TweetEd Vaizey, Conservative MP for Wantage managed to secure a parliamentary debate on First Great Western’s questionable service. While many MPs who have been petitioned by their constituents were not present at the debate, at least this is a start. Whether there will be a finish I do not know. My MP, Robert Key (Conservative) [...]
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FGW Vision
TweetThis is First Great Western’s Vision for their company:- “Our vision is to be the leading train company and our customers’ preferred choice of travel. Our people, through their passion, energy and commitment, will provide customers and communities with travel that is safe, reliable and enjoyable.” Preferred choice? Can any tell me what choice there [...]
Robbing Peter to pay Paul
TweetCornwall lost services on two of its branch lines for an entire week to salve the cuts made in the Bristol area. They said it was only for a week, but is this not setting a bad precedent? The cuts and bad service I have been discussing seem to be the product of badly written [...]
Express your frustration at the railways
TweetIf you want to be part of the discussions about the state of the railways, why not particupate in the User Forum of the Save the Train campaign.
Help us save the trains
TweetYou may have heard or read about the recent cuts made to services on First Great Western’s network in South West England. This has affected my journeys to and from Salisbury and Southampton with many services cancelled or severely delayed. I reported my disappointment to Salisbury Journal who covered the story as Rail Passenger Fury [...]
0870 phone rip-off
TweetThere’s no eloquent way of putting this but are you fed-up of being kept on hold on an expensive non-geographic 0870 number usually waiting to complain about something that isn’t your fault and being made to pay for the pleasure? The reason the cost of these phone calls is so much higher than normal calls [...]
On Boundaries
TweetOn Boundaries is a new blog created by my friends gesta and reivers, a medievalist and a mathematical scientist, approaching life, people and the universe from their divers perspectives. If they don’t mind me saying, this will blog will challenge all sorts of rubbish that is believed by lots of unthinking or otherwise ignorant people. [...]
Ignoring history
TweetHistory repeats itself. Governments / politicians / we never learn from history. We ignore history at our peril. Some of the things commonly said about the consequences of not engaging with history when decisions like going to war are made. Countless people pointed this out in relation to the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq [...]
The Respect agenda
TweetToday, the British government lauched its new (well it had to be ‘new’ didn’t it?) ‘Respect agenda’. I can here it now, “about time too,” “bloody yobs, something needs to be done” etc., etc. But what does it all mean? Many of us have suffered the stupid behaviour of other people, perhaps having to live [...]
Hello world
TweetWelcome to my soapbox. Come back for comment on life, the universe, people, history, madness, smells, oranges and beauty. And food. There’ll be a lot of good food here. One small leap for one small woman.
