James Cousins

@ajrgd @PolitlcsUK It’s got to be starlink right? Does anyone else actually have this working at scale and with good availability?

@PolitlcsUK do anything to avoid mentioning starlink or indeed any provider of the satellite internet

🚨 NEW: Great British Railways is set to connect more than 1,400 trains to low-Earth satellites to allow "ultra-fast" Wi-Fi speeds of 200Mbps

@Ben_42_65_6e @benfromsuffolk Tends to be a younger demographic too, so more cars/vans as a higher % working vs the average road

@benfromsuffolk New builds are also more likely to have more than the average number of cars. Because: •placed out of town without self sustaining amenities •the average is brought down by inner city dwellers •poor public transport •people who buy shiny new houses like shiny new cars

There are currently 1.2 cars per average UK household - a trend that’s only gone up since 1980 You can already see it when you drive through any housing estate that doesn’t have sufficient driveway space It doesn’t encourage people to own less cars - it just creates more cluttered and narrow roads + paths as everyone fights over the available space Stop mandating everything from the top-down, let the developers build what people actually need + want

@benfromsuffolk @PlantsBikesBass Only gets worse/better with EVs. I can drive my Tesla for the equivalent of 2p a mile. The train will never compete with that.

@PlantsBikesBass There are many times where I would have taken a train on days out if it wasn't so ridiculously expensive!

@flexyfnr @oaktowers @EFL_Comms @EFL It’s absolutely rubbish for the fans and I feel very sorry for lots of them but there is only one part to blame - the club. They cheated.

@oaktowers @EFL_Comms @EFL it’s nothing about that it’s about the fans who wasted money on travels hotels anything it’s wrong and only refunding tickets is a joke

A League Arbitration Panel has today dismissed Southampton Football Club’s appeal against the Independent Disciplinary Commission’s decision in respect of breaches of EFL Regulations. As a result, the original sanction remains in force. Southampton’s expulsion from the Sky Bet Championship Play-Offs stands, alongside the four-point deduction to be applied to the Club’s 2026/27 Championship record and the reprimand in respect of all charges. In accordance with EFL Regulations, the decision of the League Arbitration Panel is final. Following the conclusion of the proceedings, the Sky Bet Championship Play-Off Final between Hull City and Middlesbrough is confirmed as taking place at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 23 May, kicking off at 3.30pm. #EFL

@railLKB Personally think it looks fantastic, what’s wrong with it?

You have to read the room, GBR, this is horrible. Hopefully this will be the only one, a sort of "promotional" train, while we rethink our design strategy. Until then, GBR, don't waste anymore money!

@RedWallPleb @itvnews Quite. And for the record, we don’t really want him or any politician of any political persuasion anywhere near football. Keep out of it.

So this is how it's going to be for this upcoming by-election, is it @itvnews? Spoon-fed questions to Burnham about anything that might elicit a positive response from working-class voters. Wtf does VAR gave to do with him potentially being the next PM? What are his policies? What does he stand for?

@jakonian Because, like most MPs from most parties, they’re utterly detached from the electorate and the issues people really care about. People are fed up with this constant pantomime in politics. It’s pathetic.

I do kinda wonder what possessed Streeting and Burnham to open a by-election campaign in a Leave seat with "let's join the EU"

Does anyone else think the Thermaltake View 370 and MAGCurve 360 come together beautifully? 😍 "The Thermaltake View 370 TG ARGB is a showcase ATX mid-tower that punches well above its price point." - @GeekaWhat 💪💪 Check out the build here: youtube.com/watch?v=E7ahg9…

@RugbyWorcs Sorry that some people had this experience. Everything seemed very jovial in the main stand and in the clubhouse before the game. I think shouting over the kicker wasn’t particularly respectful if we’re being totally fair. What have people alleged to have happened?

Disappointed to hear of the reception some of our fans got at Coventry. Whatever you think about the clubs return the fans can't win. We lost our club and we had zero control over the situation, we come back and we funnily enough had no input into what league or which conditions were met to be in said league. Just another crack in the thin veil of "rugby values" that people pretend still exist. Ask any fan that came to Sixways this year if they felt welcomed and enjoyed it - I bet it was an overwhelming majority 🤷 Hopefully next season people can get over it and move on. It's boring now and we're not going anywhere.

@Tania_Reform @Hattiesays But Tania the NHS currently works fantastically remember. There’s nothing wrong with it. The current system is perfectly fine and highly effecti- oh wait….

@Hattiesays This is just not true. Do some proper research, not just what you read in the Guardian.

To everyone calling Reform voters Nazis, bigots and ugly… We’re the ones waving good morning on your street. Making your coffee. Cheering your kids at sports day. And this morning? We’re winning seats by the thousands across England. Turns out there are rather a lot of us. And we’re lovely, actually. 😊

@surreykiwi @DominicMcGregor Raising the income tax thresholds is a great policy, and they should have never been frozen. Reducing business rates for high street businesses also fantastic - have you seen the high streets recently?

@DominicMcGregor Most Reform supporters can’t name a single policy that doesn’t involve deporting illegal migrants & scrapping ILR. They truly believe these policies will benefit them because that is what they are being led to believe. How is Reform even vaguely on the side of the working class?

Firstly, I’ll state I have never, nor will ever vote reform. But this is the exact problem with the left. They reek of classism and assume anyone that doesn’t agree with them is racist. They are unable to comprehend there is another debate entirely on what - working class people - actually want. Greens and Labour parade themselves as for the working class people but somewhat decide not to listen to actual working class people. The irony is never lost on me.

@eloncrust40 @iWalkOutdoors Because raising the minimum wage means the government doesn’t have to cost anything or figure out if it’s actually viable. And then when it goes wrong they can just blame everyone else.

@iWalkOutdoors I think everyone's missing the main one.. why 15ph? Why not just raise the tax threshold to 20k.. they are on about living for everyone aren't they?

Green Party say they plan to ensure everyone has a minimum wage of £31,000pa. I run a business. I don’t earn that. I employ 2 people. They don’t earn that. The business I run doesn’t take in enough to pay that. I’d need to charge customers way more to afford that 🤷‍♂️. Or go bust.

@james_ferrari @07aerograd @AvantiWestCoast @kentishsal Yes, I think I’ve been quite clear and you’re quite clearly being hyperbolic. If someone reports an issue via any customer support channel (including social media) that can be/should be escalated to a TM I don’t see why that is remotely unreasonable.

@GeekaWhat @07aerograd @AvantiWestCoast @kentishsal So again, you want the very few social media managers to police the entirety of the Avanti network and relay information to the different trains or BTP rather than the individuals to do that themselves?

Hey, @AvantiWestCoast there’s a guy on the 9:33 Euston to Manchester FREAKING OUT in coach B seat 44. Can you ask the guard to attend. He’s getting louder and louder (frustrated about his wifi it seems).

@james_ferrari @07aerograd @AvantiWestCoast @kentishsal Surely it’s a train manager job, who can then refer it on authority to the BTP if required. Which brings me back to my original point, there is no reason why a customer support channel (which X is in this instance) should not be able to escalate an issue like this to a TM.

@GeekaWhat @07aerograd @AvantiWestCoast @kentishsal If you feel threatened then that’s what BTP is for not a social media manager.

@james_ferrari @07aerograd @AvantiWestCoast @kentishsal Yes. Maybe that person feels threatened, wants to do it anonymously? What if the train manager isn’t in Coach C. In a day and age of instant messaging I’m sure someone from customer service could escalate this and pass a message to a TM. Seems very reasonable to me.

@07aerograd @AvantiWestCoast @kentishsal So you want the social media manager to stop doing their job. Find out what train is being talked about and a way to contact the train manager; instead of the customer on said train directly talking to the manager allowing them to sort it out immediately?

@sp4rkl3jumpr0p3 Minimum wage is ~25K, so how can a cleaner be on 12k unless they’re part time? And what CEO is part time?

Outrage at a CEO only getting £120k a year and not outrage at the cleaner only getting £12k a year is why the country is in such a mess

@johndurant3 @SawyerMerritt @Starlink They replace them. They carry a lot of fuel drag so keeping them on will be expensive

@SawyerMerritt @Starlink Makes me wonder what happens to the systems they are replacing or whether they keep them for backup though in this instance that would seem a rarity…

NEWS: UK carrier Virgin Atlantic has brought forward its plans to equip its aircraft with @Starlink Wi-Fi. The original plan was to install Starlink in Q3 of this year, but the revised plan will see the airline's first aircraft with Starlink in May (next month). VA says the first of its aircraft to be equipped with Starlink will be an Airbus A350-1000 aircraft, and the first flight equipped with the system will operate between London Heathrow Airport and New York JFK Airport. Starlink can be installed in a fraction of the time it takes other internet systems to be installed, so the rollout for other aircraft should be relatively quick.

@MrJakeWoof @CoventryCCRoads @coventrycc I trust that Rich is the man for the job. No doubt.

@GeekaWhat @CoventryCCRoads @coventrycc On it mate, will send Rich.

@CoventryCCRoads @coventrycc there are quite a few of what look like broken kerbstones on the edge of the roundabout where the red pin is marked. Could do serious vehicle damage and looks unsightly. Could they be cleared? May have fallen off a lorry or something

@dlpdadfan @reformexposed @LeeAndersonMP_ @reformparty_uk My local labour council said ‘The machine is a game changer…’ having now had it in the fleet for more than 3 years for what it’s worth.

@reformexposed @LeeAndersonMP_ @reformparty_uk Why would these machines suddenly become good value, unless the manufacturer happened to be a Reform supporter ? 🤔

Newsflash. @reformparty_uk led councils are already purchasing these machines. Two more arriving in Nottinghamshire in 3 weeks time. And btw 4 years ago under the previous Tory administration we had the chance to buy a couple for 200k each but the Tory councillors said they were a waste of money and instead spent 500k on a cycle lane in Ashfield that runs for 50 yards. People do not have short memories. No one believes you.

@reformexposed @LeeAndersonMP_ @reformparty_uk My local labour council think the machine is fantastic - so which is it? Similar size city to Nottingham. It’s either great or totally rubbish?

Hi Lee, that couple of years ago was when you were a Tory. The council said this at the time: “This machine has already been trialled in Nottinghamshire and highways officers were very clear – it was not the right tool for our road network and it did not offer good value for money.” Oh, and you supported cycle lanes then. Talk about memory of a goldfish.