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From: Dave Plowman on 20 May 2010 09:43 In article <f6330e95-57eb-4a3b-a0bd-725c3101042d(a)e21g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>, Derek C <del.copeland(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > The answer to Labour's hatred of motorists is quite simple. Railways, > buses and other form of public transport are highly unionised and the > trade unions are their major source of income. That'll be why they spent so much public money trying to keep BL running... -- *All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand * Dave Plowman dave(a)davesound.co.uk London SW 12
From: The Medway Handyman on 20 May 2010 13:28 JNugent wrote: > Derek C wrote: > > [snip] > >> The answer to Labour's hatred of motorists is quite simple. Railways, >> buses and other form of public transport are highly unionised and the >> trade unions are their major source of income. Also they still live >> in a time warp dating back to the early part of the twentieth >> century, when only rich toffs drove cars. The proleteriat rode >> bikes, used buses or travelled 3rd class on railways. > > It's part of the answer, but not all of it. > > The further answer is that Labour has always been wedded to > quasi-religious views of the world, with pat faux-rationalisations > and prescriptions for every social phenomenon. > > You can see the advantage. Once formulated, the "catechism" can > easily be imparted to the ultra-faithful (councillors, senior officer > of councils, etc) and disseminated to the more docile sections of the > population who prefer to let Labour do their thinking for them. The > 'Boxer' effect... >> Many bicycles these days are actually very expensive fashion >> accessories for rich yuppies. The middle and lower classes now drive >> around in cars, because this is the most practical way of getting >> around and doing your shopping, now little local corner shops have >> mostly been closed down in favour of our-of-town supermarkets... > > ...though only because they are an improvement on the corner shop > (something a true believer absolutely *will not* hear). Stores like Tesco Express wil be the final nail in the coffin for the corner shop - and quite right too. -- Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport.
From: Halmyre on 20 May 2010 16:45 In article <f0e26aec-8d35-4144-9708-0319127cda52(a)a20g2000vbc.googlegroups.com>, squashme(a)gmail.com says... > On 20 May, 20:00, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...(a)no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in messagenews:gifJn.13599$3a4.2626(a)newsfe30.ams2... > > > > > I'm more efficient at giving the customer what they want. Corner shops > > > aren't. > > > > If someone can walk to their corner shop to buy a few items and carry them > > home why would they drive to a supermarket? > > "A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself in a corner shop can > count himself as a failure." (To mangle a quote attributed to > Thatcher). > The corner shop is still invaluable as a source of jazz mags. So I'm told. -- Halmyre This is the most powerful sigfile in the world and will probably blow your head clean off.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 21 May 2010 04:23 > Also they still live > in a time warp dating back to the early part of the twentieth > century, when only rich toffs drove cars. The proleteriat rode > bikes, used buses or travelled 3rd class on railways. does anybody in the 21st century actually believe that anybody in the labour party or anywhere sees cars as a class issue? The whole reason politicians try to discourage car use is precisely because everybody has one. The idea Blair and Brown did not know that is ridiculous. -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 21 May 2010 04:26
On Thu, 20 May 2010 11:43:36 -0700 (PDT), Squashme <squashme(a)gmail.com> wrote: >What would that be, for corner shops, and why can't corner shops do it >now? They have been around for a long time, after all. you cannot carry the variety if you only have a few hundred customers, corner shops are now places you nip out for the stuff you forgot, a paper or a bottle of wine and a lottery ticket. -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine. |