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The 'fairness' situation has long been addressed by the state subsidy enabling certain TOCs to run their current level of services. If that was equalised across the national network, either: the fares on some regions would rise drastically or services would be cut to the few that could actually...

Just like in the NSE area where fares on IC trains are not discountable with a network Railcard, the same occurs eksewhere. However, many of the local and regional fares are cheaper meaning there's no overall case for a general discount. Aside from that argument, the Network card is a commercial...

Any suggestions as to how your changes would be funded?

It's ironic that a utility design like MPVs have been largely replaced by fashionable SUV style models. They have less passenger capacity, are heavier, less stable and aerodynamic than conventional cars.

Surel the overcrowding stat is about standing for a while rather than between two very close stations, some of which not giving every potential standee a chance to find a seat. West Hampstead is almost too near for that.

In the early '60s I did a London Co-op milk round for a few weeks. We delivered the following: silver top - pasteurised full (cream) milk gold top - Channel Islands full cream red top - skimmed milk, - i.e. cream removed. At home we had United Dairies milk, usually blue banded top, - showing...

Well, not quite. It takes about 20 seconds at an leisurely pace to walk the c.23m length of a Lizzy car, passing two double doors in the process. So even in the peak with platform reoccupation times of not much more than 1 minute, passengers can easily get to board less densely packed cars...

There will still be conflicts. At the moment, there are streets of terraced housing with continuous parking now meaning that some have to park some way from their homes. The more stressed EV drivers in those areas will not be pleased when the only available spaces (either near to their...

Depending on the detail of the installation, I wonder how many disputes there will be over kerbside charging facilities, - e.g. will there be any restriction on IC vehicle parking by points? will residents get possessive about the point outside their property? will charger cables pose a safety...

The new footbridge is welcome but unfortunately, it is angled so as to double back, particularly when exiting platform 4 (down fast) to the main exit. But the biggest safety problem at that station is crowding at the bottom of the stairs on P3 in the morning peak where every fast Thameslink...

This is very much what I was alluding to in post #2 of this thread. TV in the UK has been rapidly moving towards internet broadcasting since the government changed the position of broadcasting via terrestrial and satellite channels. Internet connections improved rapidly for many such that SD and...

'Harassment' is a legally defined crime. If those who thought that they were being harassed did something about it then there would be changes. Why they haven't so far, - maybe someone here could answer that question.

So long as there are tv licence freeloaders, there will be reminders that there is a legal obligation to hold one. As posters here have said, they ignore the letters. The choice if using the formal notification or not is theirs.

Add to the oft stated fact that the cost of the licence is lower than the added cost of products that advertise on commercial tv.

Like a free standing as cooker usually is, - by a self-sealing bayonet plug/socket arrangement.

BBC vs DVLA is a false equivalence. The vehicles of those who refuse to pay car tax are usually captured by ANPR cameras and prosecuted. The fact that not every driver is caught is partially due to the limited resources that the police can deploy and the variable nature of any vehicle's...

The requirement is for receiving broadcast TV plus any BBC internet based programming (as opposed to on demand programming from Disney+ Netflix and Amazon Prime). In that context Channel 4, ITV and Channel 5 are licensed by the government to use distribution networks (terrestrial, satellite and...

That is currently estimated as about 5% of households, although that might include a not insignificant number of freeloaders who either have TVs with no licence, or many more who think that watching live or iplayer tv on a mobile doesn't have a licence.

I would say that he is worth the remuneration that the BBC pays him for his various roles. Whether the current ad being discussed here is the right way to go is a different matter.

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