Traingate

Yes. And the funerals branch. Finger in every pie, the Co-op.

Is that the same Co-op with the iffey bank?

I know nothing of Islington, they must have a co-op there because Diane Abbot said when they holidayed he would only shop in the Co-op

MP Emails are arriving now supporting Smith

He is very London isn't he
Not just London - Islington!
Although he was brought up in the country

I had a ticket for it this year, not going,

At least the Labour Conference is going ahead in September now.

I don't like Flanders and Swan, I love em.

Enjoy yer mud. Personally, I'm having a bath!

My bungalow is built on what was once a branch line , wonder if he will bring the railway back here, they will have to rehouse me then, the fire station is built where the rail station use to be , that will be interesting . And as for the muninciple buses , our bus station was moved twenty miles away to another county. He is very London isn't he

I like Flanders and Swan

Just because Stephanie Flanders was economics editor of the BBC (?) and they are singing about the stations that closed .....

I still like it anyway
I will go and wallow in some mud

No Rosesarered, I will say - when , such as WHEN i win the lottery - don't play it, WHEN I move to a house down in the town which will happen WHEN housing dept move me from band three to band one on the waiting list, band three means not a sodding chance , WHEN my vision improves,.

If is too positive , too hopeful

Yes, I remember Adlestrop

www.poemhunter.com/poem/adlestrop/

"here is a child that clambers and scrambles,
All by himself and gathering brambles"

Love that bit. These days they'd be chasing Pokemons.

That was to Jalima

Wasn't it Cuba, surely?

Alright. I'll shut up.

Politics it is then.

Yawn...

Flanders and Swan sing about all the branch lines that were closed by Marples (although Dr Beeching carried the can).

At least with the old slow trains you could appreciate the countryside as you went along. These days it whizzes past in a bit of a blur.

wonder if RLS would have written this from a carriage on the no stopping Paddington to Exeter

Referring back to the OP , perhaps Corbyn did not use the trains in the 'good olde days' - I think he had a motorbike.
Didn't he and Diane Abbott tour round East Germany on a motorbike?
Must have been thrilling.

Please use the word IF ab rather than WHEN or some of us may get the screaming ad-dabs.

When Corbyn is PM and when he takes control of railways will he still want women only carriages ?

Oh, my sweet lord,.......is that the Chattanooga choo-choo?

George Harrison. Lovely, thanks JBF

The Slow Train by Flanders and Swann:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6OHD2uCpfU