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By satnav
#56932
According to the Express, Rishi is set to announce new legislation in the King's speech to stop airlines adding extra costs to flight prices such has charging for booking specific seats etc. Whilst this seems like a popular policy it is unlikely to lead to cheaper flights because airlines will just increase prices across the board to clawback any possible loss of income.
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By Tubby Isaacs
#56942
satnav wrote: Sun Nov 05, 2023 9:48 pm According to the Express, Rishi is set to announce new legislation in the King's speech to stop airlines adding extra costs to flight prices such has charging for booking specific seats etc. Whilst this seems like a popular policy it is unlikely to lead to cheaper flights because airlines will just increase prices across the board to clawback any possible loss of income.
Sounds like one for what I still call the Office for Fair Trading, not the King's Speech.

What's next? Nightclubs closing side rooms early and herding everyone into one large room?
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By Andy McDandy
#56954
1994ish, I remember John Major getting applause at a Tory conference for announcing there would be a service station on the M40 (Cherwell Valley, probably). "Perfect for loo breaks on the way to London!", he said, to much acclaim from the faithful. I'm getting the same energy here.
By Bones McCoy
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Tubby Isaacs wrote: Sun Nov 05, 2023 10:28 pm
satnav wrote: Sun Nov 05, 2023 9:48 pm According to the Express, Rishi is set to announce new legislation in the King's speech to stop airlines adding extra costs to flight prices such has charging for booking specific seats etc. Whilst this seems like a popular policy it is unlikely to lead to cheaper flights because airlines will just increase prices across the board to clawback any possible loss of income.
Sounds like one for what I still call the Office for Fair Trading, not the King's Speech.

What's next? Nightclubs closing side rooms early and herding everyone into one large room?
extortionate landing fees for private jets - more like.
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By Youngian
#57021
Have these alleged MPs been asleep for two years? Red Wall is low hanging fruit, Tories can’t even hold mid Bedfordshire.
Many MPs are gearing up for Opposition, with polls consistently showing Keir Starmer holding double-digit leads.

However, Labour needs a huge swing from the last election to get a majority, after Boris Johnson stormed to an 80-seat win.

Reclaiming the Red Wall and taking dozens on seats from the SNP in Scotland will be pivotal if Sir Keir hopes to end up in No10.
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By Abernathy
#57024
Do read Matthew D’Ancona’s diligent dismantling of Sunak in this week’s New European

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/thank ... sunakered/
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By Watchman
#57030
Just happened to have a chat the other day, with some American chappie who’s very keen on this sort of thing

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... inery.html
By Youngian
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Watchman wrote: Tue Nov 07, 2023 8:35 am Just happened to have a chat the other day, with some American chappie who’s very keen on this sort of thing

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... inery.html
Driverless campervans? Travel at night, sleep through it and wake up at your holiday destination.
New legislation which will clear the way for the introduction of driverless buses, delivery vans and farm machinery is set to be announced in the King's Speech, according to reports.
By Bones McCoy
#57034
Youngian wrote: Tue Nov 07, 2023 9:05 am
Watchman wrote: Tue Nov 07, 2023 8:35 am Just happened to have a chat the other day, with some American chappie who’s very keen on this sort of thing

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... inery.html
Driverless campervans? Travel at night, sleep through it and wake up at your holiday destination.
New legislation which will clear the way for the introduction of driverless buses, delivery vans and farm machinery is set to be announced in the King's Speech, according to reports.
I can see the benefits of farm machinery.
It's running on private land, potentially contained, and without shared traffic.

The delivery van puzzles me.
Does it launch your delivery with an inbuilt howitzer - Hermes style?
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By Tubby Isaacs
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Driverless trains has long been a Tory hobby horse, as a way of sticking it to unions and sounding futuristic. It's fine on simple purpose built point to point lines underground, much less so on London Underground as it actually exists. Bozo, with help from Andrew Gilligan's Standard Column, ran on them in 2012 then went quiet about them.

Easier to engage with the likes of Musk in "blue sky" mode, rather than work with industry experts. Maybe we could get HS2 back if we stuck a black box in the trains and told Sunak it was a robot train driver. Would have worked with Jen off the IT Crowd. Got to be worth a go with Sunak.
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