She saw hope, but not much faith, I suspect.
We’re creating Great British Railways to deliver train services you can rely on and be proud of.
It’s a new publicly owned railway that will put passengers before profits.
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Lord Moylan
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Lord Moylan
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Conservative peer. Opposition Transport spokesman in @ukhouseoflords Views my own. Retweets not endorsements.
Joined August 2019
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Notice anything odd? This is the only Tube station whose roundels use the 'Johnston Delf Smith' typeface (a minor variant of the standard, with tiny serifs). It's the last survivor from a 1932 typeface experiment #GeekyThursday
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Why I’m Championing the Babies Bill as my Private Members’s Bill: desmondswaynemp.com/ds-blog/privat…
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It's democracy folks, but not as we know it...NEW: Labour aides are confident that the government will change the law in time to hold any Greater Manchester by-election under the “supplementary vote” system — not first past the post SV was used in these elections until 2022 and is likely to be more favourable to Labour - Lord Moylan reposted
The Critic: Dan Hitchens (@ddhitchens) explains the incoherence of the arguments for assisted suicide and the dangers that legalising it would bring. thecritic.co.uk/issues/july-20…
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“If Kim Leadbeater and her parliamentary colleagues insist on prioritising assisted suicide while the country feels as though it is adrift economically, socially and strategically, voters may conclude that the only suicide being committed is a political one.”Trying to resurrect the Assisted Suicide Bill would be a "Crisis? What crisis?" moment for any MP daft enough to try. My article for @Telegraph just out telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/1… - Lord Moylan reposted
I can hardly believe it that the government has started charging VAT on drugs that have been DONATED for compassionate use schemes. Watch this non answer from the minister.
00:00 - And whatever else, don’t touch my subsidies.This looks like opportunism to me. Will the country be safer with John Healey gone, will the defence budget issues somehow get resolved…? Nah, this is posturing for self gain - in my view. Worse part - it undermines the government at a time when we have so much to deal with as a
- It’s all about him.🚨 BREAKING: Al Carns has resigned as Armed Forces Minister
- Incredible.Understand the delay in appointing a new defence secretary is, in part, due to the propriety and ethics process in government. No10 is required to submit its potential names for a fast-tracked check by the Cabinet Office to look for any skeletons. They can then be approached.
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The row over defence spending which cost John Healey his job makes Sir Keir Starmer's attempt to give the Chagos islands to Mauritius and rent back the Diego Garcia base for £30billion (admittedly over a long time period) seem even more inexplicable. More at @GBNEWS. - As evening shadows gather and still no one willing to serve as Defence Secretary comes forth, do you think he’ll be tempted to take a sneak peek at the WhatsApp chat entitled “Peter - cabinet recommendations”? He’ll certainly find a suggestion there.
- Lord Moylan repostedPress release - Bill to protect babies born alive after an abortion receives First Reading in House of Lords.
