@LNER Hiya Sam, I was booked on the 08:30 LDS-LKX this morning but all connecting trains to Leeds were cancelled so I’ve not been able to travel. My ticket was from Shipley-Cheam, all booked through you guys. Am I eligible for a refund?
IRA letter bomb.
Evil.
Israeli pager bomb
Terribly clever.
Maybe it's not the actual device that determines the moral position of the British establishment?
something quite stark about the world cheering the refugee olympic team on a barge on the seine during opening ceremony whilst 180 miles away those in calais and trying to cross the channel are subject to the most heinous violence and consistently framed as the enemy
Natalie Elphicke is right to apologise.
The decision to accept it 5 years after she first said it is unusual.
Not everyone is treated with such generosity.
https://t.co/sKhsqH5xaB
Imagine if a referendum were held in which 52% of those who voted declared that the Earth was flat.
And that subsequently everyone in the UK was forced to behave as if the Earth was indeed flat, and all main parties said "Ok, flat it is. Evidence be damned."
That's Brexit.
CORRECTION
The late Queen did not live a life of selfless devotion to the people, as reported everywhere
She lived a life of extraordinary privilege, devoted to maintaining power & privilege of the monarchy - her family - & to upholding Britain’s pernicious class structure
my favourite memory of the queen is when she used millions of wealth accrued through centuries of leeching from the working people of this country to bail out her nonce son from the inconvenience of 'being brought to justice'. thank you for your service ma'am x
It drives me up the wall when I hear about autistic kids who are getting overloaded and distressed because of how their school uniform feels, and the school response is that they need to just suck it up and deal with it because those are the rules.
• HSBC banking profits doubled
• Shell energy profits doubled
• BP energy profits doubled
• BP CEO pay doubled
• Shell CEO pay doubled
And they say your wage packet, that’s been stagnant for 18 years, is causing the inflation crisis
Mugged in broad daylight by profiteers.