Come the revolution use of the phrase "milquetoast" will be a capital offence. Yes this means you, citizens of America. Buy a dictionary, find a comprehensible world that doesn't make you sound like a moron.

Is it just me or is Lisa Nandy as effective as wet tissue paper?

Facebook in MELTDOWN because @mynottingham.bsky.social have the TEMERITY to install a new bridge for cyclists / pedestrians. HOW DARE THEY not build a road bridge somewhere else at many times the cost? I disagree with much Nottm CC have done but they deserve all the kudos for getting this built

Dear Corbynite left. A LW candidate winning NYC mayor says little about UK politics. But one thing you could learn is that part of his appeal is he's a polite and decent guy who welcomes supporters. Insulting everyone who doesn't meet your purity tests repels others. It why you always lose.

Self-appointed worthless ultra-nimby Nottingham Civic Society complaining about redevelopment of eye-sore Broadmarsh site complaining of the loss of historic building Big City Tyres. Just admit you hate people and want no jobs or housing. Pathetic. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's easy to pontificate on Labour govt failings so here's my shot. Stop chasing reform vote's they are old working class voters screaming into the void. What upsets them is the C21st. No remedy will satisfy them. Ignore them. Invest in a hopeful, fairer UK with opportunity for all.

Bad luck Zac Polanski. I may not agree with you about many things but I'm not sure what you've done to earn the indignity of Owen Jones' endorsement. OJ is the kiss of death for political careers, he'll be screaming "sellout" before Easter. Because its all about him.

Went into Nottingham B&Q last night not long before it closed. Despite the store being quiet there was a large queue for 1 open till. So asked customer services why they didn't open more and got a rant about staff cuts. All fair enough Except the closed tills were all self service. Huh?

Your reminder from Corbyn-era Labour: party membership nos are vanity. Individuals being enthusiastic about a party means nothing (eg @greenparty.org.uk today) . Winning elections is what counts and voters reward competence: @libdems.org.uk won 7/10 council byelections last week.

Fair point, Polanski seems like he must be young because he acts like a teenager

There needs to be a UK criminal investigation into Prince Andrew. If he were anyone else he'd already have been interviewed by police and probably charged if any of those women were under 16. A truly disgusting man.

Bravo to GM for taking this seriously. Anything that reduces fear of crime on public transport is very worthwhile in building confidence in using it. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

Got to Nttm stn with just enough time to find that the train was cancelled. I'm now sat on the next one waiting to start. It's 1/2 length, rammed full and late. Top start to the day. @eastmidsrailway.bsky.social couldn't run a bath never mind trains

Note to vendors: Look I understand the need for computer security . But if I need multi-factor authorisation just to VIEW what you sell then I'm gone. Some of us have a life. (This was for my employers cycle-to-work scheme)

A pet hate. I live in sight of this. Generation ended not just for green reasons but also costs and because it was at end of design life. Keeping derelict cooling towers is an absolute waste of cash and sterilises land that can be used for something useful. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nottingham isn't mentioned in the new UK industrial strategy, Bristol is mentioned 5 X. East Midlands are mentioned 4 times but all in the context of manufacturing (ie Derby). Testament to decades of failure by @mynottingham.bsky.social Notts Country Council to establish a unique role.

Good to see Labour finally following @eddavey.libdems.org.uk lead and attacking Farage and Musk.

Good Andy Burnham : prepared to consider re-joining EU (controversial, easier to say nothing) Bad AB: allowing OAPs to use bus passes before 930. This is to stop overcrowding in rush hour and spread travel out helping retain decent service all day (see also SNP ending peak fares)

Water is hydrating. In other news: shock pro-Catholicism announcement by Pope www.independent.co.uk/life-style/t...

Reform's energy policy is fantasy. You might want to extract more gas from the North Sea but if it isn't there because of the geology then this is skypie. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

In politics you hear arguments seen to be "trump cards" to stop further discussion that generally mean people haven't read the paperwork. In UK science "the Haldane Principle" has this status. Oft quoted but less read than "War and Peace" publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/...

Peter Mandelson should be fired today. Recalled immediately and relieved of his duties. He has no future in UK public life.

Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him

Green Party supporters struggling with its new Hard Left leader will be very welcome in @libdems.org.uk. Remember @eddavey.libdems.org.uk was responsible for UK's offshore wind generation policy which is the reason we have routinely 80%+ non-carbon electricity, reaching 100% some days this summer.

Neither of my kids' state schools' uniforms were like this. Logoed items: blazer, gym top, optional v neck sweate, rugby shirt (girls: logoed skirt). Everything else (shirts, trousers etc) generic, logos banned on shoes/trainers. Are some schools taking the piss? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If there's a more self pitying, deluded group than parents with kids in private schools complaining about VAT, then I've yet to meet them. It's a luxury, if you choose to pay then up to you. But expecting a subsidy from the rest of us? Begone

"How dare they bring jobs and investment to our region, it might cause jams?" These are derelict brick pits many of which have been used for Landfill, in 1980s were scheduled for nuclear waste disposal. Has the parish council supported MML or East-West rail? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hot take: asking people to think about the implication of their online behaviour for energy and resources is reasonable. But crypto mining / blockchain is the biggest use of global computing power. A technology which is only useful for hiding proceeds of crime is something worth stopping first

Realised I've been tracking commuting rides for 10 years. In that time I've done 149 (1 way) journeys, total of 2385 km saving around 135 litres of fuel / 360 kg CO2. Since covid it's ~1x per week April to October (only a fool does my commute in those roads in the dark). Every little helps.

There are lies, damn lies and comment pieces on the success of Corbyn's new party. This is a man who is as popular with UK voters as a bucket of cat sick and rejected twice, once catastrophically. Pure wish fulfilment by a hard left journalists.

Terrible customer service #Clarksshoes at East Mids Designer Outlet. 13yo son's shoes soles falling off, bought 3 months ago clear manufacturing fault. But "they are not school shoes" so no refund. Like all 13yo in adult sizes & needs black shoes for school. Where worn irrelevant. Not good enough.

The hard left can never get their heads around the fact that whilst they loved Corbyn, the UK voters hated him. He was an abject failure who can't lead, Sultana a marginal figure. 600000 sign ups for a mailing list means absolutely nothing tinyurl.com/ms7w7mv2

500000 people signing Yours mailing list has the same impact as 500000 people signing an online petition to bring back a historic chocolate bar. None at all. Corbyn's Labour made a fuss about signing up £10 members who then did exactly no campaigning. Net achievements : zero A trivial pursuit.

13yo finishes Y9 today and with it, as a #STEM nerd like his parents, stops studying languages, history, drama, Art & wood /metal work. I'm not sure the UK encouraging kids to specialise so early does anyone any favours. The fact he still has to study worthless RE BS just makes it worse.

Got covid. It's still crap. Last jab 2.5 years ago. If you get offered a jab, take it.

I'll be talking against a Tory grandstanding motion against #e-bikes tonight at a #Broxtowe Council meeting tonight. Their disconnection from ordinary people's lives is something to behold. 3 young people in my ward are recovering from serous injuries after being hit by cars that were racing.

For the millionth time: Britain didn't stand alone in 1940. The British Empire did: ~1/4 of the Earth's population. Including: UK, Canada, Australia, NZ, India, RSA and African, Caribbean and Asian colonies + volunteers from Ireland, USA, occupied European nations. Lowe is a racist liar.

I'm so glad free bus travel is such a success at getting people to leave their cars behind. It's why you never see a pensioner driving... Er hang on a minute

MML electrification north of Wigston cancelled again. A complete fail by @teamlabouruk.bsky.social. Wires that don't even reach Leicester, never mind Nottingham and Derby as useful as a chocolate teapot. But road building goes evert on.

The plural of Lego is Lego. No other opinion is valid.

Interesting pro-nuclear polemic from Tim Gregory. I strongly disagree with his view on renewables. Much energy demand growth is in 3rd world where wind/solar + battery offer real benefits for places with no robust power grids. 1st W thinking on 3rd W problem. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Reach newspapers comments are a pool of racist filth and they make no effort to edit these. They have long past their usefulness and are now just platforms for amplifying the worst of views.

There's a prize of five of your English pounds for the first "Fruit and Nutcase" headline

If only development around #Broxtowe or #Nottingahm had half this thought applied. Back to a vomit of developer-led car-dependent urban spawl.

I can't help thinking UK is a better place without people like this around. www.standard.co.uk/business/bil...

Apropos of nothing 19yo has just discovered that the Duran Duran song isn't about "Wild Boar" it's just something I chant when ever pigs are mentioned to annoy his Duranie mother.

Manston Airport closed in 2014 because it lost money. Doncaster-Sheffield Airport closed in 2022 because it lost money. Even ignoring carbon emissions limitless airport expansion often losses money. So why do they automatically consider to be money makers?

Victims are from my ward, thankfully lived but seriously injured. I used to take 1 to Scouts, 1 raised £1000s for charity. Good law abiding kids celebrating finishing 6th form, about to get jobs or go to uni. In hospital because 2 morons were racing cars on public roads www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Finally catching up with #Shogun on #DisneyPlus. It's great but Cosmo Jarvis' voice and vocal mannerisms are so similar to Richard Burton you keep expecting to break off to say, "Broadsword to Danny Boy"

I am in favour of assisted dying. I know of too many horrible deaths from cancer and dementia. If you find that repugnant I respect your choice about your own body. But religions want to dictate what happens to my body, that is not their business. Outsourcing to the Swiss is just wrong.