Vernon Baseley
@vernonbaseley.bsky.social
Rail operations specialist. Editor of "Outre-Manche" blog.
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Somehow this got missed off the "Benefit Street" front pages today
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Somehow this got missed off the "Benefit Street" front pages today
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A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine
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‘Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.’
Great work from @BBCWales. Keep going
Great work from @BBCWales. Keep going
November 28, 2025 at 6:28 AM
‘Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.’
Great work from @BBCWales. Keep going
Great work from @BBCWales. Keep going
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An evening painting of Whitby, "Baiting the Lines" 1884 by John Atkinson Grimshaw. It was said that he captured the moonlit images of ‘the rain and mist, the puddles and smoky fog of late Victorian England with great poetry’.
November 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
An evening painting of Whitby, "Baiting the Lines" 1884 by John Atkinson Grimshaw. It was said that he captured the moonlit images of ‘the rain and mist, the puddles and smoky fog of late Victorian England with great poetry’.
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Yay!! I couldn’t be there but Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring just won gold at the APA podcast awards!!
Whole thing was crowdfunded by @the-citizens.bsky.social to highlight 5-year legal case to get an investigation into Russian interference in UK politics. Power to the people!
Whole thing was crowdfunded by @the-citizens.bsky.social to highlight 5-year legal case to get an investigation into Russian interference in UK politics. Power to the people!
November 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Yay!! I couldn’t be there but Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring just won gold at the APA podcast awards!!
Whole thing was crowdfunded by @the-citizens.bsky.social to highlight 5-year legal case to get an investigation into Russian interference in UK politics. Power to the people!
Whole thing was crowdfunded by @the-citizens.bsky.social to highlight 5-year legal case to get an investigation into Russian interference in UK politics. Power to the people!
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Worth noting the OBR reckons that if the fuel duty freeze does end in 2027 it will have run for 16 years and cost the exchequer a full £120bn. www.businessgreen.com/analysis/452...
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Worth noting the OBR reckons that if the fuel duty freeze does end in 2027 it will have run for 16 years and cost the exchequer a full £120bn. www.businessgreen.com/analysis/452...
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"This morning I had another talk with the German Chancellor, Herr Hitler, and here is a paper which bears his name upon it as well as mine. Some of you perhaps have already heard what it contains, but I would just like to read it to you..."
⁉️ Putin says Russia can put in writing it will not attack Europe
Putin says Russia can put in writing it will not attack Europe
Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin has said that Russia has been ready to state in writing that it does not intend to attack Europe.
www.pravda.com.ua
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"This morning I had another talk with the German Chancellor, Herr Hitler, and here is a paper which bears his name upon it as well as mine. Some of you perhaps have already heard what it contains, but I would just like to read it to you..."
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After being left out of pocket yesterday due to the problems of #CrossBorderRail between Belgium and France, I have just sent my open letter to Community of European Railways
Let's see what response I get 😀
Here's the letter:
jonworth.eu/an-open-lett...
Let's see what response I get 😀
Here's the letter:
jonworth.eu/an-open-lett...
An open letter, and an invoice for €59.94, to Alberto Mazzola, boss of Community of European Railways - Jon Worth
Dear Alberto, It is a little odd for me, a blogger and campaigner, to be writing an open letter to you as Executive Director of Community of European Railways (CER). But the combination of circumstanc...
jonworth.eu
November 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
After being left out of pocket yesterday due to the problems of #CrossBorderRail between Belgium and France, I have just sent my open letter to Community of European Railways
Let's see what response I get 😀
Here's the letter:
jonworth.eu/an-open-lett...
Let's see what response I get 😀
Here's the letter:
jonworth.eu/an-open-lett...
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Confused messaging from The Boy's school this week, a terse email from the Head complaining too many children being absent, please send your children to school followed up this morning with "I am sharing NHS advice regarding gastroenteritis as we are having to send home many pupils feeling unwell" 🤷♂️
November 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Confused messaging from The Boy's school this week, a terse email from the Head complaining too many children being absent, please send your children to school followed up this morning with "I am sharing NHS advice regarding gastroenteritis as we are having to send home many pupils feeling unwell" 🤷♂️
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Can't believe you geeks are still talking about the budget when Your Party conference starts (and possibly ends) tomorrow.
November 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Can't believe you geeks are still talking about the budget when Your Party conference starts (and possibly ends) tomorrow.
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when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
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As someone whose Christmas diet is effectively four courses of Chocolate Orange a day, I'm going to have to try out this approach this year
Just seen a reel of an American eating a Chocolate Orange by just…..biting into it. Like an apple.
I need a lie down.
I need a lie down.
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
As someone whose Christmas diet is effectively four courses of Chocolate Orange a day, I'm going to have to try out this approach this year
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Previous Prime Minister Boris Johnson was born in the United States. I'd love for her to tell me that's different and then try to explain why without being racist.
Excuse my language but …
I am so fucking tired of shit like this.
I am so fucking tired of shit like this.
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Previous Prime Minister Boris Johnson was born in the United States. I'd love for her to tell me that's different and then try to explain why without being racist.
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I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
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Today's Private Eye story, picking up our Andrew Milne coverage.
Read all about it in today's Tribune: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/new-detectiv...
Read all about it in today's Tribune: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/new-detectiv...
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Today's Private Eye story, picking up our Andrew Milne coverage.
Read all about it in today's Tribune: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/new-detectiv...
Read all about it in today's Tribune: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/new-detectiv...
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It’s very sad, I worked at O2 for 10 years, they used to put the customer at the heart of their business. Since Virgin Media bought them, the American way seems to prevail. I expect O2 were relying on a majority of their customers not seeing or understanding the rise until it was too late.
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It’s very sad, I worked at O2 for 10 years, they used to put the customer at the heart of their business. Since Virgin Media bought them, the American way seems to prevail. I expect O2 were relying on a majority of their customers not seeing or understanding the rise until it was too late.
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A few weeks ago I wrote to the Chancellor asking her to intervene as O2'd hiked its price hike; increasing prices by more than it told people when they signed up – a mockery of Ofcom's rules & hugely inflationary.
Today she sent me her letters to Ofcom & industry about it...
Today she sent me her letters to Ofcom & industry about it...
November 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
A few weeks ago I wrote to the Chancellor asking her to intervene as O2'd hiked its price hike; increasing prices by more than it told people when they signed up – a mockery of Ofcom's rules & hugely inflationary.
Today she sent me her letters to Ofcom & industry about it...
Today she sent me her letters to Ofcom & industry about it...
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Substantially more Republicans than Democrats support arming Ukraine!
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Substantially more Republicans than Democrats support arming Ukraine!
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Bad news for anyone thinking of responding to the consultation on the new electric vehicle duty.
The consultation opens today, and closes last March.
The consultation opens today, and closes last March.
November 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Bad news for anyone thinking of responding to the consultation on the new electric vehicle duty.
The consultation opens today, and closes last March.
The consultation opens today, and closes last March.
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VP of EU Commission Kaja Kallas: “We still need to get from a situation where Russia pretends to negotiate to a situation where they need to negotiate.”
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
VP of EU Commission Kaja Kallas: “We still need to get from a situation where Russia pretends to negotiate to a situation where they need to negotiate.”
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The Epstein files are going to be about a page and a half.
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The Epstein files are going to be about a page and a half.
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🚨It's time there was investigation into Russian interference in our politics.
And the first person they should question is Nigel Farage.
And the first person they should question is Nigel Farage.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🚨It's time there was investigation into Russian interference in our politics.
And the first person they should question is Nigel Farage.
And the first person they should question is Nigel Farage.
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beginning to believe I would actually vote for a dead pigeon on a stick if it just promised to restore the fuel duty escalator
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
beginning to believe I would actually vote for a dead pigeon on a stick if it just promised to restore the fuel duty escalator
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Is British politics immune to US-style rightwing Christianity? We’re about to find out: Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson are increasingly espousing Christian ‘values’, and a wealthy US legal group is becoming influential – this could have dire consequences
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
Is British politics immune to US-style rightwing Christianity? We’re about to find out | Lamorna Ash
Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson are increasingly espousing Christian ‘values’, and a wealthy US legal group is becoming influential – this could have dire consequences, says author Lamorna Ash
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Is British politics immune to US-style rightwing Christianity? We’re about to find out: Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson are increasingly espousing Christian ‘values’, and a wealthy US legal group is becoming influential – this could have dire consequences
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
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Meanwhile... we could have seen this coming:
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
> Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
> Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Meanwhile... we could have seen this coming:
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
> Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
> Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...