It was a small flash of white on maroon, but it meant so much – the DB Schenker logo on the side of a Class 60 UK railway engine somewhere between Chesterfield and Derby on 3rd October, out of the window from my Sheffield-London train. If anyone can help improve the UK’s railways then surely Die Bahn can. Any chance we can have some ICE trains in the UK too?
Catch 22: Boris Johnson has been at pains to say he would negotiate a deal with Brussels that was akin to Canada, while demanding less alignment on state aid / level playing field than was in the UK's trade deal with Japan. So why pretend you're negotiating? 🤷♂️
Catch 22: Boris Johnson was at pains to say he would negotiate a deal with each Tier 3 region, but couldn't negotiate a deal that is out of kilter with other regions. So why pretend you're negotiating? https://twitter.com/BenChu_/status/1318589595181776899
If Scotland steadily heading towards independence were not enough, the government in Westminster is now picking a fight with a mayor of a major English city too...
The British state is unravelling before our eyes.
Boris Johnson really is a morally bankrupt, vindictive excuse of a man.
That £38m he just withdrew to play the hard man over Andy Burnham wasn't abstract big bucks. It was people's rent and groceries. It was their gas bill and new coats for the kids. It was them keeping going. https://twitter.com/dinosofos/status/1318583325573918725
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