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Leigh Kirkham
@leighkirkham.bsky.social
Twitter exile and provincial homosexual
Even the young non-train nerds outside London who don’t remember BR call it British Rail. Either give in or give a name that doesn’t include the name you don’t want people to use
December 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
You’d think someone in DfT would have realised the years of “Not so ‘Great’ British Railways!!!” headlines this is going to create
December 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
My favourite* pixel ad is the one where everyone is holding ice creams because they’re dumb apple users who are dumb and the smart pixel user is so different but also too thick to be able to pick flowers without AI telling her what to do

*most hated
December 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
They’re trying to use the Equality Act to get the livery changed
December 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Described someone with a relatively big following on here as “peak cockwomble twitter” but it applies broadly to 80% of users
December 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I saw it yesterday and it’s fantastic if you’re a millenial homosexual who spends too much time online. Genuinely one of the best shows I’ve been to

They just couldn’t use any of the jokes on BBC One at 8pm
December 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I edit informal Teams messages that have typos but if you work at BBC News you just hit publish and move on with your day
December 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Accent matches the opinion exactly
December 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Maybe we could let them have extra peak services if they take one clockface service out of the peak window (and I don’t have to play the spreadsheet game to find a train that arrives before midday that costs less than £100)
December 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM