THEFATBASTARD Posted 19 October 2012 Posted 19 October 2012 goegeous george tried to travel to London on a VIRGIN train, in first class on a standard class ticket..and was caught ,his aid had to cough up the 160 quid to stay there ...is there anybody in the cabinet who's not got criminal tendancies? They should be renamed the dirty dozen.
Babylon Posted 19 October 2012 Posted 19 October 2012 Is it illegal to pay for an upgrade whilst on a train then?
THEFATBASTARD Posted 19 October 2012 Author Posted 19 October 2012 he should of been in standard..then if he wanted to go first class he should of seen the ticket conductor,, if he didn't know that, he is too stupid to be the chancellor.. his aid had to pay, he clearly had no money for an upgrade..
foxesfan1989 Posted 19 October 2012 Posted 19 October 2012 Classic eton / oxford mentality. Can't believe we have these people running the country. Somewhere along the line, we made a great error setting up a society that allows people like him to rule over us.
21st Century Fox Posted 19 October 2012 Posted 19 October 2012 He got his assistant to pay because he needed his banknotes for his trip to the loo.
davieG Posted 19 October 2012 Posted 19 October 2012 BBc Version George Osborne has been forced to pay for an upgrade after sitting in a first class train carriage with a standard class ticket. An aide to Mr Osborne initially refused to pay the £160 supplement and said the chancellor did not want to move into standard class, Virgin Trains said. ITV reporter Rachel Townsend, who was on the same train as the chancellor, Tweeted about the incident. The chancellor did not comment when he arrived at Euston station. A Treasury source said Mr Osborne got on a different train from the one planned due to diary change. He had no seat reservation. The source said the chancellor was happy to pay for an upgrade, for which an aide paid. 'Correct ticket' Mr Osborne was unaware of any conversation with the train manager let alone any row, said the source. In a series of tweets, ITV reporter Rachel Townsend, who works for Granada Reports in the North-West of England, said: "Very interesting train journey to Euston Chancellor George Osborne just got on at Wilmslow with a STANDARD ticket and he has sat in FIRST CLASS... "His aide tells ticket collector he cannot possibly move and sit with the likes of us in standard class and requests he is allowed to remain in First Class. "Ticket collector refuses... I am a carriage away from the action but have asked ticket inspector if he was going to let him stay "no chance" "£160 for First Class upgrade... aide says no!.. "Breaking news: George Osborne pays £160 to stay in first class!" Mr Osborne is understood not to have had any direct communication with Virgin Trains staff - and an officer from the Metropolitan Police, who was escorting the chancellor, is reported to have told the train manager in advance that Mr Osborne did not have the correct ticket. Once on the train, the manager told the officer Mr Osborne would have to pay an upgrade fare, a request which Mr Osborne's aide initially refused, according to Virgin Trains. But after being asking for a second time, the aide agreed that the extra £160 would be paid. A crowd of journalists and photographers, who have been following the story on Twitter, gathered at Euston in the hope of quizzing the chancellor about the incident. 'Out of touch' Labour have been quick to seize on the row, with shadow cabinet officer minister Michael Dugher saying: "Another day, another demonstration of how out of touch this government is. "Just like Andrew Mitchell, George Osborne obviously thinks it's one rule for him and another for the plebs he's so keen to sit apart from. So much for 'we're all in it together'." On his website, Mr Osborne boasts about helping to save direct train services between London and Wilmslow, which he uses to commute from his Tatton constituency, in Cheshire. On its website, Virgin Trains warns travellers they will be charged an excesss or penalty fare if they board a train without a ticket or attempt to change from standard to first class without a first class ticket. If you do not produce a valid ticket when asked, "you could be refused travel entirely or asked to leave a train or station before you have completed your journey," it adds. Seems like a case of who you believe the aide or the ticket inspector.
acooling08 Posted 19 October 2012 Posted 19 October 2012 Can't make my mind up on Osbourne. I support his economic policies but he does come across as incompetent. Still what made my laugh more was the classic 'Out of touch' comment from Labour. Many politicians have a superiority complex and many were involved in the expenses scandal. It isn't related to which party you're in, it's a general theme with politicians.
THEFATBASTARD Posted 19 October 2012 Author Posted 19 October 2012 quote: kevin mcquire. "the government is making The thick of it look like a documentary " ha ha..
Daggers Posted 19 October 2012 Posted 19 October 2012 No one can stand the coke-snorting inbred cvnt.
MooseBreath Posted 19 October 2012 Posted 19 October 2012 No one can stand the coke-snorting inbred cvnt. They booed because Osborne rightly stopped lining their pockets with gold. I'm sure you know they cheered Gordon Brown, genuinely the most incompetent prime minister in history, so their opinion is hardly respectable.
TrentFox Posted 19 October 2012 Posted 19 October 2012 Is it illegal to pay for an upgrade whilst on a train then? Clearly not. But one wonders why he (his team) bought standard and then didn't want to sit there ? One also questions ministers travelling first class at a time of economic restraint ... allegedly ..... well for some sections of our society at least ! All in all, a poor piece of decision-making by a senior member of Govt. And not his first time, either, possibly, according to Twitter ??.
Babylon Posted 19 October 2012 Posted 19 October 2012 Clearly not. But one wonders why he (his team) bought standard and then didn't want to sit there ? One also questions ministers travelling first class at a time of economic restraint ... allegedly ..... well for some sections of our society at least ! All in all, a poor piece of decision-making by a senior member of Govt. And not his first time, either, possibly, according to Twitter ??. You'd have to ask his team why they did. Or if in fact they were given the ticket they asked for, or whether it was just a cock up on an aides parts. It's not a run of the mill minister really is it, he's the second most important man currently in government. Who I'm sure has plenty of important work to do (you'd hope). I wouldn't really expect him to hop on a bus, or sit with in a rammed train carriage with potentially a load of noisy idiots (been on enough trains to know that's more than possible). It's fine to sit in first class and pay for an upgrade. The problem is the aide allegedly refusing to pay it. There is nothing to say Osbourne did. I don't like the smug tit or Cameron. But really this isn't even news and is pretty pathetic.
TrentFox Posted 19 October 2012 Posted 19 October 2012 You'd have to ask his team why they did. Or if in fact they were given the ticket they asked for, or whether it was just a cock up on an aides parts. It's not a run of the mill minister really is it, he's the second most important man currently in government. Who I'm sure has plenty of important work to do (you'd hope). I wouldn't really expect him to hop on a bus, or sit with in a rammed train carriage with potentially a load of noisy idiots (been on enough trains to know that's more than possible). It's fine to sit in first class and pay for an upgrade. The problem is the aide allegedly refusing to pay it. There is nothing to say Osbourne did. I don't like the smug tit or Cameron. But really this isn't even news and is pretty pathetic. Babs - you're doing that 'serious' thing again ! Stop it ! Repeat after me "this is just hilarious" "this is just hilarious". Now, doesn't that feel better ? And he certainly isn't the 2nd most important person in the country. He does, unfortunately, hold one of the most important offices in the country ! Actually, having just reread your post, you kind of did say that - apologies for being half asleep !
Deucalion Posted 19 October 2012 Posted 19 October 2012 Babs - you're doing that 'serious' thing again ! Stop it ! Repeat after me "this is just hilarious" "this is just hilarious". Now, doesn't that feel better ? And he certainly isn't the 2nd most important person in the country. He does, unfortunately, hold one of the most important offices in the country ! Actually, having just reread your post, you kind of did say that - apologies for being half asleep ! Isn't Nick Clegg the second most important person in the country?
Guest BlueBrett Posted 19 October 2012 Posted 19 October 2012 His aide tells ticket collector he cannot possibly move and sit with the likes of us in standard class and requests he is allowed to remain in First Class. "Just like Andrew Mitchell, George Osborne obviously thinks it's one rule for him and another for the plebs he's so keen to sit apart from. So much for 'we're all in it together'. Shit stirring, class war inciting arseholes. Who the hell sits in standard when they go on business trips?! I certainly don't so I'd be surprised to hear that the Chancellor of the Exchequer does. How does this kind of bullshit make it into the news.
sphericalfox Posted 19 October 2012 Posted 19 October 2012 Shit stirring, class war inciting arseholes. Who the hell sits in standard when they go on business trips?! I certainly don't so I'd be surprised to hear that the Chancellor of the Exchequer does. How does this kind of bullshit make it into the news. All public servants have been banned from travelling First Class since the Conservative coalition came into power. They must travel at the lowest cost possible on all their business trips. I don't see how he might be exempt from this policy.
Guest BlueBrett Posted 19 October 2012 Posted 19 October 2012 I don't see how he might be exempt from this policy. You really don't? I find that incredible.
sphericalfox Posted 19 October 2012 Posted 19 October 2012 You really don't? I find that incredible. I'm aware of the policy, and it doesn't have exemptions. Unless of course he's not a public servant. I know he is a self-serving Tory, but that's not an exemption.
Daggers Posted 19 October 2012 Posted 19 October 2012 You really don't? I find that incredible. Why should he be. It's a policy. It's for all of them. Why should that be incredible?
Guest BlueBrett Posted 19 October 2012 Posted 19 October 2012 If you can't see why the Chancellor might need the space and privacy of first class on a peak time train I'm not going to be the one to explain it to you.
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