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    Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway

    Any chance they can all be repurposed as drivers and help expedite the introduction of the 701s? ;)
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    Donald Trump and the aftermath of his presidency

    The fourteenth: Thou shall both covet and grab thy neighbour by the .....
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    Class 175 future speculation

    I'm guessing 175s are not permitted to use SP limits then, given that's a common differential on that route.
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    Great Northern Fleet Tender

    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).
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    Class 175 future speculation

    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...
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    Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party.

    How do you teach it (i.e. a separate subject/qualification or part of another subject)?
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    Bishops Lydeard - Frome/Westbury service?

    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.
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    Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party.

    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...
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    Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party.

    Go a stage further and ban all advertising full stop. If you need something, look for it yourself.
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    Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party.

    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.
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    Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway

    Perhaps he should try talking to the person who was Transport Secretary when SWR were awarded the franchise and approved the 701 order. Oh hang on...
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    Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party.

    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...
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    2023 Israel - Hamas war

    What do people dance to in an underground disco in Tehran? "Iranian men, Hallelujah!"
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    What other possibilities are there to improve capacity around Reading?

    Can you explain this description please?
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    Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party.

    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.

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