@sarpstappen@F1GuyDan Well given the pace of the cars that weekend it is unlikely because McLaren would have just swapped Lando and Oscar in the race giving Lando a 5 point advantage instead of 2. Therefore meaning Max would have to win the sprint and for Lando to finish no lower than 4th.
@nicholasdhair@philatrail That is a possibility I just assumed given they said will do the Saltburn, Hull and Scarborough services that they will use the same stopping patterns as current and make them a replacement for the 185s. It is entirely possible though that they make these intercity routes.
Count the number of assaults going on here, NOT carried out by the security staff..
They think it’s a fucking free for all to grab people’s hair and get digs in!
#Reform
🚨 WATCH: Leaked footage shows Robert Jenrick calling Afghanistan "shit"
"Detain and deport and send them back home, even if it's somewhere shit like Afghanistan"
🚨 NEW: Reform UK and Nigel Farage have been caught potentially breaking electoral law
- Verbatim ran a year-long undercover investigation, verified by Channel 4 News
- Investigators posed as the British-based son of wealthy American donor, who was looking to give money to Reform UK
- Because the donor was based in the US, he couldn't legally donate directly to the party
- James Orr, Reform UK's Head of Policy, and Dan Jukes, a close aide to Nigel Farage, then allegedly helped arrange for a US company, which was actually set up by Verbatim, to pay for three polls commissioned by Reform UK
- The three JL Partners polls cost £32,500 and were paid by Verbatim. Two were published in The Telegraph before the May elections - "Labour would face wipeout if elections went ahead" and "Two thirds of voters want Starmer out" - while The Times published "Reform vote in unions at same level as Labour"
- Nigel Farage later met the undercover team in Clacton and praised the polling, saying "it worked, boom" and that it was "bang for buck"
- The polls were presented as independent and the public was not told that Reform UK had commissioned them or a US company paid for them. The US company and supposed American donor were not legal donors under UK electoral law
- Electoral Commission rules say political donations can include funding that helps a party cover costs and expenses, including research and studies, but the payments do not appear to have been declared to the Electoral Commission, despite reporting deadlines passing
- Jukes allegedly later proposed a way to arrange a £500,000 donation from the US through the donor's UK-based son, who would appear to be the donor. The investigation says this arrangement would be illegal
- At a Reform reception, Jukes allegedly introduced the undercover reporter as a "key donor for off the book project". The fake donor then allegedly met Suella Braverman, Sarah Pochin, Robert Jenrick and Danny Kruger
- Legal expert and former Electoral Commission chief Bob Posner says the allegations should now be subject to a criminal investigation
- The proposed £500,000 donation was never made
- Reform UK, Farage, Jukes and James Orr did not comment but are understood to deny the allegations in full
Dear Nigel
@Nigel_Farage
When you chose to trigger the Clacton by-election, you said REFORM UK would pay for it not the British public.
Sadly that's against the law.
However, there's no law to stop you distributing £340,000 among Clacton charities.
Please consider reposting
RMT calls for ‘root and branch’ review following more power outages
RAIL union RMT called for a root and branch review of railway operational control centres following another outage forcing most CrossCountry train services to be cancelled.
The power outage in Birmingham affected its control centre, resulting in many of the systems used to manage the railway being unavailable.
Private operator Arriva runs Cross Country services which have yet to be taken in-house under plans for Great British Railways (GBR).
RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey said that passengers and rail workers should not have to bear the brunt of another week of travel chaos due to insufficient back-up systems.
“We clearly need a full root and branch review of critical areas of railway operational control centres to ensure they remain unaffected by power outages,” he said.