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Speaking to staff at a fabric manufacturing site, Sir Keir praised Huddersfield Station and the beautiful countryside on the train route between Huddersfield and Leeds.But he added: "The downside was, if you can believe it, the train was late.
"That is, I'm sure for you, a pretty frequent experience.""The North is home to a wealth of talent and ingenuity. But for too long, it has been held to ransom by a Victorian-era transport system which has stifled its potential."The prime minister said the Transpennine upgrade was a project that could "massively improve" people's lives.
"The impact is a human one - because there's not just the getting to work late and the irritation of that, but there's also the important NHS appointments, the family engagements and the funerals that people are trying to get to."All these things are hugely impactful on a human level that you can't get in the statistics."
Improving rail connections would ensure "people can get around, businesses can thrive and people can enjoy their lives, in a way they can't if public transport isn't working properly", he added.
Later, speaking to the BBC's James Vincent, Sir Keir reiterated the £415m was new money, to be invested in addition to the cash already pledged to the upgrade.Traoré attended commemorations in Russia last week to mark the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. He posted on X that he, along with military leaders from neighbouring Mali and Niger, were inspired by it "to winning the war against terrorism and imperialism at all costs".
Thanks to his rhetoric and pushed by a slick social media campaign, his appeal has spread around the world, including among African-Americans and Black Britons, Ms Ochieng noted."Everyone who has experienced racism, colonialism and slavery can relate to his messages," Ms Ochieng said, pointing out that African-American rapper Meek Mill had posted about him on X late last year, saying how much he liked his "energy and heart" - though he was ridiculed for mixing up names by referring to Traoré as Burkina Faso and later deleted the post.
But France's president is not a fan, describing Traoré as part of a "baroque alliance between self-proclaimed pan-Africans and neo-imperialists".Emmanuel Macron was also referring to Russia and China whom he accused,