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    GWR two passengers left behind at Paddington

    The whole of this thread is speculation. AFAIK no one commenting was at the station or involved in the incident. No one can say what actually happened and why.
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    Reputable locksmiths

    Does a locksmith having membership of the MLA give the customer any additional protection when it comes to pricing ?
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    The cost of the welfare state - challenges posed and solutions

    Well its up to the individual to do their due diligence on whether a unit trust inside an isa is likely to perform better or worse than the one outside. In the past 29 years, you could have switched. Yes interest gross interest rates can be higher outside a cash isa, but then whether they...
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    The cost of the welfare state - challenges posed and solutions

    Defined benefit pensions are dying out in part due to the actions of Brown but also because they pass most of not all of the risk of under performance on to the employer. With defined contribution pensions, the risk is with the employees. Someone who took out a unit trust back in 1997 has had...
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    SWR investigation – historical short-faring / advice on likely outcome

    Did this contact arise 'out of the blue' or were you stopped and this is a follow up to bring stopped?
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    Advice on EMR Unpaid Fare Notice appeal, Misled by Departure board & staff

    What did you do between arriving at the station and boarding the 22.32 such that you didn't see the 21.36 depart at 21.54 given you were inside the barriers?
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    Trivia: shortest train journey crossing a national border (both within the UK and abroad)?

    If one allows trams, port du rhin in Strasbourg to kehl banhof across the rhine.
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    Future for Gwili Railway after Carmarthen-Aberystwyth line reopening.

    Mr Valentine, what do you do in the morning before this place opens? I wait impatient for the day to dawn. Suppose the day dawned at 13 minutes to nine. Mr Chesterford, you're a poet, a dreamer of beautiful dreams. There is nothing in law to prevent a railway company opening a bar in...
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    Future for Gwili Railway after Carmarthen-Aberystwyth line reopening.

    Presumably to the bar on the train - see titfield thunderbolt for details.
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    Reopenings - the positive narrative the railway industry needs !

    And chocolate and various other industries
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    Reform UK discussion

    If you say so. Btw reform are stuffed full of 'establishment ' but naive to think otherwise.
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    Reform UK discussion

    Other parties are transparent in where monies received originate from. If they aren't they will find themselves under investigation.
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    The 'Rip Off Britain' thread

    You are getting a discount because you are buying three items. If you don't want the three items then don't buy them, but don't expect a discount. Or shop elsewhere. A ripoff is only a ripoff if you have no alternatives.
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    BR Region Boards?

    A similar structure was created with the gas industry. Regional boards were quite common in other businesses in the days when communication wasn't as quick and easy as it is now.
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    The 'Rip Off Britain' thread

    I don't see it as being ripped off. I use them when I want to and not when I dont. I went into one earlier this week and there was nothing that took my fancy so I went elsewhere.

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