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Nope. This is a non-gripe. British courts implies all British courts, including Scottish, where the ban has already been lifted. The lifting of the ban being extended to England and Wales now means all courts in Britain, aka British courts, including Scotland, no contradiction, merely...

Interesting. Were the TGV and Ice sets dragged through the the tunnel by diesel too. Seems like an extreme case of diesels under wires.

I say Train station, and so do most of the people I know. I don't know the last time I heard anyone say railway station. Railway station even seems like an odd thing to say now that train station is used so widely, and since Train station doesn't mean something else, it can't be wrong. Its...

No pictures yet? What is this? The dark ages? :-)

Is it actual staff bashing here though, or just a different perspective being taken as a personal attack? Sometimes the non rail staff get honked off too with the attitudes of those that do work on the railway. I think that anyone posting here that has a job that is actually really easy and...

I didn't see. I do find the whole thing a farce in this age of ours. How anyone can justify being bothered by another's desire to equality regardless of gender or sex or whatever is beyond me. Live and let live as the cliché goes.

Not speaking for all men, just me. The icky isn't the sodomy, or any of the other fun activities partaken, regardless of whether it is just for pure pleasure or as part of a healthy loving relationship. Its just that its men, and thats not homophobia speaking, it extends to all male/male...

I like the fantasy thread stuff. I spend a lot of time sat in traffic thinking about what kind of public transport solution would remove all of these other road users so that I could get to where I am need to be a little bit quicker. A fantasy/speculation forum would go down a treat.

Precisely. I had a secular wedding and the church wasn't outside protesting its godlessness and insisting the name marriage not be used. While the thought of two blokes together does make me wince a bit, its only because I can't help but imagine the detail and its not for me. Luckily, I'm...

The railways will be structured and restructured ad nauseum, and jobs will inevitably be lost, and sometime new jobs will be created Joblessness really really does suck. I've been there, too often, but I've always found other work, even if it wasn't my chosen sector/profession. I, like most...

Crossing the railway at Hest Bank crossing today I almost shat myself as I looked right and saw a Pendolino almost atop me. Luckily it was stationary. To my left were a bunch of orange vests amid the the four foot, seemingly taking a guess at the track gauge. After about five minutes later...

Would anyone even want to attend Pub in uniform?

Are they not more likely to be on their feet (inspecting tickets etc) at point of impact, and therefore more prone to injury than a seated passenger?

Indeed, perhaps every train should carry eight guards incase of an incident that incapacitates seven of them. I agree that its better to have human assistance in the event of an emergency, but the guard is as susceptible to injury, if not moreso, than the passengers in the event of a crash.

Twenty years is a long time. Long enough to protect yourself from the march of technology and the likely redundancies that will follow. In the near term, job losses are likely in every sector during the recession, I'd recommend anyone in any job look at improving their employability in other...

The CEO of a multinational will be surrounded by opportunist sycophants only too keen to ensure that the toilets are spotless all of the time. If that wasn't the case though, and the CEO's role was extended to toilet cleaning, he/she has the same rights and opportunity as the menial rail staff...

This :-) It is rather telling that the majority of responses here default to the make the fair dodging scum pay mentality rather than considering any imaginative alternative. The question is how to ensure that passengers can use a service without the hassle of obtaining in advance a paper...

Spotters take pictures of trains. Terrorists explode. Its not exactly rocket science. I can't see the petition getting many signatures, but it now has mine.

Absolutely right.

Agreed entirely, especially the ones with their sanctimonious I'm going to save the world with my bike and to hell with everyone else attitude, and there are enough inconsiderate cyclists on the road to make me view all of them with contempt. I know there are some responsible cyclists that...