Maybe it’ll be better when I get to Brussels but jeez this first regular business trip in 18 months is frustrating… because it feels I’m wasting time
First the good: my ICE train is on time, very empty, % mask 😷 wearing is good, and I have coffee
But the bad: my alarm went at 5am. I’ve only got to Hagen.

Were I to have flown instead my mood and morals would be even worse, although perhaps I’d have the sense of making more progress
Berlin-Köln-Brussels isn’t a bad rail route per se, but I’ve done it so much over the years I know it like the back of my hand. There’s no discovery in it whatsoever
I need to be careful here. I have a further Brussels (and Bruges) trip end of this month. But I can’t let the future normal be like the old normal - just because we can travel for work again doesn’t mean we should
I also perhaps need to follow the @AndyBTravels @_wrzlbrnft_ lead and mix it up a bit - put in some interim stops in some places to make the trip itself more worthwhile, even if the trip is then longer
Much to ponder…

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This UK Government press release about controls and Brexit! 🤯

Link via @pmdfoster
gov.uk/government/new…

I'll decrypt each bit in the thread 🧵
Title: "Government sets out pragmatic new timetable for introducing border controls"

What we set out to do before was not practical. And we want to lodge it in your minds we're not ideologues.
Emphasis box:
"- Revised timetable will give businesses more time to adjust to new processes"

Revised timetable will give government more time to complete the truck parks

"- Global pandemic has affected supply chains in the UK and across Europe"

IT'S NOT BREXIT! Err it is...
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🥁 It's been a while... but my diagrams are BACK! 🥁

But this time not #BrexitDiagram, but a new series about the German Bundestag Election - #BTW21 and the diagram series will be #BTW21Diagramm

Here's the first version!

Explained in the 🧵
I will update this diagram up until the 26th September election, and even beyond as well if necessary

High resolution PDF and PNG files of the diagrams in English and German, the @drawio XML, and .ods file for the calculations, will always be available:
jonworth.eu/BTW21Diagramm
The diagram aims to illustrate what coalition government Germany is likely to get after the election and - by extension of that - who is likely to be Chancellor

Negotiations are likely to be time consuming and complex...
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🥁 Meine Diagramme sind ZURÜCK! 🥁

Aber diesmal nicht #BrexitDiagram, sondern eine neue Serie zur Bundestagswahl - #BTW21 und die Diagrammserie wird den Tag #BTW21Diagramm verwenden

Hier ist die erste Version!

Erklärt in der 🧵
Ich werde dieses Diagramm bis zur Wahl aktualisieren, bei Bedarf auch darüber hinaus

Hochauflösende PDF- und PNG-Dateien der Diagramme auf englisch und auf deutsch, das @drawio XML und die .ods-Datei für die Berechnungen werden immer verfügbar sein:
jonworth.eu/BTW21Diagramm
Die Diagramme sollen verdeutlichen, welche Koalitionsregierung Deutschland nach der Wahl voraussichtlich bekommen wird und wer damit voraussichtlich Bundeskanzler wird

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This morning @Scroggie and I set about working it out!

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The best bet: a💺on EN 40414

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D. 21:10 Ljubljana
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