Will no one rid us of this foolish woman?

[Orionaut]

To be fair, I would turn to drink if I was her as well.

I would need a drink to enable me to share a railway carriage with her!

 

[Dolph]

Name one "Stupid/Unjust" law that was ever removed from the statute book or changed as a result of lawful campaigning and Opposition alone?

The prohibition on Same sex marriage.

 

[Dis86]

Name one "Stupid/Unjust" law that was ever removed from the statute book or changed as a result of lawful campaigning and Opposition alone?

Pretty much every law against homosexuality/homosexuals?

 

[Energize]

Pretty much every law against homosexuality/homosexuals?

Those laws were pretty flagrantly violated by swathes of the population and violent protests ensued before homosexuality was decriminalised.

In general for non-direct action to effect change, you have to be expressing a very popular opinion (because that's what MP's survive off) and there has not to be a government agenda against it.

Hence why decriminalisation of homosexuality needed direct action whereas gay marriage didn't, and why despite the majority being in support of cannabis legalisation it hasn't happened because the government has an agenda against it.

 

[McBain]

Remember kids, a vote for Labour is a vote for Abbott.

 

[Jean-F]

Depends on the train. If its a tfl overground, then yes. If it is one of the other operators, then no.

I can quite happily drink on a gwr train out of Paddington, but not a local one.

I don’t know if someone else has corrected this, but
alcohol IS banned on London Overground trains.

 

[StriderX]

Remember kids, a vote for Labour is a vote for Abbott.

A vote for labour is a vote to annoy you? Got it.

 

[Bear]

I don’t know if someone else has corrected this, but
alcohol IS banned on London Overground trains.

Alcohol is banned on all forms TfL transportation

 

[StriderX]

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-...sold-out-sell-fleabag-gin-tonic-a8881276.html

Abbott is a unique selling point apparently.

 

[Energize]

Alcohol is banned on all forms TfL transportation

That's what Dolph said in the first place. But not all overground trains in London are TfL, if I catch a Virgin operated train at Euston, alcohol is not prohibited.

 

[LeeUK]

Vote for the manifesto even if you don't like who the current leader/top dogs are. Always gets me when I hear folk, especially in working class Labour safe seats, say they will never vote Labour again while Corbyn is in charge. So they would rather have another 5 years of Tories (which they also despise) then vote Labour just because they don't like the current leader.

 

[kitch9]

Vote for the manifesto even if you don't like who the current leader/top dogs are. Always gets me when I hear folk, especially in working class Labour safe seats, say they will never vote Labour again while Corbyn is in charge. So they would rather have another 5 years of Tories (which they also despise) then vote Labour just because they don't like the current leader.

At least they know the buses, trains and bins will be working under the Tories. Corbyn will have them on strike every 2 minutes.

 

[omnomnom]

Who cares? Politicians are as currupt as they come yet this is a thread?

Gd in a nutshell.

 

[200sols]

Vote for the manifesto even if you don't like who the current leader/top dogs are. Always gets me when I hear folk, especially in working class Labour safe seats, say they will never vote Labour again while Corbyn is in charge. So they would rather have another 5 years of Tories (which they also despise) then vote Labour just because they don't like the current leader.

Abbot and Corbyn would like to see us destitute so their disaster socialism can rule for years.

 

[StriderX]

Abbot and Corbyn would like to see us destitute so their disaster socialism can rule for years.

Omg voting for labour now, because that’s no different to right now, just that right now is the slow version.

 

[Roar87]

Vote for the manifesto even if you don't like who the current leader/top dogs are. Always gets me when I hear folk, especially in working class Labour safe seats, say they will never vote Labour again while Corbyn is in charge. So they would rather have another 5 years of Tories (which they also despise) then vote Labour just because they don't like the current leader.

As if the way out of being poor and working class is by voting for Labours brand of Socialism

 

[nitram100]

She'd be better off apologising for being a racist old hag.

 

[Jean-F]

That's what Dolph said in the first place. But not all overground trains in London are TfL, if I catch a Virgin operated train at Euston, alcohol is not prohibited.

I’m not disagreeing with that, but London Overground is a dedicated TFL route, like The Circle Line, The Northern Line etc.
Perhaps posters are confusing train companies like Virgin, and Southern, whose trains run overground, but also come into Central London, with the actual TFL Line, London Overground.

 

[Em3bbs]

This conversation has just made me realise something rather shocking. No more train beers once the Elizabeth Line comes my way.

 

[doodah]

A perfect example of a generally gaffe prone politician getting an unusual amount of ridicule over nothing. Who ******* cares? She has plenty of other meritable issues to condemn....