Dr Gloom 21924 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 nothing to see here. all completely normal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21924 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 all the talk of burgon on the previous page reminded me of labour's other big front bench half wit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21924 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 "hello unsuspecting boy in a tree. i'm creepy barry gardiner. now look into my eyes, while i place my hand tenderly on your back then talk for 45 minutes about labour's nebulous brexit position" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17281 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 20 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: nothing to see here. all completely normal Don't know about anyone else I'm just pleased we're not being ruled by unelected buearacrats any more 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30620 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Rayvin said: I really think the media are in trouble. By being partisan over important issues they've broken trust with the public who don't have the desire to support them now. The BBC are a good example of this in recent weeks - they pulled punches on Johnson because they believed that impartiality means you can only expose an equal amount of bullshit, irrespective of how much each side is spewing - and they helped cause this crisis by giving Farage such extensive airtime. And so now, there is no one in their corner. Same for the rest of the media although the right wing outlets will of course simply become the Russia Today's of the new right wing order. The internet talking heads will replace them and then we really are fucked. Darren Grimes on Politics Live today ffs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 He's a horrible little scab. One of a few conservative talking heads who ask for money on the internet. Or 'hand outs' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30620 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Well this seems like a sensible, value for money proposal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42459 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Where would you put the border controls on that- halfway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44900 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 I guarantee Humpty thinks it's a cracking idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30620 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 14 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said: Where would you put the border controls on that- halfway? From Gretna Green up to Berwick should do it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17281 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) The road from near the Scottish border at Carlisle to Stranraer/Cairnryan is about as good as the A1 between Newcastle and Edinburgh ie tractors can hold up international traffic regularly... Edited February 10, 2020 by PaddockLad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 A lot of that 30 mile stretch is 1000ft deep and somewhere in that ocean is a about a hundred tonne of unexploded munitions. Great plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21627 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) Boris just loves imagining bridges. Building them, not so much. A bridge from NI to rural Scotland ffs, 20 miles over a sea canyon full of unexploded munitions, in one of the stormiest seas in the world that's also a shipping lane. Of course. Edited February 10, 2020 by Renton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4386 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 And a couple of refs short of not being in the UK at either end... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42459 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 I think we should build a passenger catapult from Wales to Holland, made of cheese, paid for by Mexico. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35095 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 I wonder how many billions of pounds will be spent on the groundwork before it’s announced it isn’t going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15531 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Metre for metre, if you scale up from the Garden Bridge you're talking £5bn. But I reckon that's a conservative estimate (no pun intended). The Garden Bridge did have a few trees to price in, of course, whereas the Scotland-NI plan... oh. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21627 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 If it connected 2 metropolises, like London and Paris, it may just about be feasible. Maybe. A second channel tunnel would definitely make more economic sense. But this is obviously not the case here. So what i don't get is that this is so obviously a stunt, what's to gain? He's not going to come out of this looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20156 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5223 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 10 hours ago, Renton said: If it connected 2 metropolises, like London and Paris, it may just about be feasible. Maybe. A second channel tunnel would definitely make more economic sense. But this is obviously not the case here. So what i don't get is that this is so obviously a stunt, what's to gain? He's not going to come out of this looking good. It's Keynesian economics though. Government putting money into infrastructure on the basis that it boosts the economy. Same as HS2. Instead of spending money on genuinely helpful initiatives that could address the bigger issues in British society, the Tories will spend it on nonsense that has the same effect but doesn't threaten them in an ideological sense. It's an admission that we've always been right on the economic front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30620 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 You call it keynesian economics, I call it utter bullshit. It will never ever happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17281 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 37 minutes ago, ewerk said: You call it keynesian economics, I call it utter bullshit. It will never ever happen. You'll notice no one in the media is now talking about the Russia report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30620 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 I had a look at the papers this morning and most of them are leading with the government's great pledge to improve bus services. Only the Mirror is talking about the fact that towns in the north keep flooding because the government refuses to spend the money on improving flood controls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30620 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Anyway, the news on investment in bus services will be a nice little earner for Jo Bamford who picked up Wrightbus for a song recently. He also happens to be the son of major Tory and Vote Leave donor, Anthony Bamford. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30620 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Zero economic growth in Q4. Cracking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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