We should all be woke.
Dewsbury, Yorkshire
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Grr. An inflation-busting 15% increase for eldest child's @MCardtravel U19 bus pass for this term. Up from £148.20 to £170.20. Not impressed @WYMayor
Hey there @HotpointUK. Do you fancy reminding drivers of your service fleet of Highway Code Rule 123? Had one of your vans sat outside my house for 20 mins now with the engine running. Ta. highwaycode.org.uk/rule-123/
Any news for us yet @FarsleyCelticFC please? Only 12 days until the fixture...
Given that @FarsleyCelticFC are currently playing their home games at Silverlands, and @Buxton_FC are at home on Sat 18th, any chance they could let @safc (club and fans) know when/where the Farsley v Boro game might take place? Y'know, out of courtesy to all involved?
Ten days to go until the @FarsleyCelticFC v @safc match. Any chance you could let us know when/where it will be played yet?
Given that @FarsleyCelticFC are currently playing their home games at Silverlands, and @Buxton_FC are at home on Sat 18th, any chance they could let @safc (club and fans) know when/where the Farsley v Boro game might take place? Y'know, out of courtesy to all involved?
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Anyone want my line on this budget, now I've read through the whole thing?
Not a single announcement of new rail investment. Less than the last budget which cancelled HS2. It's the most hostile budget for rail since the Blair years. Utterly dismal.
ALT it's the "I'm so tired of everything" meme with Kirsten Dunst drinking and smoking in drab surroundings
Simon Cope 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇾🇪 retweeted
Forget the nonsense about reviewing costs on Phase 1 of HS2, today's real news is that this government has announced in no uncertain terms that it will not be progressing with Phase 2 to Crewe, Manchester or Leeds.
Craven. Short-sighted. Hugely damaging.
ALT The government has been clear it is not resurrecting Phase 2 of HS2, which was cancelled under the previous administration. The government recognises concerns about connectivity between Birmingham and Manchester, but its primary focus now is the safe delivery of HS2 between Birmingham and London at the lowest reasonable cost, and the Secretary of State has made this objective clear to HS2 Ltd.
Simon Cope 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇾🇪 retweeted
Free money for 18-22 year olds. Everyone born 1 Sept 2002 to 2 Jan 2011 has a child trust fund with government money in it, average £2000. But £1.4 billion is unclaimed. They can claim it here bit.ly/3bCiQYA all they need is their national insurance number.
Buy your tickets asap - 1st Leeds concert is all but sold out already!
The Spirit of Christmas is back for 2024!
@selby_abbey with @YRIGR_Band on 7 December - 19:30
@HolyTrinityBL on 14 December - 18:00
Tickets: leedsmalevoicechoir.co.uk/
#selby #leeds #leedsmalevoicechoir #thespiritofchristmas
Simon Cope 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇾🇪 retweeted
Imagine if they spent £22 billion on restoring peat bogs, the oceans, forests (proven carbon capture), or on public transport, insulation, solar – literally anything but this, which is just playing into the hands of the fossil fuel bros and delaying the transition to green energy
Letter from leading scientists calling for the Gov to halt & re-assess carbon capture plans.
We know the previous Gov was captured by Big Oil. Labour now really needs to listen to these experts.
theguardian.com/environment/…
Key points 🧵
@campaigncc @Andrew9Boswell @KevinClimate
How come @untappd doesn't count beers from Martinique towards the Deep Blue Sea badge? I know it is part of France but it's still in the Caribbean!
Oh my, that was a beautiful skewering @mrjamesob 😆
What a handover. 🔥
After 30 minutes of Farage being Farage on LBC, @mrjamesob opens with a blistering reality check.
Simon Cope 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇾🇪 retweeted
Almost of a third of your water bill goes on dividends and debts.
Water companies were privatised without debts.
Thanks to @EllieChowns for joining us to mark Cost of Water Privatisation Day.
ALT Ellie Chowns holds up a board reading: From today, every penny of your water bill goes to shareholders and their debts. Take back their licences. It's time for public ownership.
Simon Cope 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇾🇪 retweeted
Coda: the report ( midlandsnorthwestraillink.co…)
🚄barely nods at 🌳environment or CO2 - it's all about 📈 economic growth.
🚄Nor does it consider 🔭 national strategic goals - it's all about 🔬 the local picture.
🚄Nor 🐢 the long run - it's 🐇 "how can we spend less now?".
Simon Cope 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇾🇪 retweeted
Sorry but this new "#HS2 Alternative" doesn't stack up.
There's a reason it was supposed to be slab track (to cut down heavy maintenance costs) and a reason why it tunnelled under Crewe rather than a "simple" interface.
Not building it to European gauge is backward.
Simon Cope 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇾🇪 retweeted
Mayors of Birmingham and Manchester have come up with a plan for a nearly-high-speed line linking their two cities.
Two cheers! for recognising that the case for a new line to add capacity is unanswerable - whether on economic or environmental grounds. /1 theguardian.com/uk-news/2024…
Simon Cope 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇾🇪 retweeted
The quickest way to deliver HS2 to Manchester and beyond is to... build HS2 as designed and consulted on. Nothing else will be built more quickly. Not even a single track line with a hand cart.
Simon Cope 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇾🇪 retweeted
Our album is now streaming across all major platforms. Take a listen.
open.spotify.com/album/1OuJb…
Simon Cope 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇾🇪 retweeted
E01 passes (narrowly)!!!!!!!
@TheGreenParty now supports new High Speed rail for the north of England!
Thank you to everyone who has supported our campaign to change party policy.
#GPC24 #TrainsNotPlanes
ALT A photo of the auditorium at Green Party conference in Manchester. Some of the text of our E01 motion is on the screen.