tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post690838406666835366..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: A question of classJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-18610529582824200492011-07-27T16:41:32.311+01:002011-07-27T16:41:32.311+01:00When I travel on Arriva Trains Wales most of the t...When I travel on Arriva Trains Wales most of the time the trains are old, scruffy, noisy and overcrowded. I've travelled on better trains in third world countries.<br /><br />So far, not one mile of track has been electrified in Wales by successive Labour and Tory governments. <br /><br />The parsimonious - as far as Wales is concerned - ConDem coalition will electrify the main line from Paddington only as far as Cardiff, leaving the economy of Swansea and south west Wales to wither on the vine. <br /><br />Do we see Labour, Tory and LibDem MPs and AMs climbing over themselves to work together on this issue? We do not!<br /><br />Yet, £4bn plus a year is spent on killing people in Afghanistan - £40bn in total over ten years, £10bn on two gigantic aircraft carriers with no aircraft, and another £10bn on renewing Trident submarines. Not to mention over £250 million A DAY bombing Libya.<br /><br />£60 million to revitalise Swansea and its hinterland is far too much - there isn't a 'business case' for doing it says Cameron. It’s truly laughable really if it wasn’t so serious. What else can Wales expect from the Tories?maen_tramgwyddnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-74196335629920075702011-07-27T12:15:56.975+01:002011-07-27T12:15:56.975+01:00John
Never mind the class issue
Wales had a prope...John<br />Never mind the class issue <br />Wales had a proper rail network pre Beeching that worked <br /><br />Simon Hart is an irrelevancy <br /><br />Wales needs to be able to finance and operate our own transport infrastructures without recourse to England <br /><br />If we can finance our own Wales Air Ambulance service the we can do anything<br /><br />Look at todays glossing over in the Western Mail of the Olympics now the GB Olympics no longer the London Olympics Peanuts for Wales as usual. I am surprised that the Welsh have not been recruited en masse on job seekers allowance to litter pick the venues What a Farce!!Boncathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-85099419641552623352011-07-27T10:09:38.743+01:002011-07-27T10:09:38.743+01:00I totally agree with Radical Wales (hic!)I totally agree with Radical Wales (hic!)Spirit of BMEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-88921754869057489662011-07-27T08:36:19.245+01:002011-07-27T08:36:19.245+01:00Wasn't it Nye Bevan who once said that "N...Wasn't it Nye Bevan who once said that "Nothing's too good for the working class"?John Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-33076355080279768752011-07-26T20:08:22.514+01:002011-07-26T20:08:22.514+01:00Here, here. Abolish standard class! First class fo...Here, here. Abolish standard class! First class for all rail travellers!Radical Waleshttp://radicalwales.orgnoreply@blogger.com