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As I've written on the trips etc thread, my journey's on Thursday and I'll be watching with acute interest! If Avanti (in my case) have to reduce speed, alter timetables etc I hope they allow and alert those with advance tickets to use earlier trains or even a different company.

On inter-city lines too?

He took the religious one. Does seem ridiculously outdated. maybe the oath should be towards parliament itself (or even the speaker) as we elect representatives there, and not Buckingham Palace?!

Yes, I know many of you suffer the trains and tube at this time of year, my sympathies! If I wasn't on an advance I would change it but there we are. Reminds me of one of the previous record days (Aug 10 2003, 35c+) when I did Manchester to London on Virgin and stayed in the Oxford Road youth...

His signing in today, does he HAVE to swear his allegiance to god (and help me god)? Is there an alternative?

Firstly, did Burnham arrive off the Avanti less than 15 mins late so they won't have to pay delay repay?! Secondly referring the the above - don't panic. The world is full of bots who can't vote. Looks at recent by-elections, Reform hasn't won one since Runcorn, despite throwing everything at...

Which level would the former arrive @ St Pancras? Think the lowest is Thameslink only?

I'd love to be on Unst right now overnight - whilst not quite the midnight sun, this was the scene at around 12.50am this morning!!

Carlisle - staying overnight then Edinburgh on Saturday then back to Carlisle! Saving literally a couple of hundred on hotel bills!

1741 from Preston to Glasgow; hopefully it's all sorted by then and any delay is slight! Leaves Euston 1530 and I think it's avoiding Birmingham anyway.

A good start, leaving shortly and read there's disruption in the midlands (signalling) affecting Avanti trains northbound. On an Advance so I'll see what happens...

Derbys are playing Lancs @ the beautiful cricket ground in Chesterfield over the weekend. Think it's Queen's Park? Sounds like there's a small train in the park too!! But be quick Lancashire's batting doesn't last long these days! But I would recommend a walk around the park anyway!

Regardless of the channel, we should have an on-line commentary-free stream (the BBC offer us either TV commentary or radio 5 commentary over the pictures) and in fact I think Sky used to do that when they were decent? In these days of cuts to the BBC I would have thought they'd be more than...

Better quality picture if you have a decent wifi signal, iplayer has 4k (although that wouldn't be possible with ITV last night) and - at home - you can pause for your own personal hydration break!! Some pubs might rely on wifi if they don't have an aerial, but more likely it's far easier to use...

TV pictures and pubs - some fans are "spoiling" the fun by getting text alerts on goals far ahead of the action on the big screens (there's a delay if watching via I-/x player) - time to ban mobile phone use when the game's on?? Meanwhile; am I right in 1970 (Mexico) some pubs here were...

Yes, and Westray/Papa Westray, Newquay/Scillies flights as well. Keep promising myself!

Interesting observation from an Ibiza forum - if you return to Ibiza airport having done your EES there previously, it works without doing it again. However if you have done your EES at another airport you will have to fingerprint (etc) again. See if that happens to me in October!

Just got my new bank card; expiry date - 2031. Just been staring at that....2031! Getting nearer and nearer to my birthday year century - crikey - enjoy it while I can!!

Do we know where the cuts are scheduled to be - as "welfare" covers an awful lot! Is the state pension considered "welfare"? As this is the "Labour" thread the angle I'm looking for is for Starmer/Burnham (eventually) to persue this angle against Reform - and see if Reform call it "project fear"...

If the WFA cuts are affecting the middle class, it's the working class that benefit, but aren't the working classes moving to Reform? Might be worth asking Farage what his plans are to aid our defences and where that money is coming from. From what I read, cutting the welfare bill is a start -...