Paul Bigland
@paulbigland.bsky.social
Photographer, Journalist, NUJ member. Likes transport, politics, food and travel. Hates extremism. My blog: https://paulbigland.blog/ My photography: https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/ #FBPE
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The type of things that happen when a foolish reality TV actor appoints a petty, drunk talk show chatterbox to run our military:
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The type of things that happen when a foolish reality TV actor appoints a petty, drunk talk show chatterbox to run our military:
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Leicester was also unhappy last week with the SoS for Transport's comments on Midland Mainline electrification. Link to article:
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November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Leicester was also unhappy last week with the SoS for Transport's comments on Midland Mainline electrification. Link to article:
www.pressreader.com/uk/leicester...
www.pressreader.com/uk/leicester...
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How Farage feels about Putin: in his own words | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
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November 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Today's #DailyDMU is 159019 which was captured passing #Clapham on the 17th October 2020. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p901669522/e... #railways #photography
South Western Railway (SWR) | DG345511. 159019. Clapham Junction. London. 17.10.20.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Today's #DailyDMU is 159019 which was captured passing #Clapham on the 17th October 2020. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p901669522/e... #railways #photography
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
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November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
Here's another catch-up blog with details of a new railway photographic competition run by the #Avanti West Coast train company that I'm involved in judging. paulbigland.blog/2025/11/20/2... #railways #photography
20th November picture of the day…
After two long days in the South-East it was nice to be home and put my feet up in the warm, especially as West Yorkshire had seen its first snow of the season. This looked very attractive from the…
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November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Here's another catch-up blog with details of a new railway photographic competition run by the #Avanti West Coast train company that I'm involved in judging. paulbigland.blog/2025/11/20/2... #railways #photography
I'm catching up with blogging. Here's last week's evening in London, #HS2 Wendover construction site visit and return back to Yorkshire. paulbigland.blog/2025/11/19/l... #railways #travel #photography
London, HS2 and home…
Having finally made it to London my plans changed somewhat due to the power of social media. I’d not arranged to socialise but a friend who was in Brighton had read my blog and suggested meet…
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November 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I'm catching up with blogging. Here's last week's evening in London, #HS2 Wendover construction site visit and return back to Yorkshire. paulbigland.blog/2025/11/19/l... #railways #travel #photography
Today's #DailyDMU is 159018 which is seen blackening the sky at #Exeter Central on the 1st July 2014. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p342683540/e... #railways #photography
TOCs past: SWT (Southwest Trains) | DG184500. 159018. Exeter Central. 1.7.14
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November 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Today's #DailyDMU is 159018 which is seen blackening the sky at #Exeter Central on the 1st July 2014. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p342683540/e... #railways #photography
Today's #DailyDMU is 159017, seen at #Clapham Junction on the 7th June 2023. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p901669522/e... #railways #photography
South Western Railway (SWR) | DG395942. 159017. Clapham Junction. 7.6.2023.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Today's #DailyDMU is 159017, seen at #Clapham Junction on the 7th June 2023. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p901669522/e... #railways #photography
Happy Margaret Thatcher resignation day to all those who celebrate..
November 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Happy Margaret Thatcher resignation day to all those who celebrate..
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
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It's January 31st, 2020, and Nathan Gill is celebrating our imminent departure from the EU.... and that terrible idea of a European Army.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
November 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It's January 31st, 2020, and Nathan Gill is celebrating our imminent departure from the EU.... and that terrible idea of a European Army.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
Today's #DailyDMU is 159016 which was observed stabled in #Clapham yard on the 21st May 2014. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p342683540/e... #railways #photography
TOCs past: SWT (Southwest Trains) | DG179686. 159016. Clapham Junction. 21.5.14.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Today's #DailyDMU is 159016 which was observed stabled in #Clapham yard on the 21st May 2014. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p342683540/e... #railways #photography
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
Tonights Big 6 beers (and free pork pie 'cos it's Friday).
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Tonights Big 6 beers (and free pork pie 'cos it's Friday).
Today's #DailyDMU is 159015. It's seen at #Salisbury before working an evening service to #Brighton on the 25th May 2003. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p342683540/e... #railways #photography
TOCs past: SWT (Southwest Trains) | 12344. 159015. 1908 to Brighton. Salisbury. 25.5.03.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Today's #DailyDMU is 159015. It's seen at #Salisbury before working an evening service to #Brighton on the 25th May 2003. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p342683540/e... #railways #photography
Sunlight illuminates the tracks after a rainstorm at #Crewe. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p671909530/e... #railways #photography
Infrastructure and engineering | DG457056. Sunlight on the tracks. Crewe. 18.11.2025.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Sunlight illuminates the tracks after a rainstorm at #Crewe. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p671909530/e... #railways #photography
This is the weather outside (baltic!) so it's time for food therapy. I've just made chicken and sweetcorn soup.
November 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This is the weather outside (baltic!) so it's time for food therapy. I've just made chicken and sweetcorn soup.
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Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
Today's #DailyDMU is 159014 which was spotted speeding through #Wimbledon on the 20th May 2015 paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p342683540/e... #railways #photography
TOCs past: SWT (Southwest Trains) | DG214471. 159014. 159101. Wimbledon. 20.5.15
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November 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Today's #DailyDMU is 159014 which was spotted speeding through #Wimbledon on the 20th May 2015 paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p342683540/e... #railways #photography
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There's a sector of the UK population that is always suspicious that, somewhere, somehow, someone is having an unsanctioned GOOD TIME and it drives them batshit angry.
Asylum seekers aren't crying and terrified all the time and that makes the Daily Express mad
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
There's a sector of the UK population that is always suspicious that, somewhere, somehow, someone is having an unsanctioned GOOD TIME and it drives them batshit angry.
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
Today's rolling blog. Fun and games trying to get down the WCML to London. paulbigland.blog/2025/11/18/r... #railways #photography #travel
Rolling blog. London bound…
08:00. The adventure begins! Despote being ul at 06:00 I’ve had an easy start to the day thanks to Dawn, who decided to get up at the same time – and even offered to take time out of he…
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November 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Today's rolling blog. Fun and games trying to get down the WCML to London. paulbigland.blog/2025/11/18/r... #railways #photography #travel