This is economic illiteracy. Sadly, nationalising Thames Water may ultimately be the only option, but would initially be hugely expensive, which is why it is a terrible option. A subsequent profit from Thames Water is fantasy. If Thames Water is nationalised everyone is poorer.

“Don’t forget to take your belongings with you BEFORE you leave the train.” This utterance in illiterate syntax is every ScotRail pre-station announcement. What is the process for getting it changed to correct English?

Thanks for taking the time to respond - appreciated.

Hastings Miniature Railway this afternoon.

We need processes for getting rid of buildings people don’t like, and it could be that Poland shows the world the way by demolishing this tainted building. In UK we need some sort of aesthetic awakening to demolish Barbican Estate (concrete is crumbling anyway) and Southbank

Parked my car on All Saints Street Hastings and noticed a little flag displayed.

Well this is crazy. I’m at Kings Head Theatre. Play should have started 9pm. It’s 9.15 and doors not open. No announcement. Crowded bar area getting very hot and uncomfortable. Do I give up?

Well King's Head Theatre and Central Tickets there’s a limit to how long anyone can wait for a late starting 9pm show. I gave up. There’s transport home to consider. What do you suggest?

The very late start (assuming it did finally start) is a material change. It is a de facto cancellation, as a play which should start at 9pm but which is very late has challenges for transport home afterwards. This needs a solution. King's Head Theatre Central Tickets

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I go to a couple of London performances a week. Most are good; there are a few lemons. But the inability of King's Head Theatre to start their performance of Echo at something resembling the start time (I gave up and left) is a new low for me. This is a zero star performance.

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I’m at Royal College of Music for Pegasus Opera - Opera Royale.

Wow! ‘The Dark Lady of the Sonnets’ by American composer, Philip Hagemann has been excellent.

Pegasus Opera - Opera Royale this evening was superb. I didn’t really know what I was going to see (weird publicity) but I was impressed.

I have an advanced diploma in getting the cheapest rail ticket. Guy at the desk managed to reduce by a further pound. The complexity is crazy.