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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 11, 2024 3:18:53 GMT
As Kate Forbes is back by having effectively been given part of Shona Robison's portfolio, there have been no cabinet departures.
I did see that a couple of junior ministers are out of government though.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 11, 2024 3:16:06 GMT
I never said have a referendum tomorrow, but in 2026, which gives people under the age of 28 a chance to have their voices heard - so 10 years after the last election. Now the British public now know what Brexit looks like , they should be able to speak again. This may sound nice and fair. However, even if a majority of voters vote to rejoin, the EU will almost certainly not offer us readmission on the same terms than we had before. Plus, even if the then government and a majority of voters want us back in, the EU are allowed to just say No.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 11, 2024 3:10:25 GMT
I agree. It won't be enough to return a Conservative government, it is just a last desperate attempt to get Reform votes. Even Rishi has admitted that the next election will not return a Conservative government. It is looking good for a coronation for Kier later this year. However a Labour Government wouldn't be my first preference - I would want a Labour/Liberal coalition as this is the only way I could see any chance of another referendum in the first government. The Tory* Government are in a vicious circle which I pointed out in the post above. When Natalie Elphicke crossing the floor and I would have said that when she crossed that reform would've got their 2nd MP, I was surprised she sat with Labour. There will be others that cross now. Rishi* Had no chance after Johnson/Truss. For people who want for example a Labour/Liberal Democrat coalition, it is a pity that there is no such option on the ballot paper. Admittedly, I think the LibDems are more likely to agree a constructive informal agreement rather than a coalition, after being so badly bruised at the end of their previous coalition in 2015.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 11, 2024 3:06:16 GMT
Another blow to Sunak as Natalie Elphicke is the latest Conservative MP to defect to Labour. It’s equally shocking that Starmer would want someone so far-right amongst Labours ranks. This may come back to hurt him in the short term. There is already some mumbling from the left as to why she has the Labour whip while Diane Abbott has still not had the whip restored.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 11, 2024 3:00:31 GMT
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 11, 2024 2:52:48 GMT
I don’t think the works have even started yet Yes you are correct, probably start in the next two decades 😄 Routes 81 & 83 will be in competition to see which one can retain VWs the latest
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 11, 2024 2:38:11 GMT
Stagecoach Chief Executive Officer Claire Miles and her team visited ADL at Larbert yesterday for an update on their plans alongside a tour of the factory and Stagecoach's next-generation electric buses. Bit of a hint about future purchases. You have posted this in the wrong thread 😊 It wouldn't necessarily be the wrong thread, if Stagecoach were taking over Uno
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 11, 2024 1:55:09 GMT
the 3 has changed a lot. at first it went to oxford circus. then it was withdrawn between oxford circus and piccadilly circus in early 2015. then it was withdrawn between piccadilly circus and Trafalgar square in mid 2017. then in late 2018 they proposed to withdraw the route between Trafalgar square and Whitehall which eventually happened in mid 2019 and started using the stand the 53 was using before it got cut back to Lambeth north around the same time. in early 2023 it got changed again but this time it was more of it being rerouted then it being cutback even though it was cutback to Lambeth north it was extended Victoria via the old 507 route which was withdrawn with the 521 and replace by multiple routes. my opinion is that the it was way too similar to 159 so I like the way they cut it back and rerouted but I wish they did it earlier. also there was a proposition in mid 2017 for the route to be extended from Trafalgar square to Russell square but this never happened even though it would've been really cool. It reached Camden Town for many years, and even reached Parliament Hill Fields in 1981-84. It was only when route C2 was introduced in 1987 that route 3 was curtailed at Oxford Circus.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 6, 2024 4:26:08 GMT
Though quite a bit of distance from where I am, the 235 is a joke. Its always packed and when I see a bus on the route at Hounslow, its common to see one being circulated to Hounslow Heath or Sunbury Cross. I'm no regular to the route but I feel sorry for people that do. I admit, I did like the variety it used to have under TF control. It was common to have a day when several 02 reg darts, RN52 & 04 reg nimbuses, 08 reg Euro IV Enviros, 59, 10, 11, 62 and 13 reg Euro V Enviros and the quite rare appearances of the 61 and 12 regs were all on the route. I miss those days of the Nimbuses! Though 235 always had issues at North Brentford Quarter back in the day. My bus journey was the Luxair shuttle bus (the Citaros which for some reason display the 173 on their screens with map to Chadwell Heath were not out today) elderly MAN bendybus took me to the terminal at Luxembourg Airport. 16 bus (another MAN bendy, ZF box) took me from the airport to Kirchberg / Luxexpo stop where I got a tram. All the buses and trams are free. Incredibly clean as well. No discarded Dixy Chicken boxes and random tissues on the floor like back home If Boris Johnson becomes World King, he could pledge to replace those bendibuses. AIUI the ENs off route 318 are looking for a new home.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 6, 2024 4:15:48 GMT
For me the ULEZ wasn't so much about stopping it tomorrow but more exposing how much it cost versus the small reduction in emissions. She didn't do that and therefore the message was irrelevant for probably close to 95% of drivers whose cars are already compliant. For me I didn't like the ULEZ as it effected so little vehicles and I think the money spent on scrappage schemes could have been spent on bringing fares genuinely down (£1 bus fare) to get people out of ALL cars with the temptation of cheaper public transport. absolutely agree, I'm hoping that, if Labour win the next General Election, public transport in London will see some real forward thinking policies and investment. I think most of Labour's initiatives will concern National Rail and bus franchising offered (but probably not imposed) for areas without Mayors. Where areas have Mayors, including London, I doubt a Labour government would intervene. They would let the Mayors decide transport policy, even Ben Houchen in Tees Valley.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 6, 2024 4:05:41 GMT
What would you have done differently? From my perspective I don’t think any other individual country did that well in managing covid. I know people cite New Zealand as a success but they were effectively cut off from the rest of the world, foolishly shutting down everything with even a single case. It seems many New Zealanders were far from happy with their governments handling of the pandemic and let's be honest, every government in the world could have dealt with it better with the benefit of hindsight. Maybe not happy, but they were impressed by Jacinda Arhern's competence. She became the only Prime Minister to win a majority since proportional representation had been introduced.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 6, 2024 4:02:17 GMT
17% of the share? Doesn’t equate to all Londoners, those who didn’t vote rightly or wrongly “didn’t vote for khan by not voting” they didn’t vote because of a lack of a good opposition which in truth shouldn’t have been that hard. Even so those who voted for him or didn’t vote at all no longer have the right to complain when crime hikes up again, new lines being named to appease lefty types or when things don’t change after three terms. I don't think anyone who voted for Khan will have many complaints when they played a part in keeping a far right candidate far away from power. Anyone who abstained had the power to remove Khan, but they didn't despite all polls showing that he would have a swimming victory. They didn't bother to show up which, if as you say, people are actually dissatisfied they should have and could potentially have made a change. What seems sad is when there is a high abstention rate because they doubt their vote would make a difference. If for example 30% of the electorate had for example voted Green instead of ignoring the election, London would have had a Green Mayor. Disclaimer : There were of course other candidates that abstainers could have voted for.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 6, 2024 3:55:40 GMT
There was 0 talk of splitting up London prior to the election but suddenly those like SILENCED didn’t like the result and thus want the system changed to suit them. It’s astonishing that people can hold this view and so loudly as well. The FPTP system used in this mayoral election also made it harder for SK to win. It’s typical tory talk to even discuss changing the system when an election doesn’t go their way. When BJ won in 2012 I don’t recall discussion of a similar nature. SK won fairly and squarely (and no there wasn’t voter postal fraud) as some right wing individuals have suggested. Get over it. Bit hard to “get over it” when the worst mayor this city has ever had gets a third term to mess it up even more. Some of the media exclamation about Sadiq winning a historic 3rd term seems a bit overblown. We have only had the 7th London Mayor election. Although Ken was defeated in 2008, Boris stood down in 2016, meaning he could not have won a 3rd term anyway.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 6, 2024 3:49:00 GMT
Sadiq explicitly stated he won't introduce it In May 21 Sadiq explicitly said he would not extend the ULEZ beyond the North/South Circular. In Jan 22 he announced he would be extending ULEZ to the whole of London. He has proved himself to be untrustworthy on multiple occassions. Now it seems there is a Project Detroit in place which is replacing street surveillance cameras. One of the requirements of the replacements system is it must be a able facilitate road usage charging. Why specify it, if you don't intend doing it? He might not have had much choice about ULEZ, if this was part of his settlement with government following Covid revenue losses for TfL.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 6, 2024 3:46:04 GMT
Sadiq explicitly stated he won't introduce it I saw a flying pig and a blue moon What's the difference between a flying pig and a blue moon? There has never been a well-known song called Flying Pig.
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