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RD, wouldn't you think the North/South divide would have evened up a little after nigh on half a century of being a member of the European block?
This might help with the leveling up...... ?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59017503
If ever HS2 ever gets up to Yorkshire that will be another project that gets used by something like 3% of the SY population.
Quote from: drfchound on October 23, 2021, 10:23:49 pmIf ever HS2 ever gets up to Yorkshire that will be another project that gets used by something like 3% of the SY population.Absolutely totally correct Hound .The workers in your town who clock on at Amazon won't benefit directly one bit .Same argument as free movement within the EU .The capability to earn a living in the EU and enjoy all the trappings was limited to a very small percentage .But lets not talk about class as it's the truth that isn't allowed to speak it's name .Sat in your dining room working from home on a lap top is totally different to having to go in to work on a bus or train to do a shift at a care home or an Amazon facility with covid 19 around .Nobody cares Hound with the two major party's .Levelling up ?I'm afraid the real people will have to do that themselves .
Quote from: tyke1962 on October 23, 2021, 11:08:28 pmQuote from: drfchound on October 23, 2021, 10:23:49 pmIf ever HS2 ever gets up to Yorkshire that will be another project that gets used by something like 3% of the SY population.Absolutely totally correct Hound .The workers in your town who clock on at Amazon won't benefit directly one bit .Same argument as free movement within the EU .The capability to earn a living in the EU and enjoy all the trappings was limited to a very small percentage .But lets not talk about class as it's the truth that isn't allowed to speak it's name .Sat in your dining room working from home on a lap top is totally different to having to go in to work on a bus or train to do a shift at a care home or an Amazon facility with covid 19 around .Nobody cares Hound with the two major party's .Levelling up ?I'm afraid the real people will have to do that themselves .Surely that's an issue for Amazon, I doubt the VW workforce internal transport system is Government funded!Just look up Volkswagen Karrie then start slagging off Bezzos rather than Boris!
I believe that was the idea behind inland rail ports, but the transport industry is so ingrained in moving stuff by road it's a joke, during the Second World War the roads were so poor that something like 80% of all goods went by Sea on the massive fleet of small coasters that existed hence the massive air and sea battles off The Kentish Coast. Then we turn to roads!A few years ago it was mooted that it would make sense to load all of the containers which arrive at Felixstowe and Southampton, which have been at Sea for months onto same coasters and transport then virtually anywhere in the country via our excellent Canal Network.The Don can take Euro Barges up to 700 tons as far as Rotherham and 400 tons up to Sheffield.220 feet long by 20 feet wide. I bet that about 20 Containers on each barge.