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Can anyone find out how much Westminster has spent on infrustructure in the se of England in the last 10 years?
It would be interesting to compare it to that spent in Wales.
PS Bristol is not a rival city when it comes to the electrification of the Great Western railways
The article shows how unjust the British state actually is. London receives more money than Wales and is yet the richest region in the country. It shows how much money has gone into infrastructure projects in London whilst we know that Westminster hasn't given anything to Wales, infrastructure wise, since the completion of the M4, they even closed rail-links such as the Carmarthen - Aberystwyth line which would make it far easier for the people of Ceredigion to get to Cardiff, Swansea and Carmarthen than now. This should also be a priority as it is in poor region of 'West Wales and the Valleys' why has this nor been addressed properly?
London sucks the economic, political and cultural life out of the rest of the country.
The UK is the most geographically unequal nation in the OECD.
see that heath park model railway has got the green light for an extension, not sure if its electrified track, but frankly blows Jantras arguments out of the water, massive infrastructure investment and funded from private sector pockets in wales. have that!
Those 4 projects in London cost more than 30 Billion.
The Olympics cost?
HS2 cost?
How much for the electrifcation of the Welsh railays?
Grow a pair Wales - we being kippered big time.
Listen up Manc fool.
Snoop wants decent railroads and motorways in the south west of Britain.
Devolve transport from Westminster.
Let us do our own thing.
Wales delivers on time on budget.
The dawg wants at least double the peanuts they are allocating now.
Decades of Tory and Labour neglect.
No electrified line and a single motorway.
Woopee doo.
Just 4 projects in London amount to 31 billion.
They having a laugh
Decades of neglect from the Saxon government.
PS Did you really mention Northside?
Jantra, for the last time - Infrastructure is not devolved to Cardiff Bay. If it wasn't we wouldn't bee needing to go to Westminster to have the Valleys electrified. If infrastructure was devolved to us like it is in Scotland and Northern Ireland then there wouldn't be a problem
Snoop Dogg, you have spotted the fake welshman. Please continue to pop metaphorical caps in his arrogant, pompous manc/wurzel worshipping ass. A well-versed verbal drive-by will hopefully rub out this fizzle fo shizzle. You should read the egomaniacal stuff he posts all over the internet. He be frontin, his intellect be stuntin,my theory is he aint been laid, karma comes to the overpaid, he think he cool, with his manc music but he a fool, with a flaccid tool, hey Jantra, loot some viagra. Word up. Peace out
actually i think he is referring to your pet Equus africanus asinus.
seriously though, back to free prescriptions, a million prescriptions for paracetamol £3 million. It's a joke. How much could be saved by telling patients to go but 16 tablets for 16 p in Tesco?
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/04/09/paracetamol-prescriptions-costing-welsh-nhs-up-to-50m-a-year-91466-30719111/
I don't own a donkey.
FWIW if the solution is only paracetamol, then it was probably a problem that could have been dealt by a pharmacist instead of a GP. so the GPs time is being wasted by having to consult and diagnose the need for paracetamol.
I read somewhere else that the cost of the GPs on top of the prescriptions put the total cost to £50m.
I suppose this sort of behaviour is what happens when you make everything free.
Doesn't mention infrastructure Jantra, my dear chap. Argument is invalid, please forward to your MP and Westminster to be ignored
Devolving transport policy is probably not the gold egg laying goose some expect it to be, however I seriously doubt Wales is any better off by not having it; if we did, one could speculate that issues such as the prohibitive costs of the Bridge tolls, M4 relief road, Links to cardiff airport and so on would have been tackled sooner, or more effectively, or being dealt in a way that we are just not seeing currently.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/11/14/at-last-the-devolution-train-has-arrived-for-welsh-railways-91466-29770205/
Huzzah-ish!
Dear Caesawr,
You are either Jantra in disguise, or his wife, or completely ignorant of his internet trolling. He is an ego maniac with little to be maniacal about. He seems to think that his turgid pronouncements on the failures of Wales and the Welsh are actual truth, rather than being the outward urges of a set of diseased membranes. He believes that he is the arbiter of all good taste, and furthermore that his life is more interesting than other people's. He is probably overcompensating given that he is an accountant, that most beige of non-professions. He has assumed a kind of ownership of this board, commenting on whether or not people are posting the "right kind of posts" and after flouncing off to his even worse alter-ego of "Feedback" on the Cardiff City Messageboard, he insulted the denizens of this forum. He then invented a series of ridiculous alter-egos to allow him to continue to post here. His return turned my scorn of the man behind these identities into dismay and a desire to ridicule him. I mistakenly insulted him by coining the aphorism that he was "a fat man talking to thin air", to which he took great umbrage, and I sincerely apologised. Last week he called me a burk (sic) which I don't really mind, but which I thought was quite hypocritical. He did it on page 3 of this thread. So he is fair game now. He is the only person who provokes other people on this board. I believe he does it deliberately. Classic trolling.
oh dear things aren't as friendly here as was my grand masterplan!! still I won't stick my oar in and I'm glad that this 'discussion' stays in one thread. From my own point of view things getting somewhat ugly as they are here sure detracts from new people joining in to 'pass comment' on all things Cardiff on this forum without fear of some massive debate. Still it'll all come out in the wash? I guess!!? - but it seems some of our golden oldy regulars have tired of this place which is a real shame, maybe things just don't need to be so serious here - rightly or wrongly that's not what I wanted, aren't there forums out there more 'political'?. I mean I'm pretty scared of posting myself and its my forum!!!
still nothing that bayscape proceeding wouldn't cure eh!!
apologies Paul. I've said before I'll respond to poster in kind.
I don't think any of the regulars are scared off (well I like to think they are not). I just don't think there is much going on in Cardiff regarding what people tend to come here for...skyscraper porn
Who is this Jantra mug?
Total chump.
Northside Manchester is capital of culture.
Pathetic inept opinion.
If his economics are as misleading as his art.
Dismissed, your fired, shown the door.
big up appeasement
let the dawg sizzle
maybe Snoop will catch you in the boiler house one night.
Ymlaen
Jantra compares Manchester with London - yeah right.
Jantra needs to spend more time with his kids and less time in cyber space.
We have a better art gallery than manchester, a better opera, a better castle, a better cathedral, bigger media industry, more famous nightlife, TWO indigenous languages, a nascent parliament, the home of our national football and rugby teams, a place where visitors feel safe, cardiff singer of the world. Manchester has Oasis(gone), the hacienda(gone), New Order (only two good tunes) and Coronation St, how fantastic!. We are a capital city whereas Manchester is an ugly place, ugly women, terrible haircuts. Look at the UK cities that britons want to visit and Liverpool is above Manchester! The main reason foreign visitors go to Mancland is because it has the Uks third biggest airport. If it had Cardiff's airport it would be as visited as Hull or Stoke. A deeply unpleasant place with none of the charm of Liverpool, Newcastle or our own wonderful CARDIFF!
http://www.travelodge.co.uk/press_releases/press_release.php?id=446
Well you've entered the fray now with your own inimitable style and nonsensical name. I hope to cross swords with you, I have no doubt whatsoever that your antagonism towards me springs from some unconscious foible of yours that you are unlikely ever to understand, transcend or address.
PS Paragraphs are your enemy, your prose has the phrasing of Spooner and the cadence of a wounded Booby in mating season.
Jantra, I believe that before you have mentioned that we cannot compare Wales to countries such as Norway because of their oil wealth. Changed your tune rather quickly dear boy
I don't know where to start with this post Mr Ad hominem i really don't. Cardiff is a good city, it has lots to offer and does punch above its weight compared to similar sized cities, that is for sure. Let us not kid ourselves that Cardiff is actually more than it is.
Born grew up in Cardiff, studied and lived in Manchester and elswhere... now back in Cardiff.
Was in Manc on weekend - it is a fabulous, vibrant and demographically & culturally diverse city region. Royal Exchange, Lowry, Northern Qtr, Media City, Manchester Gallery, Opera, Cornerhouse, Museum of Science and Industry, University, etc, etc Top 2 Prem clubs; all in all a well connected vibrant and major European City.
I like Cardiff - I like Manchester. Its not a bun fight?
Machester
rutherford split the atom
the worlds first computer
the worlds first inudstrialised city
home of the worlds most famous football team
the halle orchestra
the lowry arts centre
more overseas visitors than anywhere except london / Edinburgh
more UK visitors than everywhere except London
a fantastic nightlife, second to none
a music scene second to none (even the Byrds sang about Mcr on 8 miles high)
Cardiff is good, it really does punch above its weight, but really, you need to get out and visit places before adding comment. you just sound parochial
Gents, this thread is now off the off topic scale!!
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