Media always ask; 'Why didn't we lock down sooner? Why didn't we lock down harder?' I'm not expecting any more than that.

The best informed people in the country about the 'deadly virus' had a party, no social distancing, no lock down, not a care in the world.. They had no fear! Why was that? That's the question everyone should be asking!

It was the media that demanded lockdowns in the first place, not the government. There was a perfectly sensible plan put forward by the government of social distancing and isolating the elderly/vulnerable, but the care homes and hospitals really put their foot in it and didn't introduce sensible quarantine procedures, and the virus spread like wildfire. Hence why the government had this terrible knee-jerk reaction where they well full on CCP and stripped people of their civil liberties for 2 years.

I would say your 100% right.

@@MrRadiorobot No one is asking that question because the intellectual people already know the answer. The non intellectual don't want to know the answer

Something to do with a new, highly transmissible virus.

Labour has also been fully on board with lockdowns and wanted more of them. Look at what has happened in Wales, for instance.

You could argue that the human race is, to varying degrees.

Politics is CRIME they don't even hide it... they revel in it

Chances are that the mines would flood naturally, due to the natural water table level. Operational mines have pumps running 24/7 to keep them dry.

My brother-in-law is a geologist who worked for the NCB. They actually collapsed the galleries and pitheads with explosives, so it would cost an exorbitant amount of money to reopen them.

Well before supermarkets existed, local butchers and green grocers were within walking distance and so the need for a car is rather an artificial one.

Tsr2 that was sacrificed on the alter of the general dynamics f111?..yep..uk politicians at their dabbling despicable worst.

The sands white paper or was that the lightening?

Duncan Sandys paper set in motion the wholesale destruction of the world leading UK aviation sector through amalgamation leading to division and mismatch of corporate culture and vision. However, TSR2's demise was much more sinister in its ultimate execution and the ruthless speed it happened. It's a fascinating yet frightening story of incompetence, corruption and abject surrender by a series of intellectual lightweights posing as the UK's leading politicians. I wonder why it's never spoken of to this day.

Sounds like a big, laxative dump.

I think you’ll find he is likewise vehemently opposed to HS2

I love the word vainglorious it’s underused 👌

It could be useful if done properly

@@2506JJhudson1990 , yes he is, Hitchens is opposed to HS2.

Don't think Hitchens said anything in opposition to that sentiment. He's just saying the focus is all on a short-term media circus surrounding one or two individuals - which is pointless if nothing actually gets changed.

More intelligent europe? When it comes to roads maybe. Restrictions nah!

The could definitely help with the intercity transport of heavy goods, there's no reason to have all these lorries travel from city to city, and intercity travel of civilians is more sensible often and would greatly relieve traffic congestion and parking issues.

Fewer roads isn't the answer.

That’s not the point he was making. Motorways are built to relieve congestion, however, they have the opposite effect because it encourages more and more people to drive

Neither are. Instead they’re basically factors which are taken into account with pre-existing offences as aggravating factors. If someone being male was the victim of a crime motivated by Gender, that would also be a hate crime. Like I get where you’re coming from but this is nothing like the dankula case and doesn’t really change anything significant in the law

No, because nowadays it's fashionable to be hateful towards men.

@@oliverreno4734 it always has been. feminists just constantly demand more of the society that already exists whilst pretending that that society hates them and thus they are the 'change ' group. me were the ones kept out of the lifeboats, men were the ones forced into the trenches, men are the ones rescued last in disasters and traded last in hostage situations on and on. society has always valued men less, feminists have managed to trick people in to believing the reverse in order to deeper the pre existing division...

@@ravenmusic6392 If someone being male was the victim of a crime motivated by Gender, that would also be a hate crime mm youll forgive me for being suspicious. because what is notable is that every crime against a woman is framed as a crime because shes a woman. the most obvious being murder. in reality men are 3x more likely to be murdered than women. so in the real world any woman murdered is likely murdered despite being female. yet all we hear is nonsense about how women are at specific risk. in addition we live in a society that has always valued male life ;less than female-kept out the lifeboats/forced into the trenches/less spent on medicines and treatments and research/harsher punishments particularly the death penalty when we had it(still in the usa etc) on and on. and yet despite this general lack of regard for male life i never hear any murder being referred to as based on gender when its a male victim despite the fact that it fits both the pattern of who is considered more disposable by society and who is more likely to be murdered... in additon the determination to move away from who is more likely to be the victim and into distractions about who does what to whom gives the game away.

Hm I think Hitchens is pointing the finger at the whole system tbh but your point is till right its unacceptable but then again it is almost and mandatory requirement to lie these days as a politician

What are you talking about? Hitchens and Graham have been highly critical of Boris for years, both have acknowledged that he's highly incompetent with no seemingly conservative values what so ever, both think he has no business being Prime Minister. Hitchens has been lamenting the state of British politics for literally 2 decades now, this latest fiasco is only the most recent example of the distain Johnson has for the electorate. And, It isn't intellectually dishonest to say that Keir would simply do what the Conservatives have done to the country, only more severe. One of the biggest problems we've had during this whole plandemic is that there has been NO opposition to any of these wacky lockdown and vaccination policies. The whole system is broken.

He is not disputing any of that. His claim is that since cars require more friction, it makes more sense to utilise railways as they are more efficient and environmentally friendly. You seem to have missed his whole point?

This is missing the point. Trains weren’t in isolation pre-beeching. From most mainline stations in Britain you could immediately transfer to a tram, which would take you to the cinema or street you mention, except often faster and cleaner than a bus. If we, for example, ripped up the motorways around London and replaced them with railways, the capacity would increase by many times and reduce the impact on the environment, and possibly cost long term, if they’re subsidised. Obviously people aren’t suggesting we literally rip up every single road in the UK

@@ravenmusic6392 People didn't want trains and trams, they wanted a Mini Cooper!

Do you know what other form of transport will get you to the cinema? Riding a bike, or walking. What is the obsession with driving everywhere in order to avoid walking; no wonder we are all so fat and unhealthy. It should be sufficient to take a train into town and then walk from there.