Another week , another disastrous poll for Labour

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Far left bunch of communists who believe in social equity and positive environmental action? So dangerous.

As for roads, if weight limits for heavy vehicles had been changed along with increased budgets for repairing the roads they destroyed we might not need drastic action. Or, we could just invest in better ways to transport ourselves and the stuff we need around this narrow elongated country.

Always so swift with the handy 'commie' label. I sometimes wonder how they'd react if those on the left were as quick to call anyone even slightly right a fascist.


And yes, had more sense been used about weight limits we might not now have such problems with roading - which illustrates clearly the inability or unwillingness of most politicians to take a long term view & give rather more thought to the future.

Perhaps light rail bears looking into; other countries use it & perhaps we could too.

It is a bit ignorant, I agree, to not be able to differentiate between communism and socialism. Especially seeing we all live in a socialist state. It is also ignorant to not be able to differentiate between communism the political ideology, and the reality of failed communist states, their evils being more the product of power hungry individuals prepared to sacrifice the welfare of the many for the enrichment of the very few.

Mind you, put under the microscope capitalism doesn't fare much better with its insistence on growth at all costs.

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Always so swift with the handy 'commie' label. I sometimes wonder how they'd react if those on the left were as quick to call anyone even slightly right a fascist.


And yes, had more sense been used about weight limits we might not now have such problems with roading - which illustrates clearly the inability or unwillingness of most politicians to take a long term view & give rather more thought to the future.

Perhaps light rail bears looking into; other countries use it & perhaps we could too.

Light rail is fine for transporting people in urban areas not for heavy goods.  Heavy rail or coastal shipping is good for moving large amounts of product but trucks still needed to get it from there to shops and other unlinked towns and cities.

True, but not quite the size and weight of the massive vehicles wrecking havoc on our nationwide highways.