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@TfL what time does the last tube to Cockfosters from King’s Cross leave tonight ? There is no night tube.

@nurseyphil @SimonCalder Unions want a 7 day working week. It's the employers who want to staff it with overtime rather than employ enough people to run services 7 days a week.

@SimonCalder Urrgggh another ridiculous union leader - the quicker the railway has more modern innovation the better. When staff have to have the full 7 days in their working week, public transport will improve 🤷‍♂️ but some workers like the idea of "voluntary Sundays" I wish I could do that!

Talking to the new leader of the train drivers’ union, Aslef: Dave Calfe. He says: "No to driver-only operation – every train should have a 2nd safety-critical person.” "Open-access rail firms [Lumo, Grand Central and Hull Trains] should be nationalised." independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

@GNRailUK You don't have any services that run between Moorgate and Kings Cross. Please be more specific on what routes are affected

⛔Until 07:00 tomorrow, it will not be possible to travel on Great Northern services between London Kings Cross and Moorgate. 🔧 We will be working to get trains and crews back in place, with some disruption expected to remain until mid-morning. ⏲ Unless there is an alternative route in your area, you will need to postpone your journey until the railway reopens, but we would recommend only travelling once a normal service is fully restored.

⚠️ Damage to the overhead electric wires has been reported in the Alexandra Palace area. 🚧 Although trains are running normally, significant emergency repair works are required tonight. 📢 Disruption is expected later this evening and tomorrow morning.

@saffronsos @RobertJenrick And how long before we start drilling will it take for us to see a reduction in fuel price ? Do reform have magic oil and gas rigs on standby ready to go ?

@RobertJenrick Spot on, Robert. Ignoring our huge North Sea reserves while bills rocket and the world burns is pure economic madness. We need to bring energy bills down and actually create decent British jobs again! Time to put British energy security first! 🇬🇧🛢️

It is economic lunacy to ignore our rich energy reserves. Reform will unapologetically drill in the North Sea for oil and gas. We’ll get bills down and bring back good jobs.

@Anactualman @beadle63 @sainsburys @GBNEWS @EssexPR @Alexarmstrong Bit harsh but yes clearly not smart enough to know what a loss leader is

@beadle63 @sainsburys @GBNEWS @EssexPR @Alexarmstrong Thick cunt. They make little money on fuel, promoting more in store spends by giving you a fuel voucher gives them more profit off the store items. They know people find the fuel discount more lucrative (because people like you obsess over the price of it).

hey @sainsburys today I declined your cashiers offer of 5p off a litre voucher if I spent £30 in store, this is proof if ever it was needed that you are deliberately inflating the price of fuel, I know it and I am sure the public knows it as well @GBNEWS @EssexPR @Alexarmstrong

@beadle63 @sainsburys @GBNEWS @EssexPR @Alexarmstrong Someone doesn’t know what a Loss Leader is

@grantshapps @Ed_Miliband @grantshapps - and remind us of your wonderful achievements (or lack of) during your spell as transport secretary ?

Oil prices have surged past $100 a barrel. As Energy Secretary, I backed routine North Sea licensing rounds and pushed to speed up approvals for new fields. The goal was clear: produce more of our own energy and protect Britain from volatile global markets. @Ed_Miliband opposes North Sea oil, leaving the UK exposed at exactly the moment the world is becoming more unstable and energy prices are rising. independent.co.uk/news/business/…

@SarahForRuncorn Tell you what @SarahForRuncorn, if you’re so in favour of military intervention, why not send your own kids to the front line first.

Maggie would never have hesitated in allowing our American allies to use our bases. 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

@RobertJenrick You’re not a party for the workers. Your current party (because we know you'll move on if you see a better opportunity) votes against worker rights.

🚨 A small victory in my campaign against tool theft. I won’t stop until the police conduct raids across the country. Tradesmen are the backbone of our economy and they deserve so much better.

@JoeBrownLondon And Great Northern services to Cambridge and Peterborough have been rubbish ever since !!

#OnThisDay 8 years ago, the first passenger train passed through Canal Tunnels, linking St Pancras Low Level with the East Coast mainline. This link fulfilled the same function as the Hotel and York Road Tunnels, closed 42 years before. Ivor the driver buff.ly/4189mya

@grok @BrokenBritain_7 @mark395625 @NeilDotObrien @nickhillman Typical Daily Mail and Sun journalism. Demonising rail staff and their unions.

That's a fair observation on the framing. The 1980 clause (JSC Item 4, in the 1985 BR Blue Book for conciliation staff) explicitly says "staff working with microwave ovens" – referring to operational roles like buffet/catering crew handling the equipment on trains or in depots. Articles from the Sun, Mail, Telegraph and Times (2023-2025) often headline it as "use a microwave at work" or list it among general perks, which can blur the distinction for drivers/guards on breaks. The wording hasn't changed since privatisation.

Thanks to union militancy, taxpayers are now paying £1m a year to guard a brand new railway station which lacks just one thing: no trains stop there. HT @nickhillman

@grok @BrokenBritain_7 @mark395625 @NeilDotObrien @nickhillman yet, note how those newspapers quoting it make it seem like it applies to the likes of train crew on their meal breaks.

Correct, the exact 1980 BR clause (JSC Item 4, cited in the 1985 Blue Book for conciliation staff) reads: "All staff working with microwave ovens shall be permitted to take time off from work, with pay, for a medical check of any effects... such checks shall be made at not less than six monthly intervals, on request." In context it applied to catering/buffet crew operating them on trains or in depots, not casual mess-room users on breaks. It was precautionary safety from when the tech was new.

@grok @BrokenBritain_7 @mark395625 @NeilDotObrien @nickhillman Note it's working with and not just using. Thereby implying the likes of catering staff, not just anyone who happens to use a microwave on their meal break.

The clause is from British Rail's 1985 "Blue Book" (Conditions of Service for Conciliation Staff), explicitly citing JSC Item 4 dated 17 October 1980: "All staff working with microwave ovens shall be permitted to take time off from work, with pay, for a medical check of any effects on them from the microwave ovens. Such checks shall be made at not less than six monthly intervals, on request." It's quoted verbatim across Sun, Telegraph, Times, Mail (2023-2025 ASLEF coverage) and railforums.co.uk (with Blue Book screenshot). Full pre-privatisation BR manuals aren't digitized publicly.

@grok @BrokenBritain_7 @mark395625 @NeilDotObrien @nickhillman what 1980 british rail condition clause ? They all quote the same thing, but they don't provide a document from which it came

The 1980 British Rail conditions clause reads exactly as quoted in reports: "All staff working with microwave ovens shall be permitted to take time off from work, with pay, for a medical check of any effects on them from the microwave ovens." It's cited verbatim across Sun (May 2023), Telegraph (Aug 2024 & Jan 2025), Times, and Daily Mail during ASLEF talks, as a retained legacy practice. No union denial of the wording. The full pre-privatisation document isn't public online, but the rule matches era-specific RF safety rules when microwaves were novel tech.

@BrokenBritain_7 @mark395625 @NeilDotObrien @nickhillman @grok What am I supposed to be looking for in this ?

@MathsHomeWorker @mark395625 @NeilDotObrien @nickhillman @grok Try harder. hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2024-10-…

@grok @BrokenBritain_7 @mark395625 @NeilDotObrien @nickhillman The sun and telegraph are equally complicit in the misinformation. They all work to the same agenda. Demonising train crew. None actually quote the document source.

The list of "perks" in that image comes from the Daily Mail's Aug 2024 piece on the ASLEF deal, but the microwave rule is real and quoted verbatim elsewhere: "All staff working with microwave ovens shall be permitted to take time off from work, with pay, for a medical check..." (from 1980 British Rail conditions, reported by The Sun and Telegraph too). It's one of several legacy practices unions have defended in talks. Not made up - just debated as outdated or safety-related.

@BrokenBritain_7 @mark395625 @NeilDotObrien @nickhillman @grok Poor you, you rely on the Daily Mail for your information. I don't have a source to the contrary because there's been no need to refute it.

@MathsHomeWorker @mark395625 @NeilDotObrien @nickhillman @grok Where is your source to the contrary?

@grok @BrokenBritain_7 @mark395625 @NeilDotObrien @nickhillman I knew it was the Daily Mail. Only they can write such ridiculous claims and have readers gullible enough to believe it.

This image is a graphic taken directly from (or based on) a Daily Mail article from August 2024 about rail staff "perks" during ASLEF pay talks. The exact text matches their list of claimed outdated rules, including the 1980 regulation on medical checks for workers using microwaves (part of UK ionising radiation safety rules for certain equipment). It's since been shared as a meme in rail debates.

@BrokenBritain_7 @mark395625 @NeilDotObrien @nickhillman @grok You can't cure ignorance, which is why you think there's enough drivers to operate a sunday service without relying on overtime.

@MathsHomeWorker @mark395625 @NeilDotObrien @nickhillman @grok You can believe what you want. I can't cure ignorance.

@BrokenBritain_7 @mark395625 @NeilDotObrien @nickhillman @grok @grok where did this image come from

@MathsHomeWorker @mark395625 @NeilDotObrien @nickhillman @grok That is anyone who uses a microwave.