Interesting that the combined authorities of Manchester and Liverpool regions are coming up with a plan, whereas East Mids, Leeds and our side just don't care. DfT launches £8.5M tender to dispose of HS2 surplus land between Birmingham and Leeds | New Civil Engineer share.google/0Gp0GJKZY0Yj...

It really is very impressive up close. Hard to overstate what this will do for the area, the movement of people is obviously the main benefit, but aesthetically, it puts us on the map. #nottingham #infrastructure #activetravel

Nathan Gill is no fringe politician. He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales. A Brexit Party MEP. A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him: "terrific," and "as honest as the day is long." This is a MASSIVE story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Good fucking God. #reform

We have campaigned HARD on this since 2023, the first to do so, and we won't stop until it's done. Young people deserve it, the economy needs it and gvt wants it.

Our transport spokesperson @greenmattbfd.bsky.social : "Bradford and our district need NPR to deliver the economic boost we have been promised for years. "Every delay sends a message that our communities are being treated as an afterthought compared with London and the South East." 👏👏👏

@originstorypodcast.bsky.social is back!

Has there ever, in the history of the world, been a project like this where they've delayed and delayed to save money and it's actually ended up cheaper? Not a serious country. #npr #hs2 Northern Powerhouse Rail plans delayed again - BBC News share.google/pV0RrhOgqX3Q...

Trump at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service: “He did not hate his opponents. He wanted the best for them. That’s where I disagreed with Charlie. I HATE my opponent, and I don’t want the best for them. I’m sorry.” Again, this is a memorial service.

The #libdems have sat by doing largely nothing for a year trying to come up with a winning strategy. The strategy: Shall we just say Stop the Boats? 😂😂😂

Honestly, how have Corbyn and Sultana managed to destroy their party before it even has a name?! Almost impressive to be the most dysfunctional group among the current bunch. #votegreen 🟢

#Nottingham City Council are absolutely determined that our city will stay second rate for as long as possible. One councillor objected over concerns that the students wouldn't be able to check on each other's wellbeing due to the design. What?! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It is like a cruel but accurate joke someone made up about the left: "Two Corbynites walk into a pub and fall out over the definition of Corbynism. One of them was Corbyn." Just join the Greens, Zarah. You will be so much happier.

The single quickest way you could have turbo charged growth in the East Midlands would be committing to build #hs2 east, with all the associated local infrastructure. Instead #labour sold the land off. Growth report plans for billions boost to region - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You do wonder what the people at #nottingham City Council think the city currently looks like, if they oppose this building on the grounds of its appearance. Please build it 🙏 Developer warns turning down plans for Nottingham's tallest building would risk costly appeal share.google/Ptdyw2WQVOXZ...

As I'm going round the country - I'm meeting people over and over again who are finding hope in the Green Party. Brilliant that's also reflected in our rise in members & now in the consistent rise in the polls too. The Green Party are on the rise. And not a moment too soon! Join.greenparty.org.uk

Never known a place like #nottingham for celebrating so many parts of the city staying shit. So much time, money and effort wasted. Massive block in Nottingham city recommended for rejection share.google/h0475t3HbGJs...

I didn't think it was possible for me to hate them more, but... #Reform UK would axe any high-speed northern rail schemes, says Richard Tice | Rail industry | The Guardian share.google/N3BzAELHLqyH...

The scale of it is incredibly impressive. Cables arriving soon hopefully, Italian made so I hear. #nottingham #infrastructure

Ed Balls: the Greens taking votes from Labour helps the Tories @zackpolanski.bsky.social : "I want to see every Labour politician whose voted for a two child benefit cap, for disability cuts, for the ongoing genocide in Gaza to sell arms to them, I want to see them replaced" #GMB

Starmer promised change, but is now doing podcast interviews about how much he loves flags. We've never needed a real left wing alternative more. Well done @zackpolanski.bsky.social Zack Polanski elected leader of the Green Party - BBC News share.google/x4yTkkzn7maN...

Day one, question one. Why can't we do anything meaningful until 2029/30?! Broad Marsh: Council reappoints project lead at £160,000 to progress redevelopment | West Bridgford Wire share.google/FTiFha8pT1VJ...

This would be the best thing to happen in London for ages. You don't need an SUV to take little Tarquin a mile round the South Circular every morning. No reason it should be confined to the capital either. #suv Is London set to put the brakes on SUVs? - BBC News share.google/1bdtyIzfvYM4...

What a stupid, incapable small minded farce of a country we've become. Also a very misleading headline. Either way, utter garbage all round. 'Mini-HS2' link in the Midlands could allow high-speed services to run to Yorkshire share.google/Bt7btbrnxIOr...

It wouldn't be a trip to London without an East Midlands Railway clusterf@ck at St.P. Three empty platforms, but boarding two trains that leave within three minutes of each other on the same platform simultaneously. Excellent work. @eastmidsrailway.bsky.social

My rule of thumb is that a protest is not newsworthy if it draws a smaller crowd then I would get at a Lib Dem event for a session titled 'Why the British Standard for letterboxes is a failure'. But looking at the news, I see my rule of thumb is once again failing.

Full deck in place. It's a thing of beauty. Bring on the arch! #nottingham #watersidebridge

I keep the receipts.

Proper stuff happening now. Big crane and 2x pieces of bridge deck are on site. Happy days. #watersidebridge

We like this guy. Labour have now completely f@cked us in terms of getting to other cities reliably, at least make our region a bit less car dominated for the future 🙏 #eastmidlands Calls for 'rapid expansion' of Nottingham tram network - BBC News share.google/75mC3LfUh4fX...

The stands that will hold the bridge deck during construction are beginning to be put in place. It's going to be massive. #nottingham #footbridge

An illustration of how bad Reach PLC sites have gotten? Articles so badly written, presented, and clickbatey are the headlines that people assume the thing that the cooling tower demolition about to happen is at the local closed power station and not the one at the other end of the county.

EMCCA have pulled the brownfield development grant from the Island Quarter after Conygar admit they won't be able to start before March 2026. Absolute shitshow as usual from all involved. We are not a serious city. #nottingham www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...

You'll never guess what they're planning to build instead to improve the appearance of the local area... #nottingham

Last night was something else. Really impressed with the use of the screens too, forget how much tech has improved since 2009! Richard Ashcroft also belting. #oasis #live25 #wembley

The fact this keeps having to be explained is very depressing. Not seen anything from Midlands leadership either, pathetic. I type this while on the Elizabeth Line, a proper divisive, delayed, over budget British project that everyone absolutely loves now it's finished. #hs2 #infrastructure

Can we agree that if you've got an emotional support vehicle so big that the wheels on one side are touching the kerb and the others aren't even in the bay it should be classed as a HGV & fitted with a speed limiter & tachometer?

I know Rushcliffe is supposed to be the utopian dream that scoffs at us peasants in the city, but I've got to say, your side of the riverside path from Wilford Suspension Bridge to the school is an absolute embarrassment. Half the path is unusable because of overgrown bushes!

Infrastructure pipeline day one: kneecap the biggest infrastructure project in generations. Peak U.K 🤌 #hs2 UK infrastructure pipeline launched detailing £531bn investment on 773 projects in next decade | New Civil Engineer share.google/W35WAbyl0UkG...

REMINDER: HS2, delivered in full, was the most effective single investment to reduce the UK's emissions. The last government cancelled it, this government doubled down. Until they reverse the cancellation, Labour cannot be taken seriously on the climate.

Just when I thought they couldn't disappoint me any more. The Tories may have cancelled the Eastern Leg, but this decision is what buries it forever. Shame on our local leaders for not taking a stand. The E.Mids is, and will stay, shit. #nottingham #hs2 share.google/mWqu2LcQXYRT...

Good news 🙌🏼

PLEASE TALK ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN EPSTEIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

So disappointing to see Lillian Greenwood using this language. "It doesn't make us any money" straight out of the Tory austerity playbook. Sometimes it's worth doing things just because they're nice. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Honest to God I think we're heading towards a revolution soon in this country. Tax them into oblivion. news.sky.com/story/hmrc-d...

This is why I will be voting #Green for the foreseeable.

All those private healthcare donors watching Wes cash in on their investment. "No money left" is a political fiction used to protect the super rich from fair taxes. Rather than take different political choices, Health Secretary is acting like an influencer for privatisation.

Feel the change 🙌

You do wonder why so many decent #labour people in the East Midlands keep going when Westminster shows time and again it couldn't care less about our region. I wonder how many more disillusioned people this will tip further right? Great job 👏🏼 #votegreen

I don't think this was a decision long in the making... Imagine an entire industry and a hundred thousand jobs teetering on the whims of... Who, exactly? In any case, yet again the East Midlands is abandoned.