Recent content by fergusjbend

I don't know anything about this offender's previous offence, but it he was sentenced to a fixed period of imprisonment he would have been released after serving half of it. No psychiatrist (or other 'expert') would have been involved in the decision. If he had been sentenced to a hospital order...

South Eastern announce new rolling stock procurement: https://www.kentonline.co.uk/whitstable/news/steam-engine-makes-long-awaited-return-206712/

False imprisonment requires an intention to deprive the victim of liberty. Loss of liberty resulting from an accident, or even negligence is not false imprisonment.

Surely the greatest oddity of all is Chris Grayling?

What about the stuff the grabber can't get out (like Alan Bennett's 'little bit of sardine left in the corner of the tin' ). If this has to be removed by a man with a shovel there must be major H&S concerns. Or perhaps the residue is just left in?

How about peeing on to 25kV wires? I ask merely for information...

As opposed to your's which is "they do it abroad so we should never do it here"?

Brighton and Hove is a city, having received its charter in 2000. Sneering put-downs can't alter facts.

The west-facing junction with the SE mainline leads to a reversing siding and thence to the harbour branch. This was designed as a safety precaution to prevent any train from approaching the branch at speed and being unable to slow down on the steep gradient to the harbour. Presumably the same...

A face-saving solution will have to be found, and found soon, or the whole railway industry and the travelling public will pay the price. Thameslink, like the banks, is too big to fail. The politicians know that bad railways loose votes, but spending money to make them better seems to be just as...

Are you saying that the statement is not sensible (in the sense of being inaccurate), or that it should not be made public, or both? I know nothing about this topic but I appreciate the information posted on this forum and find it refreshing to read contributions from well-informed sources, and...

And Ashford International and Ashford (Surrey), and Gillingham (Kent) and Gillingham (Dorset)........

Ah, another addition to the ever expanding catalogue of dubious diseases, all with catchy three-letter acronyms (or TLAs for short)! Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME -damn!- only two letters), Fibromyalgia Syndrome, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Repetitive Strain Injury...

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