Sounds very reminiscent of Ceaușescu’s Romania. Disturbing.

It *literally* does. Thats what it is. A document which says youre British.

Politics London discussing driverless taxis casually referring to “jaywalking pedestrians”. Jaywalking is not a thing in UK law. Transport for London and Government had better not be asleep at the wheel on this.

Just going to leave this here

I was born and raised in Gorton and Denton, and I absolutely guarantee you Reform won't put it first. They won't even put Britain first. They'll put Russia first. We LITERALLY jailed one of them for doing that.

Reminder that "jaywalking" was literally made up by american car manufacturers to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrians. "Jay" was a slang term meaning "idiot" or "rube".

457 British troops lost their lives in Afghanistan. Trump avoided military service 5 times. How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed.

Replace ABC Corp with Network Rail and this would describe several of my former colleagues.

In all the time I’ve spent here and in the other place, I don’t think I’ve ever wanted to refer someone to Arkell v. Pressdram. Something about the people using the Meta equivalent that makes me want to do it regularly.

For balance, as I do spend a lot of time poo-pooing suggestions that this or that thing is meant as a Nazi allusion, I should point out here that I absolutely believe that this logo is meant as a Nazi allusion, it’s an open and shut case.

I’m down with the kids, innit.

One of the most maddening things about our current government is the way that they seem to think that if you find the right ambiguity of framing, they can continue to have it both ways and be everyone’s friend indefinitely.

So I know the enshittification of British Airways is well known but a few tips for them if they want to improve: 1. Cancelling a flight and rebooking on the next available flight should not mean being rebooked on the one three hours before your cancelled flight.

if you can't afford clothes, it's not clothing poverty, it's poverty. If you can't afford sanitary protection, it's not period poverty, it's poverty. Divvying up poverty into little bits hides the fact that poverty is poverty and gives right-wingers an in to say "poor people need to budget better."

SY26 at Longbridge (Submitted by Thomas Crame) #SignalOfTheDay

Found the actual men in women's bathrooms assaulting women.

Takin over are citys (sic)

What?? This is very bad news for people (at least in inner-ish London) who want to live without a car. I'm more of a Zip van user myself and they can be very, very useful.

Happy Hesa Fredrik day to all who celebrate. What do you mean, you forgot? I bet you remembered at 1500…

For context this "independent voice" is a former Conservative candidate and the sister-in-law of David Cameron

As Jonathan Gullis joins Reform UK, it's only fair to remind people of this. All forgotten, is it, Dickie? ~AA

"Honor" r brave wartime boys by hanging a small overpriced model on a tree that's in your home because of a German tradition. War Christmas is truly upon us.

Never let it be said that the British press is out of touch

There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?

What's so damned corrosive rebutting this influencer shit about railways (or probably anything else for that matter) is it makes you doubt whether hard work is even worth the effort Why bother asking, checking, confirming if something makes sense, when the bullshit wins more plaudits than truth

My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation. Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.

FFS 😡 FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening! Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu

This is a lesson on how not to ask questions Don’t ask him if he said racist things Say “ This is just one example of what fellow school pupils say you said (to a Jewish pupil) : “Hitler was right” “Gas them” making hissing noises Did you say that? Did you make hissing noises?

Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts? White adults National pride: 26% Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49% Both: 19% Ethnic minority adults National pride: 15% Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55% Both: 20% yougov.co.uk/society/arti...

The old Engineer vs Project Manager debate is alive and well. You can deliver quality, you can do something quickly, or you can do something cheaply. Whichever one you choose, the other two will suffer.

Richard Tice, March 2025: "I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform,"

Still recognise that view. Used to have to go there once or twice a year between 1984 and 2000 - this was always the nicer direction to be heading in!

Today is the day…

Nintendo Gamma Boy

I don’t know why but I get the feeling this is the sort of ‘classy’ lettering style Tr*mp would use in his hotels.

Big trouble in ‘Little Berlin’: the tiny hamlet split in two by the cold war www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Yes, because Badenoch’s was a criminal offence carrying a custodial sentence, whereas Reeves’ was not.

It’s not without problems for Norway. It wouldn’t be without big consequences here. But I find it wild that wealth taxes are straight-off treated as impossibilities whereas expelling immigrants and leaving the ECHR is seen as totally doable, when the evidence is the other way around.

Football hooliganism was just "good-natured fun" says Robert Jenrick

It me! Note the terminal in the background - this was the track to the train ferry from Helsingør to Helsingborg, pre-Øresund bridge.

When they say “too many are ignored” it means there’s too much focus on Reform and their handful of MPs compared to the Greens or the Lib Dems.

My mobile, work mobile, landline Parents’ landline, dad’s mobile Grandparents’ landline Childhood best friend’s landline No.1 work colleague Friends in Sweden Random ones I’ve not needed to use in years like my old school, old desk number, GOS, lost property number at local bus garage…

There is also a generational factor here too. Brexit occured at precisely the point that an entire generation (millenials) had grown up after the Maastricht treaty. Burgundy passports and the EU were the *norm* for them The notion they would just go away and not want this undone is for the birds

0181 811 8181 and many others…

This lurid headline is about British tourists no longer getting away with overstaying in Schengen. Or being 'illegals', as it's often called in the UK.

German media seems to be taking more seriously than ours the fact a leading light in the party UK press keeps saying will be next government took bribes from Russia to spout their lies. Maybe it’s because they put NEWS ahead of propaganda

"....and you end in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, cowering and saying nothing whilst a violent far right mob goes on the march in the capital...I’m telling you, you can’t play politics with public order and with people’s safety"

That feeling when you’re not on call for another nine hours and the SMOC rings you out of desperation…

I do like an IC3. Decent seats which line up with the windows, big tables, big luggage racks. Take note, UK.