At today's Road Safety GB National Road Safety Conf #20splenty will be presenting on how "Setting 20mph as an urban/village norm has the power to deliver one of the quickest wins for the UK and in particular England and Northern Ireland".

Algerian-born train hero saves train passengers from attack. Since the right-wing press loves reporting criminals’ race and religion, surely they should report heroes’ too. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Politico: "MPs should consider deleting X, according to a committee led by Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle... "On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.” Absolutely. Please get on with it.

*** New blog post *** Back in July, I went for a cycle around Leicester, 10 years after the last time I cycled around Leicester. Here's my write up, with thanks to @leicestercyclingcg.bsky.social therantyhighwayman.blogspot.com/2025/10/live...

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The link goes to a campaign with four strands. One of the strands is, of course, bus stops and continuous footways. I am so exhausted with the nonstop idea that cycling represents the greatest threat to humanity and needs to be designed out of existence but cars and driving is just a fact of life.

NEW: We need to talk about Russia. So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage. My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

The proscription as terrorist of a direct action protest group for throwing paint over planes devalues the term 'terrorism'& makes infinitely more difficult the fight against actual terrorists. #proscription

🚜 A poor deal for farmers. A rotten deal for the country. “Brexit was not principally about trade" - we know Michael we know... 🛠️ Let's fix this broken deal and get Britain building again. https://bit.ly/42YNQxG

I don't know how any Starmer supporters can defend him. His 10 pledges in the Labour leadership election were basically Corbyn's manifesto then he ditched them all instantly and became Nigel Farage instead. He is SO obviously a liar, and that's not even the worst thing he is.

We just hit 79,000 members of @greenparty.org.uk Big milestone coming... A bold vision to lower bills, bring water back into public ownership, protect our NHS and end the genocide in Gaza. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Brexit: the unforgivably selfish arseholery of those who lied about what it really meant for the country while dodging the cost, hassle and restrictions they inflicted on everyone else. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Reduce bills. Nationalise our water companies. Invest in our public services. youtu.be/jbtkWV8gQgs?...

Ken Murphy is Tesco’s UK CEO and the highest paid supermarket boss. He gets £9,930,000 a year, but is registered to pay tax in the Republic of Ireland. Not a penny of his outrageous salary is collected in tax, despite almost all Tesco’s earnings coming from the UK. It’s theft.

"I haven’t felt this positive about politics ever. I think we can be a really powerful voice." @mothinali.bsky.social speaks to the Guardian following his election as Co-Deputy Leader of the Green Party ⤵️

Draw the line. Join the Green Party today ⤵️ join.greenparty.org.uk?utm_source=s...

My letter in today’s Times:

5 days left to enter the @righttoroam.bsky.social Prize Draw to win some great books by @drmjwarren.bsky.social @amyjanebeer.bsky.social @patrickbarkham.bsky.social and, er, yours truly! Most of all, help us win a right of responsible access to the English countryside... bsky.app/profile/righ...

Needed to go to big Asda. Baby too small for the trike still so we got the bus. Awful driver. Then we get off the bus and are greeted by this massive junction without signalled pedestrian crossings. No wonder people drive ten minute journeys.

Can you even consider yourself as someone who cares about cycling and walking in the UK if you haven't yet signed and shared this petition? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Runaway climate change. Genocide in Gaza. War in Ukraine. The world can seem a very dark place, and it can be easy to lose hope. After all, I can't stop any of the bad things happening. Or can I? I *can* choose to drive less, eat less meat and reduce my plastic usage. 1/x

This is happening more often since train ticket prices have increased Day returns bought on the day cheaper than advance tickets

🔴 "These People Can't Stand What London Represents… It Makes a Mockery of their Entire Worldview" Sadiq Khan, the Labour Mayor of London, addresses the increasing number of claims by those in the media and politics of the capital city's apparent decline

I don't suppose any of you have a pair of preferably Microshift 3x9 drop bar shifters you want to sell? Or failing that, a set of Sora ones?

This is why I don't cycle close to parked cars. #DNRPoliceScotland

It's time for a basic income for farmers. 20% of the wealthiest landowners recieve 80% of the subsidies. Meanwhile the farmers who protect our food security are often just trying to survive. I spoke to the Financial Times 👇🏼 www.ft.com/content/b0d8...

Litter An interesting article here www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/litter-... Not only in Scotland

BBC bias laid bare…..

Exactly this. Thatcher introduced privatisation, Blair consolidated it and subsequent govts carried on. Streeting sadly will privatise it even further. This is why we need a Green govt, who will protect our NHS. @zackpolanski.bsky.social

When they don't have a case, they lie.

"What we’re seeing in Epping [are] local grievances being hijacked by very activated audiences around the far-right and nationalist extremist groups" www.lbc.co.uk/news/exclusi...

Can someone please explain why it is that too many politicians only seem to want the votes of the prejudiced and the ignorant? To the extent that they are actively repelling anyone capable of rational thought and decency. Why the pathetic need to appease the bigot vote, at everyone else’s expense?

You’ve got 7 days left to join the Green Party and be able to vote for Zack Polanski to be leader. We need a mass movement. No climate justice without economic and social justice. backzack.com

The Greens' Zack Polanski told HuffPost UK said everything Corbyn is proposing aligns pretty much with his party.

This is what I want my representatives to be saying!!!👍👍👍 If you join the Greens before end of July, you can vote to elect Zack as leader. A sane voice against the gaslighting and establishment mendacity.

More roads = more traffic www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Just watched Grenfell Uncovered on Netfix There should be a special place in hell is reserved for some Tory ministers and multinational company executives

Thanks to a FOI sent to 43 police forces in England & Wales by IAM RoadSmart, we know that: - Video submissions to the police have doubled since 2021 - 54% resulted in a Notice of Intended Prosecution - 58% of motorists admit they don't know the 1.5m rule. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Great read by @adamtranter.bsky.social on driverless cars, and a cautionary tale on the importance of putting people, not vehicles, first on streets www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Hippos can swim through water and run faster than humans. What does this mean? The bycicle is the only way to beat then in a triathlon.

E bikes Had to give them a try Hugh Town St Mary's Isles of Scilly Now the wife wants one

Driving identity concealment is at shocking levels. Up to 50% of plates unreadable at airports according to some ANPR data. Urgent action needed! What else are the drivers evading? Not just parking charges. @sarahcoombesmp.bsky.social @sianberry.bsky.social forecourttrader.co.uk/news/uk-numb...

We are delighted about the Court of Appeal ruling today. But confused why the Labour government has continued defending a Conservative cut given how good walking and cycling is for: 😀the economy 👍🏼improving access to jobs ❤️‍🩹the NHS and people’s health transportactionnetwork.org.uk/treasury-cut...

Local MP Polly Billington on reports the Reform leader of Kent County Council is on holiday "Under Reform, KCC is in chaos: 40% of council meetings cancelled, multiple resignations from Kent’s Elon Musk-inspired cost-cutting drive, and a councillor suspended and referred to the police"

Imagine the savings to the NHS if we had an environment conducive to living an active daily life rather than this one that forces motor-dependency. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Bloody state of this! FFS!! @yplac.bsky.social

Don't you hate it when people don't pay their fair share? ‪@robertjenrickmp.bsky.social‬? Typical Tory hypocrisy. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

We seem to have a generation of drivers of retirement age who are being found lacking in the due care stakes. Surely a damning indictment of the past history of driving standards and attitudes

Another tragedy as another pedestrian killed at a bus stop in London. When will we stop talking endless hyperbole about cycle tracks by bus stops and start addressing the actual problem? www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...