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Post by capitalomnibus on May 1, 2024 0:09:06 GMT
No because newspapers wanted to run British Rail into the ground which they did very successfully. If the privatised industries were like British Rail it would be open season in the press. Hence adverts taken out in the media by TOC sweetens their little hand. The same way the papers run the privatised companies running the trains into the ground.
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 1, 2024 0:08:16 GMT
Too late for London, but can see them becoming a stronger force. This is what happens when the mainstream parties like Conservative and Labour do not listen, we get more splinter hardcore right and left wing parties.England cricketer Monty Panesar to stand for George Galloway's partyFormer England cricketer Monty Panesar has been unveiled as a general election candidate for George Galloway's Workers Party of Britain.www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68929678
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Post by capitalomnibus on Apr 30, 2024 10:52:53 GMT
Khan is getting a lot of backlash on X for turning off the ability to reply on his Tweets. Probably doing more damage by doing this as people are just quoting his tweets anyway. No surprise, petty little weasel, who loves to dish out but cannot take it when he gets it back.
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Post by capitalomnibus on Apr 30, 2024 9:54:06 GMT
PM criticises Sadiq Khan's record on knife crimeRishi Sunak has claimed rising knife crime in London will “shine a spotlight on the reality of Labour in power” at this week’s local elections.www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cprg4jnl99lo
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Post by capitalomnibus on Apr 30, 2024 0:07:32 GMT
I agree with your last paragraph and i’d be very surprised if Arriva lost the route Agreed, I can't see Arriva losing it. They've run it very well so far I must add too, bar the ENXs which let the side down a tad. Nothing to do with if the route is well. If the price is right, then it can go to another operator if they could do it cheaper
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Post by capitalomnibus on Apr 29, 2024 23:51:50 GMT
I have no doubt that Khan is going to win next week but the spread of votes is going to be very interesting to see. I wouldn’t rule out a scenario where the outer London boroughs do not vote for him while the more populous inner boroughs do which pushes him over the line first. But how can he say he has a mandate if outer London didn’t vote for him? It’s probably going to end up closer than most expect though. If only the Conservatives had put forward a more credible candidate and backed it up with a strong campaign. At this point it feels like they’ve abandoned London to Khan and I genuinely dread to think where London will be in four years time I thought it was this week, 2nd May
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Post by capitalomnibus on Apr 29, 2024 23:50:26 GMT
Hamza Yousef looks set to resign as First Minister and leader of the SNP today, pre-empting a Vote of No Confidence tabled by opposition parties in the Scottish Parliament. A second Vote of No Confidence in the SNP Government has also been tabled and could lead to the Scottish Parliament being dissolved and an election called. Tensions between the SNP and Green Party, who had been in a power-sharing Agreement brokered in 2021 by Yousef's predecessor Nicola Sturgeon, had been increasing following the First Minister's decision to drop some key climate change targets. There was also disagreement about pausing access to puberty-blocking drugs for under-18s. Although meant to be in place until 2026, Yousef ended the Bute House Agreement last week. Good riddance, the man is a race baiting piece of poo. ouch, that is a bit harsh. At least he did not bow down to the greens and extreme left.
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Post by capitalomnibus on Apr 29, 2024 10:04:09 GMT
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Post by capitalomnibus on Apr 29, 2024 9:57:22 GMT
The few successes of privatisation such as Chiltern Trains have been completely overshadowed by failure of the other franchises. So essentially rail franchises get handsome subsidies much more than the old British Rail, these franchises are normally foreign owned. When there are problems the rail operating companies blame Network Rail and vice versa. Once boarded a trains they are slow with so much headway build in, to minimise compensation claims and to make performance figures look good for the private companies. Avanti has been mentioned on this thread, which have at chronic cancellations due to shortage of train crews, but still they pay their head a bonus, which is a systematic failure of this country where we reward failure. So with record subsidies and a lot more passengers carried, they still cannot provide a decent service. Essentially it has always been socialism to support capitalism, as the same way the PFI contracts were. So this is a great announcement by Labour and I hope with a Labour Mayor re-elected this week that TFL will take over services in London under the London Overground brand. I hope NOT at the London Overground approach, it has been ruined with pathetic names. It is also not as rosy as it may seem and imo MTR who operate Elizabeth line are far better than Arriva Rail London.
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Post by capitalomnibus on Apr 29, 2024 9:54:58 GMT
Is it Thames water doing the digging or contractors?Round here with Anglia Water it’s Clancy Dowcra doing the digging for them. Most of their works is not thought through, uncoordinated with other utility companies and spent most of the past 4 months digging up East Ham. It's definitely Thames Water! 😅 No surprise, they are the biggest pee takers when it comes to roadworks and maximum delays with temporary traffic lights on pathetic phasings. At times there were literally 1 hour delays in East Ham a few months because of them.
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Post by capitalomnibus on Apr 29, 2024 9:50:02 GMT
The domino effect of the fallout from the SNP continues. How long before Humza Yousaf resigns. If he loses more seats to Labour, Lib Dems and strangely Conservatives, he may not last to the elections next year.MP Lisa Cameron defects from SNP to ConservativesThe SNP's Lisa Cameron has announced her defection to the Conservatives.www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67087840 Well 6 months later, looks like he is set to resign....
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Post by capitalomnibus on Apr 28, 2024 22:19:21 GMT
Is it a done deal, will Khan 100% win next week? No, anything can happen. I never trust pollsters, they are full of S##t to be honest. They get everything to the wrong people. When the coalition came in, many said it was a Labour win. They were showing at the last election it was neck and neck or conservative may just ease past because of Brexit, in the end it was a record landslide.
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Post by capitalomnibus on Apr 28, 2024 13:13:10 GMT
But his problem is his controversial ULEZ and that could be an issue for him. It’s only controversial as it’s been politicise, as when Boris Johnson introduced it wasn’t. That reminds me, I better fill out my postal ballot. No it was controversial because he extended it past the north & south circular, completely not in manifesto and AGAINST his own party leaders advice! But it would not make a difference to football team party supporters like yourself who see Labour as nothing more than supporting a football team.
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Post by capitalomnibus on Apr 28, 2024 13:06:30 GMT
The difference is the original Superloop weren’t dependent on a election outcome. But that doesnt matter much because Khan has got the win in the bag. He could probably put nothing on his manifesto and people would still vote just to keep Hall out Same can be said otherwise. There is a hell of a lot of people who never voted in previous elections who have said they are going to vote even for people like Count binface to voice their frustrations at Khan mainly for ULEZ
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Post by capitalomnibus on Apr 28, 2024 12:58:20 GMT
East Thames Buses was NOT anything to be proud of. I would rather it be the last years of London Buses when the operations were getting better than they were of the 70's and 80's East Thames Buses ended up stabilising some awfully run routes so they wern't that bad - the last years of London Buses in the 90's wasn't great so not sure where your getting that image from. LBL East London was not that bad in the end. They were running better than many of the neighbouring ex LT subsidiaries.
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