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Jon Worth

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25 Jun

Having now looked into the Hancock-Coladangelo background, they have known each other more than 20 years

And Hancock gave her a job and access, which was raised as a problem at the time, and like all the rest of the Tory sleaze issues, was dismissed then

When did the friendship become an affair? No idea, and it doesn't really matter - that's the deal for the two of them, perhaps only with the caveat that they might have broken lockdown rules to do it - but then Cummings also survived a lockdown breach

So this is basically a typical modern day UK politics story of chums and corrupt appointments

No one else in the government has resigned or been sacked for anything like this, and so Hancock will also survive I reckon

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Jon Worth

@jonworth

25 Jun

@unsereOEBB

So this is going to be an interesting case...

On Monday night / Tuesday morning my @unsereOEBB NightJet train Berlin-Wien is due to use the stretch of track damaged by the tornado (force majeure!)

What's going to happen?

https://twitter.com/ceskedrahy_/status/1408344658271408131

Instead of going Berlin-Wien (NightJet) and Wien-Budapest (RailJet), there is an alternative...

Berlin-München (DB ICE) and München-Budapest (EuroNight)

But my ticket is not going to be valid on that alternative connection...

Now DB-ÖBB collaboration has generally been good in the past, so it *might* work. But had this been two other rail operators, I am not so sure...

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Jon Worth

@jonworth

25 Jun

In normal times, Hancock would resign because the affair would be considered to be bringing the government into disrepute

These are not normal times

🧵

In normal times, the fact that Gina Coladangelo is on the Department of Health's board of non-executive directors (did know her before appointment?) would mean this wouldn't be considered as a simply personal matter

These are not normal times

The fact that meeting people indoors from outside your household for long periods over the winter was illegal must mean when and where Hancock was meeting Coladangelo needs to be checked, not ignored

But politics is not normal

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Jon Worth

@jonworth

18 Jun

https://twitter.com/henrywinter/status/1405799500556480517

This problem is not going to go away, not least because there is the *other side to it* - what happens when these fans return home from #EURO2020 - as #DeltaVariant continues to grow in 🇬🇧

Short 🧵

https://twitter.com/henrywinter/status/1405799500556480517

A few caveats first:
- this is based on current advice, or advice known for July if available. Is hence subject to change
- whether fans travelling for matches is a good idea is a different debate, don't @ - reply me on that
- this is about travel and politics, not ⚽️ per se

Data on cases in the UK - currently at 75 per 100000 inhabitants - can be found here: coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/cases

33360 cases of the Delta Variant in a week
theguardian.com/world/live/202…

Harries: "Cases are rising rapidly across the country and the Delta variant is now dominant."

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Jon Worth

@jonworth

16 Jun

Right

So my Berlin-Belgrade 🚆🚌 trip is ON! 🎉

Berlin-Vienna-Budapest 🚆 booked (sleeping car)
Budapest-Berlin 🚆 booked (seat, overnight)

But what about the other bits?

@simonschre

Budapest-Kelebia-Subotica

There is 1 direct train a day

I can book it as far as Kelebia on the MÁV website, but I assume just going to the ticket office at Keleti and buying to Budapest-Subotica is easiest

@simonschre @seatsixtyone do you know?

@Fabian_24trains

Subotica-Novi Sad

More trains here, prices online from Srbija Voz

Easiest to just buy this on the spot in Subotica I assume @Fabian_24trains?

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Jon Worth

@jonworth

15 Jun

@ronpatz

If you're one of those people whining at me "I'm not going to sit 4 hours on a train, I'll fly 1 hour instead", then listen up

A worked example, for Berlin-München

From where I used to live at Yorckstrasse, Berlin, to when my old friend @ronpatz used to work at Uni München

🧵

Buses have been eliminated here - these are just train/S-Bahn/U-Bahn options

My fastest connection is 4 hours 35 mins

3 hours 56 mins of that is on one direct train, that has wifi and a restaurant on board

If I don't manage to get one of the extra fast "Sprinter" ICEs, I have a regular ICE that makes more stops at other times of the day, and at least 1 train per hour - trip time is slightly longer 4 hours 55 mins, of which 4 hours 23 is in the ICE

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