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    Tfl Staff Pass misuse on GA

    Agree with @AlterEgo that you should speak with your rep urgently before corresponding with the company.
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    Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party.

    I mean, if it were me, rather than the Rwanda scheme I would have been spending more time working on a returns agreement with France which, in general terms, would be that anyone who crosses the channel in a small boat will be put back on the next ferry to France for France to process their...
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    Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party.

    Yes that's the key thing really isn't it? We have something like 30,000-40,000 crossing the Channel annually and we're talking about 300(?) being sent to Rwanda annually? Those are already pretty good odds. But then, if we are to believe the Tory Party as to why Rwanda is perfectly acceptable as...
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    Is tradition holding the UK back?

    I dunno, I feel like repeated dunkings might be more satisfying than just a one and done dunking?
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    Airports outside the UK and Ireland with eGates that accept UK passports

    When I went to Portugal in the autumn of 2022 I entered at Porto via a manual desk and exited at an e-gate in Lisbon with just a stamp from a guy sat at a desk behind the gates. That being said some people were struggling to get them to work, though it seemed a mixture of people rather than a...
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    Is tradition holding the UK back?

    Well quite! Typically I tend to prefer European comparisons as those are usually more relevant, but some people seem to get upset at that sort of thing. Something about some silly referendum or something a few years ago...
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    Separate delay repay account required by Northern Rail. Blocking Tactic ?

    Aha! April 2021 feels a bit more like what I was thinking for the account system to have been introduced. Either way, by measures other than those used by @yorksrob, it isn't a recent innovation ;)
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    Is tradition holding the UK back?

    Though I think there's an argument to be made that the US House of Representatives could do with a few more members. It will always be disproportionate, that's why they have a Senate with a fixed two Senators per state after all, but it does feel a little barmy that they have 435 Representatives...
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    ASLEF strikes W/c 6th May

    It was but I was more referring to the promises that it would actually solve anything that were given more recently.
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    Is tradition holding the UK back?

    Well no, that's why you use the conference centre for the actual chambers and probably the committee rooms as well. Doesn't seem like an insurmountable problem!
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    ASLEF strikes W/c 6th May

    Disbanding the RDG isn't a pre-requisite of negotiating TOC by TOC. That's a function of how the DfT are wishing to run the dispute. You need to worry more about the DfT and less about the RDG. They aren't guiltless for the handing of this but they're just dancing, sometimes badly, to tune...
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    Is tradition holding the UK back?

    Don't even need to buy it, it's already Government owned! And yes I agree the logical course of action is to repurpose the conference centre as a new permanent home for Parliament. You might need to find some office space nearby for MPs Parliamentary offices but for the Chambers themselves seems...
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    ASLEF strikes W/c 6th May

    Welcome to the Tory Party in its death throws. You don't honestly believe them when they promise the various things they have over the last twelve/eighteen months do you? They're a party that has given up on governing and is desperately trying to cling onto power for as long as possible and will...
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    Is tradition holding the UK back?

    This is, of course, is why its so opposed by the Tories (and doubtless will be by Labour). It makes party management tougher. When you physically have to walk through a different lobby alongside those who are not from your party its a slightly tougher psychological matter to vote against the...
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    Upskirting Train Driver Avoids Prison

    That all being said, it is still slightly odd therefore that Mr Chope has no problem introducing Private Members bills himself which are flawed in exactly the same way that he appears to vociferously object to. Strikes me as somewhat odd if he is so concerned about bills not receiving a proper...
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    Is tradition holding the UK back?

    Ah so you're an optimist then! :lol:
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    Separate delay repay account required by Northern Rail. Blocking Tactic ?

    It's always possible that it's brought over some older claims from an older systems so doesn't date back that far but I've been using the current delay repay website for several years at least.
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    Separate delay repay account required by Northern Rail. Blocking Tactic ?

    The oldest claim I have on the Northern delay repay website dates back to 2018! It's not that recent!
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    Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party.

    Perhaps I might offer an illustrative example of how it works in reality should someone which to "choose" not to work due to ill-health? Let's keep it simple for sake of argument. A single person, living alone, in a private rented house for instance. Lets say they were working but due to some...
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    2023 Israel - Hamas war

    That would very much depend on just how Israel carried out this attack. I've heard some suggestion it might have been via drones launched from within Iran which is a troubling development for Iran as it suggests a significant Isreal intelligence/special forces penetration of their interior...

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