Recent content by dtaylor84

"This ensures consistent results with most accredited retail systems currently in use." Presumably that means most retail systems are rounding down, but some aren't.

That would be watching TV as it is broadcast, which requires a licence.

Mental health services were stretched far too thin even before this crisis. Unfortunately many people do not have a support network.

I was going to respond to this but writing a response is making me too angry.

Plenty of Scottish pubs have a sign saying "no off-sales after 10pm" implying they offer them before 10pm. I can't recall ever having taken a pub up on that offer, though, given their prices.

I'd rather have totally irrelevant ads, as it's less likely to persuade me to spend money on something I don't want.

What you quoted is what it means - it's a code for that reason.

It fits perfectly. Using Facebook as an identity provider (to authenticate logins) falls under "off-Facebook activity" alongside everything else (including the more problematic data-mining). A cynic would suggest they've tied then together to confuse the issue, and make it less likely people...

What if the holder of a season ticket chooses not to make a journey?

Pot, meet kettle.

Typically, ITT documents do not outline every legal requirement that applies to those tendering... It's generally expected that those tendering will follow the law!

I'm not sure how you get to that conclusion. It describes emergency RRVs as "unplanned" not "unscheduled", and explicitly says they are unlikely to be "unscheduled" which would be required to be outside of the Regulations:

What on Earth is an "accredited split ticket provider" and how do they differ from an "accredited ticket provider"?

I do remember some scathing criticism of Brown, when he took over from Blair without a general election. In particular, from, uh, Johnson... https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2019/06/without-mandate-british-people-how-boris-johnson-described-gordon-brown-2007

It doesn't really matter what's possible. What matters is that if conditions get that bad, passengers will self-detrain.