Day 516 of Birmingham's declared road safety emergency...

You know that feeling when you had one too many drinks the other night while browsing the internet, and then you see a van pull up outside the house today and a bloke starts pulling a massive box out?

Farmers’ anger grows as Australian beef floods into Britain after trade deal. Who saw that coming bmmagazine.co.uk/news/austral...

So, I'm finally getting around to assembling my Infinite Battery system. Everything went together easily. The housings are solid and well manufactured. The plastics are ok. Assembled, the battery looks top notch. The Batteries were easy to configure using the app.

What was delivered in 2025 and what's in store for 2026? Our Chair, @mrmjprice.bsky.social, takes a moment to summarise what's going on with Birmingham's transport plans. #Birmingham #Transport #Bus #Train #Tram #Cycling #Walking #ActiveTravel #BirminghamCityCouncil #WMCA #TfWM #WestMidlands

‘Of course he abused pupils’: ex-Dulwich teacher speaks out about Farage racism claims https://www.europesays.com/2661731/ ‘Of course he abused pupils’: ex-Dulwich teacher speaks out about Farage racism claims …

Call it “mutual” and suddenly people get it.

Paying a bit more in return for knowing that Bezos is getting none of my money is worth every fucking penny

UK ministers urged to cap political donations to ‘rebuild voter confidence’. Letter from 19 organisations says a cap would help to protect democracy, weeks after £9m donation to Reform UK. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The NHS is under pressure to adopt Palantir software. Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS. You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir https://goodlaw.social/658abc

Merry Christmas

Why is this killer not banned from driving for life ? Why only 4 years in jail and 8 years car driving ban for taking a life while supposedly in control of an off-road bike ? @actionvz.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Samson Leonard Biddle, 37, failed to stop for police, driving extremely dangerously. Eventually, tactical contact stopped him. Upon being arrested, he refused to give a specimen. You might not be terribly reassured to learn that he received just a 6-month suspended sentence and 4-year driving ban.

Thinking of voting Reform? Good luck when this sort of utter madness comes home to roost with you.

Urgent review ordered into foreign influence in UK politics.

The Government's upcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3 needs both investment and strategy. Seems like an obvious thing to say, but there's a risk it could lack both. Talked about it here on @podstreetsahead.bsky.social 👇

Every driver who argues that a parent should cycle single file behind their kid so that they can pass easily is the very reason parents cycle besides their kids

It is absolutely wild that roads/drivers in the UK kill & seriously injure nearly 30,000 people every year & our collective response to this is just a shrug. Imagine the reaction if these were air passengers.

The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.

Well done to the Led by Donkeys team.

Out for a short cycle to deliver a few crimbo pressies, absolutely nothing of any note till a short distance from home and in the space of a few minutes I have three mobile phone drivers and a close pass to report.

Germany shifts over 2 million e-bikes every year. France: over 500,000. Britain? It will be lucky to get to 150,000. Why? Because people need to feel safe to cycle, and that requires serious and sustained government support, which has not been forthcoming. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...

The UK Government is unlikely to see most of the £148m it is owed by a faulty PPE supplier linked to Baroness Michelle Mone after the company was wound up. Who saw that coming? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We've done some boxing by mistake

Farage wants to bring a US-style insurance based healthcare system to the UK to replace the NHS. If you vote for Reform, this is what you’re voting for.

This is why drivers need to give lots of room when passing people cycling. It's also why you should ride out from the kerb. Ideally with a camera. Yea they can be a pain to keep charged, but they are an impartial and important witness if something does happen. road.cc/content/news...

...Research undertaken here in the UK found that 'paint-only' cycle lanes are actually worse (less safe) than nothing, and that to be better than nothing, a cycle lane needs wands or a kerb/curb. road.cc/content/news...

Cycling UK have recently stated that their annual 100 Women in Cycling award won’t include any trans women or non-binary Over 50 current nominees and previous winners have rejected or returned their awards. I know many of them personally I’m proud of my cycling sisters. All of them

Cycling and walking could help deliver almost everything Brits say they want to achieve in 2026 — if we design streets to support them. Getting fitter, losing weight, being healthier, saving money; enabling active travel quietly does all of it. With no gym contracts.

This is a great example that the US president is a lunatic. Listen carefully 🙈

Imagine if cities demanded the same of car manufacturers.

Spain to launch €60 monthly nationwide public transport pass | Spain | The Guardian share.google/dui8UgFKvhWk...

"Rich white blokes In suits have done more damage to me and mine than a poor bloke in a dinghy ever could" via The Daily Scar

🚨 SCOOP: “I’m a Labour donor” Ben Howlett is an ex-Tory MP, owner of influential PoliticsUK account, and the fixer we exposed selling access to Westminster Turns out he's also involved in Labour fundraising, and discussing donations with Labour MPs democracyforsale.substack.com/p/im-a-labou...

It’s time we stopped viewing driving bans like this. Cars are a dangerous weapon when used incorrectly. Upon release, he needs to travel to access work he can use other modes. If this case doesn’t warrant a lifetime driving bans, what would?

You might think that a man who drove into 100 people, using his car as a weapon, would NEVER be allowed to drive again. It turns out he will be able to, around three years after leaving prison by taking an extended retest. Why should he ever be able to get behind the wheel again?

please take a moment to appreciate Tesla's epic accomplishment of coming dead last in the auto industry in reliability, despite making relatively expensive cars with a tiny fraction of the moving parts www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...

Three days ago Starmer was arguing that the UK shouldn’t think about rejoining the EU because it would unpick all these great US trade deals.

Prior to Covid lockdowns I felt I could see a clear pattern in the standard of driving on the run up to Christmas. Some years it would start as early as the start of October but there would be a noticeable deterioration in the standard of driving till the end of January.

"He regarded himself as the most important person on Dale Street." "Paul Doyle just lost his temper in his desire to get to where he wanted" This could apply to so many drivers. This one found rage in the worst place he could. Cars are the UK's gun problem. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This tragic case serves to remind us how critical it is to devote your full attention to the primary task of driving. It is the minimum standard, along with compliance and competence in order to keep others safe. Anything less means you’re playing russian roulette with others’ lives.

It's the same most nights: stray cat wanders in via cat flap in back door and growls at me till I give him food, he eats the food then goes to the front door and expects to be let out, if he isn't let out quickly enough he comes back and growls at me till I get up and open the front door for him.

Butternut is watching you (and he's very judgemental)!

“Last year, roughly 1,600 people were killed on our roads, and 29,500 seriously injured, and that has been flatlining pretty much for the last decade,” she said. “That is unacceptable”. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Seatbelts, motorway speed limits & bans on drunk driving were all unpopular when they were introduced but, like reducing speed limits, they save lives www.bbc.com/news/article...

The car industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer The fossil fuel industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer The NHS would LIKE you to cycle because you cease to be a customer

Fraser Nelson is the latest Farage apologist to dismiss the racism allegations against him, saying that there's never been any evidence of him ever being racist as an adult. Just completely untrue. There is extensive undeniable evidence of it www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

A reminder that this is the same man who has just spent the past week calling all the Jewish victims of his own horrific anti-semitic abuse liars

Nominations are now open for the Biggest Political Tw*t of 2025. This week alone has provided plenty of contenders. Plus general piss taking obvs. LIVE at 8pm. youtube.com/live/rRy6SO1...