Andrew Furse

Railway signalling and systems safety engineer. Former Mayor of Bath, Bath & NE Somerset Chairman and Cllr for 26 years.

[Joe Brown @JoeBrownLondon]

#OnThisDay 33 years ago the Waterloo & City Line's 1940 stock (Class 487) ran for the last time. The curious trains replaced the original 1898 fleet and were superseded by Class 482 (1992 Stock). Great footage from the final day by Fred Ivey, full video: https://t.co/i4RfikOE9K

[Andrew Furse @AndrewFurse]

Switchback at Sacred Tree on the Alishan mountain railway #SignalOfTheDay

[Andrew Furse @AndrewFurse]

There needs to be transparency of the royal family finances and accountability of their actions. It’s about time elected politicians represented the people and the tax payers rather than doff their caps to royalty.

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

“The mood has changed, and it has darkened.”

Charlie Falconer tells @bbcnickrobinson the allegations against Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor have led politicians to question their own relationship with the monarchy. Andrew has previously denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein.

[Andrew Furse @AndrewFurse]

@vincecable You are absolutely right in calling for transparency & dealings of Andrew M-W and Epstein + Stern when he was a trade envoy. Looks more like he has passed on secrets & this offered financial gain. Any civil servant or politician would hve already had a police visit.

[Vince Cable @vincecable]

Mega-scandal of #MandelsonEpstein is about #trust in public life. International indicators show Western democracies in terrible trouble on public trust.https://t.co/n2Kk7sP9Vh

[Andrew Furse @AndrewFurse]

I hope our PM has a chance to meet with opposition leaders in Beijing……
Oh I forgot… there aren’t any !

[Paul Lewis @paullewismoney]

China trip @mortenmorland brilliant as ever

[Daractenus @Daractenus]

Swedish PM: "Swedish Armed Forces personnel have begun deploying to Greenland today as part of a group from several allied European nations. [...] Sweden is sending personnel from the Armed Forces at Denmark’s request."

[Andrew Furse @AndrewFurse]

Article says:
“free Park & Ride travel from 19 to 24 January, thanks to the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority.”

@WestofEnglandCA as resident who lives on the Newbridge P&R route but it doesn’t stop to pick up, will residents get free bus travel over this period too?

[Bath Newseum @richardwyatt]

Bargain bus rides https://t.co/qJkT1LAIXj via @bathnewseum

[Andrew Furse @AndrewFurse]

Bristol airport expansion is underpinned by a business case totally reliant on car parking revenue, of which dropping off is part of. A rail link is discussed at every expansion but promised later with an inadequate bus service provided. Blatant profiteering.

[Simon Calder @SimonCalder]

Airport drop-off fees league table:.
Yesterday: topped by many airports at £7.
Today: Bristol makes audacious break for the summit with a £8.50 fee.
Tomorrow: Gatwick soars to the top, up from £7 to £10.
And from nowhere London City pops in at 3rd with £8.
https://t.co/udJ9kgI8fs

[Andrew Furse @AndrewFurse]

⁦@VisitSiena⁩ a wonderful Christmas experience

[Andrew Furse @AndrewFurse]

And for as long as the building has been closed, i and others have been denied access to the Roman mosaic in the basement. During the planning process I was assured that public access to the mosaic would be maintained. But this has not been the case.

[Bath Newseum @richardwyatt]

Some movement at last! https://t.co/UdA2bwVK0j via @bathnewseum

[Andrew Furse @AndrewFurse]

If she is walking in that direction she’s not taking the quickest route to the railway station.
Congested and busy yes, but as locals we all know the routes to take in the city centre to avoid the crowds. I think the post is a bit made up and exaggerated.

[nameorusername @landatthebottom]

Daily Mail laying into Bath:

https://t.co/AXjlsUSGjs

[Andrew Furse @AndrewFurse]

@landatthebottom @Illuminatweet2 @seatsixtyone Have you tried booking a sleeper across Europe? Many are demand priced. There is clearly demand and I guess that one of the stops will be Hamburg, so Basel and Hamburg are major rail connection hubs

[Andrew Furse @AndrewFurse]

@BBCAnyQuestions
Today Chris Bryant was correct.
Pope Leo is not the first American pope.
From the USA yes, North America yes, but pope Francis was from Argentina, which if my geography is correct is in the continent of America.
Can the BBC correct their reporting of this please

[Andrew Furse @AndrewFurse]

⁦@bathnes⁩ ⁦@BATHNESHighways⁩ one short walk through Saw Close and these businesses are blocking the pavement with their A-boards. Pedestrians are needing to walk in the road and dodge traffic needs some ward action ⁦⁦@bathnesld⁩

[Andrew Furse @AndrewFurse]

The laws in HK now mean that if you speak out against the CCP you can get arrested. So being turned back at the border may be the better option.

[Roger Crouch @RogerCrouch1]

This is an outrage. @DavidLammy should summon the Chinese Ambassador to explain why Wera Hobhouse was denied entry to Hong Kong for a family visit.

[Techandtrains101 @techandtrains]

An E-bike burst into flames on the Northern end of the Met line today, had this happened in a tunnel it could have been catastrophic.

E-scooters and e-unicycles are banned on TfL services but e-bikes are still not.

They are just as dangerous, @TfL needs to act now and ban them.

[Andrew Furse @AndrewFurse]

UK faces youth jobs crisis as number of ‘neets’ rises to almost 1m - The Guardian.
Always a worrying figure for any area of the UK. The article refers to a cooling jobs market but most business sectors talk of a skills shortage. https://t.co/GOdTfRedgt

[Andrew Furse @AndrewFurse]

⁦@bathnes⁩ the pavement on the upper Bristol Road was partially iced up this morning and is very dangerous. Existing drainage needs to be cleaned. ⁦@bathnesld⁩ please get this improved. Thx

[Andrew Furse @AndrewFurse]

@UCLAlumni
A few of us engineering graduates from @ucl organised a meet up in London today. A mere 40 years after arriving at UCL.
Caught up with Jeremy Bentham and engaged with a post grad event in the engineering faculty. I think we enjoyed ourselves, thank you UCL

[Andrew Furse @AndrewFurse]

But Brexit was all to address the divisions in the Tory party. The sad truth was that labour then realised that the ordinary people of this country had been sold a lie over many years and their party were unable to undo their own lies.

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 WATCH: Keir Starmer's full press conference about the latest migration figures under the Tories

"This happened by design, not by accident. Brexit was used as an excuse to turn Britain into a one-nation experiment in open borders."