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It's probably typical of what we call a Compo-Face article in the Echo. Didn't read it, because its The Echo.

Thats a bit like asking the Russians to blow up their own ammo dumps

The only way I can see of taking action about this is if everyone monitors their local prices and only buys from the cheapest. It's what I've been doing for months but it needs everybody (or most) to do the same

Definitely correct there. Last night, the BP garage that I usually use was 195.9p per litre. The Tesco up the road where I have been using recently due to the obvious price difference was 196.9p The other garage was 197.9p (didn't clock the fourth garages price but as it's a Euro it usually price matches the other Euro) So the expensive BP / M&S Garage was the cheapest But recently the supermarkets have been within 3p a litre even when they are cheaper and the differential used to be about 8p or 9p. At the Start of the Pandemic the differential went to something ludicrous like 21p But I know of petrol stations now that are consistently cheaper than the supermarkets

They only sell shandy on planes

1 item of hand luggage rule is to blame but it's easily sorted with a few braincells, put the smaller bag with the stuff you actually need in the bigger bag, take this out before you chuck your big bag in the locker. Stick the smaller bag under your seat for take-off, job done. Then make sure you drink at least 10 cans of lager so you need a piss every 5 minutes otherwise the miserable words removed that are your fellow passengers won't have anything to moan about on t'internet when they get home

This could easily go in the BBC Thread but as it originates from Grant Smarmy... BBC The train drivers aren't on strike! And including them in median figures for the industry as a whole is a totally bogus argument But they'll continue this narrative as if they are

You could have stopped there and the answer would have been No. I'm yet to be convinced he is sentient

Three or four hits off the one album - Boxerbeat / Johnny Freindly / Just Got Lucky / another one I forget Dreadful band, possibly the worst band any of them have collectively been in (they have quite the pedigree) I never understood how they went from Subway Sect to JoBoxers

Interesting factoid. The tune was written first as it was used as a theme song in this French TV Show before Smith actually finished the Lyrics

Yes Dem, as a train user, you should also know they are striking about Public Safety and what halving the budget (and therefore Staff) will do to all the rail safety checks. Last time a government did this incidents of multiple fatalities on the railways had a huge spike They are striking for your safety too

Yep, it would have been all that waiting around with other people due to the length of time you have to wait in that there London for buses

Dem, the Train Drivers aren't on strike. Nurses probably get paid significantly more than most of the people who are on strike

Oh and if you want further feedback, the images of the couple in the bar are too dark. It really did take a few views of seeing those images to work out what was going on, especially the non-toasting one, I'm still not sure what that image is meant to actually show

Me and the missus still not had it. Daughter has but she was in London at the time

Which is predicted to happen in the not too distant future

Unless of course, you are wrong about that too

It was exactly that, at least they edited it, Reach PLC wouldn't even have bothered

I don't think the angry woman image does indeed represent an angry woman, exasperated yes, angry no

Reading that actually highlights how shit the RMT actually are at getting their message across Whilst its ok to sit across a table constantly calling a junior government minister a liar and looking like a word removed to most uninvolved people watching, they should spend more time explaining the situation. I had no idea about most of that Most people in this country are of the impression that train drivers are on strike for more pay

Another thing that pisses me off is people not reading threads before they post

Collared Doves actually at least they are doves I guess These are turtle doves Standards of jurnalism (sic) Grrrr

Can anyone work out why this pisses me off?

How do you strike less aggressively?

45k is the income before expenses A substantial amount of that money goes on chambers fees, work clothes, transport etc. The chambers fees will take out a big chunk before all the others They are self-employed but are in a situation where the government controls the rate at which they are paid though the legal aid mechanism