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The proposal I read about (and the one I was referring to, but unfortunately didn't make clear) involved the District serving the Richmond branch only. Services west of Turnham Green would be the sole preserve of the Piccadilly. I can' find the official TfL document on it but here's a local...

Why do you suggest anyone is surprised? I'm certainly not and I haven't seen any expressions of surprise anywhere (mind you, I've not looked too hard). Perhaps the exact opposite (e.g. "I told you so") but not surprise.

I am probably among the most ardent Brexiteers posting on here. But even I was reasonably happy with the EEC as it was in the 1980s. There were one or two downsides, but overall I found it acceptable and beneficial. I voted to remain in 1975 and if a referendum had been held some time in the...

Yes they were. But they were soundly rejected by the electorate throughout the 80s. They certainly were not rejected solely because of that. In fact, with everything else that was going on then, the EEC was almost an afterthought.

Mrs Thatcher was vehemently opposed to European integration and to the appropriation of greater powers by the EEC (as it then was) Commission. She made a now legendary speech to the Commons, reporting back on a European summit where proposals had been tabled by Jacques Delors on further...

I do. What I also remember, in the early days of my Enthusiasm for London Underground, is not knowing that the Bakerloo only went to Watford Junction in the peaks (and then only about 4 trains each way, I think). I spent over an hour at Piccadilly Circus - at the north end of the northbound...

I'm glad you mention that simply as an "idea". For, as far as I can see, that's all it is (and I don't know whose idea it was). That said, it seems to be an idea that enough people have promulgated so that it has eventually gained traction. This article, for example, specifically states that...

But that doesn't stack up. The Kings Fund report says this: Between 2012 and 2022, the number of doctors and nurses rose while the number of managers is broadly similar (doctors increased by 31 per cent and nurses by 16 per cent between March 2012 and March 2022). During that time, the...

I read about that plan some time ago (as mentioned, I believe it was pre-pandemic). I thought the sticking point (or perhaps most expensive aspect) of that plan was Chiswick Park. Being served only by District Line trains to Ealing I thought part of the plan was to re-site the station slightly...

But he has a full time job for which he's paid £86k pa. I've held jobs where I was paid near enough the equivalent to an MP's salary and there was no way I would have had time to "help out" the NHS or anybody else. That may well be so. But there have been three General Elections since he became...

Yes. Except that the tender only contained the traction motor. It wasn't laden with 10 PP3 9v batteries! :D

Here we have an individual who has been elected as an MP, on a generous salary (currently >£86k pa). At the same time, he is moonlighting as a part time doctor for the NHS - an organisation which could probably do with his attention - as a trained doctor - for perhaps a little more than that...

Then they need to get over that fear, with the full support of their employers. Other nations manage perfectly well to check eligibility and collect revenue where appropriate.

Nor is he, it seems.

And part of the reason for that is that doctors pronounced that they are doctors not revenue collectors. They have a very valid point. However, other nations seem perfectly capable of collecting payment (or EHIC details) when treating patients. The NHS has almost as many support staff as it has...

I would go along with that. When I read your earlier post I thought you were thinking of full size locos. That said, I cannot see it going down too well somewhere like Romney Hythe & Dymchurch or Ravenglass & Eskdale. For one thing those lines are too long but more important than that, the...

Indeed. And whoever is responsible for that is immaterial. That was the situation and it meant EU citizens had near enough unfettered access to settle here. If successive UK governments had perhaps been more diligent and took steps to ensure that the control that was available was utilised...

But we didn't. In any case, how do you suggest governments check up on arrivals who, when travelling between Schengen countries, rarely go through a form of border control, and when travelling from a non-Schengen country need only wave a passport. The numbers involved run into tens of millions...

No I don't. This debate started when it was suggested that, under FoM, more people had moved from the UK to settle in the EU than had moved from the EU to settle in the UK. I produced figures showing that was incorrect and that the excess (EU to UK over UK to EU) was probably about 2m. We...

No. The conditions of the funding package encouraged the Mayor to bring forward the already planned extension from the initial Inner London area (the are covered by the congestion charge) to encompass the area out to the North and South Circular Roads...