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.

Let’s see what the ethics adviser says, but maybe instead of all this jumping up and down, now would be a good time to discuss how we look after disabled children and build a more caring country.

This is a brilliant cuss.

Freed from desire, mind and senses purified Freed from desire, mind and senses purified Freed from desire, mind and senses purified Freed from desire...

I’m frequently reminded of this when I see a certain Oxbridge-educated gentleman who is not yet 35 but dressing like my grandfather did, posting on Twitter about the merits of various buildings.

Woken at 0430 (thanks body). So far today has been made bearable by a combination of ‘pink’ and espresso.

Someone said “if it weren’t for all the shootings you wouldn’t even know America had schools”

I miss Hki.

There's a certain irony that Yvette Fielding disliked Biddy Baxter so much, yet she's the only Blue Peter presenter who can still hear from her.

Two trains with a direct link across two centuries: Locomotion was built by Robert Stephenson & Co in 1825. The firm later became part of English Electric and then GEC.Through a merger in 1989, GEC-Alsthom was created. It went on to build our original class 373 (TMST) eurostar trains. #Railway200

Good grief - looks like Network Rail* has been deliberately deceiving people into submitting comments on a planning portal in support of its Liverpool St plans. Totally unacceptable for a public body. www.victoriansociety.org.uk/national-new... *(an agency it is paying to act on its behalf)

Not sure why Reform are up in arms about 16 and 17 year olds voting. They put this 18 year old in charge of a £2bn council, which is pretty irresponsible if they thought he couldn’t even be trusted to vote a few months ago.

Pleased to have seen this gem from SVT and passed it on. Just remind me to avoid the mussels next time I visit Sweden.

The Telegraph who hate illegal immigrants, advising Brits how to be illegal immigrants.

The shocking thing here is that Zia Yusuf is two years younger than me.

I’ve seen it all now. Therapy dog, therapy horse… but therapy SKUNK?

100% would buy.