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Spades in the ground by 2028? Not a blummin' chance! There isn't anything like a firm plan what routes will be served and what alignments they will take, so there's no chance that getting that sorted, then all the planning and budgeting processes just to get to the stage of putting out contract...

Except as has been pointed out, most of the lines concerned have services running beyond the boundaries of Greater Manchester. A Mayor of GM is only going to be concerned about Greater Manchester, so what say would those places beyond have, if any if TfGM took over? There's nothing wrong with...

I don't like Labour or the Tories, so its not just a case of giving the latter another go. What I don't believe for a minute is that Labour will come riding in on a white charger, and save us all. I think they will be as equally useless as the Tories. This comes from decades of experiencing...

We use a slightly different worded version of this a Bradford City, referring more to other supporter's flags and in which direction that they can go.... :lol:

It isn't just 15 years of Tory cuts though, Labour have been failing Bradford for much longer under both coloured ties at Westminster. I actually know the leader of Bradford Council Susan Hinchliffe through family ties, and I'll be quite frank speaking to her has never really given me any...

Trust me I've looked. Yes funding has been pulled, but decisions made at local levels over a very long period of time have helped shape my opinion.

Its actually unclear if he will stand again. However I have never yet voted for him, and frankly given his track record probably never will. So a vote for Labour would be a vote for Corbyn....? Just saying... <D This is where you and I differ. I do believe we vote for candidate first, and...

Are Truss & Johnson standing in my area (Shipley)? If not, then all candidates will be given a equal hearing. Because as I inferred upthread, Labour have been as chaotic at local level around here, so I hold no allegiance to any party, nor do I have more faith in any one. If that turns out to...

It really isn't. I live in an area dominated by Labour councillors, and its been a train wreck under their stewardship, just like at central government level. They really are as bad as each other, sorry but they just are. Yes, because no one party has shown any aptitude to run government either...

I agree about tax arrangements, but everyone at once. Sadly I suspect neither side would be terribly keen on this, which is why I am totally disengaged from any political party, they are all as bad as each other. Come the GE, I will vote for the candidate that best represents themselves in the...

What's really depressing about all this is how Labour are scrambling to say "nothing to see here" and "Tory witch-hunt" but not actually being fully transparent about it. I mean part of her role is being Shadow Minister for Housing, if she's done something wrong or taken bad advice, at the very...

For those at the top religion has always been the facade. I know a lot of people draw hope from their respective religions, but their religious leaders are responsible for centuries of hate, violence and war. For any Star Trek fans out there what we need is a "First Contact" to bring some sanity...

And sadly this is the reality, both sides will never accept the other's existence because of their fundamental religious differences. This isn't a war like WWII, this is a "holy war" that frightened old men engage with in the hope that their sky fairy will reward them when they die. Its beyond...

Exactly, which is why for now governments need to work on long term solutions to help bring the cost of electricity down, as well as increasing the wired infrastructure to allow for more electric traction use and not concentrating on forcing it through legislation.

They could, but then freight companies might not be in the market for them and continue to use diesel locos until such time that electric becomes economically viable again. Of course the government could also force freight operators to use electric locos where they can, but freight is a cost...

Yeah, our pitch has been shot since we played Liverpool U21s in the Bristol Street Motors Cup, the pitch tore up then the frost got underneath it and it never recovered. Its scheduled to be re-laid again over the summer.

Why feel bad for us, we have LBA within the borders which is pretty good for holiday flights plus some connections to hubs like Amsterdam, and rumours are circulating that a trans-Atlantic carrier is eyeing options for a route using A321neos. LBA is also expanding it's terminal & adding extra...

Security measures will depend on the individual country's assessment of the current risk. Where I work in a large public sector building, a quick visual check of the security pass & validation by the entry gate is all that is required to get in, however at times of heightened threat levels entry...

Is the correct answer. Promise the airport, get elected, then blame someone else when it doesn't happen. Or am I being too cynical? One of the reasons that the local population liked DSA was because it was quiet, and easy to get through security and to the gates to the handful of holiday...

I'm pretty certain this isn't a thing aimed just at cyclists, as I mentioned upthread a canine officer and sniffer dog were patrolling the pub above the concourse at Manchester Piccadilly. But who is to say that other areas aren't being checked, I'll wager that any search using sniffer dogs will...