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Reply | Cardiff Airport
at 09:50 18 May 2025
But isn't this a chicken and egg situation.
Travellers say they won't use Cardiff because of the lack of choice. If Jet2 or Easyjet came to Cardiff there'd be more choice so more people would travel from there. But at the moment Jet2 and Easyjet won't come to Cardiff because they don't have the traveller numbers to make it worthwhile.
The only way to fix that would be for the Senedd to provide financial incentives to the airlines while those numbers build up. But then people say we don't want the Senedd spending money on the airport.
So what's the answer ? |
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Reply | Is Putin a massive yellow bellied coward?
at 14:09 16 May 2025
One of the Senedd's areas of responsibility is road infrastructure. If they had been offered that £1.5 billion to invest in Wales' road infrastructure i'm certain they would have taken it. But they weren't. They were told that they'd have to spend it on the relief road. And they rightly saw that as an undermining of the devolution settlement as Westminster did with the internal market bill.
Whether you agree or disagree with devolution or with how the Senedd is managing devolution the fact is that it's with us and the responsibility for the areas they control is with the Senedd.
I'd be interested in how you think Drakeford and Sturgeon went out of their way to harm the UK. A baffling statement.
And with regard to the wellbeing of the UK, MD and NS's responsibility was for the wellbeing of Wales and Scotland, the countries they were elected to represent, within the UK.
'What a silly post comparing Putin to democratically elected leaders.' You posted this suggesting that having democratically elected leaders running our countries is the right thing compared with a having murdering dictator like Putin in charge. But then you say it's okay for the PM to ignore the democratically elected leaders of Wales and Scotland.
Again utterly baffling. |
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Reply | Let’s all laugh at Cardiff
at 09:34 14 May 2025
'we are flying the Welsh flag in the domestic football league, we are the biggest and most successful club in Wales.'
It's just so odd. Do they walk around with eyes closed and ear muffs on ?
If you were to ask supporters of the other 90 clubs which club has been flying the Welsh flag in domestic football for the last twenty years i'm pretty certain the poll would come out something like 95/5 in favour of the Swans. That would be from people with no axe to grind.
If you were to ask them about the previous eighty years the vast majority would probably say who cares. It's the last twenty that's important. If you said that Cardiff won the FA Cup in 1927 they'd probably laugh at the thought that that is something they still boast about. I doubt if many Bury fans boast about having won it cup twice during that time.
Some of them (not all, some good, sensible CCFC supporters post on here) continue to post things that just make everyone else laugh at them.
They are just saying it because they want it to be true. Saying it doesn't make it true. |
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Reply | REFORM IN GOVERNMENT
at 12:57 13 May 2025
Fair comment about Westminster cat. It's supposed to be a voluntary union. Which to me means it's your choice whether to stay or leave.
'You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave'. It seems that Wales has a permanent room at the Hotel California whether we want it or not. |
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Reply | Let’s all laugh at Cardiff
at 17:52 12 May 2025
I usually avoid walesonline especially since that parasite Tom Coleman started lifting other people's work. But when I saw 'every other club's cup final' linked to Cardiff I had to read it. And that's what the article says.
Apparently they are going to be last season's Birmingham. Only difference being I don't see them spending £15 million on one player. £15 maybe
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Reply | REFORM IN GOVERNMENT
at 12:11 12 May 2025
I think you knew very well when writing that that it wasn't a reasonable point to make raynor.
So if we imagine Plaid got a majority in the Senedd but with 35% of the votes (and 35% is probably a stretch) they are then going to say let's hold a referendum while knowing they'd get a 35% yes vote !
We all know in reality that if Plaid was to become the majority party in the Senedd they would have to run the country successfully for probably two terms before hopefully persuading a majority that independence was a good idea. If they weren't successful then the indy numbers would go down not up. |
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Reply | REFORM IN GOVERNMENT
at 10:18 12 May 2025
The difference with the previous Labour/Plaid coalition is that Labour were the biggest party. So essentially they dictated a lot of what Plaid had to accept in order for them to get some of their policies through as well.
Hopefully this time it will be the other way round with Plaid being the party governing with Labour hanging on their coat tails. A huge difference. |
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Reply | STADIUM EXPANSION
at 16:25 9 May 2025
There are so many situations in life generally where people say i'd better not do it because it might go pear shaped. I bet all of us can think of things we wish we'd done but didn't in case it didn't work out. And regretted it later.
It's not really any different here. And the money will be there. |
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Reply | STADIUM EXPANSION
at 09:48 9 May 2025
I had a look on some website and they said 19k.
Of course that would include their biggest crowd of the year against their bigger and better rivals just down the road which the size of their stadium could accommodate. And by that I don't mean Bristol City.
They also probably had big crowds for Bristol City, Leeds, West Brom etc which we could not accommodate hence the argument for expanding the Liberty when funds allow. |
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Reply | STADIUM EXPANSION
at 09:43 9 May 2025
Actually that's just what I said kilk.
'I don't suggest spending now because the 'spend on the team' argument is correct at the moment. But if we do manage to get to the PL again I believe the diggers should be in asap after the final game.'
I also said that if/when we get there I don't want all the PL TV money ending up the players pockets again.
If we do get there would you prefer the whole of the £120 million or so to go on players (transfer fees and salaries) or would you want some to be used to build and strengthen the infrastructure of the club for the future ? |
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Reply | Starmer reversing
at 18:06 7 May 2025
Well done Gwyn. You saved me posting something similar.
I fully expected the brexiteers on here to jump on this arguing about it being a brexit benefit. What a strange world we are living in. |
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Reply | Terry Coles RIP ...
at 17:51 6 May 2025
RIP TC.
Was there but didn't know what had happened till afterwards. |
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Reply | STADIUM EXPANSION
at 17:49 6 May 2025
That's sort of true. But i'd class those people as fans. My brother is a fan of Arsenal. He's bought some shirts over the years but never been to Highbury or the Emirates. He just liked the way they used to play football and has stuck with them. But the very small amount of money he's put in will have made a negligible difference. Others may buy more merchandise but it's still not a huge amount.
A supporter to me is someone who puts money into a club in the form of ST's or game tickets every year amounting to many thousands over a lifetime. Plus they are in the ground literally supporting the team with their presence. |
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Reply | STADIUM EXPANSION
at 09:07 6 May 2025
Totally agree. They only become lifelong fans if they are able to get tickets to watch games. And in the PL with a 21k capacity that just isn't/wasn't possible. |
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Reply | Cardiff Airport
at 22:19 5 May 2025
Both good points.
I shouldn't have said expand. I should have said, if Bristol is unable to take more passengers then Cardiff should be an alternative as it has plenty of capacity to take more passengers.
A low cost airline would be brilliant. |
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Reply | Cardiff Airport
at 18:08 5 May 2025
The last time I read up on this it was stated that Bristol airport had 9.6 million passengers that particular year. The article stated that the airport was at capacity and was unable to expand. This was last year sometime so they may have somehow acquired more land in the meantime. But I seem to remember that acquiring land for expansion was not possible for some reason
So it may have been the fastest growing airport but can't grow any more. Meanwhile Cardiff could expand enormously - potentially. |
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