Really struggling with Trumps actions right now. I'm against Imperialism BUT I'd love The Netherlands to buy the UK and inflict their way of living on us 😂

Phone notifications should notify you, not the entire office / bus / train / café....

Re-upping this today given some of the replies I’ve been getting to my other posts.

How does the UK’s health compare? Researchers at LSHTM recently answered this by comparing age-standardised mortality rates (ASMR) across countries. This placed the UK 4th worst for females and 6th worst for males, out of 20. Surprisingly, UK does better than Netherlands (F) and Denmark (M).

Full write-up: medium.com/healthfdn-da... Our account of the LSTHM research exploring why UK's mortality is higher than comparator countries: www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...

🌹 Prime Minister 🌹 MP 🌹 Mayor 🌹 Police Crime Commissioner 🌹 City Council 🌹 Ward Councillors In May, Labour are going to have to find someone to blame for zero progress in Birmingham on road safety and car reduction..... @brumgreens.bsky.social

Steve McCabe wasn't right, but Birmingham politicians can't prove him wrong. Birmingham City Council has had 6 years to fully implement the LTN in Kings Heath - and is failing. The consequence is driving is as dominant as ever. London and Paris have made progress since 2020, Birmingham has not

The average IQ of both parties just went up.

When I think of Governments being misleading, I'm more drawn to: Cameron and Boris and Brexit Cameron saying we needed austerity Thatcher saying the economy is like a household economy Anything Farage says Reeves doesn't even come close to this lot

This is the lighting I'd love to see in York Rd, Kings Heath

You could - perhaps - have justified a few years of a freeze or even come up with some kind of stabiliser that linked to other transport costs or investment. But what have we achieved from freezing fuel duty for fifteen years? Do we have huge growth from it? Has it held down inflation? (No, no)

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Do you trust car manufacturers to tell the truth about the #Health & environmental impacts of their cars? 63% of British adults don't. Where illegal activity is shown by the #Dieselgate trial, the Government needs to enforce recalls, paid for by manufacturers. @clientearth.bsky.social

The killer in this case should never be allowed to drive again. But why are the people who design our roads to keep producing this result never held to any account?

Kings Heath High Street daily scenario: I'm on a bus with (I'm estimating here) 50 or 60 people on it, being held up by about 50 or 60 single occupancy vehicles. So we're all moving at 4mph. The positive effects of the high street carrying two buses moving at 10mph are huge. Huge.

Is there an economic analysis from a reputable source to understand the costs and expected momentary impacts of Labour's relentless migration strategies? Has OBR commented?

All this talk of Birmingham being more like London, this 👇🏼 is the London-like behaviour I hope Brum is able to mimic

I'm really hoping for @zackpolanski.bsky.social to announce "of course there is such thing as society". Time to end the competition and division between individuals and start to create better, more connected, more inclusive communities.

James May just did an entire bike episode, including a cargo bike for groceries!

Please support my petition, Marina. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

When cyclists are blamed for not wearing high-viz, just remember this advertisement for the 2.5 tonne all-terrain vehicle by Land Rover Ideally suited for the school run 🙄

We cannot take this for granted …

Read this and tell me that LTNs in two wards in South Birmingham are a problem.

I dunno, convert some of the endless paved space reserved for cars into green space that can absorb water, maybe? Sorry, forget it. That could result in a car owner being inconvenienced, which would of course be far worse than the flooding of our cities and towns.

I wish Labour were as committed to good stuff as they were to bad stuff

Word on the street is that there are a bunch of new folks joining Bluesky right now, so it seems like a good time to re-share my first & biggest STARTER PACK of urbanists & city-making organizations from across the world. Hope you’ll consider following the excellent accounts here. And please share!

Because Reform are the party of "true patriots"... www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...

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New data shows just £1.5 million was given to councils in England in the past year to tackle air pollution – down from a high of £225 million in 2021 @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/t...

Compare and contrast the Government language. £3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’. Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’. And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.

Gill-ty as charged. I wonder if Nigel Farage will be giving a press conference on this one?

We await your response Mr Farage

Has Nigel Farage or Zia Yusuf remembered who Nathan Gill is yet? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Car Size xkcd.com/3167/

Anyone else expecting Labour's Road Safety Plan to consist of a focus of drivers born outside UK, and putting leaflets in supermarkets telling drivers to be more careful.

Why was #CelebrityTraitors one big SUV ad?! SUVs like the Defender are three times more likely to kill a child under 10 in the event of a crash, compared to a small car. This form of advertising needs challenging. #AirPollution #RoadDanger

Jenrick has an unfortunate moment on LBC.

You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that: 1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people. 2. Most drug-takers are not a problem. 3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich. 4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.

#SchoolRunJoy I admire our lollipop ladies. It is an enormously important job. I could not stand there patiently each day as parents and neighbours blithely endanger the very children they are delivering to school by parking dangerously. @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org

There's only one thing worse for a Local Authority that's bankrupt making cuts and selling assets which will hurt those most in need, and that's making cuts and selling assets because you *thought* you were bankrupt but you weren't Wonder if we'll ever get the true story on Birmingham City Council?

The public is rightly outraged that private water companies pollute rivers and streams they can usually avoid drinking or swimming in The public is ambivalent to privately owned vehicles that pollute the air they cannot avoid breathing in. Or their children or elderly parents.

This is a great summary of what's going on in particular sections of the news media. It's obvious that the only real issue that the tabloid media has with Zack Polanski's mouth is that he uses it to say that we should lift up people who are struggling instead of the rich.

This morning, the region's Transport Delivery Overview and Scrutiny Committee meets. This month, there are updates on the Local Transport Plan, Ring and Ride and 2027-32 transport funding (currently £484.5m is unallocated). Papers: governance.wmca.org.uk/ieLi...

My walk to work today. If we want to live in safe communities with clean air, we all have to walk+ cycle more/drive less. But there's no incentive on offer to walk so the status quo continues... @livingstreets.bsky.social @tahiralimp.bsky.social

You’re absolutely right. It’s time to clear pavements for people who rely on them. betterstreetsforbirmingham.org/our-campaign...

The pedestrians in this photo had to move to the right so the cars could drive along the footpath to drop their kids off. Birmingham is an extraordinary place where people will fight for the right fit for a car dominated city 🤯 @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org @livingstreets.bsky.social

This is what it looks like when Councils want us to walk more but do nothing to facilitate it @livingstreets.bsky.social @tahiralimp.bsky.social @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org

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When we're told there's no new money, we must spend what we have more wisely. Nearly 12x ROI