Tories and Reform want to quit the European Convention on Human Rights. Since 1980, the ECHR court has heard 29 cases of immigrant deportation. UK won 16. No defeats in the last 5 yrs. Quitting ECHR won't fix illegal immigration, will destroy our freedoms and rights. archive.ph/eMg3O

Going 'behind enemy lines' at a far-right demo I saw how fascism hides behind a veneer of normality The Canary infiltrated a far-right march in Newcastle - and we found the faces of fascism on UK streets - hiding in plain sight in our communities www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

We can all agree that the attack on the Synagogue in Manchester was terrorism So why is setting a Mosque alight just 'arson' and a 'hate crime' and also not terrorism?

How appalling is this. @chairrdrf.bsky.social @greenjennyjones.bsky.social @cyclinguk.bsky.social www.edp24.co.uk/news/2551171...

Can Simon Foster or @alcarns.bsky.social explain the legal and practical basis for the police approach here?

Norwich Cycling Campaign claimed the sentence was evidence that "...killing a cyclist through distraction does not carry meaningful consequences."

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The Welsh 20mph default reduced casualties by 25% and insurance costs by £90m. If done in England expect reductions of 15,000 casualties pa and insurance by £2bn pa. Implementation cost would be approx £0.5bn. For comparison, 1st yr depreciation on new cars registered in England in 2024 was £78bn

For the longest time, I've been telling people who want to improve fitness and maybe lose a few that they don't need some hardcore exercise regiment. Walking is an absolute powerhouse for taking back basic health. There's even a subreddit dedicated to the topic.

In other news, Kemi Badenoch's party has taken at least £7 million in donations from funders and directors of climate change denial lobby groups bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...

A reminder about tomorrow's #CircleTheCity. Leaving from Victoria Square at 6 PM. All welcome, very much including relatively inexperienced cyclists who want to try out a low key group ride. It'll probably be dark by the time we finish, so bring lights!

Six Just Stop Oil activists found guilty in a trial riddled with rampant climate denialism Just Stop Oil supporters found guilty for M25 protest in skewed trial in which the prosecution denied the facts of the climate crisis. www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

If Michelle Mone gets to keep the superyacht, the private jet and the seat in the House of Lords, at least give the 'benefit scroungers' narrative a break for a couple of weeks

Birmingham’s Clean Air Zone has cut pollution by 17% 👏 but parts of the city still break legal limits. Khan’s steadfast push on ULEZ shows real political courage. Time Brum’s leaders showed the same boldness to deliver truly clean air. 🌍🚶🏻‍♀️🧑🏽‍🦽🚲🚌 @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org

If anyone knows folk who went to school with Nigel Farage I’d love to speak to them for an article and I’d protect their anonymity if they wished. Do help pass this on please in the hope it reaches the right people. Thank you

Reform invited Lucy Connolly – who was jailed for inciting violence in a post calling for asylum hotels to be burned down – to be a main stage speaker at their party conference *just last month*.

📝 There are surveyors near Pebble Mill Road - Please stop to help understand where cyclists are travelling from to use the Cycleway. ☺️

Live in England? Would you like a £50 reduction in your insurance. If England had followed Wales in 2023 with its national 20mph adoption it would have also saved 30,000 casualties over last 2 years and reduced insurance costs by £2bn for drivers bit.ly/4gIBPlJ

🔴 Calls for New Inquiry Into Russian Interference After Reform’s Former Welsh Leader Pleads Guilty to Bribery As the Kremlin steps up its political interference efforts in the West, is it time for a new Russia Report? bylinetimes.com/2025/10/01/c...

5 Fixed Penalty Notices in 10 seconds. Did the drivers see the lights or did they just ignore them? youtu.be/Z027lWel4ek

So @railnatter.uk recently put out a new episode on level boarding - as both Northern and ScotRail confirm that their new fleets will be low-floored to enable level boarding, it's worth stating: WE WON. It will be very difficult for new fleets not to be LB-ready now 🏆

102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons 27,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries 31 million people visit GPs every month a similar number have haircuts You can see the problem @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social judging by Wes’s trim he is going to the hair salon a lot more than his GP unlike many

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty. If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐 There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

Former Reform leader in Wales admits bribery charges over pro-Russian statements

One thing I've learned from the Internet is that a lie needs 0% proof to be believed, but the truth requires thousands of pages of proof and still won't be believed.

The BBC coverage of the protests in Newcastle today is interesting. on the surface it seems balanced, but I think it gives a misleading impression of the support for the UKIP lot, and fails to point out that the anti-racist crowds were very much the larger element. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Most driving infractions should result in bans and loss of licence. Even the minor ones. Fines and licence points don't stop bad driving & shite parking, so let's move on to zero tolerance.

“The ECHR isn’t Brussels meddling. It’s the foundation that protects you from your own government.” 👏👏👏

Great headline: “Newcastle protest: 100 anti-migrant protesters drowned out by counter march” www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2114...

Reform are the least patriotic party. They work against the interests of the people of this country and their policies would cause massive damage, just like Brexit did!

We might ask ourselves why the hell everyone in a position of power is bending over backwards to appeal to Reform voters, but not to appeal to anyone else.

30 years ago. And nothing has changed, although the figures are much higher

COUNCILS DON'T NEED YOU TO PROVE YOUR IDENTITY IN ORDER TO REPORT A POTHOLE. THEY DON'T EVEN NEED YOU TO *REVEAL* YOUR IDENTITY.

The government know that most people don’t actually care about small boats so they’re trotting out the ”ID cards will fix the potholes” bullshit. Next story will be “ID cards will improve bin collections” I swear.

A helpful primer.

There seems to be some *confusion* among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them “But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes” “But, but he was in UKIP” “But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy” So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵 1/14

Nathan Gill is no fringe politician. He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales. A Brexit Party MEP. A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him: "terrific," and "as honest as the day is long." This is a MASSIVE story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Believing that Nigel Farage and his billionaire Reform funders want the best for you is like believing the stripper thinks you’re really cute.

WALGUN RR175 leather saddle from aliexpress, will it turn out to be rubbish or a challenger for the Brooks B17?

The petition against Starmer's spyware digital ID is at 1.616 million, and still rising fast. Have YOU signed it yet? If not, go do so now. This strength behind this petition demonstrates the wipeout bearing down on Labour in 2029. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

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We need to put an end to councils ignoring active travel in their highways schemes. Will you write to your MP to ask for a legal obligation on councils to cater for people walking, wheeling, and cycling? I have, but my voice alone means very little. See my letter here: fiets.uk/2025-09-26/r...

This deserves *way* more attention than it’s getting Reform’s former Wales leader admits he received corrupt payments in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament to promote Russia’s interests in #Ukraine.

They died in a war against Fascism, so that little Englanders could vote for Nazis and Quislings... Lest we forget!

Michael Crick, journalist: “It depresses me how much fellow political journalists are down-playing this - a dranatic story not just about Russia corrupting a British politician - as they've done in Germany & France - but also about the character judgement+relationships of Reform leaders Farage+Tice”

The price tag to upgrade the entire UK to cheap, clean energy is £319 billion. That’s just 8 times what the UK Gov had to spend capping rocketing gas prices in winter 2022/3 👇 Instead of pouring money away propping up yesterday’s dirty tech and wrecking our home, why not invest for a better future?

already seeing plenty of people saying “if the fascists get in it is all the fault of those left wing purists who failed to vote Labour” - find a little time to ask, what have Labour done that has made even those who held their nose when voting before find themselves unable to vote for them again

Thinking about Carole Cadwallader right now

Now up to 1.436 million signatures, and still rising fast. Have YOU signed yet? If not, go sign it now.

3. ⁠this is not the moment for an incredibly expensive increase in state surveillance infrastructure to be run for profit by private tech firms just before Labour ushers in an (even more) authoritarian right wing government. FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.