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@krn @matthewf_ Wasn't this after the Richard Bacon sacking, they were down to two presenters so needed "guests" to fill in?

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@xcrtixi @JoeStephenson96 That was my first thought when I saw this

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@GJMarshy @MikeWillSee Trains for heads of state is whether they want to make it work. In France, President Hollande did travel by chartered TGV a few times, even though a massive security detail required. President Macron did it once, on unopened high speed line. His spin doctors said "no more"

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@krn These sorts of people are v. odd. Lost of variations on a theme. I saw one saying Farningham Road near Swanley should have a new town built around it. No thought as to where the farmland there that is given over to fruit, veg and livestock should go.

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@AndrewBowden @krn Exactly. There's plenty of things wrong with the railway at the moment, without people resorting to old photos for likes on social media.

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@edwardbdart If it's v. short term post Sullivan meltdown, then sort of OK. But fact is their older stuff tends to be in poor state, unlike Transport UK or Go-Ahead London who have a small number of pre-2010 buses in a decent condition.

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@edwardbdart @AondosooW86655 Good shots. Is the state of the bus unusual for Uno? I know when I've used them they always seem well looked after

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@edwardbdart How much of the 358 did you do? It's such a varied route.

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@JoeStephenson96 I thought the Tesco Express next to work was expensive, until Coop opened a shop just round the corner. Wow! It's worth it on my breaks walking 10 minutes the other way to Waitrose, where the prices aren't anyway near as high!

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@edwardbdart @bernardbomach Good to see, sounds promising. Steve's one of those people in bus industry that is genuinely well-respected.

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@edwardbdart @bernardbomach Great shots. That Scania looks lovely. Good to see Steve's recent-ish venture clearly doing well

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@MikeWillSee I'm actually in Ireland this week, but in Derry. Couple of hours by train or coach, so I'll probably leave it until another time.

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@TeBe_Blade @JoeStephenson96 I genuinely didn't know anyone had any beef with The Major. Who even are these people?

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@JoeStephenson96 When did we start referring to keepers as "No 1s". Or is this a public school schoolboy / Athletic journalist thing?

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@WezzRail @TheBenTriesTwit Wow! A "Railway worker" without a sense of humour or irony. I'm going with a "railway manager"

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@krn Yep. The mess that was London Trams / TOL in Croydon was on his watch as TfL commissioner. He didn't handle that well, blurring the lines v. much between London Trams, the TfL subsidiary, and TOL, owned by First, who coincidentally had bought Hendy's bus company in the 1990s

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@krn I suppose if you are transport journalist then big story over next 5 years will be how railway organisation changes. If you make an enemy of one of the key people involved it, it's a bit awkward.

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@krn He always has been. Always managed to ingratiate himself with whichever politcian is in power. I'd be interested to which of the supine railway journalists will be first to break rank and call him out on this