stophs2 - Tweet Data Analysis

Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @stophs2

Published April 9, 2023

Overview

Tweets covering

9 days

Latest tweet was on

2023-03-29

Earliest tweet was on

2023-03-20

Total number of tweets analysed

306

Average age of authors' accounts

8 years

Summarization

The tweets cover a range of criticisms and concerns about the HS2 project, including subsidence issues at Ruislip Rugby Club, environmental impact, cost overruns, chemical use, aquifer concerns, and the impact on green spaces and trees. Some believe that HS2 is a vanity project and that the train system only needs updated trains and current maintenance. There are also concerns about the impact that HS2 will have on the Central, Piccadilly, and Metropolitan tube lines and Chiltern Railway. Some people are calling for HS2 tunnelling to be shut down until an explanation for the subsidence issue is provided. Lastly, a poll by an engineering magazine indicates that time is running out for HS2.

Topic Modeling

  • Concerns about environmental impact and destruction of green spaces due to HS2 construction (@stophs2, @TheGreenParty, @GreenAgainstHS2, etc.)
  • Issues with construction and safety concerns, including subsidence and use of chemicals (@EnvAgency, @PJennings88, etc.)
  • Criticism of the cost and value of the HS2 project (@Hs2Rebellion, @edballs, etc.)
  • Discussion of HS2's impact on existing train infrastructure (@RishiSunak, @Jeremy_Hunt, etc.)
  • Efforts to resist HS2 and protect green spaces, including protests and legal challenges (@hs2madness, @XRUniversities, etc.)

Emotional Analysis

The tweets express anger, frustration, and concerns about the environmental impact and cost of the HS2 project. Many of the tweeters are calling for the project to be scrapped and criticizing the lack of transparency and explanation for the problems and damage caused. Some express feelings of humiliation or disappointment in the lack of progress in stopping the project, while others express warnings and concern for the safety and integrity of the surrounding areas and water sources. Overall, the emotions expressed in these tweets are negative and critical of the HS2 project.

Trend Analysis

  • Concerns about environmental impact of HS2 construction
  • Criticism of HS2 project and its cost
  • Mentions of specific organizations and individuals opposed to HS2, such as StopHS2 and Green Party members
  • Discussion of specific incidents related to HS2 construction, such as subsidence and chemical use
  • Worries about the effects of HS2 on natural resources, such as aquifers and woodlands

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Types of Tweets

Number of Retweets

97

31% of total

Number of Original tweets

19

6% of total

Number of tweets that were Quotes

19

6% of total

Number of tweets that were Replies

183

59% of total

Number of tweets that contain Hashtags

87

28% of total

Number of tweets that contain Mentions

306

100% of total

Devices Used to Tweet

Top 5 Devices

Source Count
Twitter Web App 115
Twitter for Android 103
Twitter for iPhone 66
Twitter for iPad 22

Device Distribution

Devices used to tweet

Top 10 Accounts by Followers

Username Name Bio Followers count
GreenGymPenge Penge Green Gym 🍃💚🍃 🌱 Gardening & volunteering to get active green exercise outdoors for your health & wellbeing, your community & local environment #QAVS Weds 11-2 Penge Ldn SE20 40,085
TiCLme TiCL ticl ~vb. 1. to point out something interesting nearby ~n. 2. a little piece of current local knowledge and how to get there [abbrev. for article] 17,315
Trev_Forrester FINISH BREXIT Support controlled immigration, NO to illegals & boats. Pro Brexit. Reform Party. Stop HS2. Help Nurses. Pro Trump. MAGA. Defund BBC God Save Our King. 9,782
JunagarhMedia Paul Noël, Citizen of the pale blue dot, 🍃💚🍃 Writer for children with environmental/social messages. Enviro blogger, pacifist. Join the dots, look behind advertising/marketing, read the science #CO2caine 8,541
HughJaeger Hugh Jaeger Bus, train, tram. Wind, wave, tide, solar, geothermal. No HS2, RIS2 or nuclear. Free Belarus, Kashmir, Palestine, Tibet, West Papua. http://hughjaeger.wordpress 5,673
DavidMartinCSP David Martin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🛠 🛤🌳 #Brexit @QPR #ScrapHS2 #DefundtheBBC #NeverLabour🇬🇧 5,149
WhistleUK Protect Protect whistleblowing charity (formerly Public Concern at Work) is the UK's independent authority on public interest whistleblowing. 4,592
penny__traitor Penny Traitor #FBPE My days in the mosh pit may be over but I still rock. #UsualTrainspotter - Pro #HS2. 4,533
pauljohndavies Paul John Davies 8% VAT NOW Reducing VAT to 8% will immediately cut the cost of living, benefit the poorest most - and stimulate the economy. We refuse to be poor any more. 3,980
PaulMBigland PB Photography #FBPE Freelance photographer, Journalist, Blogger, Traveller, NUJ member. 3,654

Top 10 Accounts by Friends

Username Name Bio Followers count
GreenGymPenge Penge Green Gym 🍃💚🍃 🌱 Gardening & volunteering to get active green exercise outdoors for your health & wellbeing, your community & local environment #QAVS Weds 11-2 Penge Ldn SE20 39,960
TiCLme TiCL ticl ~vb. 1. to point out something interesting nearby ~n. 2. a little piece of current local knowledge and how to get there [abbrev. for article] 17,003
Trev_Forrester FINISH BREXIT Support controlled immigration, NO to illegals & boats. Pro Brexit. Reform Party. Stop HS2. Help Nurses. Pro Trump. MAGA. Defund BBC God Save Our King. 10,027
JunagarhMedia Paul Noël, Citizen of the pale blue dot, 🍃💚🍃 Writer for children with environmental/social messages. Enviro blogger, pacifist. Join the dots, look behind advertising/marketing, read the science #CO2caine 7,291
HughJaeger Hugh Jaeger Bus, train, tram. Wind, wave, tide, solar, geothermal. No HS2, RIS2 or nuclear. Free Belarus, Kashmir, Palestine, Tibet, West Papua. http://hughjaeger.wordpress 5,945
StGeorgesTrust1 St George's Trust Established 1997. Let's Save England. Every little helps... https://t.co/rJS1BGe3Ip 5,027
DebessCab Debess Cab London Taxi Driver. Fan of the late Great Alan Watt. 5,003
carol_hulme Carol Hulme They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety. Benjamin Franklin 5,002
RegenerationEX Steven Boxall Doing Regeneration differently – making places work for people 5,002
FifiDeLyonBliss Urszula 🍃💚🍃 #Education 📋 #Autism 🎭 #SEND 💙 #Law 👩🏼‍⚖️ #Antiracist ✊🏻 #Feminism🏋🏼#Photo 📸 #Interiors 🛋️ #Ecology 🌿 #Tennis🎾 #Food 🍝 #HarryStyles 🦋 5,001

Most Active Users

Username Bio Number of tweets
mappingford Infrastructure, Urban Planning, Transport Mapping | u/Parque_Bench Queries: DM or email: [email protected] 18
HS2theTruth Exposing the lies & bullshit dispensed by HS2 & its choo choo fan club. Retired Chartered Civil Engineer. Transport Planner. #BlockedbyAdonis. Likes rail 16
RogerDrew8 - 14
HughJaeger Bus, train, tram. Wind, wave, tide, solar, geothermal. No HS2, RIS2 or nuclear. Free Belarus, Kashmir, Palestine, Tibet, West Papua. http://hughjaeger.wordpress 9
Outoftweet123 High Speed 2 is about freight, airport & seaport expansion and non tax paying vested interests profiting from taxpayers! Its legalised corruption! #CarbonLies 8
MarkKeir6 Full time activist, because not enough of us are and the stakes are far too high. The future is disappearing from view. Our children need our careful thought. 7
ReggieTritt Economics, real ale and music. 6
RegenerationEX Doing Regeneration differently – making places work for people 6
lordofdisorder1 - 6
HS2DeadDuck Where a #HS2 White Elephant becomes a HS2 Dead Duck 5

Tweets Per Day

Tweets per day chart

Top 10 Tweets by Retweets

ID Text Retweet count
1639647295791669249 It doesn't stop. HS2 are clearly worried they've got big problems..... https://t.co/P594s1s5s1 @BrentPoland1 @stophs2 @joerukin @GreenJennyJones @TheGreenParty @GreenAgainstHS2 22
1639675463348912129 @stophs2 I have said it before this will be happening all along the route of all the HS2 Tunnels. The @EnvAgency should shut down HS2 tunnelling activity until there is … 17
1638520903226073098 When an engineering magazine produces polls like this, time must surely be up for @HS2ltd @TheGreenParty @BrightGrn @stophs2 @GreenAgainstHS2 @GreenJennyJones https://t.co/peoXYvuFdK 13
1640753182291931136 @HS2ltd Total #Greenwash because you ignore the MASSIVE carbon footprint of the construction itself. @Hs2Rebellion @stophs2 HS2: Europe's most climate damaging construction project, destroying over 100 ancient woodlands https://t.co/SJHYuUHnZa 9
1639431165483286528 @d_whyte100 @tmacmanus @QMSchoolofLaw @tinalouiseUK @ewa_jay @Lowkey0nline @DamienShort @Andrea__CJN @NatashaJosette @chilledasad100 @adamec87 @angela_sherwood @StateCrime @UK_Nanas @XRUniversities @JustStop_Oil @stophs2 @ChokedUp_UK @breathebuilds @WarOnWant Topical! Here is our new climate declaration, where lawyers pledge … 6
1639673348396314624 @stophs2 @JoSutherland73 @ruisliprfc What are @TfL and @chilternrailway doing to check the integrity of the Central, Piccadilly and Metropolitan Tube Lines and Chiltern Railway. They are only meters away from … 6
1638093239419916290 @HS2 the last hole was foaming. Now you've all but admitted you were using chemicals in the Mid Chiltern Chalk Aquifer. Why? @ZackPolanski @TheGreenParty @GreenJennyJones @BrightGrn @GreenWorld_UK @stophs2 @GreenAgainstHS2 https://t.co/vpL3QsAbta 4
1638086542106263552 Concerns growing about the impact on the #Aquafer as more eruptions emerge in #Ruislip What's going on @HS2ltd @stophs2 @PJennings88 @GreenJennyJones @natalieben @ChrisGPackham https://t.co/tiWDyWgC0q 4
1640017114919469057 @stophs2 @paulsandham2 @RishiSunak @Jeremy_Hunt Also apparently being built to add capacity, not speed? If not speed why destroy so much environment to enable speed? 3
1640269777892458496 Only a decade ago, supporters lied that all of HS2, from London to both Manchester & Leeds, would cost £34bn. @edballs lied that Labour would withdraw support if it exceeded … 3

Top 10 Tweets by Likes

ID Text Like count
1639675463348912129 @stophs2 I have said it before this will be happening all along the route of all the HS2 Tunnels. The @EnvAgency should shut down HS2 tunnelling activity until there is … 46
1639647295791669249 It doesn't stop. HS2 are clearly worried they've got big problems..... https://t.co/P594s1s5s1 @BrentPoland1 @stophs2 @joerukin @GreenJennyJones @TheGreenParty @GreenAgainstHS2 35
1638520903226073098 When an engineering magazine produces polls like this, time must surely be up for @HS2ltd @TheGreenParty @BrightGrn @stophs2 @GreenAgainstHS2 @GreenJennyJones https://t.co/peoXYvuFdK 27
1640017114919469057 @stophs2 @paulsandham2 @RishiSunak @Jeremy_Hunt Also apparently being built to add capacity, not speed? If not speed why destroy so much environment to enable speed? 13
1640753182291931136 @HS2ltd Total #Greenwash because you ignore the MASSIVE carbon footprint of the construction itself. @Hs2Rebellion @stophs2 HS2: Europe's most climate damaging construction project, destroying over 100 ancient woodlands https://t.co/SJHYuUHnZa 11
1639961037175771136 This is humiliating. After 4 days supposed 'campaign' group @stophs2 (in reality a woman in Bournemouth and a man in Kenilworth) have poorer Twitter metrics than many people who are … 11
1640850884321067012 Thurston, like a PM with a hard hat, tries figmented reality....... ".....and over here is the________" Fill the blank. @stophs2 @BrentPoland1 @frances_cutler @HS2DeadDuck @joerukin @paulpowlesland https://t.co/hn7Ppm7Hi7 10
1639673348396314624 @stophs2 @JoSutherland73 @ruisliprfc What are @TfL and @chilternrailway doing to check the integrity of the Central, Piccadilly and Metropolitan Tube Lines and Chiltern Railway. They are only meters away from … 9
1637828646676185091 @EmBeck2015 @WestyHaynes @TransportActio2 @NationalHways How many acres of land are wasted as nurseries for saplings that developers, road-builders & HS2 plant, neglect & let die? How many barrels of oil … 9
1639983238335561729 @stophs2 @RishiSunak @Jeremy_Hunt Hope this project is scrapped ASAP. 1000's of acres of priceless irreplaceable countryside dug up for a vanity project . Train system just needs updated trains and … 8

Top Languages Used

Languages used in tweets

Top 10 Hashtags

Hashtag Count
#hs2 73
#stophs2 16
#stophs2isdead 6
#ruislip 4
#euston 3
#camden 3
#greenwash 2
#manchester 2
#not40percentdone 2
#hs2rebellion 2
Top hashtags

Top 10 Mentions

Mention Count
@stophs2 309
@rishisunak 63
@jeremy_hunt 61
@paulsandham2 59
@hs2ltd 56
@farnsworth100 55
@hs2thetruth 40
@sonnersounds 38
@mcahs2 38
@igeographies 36
Top mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Wordcloud of tweets

Emoji Analysis

Average emojis per tweet:

9

Emojis Used

Emoji Count Emoji Text
❣️ 4 heart_exclamation
😂 4 face_with_tears_of_joy
🤔 3 thinking_face
🙏 2 folded_hands
💋 2 kiss_mark
🤓 2 nerd_face
🤦 2 person_facepalming
😊 2 smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes
👉 1 backhand_index_pointing_right
🧡 1 orange_heart

Emoji Groups

Emoji Group Count
Smileys & Emotion 19
People & Body 7
Travel & Places 1
Animals & Nature 1

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