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https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/13...-latest-update

FRANCE is in talks with Britain in a desperate bid to rescue Eurostar as the fight begins to keep the rail operator alive but insisted the UK must also contribute to any rescue package.
Insisting, excuse me. Sick of the French expecting bailout when things go pear-shaped.
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23-01-2021, 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Cinderella ->
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/13...-latest-update

Insisting, excuse me. Sick of the French expecting bailout when things go pear-shaped.
It's what the Frogs do: demand.

Until someone stands up to them, then out come the white flags!

They've always been like that. Agincourt, Waterloo, etc.
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23-01-2021, 05:26 PM
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Re: Eurostar in cash crisis !!

Originally Posted by Cinderella ->
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/13...-latest-update

Insisting, excuse me. Sick of the French expecting bailout when things go pear-shaped.
I've got a penny in my pocket. I'll send them that.
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23-01-2021, 06:37 PM
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Operating 24 hours like Shuttle might help, give passengers an incentive to travel at silly o'clock with reduced fares.

Fast but inflexible.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/polit...n-getlink-sncf

We can call it Britstar - or Brit Tunnel
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Huw Merriman, chairman of the Commons Transport Select Committee, called on ministers in the UK to come up with a solution for Eurostar.

Mr Merriman continued: “Services have been stripped back to a bare minimum. It needs a joint, bespoke UK-French solution to help it through this crisis.
What that means imo is bail us out, nothing to do with us. It is no longer viable because of covid restrictions. Surely it could be mothballed until the situation improves.
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Re: Eurostar in cash crisis !!

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https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/14...ce-bailout-spt




What that means imo is bail us out, nothing to do with us. It is no longer viable because of covid restrictions. Surely it could be mothballed until the situation improves.
Seems like HUW is in favour of us,( as in us!) giving them a hand out ?
I thought we sold all our shares back to them??
Don't that mean they own 100%. of the debt??
Telll them what to do !!

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13-04-2021, 08:39 PM
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Bloody cheek.
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13-04-2021, 09:13 PM
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Re: Eurostar in cash crisis !!

Originally Posted by Cinderella ->
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/14...ce-bailout-spt

What that means imo is bail us out, nothing to do with us. It is no longer viable because of covid restrictions. Surely it could be mothballed until the situation improves.
It is nothing to do with us now. It is completely French-owned.
I think they have a bit of a nerve to come begging us to help them out after all the Frogs have done against us.
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13-04-2021, 09:18 PM
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One white elephant we don't need. No benefit to UK so steer well clear.

From Wikipedia.

In 1919, during the Paris Peace Conference, the British prime minister, David Lloyd George, repeatedly brought up the idea of a Channel tunnel as a way of reassuring France about British willingness to defend against another German attack. The French did not take the idea seriously, and nothing came of Lloyd George's proposal.

Our idea so guess that is why UK expected as usual to sort out the French mismanagement.

AETA

Interesting that Lloyd George thought Germany would try again.
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I'm delighted to read (Daily Express) that France agricultural sector looks like it's going to be facing a very poor crop yield this year because of late frosts.

Oh dear, tut tut, how sad. Next?
 
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