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@greens4hs2.bsky.social
· Aug 14
People loudly jeering these unidentified federal agents.
"You're not helping anyone!"
"How much overtime are you getting paid to do nothing!"
"Boooo!"
"You're not helping anyone!"
"How much overtime are you getting paid to do nothing!"
"Boooo!"
We could not be prouder that someone is wearing one of our "pro trans, pro trains" t-shirts to anti-fascism protests in Washington DC.
Sending solidarity to everyone opposing the far right in the USA and around the world.
Sending solidarity to everyone opposing the far right in the USA and around the world.
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Some good news. The actual tunnels will be in place.
We now need Euston safeguarded for a full 11 platforms, & reinstatement of all plans for the Crewe, Manchester and Leeds sections. @greens4hs2.bsky.social
Plan for the future, not just for the next election. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
We now need Euston safeguarded for a full 11 platforms, & reinstatement of all plans for the Crewe, Manchester and Leeds sections. @greens4hs2.bsky.social
Plan for the future, not just for the next election. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Euston HS2 back on track, say ministers as final tunnelling begins
First of two 1,600-tonne boring machines drilling the 4.5 miles from Old Oak Common station switched on in London
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Some good news. The actual tunnels will be in place.
We now need Euston safeguarded for a full 11 platforms, & reinstatement of all plans for the Crewe, Manchester and Leeds sections. @greens4hs2.bsky.social
Plan for the future, not just for the next election. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
We now need Euston safeguarded for a full 11 platforms, & reinstatement of all plans for the Crewe, Manchester and Leeds sections. @greens4hs2.bsky.social
Plan for the future, not just for the next election. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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This is such a daft and revealing line of questioning. I don't think we elect Greens because they don't fly; surely we elect them because they'd deliver the alternatives to flying for all of us? I think the Greens are the only English party to support the delivery of HS2 in full, for example.
#bbclaurak tries to get a gotcha. Zack, you refuse to fly. How can you be a candidate for high office if you'd refuse to ever get on a plane?
Well Laura, in that situation I'd get on a plane.
Well Laura, in that situation I'd get on a plane.
February 1, 2026 at 1:36 PM
This is such a daft and revealing line of questioning. I don't think we elect Greens because they don't fly; surely we elect them because they'd deliver the alternatives to flying for all of us? I think the Greens are the only English party to support the delivery of HS2 in full, for example.
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Pitch perfect 🧵
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January 16, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Pitch perfect 🧵
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I was 20 when HS2 was announced. Great to know i’ll probably be in my late 60s when the Birmingham-Manchester section starts work let alone finishes. Seems like a country doing things the right way!
January 14, 2026 at 7:55 AM
I was 20 when HS2 was announced. Great to know i’ll probably be in my late 60s when the Birmingham-Manchester section starts work let alone finishes. Seems like a country doing things the right way!
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Let's remind ourselves of what was promised in 2018 for £70bn of new east-west high speed lines across the north, thanks to far superior reporting to what we're seeing today: www.bbc.com/news/uk-engl...
January 14, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Let's remind ourselves of what was promised in 2018 for £70bn of new east-west high speed lines across the north, thanks to far superior reporting to what we're seeing today: www.bbc.com/news/uk-engl...
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For clarity, this government has so far:
- cancelled HS2 north of Birmingham (previous government hadn't actually done that formally)
- cancelled electrification of the Midland Main Line
- cancelled West Yorkshire mass transit
- cancelled the trans-Pennine high speed line
- cancelled HS2 north of Birmingham (previous government hadn't actually done that formally)
- cancelled electrification of the Midland Main Line
- cancelled West Yorkshire mass transit
- cancelled the trans-Pennine high speed line
January 14, 2026 at 7:23 AM
For clarity, this government has so far:
- cancelled HS2 north of Birmingham (previous government hadn't actually done that formally)
- cancelled electrification of the Midland Main Line
- cancelled West Yorkshire mass transit
- cancelled the trans-Pennine high speed line
- cancelled HS2 north of Birmingham (previous government hadn't actually done that formally)
- cancelled electrification of the Midland Main Line
- cancelled West Yorkshire mass transit
- cancelled the trans-Pennine high speed line
Excellent thread - as always- from Gareth.
Today's announcement is the opposite of what it says it is. It's the formal cancellation of the high speed line across the Pennines.
What's left - additional TRU scope - is a good idea but should be delivered as a business as usual enhancement in 2027, not some far off fanfaron.
What's left - additional TRU scope - is a good idea but should be delivered as a business as usual enhancement in 2027, not some far off fanfaron.
January 14, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Excellent thread - as always- from Gareth.
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Weird to read an article about the WCML being at full capacity and not mention HS2. We need more rails innit 🤷♂️ @greens4hs2.bsky.social
www.railmagazine.com/features-lan...
www.railmagazine.com/features-lan...
West Coast Main Line capacity crunch
West Coast Main Line capacity has hit the headlines again recently, but why does it have planners at Network Rail cautious? RICHARD WILCOCK reports
www.railmagazine.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Weird to read an article about the WCML being at full capacity and not mention HS2. We need more rails innit 🤷♂️ @greens4hs2.bsky.social
www.railmagazine.com/features-lan...
www.railmagazine.com/features-lan...
A big welcome to everyone new to Bluesky! 🦋
Starter packs are a great way to quickly find great accounts to follow. ☑️
Are you a @greenparty.org.uk member who supports new High Speed rail, including HS2? 🚄
Let us know and we'll add you to our starter pack. ⬇️
go.bsky.app/ExxA3ob
Starter packs are a great way to quickly find great accounts to follow. ☑️
Are you a @greenparty.org.uk member who supports new High Speed rail, including HS2? 🚄
Let us know and we'll add you to our starter pack. ⬇️
go.bsky.app/ExxA3ob
January 10, 2026 at 3:31 PM
A big welcome to everyone new to Bluesky! 🦋
Starter packs are a great way to quickly find great accounts to follow. ☑️
Are you a @greenparty.org.uk member who supports new High Speed rail, including HS2? 🚄
Let us know and we'll add you to our starter pack. ⬇️
go.bsky.app/ExxA3ob
Starter packs are a great way to quickly find great accounts to follow. ☑️
Are you a @greenparty.org.uk member who supports new High Speed rail, including HS2? 🚄
Let us know and we'll add you to our starter pack. ⬇️
go.bsky.app/ExxA3ob
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Today I became a part of history by taking part in the National Railway Museum’s “People, Pride, Progress” programme, talking to them about my experiences growing up trans, and how the railways have impacted my life.
I also donated my @greens4hs2.bsky.social teeshirt to the national collection 🙂
I also donated my @greens4hs2.bsky.social teeshirt to the national collection 🙂
January 8, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Today I became a part of history by taking part in the National Railway Museum’s “People, Pride, Progress” programme, talking to them about my experiences growing up trans, and how the railways have impacted my life.
I also donated my @greens4hs2.bsky.social teeshirt to the national collection 🙂
I also donated my @greens4hs2.bsky.social teeshirt to the national collection 🙂
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I had a chat with Zack Polanski about his fairly busy first four months as Green leader, how the party can combat Reform, and why he spends an hour every day replying personally to direct messages on social media.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘We were missing in the conversation’: how Zack Polanski hit on plan to beat Reform at their own game
This time last year Polanski was barely known outside the party. Now he’s hoping for success at May’s local elections - by taking a page from Nigel Farage’s playbook
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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Can I just shock you? I think public transport infrastructure is good and these people should fuck off.
‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2
‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2
The long read: Ten years after I first followed the proposed route, I retraced my steps to see what life was like along the world’s most expensive, heavily delayed railway line
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Can I just shock you? I think public transport infrastructure is good and these people should fuck off.
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So Basel-Malmö night train did not get a subsidy to even get it started
But a 3x a week service with knackered carriages is not much good
Small pots are cash are no solution - we need to look at the fundamentals of European night trains!
#CrossBorderRail
Blog post 👇
jonworth.eu/a-little-sho...
But a 3x a week service with knackered carriages is not much good
Small pots are cash are no solution - we need to look at the fundamentals of European night trains!
#CrossBorderRail
Blog post 👇
jonworth.eu/a-little-sho...
A little short term subsidy for this or that route is no way to support night trains – lessons from the end of Basel-Malmö before it even started
So there will not be a Basel - Malmö night train from the spring of 2026. Switzerland's parliament did not approve the subsidy to allow it to run. Without the 10 million CHF the parliament refused to ...
jonworth.eu
December 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
So Basel-Malmö night train did not get a subsidy to even get it started
But a 3x a week service with knackered carriages is not much good
Small pots are cash are no solution - we need to look at the fundamentals of European night trains!
#CrossBorderRail
Blog post 👇
jonworth.eu/a-little-sho...
But a 3x a week service with knackered carriages is not much good
Small pots are cash are no solution - we need to look at the fundamentals of European night trains!
#CrossBorderRail
Blog post 👇
jonworth.eu/a-little-sho...
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"This is a really obvious thing the Government should do: tax wealth fairly."
@elliechowns.bsky.social outlines what the Green Party would have done differently at the Budget to cut bills by taxing wealth fairly.
@elliechowns.bsky.social outlines what the Green Party would have done differently at the Budget to cut bills by taxing wealth fairly.
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"This is a really obvious thing the Government should do: tax wealth fairly."
@elliechowns.bsky.social outlines what the Green Party would have done differently at the Budget to cut bills by taxing wealth fairly.
@elliechowns.bsky.social outlines what the Green Party would have done differently at the Budget to cut bills by taxing wealth fairly.
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There is a big shift in politics right now.
There is a rise in politicians spreading hate and fear …
And then there is the Green Party who are bringing hope back to people’s lives.
Join.GreenParty.org.uk
There is a rise in politicians spreading hate and fear …
And then there is the Green Party who are bringing hope back to people’s lives.
Join.GreenParty.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
There is a big shift in politics right now.
There is a rise in politicians spreading hate and fear …
And then there is the Green Party who are bringing hope back to people’s lives.
Join.GreenParty.org.uk
There is a rise in politicians spreading hate and fear …
And then there is the Green Party who are bringing hope back to people’s lives.
Join.GreenParty.org.uk
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The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
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We're already celebrating one of our Budget asks - the fare freeze - but what else can the Chancellor do for public transport on Wednesday?
⛽End the 5p fuel duty cut
❄️Unfreeze fuel duty
✈️End aviation's tax-free fuel status
🛩️Tax private jets
🚘Set out plans for a pay-per-mile EV charge.
⛽End the 5p fuel duty cut
❄️Unfreeze fuel duty
✈️End aviation's tax-free fuel status
🛩️Tax private jets
🚘Set out plans for a pay-per-mile EV charge.
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
We're already celebrating one of our Budget asks - the fare freeze - but what else can the Chancellor do for public transport on Wednesday?
⛽End the 5p fuel duty cut
❄️Unfreeze fuel duty
✈️End aviation's tax-free fuel status
🛩️Tax private jets
🚘Set out plans for a pay-per-mile EV charge.
⛽End the 5p fuel duty cut
❄️Unfreeze fuel duty
✈️End aviation's tax-free fuel status
🛩️Tax private jets
🚘Set out plans for a pay-per-mile EV charge.
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With today's West Coast Mainline meltdown it's insanely obvious we absolutely need HS2 to Manchester.
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
With today's West Coast Mainline meltdown it's insanely obvious we absolutely need HS2 to Manchester.
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Affordable trains please; I'd be financially better off working a minimum wage job that's walking distance from home than travelling 30 mins in any direction on a main line train route for a median wage job.
How can we convince people to commute by train instead of road without reducing rail prices?
How can we convince people to commute by train instead of road without reducing rail prices?
⬇️ This right here is a significant chunk of both my politics and environmentalism.
Give the people trains!
Give the people trains!
Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
October 29, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Affordable trains please; I'd be financially better off working a minimum wage job that's walking distance from home than travelling 30 mins in any direction on a main line train route for a median wage job.
How can we convince people to commute by train instead of road without reducing rail prices?
How can we convince people to commute by train instead of road without reducing rail prices?
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⬇️ This right here is a significant chunk of both my politics and environmentalism.
Give the people trains!
Give the people trains!
Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
October 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
⬇️ This right here is a significant chunk of both my politics and environmentalism.
Give the people trains!
Give the people trains!
Bad news averted!
We need more sleeping services, not fewer.
We're very glad Stockholm - Hamburg/Berlin has been saved.
We need more sleeping services, not fewer.
We're very glad Stockholm - Hamburg/Berlin has been saved.
The Stockholm-Hamburg/Berlin sleeper has been saved. RDC will take over when SJ pulls out. May not run on some winter nights in future though: www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...
Breaking: SJ to discontinue successful Stockholm-Hamburg/Berlin sleeper train after 31 August 2026, a month after Swedish government subsidy ends.
October 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Bad news averted!
We need more sleeping services, not fewer.
We're very glad Stockholm - Hamburg/Berlin has been saved.
We need more sleeping services, not fewer.
We're very glad Stockholm - Hamburg/Berlin has been saved.
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🎉 86,000 Green Party members!
The Green Party is growing like never before.
Be a part of it 💚
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The Green Party is growing like never before.
Be a part of it 💚
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Breaking: over 3,000 people joined @greenparty.org.uk over conference weekend.
Membership now stands at over 86,000.
We’re just getting started.
join.greenparty.org.uk
Membership now stands at over 86,000.
We’re just getting started.
join.greenparty.org.uk
Join the Green Party
Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🎉 86,000 Green Party members!
The Green Party is growing like never before.
Be a part of it 💚
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The Green Party is growing like never before.
Be a part of it 💚
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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I'm really glad that the Green Party have caught up with the Labour Party on their excellent "No Landlordism" platform...of 1902. #gpconf
October 6, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I'm really glad that the Green Party have caught up with the Labour Party on their excellent "No Landlordism" platform...of 1902. #gpconf
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🥳 Thank you to everyone who co-proposed and voted for it and commented on drafts.
🛤 It takes a village to write a good motion.
3️⃣ This is the third conference I've brought it too.
♻️ Our HS2 motion in 2024 was E01 on the agenda; East West Rail was E01 this year so we recycled this sign!
🛤 It takes a village to write a good motion.
3️⃣ This is the third conference I've brought it too.
♻️ Our HS2 motion in 2024 was E01 on the agenda; East West Rail was E01 this year so we recycled this sign!
October 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🥳 Thank you to everyone who co-proposed and voted for it and commented on drafts.
🛤 It takes a village to write a good motion.
3️⃣ This is the third conference I've brought it too.
♻️ Our HS2 motion in 2024 was E01 on the agenda; East West Rail was E01 this year so we recycled this sign!
🛤 It takes a village to write a good motion.
3️⃣ This is the third conference I've brought it too.
♻️ Our HS2 motion in 2024 was E01 on the agenda; East West Rail was E01 this year so we recycled this sign!
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🥳 I'm so so delighted that my motion for completely building East West Rail and fully electrifying it passed overwhelmingly at conference.
🙏 Huge huge thanks to @greenchloem.bsky.social , Ed Fraser and @benwheels.bsky.social for speaking in favour.
#TrainsNotPlanes #RailNotRoad
#GPConf
🙏 Huge huge thanks to @greenchloem.bsky.social , Ed Fraser and @benwheels.bsky.social for speaking in favour.
#TrainsNotPlanes #RailNotRoad
#GPConf
October 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🥳 I'm so so delighted that my motion for completely building East West Rail and fully electrifying it passed overwhelmingly at conference.
🙏 Huge huge thanks to @greenchloem.bsky.social , Ed Fraser and @benwheels.bsky.social for speaking in favour.
#TrainsNotPlanes #RailNotRoad
#GPConf
🙏 Huge huge thanks to @greenchloem.bsky.social , Ed Fraser and @benwheels.bsky.social for speaking in favour.
#TrainsNotPlanes #RailNotRoad
#GPConf