Traingate

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(from Times Red Box)

Love it thatbags

The Guardian were in on it?

I do understand how those on this thread defending Corbyn feel, I remember how betrayed I felt when I realised he was not the honest politician I believed him to be, but I was able to accept and acknowledge this fact .

"Ram-packed"? We always call it "jam-packed". Have we been wrong all these years?

Something that niggled me gagagran but I am always open to new idiots idioms.
Must look it up, perhaps "jam-packed" sounds too "soft"( connotations of the WI , Jam and Jerusalem etc,) whereas "ram" is strong and virile?

What do you mean ^The Guardian were "in on it^"?
To me it reflects worst on JC's "team" who IMHO orchestrated or sanctioned a publicity stunt which seriously backfired. Their judgement has been called into question along with JC's for going along with it.

'Rammed' meaning full is a common expression. Certainly my DC use it all the time. Don't know why I'm even contributing, this thread is becoming more surreal by the minute. Grans with too much time on our hands perhaps? I'm off to work now, thank goodness.

thatbags nice one.

You have to book a seat on an areoplane so why not a train?! Yes of course there are odd occasions when you might have to travel with little or no notice, but I don't think this was one of them!!!!! People have been reserving seats for donkeys years - my mother always did when she visited us in Cornwall back in the 1960's. Anyone and everyone can do this, it's not for the privileged few. I think even the most ardent J.C supporter is going to have to admit that this was either a stunt or complete stupidity! What George Osbourne did was downright deceitful and indefensible, and as a Tory I'm perfectly willing to admit that, perhaps J.C supporters can be honest enough to do the same.

Jam packed - I think!

Apparently, he just wanted to sit by Laura, his wife. I'm welling up, I'm welling up!

I'm not surprised the Guardian were in on it.
I really think it is pathetic to have to manufacture news,

So I googled "ram- packed" and it automatically offered me "jam-packed" and "ram-packed" did not come up as a synonym. Fair enough, that was only one online dictionary, but insisting on "ram pack" got me this

www.yourdictionary.com/ram-pack


I understand "rammed full" even with the mental image of the Tokyo Underground which it conjures up, but think "jammed full" is more usual. We have "traffic jams" not "Rams" that is something else.

What? He wanted to sit by his wife so he made her sit on the floor with him? My DH would always wish to sit with me but being a gentleman, would insist I sat in any empty seat and he would then sort himself out, either sitting elsewhere, standing or sitting on floor.

What a lot of hot air heated discussion about a fabricated non-story!

gaga, re ram-packed, maybe he was a sheep farmer in a previous life.

Thatbags We missed our chance in Fife - should have photographed three forlorn Grans waiting on a deserted station platform somewhere in the back of beyond for a train going somewhere off our route to hope it connected with one another going to our destination. We could have made the headlines!

Ah, but it goes to prove the man is a "whited sepulchre".
You can't preach "clean" politics then pull a stunt like his! Credibility goes off the lines.

At the risk of being repetitive, knowing how crowded trains can be, book a couple of corresponding seats to avoid disappointment!!!! fairly elementary I'd have thought?!! Otherwise accept as most of us do, that you may have to travel separately, it's not that big a deal for grown up people!!

"One" is redundant. The one in that post, I mean. Well, also, lots of us are redundant or soon will be, including wannabe PMs.

elegran, we'll have our media stunt all planned out for next time. Think of the publicity for Gransnet! We'll be fêted for whole minutes!

How can a'wanna be' be made redundant ? A person can be a 'wanna be' for as long as they wish .

Best Momentum sticks to organising rallies and leave film making and amateur dramatics to others

Wed 24-Aug-16 08:33:33

You are so prejudicial (and rude) in your views Annie. What, in my post, showed me accepting a lie!