The trouble is that the morons who run the railway network have decided to move away from locos + carriages type setups to units of fixed length, mostly too short. They think this is cheaper (it poss… (View Post)

Yes and no. You're entirely correct that just driving further is in itself not a good - baring classic car enthusiasts and learner drivers, not many people go out in their cars just for the sake of i… (View Post)

That increase in debt interest was coming anyway - Truss only accelerated the process slightly. The real problem is that we have the debt in the first place - essentially because Blair and Brown mass… (View Post)

I shouldn't worry too much. Between Notwork Fail and the DFT, said trains will probably have been worn out and replaced before any knitting is actually errected along the coast. (View Post)

Or proves that the roads are so horrible down South that people have to use public transport. The truth is probably a bit of a mixture. If Manchester's suburbs had the quality of public transport tha… (View Post)