Stephen Hopkins

Retired research scientist. Walking, gardening, travelling, busy, Chair of FRECCLES (

[Stephen Hopkins @SteveHopkins0]

Coming to Salford, and a station near you, soon?
Thanks, Private Eye @PrivateEyeNews

[Stephen Hopkins @SteveHopkins0]

@MCRMetrolink_ Contactless tap-in point Ladywell 4 is not working

[Stephen Hopkins @SteveHopkins0]

Respect for @GaryLineker

[Stephen Hopkins @SteveHopkins0]

@northernassist Just want to say conductor on 16:41 from Wilmslow to Eccles is a really helpful guy. Went above and beyond suggesting routes to passengers at Airport and Gatley Stations 👍

[Stephen Hopkins @SteveHopkins0]

ACTION: @Z2K_trust spoof the 'revised' letters @DWP are sending to GPs. The letters continue to be misleading. @AmberRuddHR, consult with ill + disabled people + @Z2K_Trust + #ScraptheLetters altogether: https://t.co/ABn54rRomG

[Stephen Hopkins @SteveHopkins0]

Certainly no news to passengers at Eccles @EcclesStation , @northernassist . The man at the top @ChrisGraylingM1 really needs to hand over to someone who understands transport

[Richard Critchley @RJCritchley]

Manchester Oxford Road, Piccadilly and Victoria Stations all in the top 10 for greatest percentage of delayed trains. Depressing reading but this probably won't come as a surprise to most travelers https://t.co/WQlCJVdR6V

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

I’ll be at the People’s Vote March this Saturday 20 October because the British people should have the final say on Brexit.

[Lord Hanson of Flint Labour Peer & Minister @RTHondavehanson]

Just heard that the government have pulled consideration of the offensive weapons bill today and will bring it back at another date - very disappointing for all concerned and most unusual -#freedomfromfear remains on the agenda

Watch this space

[Amol Rajan @amolrajan]

Deeply reported, urgent read on the exhaustion, amputation and anxiety of the Foreign Office (where I worked years ago). Some of the quotes here are devastating. https://t.co/zqKxh7orwn

[Stephen Hopkins @SteveHopkins0]

And thos is really why we now really need a #PeoplesVote @RLong_Bailey @peoplesvote_uk

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

We set the Tories some tests for Brexit.
But did they pass them?
Take a look 👇

[Stephen Hopkins @SteveHopkins0]

@Soph_Blackwell @PatricroftFROPS @northernassist So many things are wrong with those machines!

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

I would put this cartoon in the atrium of every economics department and finance ministry.

[Stephen Hopkins @SteveHopkins0]

What a surprise. Northern and Dft should recognise the disgraceful state of most station services mean it's the last area that should lose guards/conductors @northernassist

[Friends of Patricroft Station 🚉 #FrOPS @PatricroftFROPS]

Three more Northern rail strikes announced https://t.co/T2fnoxwMQL | BBC News

[Stephen Hopkins @SteveHopkins0]

I've signed the petition asking Esther McVey to pause the roll-out of universal credit. Will you add your name? https://t.co/pNAUxvfJAa

[Stephen Hopkins @SteveHopkins0]

How much closer does #KavanaughConfirmed take the U.S. to the morality of 'Handmaid's Tale or 'Stepford Wives'? @HouseDemocrats

[A Nalah Life @nalah_life]

I honestly thought today's #KavanaughConfirmed wouldn't affect me. But I couldn't help but have a cryfest. Because as a #survivor this decision felt like a metaphorical slap in the face, a hand over our mouths to silence us and the message that what we experienced meant nothing

[The Meteor 🍉 @mcrmeteor]

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Don't let it happen! Support the only independent #freepress in #Salford.

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[Stephen Hopkins @SteveHopkins0]

Another Northern @northernassist train from Manchester airport to Liverpool cancelled, leaving passengers stranded at Oxford Road. @ChrisGraylingMP is a disgrace

[Labour Press @labourpress]

People have begun to realise that the Tories aren’t the party of business - @RLong_Bailey interview with @PickardJE for the @FT https://t.co/UoHLWhMW30

[Stephen Hopkins @SteveHopkins0]

@CatrionaSwanson @HamiltonDavies Good job. Don't suppose you could do the same for Eccles ? David Yates would love it if you could help him arrange stands and cycle channels up the steps there 🤔

[Stephen Hopkins @SteveHopkins0]

Noticed how train facilities are improving in Irlam though? 😉