Jon Worth
@jonworth.eu
European, originally a Brit, became German, moved to France. Runs #CrossBorderRail project, writes a newsletter about railways. Green, lives happily without a car. Normally stuck on a train, stuck in a village, or escaping either on a folding bicycle.
Shaking my head here reading the Jason Arday resignation letter goodlawproject.org/an-update-fr... There's no contrition here. Does he believe he did nothing wrong? Looks like he was hounded by all the wrong people, *and* embellished a lot of what he did, *and* institutions turned a blind eye
An update from Jason Arday | Good Law Project
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Talgo ist die KI-Version eines Zuges. Von Weitem betrachtet sieht es irgendwie ganz okay aus, aber schaut man näher hin, fallen einem Fehler über Fehler auf.
Maybe if the SNP govt spent money to upgrade the track around London to make this possible 🤣
Most of what we used to rather quaintly call "fake news" was of the negative, destructive nature But there is sort of the opposite The cheery optimistic thing, that nevertheless is still utter guff Sure, a Edinburgh - Paris train would be nice. But the idea is STILL GUFF
Forget it. The Caledonian Sleeper is not going to run through the Channel Tunnel An independent Scotland joining the EU and Schengen is more likely than this! A #CrossChannelRail quick rant jonworth.eu/forget-it-th...
Forget it. The Caledonian Sleeper is not going to run through the Channel Tunnel
There's a higher chance that Scotland becomes independent, and joins the EU and Schengen, than the Caledonian Sleeper is extended through the Channel Tunnel under the current political framework. Rea...
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Wo bleibt das europäische Krisentreffen, weil europaweit Wälder in Flammen stehen und Flüsse trocken fallen.
This is such complete 🐂💩 I’m going to need some new extra silly level on my Bullshit Meter scale 🙄 https://www.modernrailways.com/article/caledonian-sleeper-european-links-explored
Dosť absurdná situácia práve teraz. Som doslova v Schengene a nemeckí colníci mi kontrolujú pas.
For those in Berlin and around: on Sunday 9th August the best photos from my #CrossBorderRail work are being shown at Lindow (Mark), and I have a little presentation too Interesting place, relaxed Sunday afternoon Come along! www.plattform-paradies.de/grenzuebersc...
Grenzüberschreitende Bahnstrecken Europas
Bildvortrag mit Jon Worth zu europäischen Bahnstrecken am 09.08.26 im Bahnhofsgarten mit Pizza
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New post: those wanting Jason Arday to face 'justice' of some kind are not going to get what they want willd10.substack.com/p/how-the-ja...
How the Jason Arday affair will fizzle out
Truth is a social system. Sorry.
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They can rely on the European electricity market! Oops. Probably not (I don’t envy any government having to cope with this)
Palma Polyak@palmapolyak.bsky.social · 4d agoHungary's new government is tested very early. Paks nuclear plant is about to go offline for the first time in 44 years because the Danube is drying up. That's nearly half the country's electricity. Collapsed supply & gas prices spiking throughout the region. Just brutal. apnews.com/article/hung...
This Jason Arday stuff 🤯 He was the facilitator of an excellent event I attended a few years back in Brussels. Eloquent and just a little bit intimidating, and obviously very capable and sharp But the non academic points listed by The Guardian are wild
By now, it seems that #Spain has been very able to manage the crisis, and no other member states were negatively affected in any way. The reactions from Italy & Co. have been truly shameful. This is how you destroy trust and solidarity in the EU.
Lorenzo Piccoli@lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social · 5d agoIf the concern is Spain’s capacity to manage an exceptional number of arrivals, there are other ways to respond, including supporting Spain, without restricting free movement across an internal Schengen border.
How to TikTok like Andy: "Perhaps you are not doing TikTok and Instagram videos at all because you’re, well, an adult. But now you see that even PMs are Tiking, or Toking, and you realise that lying on LinkedIn is no longer enough of a social media offering." www.ft.com/content/57ec...
How can I TikTok like Andy Burnham?
The whole middle-aged working stiff genre is being redefined. You can’t afford not to be involved
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#Merz kann es nicht. Und er wird es nie können. Zu abgehoben, zu arrogant zu weit weg von den Menschen. Zu wenig Verständnis für die echten Probleme unserer Zeit. www.n-tv.de/politik/poli...
Die Kanzlerdämmerung hat begonnen
Der Rückhalt von Friedrich Merz in seiner CDU schwindet in einem Ausmaß, das er kaum reparieren kann, selbst wenn "der Rest" der Kabinettsumbildung gelingen sollte. Zu viel Porzellan ist zerbrochen, z...
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The complete debasement of the US State Department in one simple chart. The Trump/Rubio State Department presented a graphic to an international conference that mislabeled EVERY African country. It appears that no one is left who can properly name a single African country.
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screen...
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It’s now being spoken out loud: can Merz even survive as Chancellor until 2029? https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/deutschland/innenpolitik/id_101361458/cdu-in-aufregung-merz-ist-laengst-nicht-mehr-unantastbar-.html
Tagesschau: Matthias Gastel habe #Bilger nicht als "Typ für mutige Entscheidungen und klare Prioritäten" wahrgenommen. Bei #Schiene dürfe neben Sanierung der Neubau nicht vergessen werden. Bei #Straße sollten Brücken saniert, statt neue Autobahnen gebaut werden. www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
Bilger übernimmt Verkehrsressort: Neuer Minister, alte Probleme
Der CDU-Politiker Bilger wird neuer Verkehrsminister. Er kennt das Haus - das könnte seine Stärke und Schwäche zugleich sein. Einen Neuanfang haben sich viele in Opposition und Verkehrsbranche anders ...
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Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
Pondering this Merz situation further His personal ratings are *that* dire, and the annoyance at the botched sacking of Schnieder so widespread within the CDU, could he even be forced out (asked to resign) early? Given the generally sober nature of German politics its odds against, but possible?
In the end all this Burnham stuff just looks - in a European comparative perspective - so hollow Rig up a process to get him a seat in Parliament The incumbent resigns The Labour parliamentary party anoints Burnham with little debate and no contest All within the rules. But hollow still
This thesis *might* hold The alternative thesis is that by going to Greater Manchester in 2017 he bypassed the main political fights of the past decade, and became PM more because he was somehow both tangible and intangible enough And surviving until now is ambition not ability We‘ll see
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 2w agoBurnham a much stronger polittician at 56, for lots of reasons, including breadth of experience of success + failure (25 years in elected politics: 3-4 on backbench inc pps + 5 in govt + 6 in opposition + 10 as Mayor) than he was at 40 (9 years in elected politics, 5 in govt, for party of governmen)
Little analysed outside of Germany, but does deserve attention: the forced resignation of Spahn prompted Merz to try to re-organise his cabinet But Merz is Merz, so it went wrong https://www.merkur.de/politik/muss-gehen-merz-raeumt-auf-verkehrsminister-schnieder-zr-94412558.html Quick 🧵
Verkehrsminister-Chaos: Merz sägt Schnieder ab, Favorit sagt ab – Altmaier reagiert „wütend“
Merz entlässt seinen Verkehrsminister Patrick Schnieder. Aber wer wird der Nachfolger? Das ist noch offen. Derweil reagiert Peter Altmaier wütend auf die Demission.
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And another drone shot down over Romania, this morning at 8:30am. Still not great we are shooting them down with missiles from fighter jets but it is rather good that they are now being shot down more consistently! www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Romania says it shot down second drone breaching its airspace
Romania said on Saturday that it had shot down a second drone breaching national airspace in as many days over a sparsely populated area near the border with Ukraine.
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This weekend I’m in the Finnish countryside, at a small intellectual festival organised by a friend of mine Charming place. Sharp people. Sun filtering through pines and birches And everyone jaundiced and frustrated by politics, tech, the worst consequences of AI
