That Corbyn fella...

"Fast train" is missing the point; West-Coast Main Line is at capacity south of Birmingham so a new line is needed to relieve congestion and crowding (can't run longer trains because of platform length).

Given we need extra tracks, there is little justification making them slow tracks. You don't save that much by building them to a lower spec.

If you want to save money, tell all the nimbys in Oxfordshire to fuck off and swap the pointless tunnelled sections for cuttings as originally planned.

the prospect of living in Birmingham to work in London is not a happy one.

Soft willy waving

There are employers outside London you know.

The fact that people are willing to commit to such crazy commutes is what has allowed so many companies to stay put or start up in London.

That's the problem - there really aren't the number and quality of employers outside of London that there need to be.

Sure - there is work, but in the vast majority of cases it's not going to pay as much, be for as good a company, have prospects for advancement etc etc.

What the requirement for HS2 screams out is that our offices are in the wrong place for the people who live around Brum.

Spend that 200 Billion pounds on moving parliament to Birmingham, which should take care of the cultural and restaurant trade developing up there, plus give inducements to business to upsticks and move North, and the requirement for HS2 vanishes.

No. It just shifts.

I know politicians aren't too popular right now, but moving them to Birmingham is a bit harsh surely?

I suspect it would only encourage HS2 so they could get in and out as quickly as possible.

Dammit is right

All this fuss about nuclear weapons. You can do far worse than those things.

you mean in terms of wasting money, or killing people?

https://youtu.be/vbLGG5UGEKw

I think this is the best picture of Jeremy that I've yet seen.

For all his fans on the forum.

From here:

http://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/oct/08/jeremy-corbyn-rejects-formal-privy-council-induction-by-queen

I didn't realise the privy council was 600-strong. If they ever meet, they will need one large privy.

Another overblown headline, he said he's busy, prior engagement.

Its queen I feel sorry for. Poor queen.
So ungallant of Jeremy.

It would have been pretty awkward anyway. I mean, he refused to ask god to save her.

It's such a nothing story, dishface didn't go for his first 3 months either.

he refused to ask god to save her

Which all adds up to the poshest insult ever:
Majesty, I would not bend my knee nor sing on command,
even if you were having an annus horribilis, you old cunt.

I didn't realise the privy council was 600-strong. If they ever meet, they will need one large privy.

Turns out that, although notionally is 600 people, the Privy Council is only required to gather three people to reach a quorum. So a pretty generous cubicle or a regular loo designed to be accessible to disabled people would do. And a much smaller amount of charlie needed.

If they couldn't all get in the cubicle, would a glory hole count? I mean, they could just pop in then.

They should try building a toilet to contain all of his supporters at once.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/oct/08/jeremy-corbyn-leadership-campaign-new-social-movement-momentum

http://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1402/hp-sauce

Perhaps I'm missing the context but that is pretty disingenuous.

Which part?

There's no context. The context is discussing Corbyn on a cycling forum.

I think the first half is framed in a way that purports to be drily stating facts rather than the unsubstantiated and biased gossip it clearly is.
The second part then neatly equates someone who is clearly batshit with Corbyn et al.