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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

2 years

The @Yorkshire_Party gets more votes than Reclaim I personally got more votes for West Yorkshire Mayor than he got for London Mayoral But Laurence Fox stood in London, so that's all that matters to the BBC

BBC Politics

@BBCPolitics

2 years

On todays #PoliticsLive Siobhan Baillie MP, Conservative Baroness Chapman, Labour Laurence Fox, The Reclaim Party Ellie Mae O'Hagan, CLASS think tank On @BBCTwo at 12:15

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

6 months

Hopefully on course for a very good vote share Thanks to everyone who voted #YorkshireParty Off to the counting hall...

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

5 years

I have signed too, thank you for highlighting this crucial issue

John C Mills

@JohnCMills2

5 years

Huge thanks from 3k+(+families) impacted by #LoanCharge in #Yorkshire to @Yorkshire_Party PPCs (10👏) who’ve added names to @LCAG_2019 Election Commitment. Welcome others wishing to know more or able to join colleagues. @MPRYorksParty @BobBuxtonYorksP

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

1 year

If Westminster can't find housing projects - even with £1.9Bn to spend - it's time for Yorkshire to control its own affairs A regional parliament could lead the way, regenerating derelict sites with greener homes, at fairer prices #YorkshireParty

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

Well done Poland Sacrificing a place in the World Cup - and they were favourites for at least the game against Russia But they shouldn't have to FIFA, UEFA....WAKE UP! Kick Russia out, kick Russian clubs out

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

2 years

Last year's West Yorkshire Mayor Election, Yorkshire Party: 10% 1st preference 20% 2nd preference Total support = 30% Today's South Yorkshire Mayor Election, Yorkshire Party: 13% 1st preference 27% 2nd preference Total support = 40% We'll keep working We're getting there

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

Vote Yorkshire Party today for West Yorkshire Mass Transit System Bus passes valid 24/7 Electric buses Help for Health & social care workers with travel/parking costs Greener homes on rejuvenated derelict sites+new infrastructure Vote until 10pm Postal voters CAN still vote

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

5 years

Excellent words from Stephen Kinnock -it is about honouring the vote. Even some Remain voters won't vote again otherwise. It doesn't make him or I Brexiteers (like Kinnock, I voted Remain) it makes us democrats. Let's get it done & get back to transport, environment, policing etc

Stephen Kinnock

@SKinnock

5 years

Since 2016 the result of the referendum hasn't changed, & neither has my position. We need to deliver best possible deal that protects jobs. Time for MPs to compromise, get Brexit done, and move onto talking about jobs, NHS, education, housing & other crucial issues. #MPs4aDeal

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

Desperately sad news, my thoughts and prayers are with Sir David Amess's family. Everyone in democracy must unite against violence. Everyone in the country must unite against violence.

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

Happy Yorkshire Day! After three-quarters or people supported powerful devolution in Yorkshire Society Survey, I feel more confident than ever that we will get there.

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

4 years

I support the Nordic Model & @SaveOurEyes The whole UK needs it including HOLBECK It decriminalises all those who are prostituted, provides support services to help them exit & makes buying people for sex a criminal offence, reducing sex trafficking N Ireland already uses it

Nordic Model Now!

@nordicmodelnow

4 years

URGENT FEMINIST ACTION! UK FOLKS, PLEASE WRITE TO YOUR MP AND ASK THEM TO SUPPORT THE NORDIC MODEL. We have tips to help you and also a 2-minute tool that you can use to send a template letter in – you guessed it, 2 minutes.

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

2 years

Well done to @DavidHerdson on getting @Yorkshire_Party 's highest ever percentage in a Parliamentary election, 4.3% - and to do it in a by election with 15 candidates and anti-Tory tackle voting is incredible

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

As Yorkshire Party has said for years We support greater rail capacity & speed but condemn the project management of HS2 No budgetary control Guess who's levelled down to make ends meet? Not London Not Birmingham Not Manchester But Leeds & by extension much of Yorkshire & NE

Sky News

@SkyNews

3 years

HS2 extension to Leeds could be mothballed as rail review published next week

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

6 months

@batcountry1980 Rubber Soul is my 2nd favourite Beatles album, edged out by their next: Revolver Paul & John at their finest, across the full genre spectrum, from the solemn beauty of Eleanor Rigby and For No One to the edgy And Your Bird Can Sing and the ground-breaking Tomorrow Never Knows

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

2 years

The Government's objective is to distract from...well, everything else, by using inflammatory rhetoric So much for: integrity professionalism accountability

Yorkshire Bylines

@YorksBylines

2 years

The Home Office is still perpetuating dangerous anti-immigration rhetoric. It does not speak for desperate migrants. It does not speak for businesses crying out for staff. And it certainly does not speak for me | Sue Wilson MBE @Suewilson91 @BylineTimes

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

7 months

MPs with these sorts of earning outside their duties as elected members does sicken me They should be honoured to serve and be grateful for a generous salary I've never earned a penny from politics If was elected Mayor or MP, I wouldn't seek out other earnings

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

1 year

We need a West Yorkshire Metro system - with highspeed arties, via underground and/or elevated segments The estimate (very rough) I've heard from the Combined Authority is £40Bn Even then, the lines on the map were minimally ambitious

West Yorkshire needs its own tram network to boost economic growth - Jessica Bowles

If you’re planning to visit a city in France, Germany or Spain over the summer, you’ll probably notice how easy it is to get around without a car.Sadly, the same can’t be said for most UK cities,...

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

As one MP put it at PMQs: The PM has spent the week trying to convince us he is stupid rather than dishonest. Surely, two things can be true.

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

4 months

#bbccricket So that's why it's called 'the rainy season'? Shame no one told the ICC before they arranged yet another tournament without reserve days for group stage matches England lose out today - cricket loses out hugely

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

The Yorkshire Transport Cycle: New Transport Project is Promised (to soft the blow of the last one being cancelled) Project is Delayed Project is Downgraded Project is Cancelled New Transport Project is Promised (to soft the blow of the last one being cancelled)

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

In London you'd pay less than half and travel more than twice the speed We need a West Yorkshire mass transit system It's not even on the Labour Mayor's 10 priorities And the Tory's keep funding London & ignore Yorkshire

Cllr Wayne Dixon

@Wayne_Dixon

3 years

Today’s experience - The Bus. 9:04 arrive at bus stop. 9:10 bus arrives 9:34 arrive in Leeds 9:36 arrive at the office. Compared to 10 mins in the car and parking outside the office.

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

2 years

@Ottojizzmark Dr don't know how to help You only get sacked twice Non-doms are forever Not for your eyes only but everyone I email Never say never be Home Secretary again Tomorrow never knows who'll be PM Sacked another day A quantum of compassion Sky is falling in

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

2 years

With you all the way @Yorkshire_Party supports more high-quality transport infrastructure in Yorkshire, not less More jobs in Yorkshire, not fewer Economic growth, not contraction #saveDSA

#saveDSA_Airport

@save_dsa

2 years

#saveDSA #peeltakethedeal @PeelLandP @DSA_Airport @transportgovuk @Mark_J_Harper @CharlotteV @HuwMerriman @SouthYorksMayor @MayorRos @MyDoncaster @SouthYorksMCA @GBNEWS @BBCLookNorth @yorkshirepost @annarileynews @JayMitchinson

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

6 years

The next time someone asks me why I think a Yorkshire Parliament could do better than the Westminster State Circus, I'll show them this video

Commons stir as Labour MP picks up mace

Speaker John Bercow asks Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle to leave the House after he breaches protocol.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

6 months

Leafleting Guiseley & Rawdon ward & Horsforth ward today Greenbelt sites which were saved a few years ago are being considered for housing again Local infrastructure & congested roads can't cope I'll regenerate derelict sites & build infrastructure #DrBob4Mayor #YorkshireParty

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

Very proud of our candidate @CoreyJames1994 and our whole Batley & Spen campaign team. We fought a positive campaign, high on content and gained new members for the Yorkshire Party

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

10 months

Fair point @yorkshire_party didn't even get an invite when @bbcquestiontime did a show on devolution in Yorkshire Third places in Mayoral elections should have been enough for that at least

Andy Brown

@VoteAndyBrown

10 months

@TheGreenParty averages over 5% of the vote in elecions and polls. One in 20 panelists would be fair representation. With 5 people that means a voice every 4 weeks. Instead it gets on once a year if lucky. Care to explain @bbcquestiontime ?

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

1 year

HS2 link to Leeds cancelled, £30Bn cut Bradford's new line & station cancelled, £4Bn cut Claiming to be levelling-up, priceless

Sky News

@SkyNews

1 year

"When Keir Starmer thinks of the north - if he thinks of it at all - he thinks only of the big cities." PM Rishi Sunak expresses that his "view of the north" extends "far beyond" the Labour leader as he speaks at a Conservative conference. 📺 Sky 501

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

1 year

Well intentioned but typical of what you get with weak devolution No real budget No real power No real ambition With real devolution we could subsidise solar panels on existing buildings & have them on all new builds Yorkshire needs its own Parliament in a stronger, fairer UK

Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire

@MayorOfWY

1 year

As we approach Winter, families in West Yorkshire will be worried about the cost of heating their homes. We’ve secured over £800k of funding to provide free, face-to-face advice to communities about the improvements and savings they can make to their homes.

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

5 months

Best photo of me ever, thanks to BBC

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

2 years

London has more powerful devolution than Yorkshire or any English region - Look what they can do Yorkshire deserves the power to make the same decisions

Free school meals: London's mayor launches £130m scheme for primary pupils

The one-off funding is set to help more than 270,000 children in the capital between 2023 and 2024.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

6 months

I'll deliver a world-class West Yorkshire Metro Only a win for the Yorkshire Party will scare Westminster into taking our transport problems seriously #NewTransportDealforYorkshire #DrBob4Mayor #YorkshireParty

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

1 year

#NewTransportDealforYorkshire #YorkshireParty

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

6 months

Flyers arrived! They'll be going out in Rawdon today and across West Yorkshire in the coming weeks #DrBob4Mayor #NewTransportDealforYorkshire #YorkshireParty

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

First our section of HS2 goes, now this... While Westminster decides, Yorkshire loses Only devolution will deliver levelling up

Arj Singh

@singharj

3 years

🚨EXC Boris Johnson to water down promise on Northern Powerhouse Rail line This week’s Integrated Rail Plan will not contain a key new Leeds-Manchester line via Bradford, and will instead see more cash for upgrades to existing route

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

2 years

Labour has proposed some steps in the right direction and good principles But I'm disappointed (as many Labour members will be) Yorkshire needs so much more

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

2 years

Delighted for Doncaster, gutted for Middlesbrough - the heritage & royal connections criteria went against it, being less than 200yo Milton keynes got it despite being 55yo. But then, it has lots of ill-deserved things, like a league football team

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

The fairest tax is Income Tax since the broadest shoulders may take the greatest load. NI is rather the opposite. I oppose the hike in NI, this is not a progressive or fair tax increase. Lower paid workers including many younger adults and families will be hit hard.

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

@MayorOfWY It is a nice idea but we need to improve bus services dramatically before we can increase usage Moreover, we need a proper mass transit system, a light-rail network throughout West Yorkshire linking to existing heavy rail where appropriate I'm always happy to work cross-party

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

4 years

Brilliant husting @SameSkiesThink Far more listening to community groups than talking Your community group is worth my time & the time of LD, Green & Tory candidates Yet again, @TracyBrabin was absent Tired of Labour taking you for granted? Teach them a lesson on May 6th

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

1 year

Where was this level of condemnation when Yorkshire's leg of HS2 was cancelled? #YorkshireParty

HS2: Backlash against scrapping Manchester rail link grows

Axing the high-speed rail leg would hit links between Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds, critics say.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

7 years

Leeds is the largest city in the EU without a mass transit systems. Instead, we have a string of failed, abandoned, hair-brained schemes.

Yorkshire Party

@Yorkshire_Party

7 years

Leeds has no mass transit system. Does anyone seriously believe that would be the case if Department for Transport was based in the city?

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

2 years

With a Yorkshire Regional Parliament, similar to Scotland's, our elected representatives would make investment decisions eg, a West Yorkshire rapid mass transit system Instead, the Mayor is a merely a spectator, hoping the Tories do the right thing What is your vote worth?

Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire

@MayorOfWY

2 years

No more excuses. No more false dawns. It’s time to create a mass transit system for the biggest city in Europe without one. Watch my interview with @SpencerStokesTV on @BBCLookNorth ahead of tomorrow’s budget announcement from @Jeremy_Hunt 🔗

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 months

Thanks to Leeds Acting Returning Officer, Tom Riordan, my constituency was his last ever result to declare And thank you to the 1,024 voters who backed me and backed Yorkshire Best of luck to Katie White and all the other candidates #YorkshireParty #GenerElection2024

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

Mixed news, well, more possibilities than news As we knew, not getting our leg of HS2 Leeds might get a tram network (long overdue) But it's a network for the whole of West Yorkshire which is required, linking to rail networks outside West Yorkshire

Leeds is to get its own tram as consolation for the scrapped HS2

Leeds will get its own tram network as consolation for the HS2 link to the city being scrapped, under plans being considered by Ministers.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

5 years

Thank you to everyone who voted for me! I was re-elected to Rawdon Parish Council in Larkfield in 1st place with 435 votes & came a respectable 3rd in the city council ward. My Yorkshire Party colleague Roland Gilmore was also elected to Rawdon PC in 2nd in Greenacre with 213!

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

6 months

Candidates have to pay £4,000 to appear in the mayoral election booklet It prices some people and parties out of democracy It is not acceptable to get it after postal votes #DrBob4Mayor #YorkshireParty

Stewart Golton 🔶

@GoltonStewart

6 months

Alec doesn’t allow me to comment on his post. I was hoping to ask him, as my MP, whether he’d be objecting to people being sent their postal vote ballot paper before receiving their £1m Mayoral booklet offering information on the different candidates that taxpayers have funded

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

But what powers would Yorkshire get? (and every English region) Proper devolution would mean the ability to deal with the cost of living crisis, poor transport, etc, despite the Westminster state circus

GB News

@GBNEWS

3 years

Keir Starmer says more powers for Holyrood would be ‘early priority’ if he becomes PM

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

4 months

In 2023, the state spent £2,600 more per person in Scotland than in Yorkshire We need a proper devolution settlement - not powerless mayors

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

Many Lords are on our side but the Government absolutely do not care about true Yorkshire devolution or funding. Alas, neither do Labour - another conference wasted.

Bring back ancient Ridings of Yorkshire and 'overturn the vandalism' of 1970s reforms, Government...

The Government has been called on to bring back the "territorial integrity and names" of the ancient Ridings of Yorkshire - reversing the…

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

6 months

Proper Yorkshire dinner to end election day Still time to vote....support the #YorkshireParty Support Yorkshire Support a West Yorkshire Metro #DrBob4Mayor #LocalElections2024

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

2 years

The more I think on Labour's sham devolution proposals, the more disappointed I am with myself for hoping for anything better As @Yorkshire_Party has said many times, Labour is a London party (Tories too) Local Labour members may support real devolution but London's in control

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

2 years

Vote Yorkshire Party Today Yorkshire Deserves Stronger Local Powers & Our Fair Share of Transport Spending

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

A final thought on today's budget... Listen To The Silence Nothing on the Eastern leg of HS2 Nothing on Northern Powerhouse Rail (Hull-Liverpool) Nothing on a West Yorkshire mass transit system

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

4 months

Public spending is £2,600 lower per person in Yorkshire than London and Scotland - that's a shortfall of over £14 billion across Yorkshire Vote #YorkshireParty tomorrow #GE2024 #GE24 Here's my Leeds North West flyer

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

2 years

Boris has the nerve to say we should "KEEP levelling-up" When has he done that? Eastern Leg of HS2 cancelled Bradford's new railway station cancelled No move on Hull-Liverpool rail-link All while London gets Crossrail, Crossrail 2 is proposed & London's parts of HS2 are built

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

Tracy Brabin suddenly 'not supportive' of Holbeck red light zone, one week before the election. Nice to know I've won the argument but... I will END the red light zone Will @TracyBrabin make that committment - or is it just spin? @SaveOurEyes

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

2 years

A truly great Yorkshireman to remember Happy Yorkshire Day

TheVictorianCommons

@TheVictCommons

2 years

Died #onthisday 1833, knowing that the Slavery Abolition Act for which he had long campaigned was shortly to become law, William Wilberforce, MP for his native Hull 1780-4, and for Yorkshire 1784-1812 & Bramber 1812-25. He was buried in Westminster Abbey.

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

1 year

Some Tories admin levelling-up has failed They're calling for - more spending in North - Hull-Liverpool rail-link - cabinet minister for the North That last point admits mayors are powerless Let's elect a regional Parliament instead #YorkshireParty

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

1 year

Well put...always money for London, never for Yorkshire Vote #YorkshireParty for change #mikejordan #selbyandainsty #NewTransportDealforYorkshire

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

Thanks once more to the local press

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

6 months

Thanks Wayne, kind words #YorkshireParty

Wayne Chadburn

@mrchadburn

6 months

Brilliant performance from @BobBuxtonYorksP and @Yorkshire_Party in West Yorkshire mayor election.

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

West Yorkshire needs a mass transit system, the whole of Yorkshire needs better transport, while in London (where it's much better to start with)...

Northern line extension: Two new Tube stations open

The Northern line extension serves new stations at Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

2 years

Great day in Bridlington campaigning with Cllr Andy Walker & Rick Arrand for @Yorkshire_Party We'll keep campaigning for: Actual levelling-up A greener Yorkshire & to stop the Tory-driven reduction in Bridlington's health services .

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

The Yorkshire Party welcomes these proposals too, which would benefit Scotland, the North East and Yorkshire Let's hope the right decision is made It should be made by local, devolved powers - many such lines would have been be reopened already or would never have closed if so

The North East Party

@NorthEast_Party

3 years

The North East Party welcomes the proposal to open the railway line previously known as the Ashington, Blyth and Tyne Line creating jobs and encouraging public transport use.

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

6 years

Contesting just 3 seats in Northern Ireland would qualify a party for coverage but all 54 Yorkshire seats would not.

Yorkshire Party

@Yorkshire_Party

6 years

“[We] can’t get a party election broadcast because we don’t fight enough seats across ENGLAND. Even if we fought every parliamentary seat in Yorkshire we still wouldn’t be entitled to one" #partypoliticalbroadcast #ukpolitics #westminster

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

2 years

100% agree with Benedict Cumberbatch And let's not forget, many films are pre-censored for Chinese audiences - that is, the original film is rewritten to appease bigotries Art must do the exact opposite

Sky News

@SkyNews

2 years

Benedict Cumberbatch has spoken out against Saudi Arabia's decision to ban the new Dr Strange film because of a reference to a lesbian couple. 🎧 Listen to his interview on this week's #Backtsage podcast here 👉

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

Finally Progress! Yorkshire Party has called for York-Beverley line to reopen for years Most notably Cllr Peter Hemmerman Yorkshire Party Mayor of Market Weighton & Chair of the Minsters Rail Campaign, a non-party political group working for common good Still a long way to go

The Yorkshire Post

@yorkshirepost

3 years

Some background on the Beverley to York railway line - which money set aside in #Budget2021 will help develop proposals for reinstating @GraceNewton_YP

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

2 years

Incredible words from Boris today, arguing Cross Rail & proposed Crossrail 2 are somehow levelling-up Happily talking about more spending in London after cancelling our section of HS2 & Bradford's new station This isn't just politics - Boris really doesn't care about Yorkshire

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

Tested negative but still have to isolate until Wednesday because I shared a car ride with someone on Saturday who's tested positive I will obey the law despite the very low chance of me having/getting C19 Unlike the Health Secretary Disgrace Matt Hancock must be sacked

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

2 years

Sunak on levelling up - No details, vague intent on education - Then mentioned 1 freeport & crime Truss on levelling up - Avoided question & talked about general tax cuts & her trade role abroad - Then talked about evening up spending per head but no actual promise Both Poor

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

Ignored in yesterday's news, huge step towards clean energy I've called for more fusion research in the UK since first standing for the Yorkshire Party in 2015 Well done the US, shame the UK isn't leading the way We have the talent but not the focus

NIF: US lab takes further step towards nuclear fusion goal

US physicists confirm that they have achieved a stage in nuclear fusion called "burning plasma".

www.bbc.co.uk

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

Bradford is losing out even more than Leeds And there isn't even talk of Bradford even getting a consolation prize such a tram network (Not that Leeds will actually get a proper network, the talk is just to soften the blow)

Bradford: Rail plan 'resigns city to second-class service'

As the government's Integrated Rail Plan is launched, Bradfordians explain their travelling reality.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

4 years

Dear Followers, it seems someone else on twitter has been confused for me. We do not know their real name, or whether they even intended any confusion, but rest assured they do not represent the @Yorkshire_Party in any way.

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

1 year

Government says it's okay to close ticket offices because few people buy tickets there... That's because they're not allowed to sell the cheapest tickets! You can't even pick up an online ticket from the office How about encouraging train-travel with better customer service?

Dave Peel MBE

@my_magnets

1 year

Funny 😂 true to life #ticketoffice #traintravel

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

6 years

See how much London gets just as a 'little extra' to help finish. How much could we achieve in Yorkshire with that much?

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

6 years

Thanks again to everyone who voted for me and helped me post 24,000 leaflets, flyers and letters. Just learned that 1,530 votes is a new Yorkshire Party record for local elections. I'll be back next year in both Leeds City Council and Rawdon Parish Council elections.

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

A disappointing day for the UK, especially lower income families Precious little help - mostly slight reductions in previous large increases And what's happened to levelling-up? I think the Tories have thrown in the towel, reasoning that it's better just not to talk about it

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

10 months

Hopefully still progressing in the right direction Yorkshire needs more transport infrastructure, not less

#saveDSA_Airport

@save_dsa

10 months

just a quick update for the weekend @MyDoncaster and @MayorRos are very optimistic that a lease will be secured for the airport from @PeelLandP who now appear to be willing landlords and are actively seeking to lease the site to the council. So with some hard work from all

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

1 year

Thanks again to the press for the coverage, why not celebrate Yorkshire Day properly? Some employers recognise it already... In case you don't, Yorkshire day is tomorrow!

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

Tory arrogance And an accidental admission that Mayors are powerless and budget-less Andy Burnham is democratically elected - why should he have to beg the Tories for anything? - why shouldn't he have a proper budget to control?

Chris Burn

@ChrisBurn_Post

3 years

Surprisingly testy atmosphere at the Integrated Rail Plan inquiry earlier. Tory MP Karl McCartney questioned whether Andy Burnham understood the phrase 'do not bite the hand that feeds you' over public criticisms of the IRP. Burnham replied: "I want to get what we were promised."

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

4 years

The Yorkshire Party is contesting 44 top level council seats when you include by-elections in East Riding & N Yorks CC, 46 including Mayors of Doncaster & W Yorks, 51 including town/parish. However you look at it, it's a new party record & 11th aint bad you only contest 1 county.

Election Maps UK

@ElectionMapsUK

4 years

Number of Candidates Being Stood by Each Party in #LE2021 : CON: 4,491 LAB: 4,309 LDM: 3,417 GRN: 2,707 RFM: 271 TUSC: 232 UKIP: 121 FAL: 94 SDP: 66 FBM: 53 YSP: 42 LIB: 37 WPGB: 29 HER: 26 WEP: 20 MK: 19 VPP: 18 NEP: 17 LBT: 10 MRLP: 10

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

1 year

100% Luke So called HS3 isn't high speed

Luke Binney

@BinneyLuke

1 year

Just going to throw this out there: HS3 should be a high speed and high capacity rail like across the North of England linking Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, York and Hull. Extra lines to Sheffield, Bradford, Derby and Lancaster would be great too.

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

2 years

Continued trying to become a US citizen for 19 months AFTER become Chancellor His wife was a non-dom, avoiding tax Fined for breaching lockdown laws Balanced the books by cutting Yorkshire's rail project's, not London's ...but apart from that

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

8 months

What've we learned? 1) There's no way back for Tories 2) Labour will win the GE 3) But many don't like Labour either -not brave or decisive Smaller parties can bring balance We need local powers & funding Vote @Yorkshire_Party Vote @NorthEast_Party

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

5 months

I'll keep up the good fight into the General Election & beyond Green Tech builds our future economy

Yorkshire Party

@Yorkshire_Party

5 months

Thank you Climate Party for endorsing Bob Buxton for West Yorkshire Mayor The financial benefits of getting ahead in Green Tech are huge Let's build Green Tech colleges to build a workforce for greener homes & transport inc West Yorkshire Metro #LocalElections #YorkshireParty

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

4 years

That's not a billion per year but spread over 30 full years! It's only £38m/yr between 2.4m people...that's £15.83 each, plus a few (welcome) extras. For real devolution, please sign

Billion pound devolution deal for West Yorkshire signed into law

Minister for Regional Growth and Local Government signs Order bringing into law a historic devolution deal for West Yorkshire.

www.gov.uk

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

Northern transport is not only much worse but far more expensive than London's We also need more light & heavy rail across Yorkshire Northern Mayors are pushing for more funding. If we had actual devolution, we would have our fair share already & not have to go cap in hand

Mayor of Greater Manchester

@MayorofGM

3 years

🗣 “Just imagine Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds all with a bus system that was integrated with other public transport and at £1.55 a journey - it would change lives in the North of England.” Read 👇

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

There appears to have been a miscommunication between @MrAlMubarak and the @Yorkshire_Party candidate Corey Robinson last night. Corey wished to take part in the hustings but did not receive the venue location. We are discussing Corey getting his own slot on Al Mubarak Radio

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

4 years

So, only 67% furlough could possibly be afforded for the North for a few weeks but now it includes the South too it's 80% until March? Funny that

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

2 years

41% of his own MPs don't want Boris as PM Neither does the country

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

6 months

West Yorkshire: what a beautiful place to go leafleting Let's keep it that way by looking after our waterways, agriculture and wildlife #DrBob4Mayor #YorkshireParty

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

When will transport spending be fair & even? When Yorkshire gets devolution

Levelling up on transport will only come with Devolution, says Yorkshire Party

THE YORKSHIRE Party has claimed that without powerful devolution, the area will continue to lag behind London in transport.

www.ilkleygazette.co.uk

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

2 years

Delighted that Boris Johnson, the worst PM of modern times, is resigning. Though I am concerned he is staying on until the autumn - he may be even more reckless than in the past

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

Solution? Devolution!

YesYorkshire

@YorkshireYes

3 years

#Yorkshire betrayed. But then, what’s new? #Independence

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

2 years

The poll for Batley & Spen last year also excluded us and was 100% wrong

Yorkshire Party

@Yorkshire_Party

2 years

We note @JLPartnersPolls have polled Wakefield. The poll excluded the party that came third in Wakefield in the 2017 GE, the 2021 West Yorks Mayor Election and the 2022 locals - the Yorkshire Party. Embarrassing ignorance of politics outside the South East #Wakefieldbyelection

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

Moving the Champions League Final is a good start, now FIFA needs to kick Russia out of the World Cup play-offs UEFA also needs to remove Russia and her clubs from all competitions Then it's the Olympic Committee's turn to PROPERLY exclude Russia

Ukraine crisis: Uefa to move Champions League final after Russian invasion

Uefa will take away the Champions League final from Russian city St Petersburg - and what else is happening in sport?

www.bbc.co.uk

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

We're winning the argument...will Westminster listen?

Listen to Yorkshire, says party

THE YORKSHIRE Party has called on the Government to respect the results of the Big Yorkshire Conversation and give the area Scottish-style…

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

1 year

With plenty of brownfield sites (ex-industrial, derelict) around Yorkshire to regenerate, there's no excuse for a shortage of new homes Nor any excuse for a lack of infrastructure to support new homes London gets transport investment, so must Yorkshire

David Herdson

@DavidHerdson

2 years

There is not a rental shortage: there is a property shortage. Build more. Every chain starts with either a landlord expanding their portfolio or a first-time buyer. If first-time buyers are coming into the market, that's a good thing.

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Bob Buxton

@BobBuxtonYorksP

3 years

And so does the Yorkshire Party. Devolution would give the regions the chance for fairer taxes.

The North East Party

@NorthEast_Party

3 years

The North East Party fully agrees with this article #CPC21 #CWOCPC2021 #wome @BorisJohnson

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