George Osbourne refuses to sit in Standard Class

[Herr Tubthumper]

Why on earth do we have first class segregation in 2012 anyway?

So you can avoid the misfortune of sitting with a Tory?

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

Probably far closer to the mark than the Tory posting brigade would acknowledge.



I take it the whole Andrew Mitchell 'we're better than you' affair went right over your head.

The Andrew Mitchell affair has nothing to do with this...

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

If he didn't buy any ticket he could claim that the money saved would trickle down to the poor when he spent it on ermine pants

But if he hadn't brought a ticket he still would have been fined?

 

[drew]

The issue is probably more that he is an extremely busy man, and to get a quiet area with a table in first class where he can get on with some work on all our behalfs was a more sensible choice than what was available in standard once on the train.

Not trying to stick up for him (dont particularly like him as think he is a wet behind the ears career politician), just applying same principles as would be for any private sector captain of industry!

To be fair, it does sound like you are standing up for him. It is unlikely that the chancellor of the exchequer is going to do much work on public transport when anyone could be sitting in the next block of seats (having paid the appropriate fare of course)

The Andrew Mitchell affair has nothing to do with this...

Well it must be nice for you not to think so.

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

To be fair, it does sound like you are standing up for him. It is unlikely that the chancellor of the exchequer is going to do much work on public transport when anyone could be sitting in the next block of seats (having paid the appropriate fare of course)



Well it must be nice for you not to think so.

Would you like to prove how it does?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

All MP's used to have warrants for first class travel, always used to see Denis Healey travelling between Lewes and London, perfect gent unlike the present bunch.

The last time I saw Denis Healey on the train, he was sitting in standard class and, it being a peak hour train out of Victoria, Roz and I were having to stand close to him until the Croydon commuters piled off at East Croydon. When we reached that point in the journey where the Stadium of Shite looms into view, we did what comes naturally to most Albion fans - a quick outburst of the word "SCUM!" Lord Healey looked somewhat startled, to say the least.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

The notion of a Bilderberg person hasn't changed since the earliest days, back in 1954, when the group was created by Denis Healey, Joseph Retinger, David Rockefeller and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (a former SS officer while he was a student - ironic that a former Nazi, albeit a low-ranking and half-hearted one, would help give birth to an organisation that so many would consider to be evidence of a Jewish conspiracy).

This has to be complete BOLLOCKS. In 1954, Denis Healey was a back-bench Labour MP - so insignificant in world affairs that he simply wouldn't have come into contact with such luminaries. In those days, he used to spend his Friday nights down the pub in Leeds with the likes of my old man, not plotting world domination.

 

[dingodan]

This has to be complete BOLLOCKS. In 1954, Denis Healey was a back-bench Labour MP - so insignificant in world affairs that he simply wouldn't have come into contact with such luminaries. In those days, he used to spend his Friday nights down the pub in Leeds with the likes of my old man, not plotting world domination.

According to his Wiki: "Denis Healey is a founder member of the Bilderberg Group"

According to their Wiki: "Denis Healey [is] a Bilderberg group founder and, for 30 years, a steering committee member"

According to the BBC: "As an up-and-coming statesmen in the 1950s, Denis Healey, who went on to become a Labour chancellor, was one of the four founding members of Bilderberg"

According to the Telegraph: "The Bilderberg Group (named after the Dutch hotel where they first met) was founded in 1954 by Denis Healey, Joseph Retinger, David Rockefeller and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands"

 

[Deleted User X18H]

All MP's used to have warrants for first class travel, always used to see Denis Healey travelling between Lewes and London, perfect gent unlike the present bunch.[/QUOTE]

This. Bunch of pricks they really are.

 

[User removed 4]

This has to be complete BOLLOCKS. In 1954, Denis Healey was a back-bench Labour MP - so insignificant in world affairs that he simply wouldn't have come into contact with such luminaries. In those days, he used to spend his Friday nights down the pub in Leeds with the likes of my old man, not plotting world domination.

Not like you to try and name drop