The reason for running so many trains was to enable (some) social distancing. IIRC early in the pandemic, the services in London were cut back, leading to crowding. (View Post)

Ah yes, the "I need to drive tanks over my people, because of colonialism" theory. Perhaps Donald Trump is just acting out the repressed memories of 1812? (View Post)

I think they are screwing up with data - they claim to be using only https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/healthcare as a source https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/healthcare says 944,539 up … (View Post)

I am in favour of abolishing Christmas and replacing it with mandatory church attendance. I am an atheist. (View Post)

Ha - it pretty much was. George Street after about 8pm on Friday and Saturday was a place loosing control.... The comic touch I liked, was that a pub I used to drink in had no trouble. Metal heads, g… (View Post)