Cost v Practicality. Ask to see the shelved Glasgow Airport Rail Link Project. (GARL)

Why doesn't the government push PIK which does have a rail link, and shares the Glasgow name [cringe as its in Ayrshire].

Integrity and parenting: what you teach them at five, you'll feel at fifteen.

Best wisdom heard today.

Two women with their backs to us, facing Kings Cross station. They are wearing TSSA-branded Hi-vis vests and holding leaflets for TSSA's campaign for better funding for British Transport Police.

Urgent Action Needed! 🚨We're calling on the government to Fund British Transport Police properly. Reduced police presence puts passengers and staff at risk. Sign our petition calling on Heidi Alexander to protect our railways #FundBTP #RailwaySafety bit.ly/3Fse9Uu

Today's front page:

600,000 MARCH FOR PALESTINE - Thousands fill London streets on 77th anniversary of catastrophe as the Co-op supermarket AGM votes to stop selling Israeli goods

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KEITH FLETT traces how the ‘world’s most successful political party’ has imploded, from nine leaders in 30 years to losing all 16 English councils, with Reform UK symbolically capturing Peel’s birthplace, Tamworth — but the beast is not dead yet
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YouTube video by TSSA Union TSSA's Sam Browse speaks out on British Steel

Great to see TSSA’s call for British Steel to come into public ownership now reflected in comments from the Business Secretary. Jonathan Reynolds today said nationalisation is “likely”. Here’s what we told Sky News yesterday –
youtu.be/kunDwQpz83A

Pictute focused on a Killie (Kilmarnock) pie , with Darvel FC v Cumnock playing in background.

Say aye tae a Kilmarnock pie. Best enjoyed near a football pitch, with a can of Irn-Bru.

#footiescran

Half-Time score Darvel 0:3 Cumnock

📢 Scotland’s biggest ever refugee job fair was a great success! 🤝
Hundreds of #NewScots met 40+ employers, to explore job opportunities, and get career advice. The atmosphere was buzzing!👍

Spending on rail is going down but spending on roads is going up

How does that reconcile with the target to get more people out of their cars and onto public transport?

🕵️‍♂️ I see Simon Turp #TSSA 🇨🇺

Listening to the Lords debating "Renters' rights bill".
Not one of these Lords rents a property : a shower of parasites profiting on those who can't buy, while pushing house prices ever higher.

Great to be at the #StandUpToRacism demonstration to #StopTheFarRight today. TSSA members are clear: we must call out racism wherever we see it! 💪

If either #Ipswich or #Southampton score 3 today, one lucky person to repost this will win a handsome mug

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TSSA & @neilbibby.bsky.social are piling pressure on the Scottish Government to protect passenger safety & stop ticket office cuts.

If ministers are serious about the shift to rail, they must:
✅ Keep ticket offices open
✅ Invest in services
✅ Freeze fares

dai.ly/x9dbl4m

Ticket price increase : Ticket office decrease.
Pay more for the prospect of less. 💸 #ScotRail #KeepThemOpen

Today, led by our GS, @maryameslamdoust.bsky.social, we met with the Northern Ireland Infrastructure Minister, John O'Dowd, to talk about how we invest in our railway and create a green transport system that's safe and accessible for all! 💪

If #Celtic win at #Villa tonight, one lucky person to repost this will win one of our sexy new mugs: tufac.bigcartel.com/product/trum...

If #Everton win at #Brighton today, one lucky person to repost this will win one of our t-shirts

📢 Morning Star (Scotland) Conference
🗓 23rd March 12-4pm
📍 STUC Offices, Glasgow, G40 1BP

Number Crunch (Private Eye) £150m spent building ferry Glen Sannox. / £55m insurance value for ferry Glen Sannox.

Folks posting @privateeyenews.bsky.social front page, and here's me posting Number Facts against CalMac. #ferries #GlenSannox

"AI could manage socialism. It could oversee complex economic decision making without fear, favor, prejudice. Ensure equal distribution with proper regulation" Scott Alsworth writes for Morning Star.

What a thought for a future. 🇨🇱

Dozens of UK transport police stations may close despite rise in assaults British Transport Police say hiring freeze and £8.5m shortfall in funding will lead to a ‘reduced presence’

Proposed cuts to the British Transport Police could leave critical gaps in coverage, with up to 17 stations closing and 300 jobs at risk. We are calling for full BTP funding to protect the future of a safe, secure, and efficient rail network.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Photo from the back of the shelter in an attempt to mitigate the wind chill.

It's cold doon the coast, but it's a high temperature derby day, with Ardrossan Winton Rover v Kilwinning Rangers. 🥶 ⚽️

Good to be out at Dalmarnock today to #SaveScotRailTicketOffices! 💪 Under plans to reduce the opening hrs of 101 ticket offices across Scotland, the ticket office there will lose 98 hrs p/week!

Join us in Garrowhill tomorrow, or at another campaign location this week. RSVP - comms@tssa.org.uk.

A picture of four people with leaflets in front of a TSSA banner on a railway bridge, Paul Sweeney, an MSP for Glasgow, stands on the left.

A picture of #SaveScotRailTicketOffices leaflets on the ticket office desk.

A graphic of the TSSA campaign day dates - 10 Jan, 7.30am, Balloch station; 14 Jan, 8am, Dalmarnock Station; 15 Jan, 8am, Garrowhill station; 16 Jan, 8am, Airdrie station; 17 Jan, 8am - Largs, 10am - Wemyss Bay, 12pm - Greenock West

Yesterday morning,
@paulsweeney.bsky.social joined us at Garrowhill to #SaveScotRailTicketOffices. It's one of the worst hit under proposals to reduce opening hrs at 101 ticket offices across Scotland, losing 91hrs p/week! 🤯

Join us for more actions this week! RSVP to comms@tssa.org.uk ✊

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Meme : bus fares are too damn high

Maybe consider help with commute costs for working poor and those on low incomes.
"Scottish government said it
intended to “increase funding” for free bus travel in the 2025-
26 Budget.”

#ItsOkayToTalk
Don't suffer with your own thoughts, talk it through.

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