Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
thank you for making me check my source - the precise quote is 'a good man always knows his limitations', and it's from harry callahan, 1973. not plato, fuck knows when
A thank you to Brexiteers.
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Louis MacNeice
Autumn Journalist
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
Anyway, surely we can agree that today is a historic day for planet remain to celebrate? Confirmed remain supporters now head up all of the establishment parties. A long overdue return to the established order with experts calling the shots.
Surely, together, they can save us from the Brexshit inflicted upon us by the unwashed sheeple?
Remainers….your time has come!
Surely, together, they can save us from the Brexshit inflicted upon us by the unwashed sheeple?
Remainers….your time has come!
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
You're being disingenuous. Why would a fully nationalised railway be any different? Certainly the days of British Rail suggest that they wouldn't be, and SNCF strikes haven't changed a whit since the rules changed in France.
editor
hiraethified
Well this is embarrassing for those Brexit fans
www.theguardian.com
Kent brewery hailed as Brexit ‘export champion’ has one EU customer left
The Old Dairy Brewery, named in a government video, has seen sales slump because of excessive paperwork
Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
I asked you for credible sources. You have a position, that exiting the EU was the right thing to do. So what source convinced you that, wrt to nationalisation specifically, would only be possible if we left.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
back in the days of british rail proper you could get kippers for breakfast on the train. Mrs Miggins take note
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
You missed the OP, which was about a government owned railway competing in an "open" market, the way it's done in France.
Though I would point out that, despite being 100% government owned, SNCF still has stupidly paid executives, endless rebranding, and a load of franchises that mostly make money.
Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
Why are you trying to smear people that support remaining? This is idiotic
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
the shit you're smearing on people that supported remaining is far worse than anything Smokeandsteam has smeared anyone with
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
My post was very much in favour of an SNCF model. Where Smokeandsteam and I disagreed is that he feels a fully nationalised railway - eg a department for Rail - would be less wasteful than an SNCF style arrangement. I vehemently disagree, given British Rail's glorious past. It's all about whether EU rules allow for a sufficiently nationalised railway, and some feel that the French model doesn't measure up.
No one, at any time, has suggested that the current mess in the UK is a good model. You're arguing with phantoms.
editor
hiraethified
Not sure if you're being sarcastic, but British Rail was actually a reasonably efficient railway, hampered by underfunding and poor decisions.
British Rail: A New History — a timely reminder of how to run a railway
Christian Wolmar’s examination of nationalisation reveals that in the 1980s and 1990s the system was making progress
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
Exactly! It was suggested that a private, but government-owned railway would be a race to the bottom - but that's exactly what British Rail was. Much like TfL, they performed seeming miracles on limited funds, but they were constantly under spending pressure.Not sure if you're being sarcastic, but British Rail was actually a reasonably efficient railway, hampered by underfunding and poor decisions.
British Rail: A New History — a timely reminder of how to run a railway
Christian Wolmar’s examination of nationalisation reveals that in the 1980s and 1990s the system was making progresswww.ft.com
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Edith Piaf said it better than mePlato said everything first
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
There's some interesting tittle tattle behind this from a Twitter account
C:\
@BryceElder
I'll summarise their tweets for posters are not on Twitter
The gin is made by a company called Cornish Rock who by chance were already making the same gin, in the same colours in the same bottles before our Nige threw his dosh in .
Cornish Rock Blue Angel Gin
A deep blue hue is unmistakably present in this gin, which is followed to a recipe of traditional botanicals.
www.southwestspirits.co.uk
The company are owned by Angie and George Malde who previously were racehorse owners who had several winners
An Interview with Former Owners George and Angie Malde
George and Angie Malde had a lot of fun owning several successful racehorses. These include dual Welsh National winner Bonanza Boy who, when trained by the great Martin Pipe, also won 1989 Racing Post Chase, Rehearsal Chase and a 1991 Midland Grand National. He contested five Grand Nationals...
www.overthestabledoor.com
and before that ran a clothing business subject to conviction and fines
The back of the bottle on the advert says "Baxter Laois Limited" (called "LF Consultancy Services" until Feb 2022). It's a micro company wholly owned by Farage's French long-term girlfriend Laure Ferrari.)
Yossarian
Get thee behind me, Santa
ska invita
back on the other side
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Here's up the rebels, get back our teddy's head
gosub
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Good luck Eire, bailing out Italy,Greece, Portugal et al (again). Commission will most likely be as proactive as they were on the covid vaccine malarkey
Could go either way I think, next debacle most likely lead to an exit mech for the EUro or tax harmonizing in return for Germany holding sway on foreign policy.
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The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
What is it within the EU that makes their southern states such a target for mockery ?
gosub
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