Bususer1958

@TravelEssexNews But do the new electric CHINESE buses actually turn up ON TIME at these "modern, sustainable bus shelters". I don't mind waiting in the rain if First Essex actually bothered to adhere to their own timetables.

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@TravelEssexNews Do your "live bus time updates" provide information on the inevitable daily delays and cancellations provided by First Essex? First Essex seem to have a difficulty in providing any information or advice to their long-suffering customers .... or more likely they just don't care!

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@TravelEssexNews "Find your local bus service" .... Is this a new game from the appalling First Essex? .... Spot the bus amongst all their delays and cancellations?

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@TravelEssexNews "Find a bus" 😂🤣😂🤣 .... what? .... with First Essex and their appalling reliability and punctuality record?

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@TravelEssexNews Surveys, surveys, surveys. How about some ACTION? Maybe start with getting rid of the useless First Excuse and their appalling reliability and punctuality record and their non-existent customer service and complaints handling! That would definitely IMPROVE bus services!

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@TravelEssexNews I will tell you how to make bus travel better for everyone. It is not hard to work out. Get rid of the truly awful First Essex and their appalling reliability/punctuality record, their rude and obnoxious drivers and their non-existent customer service and complaints handling!

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@TravelEssexNews "Find a bus to get you here" 🤣🤣🤣 .... the opportunity would be excellent if it ever arose. 300 …. Basildon to Chelmsford on Friday evening …. 20 MINUTES LATE 😡🤬 Just another day in the First Essex experience 😡🤬 And you STILL promote bus travel 🤣

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@RSPBScotland @WriterHannahBT Thank you so much @RSPBScotland 🙂 I thought that there must be a way for us Swift fans down in England to engage with the campaign in Scotland and express our very strong views. I will definitely do as you suggest and contact the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy!

SCOTLAND has a chance to be the swift heroes with a swift brick amendment going into the Natural Environment Bill curtesy of Mark Ruskell who’s an all-round good egg. Right now, you can help by using this e-action action.rspb.org.uk/page/181323/ac… and there will be more to follow…

@WriterHannahBT “If you value Britain’s countryside, vote for it” …. I did and look where we are now 😡 Do you think Steve Reed believed in any of that last year? NO! …. Instead, the Govt is pushing its Planning and Infrastructure Bill enabling the further destruction of nature/wildlife 😡

Labour coaxed you to vote for it with nature promises. Steve Reed told me to my face that Labour would mandate swift bricks and then blocked them. Are they mocking their own voters?

@Badgeraz I posted a simple reply to HBT’s message to stop other people wasting their time in following her link. Your only interest is in airing your political grievances. Pathetic! For clarity, HBT’s Swift brick campaign was about raising awareness in the UK Parliament in ENGLAND.

@bususer1958 Nothing to do with 'bashing' - you asked why you can't lobby our MSPs - I gave you an answer

@Badgeraz Yes, I am fully aware of all that!!! But I am not going to descend in to English-bashing of Scots despite your comments. I actually like Scotland .... a lot .... and I have visited many times over many years to watch wildlife. Swifts are important to me, not your grievances.

@bususer1958 Because we have a different political (incl voting), legal & education system, our own parliament, own politicians & in many cases reserved laws already enacted. With all due respect (swifts aside) we've had quite enough of rUK having an opinion & forcing their will on us

@Badgeraz I already have. Multiple times. My point was why shouldn't anyone in the UK be able to voice an opinion whether in England or Scotland or vice-versa. I am sure that Swifts don't recognise a border.

@bususer1958 It's a reserved Scottish bill going through Holyrood via our MSPs, you need to email your MPs re: the Planning & Infrastructure Bill going through Westminster for changes in England

@WriterHannahBT I voted for Labour for various reasons, not least for their pledges/commitments in respect of nature/wildlife (including specifically Swift bricks). I thought that they would improve on the last lot. This was not difficult but I was wrong! Frustrated …. angry …. betrayed 😡🤬

If you’re a nature lover who voted for Labour, probably to get the tories out….. how do you feel?

@WriterHannahBT Over 98% saying "yes". Hardly surprising given this >>> rspb.org.uk/whats-happenin… Installing a brick with a hole in it is so cheap, easy and quick and brings enormous benefits to Swifts yet the Labour Government don't seem to understand this very simple concept!

Do you wish Labour had embraced swift bricks instead of blocking them?

@WriterHannahBT "How many obstacles will our iconic swifts have to wade through to just catch a break?" .... As many as it takes until common sense and a genuine commitment to nature and the environment eventually prevails. Let's keep going! Swifts are depending on us.

Currently front page of The Times online:- How many obstacles will our iconic swifts have to wade through to just catch a break? thetimes.com/uk/environment…

@domdyer70 @WriterHannahBT @ChrisGPackham @DaleVince @ZacGoldsmith @ZackPolanski @Keir_Starmer @SteveReedMP “The greatest environment betrayal in a generation” Spot on Dominic! Developer-friendly and not giving a toss about nature and the environment 😡🤬 theguardian.com/politics/2025/… @WriterHannahBT @ChrisGPackham @DaleVince @ZacGoldsmith @ZackPolanski @Keir_Starmer @SteveReedMP

The Labour Government are digging the graves of swifts in the greatest environment betrayal in a generation. Don’t let them get away with it support @WriterHannahBT & save the swifts @ChrisGPackham @DaleVince @ZacGoldsmith @ZackPolanski @Keir_Starmer @SteveReedMP

@john_sleet @WriterHannahBT @cortes_john What is complicated about a brick with a hole in it? Quite apart from that, Lord (Zac) Goldsmith’s proposed amendment 245 was very clear >>> bills.parliament.uk/bills/3946/sta…

@WriterHannahBT @cortes_john I don't need to check anything. Its not nonsense by the builders. Your asking for a law without stating what the law is and will be. State it first. They can go to prison if they don't comply.... so...they need to know what they're complying with. Its complicated

NEWS: Labour listened to the industry lobby. The builders are bragging that they blocked swift bricks! (Read why this is has made me enraged below in my comment) britbuild-magazine.co.uk/behind-the-cur…

@WriterHannahBT Utterly shameless hypocrisy 😡🤬

These 2 women have broken my💔One is a role model in my 📕 about this campaign, her speech FOR swift bricks 2 years ago, extremely powerful. The other has supported from the start (she used to be the CEO of the RSPB!) It’s gutting they voted AGAINST swift bricks. I believed them

@ZacGoldsmith Yes, we DEFINITELY fight on! Hannah is indeed a "nature hero" and she deserves all our past and ongoing support but massive thanks to you too for leading the campaign within Parliament. @WriterHannahBT

Hannah you are a nature hero. This is unbelievably frustrating and the govt’s position incomprehensible (not least as just two years ago in Opposition they were loudly supportive!). But the campaign goes on and your friends and fellow Swift lovers will continue to back you 🙏