Tory MP - rename A1 as the Queen's Highway
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It's good to see there's nothing else important happening in Edward Leigh's abandoned barn of a brain at least. With such stellar representation I am sure residents of Gainsborough can sleep soundly at night.
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Re: Tory MP - rename A1 as the Queen's Highway
I suspect the idea is renaming all the current A1 and A1(M) sections to The Queens Highway, it would mean the bypassed sections and old route could remain Great North Road like in Retford...... it only really becomes a pain when it affects actual addresses and it does still pass through a few communities, my Dads address is actually Great North Road Wyboston so that would change unless Wyboston gets a proper A1 bypass rather than the associated improvements from the A428 scheme.
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The obvious one would be James VI Way, with a name change at the border. Someone that Edward Leigh would probably resonate with.roadtester wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 13:23 Perhaps the A1 should be named after a significant figure who links London and Edinburgh.
The D of E would presumably fit on that score but it could also be e.g. Gordon Brown Way (ducks for cover), a bit like the way Brian Clough Way connects Derby and Nottingham, the cities that are the homes of the two main clubs he managed during his illustrious career.
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Ah yes - that's the more obvious one!crb11 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 18:02The obvious one would be James VI Way, with a name change at the border. Someone that Edward Leigh would probably resonate with.roadtester wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 13:23 Perhaps the A1 should be named after a significant figure who links London and Edinburgh.
The D of E would presumably fit on that score but it could also be e.g. Gordon Brown Way (ducks for cover), a bit like the way Brian Clough Way connects Derby and Nottingham, the cities that are the homes of the two main clubs he managed during his illustrious career.
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I think a more appropriate question to ask him (and potentially the government) is which roads shouldn't be named after royalty.
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If I was the Queen, I'd be asking for my name to be removed from the Elizabeth Line, as she doesn't deserve to be connected to the massive delays and cost overruns
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It might be the case that you could call the route "The Queen's Highway" whilst keeping the name as Great North Road for postal purposes? Changing postal addresses would require the approval of relevant Local Authorities and could be opposed by the Royal Mail. You may even have to change actual house numbers in some places to avoid confusion where postal addresses on the A1 in the same town or locality are divided between 2 different street names.NICK 647063 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 16:02 I suspect the idea is renaming all the current A1 and A1(M) sections to The Queens Highway, it would mean the bypassed sections and old route could remain Great North Road like in Retford...... it only really becomes a pain when it affects actual addresses and it does still pass through a few communities, my Dads address is actually Great North Road Wyboston so that would change unless Wyboston gets a proper A1 bypass rather than the associated improvements from the A428 scheme.
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I doubt this is anything as sophisticated as actually changing the name of the road for postal purposes. I suspect the MP would be happy with some signs by the roadside saying “A1 The Queen’s Highway” and his name in the papers.
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This has all the hallmarks of a Vanity Project, something that costs money, achieves nothing all to stoke the ego of a self important politician who had a second rate career built largely on his connections. I dislike sycophancy at the best of times and this is one of the worst examples I have seen for quite a while.
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How about M25 The Boris Highway?
It claims to offer a lot, makes lots of noise, grabs lots of attention and causes lots of problems but when you get to the other end you don't seem to have got very far?
It claims to offer a lot, makes lots of noise, grabs lots of attention and causes lots of problems but when you get to the other end you don't seem to have got very far?
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Does this means that we have an MP for the 17th Century as well as one for the 18th Century?
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That might well be an appropriate name, especially as he appears to have travelled from Edinburgh to London in record time on hearing of the death of Elizabeth I. As I understand it, he never returned to Scotland.crb11 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 18:02The obvious one would be James VI Way, with a name change at the border. Someone that Edward Leigh would probably resonate with.roadtester wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 13:23 Perhaps the A1 should be named after a significant figure who links London and Edinburgh.
The D of E would presumably fit on that score but it could also be e.g. Gordon Brown Way (ducks for cover), a bit like the way Brian Clough Way connects Derby and Nottingham, the cities that are the homes of the two main clubs he managed during his illustrious career.
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If that's the direction in which he travelled, that suggests that the junctions should be numbered from Edinburgh rather than from London.Vierwielen wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 21:37That might well be an appropriate name, especially as he appears to have travelled from Edinburgh to London in record time on hearing of the death of Elizabeth I. As I understand it, he never returned to Scotland.crb11 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 18:02The obvious one would be James VI Way, with a name change at the border. Someone that Edward Leigh would probably resonate with.roadtester wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 13:23 Perhaps the A1 should be named after a significant figure who links London and Edinburgh.
The D of E would presumably fit on that score but it could also be e.g. Gordon Brown Way (ducks for cover), a bit like the way Brian Clough Way connects Derby and Nottingham, the cities that are the homes of the two main clubs he managed during his illustrious career.
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He returned once!Vierwielen wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 21:37That might well be an appropriate name, especially as he appears to have travelled from Edinburgh to London in record time on hearing of the death of Elizabeth I. As I understand it, he never returned to Scotland.crb11 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 18:02The obvious one would be James VI Way, with a name change at the border. Someone that Edward Leigh would probably resonate with.roadtester wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 13:23 Perhaps the A1 should be named after a significant figure who links London and Edinburgh.
The D of E would presumably fit on that score but it could also be e.g. Gordon Brown Way (ducks for cover), a bit like the way Brian Clough Way connects Derby and Nottingham, the cities that are the homes of the two main clubs he managed during his illustrious career.
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If A1(M) becomes M1, then the existing M1 has to become M4*, for example M43.
A better idea is to change A1(M) to M10. Then you have M1 and M10, M2 and M20 and M4 and M40.
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As long as the other carrier doesn't get an HMS Camillaroadtester wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 12:44 One suggestion was that one of the Royal Navy's still-to-be-built Type 26 frigates should be named after him - one symbolic point of significance is that one of the planned jobs of the Type 26s is to escort the UK's new aircraft carriers, so the frigate HMS Duke of Edinburgh/HMS Prince Philip would escort HMS Queen Elizabeth, rather as the D of E escorted HMQ in life.
As I understand it, HMS Edinburgh has yet to be formally ordered (never mind actually launched, and named), so it would an ideal, symbolic, move - especially as none of the Type 23 "Duke Class" frigates were named Edinburgh.
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