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| Behind Traingate: retracing Corbyn's trip to see reality of UK rail travel – live | Behind Traingate: retracing Corbyn's trip to see reality of UK rail travel – live |
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| 11.44am BST | |
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| While the Guardian’s Martin Belam has not found quite a “ram packed” train this morning, one traveller tweeted this recent picture of a crowded train. | |
| Here’s recent Virgin train I was on - 2.5hrs stood up & mum & baby in tears due to crush. Happens often… #traingate pic.twitter.com/Xeq1PtT4Np | |
| 11.33am BST | |
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| Here is what the Guardian’s Marina Hyde had to say about Corbyn’s somewhat reluctant answer to a Traingate question from Sky News. | |
| Seconds from Keegan. SECONDS. https://t.co/dukTWdIabn | |
| And if you haven’t seen it, a video of the question and answer is below: | |
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| at 11.40am BST | |
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| Martin Belam | |
| This train is not going to meet any definition of “ram-packed”. In coach E, for example, there are 78 seats. Nineteen have got reserved tickets on them, but nobody is sitting in them. There are six empty seats. And there were five seats where someone had spread out their bags or laptops, and conceivably, at a push, I could have not been so British about it all and asked them to budge up. | |
| 11.23am BST | |
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| Martin Belam | |
| Virgin Trains and Jeremy Corbyn’s team have offered somewhat conflicting versions of events – Virgin argued that Corbyn could have sat in seats that were reserved but empty. Corbyn’s team said some of the seats that appear empty in the pictures actually had people in them or bags on them. I’m going to have a walk through standard class now to see how busy it is. | |
| 11.20am BST | |
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| Virgin Trains faces data breach questions over Corbyn CCTV release | |
| Richard Branson’s Virgin Trains may have breached data protection rules by releasing CCTV footage of Jeremy Corbyn, reports say. | |
| The information commissioner is looking into the incident, with a spokeswoman telling the Independent: “We are aware of the publication of CCTV images of Jeremy Corbyn and are making inquiries. | |
| “All organisations have an obligation to comply with the Data Protection Act and must have legitimate grounds for processing the personal data they hold. | |
| “Where there is a suggestion this this hasn’t happened, the IOC has the power to investigate and can take enforcement action if necessary.” | |
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| Martin Belam | |
| So I got the train without a hitch. It doesn’t seem to be hugely busy. In fact, I’m slightly worried that it will be mostly full of journalists. | So I got the train without a hitch. It doesn’t seem to be hugely busy. In fact, I’m slightly worried that it will be mostly full of journalists. |
| I’m standing outside the toilet in coach H watching someone from the BBC dictate a piece into their phone – or possibly they were broadcasting live. So you can at least say there’s one positive #Traingate outcome already – the media are suddenly much more interested in the standard of service on the east coast mainline. | I’m standing outside the toilet in coach H watching someone from the BBC dictate a piece into their phone – or possibly they were broadcasting live. So you can at least say there’s one positive #Traingate outcome already – the media are suddenly much more interested in the standard of service on the east coast mainline. |
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| The first part of the mission is getting a ticket. As anyone who travels by rail regularly knows, buying tickets at the last moment is not the most economical way to do it. I’m planning to get off at York and come back to London, which should give me enough time to talk to plenty of people. That’s cost me £104.30. | The first part of the mission is getting a ticket. As anyone who travels by rail regularly knows, buying tickets at the last moment is not the most economical way to do it. I’m planning to get off at York and come back to London, which should give me enough time to talk to plenty of people. That’s cost me £104.30. |
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| at 10.59am BST | at 10.59am BST |
| 10.47am BST | 10.47am BST |
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| Martin Belam | Martin Belam |
| #Traingate has been the perfect politics silly season row. If you are a Jeremy Corbyn supporter, it is easy to portray it as yet another example of the vested interests of the establishment and big business working together to undermine him, for fear that his rail nationalisation policy will cost train fatcats their profits. | #Traingate has been the perfect politics silly season row. If you are a Jeremy Corbyn supporter, it is easy to portray it as yet another example of the vested interests of the establishment and big business working together to undermine him, for fear that his rail nationalisation policy will cost train fatcats their profits. |
| And if you are not a Corbyn fan, it is easy to portray it as yet another example of Corbyn’s failure as a leader – that he can’t even find a crowded train to make a point about crowded trains without becoming the story himself. | And if you are not a Corbyn fan, it is easy to portray it as yet another example of Corbyn’s failure as a leader – that he can’t even find a crowded train to make a point about crowded trains without becoming the story himself. |
| Forgotten in all this is the story about whether Britain’s train passengers are getting a fair deal. So I’m heading off on the 11am Virgin train to Newcastle this morning from Kings Cross. How crowded is it? Will I get a seat? And what do the people on the train think about Virgin services, Corbyn’s policy to renationalise, and #Traingate? | Forgotten in all this is the story about whether Britain’s train passengers are getting a fair deal. So I’m heading off on the 11am Virgin train to Newcastle this morning from Kings Cross. How crowded is it? Will I get a seat? And what do the people on the train think about Virgin services, Corbyn’s policy to renationalise, and #Traingate? |
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| at 10.52am BST | at 10.52am BST |