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wingy · Nov 15, 2021

HS2
Where's it gonna run to ?
100 billion (double original estimate for less than half of it .
Levelling up.

HS2: What is the route and why is the Manchester link scrapped? - BBC News

The high-speed railway between London, the Midlands and North of England will be scaled back.

www.bbc.co.uk

Ian1779 · Nov 15, 2021

Cockwomble of the day award goes to….

wingy · Nov 15, 2021

Ian1779 said:
Cockwomble of the day award goes to….

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Ooh Bawtry Neal is on the map .

wingy · Nov 15, 2021

Ian1779 said:
Cockwomble of the day award goes to….

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Bozzers sounding a bit ropey on that.
He's been to the Rugby shouting much?

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · Nov 15, 2021

wingy said:
HS2
Where's it gonna run to ?
100 billion (double original estimate for less than half of it .
Levelling up.

HS2: What is the route and why is the Manchester link scrapped? - BBC News

The high-speed railway between London, the Midlands and North of England will be scaled back.

www.bbc.co.uk

When it first started I think the cost was est. £30bn. On a different site I said it'd be more like £80bn, be at least a decade late and eventually only the London-Birmingham leg would be done because the project was all about improving link to London and they wanted to use BHX as a further extension of it's airport capacity.

So far I'm not looking too far off, though I think I've massively underestimated the final cost, even if Phase 2 and 3 are cancelled.

skybluetony176 · Nov 16, 2021

Isn’t JRM lucky that Owen Paterson’s wife committed suicide. He might have to look in the mirror otherwise. The way in which he and other MP’s have danced on that poor woman’s grave to exonerate their own behaviour and poor judgment is nothing short of disgusting. Shame on them.

Sky Blue Pete · Nov 16, 2021

Skybluefaz said:
He seems genuinely upset at how things have gone at Cop26. Which is a concern.

What? It takes more than wishful thinking or encouraging words to influence people!! Wow who knew? Ffs

Grendel · Nov 16, 2021

Sky Blue Pete said:
What? It takes more than wishful thinking or encouraging words to influence people!! Wow who knew? Ffs

Let’s be honest no one is influencing China. They were fat shaming Greta Thunburg the other day - no one is influencing Brazil or the rest of South America and no one is influencing India

Sky Blue Pete · Nov 16, 2021

Grendel said:
Let’s be honest no one is influencing China. They were fat shaming Greta Thunburg the other day - no one is influencing Brazil or the rest of South America and no one is influencing India

They don’t want to destroy the planet or reduce their average life expectancy of their sons and daughters any more than we do. Everyone has a point of interest on this. I’m not necessarily saying Boris and alok are to blame just that jumping up and down changing we can do this to flashy music isn’t really what changes hearts and minds and wallets and gdp

Grendel · Nov 16, 2021

Sky Blue Pete said:
They don’t want to destroy the planet or reduce their average life expectancy of their sons and daughters any more than we do. Everyone has a point of interest on this. I’m not necessarily saying Boris and alok are to blame just that jumping up and down changing we can do this to flashy music isn’t really what changes hearts and minds and wallets and gdp

your first sentence is absurd. China is a corrupt brutal regime that persecutes its civilians - especially “their daughters” on a daily basis. Brazil don’t believe climate change exists. Honestly that is an absurd position to take

Skybluefaz · Nov 17, 2021

PVA · Nov 17, 2021

And they wonder why they get called vile.

skybluetony176 · Nov 17, 2021

Another Tory out Diane Abbotting Diane Abbot. Still, at least this one isn’t in government. No, actually she is.

PVA · Nov 17, 2021

I'm sure there'll be hundreds of memes about her stupidity popping up all the time over the coming years. Oh wait.

Skybluefaz · Nov 17, 2021

Johnson embarrassing himself in pmqs at a new level. Pathetic.

PVA · Nov 17, 2021

Skybluefaz said:
Johnson embarrassing himself in pmqs at a new level. Pathetic.

Nice to see Hoyle stand up to him for once

Brighton Sky Blue · Nov 17, 2021

Evo1883 said:
China and India when asked to help save the planet

If Harry Kane and Magnus Carlsen reproduced

CCFCSteve · Nov 17, 2021

PVA said:
Nice to see Hoyle stand up to him for once

I like Hoyle. No grandstanding like that little twat Bercow and pretty fair. He’s called out Johnson on a few occasions and rightly so

Brighton Sky Blue · Nov 17, 2021

CCFCSteve said:
I like Hoyle. No grandstanding like that little twat Bercow and pretty fair. He’s called out Johnson on a few occasions and rightly so

Still no Betty Boothroyd

skybluetony176 · Nov 17, 2021

The 1922 committee are revolting.

Panicking Tories complain about Boris Johnson's attempt to cut down second jobs

The PM proposed a ban paid political consultancy in a desperate bid to stem public anger over Tory sleaze

www.google.co.uk

Just think. If he’d just have let it lie and Owen Patterson take his very lenient punishment like a man the shit wouldn’t be hitting the fan from all angles right now. Such an error of judgment. His biggest gaffe to date by far and that’s saying something.

Brighton Sky Blue · Nov 17, 2021

skybluetony176 said:
The 1922 committee are revolting.

Panicking Tories complain about Boris Johnson's attempt to cut down second jobs

The PM proposed a ban paid political consultancy in a desperate bid to stem public anger over Tory sleaze

www.google.co.uk

Just think. If he’d just have let it lie and Owen Patterson take his very lenient punishment like a man the shit wouldn’t be hitting the fan from all angles right now. Such an error of judgment. His biggest gaffe to date by far and that’s saying something.

He should have walked after 'let the bodies pile high', the line was crossed ages ago.

Ian1779 · Nov 17, 2021

How far down the rabbit hole are we when Spectator columnists are feeling sympathy for sex traffickers.

clint van damme · Nov 17, 2021

Ian1779 said:
How far down the rabbit hole are we when Spectator columnists are feeling sympathy for sex traffickers.

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And still this week she's only the 3rd most embarrassing member of her family.

skybluetony176 · Nov 17, 2021

I see the Daily Mail editor has just been cancelled because they want a more pro government editor if you can believe. Mind you he did run a couple of “negative” headlines last week over the Owen Patterson scandal. Sensitive lot these fascists. Snowflakes the lot of them.

Grendel · Nov 17, 2021

Ian1779 said:
How far down the rabbit hole are we when Spectator columnists are feeling sympathy for sex traffickers.

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Has she been found guilty - have I missed something?

skybluetony176 · Nov 17, 2021

CCFCSteve · Nov 17, 2021

skybluetony176 said:

To be fair he sounds like shit when I’ve heard him speak recently, reckon he’s had this dodgy post Covid cold kicking around (Ive had it, it’s awful). Struggle to sympathise on the authority point as some/many of the recent issues he’s brought upon himself

wingy · Nov 17, 2021

skybluetony176 said:

Looking and sounding weak,a play for sympathy, understanding?

stay_up_skyblues · Nov 17, 2021

I have to minute return to work interviews when people have been off sick for a day with the shits.

But you wouldn’t think to minute a conference call discussing a £350m contract I s’pose…

Minister says she can't find minutes of Covid meeting with Randox

Labour accuses Gillian Keegan of a "ridiculous" attempt to avoid transparency over Covid contracts.

www.bbc.co.uk

Deleted member 9744 · Nov 17, 2021

skybluetony176 said:
Another Tory out Diane Abbotting Diane Abbot. Still, at least this one isn’t in government. No, actually she is.

It's not like this was particularly difficult maths. How did we end up with a Government so stupid?

Ian1779 · Nov 17, 2021

Grendel said:
Has she been found guilty - have I missed something?

Hence me leaving out the word ‘convicted’ - however I’ll be sure to retract my statement once she has been proven innocent.

skybluetony176 · Nov 17, 2021

Nadine Dorries has spent the evening making a twat out of herself on Twitter again.

shmmeee · Nov 17, 2021

Think Johnson’s on his way out TBH.

Who do we want in next?

Probably a straight fight between Liz “disgraceful cheese” Truss and Rishi “Rishi Sunak for the Rishi Sunak Party” Sunak.

shmmeee · Nov 17, 2021

Deleted member 9744 said:
It's not like this was particularly difficult maths. How did we end up with a Government so stupid?

2019 suspension of rebel Conservative MPs - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

PVA · Nov 17, 2021

Yeah the answer, as it often is, is Brexit.

Some decent Tories in that list.

We're just left with the dregs now.

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