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🔶Jonathan Banks🔶 Profile picture
@Jonathan_MBanks
May 11 • 5 tweets • 1 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
Privatisation of the UK's rail network, simply, has been an overall disaster.
Credit due to @Mark_J_Harper for taking the abysmally failing Trans Pennine routes back under Govt control. The northern service generally, is a remaining vestige of the north/south divide.
#HS2 was a good idea, implemented poorly, with no proper fiscal scrutiny. I supported the principal, but not this version of the scheme.
As suspected, it's going to do little for the north, and as the costs keep spiralling, it's possible more short cuts and a further reduction of plans will be the outcome.
Should the entire network be brought back under Govt control? In the short term, yes. A reset, reboot and a re-launch of the whole shebang should occur, with focus being on the Byzantine pricing, and improved service levels achieved for the end user customers.

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Having worked in retail for much of my career, no supply problems have just one cause. One of the main issues here is simply due to changed arrangements post Brexit. Access to produce from Morocco for instance, (as that's current) will go as priority into the single market.
Leaving the UK with less availability & higher prices. Much of Ireland's produce is via the UK, explaining shortages there. + high energy costs, and growers difficulties in exporting, AND poor weather conditions, and you've a perfect storm. Is Brexit solely to blame? No. It's not
Is is largely to blame? Yes it is. The next pinch-points will be potato's and chicken. Experts have warned us that food will be in shorter supply. As usual, they were right. The solution? Listen to experts, and negotiate access to the Single Market.
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Sep 26, 2022
Sunak warned of the consequences of Truss's tax cutting policies only in August. Fiscal irresponsibility from the party that has wreaked havoc for years now. ImageImage
Truss doesn't care about the increasing divisions in society. Those Tory MPs who supported her for the sake of their incumbency at home will find new careers at the desperately needed #GeneralElectionNow - while the rest of us are left struggling with inflation, fuel costs,
recession and real terms pay cuts. It's a litany of failure from infrastructure to NHS queues. This whole mess, which began with #Brexit and keeps getting worse, will take non-blue politicians years to even get to grips with.
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Aug 25, 2022
Update on my political plans...in the 19 GE I stood in one of the safest Tory seats available - and was pleased to have increased the vote significantly in a "paper" seat.
That's when I first engaged on Twitter. I read every single comment everyone makes. Even the occasional tough one! What's been confirmed by you guys is that this awful Govt has to go. It's a total mess and things must change. What's also become clear is that there are 30-50
seats that will only go Tory>Lib Dem. I've great respect for you all, I'm genuinely honoured to have follows from Labour, Green, SNP, Plaid and small 'c' Tories. Collaborative working is what mends this, until we can get PR installed. I don't 'do' the tribal piece, or try not to,
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Aug 11, 2022
The reality of the impending disaster of a Truss Govt is a long and terrifying story. Many of my readers warned of the consequences of Johnson going, and that in fact, worse was likely. Here, in stark terms it is. Image
There will be nothing other than a sop paid to the most vulnerable in society over the alarming rise in energy costs. Why? Because the far-right overlords of the ERG know her tenure in this Parliament will be brief. Those facing the catastrophic rise in costs
are incredibly unlikely to vote for her in a GE next year. She has none of the disingenuous mass market appeal Johnson had, so they aren't even going to bother trying. They've delivered #Brexit (such that it is...) So can't really go there - so what CAN they sell to voters?
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Jul 7, 2022
Under NO circumstances should Johnson be allowed to remain PM in any capacity. #ByeByeBoris
He's clearly volatile, wholly unpredictable, and will need removing from Downing Street by being dragged out. He's apeing the worst aspects of Trumpism. He's buying time until October, and who knows what further damage he will do at home and abroad between now and then.
We are at a major crossroads now. His overt Narcissistic behaviour, his intent on revenge leaves his own party in as much danger as the rest of us. He disingenuously obtained his 19 mandate by lying about his oven ready deal, and getting Brexit done.
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Feb 8, 2022
Every single Conservative politician, Parish, Town, Borough and County Cllr, candidate, MP and Peer who continues to support Johnsons appalling behaviour is unfit to hold any kind of elected position.
This is no longer a joke. It's not a game, a karaoke sing-a-long or the cut and 'thrust' of normal politics. The lies, corruption and deceit in itself should see Johnson and his cabinet resign in absolute shame, but his complete refusal to withdraw his
conspiracy theory based, debunked, far right originated slur about Keir Starmer is a whole new level of hell we are seeing for the first time. Politicians should be taking the heat out of situations, not making outrageous claims like Johnson did.
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