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The right wing media approach is more to do with socking it to Biden rather than supporting Russia. Biden isn't helping himself either. He is gaffe prone, and to be honest I think mentally starting to slow down somewhat.

I find shopping around for news is the best way forward. Al Jazeera seems to be balanced at the moment, as they have no direct interest in what's going on in Ukraine. I also keep an eye on RT and Tass. They are obviously the mouthpieces of the Kremlin, but it's a way of seeing what the current...

There's a lot of brinkmanship and posturing going on from both sides. But why now? Russia could have sent the tanks rolling in to Ukraine back in 2018 when all attention was on Syria.

Madonna, La Isla Bonita.... "Last night I dreamt of some bagels" (Last night I dreamt of San Pedro) "Louise the bone eater" (La Isla bonita)

Ukraine can't join Nato. One of the conditions for a country to join is that there are no ongoing border disputes. Putin is therefore quite happy for the Donbass conflict to simmer on. Crimea is also a border dispute. There are rumours that former Ukrainian president Poroshenko offered to cede...

My last train journey in France had on board announcements. They consisted of "Next station: x" and "Destination: Paris Austerlitz". That was it.

When I started commuting on the South Western division of NSE in the early 1990s there was a very distinctive semi automated announcement system at larger stations. It lasted in to privatisation as the words "South West Trains" were inserted. What was the name of this system? Who were the...

As I thought. I do wonder if it would be worthwhile keeping one or two bodyshells just in case something happens to any of the intermediate carriages of the 334 or 458 fleet.

From the SWR metro fleet withdrawals thread: I guess these carriages will be going to the scrap man, but would they be compatible with Class 334s? Is it a solution looking for a problem?

I know someone who knows the new owner of 524. I'll see what I can find out about his intentions.

Do they have to get special dispensation to run as hauled stock on their storage movement if they are out of miles?

What are they actually doing on these test paths? Are there software fixes being rolled out at the moment? Where are they with the door opening at speed problem now?

Would this be the first time an intact power car has been scrapped? Others have either been accident damaged, or stripped for parts first at depots.

The GBR brand is not even remotely close to being rolled out. I'm not sure the whole thing has even got parliamentary approval yet. The stations will be ready for another repaint by the time anything happens.

How would a gearbox damage the infrastructure? A 450 on a Hounslow stopper is no different to a 450 on a Reading stopper.

There is no such disease as the "common cold". The common cold is a set of symptoms that have many different causes, including 4 (I believe) human coronaviruses and any number of rhinoviruses. Sars Cov2 will just become the 5th common cold causing coronavirus.

Quite. All they do is work the media up in to a frenzy. If the government were genuinely that worried about numbers they would have been publishing them daily over the Christmas period.

From the Sky News live feed, the Chairman of the Council of the BMA (the doctors trade union) has made himself look a bit silly. He should really do his homework before spouting his mouth off...

It's fairly elderly, but not in the same league as Bognor or Eastbourne. My wife has received 3 phone calls from the surgery today about a booster dose. She has explained many times that she has just recovered from Omicron (symptoms: a runny nose) so a booster right now would be inappropriate...