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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@garethdennis.uk RAIB Interim report for Bedford talks about a nearly 10m reduction in length of the trains. Even with expected intervehicle deformation/crumpling, this feels like a lot! Is it or is this the expected crash worthiness from modern rolling stock?
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... OK, keep the triple lock… as long as I can benefit from it in 26 years time. “Electoral suicide” will only occur if the majority of voters would be benefiting from it. In 2029, it’s expected that over 65’s will make up only 21% of the population.
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Burnham is told axing pension triple lock would be ‘electoral suicide’ as he prepares to address Labour conference – UK politics live
Union leader says getting rid of triple lock not ‘the right thing’ as the PM prepares to lay out his ‘hope comes from honesty’ vision in Liverpool this afternoon
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I am such a team player. Whilst my wife goes out for a run, I’ve eaten the last third of the ripe, unpasteurised, creamy and flavourful Camembert D’Isigny Sainte-Mère because it was smelling out the fridge. She truly doesn’t know how lucky she is…
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
My instagram algorithm has become increasingly niche… with it serving up a (French language) interview from @lequipe-actu.bsky.social with the man at @letour.stadio.top who repaints the phalluses on the road on each stage into rabbits or butterflies. #nichesportscontent
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
In an unexpected turn in my life, I find myself reading Erskine May to establish whether a member can wear a bin on their head. It seems @countbinface.bsky.social might be OK as long as they pair it with a tie…
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I am informed this morning that my mother seems to have instigated some sort of Marxist U3A current affairs splinter group. They meet away from the rest of the U3A group at different members’ houses. Has my mother created a rural-based Weather Underground?!
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
God damn it Cadburys. Where has the Creme Egg car at Bournville gone? It was my favourite bit of the train journey to Brum. Does anyone know?
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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 17/04/2026
if you're being served this in the MIDDLE EAST surrounded by some of the best food humanity has ever conceived of, you're not just on the losing side, you've lost in ways the English language cannot describe
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
@garethdennis.uk can I petition for (another) Railnatter on improving resilience in an era of a changing climate? We’re now over a week into an almost complete rebuild of the Tarka Line trackbed thanks to rain and weather. For a route touted as a potential DAL… we need to do better!
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Does TFG think it’s Johnny Infantino? That’s not just a dodgy pronunciation is it?!
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
@zackpolanski.bsky.social having read the interview it validated every political decision I’ve made in the last few months. But, I have one question, where is that green coat from? You know the one! I’m insanely jealous of it.
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Even I didn’t have “radioactive wasp plague” on my 2025 bingo card… but here we are.
WaPo headline “Radioactive wasp nests found near nuclear storage site in South Carolina”
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Hey @theguardian.com … you know there’s been a major incident in Somerset and you’re still pushing the bullshit about Diane Abbott. The Daily Mail has this as their main story and you’re pushing some rank political agenda instead. It’s shameful and exposes your politics fully.
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
The kids’ nan brought some old Railway magazines for them… and my 4yr old announced “ooh, a party train” at the Parry People Mover. So their education is going fine thanks for asking.
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Rachel Reeves making a joke about The Two Chairmen is some real niche Whitehall humour… though I do now look forward to Heidi Alexander referencing The Loose Box and Wes Streeting the Plume of Feathers.
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
What if, and hear me out here, DOGE was actually cover for the 21st century’s watergate and they were all throughout government like the White House plumbers looking for those Epstein files…
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
@davidallengreen.bsky.social on your Public Procurement point… there has been substantial reform undertaken that went live this Feb, which included the National Procurement Policy Statement. That NPPS can (and should) be used to support any defence industrial strategy that should exist. Fingers x’d.
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
“Ner-vid-ey-ah” is the new #covfefe
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Taiwan?!? He’s putting a massive tariff on Taiwan? Does the man not have anyone around him who could whisper to him “TSMC are kind of a big deal sir, and this will cripple the semiconductor industry”. Dumb it down a bit more than that if you have to… this is going to be carnage.
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Having just finished part 1 of @edconway.bsky.social Material World I, even as a supply chain professional, was left astounded at “The Longest Journey”. It should be required reading for anyone who thinks re-shoring as a protectionist ideology would work. It simply cannot happen!
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Ah the Grauniad… still able to cock it up on occasion. This time forgetting that there is an airline, based in Sweden, called SAS… #heathrow
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
The USA, China and Russia are the enemies of free, sovereign countries and are now an axis of power facing against Europe, the UK and the free world. There, I said it.
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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Rats in a sack, part 1; www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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Maga v Musk: Trump camp divided in bitter fight over immigration policy
Feud flared up when president-elect chose Sriram Krishnan, an Indian-born entrepreneur, as his AI adviser
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
All this waffle about a re-run of a vote… I thought the losers were supposed to just “get on with it” or “make it work”?! What’s the limitation on re-runs? Is 8 years too long?
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
OK, be honest, who among us had “Barack Obama narrates a nature documentary series” on our 2024 bingo cards? www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Our Oceans review – Barack Obama’s nature show might be the most beautiful thing you see all year
Yes, the ex-president’s soothing voice was made to narrate this gorgeous wildlife programme. But the absolutely majestic visuals are the real star
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James @jamese-b84.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
All the WORKING farmers I know (and it’s a few) weren’t in London because; 1. They were working and 2. They, following the advice of the NFU, put their farms into family trusts years ago. The last of them did it this summer…because the NFU tipped them off. Don’t fall for the bluster from the rich!
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