tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post6479311460841791664..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Chris Grayling - Departure TimeTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-25301140754615379702016-12-08T14:03:42.827+00:002016-12-08T14:03:42.827+00:00Sophistry, sophistry......all is sophistry......
...Sophistry, sophistry......all is sophistry......<br /><br />Sophistry, shmophistry......what's it matter so long as you love your mama?Alan Cliffordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-90164569247253161742016-12-08T12:03:26.653+00:002016-12-08T12:03:26.653+00:00"There is no problem on the railways that can..."There is no problem on the railways that cannot be made worse by the addition of a politician with their own ideas" - Me, during discussion with candidate during 2015 election (but feel free to use the quote!)<br /><br />To which I would also add, journalists with opinions, despite increasing evidence that journalists are now geneticaly bred to not understand anything including basic language when it comes to railways. Eg, how many journalists can explain what a commuter actually is?<br /><br /><br /><br />Anyway, services in Graylings constituency (which I belive he was writing about) ARE bursting at the seams during peak hour. This is more to do with a failure of national employment strategy over the last 50 years rather than the railways so he is wasting his time somewhat by making it a railway issue. And has no chance of correcting the real problem.<br /><br />But Corbyns train was not ram packed.<br /><br />So the journos were right to give Corbyn more stick - by pure luck probably as they will neither understand the facts nor care about them. And as a way of demonstrating the Corbyn effect, last night I boarded the 17:30 out of Manchester Piccadilly at the last minute. People were standing in the doorways, but I know that means nothing so squeezed past. As expected there were enough empty seats, including one being used for a womans knitting bag which noone asked her to move. What do you think the doorway travellers will tell anyone who listens?<br /><br />And no, Alan, I doubt anyone has calculated the total profits since 1996 because that would only produce a meaningless statistic and would be a waste of time. Perhaps if someone were to list train company profit MARGINS (as a percentage) and compare that to other common companies, such as Sky TV or Volkswagen or Wetherspoons we might be better informed on relative values.SteveBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-49152507481090809102016-12-07T17:37:11.276+00:002016-12-07T17:37:11.276+00:00Two politicians describing the current state of th...Two politicians describing the current state of the rail service - <br />Grayling: ‘Bursting at the seams’(Today programme yesterday)<br />Corbyn: ‘Ram packed’<br />Will the minister incur the fury of the right wing press/Branson in the same way as Corbyn did, who does regularly use the trains...don’t hold your breath.<br />Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-53305741163042404842016-12-07T17:16:59.271+00:002016-12-07T17:16:59.271+00:00Has anybody yet calculated total profits made by t...Has anybody yet calculated total profits made by the profiteering train companies and the builders of the cross rail scheme?<br /><br />I think we should be told......Alan Cliffordnoreply@blogger.com