Andrew Rutter

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@jon Obviously your resumé of what now wouldn’t be possible is correct. Living over 100 miles NW of London my regret is no Regional Eurostar, nor NightStar. That partially finished (at the time) fleet still in its original livery is just about ending its days in Canada 30+ yrs old now. Cheap airline flights then stoped any ‘Romance’ of drifting thru the night into or from Europe. And the UK seems unlikely to finance any further HS lines, let alone an HS1/2 connection in London.
@jon . That photo must be 30 yrs ago at Waterloo !
@jon . Ho, ho, ho! Perhaps he’ll make it a ‘Nightstar’ service. 😂👏
"Back to work today, forgot my pass so locked bike outside Cannon Street station. Left work at 6pm to find just the cut lock and no bike, resigned to never seeing my trusty stead again asked the station if they have cameras. A guy appeared waving at me, asked me to put the code into my cut lock. He replied ‘I have your bike’ with a smile I will never forget!! His name is Abdul Muneeb and he works for South Eastern Railways, he was on a break and saw a guy bolt cut the lock and challenged him to give it back, he then took it inside and waited 4 hours after his shift finished to personally make sure I got my bike back. The world needs more Abdul’s, he is a legend of a man and a credit to his employer."
Story Credit: Steve Farmer

OK so it's not all bad 😂

Ctrl Alt Deleaf wins public vote to name track cleaning train

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgv80mxry1o.amp

Ctrl Alt Deleaf wins public vote to name track cleaning train - BBC News

Other names on the shortlist included Leaf-Fall Weapon, Pulp Friction and The Autumn Avenger.

BBC News
@DrEdBridges Exactly. Similar thoughts on BlueSky posts. Especially the interview about ‘drill baby, drill’ in the N Sea!

All three top stories on the BBC News app are about migration. The top story on #R4Today just now was also about migration.

Is this (as the #R4Today presenter has just claimed) the media reflecting the public’s interest, or is it in fact the public parroting back a media obsession?

Personally, I’m sick to death of this one issue crowding out everything else going on in the world. Repost if you agree.

#UKpolitics #UKpol #migration #immigration

@randahl I think you should continue using that superb Danish adjective ‘verkelighedsfjern.’ We all need to improve our knowledge of other languages. You may need to use it more often if The Emperor King sets his sights on Greenland!
@LMac1970 I would like to be a fly on the wall when discussing with the Irish Government that they’re removing the UK from the ECHR in the Good Friday Agreement!
@noelreports Disgraceful and appalling if true and carried out. 
Makes my blood boil!