Louise

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[Louise @CreativeWeeze]

@slfchkoutbandit Sounds like the middle section of Last Christmas

[Louise @CreativeWeeze]

@AvantiWestCoast Thank you for your help

[Louise @CreativeWeeze]

@AvantiWestCoast I was due to get the 18:10 from Euston to Birmingham New St that's been cancelled. I want to travel on the 18:40 however I am concerned I won't get a seat. I booked a seat reservation as I am disabled and am in pain today, can a seat be reserved for me on 18:40?

[Louise @CreativeWeeze]

@AvantiWestCoast I do yes, I'll try there

[Louise @CreativeWeeze]

@AvantiWestCoast Yes I booked through trainline. Would it be easier to purchase a ticket for 18:40 and get a reserved seat that way?

[Louise @CreativeWeeze]

@AvantiWestCoast Do you have any other customer support channels I can send my ticket to? X isn't letting me DM one and sending it in a reply just means someone else could use my ticket. Please, I'm just trying to get home for a funeral

[Louise @CreativeWeeze]

@AvantiWestCoast Is there something else I can try? I just want to make sure I get a seat, I'm in too much pain to be able to stand the whole way

[Louise @CreativeWeeze]

@AvantiWestCoast I'm trying, the link won't open. I've tried on desktop but it won't let me attach an image

[Louise @CreativeWeeze]

@AvantiWestCoast

[Louise @CreativeWeeze]

@lukejcr @TheIFS How is this remotely egalitarian if wealthy students who didn't need a loan won't have had to pay anything over the actual cost of their tuition? How is it remotely fair if people take time out of work for sickness or for caring still have thousands added in interest?

[Louise @CreativeWeeze]

@LBC @NickFerrariLBC Where's my prize?

[Oli Dugmore @OliDugmore]

The justification for charging tuition fees, with reverse triple lock interest, and resulting 9% extra income tax, is the graduate premium.

This, you are told, is the extra lifetime earnings from which you will benefit as a degree holder. And we believe that to be between £100,00 - £150,000 over the course of your career.

But “believe” is the operative word.

The thing is, we don’t know.

But the government does.

That’s because they have something called LEO data - Longitudinal Education Outcomes. And it tracks the university, course, and earnings of nearly 40 million people.

Here’s the kicker: they won’t release the full data to the public, to you. Only to pre-approved researchers. And even then, they don’t get the whole dataset.

That’s because pressure groups that represent universities have lobbied for it to remain private. They say you can’t measure the value of an education in a salary. That it’s about the soul and the mind and enrichment and growing up.

And I agree with them, if only for the fact that they did have a really specific idea of the value of an education when they were taking my money. And indeed the government does too: +9% on my marginal tax rate.

So the ask is simple. Release the records. Let graduates make an informed choice about the actual value of their degree. They just have to press publish.

What have they got to hide?

[Louise @CreativeWeeze]

@trevgoes4th @CallumCMason This isn't a tax though is it? If it was all grads would be paying and not just those wealthy not enough to pay for university up front

[Louise @CreativeWeeze]

@thegirlchlo_ It's not about arriving later or having to wait . If 50 people get the train from that platform every 2 mins, an 8 min wait means you suddenly have 200 people waiting to get the next train. Victoria line is red hot as it is let alone when rammed

[Carlsberg. @Carlynotcarley]

People need educating on dynamic disabilities.

Sometimes I can walk & swim ect for a time (despite the pain) some days I can't even sit up in bed by myself 🤷‍♀️

It's not complicated.

Dynamic disabilities exist. Ambulatory wheelchairs exist.

Educate yourselves.

[Disability Rights UK @DisRightsUK]

MPs vote against lifting restrictions on bus travel before 9.30.
"This decision is very hard to stomach and comes at a time when disabled people feel under attack by various unsympathetic government policies and ‘U Turns"
Read the full story here:
https://t.co/DSNwTIywtx

[Camryn @dancingofpens]

i miss dvd culture... remember the Shrek 2 dvd screen? remember far far away idol? don't forget what they took from you

[Louise @CreativeWeeze]

@TheBendySlow They're under fire for all the masterchef stuff, so they have to post men they're not worried about 😅