Lush
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In the Indy: "Jeremy Corbyn ... announces a new Labour policy of a “flexible football ticket” to stop travelling fans losing money on pre-booked train tickets when their match is rescheduled for TV at short notice."
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Corbyn's "flexible football ticket"
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GingerBeerMan
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- Dec 29, 2011
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Far too bloody sensible
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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what a loverly idea. what about flexiable tickets to all other event that maybe delayed or cancelled?
and shirley under the nationalised railway, there wouldnt be all those supersaver deals that require you to book so far in advance?
and shirley under the nationalised railway, there wouldnt be all those supersaver deals that require you to book so far in advance?
Knocky's Nose
Mon nez est retiré.
Or the railways sneakily add a quid to the price of a ticket, include cancellation insurance for 'free', and market it as a new perk to thank the travelling fans for their loyalty?
Or, do what I do... Go to Trainline, get it miles cheaper than rocking up at the station, click the cancellation insurance box, and have no further worries.
I believe a football finance expert was on Radio 4 discussing Corbyn's plan to force the Premier League to give 5% of its TV money to grassroots football, and he said that it seemed harsh on a small club such as Crystal Palace to be expected to contribute towards park football when central and local government funding had been slashed for a number of years.
Knocky's Nose
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Absolutely that.
I've always said : "Politics is a Career - and so is Business"
Politicians have almost always been crap at business. Businessmen have almost always been crap at Politics. Oil and Water. Two very, very different things...
Wise words, especially as I was about to put 40 litres of Evian in my car whilst at BP, but you prevented me making a schoolboy error there.
Knocky's Nose
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I meant Politics and Business... Unless you're trying to be comedic, which didn't work.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
He is a FAILURE at being a COMIC despite asking me for TIPS for the last 40 years.
el punal
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Knocky's Nose
Mon nez est retiré.
I didn't even give credence to the fact that he alluded to putting 40 litres of oil in his car at BP.... I assume he's got a sump the size of Michelle McManus's arse, or he meant petrol / diesel.
Anyway. Who cares. It's Sunday.
Anyway. Who cares. It's Sunday.
TSB
Captain Hindsight
He's funny. You're...
[MENTION=451]BensGrandad[/MENTION]?I know someone who can turn that Evian into wine.
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Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
People often complain that politicians have never had a 'real' job. I am assuming you are not one of them. Personally, I would like politicians to have had many different careers as an aid to understanding how economics can work.
TSB
Captain Hindsight
Old Corbo says a lot of 'pie in the sky' fantasy things.
But at least he's throwing out new (or in this case, re-hashed) ideas rather than just repeating "strong and stable" vs "coalition of chaos" and flip-flopping until she falls over.
But at least he's throwing out new (or in this case, re-hashed) ideas rather than just repeating "strong and stable" vs "coalition of chaos" and flip-flopping until she falls over.
Do you know how much do the PL currently filter down?
I read somewhere 30 million? Which does seem a lot....
Corbyn might have a point with a club in her patch, Arsenal. The most expensive football club to watch on the planet, who've priced out their modestly paid or unemployed fans from Highbury.
Otherwise a typically centralist sledge-hammer-to-crack-a-nut.
Clubs such as Brighton, Burnley, Stoke and WBA are not expensive to watch. Brighton have some great deals during the season if you're not fussy on seat location.
Otherwise a typically centralist sledge-hammer-to-crack-a-nut.
Clubs such as Brighton, Burnley, Stoke and WBA are not expensive to watch. Brighton have some great deals during the season if you're not fussy on seat location.
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Stato
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- Dec 21, 2011
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A quick Google tells me that the 'private business' to which you refer received £4.8 billion in public subsidies in 2015/16.
http://www.orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/22982/rail-finance-statistical-release-2015-16.pdf
Given that they spent £200 million of the £4 billion they received the previous year on paying dividends to their shareholders, I would quite like our elected officials to subject the public service element of their business to some kind of scrutiny. This idea seems like fair good sense and I would be saying that wherever the idea came from.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/16/rail-operators-200m-dividends-subsidy
In general the argument that governments should not get involved in business is an ideological one that doesn't stand up in the real world. The line between public and private has always been blurred and 'government keep out' is a cry that is heard only when business is being asked to hand money to the public purse and never when it is the other way around.
I think it's a minimum of £112 million a year