@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 25/08/2025I mean, if you can't run a tuck shop that delivers Items to seats, I'm not surprised to hear that the @lner.co.uk train in front of us has broken down and is blocking the East coast mainline indefinitely. Why does nothing work in the UK anymore? 000
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 25/08/2025@lner.co.uk Edinburgh to London 11am service. Once again, food delivery is not available. That's both journeys (full return) with two young children in which this service is not available. 200
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 24/08/2025If you can't do the time, don't do the time perhaps? 🎻🎻🎻 010
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 24/08/2025What military? The paper she writes for even conceded the Tories hollowed it out. www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...telegraph.co.ukLabour spent more on defence than we do now, admits Tory peerEarl of Minto says the UK has not come any closer to spending 2.5pc of its GDP on defence, the current government target, since 2010 010
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 23/08/2025The legal age to use Snapchat is 13. When will these companies start to take user sign up and age verification seriously. Massive fail for Snapchat and Jacqueline Beauchere (Head of Safeguarding). @teamlabouruk.bsky.social metro.co.uk/2025/08/22/b...metro.co.ukBoy, 12, abducted after 'To Catch a Predator'-style sting with pals goes wrongThe youngster and his friends lured the 37-year-old man to a meeting over Snapchat as part of a ‘To Catch a Predator’-style ruse. 010
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Why would anyone from the EU want to move to the UK?! It's easier to get a better paid job with better social benefits (paternity/maternity leave, lower house prices, lower energy prices, affordable childcare etc etc) in the EU without the need for a visa. More BREXIT benefits for the UK. 031
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Where is the justice..... Disgusting. road.cc/content/news...road.ccBin lorry driver who killed 11-year-old cycling to school after “failing to account for vulnerable road users” avoids jailDashcam footage showed the driver, who received a 12-month driving ban, “using his mobile phone while reversing the HGV” 000
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Why? Because unlike the boomer wet dream example used, a 4 bed Victorian derelict home today cost >£650k, not £24,000 (£131,520 in 2025) & doer-uppers don't come with a council refurbishment grant of £3,500 (£19,180 in 2025). @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social #boomerlife www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukEmpty home crisis: Why aren't they being used to solve shortages?There are almost 720,000 empty homes in England. And many more on social housing waiting lists - so why aren't we better using one to help solve the other, and is it a case of a missed opportunity? 000
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Any update of the Lido Junction in West Ealing Will? It's horrific and poses serious dangers to vulnerable road users. ealing.news/news/campaig... @betterealing.bsky.social @ealingcouncil.bsky.socialealing.newsCampaigners challenge Ealing Council over not doing enough for road safety in West Ealing - EALING.NEWS - The Voice of Ealing's 7 towns - Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Northolt, Perivale, Southal...Road safety campaigners have challenged Ealing Council, active travel charity Sustrans and Transport for London over its proposals in a public consultation to improve West Ealing saying some of them a... 001
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 19/08/2025"You will most likely go to prison" The defendant was driving at 140mph on a 40mph road, had evaded police earlier in the day, been involved in a separate hit and run event with another car before killing a women in a RTI. Of fucking course he should go to prison 🤦🤬 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWoman died in high speed crash on Christmas Day in Brent CrossEvan Forde, from Bedford, was driving a black Mercedes car when he crashed into the back of a BMW. 000
Reposted by @Das_PigTransport Action Network @transportaction.bsky.social · 18/08/2025“It’s ripping off the customer, driving people off the trains and on to our congested road network, which is in no one’s interest.” - Bruce Williamson @railfuture.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...theguardian.comRail fares in England could rise by ‘outrageous’ 5.6% next yearCampaigners say passengers may be priced off trains as July inflation figure is likely to push up ticket prices 04019
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 17/08/2025When will this end? Awful www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBoy, 2, dies after car hits pedestrians in WhitstableA man in his 20s is arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, police say. 000
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Must be nice, no inherence tax I'm guessing? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWilliam and Kate set to move to new Windsor home Forest Lodge for 'fresh start'A royal source says it's an opportunity to leave some of the more unhappy memories behind. 000
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Announcement just made - no service from the onboard shop for the remainder of the journey to Edinburgh. If you ever wondered why people fly to Edinburgh from London, LNERs inability to operate a small shop with a functioning coffee machine is one of them 🤦 000
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 09/08/2025@lner.co.uk how much did you spend to print off one of these stickers for each of the seats on this 9 cartridge train, only for the service to not be offered on the train. Travelling with 2 children, we walked through the entire train only to be told they were closing the shop for stock take 🤦 200
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Van driver trapped by "car brain" There I fixed it for you @bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social Big flashing red lights means stop 🛑 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...bbc.co.ukVan driver trapped by safety barrier survives train smashCCTV released by police shows the driver cross the tracks just as the security barriers are lowering. 000
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Is it not about time the Irish Government rescinded Tommy Robinson's passport? @irishtimes.com @president.ie www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comPolice investigate station assault as video appears to show Tommy RobinsonTransport police are investigating an incident at the London station it says left a man with serious injuries. 010
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Seems odd, with only two LTNs and little to no protected cycling infrastructure in Ealing, what is causing the slowing of bus services?! 000
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 17/07/2025I swear you can do literally anything in a car and not be given more than 3 years in jail. Where is the justice? Awful. Thoughts with the friends and family of Keely Morgan. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCardiff driver jailed for 16 months for killing Keely MorganChristopher West hit Keely Morgan on 1 May 2023 and she died at the scene. 000
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 07/07/2025UK Army: here's a gun. @rbgkew.bsky.social: you need a parent. 020
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 07/07/2025What's the odds that Linden has no problem with the Orange Order marches this coming weekend? 000
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Multiple camps, rest stops and camp sites along and major river for decades, and there was no active flood monitoring, alert system or evacuation plan in place? I've a few questions. @theguardian.com @nytimes.com @cnn.com @aoc.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...bbc.co.ukTexas floods: At least 21 children among dozens killed, as 11 girls from camp still missing - follow liveKerrville County Mayor Larry Leitha says 59 people have been confirmed dead in the county, as the search and rescue operation continues. 000
Reposted by @Das_PigZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Glastonbury is not the story. The Genocide is. 🎤 - With Andrew Marr. 1071869612
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 01/07/2025100% behind @owenjones.bsky.social on this one. It's a perplexing & ridiculous situation, and a sad reflection of modern society. I think a return to "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me" 90s attitude is required. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWelcome to Britain 2025: where a musician's words cause more outrage than the murder and horror in Gaza | Owen JonesThe issue of what happened at Glastonbury is obscuring the outrage about real bombs and actual death, and I think that is deliberate, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones 000
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 27/06/2025I did this consistently for a year to produce evidence for a camera enforced school street. The police, local councillors and school were supportive. We now have a school street. 020
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 26/06/2025It's simple - Bring back in person ticket selling. F@ck the touts, @ticketmaster.com included. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTicket touts employing workers to bulk-buy for concertsAn undercover probe finds workers help touts make money from gigs including Oasis and Taylor Swift. 000
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 20/06/2025"The Great Britain I love is dying. We have become a very different society over the last 30 years. And I think one unusual indicator captures it: the name of the country; Great Britain slowly becoming the UK. I believe in England" Sorry, forgive my shortcomings Baron Frost, you mean GB right? 🤷👍 000
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 09/06/2025C'mon now, @georgier30.bsky.social deserves full credit for her insightful & well researched journalism! 000
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Hey Poland, what do you want? - €246 billion in funding from the EU? - Banning flags you don't agree with? Oh your mum read something on Facebook that said the EU was bad. You sure? You'd prefer to ban flags you don't agree with over funding? World's fucked 🤦 www.statista.com/statistics/1...statista.comPoland's contributions to and receipts from the EU budget 2023| StatistaPoland has received more money from the EU than it has contributed since its membership in 2004. In 2022, Poland received the most money from EU funds. 000
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Provisional licence, no insurance, 8 points on a provisional, speeding at +120mph, caused a 4 police car pile up, caused serious injury to others. Banned for 3 years?! 🤦 What do you have to do to get banned from driving indefinitely? 🤷 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukNewcastle A1 police car crash driver detainedMazyar Azarbonyad is detained for 14 months for causing the crash which injured seven officers. 000
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Ban these!!! Come in packs of +100 for the sole reason of selling more. Break far too easily. Quantity over quality, terrible product. Will end up in rivers, polluting the environment. Struggling to find broken blades that have flown off the strimmer. @dalevince.com @chrisgpackham.bsky.social 000
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 30/05/2025@kemibadenochmp.bsky.social why did your party not build those 40 new hospitals? Oh that's right, there was no budget for them, even though they were a party pledge. "fantasy economics" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukKemi Badenoch accuses Starmer and Farage of 'fantasy economics'The Tory leader says the PM and Reform UK are in a 000
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Meanwhile.... www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...bbc.co.ukMale detained after road traffic collision at Liverpool FC parade, police sayMerseyside Police say they're responding to reports of a car colliding with pedestrians on Water Street. It is not yet clear if anyone is injured. 030
Reposted by @Das_PigIan Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Something fishy about this sob story (1) The photos are stock shots taken in 2012 and 2014, available from Shutterstock and Alamy—links below. (2) There’s no trace of bankers Al and Alexandra Moy anywhere other than the Telegraph 🤔 www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/... www.alamy.com/stock-photo-... 1181139492
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Better cut back on the avocado toast & coffees guys...or you'll have to let the dog hairdresser go next 🤦 000
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Can't afford ~£140 pm driving lessons? Wait until you have to buy a car, pay for fuel, MOTs, servicing & pay for insurance as a new driver🤦 Car brain syndrome detected 🧠 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukDriving lessons: Learners struggle to pay before test, but instructors say pricing fairPaige Williams, a single mum from Barnsley, says she's having to drastically cut back on spending to afford her £35-an-hour driving lessons. 020
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 23/05/2025So much for clamping down on "government over-reach".... 010
@Das_Pig @daspig.bsky.social · 23/05/2025This is why "it's not what you know, it's who you know" is a terrible hiring philosophy & work place culture. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...theguardian.comTrump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of CongoOther images displayed by Trump during meeting with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa were false or misleading 000
