Lloyd Basson
@lloydbasson.bsky.social
A normal guy in a mad world... I try to make public transport work!
A VW ID.5 and Citroën Ami user, proof that size isn't everything!
A VW ID.5 and Citroën Ami user, proof that size isn't everything!
To p*ss off less people in the DfT (when telling them the truth)...
It's looking doubtful already! 😀
It's looking doubtful already! 😀
December 31, 2025 at 11:10 AM
To p*ss off less people in the DfT (when telling them the truth)...
It's looking doubtful already! 😀
It's looking doubtful already! 😀
The planned new uniform has scared the 💩 out of the train drivers... 😂
December 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The planned new uniform has scared the 💩 out of the train drivers... 😂
Hence, why BMW "paused" the planned production of the electric Mini at Oxford and were told by the government to blame a "slow down in EV sales" to avoid the embarrassment....
Expect another "win" to come out of Toyota's Derby plant in the new year! 😬
Expect another "win" to come out of Toyota's Derby plant in the new year! 😬
December 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Hence, why BMW "paused" the planned production of the electric Mini at Oxford and were told by the government to blame a "slow down in EV sales" to avoid the embarrassment....
Expect another "win" to come out of Toyota's Derby plant in the new year! 😬
Expect another "win" to come out of Toyota's Derby plant in the new year! 😬
Indeed, but a large percentage of their employees are!
The next Land Rover Freelander is based on a Chery design and is very unlikely to see production here...
The next Land Rover Freelander is based on a Chery design and is very unlikely to see production here...
December 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Indeed, but a large percentage of their employees are!
The next Land Rover Freelander is based on a Chery design and is very unlikely to see production here...
The next Land Rover Freelander is based on a Chery design and is very unlikely to see production here...
No, it was originally negotiated like that!
That's why BMW paused electric Mini production at Oxford - it's cheaper to build them in China and pay EU tariffs than it is to build them here and pay tariffs...
Cowley will have houses on it by 2035 at this rate!
That's why BMW paused electric Mini production at Oxford - it's cheaper to build them in China and pay EU tariffs than it is to build them here and pay tariffs...
Cowley will have houses on it by 2035 at this rate!
December 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
No, it was originally negotiated like that!
That's why BMW paused electric Mini production at Oxford - it's cheaper to build them in China and pay EU tariffs than it is to build them here and pay tariffs...
Cowley will have houses on it by 2035 at this rate!
That's why BMW paused electric Mini production at Oxford - it's cheaper to build them in China and pay EU tariffs than it is to build them here and pay tariffs...
Cowley will have houses on it by 2035 at this rate!
You've hit the nail on the head! It doesn't matter how much damage is done to our economy, the pro-brexit brigade will always highlight these sort of quick wins.... 🙄
It's like taking the roof tiles off your house and then celebrating the £10k you 'saved' now you can't have solar panels! 😀
It's like taking the roof tiles off your house and then celebrating the £10k you 'saved' now you can't have solar panels! 😀
December 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You've hit the nail on the head! It doesn't matter how much damage is done to our economy, the pro-brexit brigade will always highlight these sort of quick wins.... 🙄
It's like taking the roof tiles off your house and then celebrating the £10k you 'saved' now you can't have solar panels! 😀
It's like taking the roof tiles off your house and then celebrating the £10k you 'saved' now you can't have solar panels! 😀
"Need more flags"....
.... said no one, ever! 😀
.... said no one, ever! 😀
December 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"Need more flags"....
.... said no one, ever! 😀
.... said no one, ever! 😀
Back next year? 🤞
December 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Back next year? 🤞
90% zero tailpipe emissions by 2035, the German OEMs aren't going to be selling many ICE vehicles with the remaining 10%!!
December 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
90% zero tailpipe emissions by 2035, the German OEMs aren't going to be selling many ICE vehicles with the remaining 10%!!
It's interesting but not surprising to see the author attacking yourself and others in the comments section....
Clearly, you've touched a nerve!
Clearly, you've touched a nerve!
December 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It's interesting but not surprising to see the author attacking yourself and others in the comments section....
Clearly, you've touched a nerve!
Clearly, you've touched a nerve!
You're using numbers from the last Conservative Government!
For the first year of the Labour Government, it was £2.8bn and for this financial year, it's projected to be even lower!
Facts matter 😉
For the first year of the Labour Government, it was £2.8bn and for this financial year, it's projected to be even lower!
Facts matter 😉
November 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
You're using numbers from the last Conservative Government!
For the first year of the Labour Government, it was £2.8bn and for this financial year, it's projected to be even lower!
Facts matter 😉
For the first year of the Labour Government, it was £2.8bn and for this financial year, it's projected to be even lower!
Facts matter 😉
There was a Guard on the train and LNER have been run by the government for a number of years 👍
November 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
There was a Guard on the train and LNER have been run by the government for a number of years 👍
Leapmotor stand out for me, showing that you can get volume and profit from the lower end of the market!
October 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Leapmotor stand out for me, showing that you can get volume and profit from the lower end of the market!
That's some speed dating ice breaker....
Her "So what do you do for a living?"
Me "I test tampons on animals"
Her "So what do you do for a living?"
Me "I test tampons on animals"
October 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
That's some speed dating ice breaker....
Her "So what do you do for a living?"
Me "I test tampons on animals"
Her "So what do you do for a living?"
Me "I test tampons on animals"
I'm looking forward to driving through the GWML station when complete!
Although, it will be weird having trains pass through the completed station whilst waiting for HS2 to start....
Although, it will be weird having trains pass through the completed station whilst waiting for HS2 to start....
September 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I'm looking forward to driving through the GWML station when complete!
Although, it will be weird having trains pass through the completed station whilst waiting for HS2 to start....
Although, it will be weird having trains pass through the completed station whilst waiting for HS2 to start....
He's the problem, not the car!
I get to experience some truly sh*t taxi drivers in their billion KM Prius' (thanks to work), the inability to modulate the accelerator is a problem for some drivers!
I get to experience some truly sh*t taxi drivers in their billion KM Prius' (thanks to work), the inability to modulate the accelerator is a problem for some drivers!
September 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
He's the problem, not the car!
I get to experience some truly sh*t taxi drivers in their billion KM Prius' (thanks to work), the inability to modulate the accelerator is a problem for some drivers!
I get to experience some truly sh*t taxi drivers in their billion KM Prius' (thanks to work), the inability to modulate the accelerator is a problem for some drivers!
We've always called it "MTR" due to the operator....
Really struggling to covert to "GTS"!! 😀
Really struggling to covert to "GTS"!! 😀
September 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
We've always called it "MTR" due to the operator....
Really struggling to covert to "GTS"!! 😀
Really struggling to covert to "GTS"!! 😀
You forgot "Net Zero"?! 😂
September 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
You forgot "Net Zero"?! 😂
But.... but.... Nigel said we'd have extra cash - it was even on the side of a bus..... /s
😀
😀
September 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
But.... but.... Nigel said we'd have extra cash - it was even on the side of a bus..... /s
😀
😀
I'm still waiting for the good people of Didcot, Oxfordshire to march as a result of this....
BBC News - Paedophile, from Didcot, jailed for sexually abusing young children - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Paedophile, from Didcot, jailed for sexually abusing young children - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Paedophile, from Didcot, jailed for sexually abusing young children
David Kuca, from Didcot, was handed a 12 year prison sentence during a hearing at Oxford Crown Court.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I'm still waiting for the good people of Didcot, Oxfordshire to march as a result of this....
BBC News - Paedophile, from Didcot, jailed for sexually abusing young children - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Paedophile, from Didcot, jailed for sexually abusing young children - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Put a BBC theatre in the background, and we're not a million miles away from this....
September 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Put a BBC theatre in the background, and we're not a million miles away from this....
More chance of the GMWL being electrified to Bristol, than the press holding Farage to account!
September 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
More chance of the GMWL being electrified to Bristol, than the press holding Farage to account!
It's the old "large Big Mac meal with a diet coke" - the diet coke is doing a lot of heavy lifting 😀
September 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
It's the old "large Big Mac meal with a diet coke" - the diet coke is doing a lot of heavy lifting 😀
That's before we get into the 'loan' to refurbish 10 and 11 Downing Street!
Or a number of Conservative MPs being accused of sexual misconduct and refusing to stand down!
Or a number of Conservative MPs being accused of sexual misconduct and refusing to stand down!
September 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
That's before we get into the 'loan' to refurbish 10 and 11 Downing Street!
Or a number of Conservative MPs being accused of sexual misconduct and refusing to stand down!
Or a number of Conservative MPs being accused of sexual misconduct and refusing to stand down!