on a previous bird watching trip he had seen a migratory wryneck hit by a train.

>_< >_<

Nobody can win the Tour de France without taking performance-enhancing drugs, Lance Armstrong, the disgraced seven-times winner of the race said today.
In an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde on the eve of the 100th Tour, Armstrong implied that all recent winners of the race - including Britain's Sir Bradley Wiggins last year - must have taken some form of dope.
"I didn't invent doping. It didn't stop with me either," Armstrong said.
In reply to the question whether it was possible to win cycle races without dope while he was a professional rider, Armstrong said: "It depends which races you want to win. The Tour de France? Impossible to win it without dope. The Tour is a test of endurance where oxygen is the decisive factor."

So...that means Bradley Wiggins is a cheat then??

This Armstrong guy really is an odious bastard isn't he?!

What a cheek!
Wonder if Wiggins is feeling litigious.

Quote: lofthouse @ June 28 2013, 5:55 PM BST

In reply to the question whether it was possible to win cycle races without dope while he was a professional rider,

View original

That was then, this is now. Isn't he saying it wasn't possible to win without drugs in his day, because everyone else was at it?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jun/28/alec-baldwin-twitter-meltdown-gandolfini-funeral

He's bloody great, Alec Baldwin.

He is a right sexy bitch.

His wife is called Hilaria and his daughter with Kim Basinger is called Ireland, I dread the announcement of the new baby's name.

Quote: Shandonbelle @ June 28 2013, 10:03 PM BST

His wife is called Hilaria and his daughter with Kim Basinger is called Ireland, I dread the announcement of the new baby's name.

View original

Croatia ?