We often define people by the challenges they face, rather than by how they responded to them. “She came from a poor family” or “He brought up 3 kids on his own” doesn’t tell the story. How did they overcome and who did they become is surely a much bigger narrative?

I see were doing well at the latest national sport of throwing wheelie bins at the police. I wonder if it will feature at the next Olympics?

So the Rwanda fiasco is now officially a waste of taxpayers money. Never forget the architect of the strategy, who is now the darling of Reform

I was on the Island this weekend and the new buses are impressive. Be aware if you’re hard of hearing and crossing the road though, they’re very quiet!

Some good points, but when oh when will this abuse of the English language end, please make it stop. A staycation is staying AT HOME (possibly with days out, returning home overnight). What this article, and many others is describing is “holidaying in the UK” !!!

Isn’t it “great” to live in Britain? On the plus side, one of my relatives recruits lawyers so I don’t think they’ll be out of a job!

I’ve just read that some companies are spending more in a month on AI tokens than they usually spend in a year on employing people. Sort of weirdly makes sense then that Reform have pledged to sack more Planners than we actually employ in the UK. We need a name for this new kind of economics!

An interesting idea that could be developed further eg Councillors approving low carbon building & taking up the options open to them to improve public transport; or employers incentivising commuters to take the train to work?

We are the first generation that is affected by climate change and the last generation that can do something about it and how will we explain to future generations that it was good for the economy when they can't farm the land, breathe the air or drink the water, that's what I want to know.

Railway station is Fareham f/b no 5 bus to the hovercraft museum. I’ll be there - looking forward to seeing how easy this is going to be as an example of integrated public transport. Better than some experiences in the UK, but not yet Little Switzerland? @garethdennis.uk @wightwanderer.bsky.social

Thankfully my local council has formed an alliance & managed to head off a takeover by those who would shout the Lord’s Prayer & warble the national anthem, whilst refusing to love their neighbours or endorse their Monarch’s progressive views.

So the new Reform Councillors (who often refer to themselves as Counsellors, but we’ll gloss over), have learned how to run a flag down a flagpole 👏🏻 Hopefully they can now be provided with training on how to vote, understand amendments & generally operate in the world of the grown ups

Now emerging: Grenfell arrests will start in 2027, with trials in 2029. Absolutely appalling- more than 10 years since the tragedy. Can you imagine this delay if the fire hadn’t been in social housing & the tenants had not been principally from the ethnic minority community? Absolutely disgusting!

A potential loser in the “headlines that make sense” category. Does anyone remember “Freddie Starr ate my hamster”?

In the run up to the 10th anniversary of Brexit I think we need to remember what was promised by the Brexiters and what threats they made about what would happen if we didn't leave. Here's Farage 10 years ago this month. www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-p...

An absolutely stunning article from what is normally a well balanced website. Absolutely no mention of “the bleedin obvious”: reduce potholes by reducing car usage and moving more freight by rail! @garethdennis.uk

Reform voters have had a great weekend celebrating that they “got their country back”. Next week they’ll realise what they got was a bunch of incompetents trying to organise their bins.

Was reminded today that being older is a stage of life, not an identity, and the language used to describe it needs to be inclusive and fit for the 21st century

For wildlife, walkers, cyclists and horse riders - that’ll do nicely 😎

We seem to get more evidence on almost a daily basis that we need to cut pollution. When oh when are we going to get serious about investing in public transport?

“the creation of a rolling series of imaginary crises, a constantly updated fictitious enemy representing the global elite and internal minorities. It was about a storyline of grievance and victimhood, a constant attempt to pitch citizen against citizen” sound familiar? ..

Clearly none of them are white, and have just stepped off a small boat in order to terrorise us ..

Um no shit Sherlock ..

Just been told by Chat GPT that Elon Musk no longer runs it - progress?

“Reform’s plan, aped of course by the Conservatives, seems to be to become a US satellite, recognise the Russian sphere, and abandon the European vision” Can’t wait 🤦‍♀️

Brilliant news, onwards and upwards!

Sums it up nicely

If you think this couldn’t happen in the UK think again. We’ve already had part of our local bus route cancelled because of “too much congestion” on the roads. Some numpties clearly believing that forcing people into cars would improve things!

The Isle of Wight leading from the front ..

IF these figures are correct then 1 in 5 new homes are keeping the NHS off its knees. Unfortunately the remaining 4 in 5 new builds are going to the wealthy as 2nd homes or buy to lets (at eye watering rents).

The main thing you can do is encourage modal shift away from private cars. Far less people are killed or injured on buses, trams and trains

Who agrees that Nigel Farage's face should go on the new nine-bob note?

Not necessarily a bad initiative, just the usual Labour clusterfuck on communications - presumably cheaper than legal fees to deport & possibility that repatriation will be refused; but I had to research possible reasons on Google! GET THE RIGHT MESSAGE OUT!!

So .. Farage thinks Trump is going to take time out from waging the third world war to talk to him about the Chagos Islands .. really??

“Once upon a time, not so long ago, the right-wing press would act like Britain’s acceptance of European regulation was an affront to sovereignty. But that apparently does not apply to the issues raised here - of British military involvement, of international law & of geopolitical rationality”

Can’t begin to imagine how we’re going to deal with tax - exile “refugees” attempting to return to the UK from Dubai. “send them back where they came from” springs to mind

Yet another Labour government about to be absolutely destroyed by worshipping the boot laces of a US President intent on an illegal war. Have they learned nothing from history?

“What was it about Matt having said that anyone who was black or brown wasn’t properly British that had upset the 40% of the constituency who were black or brown? Surely some people just need to learn to accept they are second-class citizens” (& vote Reform!)

Hard to see how she fits into Reform

Well done to Island Roads, however Brading is well served by both buses & trains. Let’s get a better balance between mass transport and private (often single person) cars and heavy lorries. We could save money needed for mending the roads and reduce accidents. Not to mention help save the planet!

Let’s do it, what are we waiting for !

They all need to move to “Somewhere Else”, the place in the UK where everyone supports building homes. I think it’s in Heart-fordshire and there’s plenty of affordable housing ❤️

Presumably he’s planning compulsory health insurance but realises that paying out on top of Tax and NI might be a tadge unpopular so he won’t say it!

They’re galloping over the hill to save us 👏🏻

What an absolute disgrace, no words 😶

Absolutely this ..

Immigrants don’t colonise countries; armies do, just as the Uk did in the past and Russia is currently doing in Ukraine. The concept that people recruited to key worker jobs in this country along with a few refugees are “colonising” the UK is absurd