Recent content by Vic

Mini Kev!

Could he have been killed?

Well, yes. It's the antithesis of the IHRA examples of antisemitism which try to say criticism of Israeli policies are not antisemitic.

What "deal on the table"? That looks fake.

I hadn't realised you were a black kid from SE London. Your main problem is that you believe Tory nonsense https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/sadiq-khan-labour-londoners-youth-violence-city-hall-b2516512.html

And if track charges were more sensible that would help. Are they still shifting engines by road? A little diesel shunter needing works attention would have run at night at 20 mph to the works for a major overhaul, till the Thatcherite dictum of contributing to fixed costs meant it had to be...

The Liverpool and Manchester was public transport. So is scheduled air travel. And the Titanic. Maybe air and sea routes aren't usually considered public transport, but they're not private transport.

You'll hear the TOCs saying that rail use has vastly increased since privatisation. But so has use of London Transport which isn't privatised.

That's the intention. Track and trains. But taking track maintenance under direct control would probably still be done by contracting with private firms - though as with train procurement that system is prone to fluctuations in demand that may leave some companies with no work at times. I don't...

I tried to check but the Home Office isn't currently recruiting asylum officers. Just judges. To the questions about putting judges on asylum cases when the backlog for criminal trials is horrendous, the response was that they're different specialisms. So there must be lots of...

If the UK were where Lampadusa is.... Or Africa was where the Isle of Man is...

Apart from all the unskilled jobs no-one wants to do, and the skilled ones.

Oh dear. If we were between Africa and the rest of Europe, yes of course they would be trying to cross to Europe. And I don't think you'd want to stop the boats then.

I am a suspect in a murder. Can I please investigate the crime scene myself? I do live in a democracy.

Gideon's counter protest will help get it noticed.