Martin Nield

Husband, father, grandfather, railway enthusiast, lover of folk music, fell walking and Real Ale. Labour supporter and remainer.

[Martin Nield @MartinNield2]

@StealerTime Preston station with a diesel shunter helping a Black Five start a heavy coal train.

[Martin Nield @MartinNield2]

@vonderleyen @MarkJCarney Please invite the UK to do the same

[Martin Nield @MartinNield2]

@MoralArty I remember seeing it at shows many years ago and am pleased to know that it still survives.

[Martin Nield @MartinNield2]

@Micky_b69 @HS2ltd No it's not, it's being built to increase capacity and relieve the overcrowded West Coast Mainline.

[Martin Nield @MartinNield2]

@dailybritainonx Yes!

[Martin Nield @MartinNield2]

@archer_rs Yes!

[Martin Nield @MartinNield2]

@JoeBrownLondon @CrecyRail Looking forward to it!

[Martin Nield @MartinNield2]

@thaywoodphoto @railnigel My heart always lifts whenever I drive north through there.

[Martin Nield @MartinNield2]

@RaymondSnoddy Yes

[Martin Nield @MartinNield2]

The Labour Party should stick with Keir Starmer; he's a decent man doing a good job. It would be madness to get rid of him on the back of some poor local election results.

[Martin Nield @MartinNield2]

@ashcowburn @BBCr4today Good

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@TheRealJamieKay Yes!

[Martin Nield @MartinNield2]

@HWarlow The location is actually Gateshead with the High Level Bridge crossing the River Tyne and Newcastle in the background. A wonderful image.

[Jefferson @Jefferson_MFG]

🇬🇧 We don't make anything anymore? UK manufacturing's Q1 highlights:

🔸British supercar manufacturer McLaren Automotive opened a new facility at its stunning £300m McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey.

🔸BAE Systems announced plans to recruit 2,300 apprentices, graduates and undergraduates in the UK this year.

🔸Cummins announced plans to invest $50m expanding its power systems manufacturing plant in Daventry, Northamptonshire.

🔸AESC UK officially opened its new battery manufacturing plant in Sunderland.

🔸Oxford-based Airbus Helicopters was awarded a £33.6m contract by the Ministry of Defence to support the UK Armed Forces' new H145 fleet.

🔸Following a £450m investment programme, the new electric LEAF entered production at Nissan Motor Corporation's Sunderland plant.

🔸Diageo opened its new £73m Guinness Open Gate Brewery in London, marking a return of brewing to Covent Garden.

🔸Airbus opened a new central manufacturing hub at its Broughton site to support its Beluga transport network.

🔸Safran announced plans to open its first Research and Technology Centre outside of France in the UK.

🔸McMurtry Automotive Limited opened a new multi-million pound factory in Wotton-under-Edge near Stroud in Gloucestershire.

🔸FUJIFILM Biotechnologies officially opened its expanded medicine and vaccine factory on Teesside following a £400 million investment.

🔸Lucozade and Ribena maker Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I is set to invest £25m upgrading its Coleford factory.

🔸Cummins is set to significantly expand its engine manufacturing plant in Darlington, County Durham.

🔸Leonardo was awarded a £1 billion contract to build 23 new medium helicopters (NMH) for the MoD at its Yeovil factory, securing the site's future and more than 3,000 jobs.

🔸Rolls-Royce announced plans to invest £21.3m to double the capacity of its Advanced Blade Casting Facility in Rotherham where some of the world’s most advanced turbine blades are manufactured.

🔸Expected to create 500 jobs, Denmark's Vestas announced plans to build a new £216m nacelle and hub manufacturing plant in Scotland.

🔸Lockheed Martin is set to build a new £85m satellite manufacturing plant in Scotland.

🔸Airbus and Rolls-Royce secured a multi-billion pound order from US carrier Atlas Air for 20 A350F freighter aircraft, powered by 40 Derby-built Trent XWB-97 engines.

🔸Stellantis announced plans to invest an additional £50m at its Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire.

🔸British Steel is ramping up production at its Scunthorpe plant after securing one of its largest ever export orders – a £70m contract for port redevelopments in Nigeria.

🔸 GE Aerospace announced plans to invest more than €110m, and create over 1,000 new jobs, across its UK and mainland European manufacturing sites this year.

🔸Expected to create 150 jobs, British Engines won approval to build a new multi-million pound factory in Newcastle.

[James Chapman @jameschappers]

All the right people have been triggered by Starmer’s plans to take the UK back into the orbit of the EU.
Labour will surely be tempted to put rejoin (either single market or the whole hog of EU membership) in its next manifesto.
It would throw a bomb into the election campaign.

[David Williams @dr72w_david]

The UK is so lucky that we have Keir Starmer as PM. He has wisely kept us out of Trumps reckless war on Iran. He hasn't buckled and is standing up for British interests, unlike Vermin Farage who would have commited British lives to this disaster . #StarmerOUTSTANDING

[Labour Future @LabourfutureUK]

The Tories spent 14 years proving that infighting and leadership drama only ends one way – defeat. It is time to stay united, deliver, and prove that Labour is different.

[LovethW | Democracy First | Burnham Out @LovethW13893]

Keir Starmer is leading with focus and purpose, no distractions, no theatrics, just serious leadership putting Britain first. Respected worldwide, he’s rebuilding trust, restoring stability, and rebuilding Britain while delivering real progress at a pace we haven’t seen in years.
Britain is moving forward again.
I stand with Keir Starmer.
#KeirStarmer

[Dave Hibbert, BA(Hons), ACTUS, Cert.Ed. Rejoin EU. @Cpass12David]

Starmer is a principled politician. He makes his principles clear and he has no problem in sticking to them.
He is confident that the ‘silent majority’ are with him on the US/Israel/Iran war and he ignores the ‘noisy abusive few’ whilst listening to constructive contributions.
EG: Iran is Trump’s and Netanyahu’s war, we should stay out of it and keep any contribution to the minimum.

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

Keir Starmer's 'Love Actually' moment (sort of) at liaison committee after weeks of insults from Donald Trump.

Asked about the US president's "quite rude" comments, PM said: “A lot of what is said or done is undoubtedly said and done to put pressure on me, I have no doubt about that. I understand what is going on.

“But I am not going to waver on this. I am the British Prime Minister and my job is to be absolutely focused on what is in the British national interest."