LondonLax Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Chindie said: Rail just strikes me as one of those things that being privatised doesn't make sense. It's so big, so diverse, and so much a public need in many respects (especially if we're to push public transport harder) that trying to run it for profit ends with something being screwed over. Which is basically what we're seeing now - mental ticket costs, staff getting **** every which way, cost cutting and failing services, all sacrifices on the altar of profit. Then you have Japan, where the network is fully privatised and is exemplary (you can set your watch to the bullet train’s arrival). There are clearly ways of getting both ownership systems to work well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 15, 2023 Moderator Share Posted May 15, 2023 12 minutes ago, LondonLax said: Then you have Japan, where the network is fully privatised and is exemplary (you can set your watch to the bullet train’s arrival). There are clearly ways of getting both ownership systems to work well. That isn't strictly true. Some of Japan Railways is privatised, some of it, including all freight, isn't. There are 6 JR passenger companies, 4 are privatised, 2 aren't The Infrastructure is in Public hands and before it was floated the government wiped out a shit load of debt They are also currently going through a sort of Beeching era and closing unprofitable lines. The way Japanese railways are organised is really strange as some of it is like what happened in the WIld West of America, there are smaller companies that are essentially real estate firms too and they literally develop new rail connected communities. It's not a path anyone could follow in another country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2023 Japan is also helped by the fact it's rail system is focused heavily on a small number of urban systems (with Tokyo obviously the flagship by a distance), rather than the UK system which is comparatively a nightmare of national lines that occasionally break off into local systems. The only place comparative to the Japan system is London - and lo and behold that, compared to the rest of the country, works quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straggler Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 I'm with Ash on this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Labour "centrism" is now getting indistinguishable from the BNP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Hang on I thought they'd purged all the racists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 24, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 24, 2023 Just now, VILLAMARV said: Hang on I thought they'd purged all the racists? An easy mistake to make. What they did was purge the lefties under the pretence of their being a danger to the Jewish community. The racists they didn't really give a **** about. In fact they quite like the acceptable arm of racism and want to get to know them better. Because they've decided that's what wins votes. They've got the integrity of jizz laden Kleenex. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 24, 2023 Moderator Share Posted May 24, 2023 15 minutes ago, Kuwabatake Sanjuro said: Labour "centrism" is now getting indistinguishable from the BNP. Not really at all, the next two tweets in that thread Firstly you are relying on a Labour MP live tweeting from PMQs as an accurate source of his exact words and secondly in the context of the question, he's not just talking about immigration but he is highlighting it because the latest figures are due out tomorrow And really, that is nothing like the BNP even at their softest and cuddliest. Just so you can see what a BNP Immigration leaflet looks like Is that really like anything Starmer has said I'd say they were pretty distinguishable from each other. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ml1dch Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 The ever-growing "kicked out of the party while your alleged sexual wrongdoings are investigated" parliamentary group welcomes it's latest er...member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 1 hour ago, ml1dch said: The ever-growing "kicked out of the party while your alleged sexual wrongdoings are investigated" parliamentary group welcomes it's latest er...member. Tbh I'm glad that victims now have a way to speak out. Whoever thought that it's okay to sexually harass people doesn't need to represent anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 1 hour ago, ml1dch said: The ever-growing "kicked out of the party while your alleged sexual wrongdoings are investigated" parliamentary group Parliamentary majority by the end of 2023. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 (edited) No room in Labour for elected Mayors who like Ken Loach - Labour’s North of Tyne mayor has become embroiled in a row over an event with film director Ken Loach that was branded “hugely upsetting” for the Jewish community. Jamie Driscoll has been urged to apologise after appearing with the acclaimed ‘I, Daniel Blake’ filmmaker on stage at Newcastle’s Live Theatre last week. The criticism prompted Mr Loach to refute what he referred to as “old allegations, always rejected and re-heated from past disputes”. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/jamie-driscoll-ken-loach-labour-26527143?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar Is Ken Loach a bad guy? This sucks ass. Labour is now a party where if you are not a friend of the Jewish Labour Movement, then you are out. Regardless of how good you are at your job, and Driscoll is widely regarded as being good at his job. It's utter bollocks and a good reason not to vote for Labour again. Edited June 2, 2023 by Jareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 (edited) When others are accused of sharing a platform with someone that shared a platform with… It’s a form of madness. Edited June 4, 2023 by chrisp65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 Is Greg Clarke just Kier Starmer wearing glasses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Is Greg Clarke just Kier Starmer wearing glasses? You never see them both at the… oh no, hang on we did on that episode of QT didn’t we… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 4, 2023 Moderator Share Posted June 4, 2023 55 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: When others are accused of sharing a platform with someone that shared a platform with… It’s a form of madness. Being on a Question Time panel isn’t sharing a platform. There is no platform of common speakers there, there is no single issue the panel are campaigning on. Sorry but that isn’t the gotcha you think it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 38 minutes ago, bickster said: Being on a Question Time panel isn’t sharing a platform. There is no platform of common speakers there, there is no single issue the panel are campaigning on. Sorry but that isn’t the gotcha you think it is I don’t think it’s a gotcha at all, I was trying to show how ridiculous that sort of accusation is. This man shared a stage with KL and KL shared a stage with ‘x’, therefore… it’s a dumb argument. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 It's a bit ridiculous that Ken Loach who has dedicated his career to giving a voice to working class disadvantaged people is now framed as some big bad racist who a mayor of the north east cannot share a platform with. It's ludicrous and out of touch. This campaign has gone too far, the only left wing candidates we can vote for are now vetted for suitability by the Jewish Labour Movement, all they need do is disagree with a candidate and then that person cannot stand for Labour. It has all gone too far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsky_11 Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 5 hours ago, bickster said: Sorry but that isn’t the gotcha you think it is Not sure a local mayor hosting an "in coversation with..." about a filmmaker's work in an area about which he has just released a film is the gotcha Labour think it is, but they'll carry on regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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