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Retired teacher, music lover, gardener, woke lefty Europhile, angry old bat running out of time but still learning.

British citizens living throughout Europe will be heading to the UK capital on Saturday 23 September to make their voices heard at the National Rejoin March | Helen Johnston

#NRM23 #RejoinEU #NationalRejoinMarch
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/london-bound-for-the-national-rejoin-march/

London-bound for the National Rejoin March

On Saturday 23 September, people from all over the UK will march for Europe

Yorkshire Bylines
@wildlifewocha What a beauty!

Every toot that doesn’t get a #boost dies “like tears in the rain” (Blade Runner)

Likes / favourites are nice, but boosts are better! 😃🫶🖖

Happy 75th birthday to the NHS.

The framing of the discussion here shouldn’t really be “modernisation” - new systems that work better for most people are fine - it’s about de-humanising the railways, just like all the other systems. The jobs issue is separate (and serious). Humans sometimes *need* things the system hasn’t thought of sometimes. And that requires a human.

"Plans for mass closure of railway ticket offices in England confirmed"

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jul/05/plans-for-mass-closure-of-railway-ticket-offices-in-england-confirmed?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Plans for mass closure of railway ticket offices in England confirmed

Announcement by Rail Delivery Group to ‘modernise’ industry will ramp up battle with unions

The Guardian
@hollybrigstocke Good Tories are a very rare breed these days. There used to be some truly honorable members - not any more it seems.
@deonandan This is frightening. But those in power, whether L or R, will pay lip service to doing something to mitigate the effects without actually doing anything. It won’t be long before we’re all fighting over the last remnants of civilisation.
I fear for my great grandchildren who have no idea what horrors may be ahead.
Why am I standing in the #UxbridgeAndSouthRuislip by-election? And why should the wonderful people of that constituency vote for me? I present the 2023 Count Binface Charter. #VoteBinface #BinItToWinIt
Pretty much says it all.....
#extinction #degrowth #generalstrike

In one sense I suppose #Labour are right about the debate around #brexit is over. We now all know it is a failure. The diagnosis that we must never rejoin is however nonsense.

We need to be in the single market and customs union. The benefits of that dwarf any possible benefits of trade deals with other countries. Thanks to geography that's never going to change.