Spencer Neal

Between rock and hard place it's mostly politics. Not everything works out, but mostly it does, given time and a fair wind. Views my own. Except retweets. Obvs.

[Spencer Neal @SpencerNeal]

With the cost of living being what it is, I hope the @SouthernRailUK platform despatch team at Brighton station put the child’s Vans trainers into lost property. #lostproperty #Brighton Found on the train on platform 3.

[Spencer Neal @SpencerNeal]

@GWRHelp Many thanks. I am keeping my fingers crossed.

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@GWRHelp hi I am on the 10:04 from Paddington, going to Redruth - except this train will terminate now at Plymouth. Please can you help /advise?

[Spencer Neal @SpencerNeal]

@GWRHelp Thanks Jo. Do you have an ETA for Plymouth?

[Spencer Neal @SpencerNeal]

@GWRHelp Thanks Jo. My tracker has stopped showing an ETA for Plymouth - are you able to see what time we arrive so I can plan onward leg?

[Spencer Neal @SpencerNeal]

@Reuters This is surely an AI bot spoof, right? #spoof #turkeysatchristmas

[Spencer Neal @SpencerNeal]

@georgeeaton I think ‘unwitting’ could well be the definition for her 49 days in office.

[Spencer Neal @SpencerNeal]

https://t.co/TUGskjtl8w

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It’s not everyone’s idea of street furniture and #placemaking - hopefully the utility has provided ⁦@hackneycouncil⁩ with a mitigation or contribution toward a #greenspace amenity.

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@nationalrailenq Aye - aware of signalling issue. Are trains running from Hassocks to Brighton?

[Spencer Neal @SpencerNeal]

@nationalrailenq any news on trains from Haywards Heath to Hove?

[Spencer Neal @SpencerNeal]

@networkrail Any news on services between Gatwick and Brighton - trains from London are being cancelled at Gatwick. Thanks.

[Spencer Neal @SpencerNeal]

The thing about #headwinds, it's not the time to either cut the motor or put out a drogue. Obvs, if it's a prevailing wind, change course. #BrexitReality #ClimateCrisis #sailainganalogy

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@steverichards14 How can any single party, under the FPTP electoral system, overcome the challenges of the economic headwinds without alienating those with opposing views on the EU within the same party?

[Spencer Neal @SpencerNeal]

@ayeshahazarika Only if Chancellor Kwarteng goes too. #standbyyourman #commonsenseeconomics

[Spencer Neal @SpencerNeal]

But @Peston, this makes it seem like this situation could have been predicted and avoided by anyone with a modicum of #commonsenseeconomics...

[Robert Peston @Peston]

The biggest short term problem that the Bank of England’s emergency intervention is trying to correct is that the collapse in government bond prices and rise in market interest rates was undermining the value of collateral on pension funds’ long term hedges and having an…

[ANFTM @AMOMARSDEN]

Made this one for you @mrjamesob

[Spencer Neal @SpencerNeal]

The #sterling situation and the comments about the need to take a gamble in order to increase the wealth of the nation make wonder what happened to #prudence.

[stefanstern @stefanstern]

The last four lines from King Lear:

"The weight of this sad time we must obey,
Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say;
The oldest hath borne most; we that are young
Shall never see so much, nor live so long."

[Spencer Neal @SpencerNeal]

@mikelovestweets @PeterCBowyer Great to see you two making up and agreeing on something, even if it is a bit maudlin. 😀