Jeremy Corbyn (Vol. 3)

[Evanivitch]

Earthdweller said:

Evanivitch said:

Good spin, but absolute bollucks again.

The new trains on Northern (Class 195) aren't directly replacing the sprinters, but the Class 150 routes. In turn, the Class 150 (sprinter) will be moved on to displace the Pacer.

But that's great, cause the 150 is the same age as the pacer anyway (mid 1980s)! New paint and a WiFi dongle and good for another 20 years!

Meanwhile, oldest London Overground train? 2008.

Edited by Evanivitch on Wednesday 13th November 20:46

I must be seeing things then .. because I’m sure I keep seeing them and getting on them in/out Manchester

But, clearly as you are in South Wales you’d know better

No one has gone from a Pacer to a new 195. But hey, who cares about facts when you can post lies on the web and claim it's your opinion.

[Evanivitch]

RichB said:

Evanivitch said:

<Blah, London, blah> ... And yet HS2 and CrossRail plough on despite delays, despite cost escalation, to ensure that London continues to benefit.

That'll be the HS2 that connects with Wigan, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield and Birmingham...

To... London. Where's direct the connection between Manchester and Leeds? Oh that slow rail that they aren't even fully electrifying?

And please, let's not get ahead of ourselves on Phase 2b when we haven't even got Phase 1 (and 2a) under £100B.

[anonymous-user]

kev1974 said:

"Who's going to be the first terrorist invited to the House of Commons, Mr Corbyn?"

https://youtu.be/ULZVksUYYzU

The way Jezza is going poor Nicola Sturgeon will be donning Khaki and strapping on a rifle.
He will turn her into the next terrorist as she has to really fight to gain independence

[RichB]

Evanivitch said:

To... London.

Or from London, or Birmingham depending on your viewpoint.

[Evanivitch]

RichB said:

Evanivitch said:

To... London.

Or from London, or Birmingham depending on your viewpoint.

What's the journey time expected between Manchester and Leeds on HS2?

[Earthdweller]

Evanivitch said:

No one has gone from a Pacer to a new 195. But hey, who cares about facts when you can post lies on the web and claim it's your opinion.

Clearly the one I got on at Preston the other day and went into Manchester on didn’t exist then

Hey ho never mind

[MrC986]

The 32 hr working week proposal....that’s interesting I can see the business leaders & many small business owners opening their arms to the idea

[RichB]

Evanivitch said:

...Meanwhile, oldest London Overground train? 2008.

If you do mean the Overground and not getting confused with London Underground surface stock, you are wrong. The Overground Romford-Upminster Line is running 315/317 class units built in 1980/81. When making dogmatic rebuttals of other's posts, correct facts are important.

[anonymous-user]

Burwood said:

Closed foam. It’s hard but it stops fluids from being absorbed

Eeew.

[George Smiley]

Transpennine Express takes twice as long from Manchester to Leeds than fgw swindon to reading, almost the same as swindon to London.

It's faster to drive to Newcastle than get the train from Bristol. You travel at 120mph towards Wales then take a scenic 70mph max the rest of the way.

Outside of the London bubble the train system is woeful.

[anonymous-user]

Evanivitch said:

Good spin, but absolute bollucks again.

You mean something like this?

[Solocle]

Evanivitch said:

To... London. Where's direct the connection between Manchester and Leeds? Oh that slow rail that they aren't even fully electrifying?

And please, let's not get ahead of ourselves on Phase 2b when we haven't even got Phase 1 (and 2a) under £100B.

HS3/Northern Powerhouse Rail.

Yes, it will be expensive. But likely worth it. The country really needs modern intercity rail connections.

[Evanivitch]

RichB said:

Evanivitch said:

...Meanwhile, oldest London Overground train? 2008.

If you do mean the Overground and not getting confused with London Underground surface stock, you are wrong. The Overground Romford-Upminster Line is running 315/317 class units built in 1980/81. When making dogmatic rebuttals of other's posts, correct facts are important.

You mean the trains replaced by the brand new 710? How many 315/317 still about?

[Evanivitch]

Solocle said:

Evanivitch said:

To... London. Where's direct the connection between Manchester and Leeds? Oh that slow rail that they aren't even fully electrifying?

And please, let's not get ahead of ourselves on Phase 2b when we haven't even got Phase 1 (and 2a) under £100B.

HS3/Northern Powerhouse Rail.

Yes, it will be expensive. But likely worth it. The country really needs modern intercity rail connections.

Of course it does, but so far the Tory government have spent 10 years rolling-backwards on claims made in 2010! Not sure why anyone would hold faith that further phases of HS2 would continue.

[jakesmith]

Corbyn: 'Would have been right' to arrest IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Wading into the terror area again, surely he must know by now that people view this sort of comment as too soft

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50410665

[Evanivitch]

fblm said:

Evanivitch said:

Good spin, but absolute bollucks again.

You mean something like this?

Funnily enough, I'm not even a Corbyn fan, bit someone has to balance the Tory bollucks spread on these forums.

[RichB]

Evanivitch said:

RichB said:

Evanivitch said:

...Meanwhile, oldest London Overground train? 2008.

If you do mean the Overground and not getting confused with London Underground surface stock, you are wrong. The Overground Romford-Upminster Line is running 315/317 class units built in 1980/81. When making dogmatic rebuttals of other's posts, correct facts are important.

You mean the trains replaced by the brand new 710? How many 315/317 still about?

I bow to your superior Googling...

[andy_s]

jakesmith said:

Corbyn: 'Would have been right' to arrest IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Wading into the terror area again, surely he must know by now that people view this sort of comment as too soft

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50410665

Yeah I've just seen it, in a way he's quite reasonably said it would be preferable to arrest these people and put them on trial if possible. It's just that when he says that, you remember his attitudes towards many terrorist groups [freedom fighters...] and can't help but feel his sotto voce is more empathetic than something akin to calm resolve or icy hate.

[anonymous-user]

jakesmith said:

Corbyn: 'Would have been right' to arrest IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Wading into the terror area again, surely he must know by now that people view this sort of comment as too soft

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50410665

Arrest a guy wearing a suicide vest. Yeah thanks Jezza. Maybe invite him to tea in Westminster.

[The Li-ion King]

Evanivitch said:

RichB said:

Evanivitch said:

...Meanwhile, oldest London Overground train? 2008.

If you do mean the Overground and not getting confused with London Underground surface stock, you are wrong. The Overground Romford-Upminster Line is running 315/317 class units built in 1980/81. When making dogmatic rebuttals of other's posts, correct facts are important.

You mean the trains replaced by the brand new 710? How many 315/317 still about?

Many still cling to life on the West Anglia lines ( Seven Sisters / Chingford / Enfield / Cheshunt ), you can hear the roar of the traction motors of the 317's from quite a distance, but it wasn't so long ago such trains were on the Stansted Express. Overground are faffing about taking off 2008 trains from the Watford DC line and putting the new 710's on, whilst no driver is trained on the West Anglia line yet, so the 1980/81 stuff is still there.

They were at one time threatening to send these ancient 315 and 317 trains onto Wales and the South Wales Metro around Cardiff once the Overground work is done

Spare a thought for London & North Western Railway (successors of London Midland) who have fitted Transit diesel engines to former 1978 District Line tube trains and re branded them as Class 230's