Fay Easton

Great day for the rail industry - and passengers... All change: The future of British trains arrives as government reforms broken railways gov.uk/government/new…

'Brief Encounter' ❤️ clock restored to Carnforth Railway Station. Lovely to have a Shropshire link to the timeless story.

Time to Pay Up: Government unveils toughest crackdown on late payments in over 25 years gov.uk/government/new…

This was one of the greatest speeches I’ve heard from today’s politicians. It was, as has been said, titanic. Please do listen to it. It is difficult to understand how anyone could have still felt, after hearing it, that removing a fundamental protection we all have against our often highly politicised State is the right thing to do. This will be a source of shame and embarrassment for the 304 MPs who chose to do so. But there are many more stages to go before it becomes law, and it is still possible therefore that some of the 304 will see sense and force the govt to yield.

This from @Geoffrey_Cox was titanic - a truly beautiful speech. He outshone those sat opposite. They could only watch. And nervously laugh. This should be seen by every new MP to understand what they do, & every new barrister to understand what we do.

every time I watch daytime tv these days, every other advert seems to be about being cremated cheaply. Lots of smiling faces saying what a wonderful deal they can get. For me the best deal would be not to be cremated for many years to come. I think most people would feel the same

In South Korea 🇰🇷, the solar panels in the middle of the highway have a bicycle path underneath - cyclists are protected from the sun, isolated from traffic, and the country can produce clean energy.

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Rupert Lowe is the leader this country needs as our next Prime Minister. He has my full support, and I urge everyone to join together and unite behind Restore Britain before it is too late.

Over 5.1 million views on X alone within 12 hours of launching. The reaction has been incredible, I have never seen anything like this in British politics. So proud and grateful to be part of this really important movement.

Well that’s put a cat amongst the pigeons!

Swifts are disappearing but Scotland has just passed a simple law to revive them. They will install swift bricks on all new buildings. Tiny cost. Huge ecological impact. Imagine if every country legislated for life like this.

My local town's hero #CharlesDarwin Born in Shrewsbury 12 February 1809 darwinday.org

We used to have lots of places in the UK where you could get most of what you needed within 15 minutes walk: school, GP, grocer, butcher, church, pub, children's playground, sports club. We called them "towns" and "villages". Then along came central and local government. They encouraged large chains to build out of town supermarkets, forcing town centre butchers and grocers and fishmongers out of business. They planted acres of new housing around towns and villages, with no facilities, and too far away from town centres for people to walk there. And they sold off sports grounds and playgrounds for more housing. They built centralised "superhospitals", moving patient care away from their local neighbourhood, while running down the GP service and replacing it with call centres and "apps". They raised business rates and car park prices in town centres, and installed lots of bike lanes and "traffic calming", thereby narrowing roads and causing more traffic congestion, reducing footfall, and sending town centre shops out of business. They closed pubs, playgrounds, sports clubs, churches to save us all from a *checks notes* deadly respiratory virus. And now what do they want to do? They want to recreate those 15 minute communities that we used to have in small towns and villages, but in bigger towns and cities instead. Only they're not doing it by encouraging small businesses to open neighbourhood stores, or reducing local business rates, or decentralising the NHS, ensuring we can all live in that same 15 minute paradise. No, they're doing it by installing traffic filters and CCTV and enforcement infrastructure and fines. All stick and no carrot. Creating new inner city ghettos. There is seemingly no situation which central and local government cannot make worse.

'Delay Repay' #Railways has long needed reform c.org/VGQXxrfyxV

A little bit of civilisation on Orpington station

The view from my deck tonight. It’s very quiet here. Really quiet. The occasional coot (they’re like ducks) making a noise, but otherwise, all I can hear is the ringing in my ears.

Tragic decline in design quality (1846 Huddersfield on the right)

Interesting to see 'entrepreneur' ranking high on this list: linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin…

Happy New Year for users of our local park 'take a seat'! greenfieldscommunitygroup.org/post/new-year-…

Wrexham, Shropshire & Midlands Railway tries again bit.ly/4aJ2Cx8