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It was fairly obvious as soon as Big Ben chimed midnight ushering in the arrival of 2015 that everyone’s mind would instantly focus on the general election (indeed some of the parties started campaigning almost immediately the Christmas decorations came down) but local by-elections are no respecter of national campaigns and within days of those decorations coming down the local by-election circus started up again in Bolsover where Labour were seeking to defend Bolsover North West.
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Putting the 4th and 5th runways in at Hartsfield generated little opposition as the benefits were obvious.
I wonder which Lynton, Crosby or Anthony Charles, will die higher up the honour tree.
https://twitter.com/Jamin2g/status/682331040883412993
What is the reason for their objection? Given modern jet engines it could hardly be noise, as was the case in the days of KACAN.
"Ed Davey, the former Liberal Democrat Energy Secretary who helped lead his party to near wipeout in the General Election, has been given a knighthood."
For services to the country by destroying any chance of the Lib Dems ever getting near power again I presume.
End of the paper train ticket as railways 'go paperless'
Exclusive: Passengers will be able "buy" journeys online and travel carrying just the bank card with which they paid, The Telegraph can reveal
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/12075299/End-of-the-paper-train-ticket-as-railways-go-paperless.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwLp4GJeVl0
Then there is the cost to the public purse. Heathrow itself will fund the works within the airport perimeter but the associated and necessary infrastructure will fall on the taxpayer. About £13bn if I recall correctly and that was just the estimate, the final total is sure to be much higher.
But if frees up an hour a week of Charles's time no price is too high.
I love both those films too, and James Stewart is never less than captivating. But in Vertigo he gives everything. The tower suicide scene we really see the fear/terror and paralysis of the vertigo he suffered.
I'm turning into a Luddite as I get older
Why do you really really WANT a new runway at Heathrow? There are already two runways there, and lots of flights to lots of places. You sound a bit - what's the word - petulant?
Crosby didn't get his royal dukedom. Disappointing.
I'm fuming at that.
I've spent about 3 months of my life on hold to HMRC this year.
HMRC couldn't organise a pregnancy on a council estate.
I see no reason why bus journeys and certain rail journeys cannot be paid direct by tapping a card.
Just take the tickets out of the system and the same can be done on board a train with mobile hand held whatever the ticket cost. Mind you I see issues with people not carrying the correct card perhaps?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/12075299/End-of-the-paper-train-ticket-as-railways-go-paperless.html
1) why is buy in quotation marks. Are we not actually going to be buying them or something.
2) why is the customer doing his daily lunges while buying his ticket?
The cheapest seat is $124.95. A flexible ticket is $239.70. The most expensive option - A viewliner roomette (bunk to you and me) is $302.95.
So from $125 to $300 on a 900 mile trip, vs $750 for a 200 mile trip to Euston.
That is stunning.
If I buy an advance purchase ticket, I can do it for around £100.
If I went pleb class I could do it for around £45
But if it wasn't that, it would be something else. Basically they live in a very nice part of the country and they want to keep it that way, regardless of the cost to everyone else.
Fortunately I have very understanding employers
How long will it take for the card readers at the automatic barriers to authorise the person to go through - if it is more than 2 seconds Victoria Station, for one, will come to a halt, especially during rush hour.
Taking tickets out of the system sounds like a good idea but it really needs to be thought through.
IANAE when it comes to the traffic and the EVA, but that's why we had an independent commission examine the case in detail. And they unambigiously recommended Heathrow. So that seems to be the logical thing to do.
Still, we have new x files and twin peaks to look forward ( or should that be back ) to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_YareK6WKk
BTW I still haven't gone north of Kidsgrove or Alderley Edge into Manchester Piccadilly (but could be doing it as early as Monday).
Coming tomorrow: Sunil's Great British Railway Review of 2015.
Oyster is very fast, despite there being millions of database entries. The number of valid tickets on any given day is probably less than that, and can be stored locally. I doubt it will be any slower.
You were being punished, what naughty thing did you do to deserve that?
You said "FPTP is superior to AV" didn't you?