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Boris's bus related jinxes continue
In message , at 14:03:38 on Mon, 23
Sep 2019, MissRiaElaine remarked: On 23/09/2019 10:16, Marland wrote: Roland Perry wrote: Indeed. Wright is probably right down on Boris's list of concerns, behind Jennifer Arcuri, the Supreme Court verdict, the party conference, the EU negotiations, the looming election, I doubt he's worried very much (unless the factory is in a DUP area) but it's simply anther example of Boris + Bus (be that painted-on-the-side or painted-as-a-hobby, as well as Roastmaster) looks like a fatal combination. When he said he painted model buses as a hobby I still haven’t decided if he was telling the truth ( is he capable?) or was just having a joke at the expense of those who often refer to that campaign bus with the somewhat misleading slogan on the side. Misleading slogan or not, it was a coach, not a bus. When did it ever stop to pick up fare-paying passengers..? It was almost universally referred to as "a bus". -- Roland Perry |
Boris's bus related jinxes continue
On 23/09/2019 14:43, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 14:03:38 on Mon, 23 Sep 2019, MissRiaElaine remarked: On 23/09/2019 10:16, Marland wrote: Roland Perry wrote: Indeed. Wright is probably right down on Boris's list of concerns, behind Jennifer Arcuri, the Supreme Court verdict, the party conference, the EU negotiations, the looming election, I doubt he's worried very much (unless the factory is in a DUP area) but it's simply anther example of Boris + Bus (be that painted-on-the-side or painted-as-a-hobby, as well as Roastmaster) looks like a fatal combination. *When he said he painted model buses as a hobby I still haven’t decided if he was telling the truth ( is he capable?) or was just having a joke at the expense of those who often refer to that campaign bus with the somewhat misleading slogan on the side. Misleading slogan or not, it was a coach, not a bus. When did it ever stop to pick up fare-paying passengers..? It was almost universally referred to as "a bus". Wrongly. -- Ria in Aberdeen [Send address is invalid, use sipsoup at gmail dot com to reply direct] |
Boris's bus related jinxes continue
MissRiaElaine wrote:
When he said he painted model buses as a hobby I still haven’t decided if he was telling the truth ( is he capable?) or was just having a joke at the expense of those who often refer to that campaign bus with the somewhat misleading slogan on the side. Misleading slogan or not, it was a coach, not a bus. When did it ever stop to pick up fare-paying passengers..? Well if you want to do silly nitpicking about a vehicle that was and still is referred to by the general public as a bus ,even if that does offend the sensibilities of a long retired employee of a public transport organisation then you are several of decades too late and quite frankly you are so out of step with most people on this that your view can be discounted as not supported enough to be worth taking any notice of. The use of “Bus” for such vehicles used on Political Campaigns goes way back when someone coined the slogan “ Battle Bus “ which is more alliterative than Battle Coach. Lots of instances in this BBC item on them. Embattled buses - the ups and downs of an election staple https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39907963 The photo on there of David Steel with the words “ Battle Bus “ as a legend on the front is from the late 1970’s , I wonder if that was the first . Blame him if you don’t like it. GH |
Boris's bus related jinxes continue
In message , at 15:37:08 on Mon, 23
Sep 2019, MissRiaElaine remarked: Indeed. Wright is probably right down on Boris's list of concerns, behind Jennifer Arcuri, the Supreme Court verdict, the party conference, the EU negotiations, the looming election, I doubt he's worried very much (unless the factory is in a DUP area) but it's simply anther example of Boris + Bus (be that painted-on-the-side or painted-as-a-hobby, as well as Roastmaster) looks like a fatal combination. *When he said he painted model buses as a hobby I still haven’t decided if he was telling the truth ( is he capable?) or was just having a joke at the expense of those who often refer to that campaign bus with the somewhat misleading slogan on the side. Misleading slogan or not, it was a coach, not a bus. When did it ever stop to pick up fare-paying passengers..? It was almost universally referred to as "a bus". Wrongly. Doesn't matter. It's a slogan. Like "battle bus". -- Roland Perry |
Boris's bus related jinxes continue
On 23/09/2019 10:54, Recliner wrote:
Recliner wrote: Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 22:13:40 on Sun, 22 Sep 2019, Recliner remarked: "One of Northern Ireland's biggest employers faces a crunch week as Wrightbus, which employs 1,400 staff, attempts to stave off collapse by securing a last-minute rescue deal. Mounting financial problems at the Ballymena-based company have left it looking for a buyer, with the Chinese engineering group Weichai and a firm led by the JCB heir, Jo Bamford, understood to be the suitors in talks. However, local MP Ian Paisley told the BBC on Friday he understood talks with the two potential buyers had failed to reach a conclusion." https://www.theguardian.com/business.../22/wrightbus- riutemasters-last-minute-search-for-buyer-avoid-collapse [Love the Grauniad typo in the url!] See the previous thread on the same subject from five weeks ago. Five weeks is a long time in politics (later today Thomas Cook might find out that five days is, too) Indeed. Wright is probably right down on Boris's list of concerns, behind Jennifer Arcuri, the Supreme Court verdict, the party conference, the EU negotiations, the looming election, I doubt he's worried very much (unless the factory is in a DUP area) but it's simply anther example of Boris + Bus (be that painted-on-the-side or painted-as-a-hobby, as well as Roastmaster) looks like a fatal combination. I'd love to see an example of his claimed painted-wine-box bus. I wonder if he dreamed up that phoney hobby on the spot, or if his spin doctors had carefully connected. carefully confected it. How could anyone have really confected such a bizarre story, though, and to what end? It reminds me of the time when Voice of Russia, during the detention of Gorbachev, suddenly switched from normal programming to a lengthy story about the jam roly-poly that ran away from the kitchen! Mind-boggling. PA |
Boris's bus related jinxes continue
On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 15:37:08 +0100, MissRiaElaine
wrote: On 23/09/2019 14:43, Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 14:03:38 on Mon, 23 Sep 2019, MissRiaElaine remarked: On 23/09/2019 10:16, Marland wrote: Roland Perry wrote: Indeed. Wright is probably right down on Boris's list of concerns, behind Jennifer Arcuri, the Supreme Court verdict, the party conference, the EU negotiations, the looming election, I doubt he's worried very much (unless the factory is in a DUP area) but it's simply anther example of Boris + Bus (be that painted-on-the-side or painted-as-a-hobby, as well as Roastmaster) looks like a fatal combination. *When he said he painted model buses as a hobby I still havent decided if he was telling the truth ( is he capable?) or was just having a joke at the expense of those who often refer to that campaign bus with the somewhat misleading slogan on the side. Misleading slogan or not, it was a coach, not a bus. When did it ever stop to pick up fare-paying passengers..? It was almost universally referred to as "a bus". Wrongly. No, as previously discussed, all coaches are buses, but not all buses are coaches. |
Boris's bus related jinxes continue
In message , at 16:05:26 on
Mon, 23 Sep 2019, Recliner remarked: Misleading slogan or not, it was a coach, not a bus. When did it ever stop to pick up fare-paying passengers..? It was almost universally referred to as "a bus". Wrongly. No, as previously discussed, all coaches are buses, but not all buses are coaches. I blame the black crows. -- Roland Perry |
Boris's bus related jinxes continue
Peter Able wrote:
On 23/09/2019 10:54, Recliner wrote: Recliner wrote: Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 22:13:40 on Sun, 22 Sep 2019, Recliner remarked: "One of Northern Ireland's biggest employers faces a crunch week as Wrightbus, which employs 1,400 staff, attempts to stave off collapse by securing a last-minute rescue deal. Mounting financial problems at the Ballymena-based company have left it looking for a buyer, with the Chinese engineering group Weichai and a firm led by the JCB heir, Jo Bamford, understood to be the suitors in talks. However, local MP Ian Paisley told the BBC on Friday he understood talks with the two potential buyers had failed to reach a conclusion." https://www.theguardian.com/business.../22/wrightbus- riutemasters-last-minute-search-for-buyer-avoid-collapse [Love the Grauniad typo in the url!] See the previous thread on the same subject from five weeks ago. Five weeks is a long time in politics (later today Thomas Cook might find out that five days is, too) Indeed. Wright is probably right down on Boris's list of concerns, behind Jennifer Arcuri, the Supreme Court verdict, the party conference, the EU negotiations, the looming election, I doubt he's worried very much (unless the factory is in a DUP area) but it's simply anther example of Boris + Bus (be that painted-on-the-side or painted-as-a-hobby, as well as Roastmaster) looks like a fatal combination. I'd love to see an example of his claimed painted-wine-box bus. I wonder if he dreamed up that phoney hobby on the spot, or if his spin doctors had carefully connected. carefully confected it. How could anyone have really confected such a bizarre story, though, and to what end? It reminds me of the time when Voice of Russia, during the detention of Gorbachev, suddenly switched from normal programming to a lengthy story about the jam roly-poly that ran away from the kitchen! Mind-boggling. Purely as a distraction from difficult questions. |
Boris's bus related jinxes continue
On 23/09/2019 16:46, Recliner wrote:
Peter Able wrote: On 23/09/2019 10:54, Recliner wrote: Recliner wrote: Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 22:13:40 on Sun, 22 Sep 2019, Recliner remarked: "One of Northern Ireland's biggest employers faces a crunch week as Wrightbus, which employs 1,400 staff, attempts to stave off collapse by securing a last-minute rescue deal. Mounting financial problems at the Ballymena-based company have left it looking for a buyer, with the Chinese engineering group Weichai and a firm led by the JCB heir, Jo Bamford, understood to be the suitors in talks. However, local MP Ian Paisley told the BBC on Friday he understood talks with the two potential buyers had failed to reach a conclusion." https://www.theguardian.com/business.../22/wrightbus- riutemasters-last-minute-search-for-buyer-avoid-collapse [Love the Grauniad typo in the url!] See the previous thread on the same subject from five weeks ago. Five weeks is a long time in politics (later today Thomas Cook might find out that five days is, too) Indeed. Wright is probably right down on Boris's list of concerns, behind Jennifer Arcuri, the Supreme Court verdict, the party conference, the EU negotiations, the looming election, I doubt he's worried very much (unless the factory is in a DUP area) but it's simply anther example of Boris + Bus (be that painted-on-the-side or painted-as-a-hobby, as well as Roastmaster) looks like a fatal combination. I'd love to see an example of his claimed painted-wine-box bus. I wonder if he dreamed up that phoney hobby on the spot, or if his spin doctors had carefully connected. carefully confected it. How could anyone have really confected such a bizarre story, though, and to what end? It reminds me of the time when Voice of Russia, during the detention of Gorbachev, suddenly switched from normal programming to a lengthy story about the jam roly-poly that ran away from the kitchen! Mind-boggling. Purely as a distraction from difficult questions. In both cases. |
Boris's bus related jinxes continue
On 23/09/2019 15:50, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 15:37:08 on Mon, 23 Sep 2019, MissRiaElaine remarked: Indeed. Wright is probably right down on Boris's list of concerns,* behind Jennifer Arcuri, the Supreme Court verdict, the party conference, the EU negotiations, the looming election, I doubt he's worried very much (unless the factory is in a DUP area)* but it's simply anther example of Boris + Bus (be that painted-on-the-side or painted-as-a-hobby, as well as Roastmaster) looks like a fatal combination. *When he said he painted model buses as a hobby I still haven’t decided if he was telling the truth ( is he capable?) or was just having a joke* at the expense of those who often refer to that campaign bus with the somewhat misleading slogan on the side. Misleading slogan or not, it was a coach, not a bus. When did it ever* stop to pick up fare-paying passengers..? *It was almost universally referred to as "a bus". Wrongly. Doesn't matter. It's a slogan. Like "battle bus". It's still wrong. -- Ria in Aberdeen [Send address is invalid, use sipsoup at gmail dot com to reply direct] |
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