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I presume this is accounting for all 39 currently at Great Northern, so if what you say happens, 27 or less move south, which is still a notable number I think (even if this is not the net increase at Southern).
Am I correct in saying St Phillips Marsh is somewhat under-utilised at the moment? RTT usually shows a relatively low number of diagrams leaving and entering each day, which are all Turbos bar one or two 158 ones.
Presumably they could still stable in Laira if they do operate down that way...
I believe Frome and the line as far as Langport are controlled under the same signal centre/panel, so a good time to reinstate Frome's second platform would be at the same time signalling from Taunton-Castle Cary is upgraded.
This is a consequence of FPTP: it causes voters to vote for what they see as "the least worst", not what they want, so parties resort to attacking each other more because that's what the system causes. A combination of PR voting and mass-rollout of critical thinking education would go a long way...
The original favourite for Tory candidate stepped down in response to allegations made against him. Had he not I strongly suspect Hall would have lost.
Is there a difference in severance pay if one loses a recall petition vs resigning/standing down/losing at a GE? I know severance pay now is equal to 4 months rather than 2, so if Benton gets this pay by resigning, but being recalled forfeits it, then he'd definitely find value in resigning...
So Scott Benton has resigned for being bent. If all these scandals are going to involve ironically named-MPs, my money is on either Greg Hands or Peter Bottomley having to resign next for...well you know.