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    Caledonian Sleeper

    Each leg separately, ie 10 services per night. So the kindest measure I suppose, but also I think the most accurate The alternative would be to look at it as 4 services per night and any element of a service failing killing the whole thing If that's your experience then good for you, but the...
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    Caledonian Sleeper

    OK, since the start of June. Overall 7.0% cancelled and 18.0% late. The best performing service is the up Edinburgh, and that has been cancelled or late 11.4% of the time. The up Aberdeen has been late or cancelled 40.0% of the time. (And that's using the public timetable, not the working...
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    Caledonian Sleeper

    I'm 99.9% certain there have been plenty of ECS daytime moves up and down the WCML in the past, so not sure what has changed to mean that couldn't have happened this week.
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    Supermarkets discussion

    I suspect you will have been considerably more invested in doing the job well than the average supermarket checkout person
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    Altnabreac station and the various legal disputes around it

    If four is considered not many, I dread to think how many there are across all the various cases
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    Altnabreac station and the various legal disputes around it

    How many adjournments / continued is that now?!?
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    GTR FRAUD INVESTIGATION - Suspected Evasion

    No they're not. It is their requirement, if the OP wants to avoid being taken to court. Obviously its designed to sound intimidating and may imply to some its a legal requirement
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    The cost of the welfare state - challenges posed and solutions

    Two points about the state pension. Firstly, the retirement age is too low. Context - a 65 year old man retiring from work 50 years ago had a further life expectancy of 12.1 years. Today, that 65 year old has to work for two more years, but upon retiring at 67 he can expect to live another...
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    Reform UK discussion

    OK, but is it not the case that the four Reform constituencies that are above the average are the four that actually elected a Reform MP, and the four that are below average returned a Tory who has since defected?
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    Reform UK discussion

    They’re not even really policy announcements, they’re items from a wish list. Very, very little of the “how” so far, and precious little response to challenge
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    Reform UK discussion

    For me, if I had to sum it up in a phrase, I'd say its about having a degree of inquisitiveness rather than a degree in whatever subject
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    For the Far North line could a single car from a 158/9 be turned into a 90mph detachable Highland Explorer active travel (cycles etc) car..

    Can it be done? Yes. There’s precedent of course because the 153s were converted from 155s Can it be done cost effectively? Depends how you measure cost effectiveness Is this a solution searching for a problem or are there currently loads of issues with lack of bike capacity?
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    Royal Mail not enough postage on item

    I was at my parents' last week and they mentioned that their postlady - who is a family friend - had told them that their street now receives 3 deliveries a week, not 6. They get Tuesday / Thursday / Saturday. And that's a suburb of a big city, not out in the sticks
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    Can't really think of a clue for this, and I'm travelling most of the next couple of days so will give the answer Nothing complicated - they all opened on August 16th (ie it was an anniversary yesterday when I set the question) Open floor
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    Reform UK discussion

    To be fair, a lot of that sort of discrimination goes on already, because as long as there are multiple candidates who are "good enough" proving discrimination when you don't choose the disabled one is very difficult The issue is people who become long term sick or disabled whilst in a job
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    Reform UK discussion

    It does seem odd that a party that has frequently criticised previous governments for not understanding how business - especially small business - works are now wanting businesses to be forced to cover sickness costs via insurance (I wonder if the insurance providers will be mandated and...
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    Nothing to do with him
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    No, no and no
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    Reform UK discussion

    I wonder what proportion of families where mum and/or dad vote Reform will be adversely impacted by this?
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    What links Welwyn Garden City station, Greenway Halt on the Dartmouth Railway, and the Birmingham Airport Maglev?

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