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I see that Hunt is going on comparing government spending to family budgets again we do not want to see a return to 2010 style austerity IMO that was the biggest mistake at the time comparing household budgets to the budget of a sovereign state that can resort to measures like QE in which a...

Hi, Would Braverman's role as Home Sec be considered to be the equivalent of 'safety critical' with the railway context as I would have thought that national security implications of the role (sponsoring minister of MI5) etc could mean that mistakes in this role could potentially endanger...

Yes would like to see these entering service soon really looking forward to ride on these trains been a long wait I know the 777s will enter service on the Kirby line first do you see quite a few entering service before Christmas?

Hi nw1 just asking why you are convinced of the possibility of a 1992 style result with Sunak me like you wants to see the Tories voted out at the next election, but I think that the polls that we have seen recently have not shown a Labour lead as large as this ever even bigger than Blair had...

Not Western but an advanced industrialised democracy - the main example I can think of is Japan post 1955 where the Liberal Democratic party has been n government almost continuously except for a few short interregnums since then I think although they call themselves a liberal party, they are...

I am hearing talk of possible spending cuts coming down the line but depending on the severity of those cuts and what is cut I cannot see that as being popular possibly politically toxic especially if benefits are targeted in which case would you see the possibility of civil unrest maybe along...

Some commentary seems to be of the opinion that if you want to get rid of Boris Johnson and the Tories at the next General Election then Nicola Sturgeon's plan to use the next Westminster General Election as a de facto referendum on independence (presuming the Supreme Court does not authorise a...

Hi, Just responding to your quota claiming that Johnson/Tories could easily win the next election apparently no sitting Prime Minister has gone on to win an election after more than 10 years in government with the exception of John Major and presuming that the next general election is held on...

Do you think that if Johnson stays as leader he will lose the next election surely that must be the case? And do you think we could end up with a Labour government or more likely Labour minority or coalition with Lib Dem support surely it should not be to difficult to dispatch the Conservatives...

Just asking your opinion on what will happen come the next General Election do you think the Tories will be out of power I have read opinions from some (not on here) that the Conservatives could still win next time even with Boris still in charge and on this the poster said that he thinks that...

Update on this she got back to me with a lovely email saying she was very happy to hear from me and I discovered that she now has 3 children not just the 1 when we were last in contact she said that she was busy with the kids during the week and work but she offered that she could do a video...

Yes but I don't think trains/railways was a special interest of theirs so I think that is unlikely they are probably working in education/academia at the moment the only issue with me is that I have Asperger's/autism so I have a poor grasp of social etiquette/theory of mind so I can often worry...

Yes I will do Luke

Hi, My name is Luke and I am just asking for some advice with this scenario - I have quite a few friends myself but I have been trying to find this old friend from Uni for years - female friend - no romantic feelings (she had a partner that I also got on well with and then married). No contact...

Actually I do think there are a lot of positive things in the IRP from my perspective (in Liverpool) it means we get a third route between Liverpool an Manchester via HS2 infrastucture an the Fiddlers Ferry route - do you think the CLC to Warrington Central will be taken over my Merseyrail and...

Actually coming from Liverpool I think that getting a dedicated link into High Speed 2 is not a bad thing and the good thing is we are now going to get a third route between Liverpool and Manchester via Warrington Bank Quay which does sound like good provision as I cannot think of many cities...

Hi, I am I fan of alternative history so I am just asking for your thoughts on how the UK would have handled Covid 19 if we had voted for Remain rather than Brexit in 2016? From my POV 2 side of the argument to consider: - From the POV of remainers the argument is sometimes made that BJs...

Do you think that we will eventually get a change to some sort of PR and what sort of system would you prefer STV, AMS hybrid or list system? I think if we move to PR either STV or some form of AMS/MMP as I believe that list systems especially closed list give to much power to parties (I believe...

I am not that passionate or concerned about the functioning of our democratic process but this has got me worked up enough to send an e-mail to my MP and it looks like a lot of people are angry about this even Tory supporters anecdotally so my question is why cannot this be a catalyst for...

The main thing that interests me is the extension of the Merseyrail network with battery equipped 777s - which would mean more routes coming under the Merseyrail locally controlled concession - I have read that these could include Skelmesdale, Preston, Widnes/Warrington, Helsby and Wrexham - a...