| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland 15:51 - Feb 10 with 6581 views | Pegojack |
Is the PM a true transport visionary, or a self aggrandising Tory twát full of hot air and bluster?
Opinions, please. [Post edited 10 Feb 2020 15:51]
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| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 15:54 - Feb 10 with 5125 views | exiledclaseboy |
Completely impractical and will never happen. Move along, literally nothing to see here. |  |
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| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 15:56 - Feb 10 with 5117 views | leighton1318 |
PM fast showing himself to be an empty vessel.
Either that or this is a ploy to distract from other more concrete initiatives, eg deportation. |  | | |
| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 15:59 - Feb 10 with 5108 views | monmouth |
It's a distraction. We'll get lots of this stuff as things turn increasingly shit and he has to bury news.
Fat useless tw*t couldn't build a bridge over the thames. |  |
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| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 16:06 - Feb 10 with 5090 views | Highjack |
| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 15:54 - Feb 10 by exiledclaseboy |
Completely impractical and will never happen. Move along, literally nothing to see here. |
It’s only about fifteen miles at the nearest point. It can be done. Let’s dig up Isengard.
I meant Isembard obviously but I bet Saruman could do it too being a maiar of Aule. [Post edited 10 Feb 2020 16:07]
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| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 16:11 - Feb 10 with 5083 views | londonlisa2001 |
| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 16:06 - Feb 10 by Highjack |
It’s only about fifteen miles at the nearest point. It can be done. Let’s dig up Isengard.
I meant Isembard obviously but I bet Saruman could do it too being a maiar of Aule. [Post edited 10 Feb 2020 16:07]
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The one over the Thames was about 500 meters and that hasn’t happened. | | | |
| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 16:36 - Feb 10 with 5048 views | BytholWyn |
| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 15:56 - Feb 10 by leighton1318 |
PM fast showing himself to be an empty vessel.
Either that or this is a ploy to distract from other more concrete initiatives, eg deportation. |
"Fast showing"? |  | | |
| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 16:43 - Feb 10 with 5035 views | ladyjack |
Scottish and Irish laughing at the English prime minister, the main man in the Republic has previously said go ahead but we are not paying, lol.
The costs will be astronomical and the Northern Irish and the Scottish may well breakaway from the UK decades and decades before the bridge is even paid for. |  | | |
| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 16:48 - Feb 10 with 5025 views | Highjack |
| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 16:11 - Feb 10 by londonlisa2001 |
The one over the Thames was about 500 meters and that hasn’t happened. |
I think Tom Bombadil was responsible for that one. | |
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| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 16:49 - Feb 10 with 5025 views | Kilkennyjack |
Dead cat. |  |
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| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 16:49 - Feb 10 with 5021 views | Darran |
Bring back the Swansea to Cork Ferry. |  |
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| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 16:51 - Feb 10 with 5010 views | Highjack |
| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 16:49 - Feb 10 by Darran |
Bring back the Swansea to Cork Ferry. |
Completely agree. But only if they bring back the Cork to Swansea ferry as well. | |
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| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 16:55 - Feb 10 with 4998 views | Pegojack |
| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 16:06 - Feb 10 by Highjack |
It’s only about fifteen miles at the nearest point. It can be done. Let’s dig up Isengard.
I meant Isembard obviously but I bet Saruman could do it too being a maiar of Aule. [Post edited 10 Feb 2020 16:07]
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Only 15 miles wide, but 300 metres deep in the middle and filled with unexploded WW2 ordnance.
The supporting piers would need to be the height of the Eiffel Tower just to break the surface. | | | |
| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 18:58 - Feb 10 with 4897 views | BrynCartwright |
The chances of this happening are even more remote than HS2 coming in at under £100 mill. |  |
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| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 19:53 - Feb 10 with 4837 views | Lohengrin |
| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 16:55 - Feb 10 by Pegojack |
Only 15 miles wide, but 300 metres deep in the middle and filled with unexploded WW2 ordnance.
The supporting piers would need to be the height of the Eiffel Tower just to break the surface. |
Tremendous. I love all that, civil engineering on the grand scale.
I was reading recently about plans formulated in the ‘30s, Keynes had a hand in them, for the reclamation of The Wash. That would have been an absolutely monumental undertaking that would have produced an enormous acreage of rich, fertile land and hundreds of thousands of jobs for a generation gripped by the Great Depression sorely in need of them. It came to nothing, of course: dithering and timidity, the hallmark of the Parliamentary system, moved at the customary snail’s pace and the golden opportunity was lost. |  |
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| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 21:34 - Feb 10 with 4785 views | felixstowe_jack |
| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 19:53 - Feb 10 by Lohengrin |
Tremendous. I love all that, civil engineering on the grand scale.
I was reading recently about plans formulated in the ‘30s, Keynes had a hand in them, for the reclamation of The Wash. That would have been an absolutely monumental undertaking that would have produced an enormous acreage of rich, fertile land and hundreds of thousands of jobs for a generation gripped by the Great Depression sorely in need of them. It came to nothing, of course: dithering and timidity, the hallmark of the Parliamentary system, moved at the customary snail’s pace and the golden opportunity was lost. |
Fifty years ago they said a tunnel under the English channel was unachievable and a pipe dream.
150 years ago they said building the Severn tunnel was impossible.
The oresund bridge and tunnels linking sweden and Denmark was another magnificent engineering triumph.
If you don't have vision and imagination nothing ever gets done. | |
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| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 21:37 - Feb 10 with 4777 views | Highjack |
| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 21:34 - Feb 10 by felixstowe_jack |
Fifty years ago they said a tunnel under the English channel was unachievable and a pipe dream.
150 years ago they said building the Severn tunnel was impossible.
The oresund bridge and tunnels linking sweden and Denmark was another magnificent engineering triumph.
If you don't have vision and imagination nothing ever gets done. |
I’m with you on that one. Imagine being in ancient Egypt:
“Oh mush, we gonna build these bloody pyramids or what butt?”
“No, butt. They said on planetswans it can’t be done like.”
“F*ck it then.”
“Pub?”
“Pub.” | |
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| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 21:42 - Feb 10 with 4764 views | Flashberryjack |
| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 21:34 - Feb 10 by felixstowe_jack |
Fifty years ago they said a tunnel under the English channel was unachievable and a pipe dream.
150 years ago they said building the Severn tunnel was impossible.
The oresund bridge and tunnels linking sweden and Denmark was another magnificent engineering triumph.
If you don't have vision and imagination nothing ever gets done. |
Just a stick to beat the hated one mate...if Starmer or Corbyn suggested it they'd be singing a different song. |  |
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| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 21:51 - Feb 10 with 4752 views | Neath_Jack |
| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 16:55 - Feb 10 by Pegojack |
Only 15 miles wide, but 300 metres deep in the middle and filled with unexploded WW2 ordnance.
The supporting piers would need to be the height of the Eiffel Tower just to break the surface. |
Sky hooks. |  |
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| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 21:51 - Feb 10 with 4749 views | Kilkennyjack |
| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 21:34 - Feb 10 by felixstowe_jack |
Fifty years ago they said a tunnel under the English channel was unachievable and a pipe dream.
150 years ago they said building the Severn tunnel was impossible.
The oresund bridge and tunnels linking sweden and Denmark was another magnificent engineering triumph.
If you don't have vision and imagination nothing ever gets done. |
Maybe this is all fake news .... | |
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| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 21:53 - Feb 10 with 4744 views | BrynCartwright |
| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 21:37 - Feb 10 by Highjack |
I’m with you on that one. Imagine being in ancient Egypt:
“Oh mush, we gonna build these bloody pyramids or what butt?”
“No, butt. They said on planetswans it can’t be done like.”
“F*ck it then.”
“Pub?”
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I'm all for optimistic, great and inspiring engineering projects like Concorde, the Channel Tunnel, and, of course, the wondrous revitalisation of the Kingsway.
There is a very real upwelling of national and international pride that can inspire generations of school-children to work towards the advancement of man-kind.
However, unlike the best engineering examples from history, any bridge to Ireland simply does not conform, as there is no realistic need for it. Ireland has a tiny population, with an economy to match. What are the reasons for spending a lot of cash on something that is not required? | |
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| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 21:59 - Feb 10 with 4729 views | longlostjack |
| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 21:53 - Feb 10 by BrynCartwright |
I'm all for optimistic, great and inspiring engineering projects like Concorde, the Channel Tunnel, and, of course, the wondrous revitalisation of the Kingsway.
There is a very real upwelling of national and international pride that can inspire generations of school-children to work towards the advancement of man-kind.
However, unlike the best engineering examples from history, any bridge to Ireland simply does not conform, as there is no realistic need for it. Ireland has a tiny population, with an economy to match. What are the reasons for spending a lot of cash on something that is not required? |
Just a PR gag Bryn. Probably Cummings’ idea to reinforce a sense of optimism. Now that we’re free from the shackles of the EU anything is possible and it’ll be discussed in pubs up and down the land. Meanwhile in the real world ..... |  |
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| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 22:01 - Feb 10 with 4725 views | Kilkennyjack |
| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 21:53 - Feb 10 by BrynCartwright |
I'm all for optimistic, great and inspiring engineering projects like Concorde, the Channel Tunnel, and, of course, the wondrous revitalisation of the Kingsway.
There is a very real upwelling of national and international pride that can inspire generations of school-children to work towards the advancement of man-kind.
However, unlike the best engineering examples from history, any bridge to Ireland simply does not conform, as there is no realistic need for it. Ireland has a tiny population, with an economy to match. What are the reasons for spending a lot of cash on something that is not required? |
Desperate attempt to save the almost ‘dead’ union .... ?
Cant think of any other reason - maybe comedy ? | |
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| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 22:08 - Feb 10 with 4718 views | Swanjaxs |
Already been done...
Fionn Mac Cumhaill and Benandonner saw to that 🇮🇪 ðŸ´ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó ´ó ¿
If you know your history.
Tiocfaidh ár lá |  |
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| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 10:07 - Feb 11 with 4589 views | WarwickHunt |
| The 'Boris' bridge from Scotland to N Ireland on 21:53 - Feb 10 by BrynCartwright |
I'm all for optimistic, great and inspiring engineering projects like Concorde, the Channel Tunnel, and, of course, the wondrous revitalisation of the Kingsway.
There is a very real upwelling of national and international pride that can inspire generations of school-children to work towards the advancement of man-kind.
However, unlike the best engineering examples from history, any bridge to Ireland simply does not conform, as there is no realistic need for it. Ireland has a tiny population, with an economy to match. What are the reasons for spending a lot of cash on something that is not required? |
What does Andrew Colwill reckon? |  | | |
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