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Post by jonksy on Mar 26, 2024 13:58:00 GMT
Does it matter? - is there a limit on when councils should stop wasting taxpayer money? Does it matter? Well, it was your complaint that rainbow crossings were "obviously more expensive". If they turn out to cost the same as a normal crossing, then no money has been wasted. The only money wasted would be that over and above what the cost would have been. Would you call this a fucking bargain Andy?
Day-to-day services 'not impacted' The crossing took a year to develop alongside the West London Queer project, with the rainbow crossing itself costing in excess of £34,000 in addition to £9,000 on resurfacing and road markings, £1,900 on traffic management and more than £4,500 on road safety audits.
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Post by Pacifico on Mar 26, 2024 15:23:17 GMT
Does it matter? - is there a limit on when councils should stop wasting taxpayer money? Does it matter? Well, it was your complaint that rainbow crossings were "obviously more expensive". If they turn out to cost the same as a normal crossing, then no money has been wasted. The only money wasted would be that over and above what the cost would have been. Of course painting multiple colours is going to be more expensive - how can it not be, you are using twice as much paint for a start. Is there any limit where you start worrying about taxpayers money being wasted? |
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Post by jonksy on Mar 26, 2024 16:16:57 GMT
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Post by andrewbrown on Mar 26, 2024 18:56:01 GMT
Does it matter? Well, it was your complaint that rainbow crossings were "obviously more expensive". If they turn out to cost the same as a normal crossing, then no money has been wasted. The only money wasted would be that over and above what the cost would have been. Of course painting multiple colours is going to be more expensive - how can it not be, you are using twice as much paint for a start. Is there any limit where you start worrying about taxpayers money being wasted? I think we actually agree that there would be some extra paint, and probably a bit extra time too. But we're not talking about 10s of thousands of pounds here, so to give it as a reason for councils having no money is hyperbolic. |
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Post by jonksy on Mar 26, 2024 19:17:40 GMT
Of course painting multiple colours is going to be more expensive - how can it not be, you are using twice as much paint for a start. Is there any limit where you start worrying about taxpayers money being wasted? I think we actually agree that there would be some extra paint, and probably a bit extra time too. But we're not talking about 10s of thousands of pounds here, so to give it as a reason for councils having no money is hyperbolic. I beg to differ Andy...
Labour-run council sparks fury after splashing out nearly £50,000 of taxpayers' cash on LGBT-friendly rainbow junction
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Post by andrewbrown on Mar 26, 2024 19:20:13 GMT
I think we actually agree that there would be some extra paint, and probably a bit extra time too. But we're not talking about 10s of thousands of pounds here, so to give it as a reason for councils having no money is hyperbolic. I beg to differ Andy...
Labour-run council sparks fury after splashing out nearly £50,000 of taxpayers' cash on LGBT-friendly rainbow junction
My question still stands, how much would a non Rainbow junction have cost? You all seem a bit reticent to answer. I don't know if this is because you don't know, or didn't like the answer. |
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Post by jonksy on Mar 26, 2024 19:23:17 GMT
I beg to differ Andy...
Labour-run council sparks fury after splashing out nearly £50,000 of taxpayers' cash on LGBT-friendly rainbow junction
My question still stands, how much would a non Rainbow junction have cost? You all seem a bit reticent to answer. I don't know if this is because you don't know, or didn't like the answer. Well it would cost much less than fucking £50 K Andy.. |
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Post by Pacifico on Mar 26, 2024 21:44:40 GMT
Of course painting multiple colours is going to be more expensive - how can it not be, you are using twice as much paint for a start. Is there any limit where you start worrying about taxpayers money being wasted? I think we actually agree that there would be some extra paint, and probably a bit extra time too. But we're not talking about 10s of thousands of pounds here, so to give it as a reason for councils having no money is hyperbolic. But if Councils have your attitude then it's only a 'few 10s of thousands' on everything - and suddenly all those 'few 10s of thousands' start adding up. Either you have a responsible attitude to spending taxpayers money or you don't. Forget paint, what about EDI spending that was over £20 Million by Councils in the last financial year - is that a good reason for Councils being short of money? |
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Post by Red Rackham on Mar 26, 2024 21:54:01 GMT
My question still stands, how much would a non Rainbow junction have cost? You all seem a bit reticent to answer. I don't know if this is because you don't know, or didn't like the answer. Cost aside, what is the point of a rainbow crossing or junction? Is it any more functional than a traditional crossing or junction? Or is it more a case of a council, and lets face it it's going to be a left wing council, saying 'look at us, aren't we virtuous'. Andrew, it's nonsense. |
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Post by andrewbrown on Mar 26, 2024 23:13:06 GMT
My question still stands, how much would a non Rainbow junction have cost? You all seem a bit reticent to answer. I don't know if this is because you don't know, or didn't like the answer. Well it would cost much less than fucking £50 K Andy.. You will tell me how much is does cost? Thank goodness, then we'll be able to do the math. |
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Post by andrewbrown on Mar 26, 2024 23:14:50 GMT
My question still stands, how much would a non Rainbow junction have cost? You all seem a bit reticent to answer. I don't know if this is because you don't know, or didn't like the answer. Cost aside, what is the point of a rainbow crossing or junction? Is it any more functional than a traditional crossing or junction? Or is it more a case of a council, and lets face it it's going to be a left wing council, saying 'look at us, aren't we virtuous'. Andrew, it's nonsense. It's about the cost. I don't really give a stuff about the colours. It's not something that I desperately want, but it's also not something that I'm going to snowflake over either. |
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Post by Red Rackham on Mar 26, 2024 23:22:46 GMT
Cost aside, what is the point of a rainbow crossing or junction? Is it any more functional than a traditional crossing or junction? Or is it more a case of a council, and lets face it it's going to be a left wing council, saying 'look at us, aren't we virtuous'. Andrew, it's nonsense. It's about the cost. I don't really give a stuff about the colours. It's not something that I desperately want, but it's also not something that I'm going to snowflake over either. No you're wrong. Public authorities like councils and the NHS insist on spending hundreds of thousands of tax payers pounds on rainbow crossings and other woke virtue signalling and it's wrong. It's browbeating, it's left wing publicly funded authorities telling us how they think, we should think, at our expense. |
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Post by jonksy on Mar 26, 2024 23:56:02 GMT
Well it would cost much less than fucking £50 K Andy.. You will tell me how much is does cost? Thank goodness, then we'll be able to do the math. FFS Andy now maybe you could tell what the cost would be and then go on to explain what fucking practicle use a multi coloured crossing is? I suppose you see a £50K crossing a fucking bargain because it was built by the loony woke left.. |
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Post by jonksy on Mar 26, 2024 23:58:17 GMT
Cost aside, what is the point of a rainbow crossing or junction? Is it any more functional than a traditional crossing or junction? Or is it more a case of a council, and lets face it it's going to be a left wing council, saying 'look at us, aren't we virtuous'. Andrew, it's nonsense. It's about the cost. I don't really give a stuff about the colours. It's not something that I desperately want, but it's also not something that I'm going to snowflake over either.FFS Andy so why even try and steer or divert the thread away from the subject? You are a bloody snowflake as you have proved many times... |
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Post by jonksy on Mar 27, 2024 0:00:44 GMT
It's about the cost. I don't really give a stuff about the colours. It's not something that I desperately want, but it's also not something that I'm going to snowflake over either. No you're wrong. Public authorities like councils and the NHS insist on spending hundreds of thousands of tax payers pounds on rainbow crossings and other woke virtue signalling and it's wrong. It's browbeating, it's left wing publicly funded authorities telling us how they think, we should think, at our expense. Perhaps Andy thinks that all the EUSSR's unwated dross will be more visible on a multi coloured crossing.. |
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