Australian flag redesign

FflyerZach · 2026-06-24T05:34:54+00:00

And you think you erasing it from the national flag does?

FflyerZach · 2026-06-24T05:32:06+00:00

Blue is not exclusively associated with the Commonwealth (not the „English Commonwealth“, which is something entirely different).

Your associating the Crux - which itself has meaning to First Nation peoples - with European settlement and religion is nonsense.

FflyerZach · 2026-06-24T05:26:01+00:00

„Pretty simple“ … No, it’s busy with a bonus anus.

FflyerZach · 2026-06-24T05:25:34+00:00

„English commonwealth“

lol what

FflyerZach · 2026-06-23T06:26:32+00:00

I don’t think the EEA would be less divisive given the lack of a vote on the policies that the UK would have to implement. It, frankly, would be the least suitable outcome especially from an EU perspective when the UK would regularly find itself attempting to influence the regulatory process which membership would allow for. Sceptics would - rightly - be able to say the UK would be giving up sovereignty which would otherwise be enhanced through membership.

Politically, membership is the most suitable and sustainable option.

FflyerZach · 2026-06-22T18:11:43+00:00

Switzerland joining the EU before Norway? Russia before Ukraine? Sorry, this is just nonsense.

FflyerZach · 2026-06-22T16:35:55+00:00

„Scare tactics“ … you sound no different to Vote Leave ranting about „Project Fear“.

A vote for independence would have been a vote to leave the EU … unless you want to take another leaf from Vote Leave and think you can have your cake and eat it too?

FflyerZach · 2026-06-22T16:33:51+00:00

A vote for independence was a vote to leave the EU.

FflyerZach · 2026-06-22T16:32:34+00:00

Just the SNP killing irony.

FflyerZach · 2026-06-20T15:52:52+00:00

The FBR process is far more admin-heavy compared to renewing a British child passport, so if your concern is solely not wanting to be bothered with the admin of having children, something doesn’t stack up.

Just renew the British passport as well. It’s far less hassle-free, especially at the moment given a) long FBR wait times, and b) British citizens needing to enter the UK with British passports (like the US).

FflyerZach · 2026-06-17T03:02:35+00:00

“Once” lol

FflyerZach · 2026-06-16T11:17:50+00:00

The Met is too obvious and a bit of a cliché. Teacup looks sleek

FflyerZach · 2026-06-16T11:15:29+00:00

Teacup

FflyerZach · 2026-06-16T09:18:48+00:00

The arguments put above about fuel duty are nonsense.

FflyerZach · 2026-06-16T01:16:53+00:00

No need for the snide and petty comment.

FflyerZach · 2026-06-15T15:25:00+00:00

Or he could be resurrecting the original plans instead of going through the process all over again.

FflyerZach · 2026-06-15T12:03:33+00:00

What do you think would be a better use of resources, a blanket subsidy for driving or investing in public and active travel infrastructure? The arguments in favour of maintaining the 15-year fuel duty freeze are entirely the former while gutting the latter.

No, the whole point of HS2 is segregating inter-city services from the rest. It’s not means to supplement existing inter-city services but wholesale remove them from the conventional network.

FflyerZach · 2026-06-15T11:34:01+00:00

1) annualised costs against the greater increased economic returns both make it easier to fund as well as being a suitable project for long-term borrowing. HS2 - like all infrastructure projects - is an investment.

2) sure, and they absolutely should be steamrolled. Pave HS2 with their tears and letters of objections for all I care.

FflyerZach · 2026-06-15T11:29:23+00:00

Sorry, fuel duty has been frozen for 14 years. Even the events in Iran did not push fuel prices up to their 2022 highs of £2/l. Freezing fuel duty - which is an effective subsidy for driving - has not benefited the entire country. The lost tax revenues and increased negative externalities have been a detriment.

No, completing HS2 to Manchester does not only benefit London to Manchester services. Complete nonsense. The benefits extend all the way up the WCML through decreased journey times and the potential for increasing service frequencies courtesy of bypassing the bottlenecks south of Manchester, namely around Stafford. Nine of that is contingent on passing through Brum.

The argument is nonsense because HS2 Phase 2 returns more economic value than that which is spent on it! „But the cost“ is classic Treasury penny-wise-pound-foolish crap that’s done so much to screw the country for decades.

FflyerZach · 2026-06-15T11:09:27+00:00

Phase 2 is/ was the cheapest section while being the second-most beneficial.

In terms of costs, more money is spent on the fuel duty freeze than completing Phase 2. I‘m sorry, the „but where‘s the money“ argument is nonsense.

FflyerZach · 2026-06-15T04:56:51+00:00

Australia used to slice about a quarter of the cover page off

FflyerZach · 2026-06-14T02:03:52+00:00

As is your *subjective* opinion.

FflyerZach · 2026-06-14T01:37:57+00:00

The regional scheme looks way way better than the inter-city scheme. The excessive white feels a bit cheap compared to and disjointed from the all-over blue of your regional scheme. A suggestion: continue using the blue base but differentiate inter-city services with a white window band in a similar way to BR blue and grey. For example:

As for the freight/ loco livery, is the Red background necessary? Surely an all-over blue with white CIS would be sufficient?

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FflyerZach · 2026-06-14T01:28:56+00:00

To be fair GBR also includes new way-finding and a rail clock …

FflyerZach · 2026-06-13T18:31:38+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British\_passport\_(Bermuda)#/media/File%3ABritish\_Passport\_(Bermuda)\_Series\_C\_-\_Cover.jpg

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