Recent content by 317 forever

True enough. My main point is that I will want time to catch up with the campaign before the vote. More importantly, I prefer to keep the occasions separate in terms of "vibes". I shall be going to Ireland myself. Last time I was there, the mood was obscured by coinciding with the Brexit...

I have an Advance single from Heaton Chapel to Manchester Piccadilly on Wednesday. If the train is pulled I guess I just use the previous or subsequent scheduled train. I would prefer to keep to an electric train though, like mine is.

In particular, the soon to be ex MP Mark Harper will be too interested in fighting to retain his seat to take time out to intervene in negotiations to avert rail strikes.

I come back off my hols on June 24th. I am lucky. For personal reasons I wanted my holiday to finish June 24th or start June 26th. Thankfully I chose the first option.

It would be the strongest government to be defeated since 1970. The defeated (Labour) government had been elected with a majority of 96.

Apparently, the changeover date on which it was believed more people would have voted Remain was January 19th 2019.

An MP with similar views but a more gentle temperament would be Claire Coutinho. She is comparatively unassuming and less likely to feel the public have a duty to elect her as Prime Minister. Plus her constituency of East Surrey is a safer Tory seat.

I live just north of Stockport, in Stockport constituency. All Labour seats will be held, including Manchester Withington, with Rochdale regained by Labour. Labour to win back Heywood & Middleton and win Sale & Altricham West for the first time (now that Graham Brady is standing down). Labour...

You are saddened about the General Election being in July. You were hoping it would be on the 50th anniversary of the one on October 10th 1974.

It may be quicker and cheaper to extend the Docklands Light Railway from Stratford International to Walthamstow, rather than the Jubilee Line from Stratford.

Oh yes, I remember about the driver changeover at Milton Keynes. This may influence what times I am willing to use NatEx for such routes, if I can no longer get a cup of coffee at an appropriate time. Last week I went to arrive in London just before lunch and came home just after teatime so was...

Having just travelled from Manchester to London and back for a long weekend, I see the reason for the faster journeys is that, matching Megabus, they have cut out the refreshment break on several journeys, including mine.

This in a way reverses the divestment of High Wycombe from Go-Ahead to Arriva from 2000. It seems that the standard operator for High Wycombe will be Go-Ahead Carousel, and for Aylesbury Redline plus related companies.

That's encouraging if it means the ex Oxford Volvo B5LHs are being refurbed and retained for Bee Network operations.

Although he is the Transport Secretary, the subject of this week's Aslef strikes never even came up.