But Corbyn’s team appear to be sticking to the original story. Asked if is was true that the train wasn’t full, a spokesperson for Corbyn’s campaign told BuzzFeed News: “That’s a lie. It was full and he gave his seat up so a woman could sit down. Others were sat in the aisles too!”
But Corbyn’s team appear to be sticking to the original story. Asked if is was true that the train wasn’t full, a spokesperson for Corbyn’s campaign told BuzzFeed News: “That’s a lie. It was full and he gave his seat up so a woman could sit down. Others were sat in the aisles too!”
I didn't notice a single difference, positive or negative in my last two train trips (Both ECML) one Virgin, one state run.
Both perfectly adequate.
It's a bit early to tell yet: cultural and management changes to time to take effect. I do know that the service is better than it was 20 years ago. It's also a lot more expensive unless you can book well in advance.
When in a hole... Bob But Corbyn’s team appear to be sticking to the original story. Asked if is was true that the train wasn’t full, a spokesperson for Corbyn’s campaign told BuzzFeed News: “That’s a lie. It was full and he gave his seat up so a woman could sit down. Others were sat in the aisles too!”
There's digging a hole, and then there's hiring a fleet of JCBs
JCB are Tory donors so the Messiah would not hire a JCB
Cue the Torygraph image of Jezzas JCB
He doesn't have many alternatives. Caterpillar and Case are American, and therefore the *enemy*, Bobcat only make very small diggers, and Liebherr's are probably too big.
Hitachi or Komatsu perhaps. How does Corbyn feel towards the Japanese?
JCB is such a British success story, in a sector of industry that we don't have too many success stories. It's a shame some (though not all) Labour supporters seek to constantly do them down.
Edit: there is a Scandinavian manufacturer as well, whose name escapes me. The British army had some of their kit a couple of decades ago. JCB copied the backhoe excavator from them.
I paid £129.99 for the Lego Millennium Falcon. Bargain.
It's such a super kit... I want Son wants the new X-Wing.
Amazon is your friend, here. 30 - 40% discounts on these kits pop up from time to time; I picked up (coughs) for my children the same Falcon kit for £89.99.
Mindstorms has been around for 20+ years. The kits are all ace and all massively expensive.
In a previous job we were planning on making a robot wars robot using the mindstorms controller as the brains.
That's a good use for a controller, and more fun than a humanoid robot or Rubik's Cube solver that most do with it.
Watching latest RW series they've all improved somewhat since the '90s, combination of materials, pneumatics, electrics and design/fabrication all being miles better than they were 20 years ago.
If Corbyn loses, the chances are that Labour will further implode. Do you think all the lovely people who back him will take a defeat lying down?
What would or could they do? Sure, there's the NEC and conference and CLPs and so on but without the standard-bearer of Corbyn and without any other leadership contender whether or not there's another election - none of the far left would gain the nominations - the numbers would drift off and the rest would be howling in the wind. That might be enough to put off swing voters and Smith is himself no political giant but Labour would at least still be in the game.
Fight.
Besides, the longer he stays in position, the more Labour's rules and processes will be perverted to keep him, and the likes of him, in power. That process is already well under way.
To an extent I agree but it's not quite as easy as that. Changing rules against the will of the leadership isn't easy. Conference and the NEC have a lot more negative power than positive power if in opposition to the leader, and the timetable isn't on their side - nor the ability to work the back rooms - nor, for that matter, the numbers, after no small number of previously disillusioned lapsers re-registered in order to kick Corbyn out. Without Corbyn as leader, the protesty left can make a lot of noise but that's about all.
"There were also additional empty seats on the train (the 11am departure from King’s Cross) which appear from CCTV to have been reserved but not taken, so they were also available for other passengers to sit on."
This is news to me. I thought we weren't allowed to sit on seats with tickets sticking out the top of them, even if there's no-one sitting on them.
You can sit on them if no one is sitting in them after the train has left the station of first reservation.
If you sat in my seat whilst i was purchasing my Newcastle Brown you would regret it.
Oh hang on you wouldnt be anywhere near scum class in case you caught something nasty!!!
I was in pleb class the other day. I haven't been that scared since I accidentally turned up at a English Defence League Demo in the centre of Manchester
Still not sure which is the bigger disaster. Corbyn winning - or Smith. Neither looks to be the "competence and harmony" option...
I think Corbyn winning is the safer option - which might sound a strange thing to say.
If Smith won, Momentum wouldn't give up and go home. They will get more determined and given their recent decision to remove their rejection of violence, they will end up taking things in a more dangerous direction. Labour's civil war will have truly begun.
In order to build a new party, you have to destroy the old one.
"There were also additional empty seats on the train (the 11am departure from King’s Cross) which appear from CCTV to have been reserved but not taken, so they were also available for other passengers to sit on."
This is news to me. I thought we weren't allowed to sit on seats with tickets sticking out the top of them, even if there's no-one sitting on them.
You can sit on them if no one is sitting in them after the train has left the station of first reservation.
If you sat in my seat whilst i was purchasing my Newcastle Brown you would regret it.
Oh hang on you wouldnt be anywhere near scum class in case you caught something nasty!!!
I was in pleb class the other day. I haven't been that scared since I accidentally turned up at a English Defence League Demo in the centre of Manchester
Thought you flew from Manchester to Dore.
Virgin releasing CCTV later this afternoon.
What's the point its obvs. a plot by MI5 it's soooo obvious.
Mindstorms has been around for 20+ years. The kits are all ace and all massively expensive.
In a previous job we were planning on making a robot wars robot using the mindstorms controller as the brains.
That's a good use for a controller, and more fun than a humanoid robot or Rubik's Cube solver that most do with it.
Watching latest RW series they've all improved somewhat since the '90s, combination of materials, pneumatics, electrics and design/fabrication all being miles better than they were 20 years ago.
The House Robots are looking distinctly underwhelming now - especially when three of them got flipped by the one robot. That was a highlight....
"There were also additional empty seats on the train (the 11am departure from King’s Cross) which appear from CCTV to have been reserved but not taken, so they were also available for other passengers to sit on."
This is news to me. I thought we weren't allowed to sit on seats with tickets sticking out the top of them, even if there's no-one sitting on them.
You can sit on them if no one is sitting in them after the train has left the station of first reservation.
If you sat in my seat whilst i was purchasing my Newcastle Brown you would regret it.
Oh hang on you wouldnt be anywhere near scum class in case you caught something nasty!!!
I was in pleb class the other day. I haven't been that scared since I accidentally turned up at a English Defence League Demo in the centre of Manchester
Thought you flew from Manchester to Dore.
Virgin releasing CCTV later this afternoon.
The last recording of me with a virgin [rest of this post has been edited on taste grounds]
Mindstorms has been around for 20+ years. The kits are all ace and all massively expensive.
In a previous job we were planning on making a robot wars robot using the mindstorms controller as the brains.
That's a good use for a controller, and more fun than a humanoid robot or Rubik's Cube solver that most do with it.
Watching latest RW series they've all improved somewhat since the '90s, combination of materials, pneumatics, electrics and design/fabrication all being miles better than they were 20 years ago.
Combine with a 3D printer...
Not read the updated rules, but there used to be a significant weight advantage for an autonomous bot. The other avenue we were looking into was a cluster-bot. Sadly I left before the project got going past the "playing with lego" stage.
Still not sure which is the bigger disaster. Corbyn winning - or Smith. Neither looks to be the "competence and harmony" option...
I think Corbyn winning is the safer option - which might sound a strange thing to say.
If Smith won, Momentum wouldn't give up and go home. They will get more determined and given their recent decision to remove their rejection of violence, they will end up taking things in a more dangerous direction. Labour's civil war will have truly begun.
In order to build a new party, you have to destroy the old one.
Whoever wins we already know the Tory attack line for the next election:
"There were also additional empty seats on the train (the 11am departure from King’s Cross) which appear from CCTV to have been reserved but not taken, so they were also available for other passengers to sit on."
This is news to me. I thought we weren't allowed to sit on seats with tickets sticking out the top of them, even if there's no-one sitting on them.
You can sit on them if no one is sitting in them after the train has left the station of first reservation.
If you sat in my seat whilst i was purchasing my Newcastle Brown you would regret it.
Oh hang on you wouldnt be anywhere near scum class in case you caught something nasty!!!
I was in pleb class the other day. I haven't been that scared since I accidentally turned up at a English Defence League Demo in the centre of Manchester
Thought you flew from Manchester to Dore.
Virgin releasing CCTV later this afternoon.
The last recording of me with a virgin [rest of this post has been edited on taste grounds]
Meantime how can anyone write this with a straight face:
"Our revelation heaps further shame on the ex-PM’s controversial resignation awards, slammed for discrediting the ancient honours system by dishing out gongs to donor and cronies."
Meantime how can anyone write this with a straight face:
"Our revelation heaps further shame on the ex-PM’s controversial resignation awards, slammed for discrediting the ancient honours system by dishing out gongs to donor and cronies."
I mean, this is Corbynite levels of ignorance.
One wonders what the Sun think the honours system is for.
>MattW said: » show previous quotes On Virgin East coast Newark to Kings Cross two weeks ago they asked for £27 for a seat booking, on top of £13.20 for the ticket. >Really?
>Setting aside that £13.20 isn't a listed fare, that to me sounds like an excess fare has been charged. Anything as cheap as that on that route would be an Advance ticket, which comes with a compulsory reservation. Unless there's something very unusual going on.
Full circs were (and I forgot about a railcard):
Trip booked online at 7pm for 10am following day at takethetrain.co.uk (excellent - no fee for Amex) as Plan B when that Bridge collapsed near Leicester for pensioner heading to London.
Advance Single 2nd at just under £20 reduced by 1/3 for railcard. Seat booking fee indicated as above - unless I am misquoting (don't think so). Didn't tick for seat reservation, so not charged.
Phoned afterwards to arrange Assistance for passenger, and Virgin were excellent, including reserving a seat for free when we didn't have one booked. Assistance was almost too effusive at both ends.
It has nearly wiped out by anti-Virgin stance due to their silly mini-luggage racks overhead.
Their exposure of Corbyn's PR Stunt incompetence today and whumping the RMT has convinced me to try a First Advance for the new James Martin menu.
"There were also additional empty seats on the train (the 11am departure from King’s Cross) which appear from CCTV to have been reserved but not taken, so they were also available for other passengers to sit on."
This is news to me. I thought we weren't allowed to sit on seats with tickets sticking out the top of them, even if there's no-one sitting on them.
You can sit on them if no one is sitting in them after the train has left the station of first reservation.
If you sat in my seat whilst i was purchasing my Newcastle Brown you would regret it.
Oh hang on you wouldnt be anywhere near scum class in case you caught something nasty!!!
I was in pleb class the other day. I haven't been that scared since I accidentally turned up at a English Defence League Demo in the centre of Manchester
Thought you flew from Manchester to Dore.
Virgin releasing CCTV later this afternoon.
The last recording of me with a virgin [rest of this post has been edited on taste grounds]
Sunil's Great British Railway Journeys - 2016 edition (all routes wot Sunil did for the very first time):
August 2016:
Norwich to Sheringham Eastleigh to Salisbury via Romsey Wilmslow to Manchester Airport to Piccadilly Salisbury to Bath via Westbury Nottingham to Worskop
July 2016:
Ipswich to Felixstowe Sileby to Melton Mowbray Norwich to Great Yarmouth via Acle Great Yarmouth to Norwich via Berney Arms Gobowen to Chester via Wrexham Grantham to Skegness Nottingham to Lincoln Southampton Central to Weymouth Liverpool Lime Street to Wigan Northwestern via St Helens Central Gloucester to Newport Newport to Swindon
June 2016:
Ramsgate to Dover Peterborough to Lincoln NET tram (Nottingham) to Clifton South, Toton Lane and Phoenix Park Nottingham to Chesterfield Ipswich to Lowestoft
May 2016:
Bull Street to New Street (Midland Metro, Birmingham) Island Line (Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin) Barnham to Havant Bedhampton to Cosham Fareham to St Denys Stockport to Buxton Cambridge to Stowmarket Ely to Norwich
April 2016:
Thorpe-le-Soken to Walton-on-Naze Liverpool to Southport Ely to King's Lynn Selling to Dover
March 2016:
Matlock to Rowsley South (Peak Rail) Belper to Matlock Crowhurst to St Leonards Petersfield to Portsmouth Harbour Portsmouth Harbour to Eastleigh Polegate to Eastbourne Ford to Bognor Regis
February 2016:
Newhaven Harbour to Seaford Chester to Liverpool via Birkenhead Manchester Piccadilly to Ashton (Metrolink tram) NET tram (Nottingham) to Hucknall
January 2016:
Kidsgrove to Manchester Piccadilly Basingstoke to Salisbury Ashford to Eastbourne via Hastings Manningtree to Harwich
"There were also additional empty seats on the train (the 11am departure from King’s Cross) which appear from CCTV to have been reserved but not taken, so they were also available for other passengers to sit on."
This is news to me. I thought we weren't allowed to sit on seats with tickets sticking out the top of them, even if there's no-one sitting on them.
You can sit on them if no one is sitting in them after the train has left the station of first reservation.
If you sat in my seat whilst i was purchasing my Newcastle Brown you would regret it.
Oh hang on you wouldnt be anywhere near scum class in case you caught something nasty!!!
I was in pleb class the other day. I haven't been that scared since I accidentally turned up at a English Defence League Demo in the centre of Manchester
Thought you flew from Manchester to Dore.
Virgin releasing CCTV later this afternoon.
The last recording of me with a virgin [rest of this post has been edited on taste grounds]
Was in black and white?
If it's in black and white it's not p*rn, it's art.
"There were also additional empty seats on the train (the 11am departure from King’s Cross) which appear from CCTV to have been reserved but not taken, so they were also available for other passengers to sit on."
This is news to me. I thought we weren't allowed to sit on seats with tickets sticking out the top of them, even if there's no-one sitting on them.
As long as you move if the person who has reserved it turns up, it shouldn't ever be a problem.
Some people don't take kindly to finding another person sitting in their seat.
As long as the person moves when asked, what is their problem?
"There were also additional empty seats on the train (the 11am departure from King’s Cross) which appear from CCTV to have been reserved but not taken, so they were also available for other passengers to sit on."
This is news to me. I thought we weren't allowed to sit on seats with tickets sticking out the top of them, even if there's no-one sitting on them.
You can sit on them if no one is sitting in them after the train has left the station of first reservation.
If you sat in my seat whilst i was purchasing my Newcastle Brown you would regret it.
Oh hang on you wouldnt be anywhere near scum class in case you caught something nasty!!!
I was in pleb class the other day. I haven't been that scared since I accidentally turned up at a English Defence League Demo in the centre of Manchester
Thought you flew from Manchester to Dore.
Virgin releasing CCTV later this afternoon.
The last recording of me with a virgin [rest of this post has been edited on taste grounds]
Was in black and white?
If it's in black and white it's not p*rn, it's art.
Which is probably what TSE told the person concerned...
"There were also additional empty seats on the train (the 11am departure from King’s Cross) which appear from CCTV to have been reserved but not taken, so they were also available for other passengers to sit on."
This is news to me. I thought we weren't allowed to sit on seats with tickets sticking out the top of them, even if there's no-one sitting on them.
You can sit on them if no one is sitting in them after the train has left the station of first reservation.
If you sat in my seat whilst i was purchasing my Newcastle Brown you would regret it.
Oh hang on you wouldnt be anywhere near scum class in case you caught something nasty!!!
I was in pleb class the other day. I haven't been that scared since I accidentally turned up at a English Defence League Demo in the centre of Manchester
Thought you flew from Manchester to Dore.
Virgin releasing CCTV later this afternoon.
The last recording of me with a virgin [rest of this post has been edited on taste grounds]
Was in black and white?
I refer the honourable gentleman to the denouement of this thread I wrote a couple of months ago.
I saw the first couple of Robot Wars' parts, and the back end of the one that had a robot flipping house robots.
That's not a good look. They need to beef the house robots up.
Also, the new version isn't as good as the old one. Nothing to match Philippa Forester. Or her leather trousers.
Now that is a competition I can get into! I've been totally meh with regard to the Olympics, but watching Robot Wars with my son has been the TV highlight of the week. We've really looking forward to the final next Sunday. Hope it's not spoiled by any more safety links falling out. Go Team Apollo!
The Virgin press release and released CCTV stills look pretty conclusive. I wonder why no passengers picked up that there were spare seats on the Corbyn train, though? It's hard to believe that Virgin wouldn't have all their ducks in a row before they piled in on Corbyn, tbh.
Meantime how can anyone write this with a straight face:
"Our revelation heaps further shame on the ex-PM’s controversial resignation awards, slammed for discrediting the ancient honours system by dishing out gongs to donor and cronies."
I mean, this is Corbynite levels of ignorance.
One wonders what the Sun think the honours system is for.
Hard working nurses or something equally ridiculous presumably.
The Virgin press release and released CCTV stills look pretty conclusive. I wonder why no passengers picked up that there were spare seats on the Corbyn train, though? It's hard to believe that Virgin wouldn't have all their ducks in a row before they piled in on Corbyn, tbh.
Apparently Corbyn went to the far end to film it. Other passengers may not have realised what were up to.
The Virgin press release and released CCTV stills look pretty conclusive. I wonder why no passengers picked up that there were spare seats on the Corbyn train, though? It's hard to believe that Virgin wouldn't have all their ducks in a row before they piled in on Corbyn, tbh.
Some might have had eg bikes to watch, or not wanting to tramp through all those coaches with lugagge for a short journey.
Virgin Manchester to Euston, first class, is the best train journey in the country.
It is the AV of the railway system.
Edinburgh to London on the East Coast Main Line shits on any of the Virgin West Coast Main Line services. Virgin West Coast first class is a joke and an insult to the very notion of first class on a train.
Meantime how can anyone write this with a straight face:
"Our revelation heaps further shame on the ex-PM’s controversial resignation awards, slammed for discrediting the ancient honours system by dishing out gongs to donor and cronies."
I mean, this is Corbynite levels of ignorance.
One wonders what the Sun think the honours system is for.
Particularly with resignation honours. They could have at least said 'further' discredited, since it already was if this did so. I think it's called virtue signalling.
Sunil's Great British Railway Journeys - 2016 edition (all routes wot Sunil did for the very first time):
August 2016:
Norwich to Sheringham Eastleigh to Salisbury via Romsey Wilmslow to Manchester Airport to Piccadilly Salisbury to Bath via Westbury Nottingham to Worskop
July 2016:
Ipswich to Felixstowe Sileby to Melton Mowbray Norwich to Great Yarmouth via Acle Great Yarmouth to Norwich via Berney Arms Gobowen to Chester via Wrexham Grantham to Skegness Nottingham to Lincoln Southampton Central to Weymouth Liverpool Lime Street to Wigan Northwestern via St Helens Central Gloucester to Newport Newport to Swindon
June 2016:
Ramsgate to Dover Peterborough to Lincoln NET tram (Nottingham) to Clifton South, Toton Lane and Phoenix Park Nottingham to Chesterfield Ipswich to Lowestoft
May 2016:
Bull Street to New Street (Midland Metro, Birmingham) Island Line (Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin) Barnham to Havant Bedhampton to Cosham Fareham to St Denys Stockport to Buxton Cambridge to Stowmarket Ely to Norwich
April 2016:
Thorpe-le-Soken to Walton-on-Naze Liverpool to Southport Ely to King's Lynn Selling to Dover
March 2016:
Matlock to Rowsley South (Peak Rail) Belper to Matlock Crowhurst to St Leonards Petersfield to Portsmouth Harbour Portsmouth Harbour to Eastleigh Polegate to Eastbourne Ford to Bognor Regis
February 2016:
Newhaven Harbour to Seaford Chester to Liverpool via Birkenhead Manchester Piccadilly to Ashton (Metrolink tram) NET tram (Nottingham) to Hucknall
January 2016:
Kidsgrove to Manchester Piccadilly Basingstoke to Salisbury Ashford to Eastbourne via Hastings Manningtree to Harwich
Impressive......however.......
if you put all that ticket money in an empty jam jar just think how many packs of ciggies you could buy
Meantime how can anyone write this with a straight face:
"Our revelation heaps further shame on the ex-PM’s controversial resignation awards, slammed for discrediting the ancient honours system by dishing out gongs to donor and cronies."
I mean, this is Corbynite levels of ignorance.
One wonders what the Sun think the honours system is for.
Hard working nurses or something equally ridiculous presumably.
That'D Be Nice. Wouldn't make these appointed any more egregious than many in the past.
The Virgin press release and released CCTV stills look pretty conclusive. I wonder why no passengers picked up that there were spare seats on the Corbyn train, though? It's hard to believe that Virgin wouldn't have all their ducks in a row before they piled in on Corbyn, tbh.
Some might have had eg bikes to watch, or not wanting to tramp through all those coaches with lugagge for a short journey.
Yeah, I meant that I wonder why passengers didn't take to twitter to refute the Guardian article about Corbyn not being able to find seats. maybe Mr Hopkins is right that Corbyn and his cameraman did go to the end of the train to film it, and so the passengers were unaware what was going on.
>MattW said: » show previous quotes On Virgin East coast Newark to Kings Cross two weeks ago they asked for £27 for a seat booking, on top of £13.20 for the ticket. >Really?
>Setting aside that £13.20 isn't a listed fare, that to me sounds like an excess fare has been charged. Anything as cheap as that on that route would be an Advance ticket, which comes with a compulsory reservation. Unless there's something very unusual going on.
Full circs were (and I forgot about a railcard):
Trip booked online at 7pm for 10am following day at takethetrain.co.uk (excellent - no fee for Amex) as Plan B when that Bridge collapsed near Leicester for pensioner heading to London.
Advance Single 2nd at just under £20 reduced by 1/3 for railcard. Seat booking fee indicated as above - unless I am misquoting (don't think so). Didn't tick for seat reservation, so not charged.
Phoned afterwards to arrange Assistance for passenger, and Virgin were excellent, including reserving a seat for free when we didn't have one booked. Assistance was almost too effusive at both ends.
It has nearly wiped out by anti-Virgin stance due to their silly mini-luggage racks overhead.
Their exposure of Corbyn's PR Stunt incompetence today and whumping the RMT has convinced me to try a First Advance for the new James Martin menu.
I haven't heard of them but I just tried booking that route and they wanted to charge me £20, no railcard.
Advance tickets always come with a seat reservation so either they are a dubious third party or there's something massively unusual going on.
Virgin Manchester to Euston, first class, is the best train journey in the country.
It is the AV of the railway system.
Edinburgh to London on the East Coast Main Line shits on any of the Virgin West Coast Main Line services. Virgin West Coast first class is a joke and an insult to the very notion of first class on a train.
The fastest trains in the UK, the 140 mph-capable Southeastern service from St Pancras to Ashford and beyond, have standard class only.
Sunil's Great British Railway Journeys - 2016 edition (all routes wot Sunil did for the very first time):
August 2016:
Norwich to Sheringham Eastleigh to Salisbury via Romsey Wilmslow to Manchester Airport to Piccadilly Salisbury to Bath via Westbury Nottingham to Worskop
July 2016:
Ipswich to Felixstowe Sileby to Melton Mowbray Norwich to Great Yarmouth via Acle Great Yarmouth to Norwich via Berney Arms Gobowen to Chester via Wrexham Grantham to Skegness Nottingham to Lincoln Southampton Central to Weymouth Liverpool Lime Street to Wigan Northwestern via St Helens Central Gloucester to Newport Newport to Swindon
June 2016:
Ramsgate to Dover Peterborough to Lincoln NET tram (Nottingham) to Clifton South, Toton Lane and Phoenix Park Nottingham to Chesterfield Ipswich to Lowestoft
May 2016:
Bull Street to New Street (Midland Metro, Birmingham) Island Line (Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin) Barnham to Havant Bedhampton to Cosham Fareham to St Denys Stockport to Buxton Cambridge to Stowmarket Ely to Norwich
April 2016:
Thorpe-le-Soken to Walton-on-Naze Liverpool to Southport Ely to King's Lynn Selling to Dover
March 2016:
Matlock to Rowsley South (Peak Rail) Belper to Matlock Crowhurst to St Leonards Petersfield to Portsmouth Harbour Portsmouth Harbour to Eastleigh Polegate to Eastbourne Ford to Bognor Regis
February 2016:
Newhaven Harbour to Seaford Chester to Liverpool via Birkenhead Manchester Piccadilly to Ashton (Metrolink tram) NET tram (Nottingham) to Hucknall
January 2016:
Kidsgrove to Manchester Piccadilly Basingstoke to Salisbury Ashford to Eastbourne via Hastings Manningtree to Harwich
Impressive......however.......
if you put all that ticket money in an empty jam jar just think how many packs of ciggies you could buy
"If I'd made more money... I threw away so much money." - Oskar Schindler.
I saw the first couple of Robot Wars' parts, and the back end of the one that had a robot flipping house robots.
That's not a good look. They need to beef the house robots up.
Also, the new version isn't as good as the old one. Nothing to match Philippa Forester. Or her leather trousers.
Now that is a competition I can get into! I've been totally meh with regard to the Olympics, but watching Robot Wars with my son has been the TV highlight of the week. We've really looking forward to the final next Sunday. Hope it's not spoiled by any more safety links falling out. Go Team Apollo!
There's some really excellent engineering in some of them.
Does anyone know of any good 'sites that discuss the tech in detail?
There are three trains departing the station shortly and you want to film a spin piece on overcrowding, you know one is terribly overbooked and two have free seats.
You get on first train and before you can walk to length of the train, the guard offers you chance to switch trains, do you switch or stick?
Virgin Manchester to Euston, first class, is the best train journey in the country.
It is the AV of the railway system.
Edinburgh to London on the East Coast Main Line shits on any of the Virgin West Coast Main Line services. Virgin West Coast first class is a joke and an insult to the very notion of first class on a train.
The fastest trains in the UK, the 140 mph-capable Southeastern service from St Pancras to Ashford and beyond, have standard class only.
I read somewhere a few weeks ago that the UK has the fastest average passenger trains of any country in the world. Whilst France, Germany etc have high-speed trains, their 'classic; networks are generally much slower than ours.
We've done well in maximising the potential of our network.
Meantime how can anyone write this with a straight face:
"Our revelation heaps further shame on the ex-PM’s controversial resignation awards, slammed for discrediting the ancient honours system by dishing out gongs to donor and cronies."
I mean, this is Corbynite levels of ignorance.
One wonders what the Sun think the honours system is for.
Hard working nurses or something equally ridiculous presumably.
That'D Be Nice. Wouldn't make these appointed any more egregious than many in the past.
The idea that our "ancient honours system" could be any more discredited by anything Cameron did or even could have done is frankly ridiculous.
Virgin Manchester to Euston, first class, is the best train journey in the country.
It is the AV of the railway system.
Edinburgh to London on the East Coast Main Line shits on any of the Virgin West Coast Main Line services. Virgin West Coast first class is a joke and an insult to the very notion of first class on a train.
The fastest trains in the UK, the 140 mph-capable Southeastern service from St Pancras to Ashford and beyond, have standard class only.
I read somewhere a few weeks ago that the UK has the fastest average passenger trains of any country in the world. Whilst France, Germany etc have high-speed trains, their 'classic; networks are generally much slower than ours.
We've done well in maximising the potential of our network.
(Hopes I've not misremembered ...)
I can believe that and it's not just top speed but acceleration that is vital on our congested network. Of course, our average speed will be undermined by the "temporary" speed restriction that is in place on the Up Fast at Weybridge and has been in place since May.
There are three trains departing the station shortly and you want to film a spin piece on overcrowding, you know one is terribly overbooked and two have free seats.
You get on first train and before you can walk to length of the train, the guard offers you chance to switch trains, do you switch or stick?
I think this is all to do with renationalisation. Labour know it's a popular policy amongst the public, and the strikes on Southern et al are all part of a plan (*) to 'show up' the privatised network as being hopeless. (**) This was just another attempt to push the issue.
(*) It's hard to credit Labour with the ability to come up with a coordinated plan at the moment, so perhaps I need to take my tinfoil hat off. (**) Far from the truth, particularly compared to the old BR.
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Cue the Torygraph image of Jezzas JCB
https://www.virgintrains.co.uk/about/media-room/#/pressreleases/virgin-trains-clarifies-labour-leaders-claim-of-ram-packed-service-1530005
Virgin not rammed, apparently.
Hitachi or Komatsu perhaps. How does Corbyn feel towards the Japanese?
JCB is such a British success story, in a sector of industry that we don't have too many success stories. It's a shame some (though not all) Labour supporters seek to constantly do them down.
Edit: there is a Scandinavian manufacturer as well, whose name escapes me. The British army had some of their kit a couple of decades ago. JCB copied the backhoe excavator from them.
...although, thinking about it, that may be unfair to Honorius and Arcadius.
The 8 rammed ones were Messiah supporting ones!!!
Watching latest RW series they've all improved somewhat since the '90s, combination of materials, pneumatics, electrics and design/fabrication all being miles better than they were 20 years ago.
Jeremy Corbyn now has the Permanent Way. Fucked.
Virgin releasing CCTV later this afternoon.
If Smith won, Momentum wouldn't give up and go home. They will get more determined and given their recent decision to remove their rejection of violence, they will end up taking things in a more dangerous direction. Labour's civil war will have truly begun.
In order to build a new party, you have to destroy the old one.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-37163586
No doubt they have been investigating this for some time.
Not read the updated rules, but there used to be a significant weight advantage for an autonomous bot. The other avenue we were looking into was a cluster-bot.
Sadly I left before the project got going past the "playing with lego" stage.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1654757/chief-of-failed-remain-campaign-was-handed-a-gong-in-david-camerons-pal-packed-exit-honours-list-despite-being-under-police-investigation-for-fraud/
Labour = national security threat ad nauseam.
That's not a good look. They need to beef the house robots up.
Also, the new version isn't as good as the old one. Nothing to match Philippa Forester. Or her leather trousers.
Meantime how can anyone write this with a straight face:
"Our revelation heaps further shame on the ex-PM’s controversial resignation awards, slammed for discrediting the ancient honours system by dishing out gongs to donor and cronies."
I mean, this is Corbynite levels of ignorance.
Which appears to be anyone else in the PLP.
@Mr Quidder
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On Virgin East coast Newark to Kings Cross two weeks ago they asked for £27 for a seat booking, on top of £13.20 for the ticket.
>Really?
>Setting aside that £13.20 isn't a listed fare, that to me sounds like an excess fare has been charged. Anything as cheap as that on that route would be an Advance ticket, which comes with a compulsory reservation. Unless there's something very unusual going on.
Full circs were (and I forgot about a railcard):
Trip booked online at 7pm for 10am following day at takethetrain.co.uk (excellent - no fee for Amex) as Plan B when that Bridge collapsed near Leicester for pensioner heading to London.
Advance Single 2nd at just under £20 reduced by 1/3 for railcard. Seat booking fee indicated as above - unless I am misquoting (don't think so). Didn't tick for seat reservation, so not charged.
Phoned afterwards to arrange Assistance for passenger, and Virgin were excellent, including reserving a seat for free when we didn't have one booked. Assistance was almost too effusive at both ends.
It has nearly wiped out by anti-Virgin stance due to their silly mini-luggage racks overhead.
Their exposure of Corbyn's PR Stunt incompetence today and whumping the RMT has convinced me to try a First Advance for the new James Martin menu.
I'll never forget that dramatic QT when Griffin said Jack's father was a conscientious objector.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37168008
http://news.sky.com/story/slump-in-sterling-boosts-uk-export-orders-10548542
August 2016:
Norwich to Sheringham
Eastleigh to Salisbury via Romsey
Wilmslow to Manchester Airport to Piccadilly
Salisbury to Bath via Westbury
Nottingham to Worskop
July 2016:
Ipswich to Felixstowe
Sileby to Melton Mowbray
Norwich to Great Yarmouth via Acle
Great Yarmouth to Norwich via Berney Arms
Gobowen to Chester via Wrexham
Grantham to Skegness
Nottingham to Lincoln
Southampton Central to Weymouth
Liverpool Lime Street to Wigan Northwestern via St Helens Central
Gloucester to Newport
Newport to Swindon
June 2016:
Ramsgate to Dover
Peterborough to Lincoln
NET tram (Nottingham) to Clifton South, Toton Lane and Phoenix Park
Nottingham to Chesterfield
Ipswich to Lowestoft
May 2016:
Bull Street to New Street (Midland Metro, Birmingham)
Island Line (Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin)
Barnham to Havant
Bedhampton to Cosham
Fareham to St Denys
Stockport to Buxton
Cambridge to Stowmarket
Ely to Norwich
April 2016:
Thorpe-le-Soken to Walton-on-Naze
Liverpool to Southport
Ely to King's Lynn
Selling to Dover
March 2016:
Matlock to Rowsley South (Peak Rail)
Belper to Matlock
Crowhurst to St Leonards
Petersfield to Portsmouth Harbour
Portsmouth Harbour to Eastleigh
Polegate to Eastbourne
Ford to Bognor Regis
February 2016:
Newhaven Harbour to Seaford
Chester to Liverpool via Birkenhead
Manchester Piccadilly to Ashton (Metrolink tram)
NET tram (Nottingham) to Hucknall
January 2016:
Kidsgrove to Manchester Piccadilly
Basingstoke to Salisbury
Ashford to Eastbourne via Hastings
Manningtree to Harwich
"You can keep your carnivores and your herbivores.
We only eat metal here on Robot Wars!"
:-)
http://www2.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2016/06/14/a-reminder-from-16-months-ago-about-the-danger-of-reading-too-much-into-one-day-of-polling/
Apparently Corbyn went to the far end to film it. Other passengers may not have realised what were up to.
Mr. D, it'd be better if it included war elephants, though.
if you put all that ticket money in an empty jam jar just think how many packs of ciggies you could buy
Advance tickets always come with a seat reservation so either they are a dubious third party or there's something massively unusual going on.
Does anyone know of any good 'sites that discuss the tech in detail?
Yes to AV: 32%
No to AV: 68%
Just sayin'
You get on first train and before you can walk to length of the train, the guard offers you chance to switch trains, do you switch or stick?
We've done well in maximising the potential of our network.
(Hopes I've not misremembered ...)
Or Seleucus... wait a minute.
British boy killed by grenade in Sweden:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/22/birmingham-schoolboy-killed-in-grenade-explosion-in-sweden
(*) It's hard to credit Labour with the ability to come up with a coordinated plan at the moment, so perhaps I need to take my tinfoil hat off.
(**) Far from the truth, particularly compared to the old BR.
No I didn't, before anyone asks.