@BBCNormanS: "The initial reaction from all capitals is that nobody is happy with the UK proposal" - EU source on Tusk message to Cameron.
@BBCNormanS: "There is a lot of frustration and concerns. It’s clear the negotiations are going to be difficult.” - EU source on Tusk verdict
Hang on, I thought it was a done deal.
Cameron is no fool but I'm surprised he's betting his whole career on this referendum, it could easily backfire. In hindsight he'd have been far better stepping back and taking a more neutral stance, which is what I expected when he pledged the referendum.
It makes sense - he already presents "Top Gear: the Races" and had the fastest time in the 'reasonably priced car', beating - I think - Rowan Atkinson by .1 of a second.
He'll be good.
How much does LeBlanc’s signing have, in your opinion, to do with Top Gear’s US appeal?
I am sure it was a factor - but he's a good fit. I'd like to see Sabine Schmitz on there too.
The key is the chemistry between the presenters. I suspect Evans might be the problem there. Look at the US version - same format but the chemistry just wasn't the same. Tanner Faust would work in the UK version too. He's been on a couple of times.
I understand the BBCs desire to continue it's biggest money earner and biggest franchise but to be honest I think they should have let it go. Chris Evans is no Clarkson. He is more of a cheeky chappie than an iconoclast.
Are they actually moderates that they're bombing, or is it the Cameron definition of "moderates" which includes the al-Nusra Front and the like? (Genuine question)
Are they actually moderates that they're bombing, or is it the Cameron definition of "moderates" which includes the al-Nusra Front and the like? (Genuine question)
I don't think Russia are very picky. If you aren't with Assad, you are a terrorist...
Are they actually moderates that they're bombing, or is it the Cameron definition of "moderates" which includes the al-Nusra Front and the like? (Genuine question)
I don't think Russia are very picky. If you aren't with Assad, you are a terrorist...
O/T, but I want to sing the praises of a much maligned organisation - The Railways
Just back from a three day trip which due to eyesight was done by train, mostly by Virgin Trains on the East Coast Mainline. OK ,some of the carriages were a bit clapped out and tatty but every train was on time to the minute. The service on board was spiffing, BA could learn from it, and the attitude of the staff at all levels and in all places, not only on the trains but also in places like the Costa Coffee outlet on the platform at Newark and the chap with the dreadlocks who rescued me at St. Pancras International (he saw I was hopelessly lost and came, unbidden, to help - don't get that at Heathrow), was magnificent.
The railways in the UK get a lot of stick, and I have in the past been a wielder of that stick. Commuter lines into London are still sub-par, I'll accept but, by Jove, inter-city travel has come a very long way.
P.S. St Pancras International is a spiffing place and the cafe-bar where the dreadlocks bloke parked me for a while was excellent (trappist beer and a comfortable club chair).
St Pancras is fab. I've spent far too much time in Searcys
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister 1h1 hour ago If it isn’t already, EU should be preparing for #Syria refugee flows the like of which we’ve never seen before. #Aleppo’s emptying en masse.
Oakeshott always came across pretty well on the Sunday Politics. Although I know that her reputation on here has taken a downturn since pig-gate! I actually always preferred her to Janan Ganesh, who is too much of a George Osborne ''fanboy'' for my liking.
It was difficult for her reputation to take a downturn, given that it largely consisted of shopping her source to the police. But it did, nonetheless.
What's your spread on buttons undone on her shirt?
@BBCNormanS: "The initial reaction from all capitals is that nobody is happy with the UK proposal" - EU source on Tusk message to Cameron.
@BBCNormanS: "There is a lot of frustration and concerns. It’s clear the negotiations are going to be difficult.” - EU source on Tusk verdict
Hang on, I thought it was a done deal.
Cameron is no fool but I'm surprised he's betting his whole career on this referendum, it could easily backfire. In hindsight he'd have been far better stepping back and taking a more neutral stance, which is what I expected when he pledged the referendum.
He's been done in by Negotiating 101 again. While France, Bulgaria and everyone else was busy criticising the deal and pushing for more leverage, he was touring the TV studios and telling parliament it was a 'massive return of power' and all round great deal.
Seems like he was more interested in selling deal while his ministers were gagged than on getting better deal for Britain.
O/T, but I want to sing the praises of a much maligned organisation - The Railways
Just back from a three day trip which due to eyesight was done by train, mostly by Virgin Trains on the East Coast Mainline. OK ,some of the carriages were a bit clapped out and tatty but every train was on time to the minute. The service on board was spiffing, BA could learn from it, and the attitude of the staff at all levels and in all places, not only on the trains but also in places like the Costa Coffee outlet on the platform at Newark and the chap with the dreadlocks who rescued me at St. Pancras International (he saw I was hopelessly lost and came, unbidden, to help - don't get that at Heathrow), was magnificent.
The railways in the UK get a lot of stick, and I have in the past been a wielder of that stick. Commuter lines into London are still sub-par, I'll accept but, by Jove, inter-city travel has come a very long way.
P.S. St Pancras International is a spiffing place and the cafe-bar where the dreadlocks bloke parked me for a while was excellent (trappist beer and a comfortable club chair).
St Pancras is fab. I've spent far too much time in Searcys
It makes sense - he already presents "Top Gear: the Races" and had the fastest time in the 'reasonably priced car', beating - I think - Rowan Atkinson by .1 of a second.
He'll be good.
Chris Evans needs to be punched in the face hard and often, and have half a raw onion stuffed up his rectum daily..
I get the impression that the Top Gear reboot in May is happening more by luck than judgment.
This is as good a place as any to reveal that I have never seen an episode of Friends. Or Seinfeld come to that.
I've just bought Bonnie Tyler's Great Goalkeepers DVD.
It's totally clips of Joe Hart
O/T. I know you are a Chelsea fan, Nige. My old friend Reg is Chelsea's oldest paying member. he's 95. His dad was at the first ever Chelsea game at the Bridge in 1905. I think that's amazing.
Just drove up the Autobahn 7 from Germany onto the E45 into Denmark. Quite a heavy police / border security presence at the crossover German / Danish border. The autobahn was down to one lane, very slow speed 20mph blue flashing light barriers across the road. It was only a visual pass and then a wave on but I guess they know what they are targeting or looking for.
Of course there are a number of other minor road crossings between the two countries to the east and west of this main highway so not sure it they were guarded in a similar way. Perhaps? but I suspect not which confirms Mr RCS point that borders are passable whatever they do and it's only being an island that protects us in the UK yet again.
This wasn't there when I passed through a few months ago in the same area when I came across migrants at a service station heading north (on that side of the road anyway) . Didn't like the situation to be honest so decided to drive on rather than stop and get out.
O/T, but I want to sing the praises of a much maligned organisation - The Railways
Just back from a three day trip which due to eyesight was done by train, mostly by Virgin Trains on the East Coast Mainline. OK ,some of the carriages were a bit clapped out and tatty but every train was on time to the minute. The service on board was spiffing, BA could learn from it, and the attitude of the staff at all levels and in all places, not only on the trains but also in places like the Costa Coffee outlet on the platform at Newark and the chap with the dreadlocks who rescued me at St. Pancras International (he saw I was hopelessly lost and came, unbidden, to help - don't get that at Heathrow), was magnificent.
The railways in the UK get a lot of stick, and I have in the past been a wielder of that stick. Commuter lines into London are still sub-par, I'll accept but, by Jove, inter-city travel has come a very long way.
P.S. St Pancras International is a spiffing place and the cafe-bar where the dreadlocks bloke parked me for a while was excellent (trappist beer and a comfortable club chair).
St Pancras is fab. I've spent far too much time in Searcys
About a month ago, I actually managed to reach Manchester Piccadilly, finally (I reached Alderley Edge four years ago), albeit via Congleton and Macclesfield.
It makes sense - he already presents "Top Gear: the Races" and had the fastest time in the 'reasonably priced car', beating - I think - Rowan Atkinson by .1 of a second.
He'll be good.
Chris Evans needs to be punched in the face hard and often, and have half a raw onion stuffed up his rectum daily..
I get the impression that the Top Gear reboot in May is happening more by luck than judgment.
This is as good a place as any to reveal that I have never seen an episode of Friends. Or Seinfeld come to that.
Just drove up the Autobahn 7 from Germany onto the E45 into Denmark. Quite a heavy police / border security presence at the crossover German / Danish border. The autobahn was down to one lane, very slow speed 20mph blue flashing light barriers across the road. It was only a visual pass and then a wave on but I guess they know what they are targeting or looking for.
Of course there are a number of other minor road crossings between the two countries to the east and west of this main highway so not sure it they were guarded in a similar way. Perhaps? but I suspect not which confirms Mr RCS point that borders are passable whatever they do and it's only being an island that protects us in the UK yet again.
This wasn't there when I passed through a few months ago in the same area when I came across migrants at a service station heading north (on that side of the road anyway) . Didn't like the situation to be honest so decided to drive on rather than stop and get out.
Germany has 6,000 road crossings to other countries, plus a few thousand kilometers of fields and buildings that abut the border.
I've just bought Bonnie Tyler's Great Goalkeepers DVD.
It's totally clips of Joe Hart
O/T. I know you are a Chelsea fan, Nige. My old friend Reg is Chelsea's oldest paying member. he's 95. His dad was at the first ever Chelsea game at the Bridge in 1905. I think that's amazing.
That truly is amazing, are the club aware? Despite the shocking way they behave sometimes they are quite good at that stuff.
My Dad started going in 1948 and I started in 1963, I still get called a glory hunter though!
Are they actually moderates that they're bombing, or is it the Cameron definition of "moderates" which includes the al-Nusra Front and the like? (Genuine question)
I don't think Russia are very picky. If you aren't with Assad, you are a terrorist...
@BBCNormanS: "The initial reaction from all capitals is that nobody is happy with the UK proposal" - EU source on Tusk message to Cameron.
@BBCNormanS: "There is a lot of frustration and concerns. It’s clear the negotiations are going to be difficult.” - EU source on Tusk verdict
Hang on, I thought it was a done deal.
It is. Now we are having the "official argument" so that Cameron can show everyone how tough he is being, and come home wiping the sweat from him brow and telling everyone that it was a close thing, but he managed to bring home the bacon (and hope in all the adulation they don't notice that it's actually a very small slightly mouldy pork scratching).
Are they actually moderates that they're bombing, or is it the Cameron definition of "moderates" which includes the al-Nusra Front and the like? (Genuine question)
I don't think Russia are very picky. If you aren't with Assad, you are a terrorist...
O/T, but I want to sing the praises of a much maligned organisation - The Railways
Just back from a three day trip which due to eyesight was done by train, mostly by Virgin Trains on the East Coast Mainline. OK ,some of the carriages were a bit clapped out and tatty but every train was on time to the minute. The service on board was spiffing, BA could learn from it, and the attitude of the staff at all levels and in all places, not only on the trains but also in places like the Costa Coffee outlet on the platform at Newark and the chap with the dreadlocks who rescued me at St. Pancras International (he saw I was hopelessly lost and came, unbidden, to help - don't get that at Heathrow), was magnificent.
The railways in the UK get a lot of stick, and I have in the past been a wielder of that stick. Commuter lines into London are still sub-par, I'll accept but, by Jove, inter-city travel has come a very long way.
P.S. St Pancras International is a spiffing place and the cafe-bar where the dreadlocks bloke parked me for a while was excellent (trappist beer and a comfortable club chair).
St Pancras is fab. I've spent far too much time in Searcys
About a month ago, I actually managed to reach Manchester Piccadilly, finally (I reached Alderley Edge four years ago), albeit via Congleton and Macclesfield.
Almost reached your destination? TBF that sounds like a FGW service
O/T, but I want to sing the praises of a much maligned organisation - The Railways
Just back from a three day trip which due to eyesight was done by train, mostly by Virgin Trains on the East Coast Mainline. OK ,some of the carriages were a bit clapped out and tatty but every train was on time to the minute. The service on board was spiffing, BA could learn from it, and the attitude of the staff at all levels and in all places, not only on the trains but also in places like the Costa Coffee outlet on the platform at Newark and the chap with the dreadlocks who rescued me at St. Pancras International (he saw I was hopelessly lost and came, unbidden, to help - don't get that at Heathrow), was magnificent.
The railways in the UK get a lot of stick, and I have in the past been a wielder of that stick. Commuter lines into London are still sub-par, I'll accept but, by Jove, inter-city travel has come a very long way.
P.S. St Pancras International is a spiffing place and the cafe-bar where the dreadlocks bloke parked me for a while was excellent (trappist beer and a comfortable club chair).
St Pancras is fab. I've spent far too much time in Searcys
About a month ago, I actually managed to reach Manchester Piccadilly, finally (I reached Alderley Edge four years ago), albeit via Congleton and Macclesfield.
Almost reached your destination? TBF that sounds like a FGW service
I still have to do Alderley Edge to Cheadle Hulme. Oh and then there's the Manchester Airport branch too (via Gatley).
Still 0 so far in the undecideds total criticisms of remain campaign spread
Wouldn't want to be short of the sup (leave over)
Read tha five times and still can't work out meaning.
If there were a spread betting market
'Number of time "undecideds" on PB criticise the REMAIN campaign'
the So far would be Zero ie they haven't yet
If there was a bet on "Number of times "undecideds" criticise LEAVE compared to REMAIN' you wouldn't want to be a seller of LEAVE.. whatever the level!
@BBCNormanS: "The initial reaction from all capitals is that nobody is happy with the UK proposal" - EU source on Tusk message to Cameron.
@BBCNormanS: "There is a lot of frustration and concerns. It’s clear the negotiations are going to be difficult.” - EU source on Tusk verdict
Hang on, I thought it was a done deal.
It is. Now we are having the "official argument" so that Cameron can show everyone how tough he is being, and come home wiping the sweat from him brow and telling everyone that it was a close thing, but he managed to bring home the bacon (and hope in all the adulation they don't notice that it's actually a very small slightly mouldy pork scratching).
Indigo:
If another country rejected the deal, you'd said: "Duplicitous Europeans! You can't make a deal with them they don't renege on"
And if people grumble but don't reject it: "Typical stage managed argument, goes to show what a sham the whole thing is"
And if it isn't mentioned in Europe: "See! The Europeans have barely mentioned. Proof, if it was needed, of how Cameron barely asked for anything."
Cameron is no fool but I'm surprised he's betting his whole career on this referendum
Is he?
If the EU say no deal he can still campaign for out
Cameron is retiring anyway by 2020. I am sure there are some who despise him for always being right and proving them wrong and may vote just to be cussed.
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister 1h1 hour ago If it isn’t already, EU should be preparing for #Syria refugee flows the like of which we’ve never seen before. #Aleppo’s emptying en masse.
Impressive eyesight that Mr Lister can see that all the way from his well paid job in Doha, Qatar. No Syrian refugees heading there, that is for sure.
It makes sense - he already presents "Top Gear: the Races" and had the fastest time in the 'reasonably priced car', beating - I think - Rowan Atkinson by .1 of a second.
He'll be good.
Chris Evans needs to be punched in the face hard and often, and have half a raw onion stuffed up his rectum daily..
I get the impression that the Top Gear reboot in May is happening more by luck than judgment.
This is as good a place as any to reveal that I have never seen an episode of Friends. Or Seinfeld come to that.
You should watch "Episodes"
Have done so.
You should watch a tiny, tiny smattering of Friends as it makes a bunch of the jokes in Episode a funnier.
Don't watch too much though as a lot of Friends is crap.
O/T, but I want to sing the praises of a much maligned organisation - The Railways
Just back from a three day trip which due to eyesight was done by train, mostly by Virgin Trains on the East Coast Mainline. OK ,some of the carriages were a bit clapped out and tatty but every train was on time to the minute. The service on board was spiffing, BA could learn from it, and the attitude of the staff at all levels and in all places, not only on the trains but also in places like the Costa Coffee outlet on the platform at Newark and the chap with the dreadlocks who rescued me at St. Pancras International (he saw I was hopelessly lost and came, unbidden, to help - don't get that at Heathrow), was magnificent.
The railways in the UK get a lot of stick, and I have in the past been a wielder of that stick. Commuter lines into London are still sub-par, I'll accept but, by Jove, inter-city travel has come a very long way.
P.S. St Pancras International is a spiffing place and the cafe-bar where the dreadlocks bloke parked me for a while was excellent (trappist beer and a comfortable club chair).
St Pancras is fab. I've spent far too much time in Searcys
About a month ago, I actually managed to reach Manchester Piccadilly, finally (I reached Alderley Edge four years ago), albeit via Congleton and Macclesfield.
Almost reached your destination? TBF that sounds like a FGW service
I still have to do Alderley Edge to Cheadle Hulme. Oh and then there's the Manchester Airport branch too (via Gatley).
About a dozen years ago I went from Pannal to Manchester Airport and after my trip the reverse.
We stopped at a station in Bradford which seems to be a dead end - you go in forwards then back out.
O/T, but I want to sing the praises of a much maligned organisation - The Railways
Just back from a three day trip which due to eyesight was done by train, mostly by Virgin Trains on the East Coast Mainline. OK ,some of the carriages were a bit clapped out and tatty but every train was on time to the minute. The service on board was spiffing, BA could learn from it, and the attitude of the staff at all levels and in all places, not only on the trains but also in places like the Costa Coffee outlet on the platform at Newark and the chap with the dreadlocks who rescued me at St. Pancras International (he saw I was hopelessly lost and came, unbidden, to help - don't get that at Heathrow), was magnificent.
The railways in the UK get a lot of stick, and I have in the past been a wielder of that stick. Commuter lines into London are still sub-par, I'll accept but, by Jove, inter-city travel has come a very long way.
P.S. St Pancras International is a spiffing place and the cafe-bar where the dreadlocks bloke parked me for a while was excellent (trappist beer and a comfortable club chair).
St Pancras is fab. I've spent far too much time in Searcys
About a month ago, I actually managed to reach Manchester Piccadilly, finally (I reached Alderley Edge four years ago), albeit via Congleton and Macclesfield.
Almost reached your destination? TBF that sounds like a FGW service
I still have to do Alderley Edge to Cheadle Hulme. Oh and then there's the Manchester Airport branch too (via Gatley).
About a dozen years ago I went from Pannal to Manchester Airport and after my trip the reverse.
We stopped at a station in Bradford which seems to be a dead end - you go in forwards then back out.
I've been to Leeds by train but not Bradford. In fact the only other place in Yorkshire I've been to (as opposed to through) by train is Sheffield. Though I also did the Supertram from Sheffield station to the University.
@BBCNormanS: "The initial reaction from all capitals is that nobody is happy with the UK proposal" - EU source on Tusk message to Cameron.
@BBCNormanS: "There is a lot of frustration and concerns. It’s clear the negotiations are going to be difficult.” - EU source on Tusk verdict
Hang on, I thought it was a done deal.
It is. Now we are having the "official argument" so that Cameron can show everyone how tough he is being, and come home wiping the sweat from him brow and telling everyone that it was a close thing, but he managed to bring home the bacon (and hope in all the adulation they don't notice that it's actually a very small slightly mouldy pork scratching).
Thank god for all that influence and clout we have.
O/T, but I want to sing the praises of a much maligned organisation - The Railways
Just back from a three day trip which due to eyesight was done by train, mostly by Virgin Trains on the East Coast Mainline. OK ,some of the carriages were a bit clapped out and tatty but every train was on time to the minute. The service on board was spiffing, BA could learn from it, and the attitude of the staff at all levels and in all places, not only on the trains but also in places like the Costa Coffee outlet on the platform at Newark and the chap with the dreadlocks who rescued me at St. Pancras International (he saw I was hopelessly lost and came, unbidden, to help - don't get that at Heathrow), was magnificent.
The railways in the UK get a lot of stick, and I have in the past been a wielder of that stick. Commuter lines into London are still sub-par, I'll accept but, by Jove, inter-city travel has come a very long way.
P.S. St Pancras International is a spiffing place and the cafe-bar where the dreadlocks bloke parked me for a while was excellent (trappist beer and a comfortable club chair).
Coincidently I will be taking Virgin East Coast from Aberdeen down to Newark tomorrow. I use them all the time and think their service is excellent.
It makes sense - he already presents "Top Gear: the Races" and had the fastest time in the 'reasonably priced car', beating - I think - Rowan Atkinson by .1 of a second.
He'll be good.
Chris Evans needs to be punched in the face hard and often, and have half a raw onion stuffed up his rectum daily..
I get the impression that the Top Gear reboot in May is happening more by luck than judgment.
This is as good a place as any to reveal that I have never seen an episode of Friends. Or Seinfeld come to that.
You should watch "Episodes"
Have done so.
You should watch a tiny, tiny smattering of Friends as it makes a bunch of the jokes in Episode a funnier.
Don't watch too much though as a lot of Friends is crap.
Thanks for that - I have the box set for $30. I am still working my way through The Avengers. Almost at Emma Peel now.
O/T, but I want to sing the praises of a much maligned organisation - The Railways
Just back from a three day trip which due to eyesight was done by train, mostly by Virgin Trains on the East Coast Mainline. OK ,some of the carriages were a bit clapped out and tatty but every train was on time to the minute. The service on board was spiffing, BA could learn from it, and the attitude of the staff at all levels and in all places, not only on the trains but also in places like the Costa Coffee outlet on the platform at Newark and the chap with the dreadlocks who rescued me at St. Pancras International (he saw I was hopelessly lost and came, unbidden, to help - don't get that at Heathrow), was magnificent.
The railways in the UK get a lot of stick, and I have in the past been a wielder of that stick. Commuter lines into London are still sub-par, I'll accept but, by Jove, inter-city travel has come a very long way.
P.S. St Pancras International is a spiffing place and the cafe-bar where the dreadlocks bloke parked me for a while was excellent (trappist beer and a comfortable club chair).
Coincidently I will be taking Virginia East Coast from Aberdeen down to Newark tomorrow. I use them all the time and think their service is excellent.
I've been as far as north as Leuchars, then to St Andrews by bus.
Putin personally flying a bomber! I can see why the Saudis or Israelis are unhappy but I am sure a stand up patriot like yourself could explain why we should care?
Looks like Humpty Dumpty is being put back together again. After all the British national interest is a stable Syria, cooperating on terrorism that is open to British interests. Precisely what we had before under the London educated Assads.
Quite why the Leave side can't understand the simple fact that it's extremely hard to get unanimous agreement with 27 other parties is bizarre.
Well quite. With Dave's red card, we'd need a mere 16.
I understand Mr Hague is of the opinion what with a mere 14 he might have a snowballs chance in hell of overturning an act calling for the slaughter of the first born.
Stuart Rose wants a ban on opinion polls for 2 weeks before the referendum
Definite whiff of panic there
What's the logic though? There's a widespread belief (which I'm not sure I share) that the Yougov outlier before the Indy referendum spurred Unionists to redouble their efforts and increased their turnout.
If things are tootling along a couple of weeks before the EU referendum as they are now, perhaps the EYoons will need a jolt of life in their hitherto unsparkling campaign.
O/T, but I want to sing the praises of a much maligned organisation - The Railways
Just back from a three day trip which due to eyesight was done by train, mostly by Virgin Trains on the East Coast Mainline. OK ,some of the carriages were a bit clapped out and tatty but every train was on time to the minute. The service on board was spiffing, BA could learn from it, and the attitude of the staff at all levels and in all places, not only on the trains but also in places like the Costa Coffee outlet on the platform at Newark and the chap with the dreadlocks who rescued me at St. Pancras International (he saw I was hopelessly lost and came, unbidden, to help - don't get that at Heathrow), was magnificent.
The railways in the UK get a lot of stick, and I have in the past been a wielder of that stick. Commuter lines into London are still sub-par, I'll accept but, by Jove, inter-city travel has come a very long way.
P.S. St Pancras International is a spiffing place and the cafe-bar where the dreadlocks bloke parked me for a while was excellent (trappist beer and a comfortable club chair).
St Pancras is fab. I've spent far too much time in Searcys
About a month ago, I actually managed to reach Manchester Piccadilly, finally (I reached Alderley Edge four years ago), albeit via Congleton and Macclesfield.
Almost reached your destination? TBF that sounds like a FGW service
I still have to do Alderley Edge to Cheadle Hulme. Oh and then there's the Manchester Airport branch too (via Gatley).
Was on a FGW service yesterday and asked for a white coffee from the trolley service.
Without the bat of any eye lid he responded with would you like a Americano? A caffe Latte? or a Capuchino? I thought.. rubbing my hands .. Well perhaps FGW have finally got it about customer satisfaction and service.
I said with great anticipation .... A Capuchino please.
Certainly sir he replied
He have me a black coffee , a milk tube and a wooden stick to beat it with.
O/T, but I want to sing the praises of a much maligned organisation - The Railways
Just back from a three day trip which due to eyesight was done by train, mostly by Virgin Trains on the East Coast Mainline. OK ,some of the carriages were a bit clapped out and tatty but every train was on time to the minute. The service on board was spiffing, BA could learn from it, and the attitude of the staff at all levels and in all places, not only on the trains but also in places like the Costa Coffee outlet on the platform at Newark and the chap with the dreadlocks who rescued me at St. Pancras International (he saw I was hopelessly lost and came, unbidden, to help - don't get that at Heathrow), was magnificent.
The railways in the UK get a lot of stick, and I have in the past been a wielder of that stick. Commuter lines into London are still sub-par, I'll accept but, by Jove, inter-city travel has come a very long way.
P.S. St Pancras International is a spiffing place and the cafe-bar where the dreadlocks bloke parked me for a while was excellent (trappist beer and a comfortable club chair).
St Pancras is fab. I've spent far too much time in Searcys
About a month ago, I actually managed to reach Manchester Piccadilly, finally (I reached Alderley Edge four years ago), albeit via Congleton and Macclesfield.
Almost reached your destination? TBF that sounds like a FGW service
I still have to do Alderley Edge to Cheadle Hulme. Oh and then there's the Manchester Airport branch too (via Gatley).
About a dozen years ago I went from Pannal to Manchester Airport and after my trip the reverse.
We stopped at a station in Bradford which seems to be a dead end - you go in forwards then back out.
O/T, but I want to sing the praises of a much maligned organisation - The Railways
Just back from a three day trip which due to eyesight was done by train, mostly by Virgin Trains on the East Coast Mainline. OK ,some of the carriages were a bit clapped out and tatty but every train was on time to the minute. The service on board was spiffing, BA could learn from it, and the attitude of the staff at all levels and in all places, not only on the trains but also in places like the Costa Coffee outlet on the platform at Newark and the chap with the dreadlocks who rescued me at St. Pancras International (he saw I was hopelessly lost and came, unbidden, to help - don't get that at Heathrow), was magnificent.
The railways in the UK get a lot of stick, and I have in the past been a wielder of that stick. Commuter lines into London are still sub-par, I'll accept but, by Jove, inter-city travel has come a very long way.
P.S. St Pancras International is a spiffing place and the cafe-bar where the dreadlocks bloke parked me for a while was excellent (trappist beer and a comfortable club chair).
St Pancras is fab. I've spent far too much time in Searcys
About a month ago, I actually managed to reach Manchester Piccadilly, finally (I reached Alderley Edge four years ago), albeit via Congleton and Macclesfield.
Almost reached your destination? TBF that sounds like a FGW service
I still have to do Alderley Edge to Cheadle Hulme. Oh and then there's the Manchester Airport branch too (via Gatley).
About a dozen years ago I went from Pannal to Manchester Airport and after my trip the reverse.
We stopped at a station in Bradford which seems to be a dead end - you go in forwards then back out.
Are you sure it wasn't Wakefield?
I think it was Forster Square in Bradford, but can't be sure.
O/T, but I want to sing the praises of a much maligned organisation - The Railways
Just back from a three day trip which due to eyesight was done by train, mostly by Virgin Trains on the East Coast Mainline. OK ,some of the carriages were a bit clapped out and tatty but every train was on time to the minute. The service on board was spiffing, BA could learn from it, and the attitude of the staff at all levels and in all places, not only on the trains but also in places like the Costa Coffee outlet on the platform at Newark and the chap with the dreadlocks who rescued me at St. Pancras International (he saw I was hopelessly lost and came, unbidden, to help - don't get that at Heathrow), was magnificent.
The railways in the UK get a lot of stick, and I have in the past been a wielder of that stick. Commuter lines into London are still sub-par, I'll accept but, by Jove, inter-city travel has come a very long way.
P.S. St Pancras International is a spiffing place and the cafe-bar where the dreadlocks bloke parked me for a while was excellent (trappist beer and a comfortable club chair).
St Pancras is fab. I've spent far too much time in Searcys
About a month ago, I actually managed to reach Manchester Piccadilly, finally (I reached Alderley Edge four years ago), albeit via Congleton and Macclesfield.
Almost reached your destination? TBF that sounds like a FGW service
I still have to do Alderley Edge to Cheadle Hulme. Oh and then there's the Manchester Airport branch too (via Gatley).
Was on a FGW service yesterday and asked for a white coffee from the trolley service.
Without the bat of any eye lid he responded with would you like a Americano? A caffe Latte? or a Capuchino? I thought.. rubbing my hands .. Well perhaps FGW have finally got it about customer satisfaction and service.
I said with great anticipation .... A Capuchino please.
Certainly sir he replied
He have me a black coffee , a milk tube and a wooden stick to beat it with.
With a debate and a snowstorm on polling day all these polls are of course trash.
The Iowa polls were right that Trump and Cruz were the top two just in the wrong order and they had Cruz ahead amongst those certain to vote so you are exaggerating a little. Trump's lead in Iowa was less than his national lead, his lead in New Hampshire is more than his national lead
The reason why Leave want to go is because it's extremely hard to get unanimous agreement with 27 other parties.
I thought the complaint was that unanimous agreement wasn't necessary with QMV, so we don't have a veto.
In any case, I was referring to the tiresome conspiracy theories. What we are seeing with the negotiations is not a stitch-up, or a sham, or EU countries reneging on a deal, it's the inevitable result of having to negotiate with 27 other countries. I expect it will go to an all-night session, as always happens (not only in EU summits, of course).
@BBCNormanS: "The initial reaction from all capitals is that nobody is happy with the UK proposal" - EU source on Tusk message to Cameron.
@BBCNormanS: "There is a lot of frustration and concerns. It’s clear the negotiations are going to be difficult.” - EU source on Tusk verdict
Hang on, I thought it was a done deal.
It is. Now we are having the "official argument" so that Cameron can show everyone how tough he is being, and come home wiping the sweat from him brow and telling everyone that it was a close thing, but he managed to bring home the bacon (and hope in all the adulation they don't notice that it's actually a very small slightly mouldy pork scratching).
Indigo:
If another country rejected the deal, you'd said: "Duplicitous Europeans! You can't make a deal with them they don't renege on"
And if people grumble but don't reject it: "Typical stage managed argument, goes to show what a sham the whole thing is"
And if it isn't mentioned in Europe: "See! The Europeans have barely mentioned. Proof, if it was needed, of how Cameron barely asked for anything."
Don't think level of noise has any correlation at all with strength of negotiation. The French killed all protection for non-Euro states nearly silently.
Chris Elmore (VoG Cllr) Christine Gwyther (former Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire AM) Geraint Hopkins (Rhondda Cllr) Alex Owen (Bridgend Cllr, Penprysg ward, it's within the constituency boundaries)
O/T, but I want to sing the praises of a much maligned organisation - The Railways
Just back from a three day trip which due to eyesight was done by train, mostly by Virgin Trains on the East Coast Mainline. OK ,some of the carriages were a bit clapped out and tatty but every train was on time to the minute. The service on board was spiffing, BA could learn from it, and the attitude of the staff at all levels and in all places, not only on the trains but also in places like the Costa Coffee outlet on the platform at Newark and the chap with the dreadlocks who rescued me at St. Pancras International (he saw I was hopelessly lost and came, unbidden, to help - don't get that at Heathrow), was magnificent.
The railways in the UK get a lot of stick, and I have in the past been a wielder of that stick. Commuter lines into London are still sub-par, I'll accept but, by Jove, inter-city travel has come a very long way.
P.S. St Pancras International is a spiffing place and the cafe-bar where the dreadlocks bloke parked me for a while was excellent (trappist beer and a comfortable club chair).
St Pancras is fab. I've spent far too much time in Searcys
About a month ago, I actually managed to reach Manchester Piccadilly, finally (I reached Alderley Edge four years ago), albeit via Congleton and Macclesfield.
Almost reached your destination? TBF that sounds like a FGW service
I still have to do Alderley Edge to Cheadle Hulme. Oh and then there's the Manchester Airport branch too (via Gatley).
About a dozen years ago I went from Pannal to Manchester Airport and after my trip the reverse.
We stopped at a station in Bradford which seems to be a dead end - you go in forwards then back out.
Are you sure it wasn't Wakefield?
I think it was Forster Square in Bradford, but can't be sure.
OK. I only asked because when I used to travel to London on the train you had to get a train from Huddersfield which went into Wakefield Kirkgate and then used to reverse out and go to Wakefield Westgate where you changed to the main line.
'First - orchestrated, make it look like a battle then relax for the minor UK "victory" to keep sugar daddy on board.'
Of course it is orchestrated
It really isn't.
Everyone is always keen to get a deal done at these sorts of things though (See the Paris Climate talks; Greece negotiations and many more). So they will inevitably end up with a deal - and it always comes past the last minute.
And it will be spun as a victory by Dave, no matter what he gets.
Chris Elmore (VoG Cllr) Christine Gwyther (former Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire AM) Geraint Hopkins (Rhondda Cllr) Alex Owen (Bridgend Cllr, Penprysg ward, it's within the constituency boundaries)
Is the byelection being held on the same day as the Welsh Assembly election?
As a local , we don't call it "Last Great Western" for nothing.
Please do not get me wrong here as the staff on the trains are as critical as we are. Having taking the first train out from the depots regularly I have had lots of time to talk to them as its quiet at that time of day even got on first names. It's not them they really do their best with crap management.
Another problem is I remember sitting in my 5th form watching the testing / first runs of the 125 from the classroom window in Bath. I was seriously impressed this was out of this world to us given I had been taken to Bristol on Steam trains previously by my parent (only just in steam train age though)
am now 57. The sets are old and the trains on the minor lines are appalling how they have the chutzpah to charge me what they do and put that train, 38 minutes late " we apologise for the late arrival of this train and the delay to your journey today" on a station is beyond me.
The reason why Leave want to go is because it's extremely hard to get unanimous agreement with 27 other parties.
I thought the complaint was that unanimous agreement wasn't necessary with QMV, so we don't have a veto.
In any case, I was referring to the tiresome conspiracy theories. What we are seeing with the negotiations is not a stitch-up, or a sham, or EU countries reneging on a deal, it's the inevitable result of having to negotiate with 27 other countries. I expect it will go to an all-night session, as always happens (not only in EU summits, of course).
It doesn't seem to make any difference. Up to May 2014 - the last time we have any data for - the UK had never successfully opposed a QMV vote in the Council of Ministers. 55 times we opposed a measure and 55 times we lost.
O/T, but I want to sing the praises of a much maligned organisation - The Railways
Just back from a three day trip which due to eyesight was done by train, mostly by Virgin Trains on the East Coast Mainline. OK ,some of the carriages were a bit clapped out and tatty but every train was on time to the minute. The service on board was spiffing, BA could learn from it, and the attitude of the staff at all levels and in all places, not only on the trains but also in places like the Costa Coffee outlet on the platform at Newark and the chap with the dreadlocks who rescued me at St. Pancras International (he saw I was hopelessly lost and came, unbidden, to help - don't get that at Heathrow), was magnificent.
The railways in the UK get a lot of stick, and I have in the past been a wielder of that stick. Commuter lines into London are still sub-par, I'll accept but, by Jove, inter-city travel has come a very long way.
P.S. St Pancras International is a spiffing place and the cafe-bar where the dreadlocks bloke parked me for a while was excellent (trappist beer and a comfortable club chair).
St Pancras is fab. I've spent far too much time in Searcys
About a month ago, I actually managed to reach Manchester Piccadilly, finally (I reached Alderley Edge four years ago), albeit via Congleton and Macclesfield.
Almost reached your destination? TBF that sounds like a FGW service
I still have to do Alderley Edge to Cheadle Hulme. Oh and then there's the Manchester Airport branch too (via Gatley).
About a dozen years ago I went from Pannal to Manchester Airport and after my trip the reverse.
We stopped at a station in Bradford which seems to be a dead end - you go in forwards then back out.
Are you sure it wasn't Wakefield?
No - Bradford Interchange.
Like Wakefield, Bradford has two stations (Forster Square and Interchange), but whereas Wakefield's are both through lines, Bradford's are both dead ends. However, while all services to Forster Sq terminate there, the Interchange is on the Calder Valley line with trains from Lancashire through to Leeds and beyond (and vice versa), which, as you say, means reversing the direction of the train's travel as you come in and out.
The reason why Leave want to go is because it's extremely hard to get unanimous agreement with 27 other parties.
I thought the complaint was that unanimous agreement wasn't necessary with QMV, so we don't have a veto.
In any case, I was referring to the tiresome conspiracy theories. What we are seeing with the negotiations is not a stitch-up, or a sham, or EU countries reneging on a deal, it's the inevitable result of having to negotiate with 27 other countries. I expect it will go to an all-night session, as always happens (not only in EU summits, of course).
It doesn't seem to make any difference. Up to May 2014 - the last time we have any data for - the UK had never successfully opposed a QMV vote in the Council of Ministers. 55 times we opposed a measure and 55 times we lost.
Yes, exactly. So the complaint is the opposite of what @TCPoliticalBetting said.
Having said that, what are the comparable figures for other countries?
In any case, I was referring to the tiresome conspiracy theories. What we are seeing with the negotiations is not a stitch-up, or a sham, or EU countries reneging on a deal, it's the inevitable result of having to negotiate with 27 other countries. I expect it will go to an all-night session, as always happens (not only in EU summits, of course).
Problem with a lot of recent conspiracy theories, is they did rather turn out right, asked Edward Snowden. The problem with most Europhiles is they didn't.
The reason why Leave want to go is because it's extremely hard to get unanimous agreement with 27 other parties.
I thought the complaint was that unanimous agreement wasn't necessary with QMV, so we don't have a veto.
In any case, I was referring to the tiresome conspiracy theories. What we are seeing with the negotiations is not a stitch-up, or a sham, or EU countries reneging on a deal, it's the inevitable result of having to negotiate with 27 other countries. I expect it will go to an all-night session, as always happens (not only in EU summits, of course).
It doesn't seem to make any difference. Up to May 2014 - the last time we have any data for - the UK had never successfully opposed a QMV vote in the Council of Ministers. 55 times we opposed a measure and 55 times we lost.
I suspect that will be because (like in our own Parliament in fact) a vote rarely occurs unless it is already known to have enough support to be carried so a vote being defeated is a shock.
I do not know the answer to this but out of curiousity do you know on how many occasions we have been on the opposite and winning side of the fence? I.e. we have supported a QMV vote which at least one other nation has opposed and we won?
The reason why Leave want to go is because it's extremely hard to get unanimous agreement with 27 other parties.
I thought the complaint was that unanimous agreement wasn't necessary with QMV, so we don't have a veto.
In any case, I was referring to the tiresome conspiracy theories. What we are seeing with the negotiations is not a stitch-up, or a sham, or EU countries reneging on a deal, it's the inevitable result of having to negotiate with 27 other countries. I expect it will go to an all-night session, as always happens (not only in EU summits, of course).
It doesn't seem to make any difference. Up to May 2014 - the last time we have any data for - the UK had never successfully opposed a QMV vote in the Council of Ministers. 55 times we opposed a measure and 55 times we lost.
Yes, exactly. So the complaint is the opposite of what @TCPoliticalBetting said.
Having said that, what are the comparable figures for other countries?
Bugger other countries. As a Brit you should be concerned, if not furious, that in all the times your country attempted to except its influence to stop something we deem not in our interest, it failed, all of them, and then REMAIN have the cheek and effrontery to come here and talk about our influence in the EU.
O/T, but I want to sing the praises of a much maligned organisation - The Railways
Just back from a three day trip which due to eyesight was done by train, mostly by Virgin Trains on the East Coast Mainline. OK ,some of the carriages were a bit clapped out and tatty but every train was on time to the minute. The service on board was spiffing, BA could learn from it, and the attitude of the staff at all levels and in all places, not only on the trains but also in places like the Costa Coffee outlet on the platform at Newark and the chap with the dreadlocks who rescued me at St. Pancras International (he saw I was hopelessly lost and came, unbidden, to help - don't get that at Heathrow), was magnificent.
The railways in the UK get a lot of stick, and I have in the past been a wielder of that stick. Commuter lines into London are still sub-par, I'll accept but, by Jove, inter-city travel has come a very long way.
P.S. St Pancras International is a spiffing place and the cafe-bar where the dreadlocks bloke parked me for a while was excellent (trappist beer and a comfortable club chair).
St Pancras is fab. I've spent far too much time in Searcys
About a month ago, I actually managed to reach Manchester Piccadilly, finally (I reached Alderley Edge four years ago), albeit via Congleton and Macclesfield.
Almost reached your destination? TBF that sounds like a FGW service
I still have to do Alderley Edge to Cheadle Hulme. Oh and then there's the Manchester Airport branch too (via Gatley).
About a dozen years ago I went from Pannal to Manchester Airport and after my trip the reverse.
We stopped at a station in Bradford which seems to be a dead end - you go in forwards then back out.
Are you sure it wasn't Wakefield?
No - Bradford Interchange.
Like Wakefield, Bradford has two stations (Forster Square and Interchange), but whereas Wakefield's are both through lines, Bradford's are both dead ends. However, while all services to Forster Sq terminate there, the Interchange is on the Calder Valley line with trains from Lancashire through to Leeds and beyond (and vice versa), which, as you say, means reversing the direction of the train's travel as you come in and out.
I was on the 'Trans Pennine Express' - a misnomer if ever there was one, up there with the Long Island Expressway.
It just seemed odd to pull into a station, and then go out the same way you came in.
@BBCNormanS: "The initial reaction from all capitals is that nobody is happy with the UK proposal" - EU source on Tusk message to Cameron.
@BBCNormanS: "There is a lot of frustration and concerns. It’s clear the negotiations are going to be difficult.” - EU source on Tusk verdict
Hang on, I thought it was a done deal.
It is. Now we are having the "official argument" so that Cameron can show everyone how tough he is being, and come home wiping the sweat from him brow and telling everyone that it was a close thing, but he managed to bring home the bacon (and hope in all the adulation they don't notice that it's actually a very small slightly mouldy pork scratching).
Indigo:
If another country rejected the deal, you'd said: "Duplicitous Europeans! You can't make a deal with them they don't renege on"
And if people grumble but don't reject it: "Typical stage managed argument, goes to show what a sham the whole thing is"
And if it isn't mentioned in Europe: "See! The Europeans have barely mentioned. Proof, if it was needed, of how Cameron barely asked for anything."
Don't think level of noise has any correlation at all with strength of negotiation. The French killed all protection for non-Euro states nearly silently.
I wasn't commenting on the specifics at all, I was just gently teasing @Indigo.
I still have to do Alderley Edge to Cheadle Hulme. Oh and then there's the Manchester Airport branch too (via Gatley).
About a dozen years ago I went from Pannal to Manchester Airport and after my trip the reverse.
We stopped at a station in Bradford which seems to be a dead end - you go in forwards then back out.
Are you sure it wasn't Wakefield?
No - Bradford Interchange.
Like Wakefield, Bradford has two stations (Forster Square and Interchange), but whereas Wakefield's are both through lines, Bradford's are both dead ends. However, while all services to Forster Sq terminate there, the Interchange is on the Calder Valley line with trains from Lancashire through to Leeds and beyond (and vice versa), which, as you say, means reversing the direction of the train's travel as you come in and out.
Taking a quick look at a map - is there any mileage in connecting the 2 and allowing through trains in both directions? Would enable things like Halifax - Bradford - Shipley - Leeds or Halifax - Keighley via Bradford. Certainly doens't look obviously problematic on a map (massive car park might need to be removed but...)
Bugger other countries. As a Brit you should be concerned, if not furious, that in all the times your country attempted to except its influence, it failed, all of them, and then REMAIN have the cheek and effrontery to come here and talk about our influence in the EU.
Err, as a sane Brit, I realise that the figures Richard T quoted do not show that every time my country attempted to exercise its influence, it failed.
Really, there are plenty of things to complain about regarding the EU, without undermining your argument with silliness.
The reason why Leave want to go is because it's extremely hard to get unanimous agreement with 27 other parties.
I thought the complaint was that unanimous agreement wasn't necessary with QMV, so we don't have a veto.
In any case, I was referring to the tiresome conspiracy theories. What we are seeing with the negotiations is not a stitch-up, or a sham, or EU countries reneging on a deal, it's the inevitable result of having to negotiate with 27 other countries. I expect it will go to an all-night session, as always happens (not only in EU summits, of course).
It doesn't seem to make any difference. Up to May 2014 - the last time we have any data for - the UK had never successfully opposed a QMV vote in the Council of Ministers. 55 times we opposed a measure and 55 times we lost.
Yes, exactly. So the complaint is the opposite of what @TCPoliticalBetting said.
Having said that, what are the comparable figures for other countries?
Bugger other countries. As a Brit you should be concerned, if not furious, that in all the times your country attempted to except its influence to stop something we deem not in our interest, it failed, all of them, and then REMAIN have the cheek and effrontery to come here and talk about our influence in the EU.
No, it says that in all the times we voted no right to the bitter end we lost the vote, it says the square root of zero about how many times we have exerted influence prior to a vote.
No, it says that in all the times we voted no right to the bitter end we lost the vote, it says the square root of zero about how many times we have exerted influence prior to a vote.
.. or supported a motion and won against opposition from another country, as you just pointed out. Or got the change we wanted which was then voted through unanimously.
No, it says that in all the times we voted no right to the bitter end we lost the vote, it says the square root of zero about how many times we have exerted influence prior to a vote.
.. or supported a motion and won, as you just pointed out.
1) MD: 'I still think Osborne's at risk of re-enacting the Rise and Fall of Antigonus Monopthalmus.'
Bit of a typo there with 'Reginald Perrin', I think.
2) Ardiles - the manager who almost took the Toon into the 3rd Division. Who can forget losing 5-2 away at Oxford in the fog?
3) Leeds new station entrance: Monday - ticket barriers not working; Wednesday - ticket machines not working. And it has nothing to do with the Northern Powerhouse. At least it looks nice and saves me 5 minutes walk.
No, it says that in all the times we voted no right to the bitter end we lost the vote, it says the square root of zero about how many times we have exerted influence prior to a vote.
.. or supported a motion and won, as you just pointed out.
sheesh
barrel scraping now Richard
Not at all. Just challenging totally bogus conclusions on selective figures which we have nothing to compare with.
No, it says that in all the times we voted no right to the bitter end we lost the vote, it says the square root of zero about how many times we have exerted influence prior to a vote.
.. or supported a motion and won, as you just pointed out.
sheesh
barrel scraping now Richard
Not at all. Just challenging totally bogus conclusions on selective figures which we have nothing to compare with.
No, it says that in all the times we voted no right to the bitter end we lost the vote, it says the square root of zero about how many times we have exerted influence prior to a vote.
.. or supported a motion and won, as you just pointed out.
sheesh
barrel scraping now Richard
Not at all. Just challenging totally bogus conclusions on selective figures which we have nothing to compare with.
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Putin busy bombing the enemy...
@BBCNormanS: "There is a lot of frustration and concerns. It’s clear the negotiations are going to be difficult.” - EU source on Tusk verdict
Cameron is no fool but I'm surprised he's betting his whole career on this referendum, it could easily backfire. In hindsight he'd have been far better stepping back and taking a more neutral stance, which is what I expected when he pledged the referendum.
If the EU say no deal he can still campaign for out
The key is the chemistry between the presenters. I suspect Evans might be the problem there. Look at the US version - same format but the chemistry just wasn't the same. Tanner Faust would work in the UK version too. He's been on a couple of times.
I understand the BBCs desire to continue it's biggest money earner and biggest franchise but to be honest I think they should have let it go. Chris Evans is no Clarkson. He is more of a cheeky chappie than an iconoclast.
I've just bought Bonnie Tyler's
Great Goalkeepers DVD.
It's totally clips of Joe Hart
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Nusra_Front
(compare with Islamic State flag)
It is Corbyn central
http://order-order.com/2016/02/04/bse-apologise-work-of-fiction-claim-is-work-of-fiction/
Wonder what subjects we will be talking about ;-)
If it isn’t already, EU should be preparing for #Syria refugee flows the like of which we’ve never seen before. #Aleppo’s emptying en masse.
Probably an even £35 either way
Seems like he was more interested in selling deal while his ministers were gagged than on getting better deal for Britain.
Will it change election results?
http://www.adjacentgovernment.co.uk/local-council-news/800000-people-lost-electoral-register/24179/#comment-110626
Wouldn't want to be short of the sup (leave over)
Of course there are a number of other minor road crossings between the two countries to the east and west of this main highway so not sure it they were guarded in a similar way. Perhaps? but I suspect not which confirms Mr RCS point that borders are passable whatever they do and it's only being an island that protects us in the UK yet again.
This wasn't there when I passed through a few months ago in the same area when I came across migrants at a service station heading north (on that side of the road anyway) . Didn't like the situation to be honest so decided to drive on rather than stop and get out.
My Dad started going in 1948 and I started in 1963, I still get called a glory hunter though!
2 diverging pictures emerging today, one national where Trump is collapsing and one in N.H. where Trump is holding:
N.H, ARG, conducted entirely after Iowa:
Trump 34 0
Rubio 14 +3
Kasich 13 -3
Cruz 12 +2
Bush 8 -1
Christie 6 0
Carson 2 0
Fiorina 2 0
N.H, U.M tracking poll (now 2/3rds after Iowa)
Trump 36 -2
Rubio 15 +3
Cruz 14 0
Bush 8 -1
Kasich 7 0
Christie 5 -1
Carson 4 +1
Fiorina 3 0
PPP, national, entirely after Iowa
Trump 25 -9
Cruz 21 +3
Rubio 21 +8
Carson 11 +5
Bush 5 -2
Kasich 5 +3
Rand 5 +3
Christie 3 -2
Fiorina 3 -1
Gilmore 1 +1
With a debate and a snowstorm on polling day all these polls are of course trash.
'Number of time "undecideds" on PB criticise the REMAIN campaign'
the So far would be Zero ie they haven't yet
If there was a bet on "Number of times "undecideds" criticise LEAVE compared to REMAIN' you wouldn't want to be a seller of LEAVE.. whatever the level!
Ipsos Reuters has Trump still at 36.
http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2016-new-hampshire-presidential-republican-primary
If another country rejected the deal, you'd said:
"Duplicitous Europeans! You can't make a deal with them they don't renege on"
And if people grumble but don't reject it:
"Typical stage managed argument, goes to show what a sham the whole thing is"
And if it isn't mentioned in Europe:
"See! The Europeans have barely mentioned. Proof, if it was needed, of how Cameron barely asked for anything."
Don't watch too much though as a lot of Friends is crap.
We stopped at a station in Bradford which seems to be a dead end - you go in forwards then back out.
Quite why the Leave side can't understand the simple fact that it's extremely hard to get unanimous agreement with 27 other parties is bizarre.
Well quite. With Dave's red card, we'd need a mere 16.
http://ericmargolis.com/2015/07/destroying-syria-to-make-it-safe-for-american-values/
Looks like Humpty Dumpty is being put back together again. After all the British national interest is a stable Syria, cooperating on terrorism that is open to British interests. Precisely what we had before under the London educated Assads.
Second- piss off no one likes you and we don't care.......Cameron joins the leave department
Gosh... I wonder which one it will be?
Ok, ok yeah perhaps I am the eternal cynic but it's the EU we are playing poker with here.
If things are tootling along a couple of weeks before the EU referendum as they are now, perhaps the EYoons will need a jolt of life in their hitherto unsparkling campaign.
Without the bat of any eye lid he responded with would you like a Americano? A caffe Latte? or a Capuchino? I thought.. rubbing my hands .. Well perhaps FGW have finally got it about customer satisfaction and service.
I said with great anticipation .... A Capuchino please.
Certainly sir he replied
He have me a black coffee , a milk tube and a wooden stick to beat it with.
Even I laughed.
WhyTF do the Great Western Railway do this?
In any case, I was referring to the tiresome conspiracy theories. What we are seeing with the negotiations is not a stitch-up, or a sham, or EU countries reneging on a deal, it's the inevitable result of having to negotiate with 27 other countries. I expect it will go to an all-night session, as always happens (not only in EU summits, of course).
Of course it is orchestrated
Chris Elmore (VoG Cllr)
Christine Gwyther (former Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire AM)
Geraint Hopkins (Rhondda Cllr)
Alex Owen (Bridgend Cllr, Penprysg ward, it's within the constituency boundaries)
Everyone is always keen to get a deal done at these sorts of things though (See the Paris Climate talks; Greece negotiations and many more). So they will inevitably end up with a deal - and it always comes past the last minute.
And it will be spun as a victory by Dave, no matter what he gets.
It's a negotiation followed by spin.
As a local , we don't call it "Last Great Western" for nothing.
Please do not get me wrong here as the staff on the trains are as critical as we are. Having taking the first train out from the depots regularly I have had lots of time to talk to them as its quiet at that time of day even got on first names. It's not them they really do their best with crap management.
Another problem is I remember sitting in my 5th form watching the testing / first runs of the 125 from the classroom window in Bath. I was seriously impressed this was out of this world to us given I had been taken to Bristol on Steam trains previously by my parent (only just in steam train age though)
am now 57. The sets are old and the trains on the minor lines are appalling how they have the chutzpah to charge me what they do and put that train, 38 minutes late " we apologise for the late arrival of this train and the delay to your journey today" on a station is beyond me.
To be fair BR was even worse but still
Like Wakefield, Bradford has two stations (Forster Square and Interchange), but whereas Wakefield's are both through lines, Bradford's are both dead ends. However, while all services to Forster Sq terminate there, the Interchange is on the Calder Valley line with trains from Lancashire through to Leeds and beyond (and vice versa), which, as you say, means reversing the direction of the train's travel as you come in and out.
Having said that, what are the comparable figures for other countries?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTv7UoK8oJY
I do not know the answer to this but out of curiousity do you know on how many occasions we have been on the opposite and winning side of the fence? I.e. we have supported a QMV vote which at least one other nation has opposed and we won?
It just seemed odd to pull into a station, and then go out the same way you came in.
https://www.nojam.com/post/550
Strictly limited to PB'ers of course.
Don't forget Phone polls have Tory voters and old people choosing Remain, Online polls have them choosing Leave.
And since 80% of PB'ers are Tory and over the age of 50, lets see who is more accurate.
Really, there are plenty of things to complain about regarding the EU, without undermining your argument with silliness.
barrel scraping now Richard
1) MD: 'I still think Osborne's at risk of re-enacting the Rise and Fall of Antigonus Monopthalmus.'
Bit of a typo there with 'Reginald Perrin', I think.
2) Ardiles - the manager who almost took the Toon into the 3rd Division. Who can forget losing 5-2 away at Oxford in the fog?
3) Leeds new station entrance: Monday - ticket barriers not working; Wednesday - ticket machines not working. And it has nothing to do with the Northern Powerhouse. At least it looks nice and saves me 5 minutes walk.
They even share the same habits of rewarding loyalty well, and being harsh towards enemies.