mrcrabbe.bsky.social
@mrcrabbe.bsky.social
Songs you don’t want to hear in a doctor’s surgery waiting room?

I’ll start with what was playing as I walked in to my GP’s today, “Another one bites the dust” by Queen…
January 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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THIS is how it’s done, folks.
December 14, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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UK's Great Western Railways (GWR) among the worst of 27 European train companies and *the* worst for high fares

Ranking by @transenvuk.bsky.social

www.transportenvironment.org/articles/rai...
Mind the gap! Europe’s Rail Operators: a Comparative Ranking
Europe’s leading advocates for clean transport & energy
www.transportenvironment.org
December 9, 2024 at 11:56 AM
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How many times do I need to say this?

These are not expats, they are immigrants.

You don’t “expat” somewhere, you emigrate, and that makes you an immigrant.

I have never heard anyone refer to “Bangladeshi Expats” or “Polish Expats”, it’s always immigrants, so why not here?
November 24, 2024 at 11:13 AM
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John Prescott interviewed in 2019: "When I do die, after 50 years in politics, all they will show on the news is 60 seconds of me thumping a fellow in Wales"

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
John Prescott: ‘I’ve only ever been in two or three fights’
The politician, 80, on life as a merchant seaman, saying no to email, and being an optimist
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:33 AM