Notices by Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social), page 16

Thank goodness. Curtice as ever making sense of the data. #ge2024

I’m so glad the BBC still employs Curtice on election night. Makes it clear what may or may not change as the night goes on, and how voters behaving. Important point: in seats Tories are defending, votes are seeping to Reform that makes Labour’s task easier. #ge2024

Oh and BBC has switched from Curtice to Andrea effing Leadsom. So I’m switching to Sky News 🙂 #ge2024

This is an implosion of the Tories more than it’s any resounding Labour result. This time first past the post is *massively* benefitting Labour. #ge2024

Labour is going to get 63% of the seats based on 36% of the vote. This is going to be one of the most skewed results ever, perhaps the most. #ge2024

That was a sodding hard one

8km on dirt roads made soft by overnight rain. Loads of mosquitoes. But I got there

Border 209
Future Rail Baltica Ikla 🇪🇪 - Ainaži 🇱🇻

The tiny orange pole to the left marks the rail route

Got chatting to the guy who served me a much needed coffee while waiting for my bus here in Ainaži

He had no idea the village was even getting a Rail Baltica station!

Also back to Midnight Trains

They (and Railcoop a couple of months ago) went to the wall for similar reasons

Getting a rail company running is *operationally hard*

Neither of them had a remotely viable plan for their operations

That’s why European Sleeper is different - they do

Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail South East Europe Day 03 01 Jun 2024 - Häädemeeste - Salacgrīva - Skulte – Jūrmala

Crossing these borders:
Ikla 🇪🇪 - Ainaži 🇱🇻
Future Rail Baltica Ikla 🇪🇪 - Ainaži 🇱🇻

These borders on the borders map:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-all-the-borders_935041#12/57.8794/24.3752

Today's routes on the routes map:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-all-the-borders_935041#12/57.8794/24.3752

Here’s today’s intro video

Here’s the proper intro 🙂 https://peertube.netzbegruenung.de/w/te8cvth1tfd2dFaPcoG6mL

Ikla 🇪🇪 - Ainaži 🇱🇻

Border 208 of #CrossBorderRail

Looking north (Pic 1) into Estonia you can see where it used to run. Pic 2 shows it’s now part blocked by a house. But nothing will ever run here - because the new Rail Baltica will be further inland

Latvia - Estonia border. I’m shocked there’s no alcohol shop. Maybe that’s on the main road? #CrossBorderRail

This 🐈 could go hunting mice in another country

Ainaži pier

Amazing old construction. But not at all easy to walk on. So I won’t go to the beach here

Ah. Found the alcohol shop. 500m from border 🙂

That’s more like it!

In today’s least surprising railway news, French startup Midnight Trains has gone to the wall

https://www.midnight-trains.com/article/ici-meurt-la-nuit

As a friend of mine icily said in a messenger group “It’s a great loss to the newsletter industry”

They have a handy map of where I’m going tomorrow 🙂

Getting here to Öpik conference centre was a trip through car dominated hell