Colin Brazier
mmmmtrams.bsky.social
Colin Brazier
@mmmmtrams.bsky.social
Pro EU, gay, definitely know that trams / light rail can transform our cities 😊 Love travel and photography. Retired Controller for Uk TOC.
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It’s slightly misleading as the Schengen but non EU area should be a colour too so it is very obvious that only the uk and Belarus are really isolated and even Belarus might be a member one day once the real Government is released from prison or exile and they are free of the dictatorship
Not that one though. Replacement buses can’t take large items of luggage, bikes or Containers 🤣
November 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Indeed. Completely over the top reaction IMO.
Yes there was a shooting and of course it’s a personal tragedy but let’s face it, there are so many shootings in the USA the rest of the world is mystified as to why the “most powerful person in the Free World” whoever it is) seems powerless to stop it.
They clearly were waiting for an incident and scapegoat. No way the govt works this quickly during a federal holiday week
It didn’t even take 6 hours.
November 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
What on earth were Viktor Orban and the head of FIFA doing at the peace conference ?
October 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Nothing can bring back lost trade except rejoining the customs union and the single market, he adds.
October 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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...Services – Britain’s biggest export category – are severely restricted by the time limit. Take Rolls-Royce: it doesn’t just sell engines, but services planes, too, sending engineers back and forth across the English Channel all the time, says @johnspringford.bsky.social.
October 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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In other news Netanyahu orders an act of piracy on the open seas to prevent aid reaching Gaza.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Greta Thunberg among activists detained as Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla
South Africa and Turkey have criticised the incident in international waters. Israel says those on board are safe.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
RIP the brilliant actress Patricia Routledge 🙁
October 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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So Nigel Fartage is complaining about what the PM said. He needs to seriously reign in his councillors because this little rant is disgusting
FYI: Reform councillor openly calling for the assassination of Keir Starmer.
October 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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There are four Scots on the Flotilla. We are in touch with them all, as well as their families - as they expect Israel to intercept the boats tonight.

Video feed from the boat just went down as I typed this

www.thenational.scot/news/2551072...
There are four Scots on the Gaza flotilla – so why is our media ignoring it?
THERE are four Scottish citizens taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla, but you wouldn't be able to tell by looking at Scotland's front pages.
www.thenational.scot
October 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Ed Miliband has vowed to "ban fracking" for good, as he drew yet another dividing line with Reform during his speech at the Labour Party conference

news.sky.com/story/labour...
Labour pledges permanent ban on fracking
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband promised to go further than the current pause, brought in amid safety concerns and public opposition. Reform Party leaders want to reintroduce fracking as a way to boost t...
news.sky.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Baroness Mohan just complained about an “establishment cover up”after a court judgement against her.
She really hasn’t a clue. How on earth do self entitled people like her get anywhere near being in Government? Good advert for abolishing the unelected House of Lords in its present form though
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Zak Bond, Campaign Manager at Clean Cities: “[This] proves that bold action on dirty air delivers real results. This is a crucial milestone towards reaching WHO guidelines as soon as possible."

"London has leapfrogged other UK cities which still have illegal levels of air pollution."
September 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Greater Manchester ditching its Clean Air Zone is looking more short-sighted by the day
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scrapped Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone signs removal begins
Work starts to take down the signs at the cost of about £600,000, paid for by the government.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Some good news.

London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.

The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
September 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Nigel Farage doesn’t think the Prime Minister should have free speech in this country. But he’ll tell foreigners that yours is somehow under threat from the Prime Minister. He’s a whiny little liar. Always has been. Always will be.
September 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Genuinely baffled by Keir Starmer's refusal to describe Nigel Farage as a racist.

The evidence for this is overwhelming. The founder of UKIP, Alan Sked, quit the party because of Farage's racism.

The far right won't be defeated unless we are honest about what it is.
October 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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"It's completely different to say we're going start removing people who are lawfully here.

"They are our neighbours, people who work in our economy, part of who we are. It will rip this country apart."

Quite. Also applies to Tory policy - and potentially Labour.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Keir Starmer calls Reform migrant policy 'racist' and 'immoral'
The prime minister said he needed
www.bbc.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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From Hitler Youth right the way through to the Gestapo Fürhage would have been right there, shoulder to shoulder with Adolf - just swap the UK's non white population with Germany's pre WW2 Jews, it's a carbon copy #Farage #ReformUK #Racism #Deportation
September 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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September 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Farage built Brexit, and Brexit broke Britain.

Nigel Farage is the cause of the mess we’re in - not the solution.
September 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I take it all these people opposed to ID cards have never tried to change the address on your bank account or apply for a loan recently.
If you don’t have a driving licence have all your utilities on line (or aren’t the bill payer) the banks etc make it virtually impossible to prove name and address
September 27, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Next week UEFA is expected to meet and vote on banning Israel from International Football.

Like if they need to be banned.
RT if it is time to ban Israel from all international events.
September 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Just to be clear:
- Paracetamol does not cause autism.
- Sadiq Khan is not introducing Sharia law in the UK
- We do not have a massive free speech problem here.
- Britain is not on the verge of civil war.
These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true.
September 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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The only question I've heard on the radio this morning from the pro Israel lobby is "But how does Starmer's statement improve the position of the Palestinian people today? "
It does the same as Martin Luther King "I have a dream" speech;
it gives hope. That is what frightens them. Palestinian hope.
September 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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September 21, 2025 at 6:03 AM