Benjamin
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Tweeting about Bradford and (quite a long way) beyond... (he/him)
Joined November 2022
Rachel Reeves has announced £2.1bn for public transport in West Yorkshire today. It well be spent on a few projects - including a new tram network. So, what's happening with Bradford's various public transport initiatives?. A thread. 🧵
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I'm going to Cambridge uni!!! to do HSPS. I'm so pleased and excited!!.
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It's still not clear what the ban on Palestine Action means. Novara media asked the Attorney General - his office responded saying he should be addressed as a lord, and ignored the questions. The uncertainty is impeding journalism.
novaramedia.com
Novara Media told a high court judge how the proscription of Palestine Action has inhibited our journalism. He must allow a judicial review, writes Charlotte England.
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This is an extraordinary report by @AlexCrawfordSky, as horrific sectarian violence leads to innocent people being killed in southern Syria. It is extremely distressing, but very important.
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Watched @jeremycorbyn, @ProfPRogers and @Jinsella_ discuss the importance of peace, something the world is increasingly forgetting. One of a number of exceptional @BradfordLitFest events. The book signing was cancelled, as it briefly mentions Palestine Action.
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Farage told LBC, “I didn’t support [gay marriage]. I thought it was wrong”.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage brands same-sex marriage law 'wrong': 'I didn’t support it'.
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“This is no serious way to make legislation”. “[MPs today] voted for 150,000 people to be pushed into poverty.”. - Labour rebel @EmmaLewell, interviewed by @joepike, as Labour is divided over welfare cuts.
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Watched Ghost Empire Mauritius-Chagos this evening, part of #BradfordLitFest. A fascinating and important insight into the impact of British colonialism on LGBT rights in Mauritius and the treatment of Chagossians.
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The World on Sky News really is great - strong journalism, delivered with thought and creativity. Tonight presented by @DominicWaghorn (pictured interviewing Mustafa Barghouti).
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Unusual to see @nicholaswatt on BBC News, as The Context covers the government concessions on welfare reform.
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Interesting from Robert Peston. “[No10] steamrollering has brought a government with an enormous working majority to the brink of losing legislation central to its ambitions”.
Labour’s whips are in despair. So said a number of senior Labour MP. And they are not professional troublemakers. They are loyal - largely - to the PM. This captures the failure in the party machine exposed by the massive rebellion of Labour MPs against the prime minister’s.
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“There is no military solution. The only path forward is diplomacy. The only hope is peace.”.
I am gravely alarmed by the use of force by the United States against Iran today. This is a dangerous escalation in a region already on the edge – and a direct threat to international peace and security. There is a growing risk that this conflict could rapidly get out of.
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*Labour might set specific targets when its child poverty strategy is released. Last month, it was delayed until the Autumn.
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Flagship policy put back until at least autumn amid fears cost of removing two-child benefit cap will outweigh political benefit
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In 2010, both the Conservatives and Labour pledged to abolish child poverty by 2020. 15 years later, 700,000 more children are in poverty, and neither party has specific targets*.
In today’s @FinancialTimes an interesting use of our MRP to show Reform gains in areas with high child poverty. Explains Reform’s pivot on the two child cap & why there’s an electoral imperative for Labour to show progress on tackling child poverty
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The Israeli military stripped, bound, blindfolded and interrogated BBC journalists reporting in Syria. #JournalismIsNotACrime. BBC News - Held at gunpoint: BBC team detained by Israeli forces in southern Syria.
bbc.com
BBC Arabic's Feras Kilani and his colleagues were held at gunpoint, bound and strip-searched while filming in the Golan Heights.
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"State leaders are under an obligation to act. I am calling on them to do more. Because it will haunt them. It will reach their doorsteps.". The Head of the International Red Cross talking to @BowenBBC regarding conditions in Gaza.
bbc.co.uk
The situation in Gaza surpasses "any acceptable, legal, moral, and humane standard", the ICRC tells BBC's Jeremy Bowen.
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I think that's all!. Of course, HS2 to Leeds was a key part in these plans - but that's long been scrapped. Two things to look out for in next week's Spending Review, then: the future of NPR, and funding for Bradford's new railway station.
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AND an electric bike hire scheme is planned for Bradford. Trials were due to start in Spring, but that date is now "under review". It'll be operated privately, funded by the Clean Air Zone.
bbc.co.uk
The electric bike hire scheme in Bradford was approved last year and was due to launch this spring.
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Meanwhile, West Yorkshire's busses will be franchised from 2027, under the "Weaver Network" brand announced last month.
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So. all of these schemes seem tangled up in each other. The bus station depends on the tram route; the tram route likely depends on the railway station; and the railway station depends on Government high speed rail decisions. BUT there's more. .
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