Ifwecouldjust.......
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LOL .... YOUGOV .... owned by two tories .... one an MP and the other a major contributor ....
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LOL .... YOUGOV .... owned by two tories .... one an MP and the other a major contributor ....
MillionMilesAway
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I actually don't really disagree massively with them on what they have done, they haven't given access to essential core parts of the network apparently.
I also do think there's a lot of fear mongering over the Chinese from the Americans over Huawei
I think that's about right.
Who else is in the market and has the capability for such a project?
Ardwick Green Blue
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LOL .... YOUGOV .... owned by two tories .... one an MP and the other a major contributor ....
So what? LOL
Can't see it being any less than that as Labour is in a worse state than it was at election time.
NeilYoungIsBack
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Ok I see what you meant - as someone who lives in the area either would be a major undertaking even allowing for the fact that the track-bed still exists from Thornton to Poulton but some of the route towards Fleetwood has since been built over.
The options for Fleetwood-Poulton need looking at now but meanwhile the relatively straightforward and widely supported proposal to provide a rail link to Skelmersdale from the nearby Liverpool-Wigan line could be implemented fairly quickly if Boris wants to been seen doing something useful for rail in the North West.
Unfortunately soring out Manchester's problems will be a lot more problematic and expensive...
MillionMilesAway
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The options for Fleetwood-Poulton need looking at now but meanwhile the relatively straightforward and widely supported proposal to provide a rail link to Skelmersdale from the nearby Liverpool-Wigan line could be implemented fairly quickly if Boris wants to been seen doing something useful for rail in the North West.
Sounds reasonable.
It does feel a bit like his '40 hospitals' claim, which isn't much of the kind.
Announcing £500M for feasibility studies sounds like a 'cheap' flagwave to say 'see, we're doing something', just not something that will achieve anything anytime soon, if at all. It sounds an awful lot to look at potential line routes and calculate initial cost/time estimates. I wonder who they employ to do it.
LOL .... YOUGOV .... owned by two tories .... one an MP and the other a major contributor ....
People said this before the election too.
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blueinsa
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LOL .... YOUGOV .... owned by two tories .... one an MP and the other a major contributor ....
Yeah they got it wrong in December last as well as you LOL'd then.
NeilYoungIsBack
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Announcing £500M for feasibility studies sounds like a 'cheap' flagwave to say 'see, we're doing something', just not something that will achieve anything anytime soon, if at all. It sounds an awful lot to look at potential line routes and calculate initial cost/time estimates. I wonder who they employ to do it.
One issue is that transport isn't seen as a 'top job' in Government. I calculate we've had 23 Secretaries of State for Transport (or equivalent, e.g. when John Prescott held the brief as part of his ODPM empire) since 1981.
The incumbent is seldom in the job long enough to get to grips with it.
bluethrunthru
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They're basically launching an advertising campaign saying: "please trade with us"
The next one is Johnson staring right down the camera lens pointing with the caption " Our country needs you" in various languages specific to the country in which its displayed
MillionMilesAway
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One issue is that transport isn't seen as a 'top job' in Government. I calculate we've had 23 Secretaries of State for Transport (or equivalent, e.g. when John Prescott held the brief as part of his ODPM empire) since 1981.
The incumbent is seldom in the job long enough to get to grips with it.
Good point.
Shapps is a weasel, with quite a track record of shady business (his wikipedia page is a hoot), and benefits from not being Grayling.