I was on it – the first ever 0805 Eurostar train from Brussels Midi to London St Pancras International on 15th November, the 2nd day of operation of the new high speed line. The line itself is relatively unexciting – a quick dip in a tunnel under the Thames at Ebbsfleet, a scoot through Dagenham, and then into a tunnel between Barking and St Pancras. The station itself is fabulous, as these pictures show.
Maybe it’ll be a majority, but if we do face a hung parliament there are a few constitutional controversies that need avoiding.
It could be resolved the day after the result, or take weeks
Your Saturday night constitutional scenario thought fest
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/blog/unclear-constitutional-rules-add-immediate-uncertainty-hung-parliament%C2%A0%C2%A0
From today’s iFixit newsletter - how locked phones (and in the future, Macs) pose a recycling and repair problem. It’d not be hard to solve, but it’ll probably need law. https://www.ifixit.com/News/apples-activation-lock-will-make-it-very-difficult-to-refurbish-macs
I am a Conservative proud Brit
I never thought there would come a time I would say this -
Our Conservative PM is LYING
Blatantly so
There WILL be a border down the Irish Sea There WILL be extra checks (customs & otherwise)
This WILL weaken the integrity of the UK
He's lying https://twitter.com/SamCoatesSky/status/1202955415639789570
Why this could be the most significant leaked document of the campaign, even if it doesn’t change a single vote
- my analysis
https://news.sky.com/story/this-could-be-the-most-significant-leaked-document-of-the-campaign-11879552
The station is great, and the high-speed line also. Can’t wait to use it myself! We just need more of them: A high-speed line or better, a VacTrain, from London to Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow would surely cut the transport problems of this island considerably, especially if one could take one’s car or lorry too?!
Did you see any cycling protestors? http://www.lcc.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=1030
Just to mentioning the amazing new travel time: You can now get from Brussels to London in 1 hour 51 minutes, which is about half an hour less than before.