Greater Anglia is renationalised: “The first service in public ownership will be the 4.10am Stansted Express from London Liverpool Street on Sunday morning.”

If they do this, they’ll need a convincing answer to the obvious question some will ask: ‘why don’t we rejoin?’ Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises

www.thetimes.com/article/8875...

Great thread.

I think more countries will go down this road in the near future.

Wise words from a wonderful woman.
Please watch.

Wise words from a wonderful woman.
Please watch.

Climate change is already damaging the nature, beauty and heritage we care for. Without deep and sustained cuts to emissions, nature faces an even more perilous future and the places people love will continue to suffer.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"You should never overestimate the extent to which the BBC changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage, other far right extremists and the Tufton Street junktanks, while shutting out progressive voices."

– George Monbiot

35 years ago today this happened. I’d grown up in the belief it could never happen, but then it did. It’s not been easy and even now reunification is an ongoing process. However, it makes me wonder what good things may be just around the corner that we currently think are impossible.

Devastating news.

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.

The Pro-European PAS party has secured 51 seats, an absolute majority in Moldova’s parliament.

A good result and a slap in the face for Putin.

Infusing diversity into a country makes for a richer society on many levels. Regrettably here in the US that knowledge has been ruthlessly discarded by the current administration & far too many Americans. Hopefully the UK will not follow the same narrow minded exclusive path that the US is now on.

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...

We’re marking the 200th anniversary of passenger rail by dipping into our favourite East Anglian rail lines. ⬇️

What is your favourite train journey in the east? Favourite station? Or view from a train?

Please write it in the comments. We’d love to hear it. 🚂 🚆

Imagine being told you don’t belong in the country you’ve built your life in -- one party's recently-floated policy.

We desperately need stronger international ties.

Exchanges like Erasmus and Turing show how powerful cultural connection can be.

It's party conference season. We thought it was time to see where each party stands on public ownership. 🔎

Some of the results might surprise you!

Check out our full Public Ownership Party Scorecard via link in comments below👇

In London, hate will never win.

Last year, EAB wrote of an Essex council still using glyphosate, despite promises to phase it out. Now we find they are still using it | Christine Sexton, Local Democracy Reporter

.but it should not be beyond capacity of civil society to organise against what is happening now - through demonstrations, public campaigns, etc. Not just on Bluesky.

[Rock Against Racism emerged at the time of economic crisis and an unpopular Labour govt, after all.]

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Now that’s a good idea. ☀️

Good to hear a positive story.

So much in Pecksniff this week about the unconstructive direction the government is moving in.

Wake-up calls all round…

So much in Pecksniff this week about the unconstructive direction the government is moving in.

Wake-up calls all round…