Paul Bigland
@paulbigland.bsky.social
Photographer, Journalist, NUJ member. Likes transport, politics, food and travel. Hates extremism. My blog: https://paulbigland.blog/ My photography: https://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/ #FBPE
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The sheer scale of media outrage this week about plans to lift hundreds of thousands children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the real priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
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The Real 'Benefits Street' Protecting Britain's Wealthiest
The sheer scale of outrage about plans to lift children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The sheer scale of media outrage this week about plans to lift hundreds of thousands children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the real priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
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Fairly certain Kemi Badenoch is hoping that nobody has noticed this.
Pretty brazen...
Pretty brazen...
November 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Fairly certain Kemi Badenoch is hoping that nobody has noticed this.
Pretty brazen...
Pretty brazen...
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Problem: you have two left wing parties in British politics.
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
November 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Problem: you have two left wing parties in British politics.
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
The expression 'piss-up in a brewery' springs to mind...
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana has boycotted day one of the Your Party Conference over the expulsion of members of left-wing groups.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The expression 'piss-up in a brewery' springs to mind...
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Can’t remember budget ‘case studies’ ever being quite so funny. Especially in newspapers that recently anointed Liz Truss a fiscal genius.
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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November 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Can’t remember budget ‘case studies’ ever being quite so funny. Especially in newspapers that recently anointed Liz Truss a fiscal genius.
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Footage of Ukrainian drones attacking Russian Black Sea Fleet ships
November 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Footage of Ukrainian drones attacking Russian Black Sea Fleet ships
Today's #DailyDMU is 159101, seen speeding through Byfleet and New Haw towards London on the 21st April 2010. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p342683540/e... #photography #railways
TOCs past: SWT (Southwest Trains) | DG49110. 159101. Byfleet and New Haw. 21.4.10.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Today's #DailyDMU is 159101, seen speeding through Byfleet and New Haw towards London on the 21st April 2010. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p342683540/e... #photography #railways
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"My poll numbers have never been better."
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"My poll numbers have never been better."
Hurrah! It's black(shirt) Friday! Here's the ideal gift for the Nazi in your life. Available in L ,XL and XXL. Payment is accepted in pounds, rubles or non-traceable bitcoin.
November 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Hurrah! It's black(shirt) Friday! Here's the ideal gift for the Nazi in your life. Available in L ,XL and XXL. Payment is accepted in pounds, rubles or non-traceable bitcoin.
Today's #DailyDMU is 159022 which is pictured at #Exeter Central on the evening of the 17th August 2016. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p342683540/e... #railways #photography
TOCs past: SWT (Southwest Trains) | DG250064. 159022. Exeter Central. 17.8.16
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November 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Today's #DailyDMU is 159022 which is pictured at #Exeter Central on the evening of the 17th August 2016. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p342683540/e... #railways #photography
Today's blog has no mention of railways but covers matters both spiritual and temporal. It also takes the pee out of the political right, so no change there then! paulbigland.blog/2025/11/27/2... #photography
27th November picture of the day…
There’s been another quiet day here at Bigland Towers. Whilst Dawn has ventured out to see an old friend and work colleague, I’ve stayed close to base in order to get some blogging done…
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November 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Today's blog has no mention of railways but covers matters both spiritual and temporal. It also takes the pee out of the political right, so no change there then! paulbigland.blog/2025/11/27/2... #photography
New blog looking at #TRU railway upgrade progress between #Mirfield and #Dewsbury in West Yorkshire. paulbigland.blog/2025/11/27/t... #railways #photography
TRU: Checking out progress between Mirfield and Ravensthorpe.
On Tuesday the grey skies which have bedevilled us here in West Yorkshire took a day off, allowing me to get out with the camera and record progress on the Trans-Pennine Route Upgrade between Mirfi…
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November 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
New blog looking at #TRU railway upgrade progress between #Mirfield and #Dewsbury in West Yorkshire. paulbigland.blog/2025/11/27/t... #railways #photography
Today's #DailyDMU is 159021. Here it is having arrived at #London Waterloo station on the 23rd October 2013. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p342683540/e... #railways #photography
TOCs past: SWT (Southwest Trains) | DG163942. 159021. Waterloo. 23.10.13.
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November 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Today's #DailyDMU is 159021. Here it is having arrived at #London Waterloo station on the 23rd October 2013. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p342683540/e... #railways #photography
Today's blog. Yesterday's explorations discovered a derelict #Dewsbury pub with an unusual name and interesting back-story. paulbigland.blog/2025/11/26/2... #photography
26th November picture of the day…
I’d hoped to have had another (different) blog written and published, but today’s run away with me. I was out and about yesterday, looking at some of the Trans-Pennine Route Upgrade (TR…
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November 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Today's blog. Yesterday's explorations discovered a derelict #Dewsbury pub with an unusual name and interesting back-story. paulbigland.blog/2025/11/26/2... #photography
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On Truss & Kwarteng in ‘22. Allister Heath, Telegraph: “the best budget I have ever heard a British chancellor deliver". Alex Brummer, Mail: “a genuine Tory package elbowing to one side the Treasury's fiscal conservatism".
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
On Truss & Kwarteng in ‘22. Allister Heath, Telegraph: “the best budget I have ever heard a British chancellor deliver". Alex Brummer, Mail: “a genuine Tory package elbowing to one side the Treasury's fiscal conservatism".
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
Today's #DailyDMU is 159020, photographed at #Basingstoke on the 26th September 2023. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p901669522/e... #railways #photography
South Western Railway (SWR) | DG402822. 159020. 1L60. 1525 Exeter St Davids to London Waterloo. Basingstoke. 26.9.2023.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Today's #DailyDMU is 159020, photographed at #Basingstoke on the 26th September 2023. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p901669522/e... #railways #photography
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The type of things that happen when a foolish reality TV actor appoints a petty, drunk talk show chatterbox to run our military:
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The type of things that happen when a foolish reality TV actor appoints a petty, drunk talk show chatterbox to run our military:
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Leicester was also unhappy last week with the SoS for Transport's comments on Midland Mainline electrification. Link to article:
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November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Leicester was also unhappy last week with the SoS for Transport's comments on Midland Mainline electrification. Link to article:
www.pressreader.com/uk/leicester...
www.pressreader.com/uk/leicester...
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How Farage feels about Putin: in his own words | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
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November 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Today's #DailyDMU is 159019 which was captured passing #Clapham on the 17th October 2020. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p901669522/e... #railways #photography
South Western Railway (SWR) | DG345511. 159019. Clapham Junction. London. 17.10.20.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Today's #DailyDMU is 159019 which was captured passing #Clapham on the 17th October 2020. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p901669522/e... #railways #photography
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
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November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
Here's another catch-up blog with details of a new railway photographic competition run by the #Avanti West Coast train company that I'm involved in judging. paulbigland.blog/2025/11/20/2... #railways #photography
20th November picture of the day…
After two long days in the South-East it was nice to be home and put my feet up in the warm, especially as West Yorkshire had seen its first snow of the season. This looked very attractive from the…
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November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Here's another catch-up blog with details of a new railway photographic competition run by the #Avanti West Coast train company that I'm involved in judging. paulbigland.blog/2025/11/20/2... #railways #photography
I'm catching up with blogging. Here's last week's evening in London, #HS2 Wendover construction site visit and return back to Yorkshire. paulbigland.blog/2025/11/19/l... #railways #travel #photography
London, HS2 and home…
Having finally made it to London my plans changed somewhat due to the power of social media. I’d not arranged to socialise but a friend who was in Brighton had read my blog and suggested meet…
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November 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I'm catching up with blogging. Here's last week's evening in London, #HS2 Wendover construction site visit and return back to Yorkshire. paulbigland.blog/2025/11/19/l... #railways #travel #photography
Today's #DailyDMU is 159018 which is seen blackening the sky at #Exeter Central on the 1st July 2014. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p342683540/e... #railways #photography
TOCs past: SWT (Southwest Trains) | DG184500. 159018. Exeter Central. 1.7.14
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November 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Today's #DailyDMU is 159018 which is seen blackening the sky at #Exeter Central on the 1st July 2014. paulbigland.zenfolio.com/p342683540/e... #railways #photography