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mrjamesob.bsky.social • 45 days ago

Sadiq Khan steps in to save London Underground book exchanges

https://www.thetimes.com/article/7c31f2af-6307-4a2d-9379-32dc7f959e53?shareToken=3b6efe37db3e89bcdd8ac4b609380628

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maggiefreeway.bsky.social•44 days ago

Thank you Sadiq ...

oloinsigh.bsky.social•45 days ago

Sensible, as usual.

davidpaintstuff.bsky.social•45 days ago

I can confirm that none of my bookshelves have ever spontaneously combusted.

mrmuz.bsky.social•45 days ago

Before everyone goes all Daily Mail, please have a read of this thread. The Kings Cross disaster is seared in the memory of a lot of people.

https://bsky.app/profile/garius.bsky.social/post/3lk6axyabtk2g

trevm12.bsky.social•45 days ago

Did you mean 𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝗦𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗾 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗻 James?!

sean590.bsky.social•45 days ago

Well done Sadiq Khan. A small nugget of good news.

Shame you're not PM - with more balls against Trump, Israeli govt and the little Englanders.

zavakz.bsky.social•45 days ago

Why is he not stepping in to stop the daily stabbings in London

pottermuss10.bsky.social•45 days ago

He'll be scrapping the congestion charge next.

givepeteachance.bsky.social•45 days ago

I picked up a copy of Fahrenheit 451.

motosunburn.bsky.social•45 days ago

I thought of that too. Ironically it's very difficult to get a book to burn, so these aren't really a fire risk. Probably less so than the free newspapers that litter every carriage.

givepeteachance.bsky.social•45 days ago

Great point, Des. The connection was too good to pass up. 😁

propanegary.bsky.social•45 days ago

It did seem an odd decision that the book exchanges should be removed, was the FBs next move to try and remove all those copies of the Metro that are strewn around tube carriages and platforms?

plodinnotts.bsky.social•45 days ago

I've got 21k books in my small flat. The landlod isn't happy because they are simultaneously a fire hazard and a source of damp, apparently

lila7.bsky.social•45 days ago

My brother will be pleased about that.

teresadp.bsky.social•45 days ago

My local one was removed because apparently it was being used for drug exchanges. Considering reading is my hard drug, I thought that was fitting.

robertebrighton.bsky.social•45 days ago

Books only tend to catch fire when in close proximity to fascists. We all know public transport is a woke WEF ruse concocted to impinge on civil liberties and the rights of hard working petrol huffing alphas, so never the twain shall meet.

lbcwatchuk.bsky.social•45 days ago

Fingers crossed NF updates us all on this tomorrow morning.

terrierob.bsky.social•45 days ago

In fairness the mayor should agree an interview with NF on this.

jadiyo.bsky.social•45 days ago

Stopped listening to NF. He makes me physically sick.
And his faux empathy...ugh

terrierob.bsky.social•45 days ago

Can’t disagree though posset rather than puke

terrierob.bsky.social•45 days ago

He’s actually turned it into an art form

terrierob.bsky.social•45 days ago

Just amazed he has a following albeit old school

lbcwatchuk.bsky.social•45 days ago

Nah. Ferrari indulged in Zac Goldsmith's racist mayoral campaign against Khan, and I don't think he's been on with Nick since.

terrierob.bsky.social•45 days ago

The Mayor is a bigger person.

brannigan1.bsky.social•45 days ago

He's a good man.

scharity24.bsky.social•45 days ago

He is!

garylm.bsky.social•45 days ago

Given he went in strong this morning, I’m looking forward to the praise Nick Ferrari will heap on Sadiq Khan tomorrow for this.

Probably going to be a long wait though…

thesnark.bsky.social•45 days ago

He is such a class act!

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