A traffic jam is a thousand people who were each promised freedom.

You what now? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Another nail in the coffin of the "special relationship".

Reform UK Councillors Gone

"Most of us rarely do anything that could easily kill another person – except when we drive." A thought-provoking article from @profkyd.bsky.social, on why we need to treat driving as the serious responsibility that it is and take stronger action to prevent deaths and injuries on our streets.

Drove for the first time in a while today. Forgot how much I hate phone in radio. Theme of the show was "What can Andy Burnham do differently?" One caller brought up Law and Order. Get more police on the streets and stop releasing prisoners early / giving out suspended sentences. Cont.

Checks into his happy place. Weekend in the sunshine.

A reminder that this is the guy we're all now supposed to be listening to on the subject of the safety of MPs

Just had meeting with kiddo's school. She has been fully supported, treated with full equality & dignity for years. All of that changes from September. Full segregation & humiliation across the board. The school staff cried in the meeting. This will absolutely lead to children's deaths 1/2

I'd go further and ban anyone convicted of causing death or life changing injuries through dangerous driving for life. Driving isn't a right, it's privilege and a choice. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The UK's June heatwave caused a £2.4bn hit to productivity, says a new report It says the cost of extreme heat could reach £6bn/yr by 2030 Interesting, bc we tend to focus on the cost of cutting emissions, rather than cost of failing to do so… www.verdantthinking....

really thinking about this tweet as i’ve been struggling to breathe through nausea for the last 5 hours

Seems like having each of us individually yell at cars from our bikes is kinda inefficient… How about we get a group of super smart and motivated people together who can make a lot of change and help communities build bike and pedestrian infrastructure at scale?

Boo boo, the council can't fill in potholes as fast as you create them with your oversized, over-compensating monster car. Take some responsibility, bellend.

We were let down. We knew this long ago of course. It’s a national scandal. “The lives of NHS staff and patients were put at risk in the pandemic because of a lack of adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), the Covid inquiry has said.”

Oxfordshire has its first two “side-road zebra crossings”, installed without Belisha beacons or zig-zags, on St Margaret’s Rd where it meets Banbury Rd in north Oxford, and on Cornwallis Rd where it meets Henley Ave in east Oxford. Such crossings are standard in mainland Europe but rare in the UK.

If Andy Burnham is serious about changing the way we do politics, he will start by fixing our broken voting system. Then we can get on with fixing everything else.

A security detail would know where Farage was and who he was meeting at all times. I can't help thinking that might have been a factor in Farage declining the offer.

In case you missed it ... Here's Nigel Farage celebrating the collapse of the pound after he "won" the Brexit ref. #VladsArmy

How is this not just a straight up extortion racket?

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

A key summer gardening task that needs doing now involves making holes in your fence.

The world is burning yet when it comes to climate change there are fools telling us we need to drill for more gas and oil. Trump, Badenoch, Farage...Every time they are up for election we must oppose them. Ballots out for Sharon Graham this week! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Newcastle City Council's Leader Liberal Democrat Colin Ferguson has called on the new prime minister to extend more powers to local authorities and not just regional mayors, syaing "fair funding" for local government needed to be higher on the agenda. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Good day to have MVDP and Pidcock in my #TDF2026 Fantasy Team.

I thought the best person to go on Laura Kuenssberg to defend me against charges of financial irregularity would be Nadhim Zahawi, who claimed £6,000 to heat his stables and hid £27m in an offshore account then threatened to sue anyone who asked about it.

Always, always ask which bit of the European Human Rights they want to keep for themselves, but do away with for you. Good job Nigel has never invited the press to that house for a cheap photo opportunity then.

"Farage is complaining about the Press harassing his daughter. I presume he is aware the right to family life is protected under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), integrated into UK law via the Human Rights Act 1998" via Peter White Which he wants to ditch ...

If there is a better description of RFK Jr. than 'parasite now causing explosive diarrhea across the country', I haven't seen it

This. Our Air Fryer has one button, that basically works like binary or morse code*. Dot dot dash dot to turn it on. Dot dot dot dash to turn the temperature up. Dash dash dot to change the time. I feel there's a mutual hatred of each other going on in the kitchen. * First world problems.

Every time Farage gets questioned about any of his dodgey dealings, it’s always oh look over there a boat or migrants this, migrants that. He’s just a joke at this point. #NigelFarage

Here's another news story that will absolutely never be covered by mainstream media. When it comes to election fraud, it's always Republicans doing it.

When the button is pressed at a pedestrian crossing the traffic light should immediately turn red in all circumstances. Would make walking/running much more pleasant. Drivers can wait.

What is so chilling about it is nobody knows the risks, and the dangerous locations, more than a safe streets advocate. What chance does my son have if the literal professional cannot survive?

New fear unlocked. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Can't decide what is more disconcerting, the window breaking, or that it might have been caused by a bit of the engine!

If you’re ever lost in the wilderness, just build a cycle path because someone is bound to pull up in their car and park in it.

"I will fight for Clacton and stand on my record of what I have achieved for the town! Things like... er... and, ah... hmmm... what about, er... that umm... well... I'm pretty sure I visited once"

Me, preparing to fight The Establishment.

"Your job is at risk from AI". Not if you're a cartographer it seems. I guess the kindest thing you could say is "it's giving Belgian vibes"? God save us from Governments who think this shit is a panacea. share.google/rEKMV9QFvV5U...

“We are concerned that many Northumberland politicians are creating the impression that dualling alone can solve safety issues on the A1 and save the Northumberland economy" | James Robinson

Potentially inspired by @parodypm.bsky.social, one of the Reform Councillors in #Newcastle has stood down today, triggering a by-election. new.newcastle.gov.uk/council-and-... It's currently unclear if they'll follow Nige's example and stand again. @reformexposed.bsky.social @reformwatch.org

This. In Newcastle, we've built some beautiful bike lanes, that don't join up to anything. Yet there are miles of wide roads where we used to have trams, where we could quickly roll out a wider network or connect some of those nice sections to the network, with upgrades coming later.

Public misting stations 😍

Enjoying some of the forbidden fruit. This must count as one of my five a day? #ChocolateOrange

I mean credit where credit is due: "If he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won't stop him" is top tier posting

I'm shocked that no other parties are interested in taking part in the shameless publicity stunt to distract attention from my dodgy finances. I mean the by-election.