Once upon a time, allantracy wrote:

I know all the Communists of the North that frequent here will deny
it.

Just because it doesn't serve M*ddl*sbr**gh doesn't means it's a
communist plot.

But, this government is turning out to be all our Xmas and New Years
combined as far as the railways are concerned.

Not quite. But so far, the coalition does indeed seem to be good for
the railways. The Liberals have always been fans of public transport of
course, and the Tories (bar Major) have a reasonable track record in
that department too. It's Labour who seem to be bad news where public
transport is concerned.

Such relief, after the last lot, who were so determined to file away
stuff like this in the cabinet marked 'to be forgotten for a very long
time'.

Agreed. Though this should have been done decades ago - seems it's been
in the planning since 1948!

The boys are back in town.

What is this gender obsession you have? The Conservatives' greatest
leader in recent times was female, as is the current transport
secretary. We have close to full equality in this country and its done
society and business a world of good. It really does not matter whether
someone is male, female, TG, or other. People are people and anyone
with a brain and a half decent education can achieve whatever they want.
Regardless of what bits they happen to have.

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- The Iron Jelloid