Making the news today....

[Khriss]

36 minutes ago, nepia said:

Think you're wrong there but even if you're not - and that would be due to a recent change in legislation - there's the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act that makes past offences 'expire' for court purposes, the date of expiry being calculated according to the sentence passed.  'Expire' in that context means that a sentencing court should not take stale offences into consideration when passing sentence.

 

Also were you ever in the position to be deciding whether to accept a caution or not you'd be forcing a decision on the Police/CPS - charge and put you before a court or take no further action.

 

.... I could also get into yr DNA record or evidential retention 😉 but a bit early in the day for that  😆 K

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

This is interesting (IMO)

 

https://www.treehugger.com/france-to-ban-short-flights-5176583

 

More efficient trains could equate to fewer domestic flights (not suggesting this is a complicated or controversial concept 😂)

 

I wonder if the anti-HS2 brigade would see a benefit in fewer domestic flights?

[Mark J]

2 hours ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

This is interesting (IMO)

 

https://www.treehugger.com/france-to-ban-short-flights-5176583

 

More efficient trains could equate to fewer domestic flights (not suggesting this is a complicated or controversial concept 😂)

 

I wonder if the anti-HS2 brigade would see a benefit in fewer domestic flights?

I don't know the numbers, but I don't imagine that many people fly from Leeds to London.
HS2 is (should be) a dead duck by now. 
More efficient trains on current routes would be a start.

 

Edited April 16, 2021 by Mark J

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

7 hours ago, Mark J said:

I don't know the numbers, but I don't imagine that many people fly from Leeds to London.
HS2 is (should be) a dead duck by now. 
More efficient trains on current routes would be a start.

 

I haven’t looked closely enough at HS2 to have a strongly held view either way Mark - other than to say I can’t really see how 10 minutes off a journey is sufficient to justify the sacrifices. 
 

I know it’s considerably bigger than that very simplistic view obvs. 
 

Less air travel has to be an aspiration rather than the seemingly obsessive expansion that seems to be fashionable. 
 

 

[devon TWiG]

11 hours ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

I haven’t looked closely enough at HS2 to have a strongly held view either way Mark - other than to say I can’t really see how 10 minutes off a journey is sufficient to justify the sacrifices. 
 

I know it’s considerably bigger than that very simplistic view obvs. 
 

Less air travel has to be an aspiration rather than the seemingly obsessive expansion that seems to be fashionable. 
 

 

it is not about time saving but greatly increasing carrying capacity .....still unjustifiably expensive though !!!

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

23 hours ago, devon TWiG said:

it is not about time saving but greatly increasing carrying capacity .....still unjustifiably expensive though !!!

And, perhaps, over taken by events - if we’ve learned anything (and I’m sure ‘we’ haven’t) from the Covid scenario, LESS movement of people is better than more in a world with highly transmissible viruses. 
 

If government (regional / national / international) can’t keep pace with change, maybe people power will do it for them. 
 

Wife starts a new job tomorrow. 
 

She saw it advertised, liked the look of it but it was based just shy of 200 miles away. 
 

She applied, interviewed, was the preferred candidate but she said she’d only accept the post if it was ‘work from home.’

 

Like I say, she starts tomorrow- would never have happened pre Covid. 

[Khriss]

On 16/04/2021 at 22:54, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

I haven’t looked closely enough at HS2 to have a strongly held view either way Mark - other than to say I can’t really see how 10 minutes off a journey is sufficient to justify the sacrifices. 
 

I know it’s considerably bigger than that very simplistic view obvs. 
 

Less air travel has to be an aspiration rather than the seemingly obsessive expansion that seems to be fashionable. 
 

 

I ve a strongly held view... 😉  anyway, air travel has always been seen as a massive viral vector - so this should be the  wake up call, ebola and others loved those air miles in yr pocket.  K

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

31 minutes ago, Khriss said:

I ve a strongly held view... 😉  anyway, air travel has always been seen as a massive viral vector - so this should be the  wake up call, ebola and others loved those air miles in yr pocket.  K

It’s such a simple and obvious issue it’ll never catch on...

[Khriss]

Empty trains i see regular, kev, say different,  HS2 model aint gonna pay back (  fanks Boris 🤔)  k

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