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The government only has so much money they can borrow before it's unsustainable.

My initial thought was Borris's "build back stronger" stuff. I've read all thats been stated, i agree it won't be for a couple of years before approval but something tells me Boris might want to start dishing out the cash (if their is any) to basically try to buy a load of votes in London. No...

Ring them up and lodge the delay repay and lodge a complaint about the same time 1603383209 Tend to get a better espouse first time if you ring up

That would be a sweet deal! Back in the days of tesco Bank and overly generous clubcard deals you probably could! 1603298407 Also, the amex gold card just doubled the sign up bonus for a limited time. 20,000 point now, or 22,000 when using a refer a friend. Still free for the first year so...

I think it should be left as it is. Birmingham to leister really need extending to peterbrough or Cambridge, probably not stansted due to capacity. If you do that, you can take some of the stops out of the current Stansted service and put it into the new service to make both of them a better...

Greggs is the only other big company that doesn't take Amex iirc.

Very true. The general advantage of accepting American express is that a lot of people that use it aren't spending their money so they spend more. When I travel for work, if I'm split between restaurants it sometimes does come down to who takes amex. Qyiet a few times I've walked away. They're...

My issue with this is company policy and tax. If I earn money directly from the work spend I put thru it, I need to declare it to them as per our travel and expenses policy. Further, if you earn over £50 from work expenses on it then you need to pay tax (benefit in kind - maybe?) For me, its...

Pretty good haul their. I imagine a bit annoying about the lack of direct connectivity! A frequent complaint. You can always ring up Amex and threaten to cancel. They gave me a 5k MR bonus for £1k spend in 3 months. Easy points and helps tip the balance in favour of keeping the card for the...

About a year and a half ago, I started the air miles game. I wondered if anyone else does the same? I have literally never spent a penny extra to get any avios but have enough for 2 people to go to NYC in business for like £2. How I've done it is by diverting my work spend thru a personal amex...

Thats really not that bad. Theirs the guan sheltered roof and if waiting for a long time you just wait at the bottom of the stairs. Rather entertainingly majority of people who use the station regularly have figured out that if you stand behind or in front of the lift, dependent on direction...

See i thought that, then I remembered when I was waiting for a train at ascot in the middle of a storm at night. All the waiting rooms locked because its unstaffed at that time and virtually no where to hide. So my vote (strangely) goes to Ascot.

Its still a positive and shows how a focus on extra capacity improves resilience and punctuality (not that it really needed proving in my honest opinion). Another one is the infamous third train on the North downs line is finally running (at selected times)

Punctuality is at a modern day high. 86% arriving at stations within a minute of the timetable is the last i heard.

Tell me if I have misunderstood but my view is... For many TOCs the guards do it if there are no platform staff or if they see the platform staff haven't turned up. From my experience GWR, SWR and Southern have this two pronged approach and it is much better than just relying on one way...

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Brighton mainline two? I digress. I agree it should probably be reinstated. At the very least to make Uckfield more connected to the rest of sussex. Currently a major pain to get to from near enough anywhere. I dont think you really need to use it to relieve the brighton mainline unless their...

I have to agree with you their. I'm not read up on all the variations in platform height but I presume it is normally a fairly limited range. The worst I ever saw was a tube train at a normal height platform but kind of irrelevant as even able bodied passengers truggled to get off it! I still...

Virtually none of it has been built on. The track bed was made into a footpath that is it.

Yes I was talking about the route not being built on. In terms of land ownership I believe it is all owned by a couple councils so probably not many challenges their. In terms of platforming at Guildford, you're right it is probably the hardest thing. However given the reasonably cheap cost of...