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  1. J

    BBC: UK's third-biggest taxpayer to leave for Greece

    I'd like for us to also differentiate between someone who builds up a business that benefits society, providing goods or services to people that are beneficial to society as a whole, while employing people that get paid a fair wage they can and will spend in the local economy, to the person who...
  2. J

    Staff using phones

    Because when something goes wrong, most people will be glad to have them there to step up.
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    Staff using phones

    Funny you mention that station. A few weeks ago there was someone in the corridor between the Pic/Vic/Northern lines and the sub-surface lines who lit up a cigarette as he walked the other way past me. I mentioned this to the three gateline staff who were talking to each other and they...
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    BBC: UK's third-biggest taxpayer to leave for Greece

    It's basically total BS. The wealth usually finds its way anywhere but going down the chain, and often the extra money earned allows the purchase of rival businesses and consolidation that could very well mean job losses and other cuts.
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    All stopped at Euston Wednesday morning (09/09(

    Disruption estimated until 1145 due to signalling problems between Euston and Watford Junction.
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    BBC: UK's third-biggest taxpayer to leave for Greece

    Which plenty of people think is the right thing to do because the rich create the wealth to trickle down to others, so let's support them by not taxing them or p**ing them off in any way - and we all benefit in the end...... I did see on LinkedIn and Reddit discussions that this person is...
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    Reform UK discussion

    I doubt they're any more bothered about the boats than Nigel and the others. The boats are necessary to keep people angry, and vote for parties that don't represent their best interests. The organiser of the recent 'protests' (without banners) that were supposedly spontaneous despite video...
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    Reform UK discussion

    Image of Reform party conference male who was captured on video attacking a female heckler with a message saying Protect Are Women. We'll probably have Reform claim this man and others were left wing plants. I mean Nigel told the BBC he wasn't listening to what was being said at the Clacton...
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    Great Northern - Northern City Line to TFL?

    I think getting TSGN to run services for TfL under contract makes the most sense. Repaint the trains and you're essentially done in no time at all. All you do after that is rename the service and change the maps (okay, possibly a bit more but you know what I mean). No issues splitting depots...
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    Reform UK discussion

    At this point, it won't be what his supporters think that matters to Farage. It will be the impact of donations going forward. He must know he's going to watched far more closely now. If he thinks he can weather the storm and still get donations, he'll carry on. What's likely to happen now is...
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    Reform UK discussion

    Nigel was very confident he did nothing wrong, the party did nothing wrong and somehow he had no clue what his 'contractors' had done despite being so happy when he met the donors. He's tripling down but must know he's in big trouble. However, he's got a big announcement today which will...
  12. J

    UK switching to electric vehicles discussion

    Now we really need to see how many people waited to get a 76 plate on their new EV. Looking forward to the data next month.
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    Reform UK discussion

    The Channel 4 YouTube video has been totally overrun with obvious bot comments trying to deflect and play down the scandal. Problem is, they can't vote. They don't count. I think a fair few people may see the real Farage and party now. For one, they weren't talking like men of the people who...
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    Companies That You Expect to Disappear Soon

    I never took it either, nor financed anything, but they had to do it to everyone and I am sure it worked a lot of the time. They used to have desks where people sat to take the details from customers and had lots of them.
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    Companies That You Expect to Disappear Soon

    Comet staff certainly knew how to harrass you into buying something on finance and then getting insurance. It was also a time when you'd have them trying like a street chugger to sell you expensive cables to go with your purchase. I nearly walked out once because I wanted to pay cash and they...
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    UK switching to electric vehicles discussion

    Nice to see the data for privately owned, as I think a lot of people believe EVs are only purchased as company cars for tax reasons, or maybe salary sacrifice schemes. The implication (by those against EVs) being that if there weren't incentives, everyone would want and buy an ICE car. Seems...
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    Reform UK discussion

    Perhaps someone within Reform realised the bad optics and cancelled the ban, before Farage had a hissy fit and said they still couldn't come regardless of the bad PR. His base will be fine with them being banned. They're fake news. They lie. Part of the Establishment. Should be locked up as...
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    Experiences of service recovery (or lack of) on GTR Great Northern

    I don't know the unit number, but saw a 387 this week with stickers relating to ETCS along the undercarriage. This was at Welwyn Garden City.
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    UK switching to electric vehicles discussion

    I am not entirely sure either, but I can imagine an older bus converted to electric would mean a smoother ride and give it a long lifetime boost - as well as possibly making it usable in low emission zones as more and more are created. We've had accessible buses for a very long time, so they...
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    Experiences of service recovery (or lack of) on GTR Great Northern

    Their introduction has been a disaster, and given the rumours of adding ETCS being near impossible right now (for reasons I do not know) even though some 387s have already got it, they'll be creating more problems in the coming months/years.

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