Tom Crame

@HolyoakeJ14576 @USForeignAssist “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others."

The question that needs to be asked is why this woman insists on making her silent prayer outside the clinic. What is her purpose here? Her God, we are told, is omnipotent and all-seeing, all-hearing. If this is true, where she makes her silent prayer is irrelevant, her God will see her and hear her wherever she is, so why is she so insistent that she MUST be outside this clinic?

The United Kingdom has just charged charity worker Isabel Vaughan-Spruce under their “buffer zone” law for standing on a sidewalk and silently praying. Make no mistake – this undermines free speech and religious liberty. The United States supports Isabel and all those who risk persecution for defending life, faith, and freedom.

@markjones45sw @simonharley Bit earlier than that I'd say. Sometime 1986-1990 at a guess.

@simonharley I think it’s Paignton Circa 1995 ish

Some people will think this is AI or old-fashioned photoshopping.

Hi @mitie - if your staff are going to flytip the box their new Henry came in, it helps to take off the address label first.

@25kV @GWRHelp While you're at it, could you let us know if Station Jim is safe and well? His holiday seems to have been extended by some considerable amount - so much so there now appears to a vending machine in his spot.

@thameswater 41% increase on my bill this year compared to last year after you recorded a £140m profit after tax. 92% increase over the last five years. You should be allowed to fail and be put into administration.

Our April price changes are essential to maintain safe, high-quality drinking water, fix leaky pipes and ageing mains, and invest in upgrading our sewage works to improve river health. For more on our price changes, head over to our website thameswater.co.uk/help/account-a… Worried about affording the price change? We can help – head over to our help and support page thameswater.co.uk/help/account-a…

😡8 in 10 Brits hate privatised water - and want it in public ownership. Steve Reed launched a review of the water industry but banned the reviewers even considering public ownership. This is unacceptable. If you agree click the link in the replies and sign the petition now 👇🏼

Ah, my water bill has arrived. 2024 was £388. 2025 is £548. I remain convinced that @thameswater are a bunch of crooks and the government should allow them to fail.

If Ukraine is forced to surrender its sovereign territory to Russia, it will be the greatest betrayal of a European ally since Poland in 1945. The UK must lead in Europe in defence of Ukraine. We cannot stand back and watch as Zelensky is bullied by Trump.

(comic) Deep work

Anyone know what the siren noise was in Slough this morning? Eton testing theirs?

@mark395625 @seatsixtyone She used to work there. It was a department store when I first visited Sweden.

And in the hotel. Scandic Haymarket. Recommended by @seatsixtyone and its just superb. 1520 Swedish Krone, about £110. Greta Garbo stayed here.

@mark395625 10:- to use any toilet at Stockholm C. They are amongst the cleanest station toilets I’ve ever used, however.

Arlanda Express. Carpeted platform, lounge, premium service. 10Kr to use the toilets

The @Telegraph front page today is wrong and mendacious. ❌ There will be no such delegation of Caribbean leaders or officials in Spring. ❌ We do not pay reparations. We made this clear to the Telegraph, which has decided to ignore the facts.

@LittleRedTrain I remember being at a station in the Parisian suburbs about 20 years ago when they played James Blunt to keep the undesirables away. I think SNCF should have received a substantial fine for that assault on my ears.

Let's get the same happening in the UK please! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@SloughCouncil Thanks for the info! It has actually moved today for the first time in weeks - now not parked half on the pavement, but still on the single yellow.

@cranium84 Hi there, at the moment there isn't anything extra we can do apart from another pcn, there is a new policy that has been approved and will go back to cabinet in April which will mean that 3 pcns and we can remove the car, but that isn't currently applicable.

Hello @SloughCouncil. This vehicle has been on a single yellow line in Burlington Road for over a week. I believe it is abandoned but there is no way of reporting it as such because both tax and MOT are still valid.

One week since the previous photo and it hasn’t moved. Note mud/debris on front tyre in same position as previous. @SloughCouncil

Note vehicle is pavement parked causing an obstruction and has received multiple PCNs since first being left here.

Also while I’m at it, it would be very nice if Slough Council could fix the failed traffic lights at the junctions Stoke Road/Wellington Street and Wellington Street/High Street *before* there is a serious collision at one or both of them.

@LynnTheTrim @earailwaymuseum Reminds me of the Jaffa Cake liveried 4-CEPs and 309s.

Next on the work bench are seat bases and backs from the @earailwaymuseum. The seating on their Class 101 DMU is life expired, and I have been asked to carry out the work. This will be the first ex-BR DMU I have worked on!