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@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Aug 25

I mean, if you can't run a tuck shop that delivers Items to seats, I'm not surprised to hear that the @lner.co.uk train in front of us has broken down and is blocking the East coast mainline indefinitely.

Why does nothing work in the UK anymore?

@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Aug 25

Nope, unfortunately not in operation. 11:45.

@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Aug 25

@lner.co.uk Edinburgh to London 11am service.

Once again, food delivery is not available.

That's both journeys (full return) with two young children in which this service is not available.

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@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Aug 24

If you can't do the time, don't do the time perhaps?

🎻🎻🎻

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@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Aug 24

Good afternoon

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@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Aug 24

What military? The paper she writes for even conceded the Tories hollowed it out.

www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

Labour spent more on defence than we do now, admits Tory peer

Earl of Minto says the UK has not come any closer to spending 2.5pc of its GDP on defence, the current government target, since 2010

www.telegraph.co.uk

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@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Aug 23

The legal age to use Snapchat is 13.

When will these companies start to take user sign up and age verification seriously.

Massive fail for Snapchat and Jacqueline Beauchere (Head of Safeguarding).

@teamlabouruk.bsky.social

metro.co.uk/2025/08/22/b...

Boy, 12, abducted after 'To Catch a Predator'-style sting with pals goes wrong

The youngster and his friends lured the 37-year-old man to a meeting over Snapchat as part of a ‘To Catch a Predator’-style ruse.

metro.co.uk

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@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Aug 23

Why would anyone from the EU want to move to the UK?!

It's easier to get a better paid job with better social benefits (paternity/maternity leave, lower house prices, lower energy prices, affordable childcare etc etc) in the EU without the need for a visa.

More BREXIT benefits for the UK.

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@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Aug 21

Disgraceful. How is this even close to justice.

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@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Aug 21

Where is the justice.....

Disgusting.

road.cc/content/news...

Bin lorry driver who killed 11-year-old cycling to school after “failing to account for vulnerable road users” avoids jail

Dashcam footage showed the driver, who received a 12-month driving ban, “using his mobile phone while reversing the HGV”

road.cc

@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Aug 20

Why? Because unlike the boomer wet dream example used, a 4 bed Victorian derelict home today cost >£650k, not £24,000 (£131,520 in 2025) & doer-uppers don't come with a council refurbishment grant of £3,500 (£19,180 in 2025).

@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social

#boomerlife

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Empty home crisis: Why aren't they being used to solve shortages?

There are almost 720,000 empty homes in England. And many more on social housing waiting lists - so why aren't we better using one to help solve the other, and is it a case of a missed opportunity?

www.bbc.co.uk

@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Aug 20

Any update of the Lido Junction in West Ealing Will?

It's horrific and poses serious dangers to vulnerable road users.

ealing.news/news/campaig...

@betterealing.bsky.social @ealingcouncil.bsky.social

Campaigners challenge Ealing Council over not doing enough for road safety in West Ealing - EALING.NEWS - The Voice of Ealing's 7 towns - Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Northolt, Perivale, Southal...

Road safety campaigners have challenged Ealing Council, active travel charity Sustrans and Transport for London over its proposals in a public consultation to improve West Ealing saying some of them a...

ealing.news

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@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Aug 20

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@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Aug 19

"You will most likely go to prison"

The defendant was driving at 140mph on a 40mph road, had evaded police earlier in the day, been involved in a separate hit and run event with another car before killing a women in a RTI.

Of fucking course he should go to prison 🤦🤬

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Woman died in high speed crash on Christmas Day in Brent Cross

Evan Forde, from Bedford, was driving a black Mercedes car when he crashed into the back of a BMW.

www.bbc.co.uk

Reposted by @Das_Pig

Transport Action Network @transportaction.bsky.social · Aug 18

“It’s ripping off the customer, driving people off the trains and on to our congested road network, which is in no one’s interest.” - Bruce Williamson @railfuture.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...

Rail fares in England could rise by ‘outrageous’ 5.6% next year

Campaigners say passengers may be priced off trains as July inflation figure is likely to push up ticket prices

www.theguardian.com

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@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Aug 17

When will this end? Awful

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Boy, 2, dies after car hits pedestrians in Whitstable

A man in his 20s is arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, police say.

www.bbc.co.uk

@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Aug 16

Must be nice, no inherence tax I'm guessing?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

William and Kate set to move to new Windsor home Forest Lodge for 'fresh start'

A royal source says it's an opportunity to leave some of the more unhappy memories behind.

www.bbc.co.uk

@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Aug 9

Announcement just made - no service from the onboard shop for the remainder of the journey to Edinburgh.

If you ever wondered why people fly to Edinburgh from London, LNERs inability to operate a small shop with a functioning coffee machine is one of them 🤦

@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Aug 9

Nope. Still no service. Just arriving in Newcastle

@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Aug 9

11:00 LNER Azuma Kings X to Edinburgh. Just left York.

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@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Aug 9

@lner.co.uk how much did you spend to print off one of these stickers for each of the seats on this 9 cartridge train, only for the service to not be offered on the train.

Travelling with 2 children, we walked through the entire train only to be told they were closing the shop for stock take 🤦

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@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Aug 8

Van driver trapped by "car brain"

There I fixed it for you @bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social

Big flashing red lights means stop 🛑

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Van driver trapped by safety barrier survives train smash

CCTV released by police shows the driver cross the tracks just as the security barriers are lowering.

www.bbc.co.uk

@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Jul 29

Is it not about time the Irish Government rescinded Tommy Robinson's passport?

@irishtimes.com @president.ie

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Police investigate station assault as video appears to show Tommy Robinson

Transport police are investigating an incident at the London station it says left a man with serious injuries.

www.bbc.com

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@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Jul 24

Seems odd, with only two LTNs and little to no protected cycling infrastructure in Ealing, what is causing the slowing of bus services?!

Joshi Herrmann @joshiherrmann.bsky.social · Jul 23

You’re not imagining it - London buses are much slower than 10 years ago.

Data crunching by @londonermag.bsky.social

A chart showing slowing down buses by borough. Almost three quarters of London’s bus routes are now slower than they were a decade ago, according to our analysis of Transport for London data. Out of 748 active routes across Greater London, 555 (74%) have seen a drop in average speed since 2015. The 110 (which runs between Hounslow and Hammersmith) has slowed by almost 2.65 miles per hour over ten years.

@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · Jul 17

I swear you can do literally anything in a car and not be given more than 3 years in jail.

Where is the justice? Awful.

Thoughts with the friends and family of Keely Morgan.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cardiff driver jailed for 16 months for killing Keely Morgan

Christopher West hit Keely Morgan on 1 May 2023 and she died at the scene.

www.bbc.co.uk