Gareth Forest
@garethforest.bsky.social
trades unionist | 🚃 public transport campaigner: Better Buses West Yorks & West Yorks Needs A Tram | 💼 campaigns and political education Equity TU | ✍️words in Vittles & Tribune | ex-Brusseleir🇧🇪
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West Yorkshire needs an extended tram network - it’s time to scale up our ambitions to match the cities and regions of Europe! @wyneedsatram.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
West Yorkshire needs an extended tram network - it’s time to scale up our ambitions to match the cities and regions of Europe! @wyneedsatram.bsky.social
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2,300 crochet squares - each representing ten children killed in Gaza. Created by Craftivism for Palestine and hosted by the Bloody Sunday Trust, the Gaza Quilt will be displayed on the banking in the Bogside, Derry, 29 July, 1-3pm.
Stand with us in remembrance, resistance, and hope for Palestine.
Stand with us in remembrance, resistance, and hope for Palestine.
July 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
2,300 crochet squares - each representing ten children killed in Gaza. Created by Craftivism for Palestine and hosted by the Bloody Sunday Trust, the Gaza Quilt will be displayed on the banking in the Bogside, Derry, 29 July, 1-3pm.
Stand with us in remembrance, resistance, and hope for Palestine.
Stand with us in remembrance, resistance, and hope for Palestine.
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Today, we’re delivering hundreds of letters to councillors across West Yorkshire.
We're asking them to support our call for a tram network that serves every part of the region, not just the Leeds-Bradford corridor.
Help name the ten proposed tram lines here: forms.gle/TvBsGXUUUuAx...
We're asking them to support our call for a tram network that serves every part of the region, not just the Leeds-Bradford corridor.
Help name the ten proposed tram lines here: forms.gle/TvBsGXUUUuAx...
July 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Today, we’re delivering hundreds of letters to councillors across West Yorkshire.
We're asking them to support our call for a tram network that serves every part of the region, not just the Leeds-Bradford corridor.
Help name the ten proposed tram lines here: forms.gle/TvBsGXUUUuAx...
We're asking them to support our call for a tram network that serves every part of the region, not just the Leeds-Bradford corridor.
Help name the ten proposed tram lines here: forms.gle/TvBsGXUUUuAx...
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Ah, what might have been! c.1988 & the doomed attempt to re-introduce mass transit to Leeds & West Yorkshire that will, hopefully, soon start to be redressed. The conurbation is, arguably, Europe's largest without such a public transport syste. #leeds #transport
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July 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Ah, what might have been! c.1988 & the doomed attempt to re-introduce mass transit to Leeds & West Yorkshire that will, hopefully, soon start to be redressed. The conurbation is, arguably, Europe's largest without such a public transport syste. #leeds #transport
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At the ICE raid and subsequent community resistance in Paramount, California this morning, this skater kid ate dozens of munitions from Border Patrol agents, walked away slowly and flipped them off.
June 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
At the ICE raid and subsequent community resistance in Paramount, California this morning, this skater kid ate dozens of munitions from Border Patrol agents, walked away slowly and flipped them off.
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Ian Paul keeps saying this and I need to be really clear here: it is untrue.
The judgement made about the altar frontal at St Nick's did NOT set a precedent. It was solely about our specific application and our specific altar frontal. It has absolutely no bearing on any other church.
The judgement made about the altar frontal at St Nick's did NOT set a precedent. It was solely about our specific application and our specific altar frontal. It has absolutely no bearing on any other church.
June 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Ian Paul keeps saying this and I need to be really clear here: it is untrue.
The judgement made about the altar frontal at St Nick's did NOT set a precedent. It was solely about our specific application and our specific altar frontal. It has absolutely no bearing on any other church.
The judgement made about the altar frontal at St Nick's did NOT set a precedent. It was solely about our specific application and our specific altar frontal. It has absolutely no bearing on any other church.
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Don't make us tap the sign... 👇👇👇
June 4, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Don't make us tap the sign... 👇👇👇
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When will it be our turn?
April 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
When will it be our turn?
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The relative underperformance of West Yorkshire’s economy is a mystery……
We’ve spent £ 00’M s on not having a Tram and the opportunity cost is about a £Bn !!
We’ve spent £ 00’M s on not having a Tram and the opportunity cost is about a £Bn !!
In 2005 they cancelled the Leeds Supertram — imagine where the city would be if it had gone ahead...
May 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The relative underperformance of West Yorkshire’s economy is a mystery……
We’ve spent £ 00’M s on not having a Tram and the opportunity cost is about a £Bn !!
We’ve spent £ 00’M s on not having a Tram and the opportunity cost is about a £Bn !!
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🤔 Could this be what gets West Yorkshire a tram?
Leeds is set to welcome the greatest number of ex-London civil servants of any city.
Will the 2100 new workers miss the tube and decide to finally fund a massive transit system here?
Via @robparsonsna.bsky.social
Leeds is set to welcome the greatest number of ex-London civil servants of any city.
Will the 2100 new workers miss the tube and decide to finally fund a massive transit system here?
Via @robparsonsna.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🤔 Could this be what gets West Yorkshire a tram?
Leeds is set to welcome the greatest number of ex-London civil servants of any city.
Will the 2100 new workers miss the tube and decide to finally fund a massive transit system here?
Via @robparsonsna.bsky.social
Leeds is set to welcome the greatest number of ex-London civil servants of any city.
Will the 2100 new workers miss the tube and decide to finally fund a massive transit system here?
Via @robparsonsna.bsky.social
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8/ These two paragraphs are conclusive proof that the Supreme Court is wrong.
The gendered words in the Acts and the Bills clearly mean legal identities rather than “biological things”.
The gendered words in the Acts and the Bills clearly mean legal identities rather than “biological things”.
May 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
8/ These two paragraphs are conclusive proof that the Supreme Court is wrong.
The gendered words in the Acts and the Bills clearly mean legal identities rather than “biological things”.
The gendered words in the Acts and the Bills clearly mean legal identities rather than “biological things”.
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Wow, what a horrific typo. Right on the cover.
May 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Wow, what a horrific typo. Right on the cover.
How’s that gotcha working out now? This is from the EHCR “guidance” published today
April 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
How’s that gotcha working out now? This is from the EHCR “guidance” published today
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"Amnesty International UK has found 'severe human rights violations' at the heart of the system.
In 2024, 86% of low-income families on universal credit went without essentials such as heating, food, clothing. That is millions of people in the UK going without some of their 'most basic rights."
In 2024, 86% of low-income families on universal credit went without essentials such as heating, food, clothing. That is millions of people in the UK going without some of their 'most basic rights."
UK's 'cruel' benefits system is 'ruining lives', Amnesty report finds
Amnesty is urging the DWP to stop its plans for benefit cuts – as the social security system is already 'violating human rights'.
www.bigissue.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"Amnesty International UK has found 'severe human rights violations' at the heart of the system.
In 2024, 86% of low-income families on universal credit went without essentials such as heating, food, clothing. That is millions of people in the UK going without some of their 'most basic rights."
In 2024, 86% of low-income families on universal credit went without essentials such as heating, food, clothing. That is millions of people in the UK going without some of their 'most basic rights."
They want to remove all trans people from public life. Stop it with this stupid gotcha
This moment when the penny drops that trying to implement bathroom bans is an impossibility for the former Tory Chief Secretary Simon Clarke is delicious.
April 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
They want to remove all trans people from public life. Stop it with this stupid gotcha
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The road to climate justice in West Yorkshire is lined with trams.
April 24, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The road to climate justice in West Yorkshire is lined with trams.
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BREAKING: SCOTUS orders the government not to remove anyone from the United States under Trump’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation who is a part of the potential class in the Northern District of Texas case until further order of the court.
Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.
Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.
April 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
BREAKING: SCOTUS orders the government not to remove anyone from the United States under Trump’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation who is a part of the potential class in the Northern District of Texas case until further order of the court.
Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.
Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.
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6 years ago today, my dear friend Lyra McKee was taken from us, murdered in the streets of her new home city. Miss you, honey.
The paramilitaries took her life, but she wrote for peace. "Here's to better times ahead, and saying goodbye to bombs and bullets once and for all."
The paramilitaries took her life, but she wrote for peace. "Here's to better times ahead, and saying goodbye to bombs and bullets once and for all."
April 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
6 years ago today, my dear friend Lyra McKee was taken from us, murdered in the streets of her new home city. Miss you, honey.
The paramilitaries took her life, but she wrote for peace. "Here's to better times ahead, and saying goodbye to bombs and bullets once and for all."
The paramilitaries took her life, but she wrote for peace. "Here's to better times ahead, and saying goodbye to bombs and bullets once and for all."
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fighting tears
April 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
fighting tears
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@whatthetrans.com Leeds, Saturday. There’s one tomorrow at 5pm as well, same location, but that seems less well-organised (and an odd time for a bank holiday). This follows the regular Palestine protest on Saturdays
April 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
@whatthetrans.com Leeds, Saturday. There’s one tomorrow at 5pm as well, same location, but that seems less well-organised (and an odd time for a bank holiday). This follows the regular Palestine protest on Saturdays
No LGB without the T
April 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
No LGB without the T
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It's also the day for my favorite meme!
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
March 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It's also the day for my favorite meme!
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
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You could more than TREBLE the number of tram routes planned for West Yorkshire with the money for the Lower Thames Crossing.
March 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
You could more than TREBLE the number of tram routes planned for West Yorkshire with the money for the Lower Thames Crossing.
We’re saving River City
@equityuk.bsky.social
@equityuk.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We’re saving River City
@equityuk.bsky.social
@equityuk.bsky.social