Mike Green
@mikeboy7564.bsky.social
I hate politics it's an addiction.
It's such bollocks rhetoric to say it's fair to freeze SL repayment thresholds as graduates "generally benefit from higher earning" when you're also freezing the IC & NICs thresholds which actually applies to those who are higher earning.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
It's such bollocks rhetoric to say it's fair to freeze SL repayment thresholds as graduates "generally benefit from higher earning" when you're also freezing the IC & NICs thresholds which actually applies to those who are higher earning.
Feel like you should have to include this caveat in all five times you wax lyrical about it and not just the last mention.
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Feel like you should have to include this caveat in all five times you wax lyrical about it and not just the last mention.
For reference, this is the loss of about two years worth of defence spending.
November 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
For reference, this is the loss of about two years worth of defence spending.
Just gonna be clear this is worse than anything Nick Clegg ever did.
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Just gonna be clear this is worse than anything Nick Clegg ever did.
Enforcing existing provisions is terribly expensive Minister. Much easier just to pass a new Act.
October 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Enforcing existing provisions is terribly expensive Minister. Much easier just to pass a new Act.
I want to see fairly heated civil service country naming debate looks like.
September 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I want to see fairly heated civil service country naming debate looks like.
Putting on a 700 but not the Deltic is a disgrace.
September 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Putting on a 700 but not the Deltic is a disgrace.
Average dinner party enjoyer:
July 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Average dinner party enjoyer:
Direct trains to Frankfurt, Cologne and Aachen would be great. Don't see what's gained by pretending an *8 and a half hour* direct service between London and Berlin is ever going to happen.
July 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Direct trains to Frankfurt, Cologne and Aachen would be great. Don't see what's gained by pretending an *8 and a half hour* direct service between London and Berlin is ever going to happen.
We sharing our English devolution maps are we?
July 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
We sharing our English devolution maps are we?
Think this may need tuning if it doesn't categorise me as a nerd.
July 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Think this may need tuning if it doesn't categorise me as a nerd.
Oh they got this all screwed up.
July 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Oh they got this all screwed up.
Map of the historical Holy Roman Empire.
June 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Map of the historical Holy Roman Empire.
The state of the NER memorial has annoyed me for a long time, so nice to see something's finally been done about it.
June 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The state of the NER memorial has annoyed me for a long time, so nice to see something's finally been done about it.
The Southeast and Southwest really letting me down here.
May 30, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The Southeast and Southwest really letting me down here.
While there are individual designs I like more (e.g. the LNER 225s). GWR really nailed something that works across a varied fleet. Simple, classy, letting a bold statement colour speak for itself. Please take notes and don't give us some gaudy and/or overcomplicated rubbish.
April 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
While there are individual designs I like more (e.g. the LNER 225s). GWR really nailed something that works across a varied fleet. Simple, classy, letting a bold statement colour speak for itself. Please take notes and don't give us some gaudy and/or overcomplicated rubbish.
Objectively correct borough reform (2 minutes in MS Paint).
March 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Objectively correct borough reform (2 minutes in MS Paint).
It's one of those irregular verbs isn't it? I am providing scrutiny and challenge. You are a checker and a blocker. He is in the tepid bath of managed decline.
March 18, 2025 at 10:09 AM
It's one of those irregular verbs isn't it? I am providing scrutiny and challenge. You are a checker and a blocker. He is in the tepid bath of managed decline.
Not an easy way to compare like with like, but all British passenger TOCs had an 85% within 3 mins rate. The Germans report 90% punctuality (and a shocking 64% rate for long distance), but that's to a more generous target of 6 minutes.
February 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Not an easy way to compare like with like, but all British passenger TOCs had an 85% within 3 mins rate. The Germans report 90% punctuality (and a shocking 64% rate for long distance), but that's to a more generous target of 6 minutes.
Mum I want to go out for Dupont.
Mum: We have Dupont at home.
Dupont at home:
Mum: We have Dupont at home.
Dupont at home:
February 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Mum I want to go out for Dupont.
Mum: We have Dupont at home.
Dupont at home:
Mum: We have Dupont at home.
Dupont at home: