The bit about the leases is the key point, the nationalisation won’t change how trains are leased and hundreds of millions (way more than the operators take) is paid on these. Clearly though trains need to be paid for some way, just whether these types of leases are the best way to do it?

Imagine if the FA Cup had regional qualifiers that all teams had to compete in, and Spurs and Newcastle failed to qualify for the main tournament but Macclesfield and Dagenham & Redbridge did. This is what this World Cup is like, with pretty shit teams in it but not Italy, Poland, and Denmark.i

The weather has been so bad this week, haven't been for a run. Looks like it will continue for the rest of the day, so will be doing @bodyattack this evening at @NuffieldHealth Chingford

If found in breach could this mean a really expensive compensation scheme, for anyone who feels they have been overcharged over many years these fees and been in force? I guess this could drag out though like the current compensation on car loans. @MartinSLewis what are you thoughts on this?

Maybe X should follow the money and work out who is paying for fake AI ads like this? they are coming via multiple (and i mean many) accounts, and normally when setting up campaigns you do it via an account linked in a specific handle. So must be loads of accounts running these, however have they plugged into a demand platform which is bypassing the regular X campaign set up? @Nigel_Farage

I’ve got the same, how has this been allowed to get through X ad vetting systems? If this can get through a lot worse could get through too

Watching Chris Evan’s tfi unplugged on @Channel4 , can’t help but think this pretty simple but engaging format would have worked better for @ClaudiaWinkle, rather than overused Graham and Jonathan format of a chat show

I've noticed that Padel courts/centres seem to be going up everywhere at the moment. It clearly is a fast growing sport, and investors are building where ever they can. BUT, could this just be a fad, that quickly declines? I'm just old enough to remember squash being the "in sport", Essex alone, grew from having 13 courts in 1965 to 287 in 1978. At it's peak over 3 million people were playing it regularly, and pretty much every sports centre built courts. The the bubble burst, and today less that half a million people in the UK regularly play it. Owners of the courts realised, that the space for squash just wasn't a great commercial use of space. The space that was used for 3 courts and 6 players could accommodate 40 people if the same space was a gym floor. The difference with the new wave of Padel courts is that many are being built on greenbelt land, if these companies go out of business, could we be left with lots of derelict sites?

Weaker beer sales surge @GBNEWS since major brands such as Fosters have lowered their strength due to duty changes to avoid higher charges, people haven’t activity chosen lower strength beers

Watched new #clarkesonsfarm yet? season 5, episode 3 has great section featuring Jeremy and Kaleb at @lammashow earlier in the year, if you watch carefully you can also spot @FarmersGuardian's very own Emily Ashworth. Check it out if you haven't watched it already, on @PrimeVideo

Did Vicky on @bbceastenders pass through in a white wedding dress?

Next season in the premier league going to be interesting, all these new managers at “top” teams, surely not all can hit the ground running. Which team will be first to blink and sack?

What the Lib Dem’s don’t appear to realise is that the game is available to pretty much all subscribers, who get HBO Max included. As a final they are showing this without a TNT subscription which is usually required for pre final games. If you don’t have the sky subscription you can buy a month for £7.99 or maybe cheaper

Imagine that… an attack on police officers goes unpunished, but Nigel Farage could be prosecuted for commenting on it. THIS IS BRITAIN UNDER LABOUR 🥀

I did this 10k run at lunchtime and was curious how I stacked up against other 52-year-old men. Apparently this is pretty good going. Very few (around 2%) could run it in this time, and of those who run regularly (like I do), only about 20% in my age group would do it in this time or better. At school I was never into fitness and hated a lot of sports. But as I've got older, fitness has become such an important part of my life. I'm so pleased it is paying off.

In 1991 as a 15yo I started my Sat job at Tesco Bar Hill nr Cambridge. Placed in home & ware dept; every Sat was stock check day, manually counting all prods on shelves & in stockroom. Felt huge responsibility - miscounts meant stockouts or massive overstock next wk. Did it >7yrs while finishing schl, coll then uni, often working hols when needed. Post-uni felt well prepared w/ corp exp & great mgrs; could’ve continued career there (real opp). Instead used saved cash to travel 6mths, returned w/ strong CV. Within 1wk applied to comp mag publisher (my interest); hired due to store exp selling 100s of their mags/wk. Feel for young ppl now - same career opps?

Good news for train travellers, but not sure why the article doesn't mention it is using @elonmusk's @Starlink , but only "low earth orbit satellites" bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2d2…

Out in Soho on Bank Holiday Monday, not sure where all the gays are, but it’s so quiet today. In years gone by (showing my age), it would be packed on a day like today.

Everyone is shouting about @reformparty_uk and NHS privatisation, but look at Labour-run Redbridge. The council’s leisure provider (Vision RCL) bundles 24/7 private digital GP access right into its standard gym memberships. If you can afford £51/month, you bypass the local NHS GP queue for a video appointment and pay for private prescriptions. Two-tier healthcare by stealth? 🧵