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  1. Busaholic

    The 2024 London Mayoral Election

    Successful media training makes an assumption that an individual is both receptive and intelligent enough to be able to make use of it. Some, like Susan Hall and Liz Truss, are not. 1705944352 Totally agree with all that.
  2. Busaholic

    London Buses Discussion

    It's probably the only one of the true Superloop routes where a significant number of passengers will be travelling between the two terminal points, or near enough. It's also the shortest and quickest of the routes, with far fewer connections to any rail stations en route. Another factor is the...
  3. Busaholic

    LNER ASLEF 5 day strike - cancelled

    Utterly predictably unusable, I'd say. Would individuals have to be dragged into work, and, if so, by whom?
  4. Busaholic

    RailUK gets a mention in the Daily Mail

    Why do the words 'Post Office', 'scandal' and 'private prosecutions' come to my mind? Such prosecutions by TOCs/TfL may not have the far-reaching consequences of the appalling miscarriages of justice suffered by the sub-postmasters/mistresses but, in total, will greatly outnumber them and are...
  5. Busaholic

    Comedic "things you would ban": minor things that irritate you

    Conflating those two, maybe they're undercover cops in the pub? :smile:
  6. Busaholic

    You know you’re getting older when……

    If you lived in London the phone book came in four massive volumes, A-D being the first iirc, and those didn't have a classified section either, just pure A-Z format.
  7. Busaholic

    First South West (Kernow & Buses of Somerset)

    Nor will anyone, by the sound of it!
  8. Busaholic

    A tube map of the future?

    What's the saying, 'build it and they will come'? Lots of untapped demand there :D
  9. Busaholic

    Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party.

    A columnist in yesterday's i newspaper appeared to be suggesting that Farage would be standing in that Clacton seat at the election, unless said GE is held after a Trump-won Presidency, in which case he may well relocate there to be nearer to his soulmate. <(
  10. Busaholic

    Keir Starmer and the Labour Party

    Interesting. Berry wasn't specifically targeted, of course, and his death was not the only one that night. So much has changed since those days: if such an event took place now, the whole of Brighton or wherever would be cordoned off for days and the PM would be spirited off. Thatcher, of...
  11. Busaholic

    Famous people/celebrities you've met on a train

    Paul Simon was supposed to be playing a gig near Charing Cross in London, at Bunjie's Coffee House, around that time and my mate stood in when he couldn't make it. Al Stewart played his first ever set there too, which I saw.
  12. Busaholic

    London Buses Discussion

    I can't remember what I had for tea last night, but I retain totally useless information. ;)
  13. Busaholic

    Keir Starmer and the Labour Party

    In the 'good old days' almost every by-election was due to the death of the MP concerned; and I don't recollect any such where the other parties didn't stand except in the case of Jo Cox and David Amess. Even in those two cases, some candidates stood against the Labour and Conservative ones...
  14. Busaholic

    TfL considers Taylor Swift-style 'dynamic pricing' for Tube journeys

    Mornington Crescent is the peak of rationality compared to this quarter-baked proposal.
  15. Busaholic

    CONFIRMED - Tube fares frozen until March 2025

    Am I missing something? How does an expected drop in fares income lead to the conclusion that fares are about to be cut?
  16. Busaholic

    Provision of saloon heating in electric buses

    There can't be enough 'spare' hybrid/diesel vehicles at some of the garages which operate electrics to provide a full service, surely, unless some duties are not being covered? There are interesting videos on YouTube showing electric buses non-operational in various U.S locations at present due...
  17. Busaholic

    Keir Starmer and the Labour Party

    I have a term for it, left wing fascism, of which I'd say he's a proponent. He's recently appeared on GB News being interviewed by Neil Oliver, another Scotsman with a huge chip on his shoulder. Mind you, Farage's chip is so big McCain's are rumoured to be making a bid for it. Detestable man...
  18. Busaholic

    Companies That You Expect to Disappear Soon

    Agreed. If it was at any end, it was definitely low end. Wine Lodges were no wine chateaux. 1705512929 The Stonegate I've known for decades is involved with eggs, either as a producer or packer, not sure which. Clarence Court eggs, which are the only ones I eat by choice, come under their orbit.
  19. Busaholic

    Keir Starmer and the Labour Party

    Opportunism?! Gorgeous George?! Wash your mouth out with soap and water! :D
  20. Busaholic

    Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party.

    How long before Anderson defects to Reform UK, probably on air with Farage at the time? I'd say before January is up.

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