HV fault affecting two signal boxes. 

Trap points done their job!

They’ll just have TPWS^▸ (Train Protection and Warning System) equipment like every mainline registered unit or loco. 

I don’t know if it’s the same incident.
https://x.com/PaulCliftonBBC/status/1775279348834250851?s=20

A lot is also down to how delays and cancellations are coded and recorded in the system, the cause of delay or cancellation is taken from that attribution code.  You have no option to manually enter a Freeform or custom delay cause.  It has to go under a code.

The Melksham services are coded under the root cause of the problem, flooding.  There is no attribution code to state “cancelled to allow other services to run”.  It’s generally advisable to stick to one cause of delay or cancellation, normally the root cause, rather than issues a series of different messages which can lead to confusion and an accusation of it being made up!  When you stick to the root cause it paints a more accurate picture of how many delay minutes have been caused by that incident. 
The great advantage of X is it provides an opportunity to explain delays/cancellations in more detail. 

Those cancellations are largely unnecessary.

GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) removed a lot of route knowledge from its HSS^▸ (High Speed Services) drivers preventing diversions via Bristol, and the GWR drivers operating that route have zero diversionary route knowledge. 
This issue highlights how out of touch with reality the decision making within the company has become.

It seems ‘words’ are the only thing any organisation involved can muster up. 

….. All part of the plan to totally decarbonise the railway.

On a more serious note.  No need to apologise for the language. It is as you describe.

No premiums for working bank holidays, it’s normal rate. Sundays are time plus 0.25.

Yet MP^▸ (Member of Parliament)’s will be enjoying an inflation-busting 5.5% rise next month with no changes to their terms & conditions against what the IPSA call an ‘extremely difficult backdrop’

What’s good enough for one should, and would, be more than acceptable to all.

Electrification was planned, I don’t know if it’s still on the cards

2 trains an hour into Euston, presumably the same for Waterloo

Both. There isn’t the space to run everything into one.

Euston is probably the top choice as it offers easier access to North Pole and very few miles of diesel running.

People opposed HS2^▸ (The next High Speed line(s)) on the basis of it not being worth it for just 15 minutes…… but an a extra stop on a services between Padd and Reading costing probably about 5 minutes onto a journey time going into Paddington is now a big deal. Old Oak station will be a quicker interchange to get onto the Liz Line, then going through to Paddington for starters. Swings and roundabouts.

As for disruption whilst the work is undertaken, some trains will surely leave the GWML^▸ (Great Western Main Line) at Acton Mainline, effectively go round the back of the current CrossRail depot where it’ll drop onto the WCML^▸ (West Coast Main Line) into Euston, an extra 2 miles.  Might even be the potential to upgrade the current track for higher line speeds but it’s certainly not the end of the world.
They rebuilt Reading station around an operational railway with minimal interruption, it can be done again

My compelling, unbiased and objective insight into his character stems from the fact this MP voiced no concerns over the reduction of the sleeper service to just two days a week for the past, 5 months or more.
He voiced no concerns over the week long line closures currently being experienced for resignalling, neither did he voice any concern for the months of alterations to early morning and late evening services to/from Plymouth, also for resignalling.
Alterations that have far more impact on the good people of Plymouth Sutton & Devonport then hearsay surrounding HS2.

Maybe Mr Pollard fears these HS2 works are actually going to personally affect him, hence why he has concerns. Who knows.