“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”

Uncut Trumpism. No election is valid unless they win it. Farage and Reform UK are outright enemies of democracy and the Mail is actively aiding them.

anyway the consultation shuts tomorrow, one minute to midnight UK time: www.gov.uk/government/c... Amnesty have some good guidance here. Go on: media.amnesty.org.uk/documents/Am...

A real pleasure to meet George Clarke and hear about his experiences growing up on a council estate. We both know the positive impact social housing can have on families’ lives. That’s why I’m determined to continue delivering more council homes as we build a fairer London for everyone.

🚨 BONUS EDITION 🚨 The mystery of #BlueLabour – What is it, where did it come from… and is Maurice Glasman’s brainchild as powerful as it wants us to think? 🎙️ @dorianlynskey.bsky.social & @iandunt.bsky.social tide you over between seasons with this special edition 📳 Listen linktr.ee/originstoryp...

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! The first of a two-part conversation in which David talks to Helen Thompson about how to understand the extraordinary and unlikely power of the United States, from its origins to its current incarnation. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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Fancy a podcast for the weekend? I joined @ppfideas.bsky.social for a double-header on "Home Rule for Ireland", from the shattering of the Liberal Party in 1886 to the brink of civil war in 1914. We asked why it was so polarising, what it tells us about Brexit & how close the UK came to revolution

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today we're returning to Politics on Trial with an episode about the epic battle between Muhammad Ali and the US government over its attempt to draft him during the Vietnam war and what happened when that fight reached the US Supreme Court. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

Not my finest... 🤘😜🤘 - Beat It! I rocked DISCOVR: 10/36 discovr.uk

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A lady asked me for directions. I knew exactly where she wanted to go, but in the micro-pause after I said "Ok.." as I thought how best to tell her, she angrily barked, "Not good enough!", and marched off (in the wrong direction).

I’ll mute the audio and focus only on the countdown on the greyed out Skip button, wilfully never glancing up like I was Perseus and the ad was The Gordon

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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Part two of David’s conversation with historian Chris Clark asks whether the best historical insights into Trump-like leadership come from comparison with kings or commoners, democrats or dictators. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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A strong immigration system doesn't need to be a cruel one. It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution. This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.

UK Clownshow Plc

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Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen promised renewal. Instead, Britain’s biggest regeneration project has turned into a taxpayer-funded scandal - enriching a few local businessmen while leaving public bodies on the brink. Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.

We’ve made this investigation free to read because so many people in Sheffield are affected by this story. Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us. We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.

A London lawyer is demanding dozens of Sheffield homeowners pay £25k to buy the freehold off him - or face court action for covenant breaches Given he acquired these freeholds for under £400 each, this equates to a potential profit margin of over 6,000% www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...

If you want to understand the emotional end intellectual malaise of British politics, this piece by @mjrobbins.com is a pretty good place to start. It effectively describes a country that has gone mad. open.substack.com/pub/martinro...

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! We return to our series about the most significant trials in history with our most requested trial: Scopes ‘Monkey’ (1925). Meant to be about a Tennessee schoolteacher but became a battle between science and religion and everything in between. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this. At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years

Increasingly I think the point of a wealth tax is not to raise money but to create space for raising income tax. The lethal thing in politics is when the compliant middle class feels like they have been taken for mugs; if you want to get money out of them, someone else needs to pay more too.

Farage: epic grifter

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There is a serious, principled case for a codified constitution, for some of the reasons George sets out. But botching together a constitution to stop Farage - a constitution that could not command widespread support and that was widely seen as rigged - would deepen our problems, not resolve them.🧵

There's a petition to restore access for several vulnerable groups, which would be a good start. But whatever happened to prevention being better than cure? Especially when people are still getting Long Covid, and there are sequelae we don't yet understand. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

I’m sorry, why are we using “critics accuse” language here? These are factually, unambiguously, extrajudicial killings. It’s not an opinion. It’s not a disputed or disputable claim.

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(if anyone would like to maybe start some sort of campaigning or pressure group of and on behalf of immigrants with ILR and settled status in Britain then I would be interested in helping, or indeed trying to get it off the ground myself, email in bio, etc)

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Some politicians and commentators continue to talk our great city down. The facts show a very different picture.

if the president does something so awful it would be indecent to describe and ask about then you very obviously need to describe and ask about it, thats the entire job

New post just out: "On the edge" On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS. (Free to read) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! In this special live episode recorded in front of pupils from schools in Doncaster, David talks to political scientist @robfordmancs.bsky.social about whether Nigel Farage is really going to be the UK’s next Prime Minister. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

OTD in 2002 🇺🇦 began decommissioning its nuclear capable Tu-22 strategic bombers & Kh-22 cruise missiles, as per the Budapest memo. 30 bombers & 230 missiles were destroyed over 2 & half years in exchange for promise 🇷🇺 would never invade. But you can believe our promises now

Brilliant bonus episode this, well worth the subscription!

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

All my comics have happy endings!