You know what to do folks.

He's a good lad. Happy to be by the lake for our swim this morning.

The lake has come up to a reasonable temperature again (11°C or so). Summer swim season has commenced.

More higher ed discourse like this please

The boy is home for a bit from university, as evidenced by the dining room whiteboard. #homeed #compsci #math

I never thought that events would conspire to have me on Team Pope, but so they have.

Another on my why-is-no-one&talking-about-this list! Most people think that money councils set aside for children's social care is spent on...children's social care? But lots of it is going to profiteering venture capitalists! @greenparty.org.uk #WhyIsNoOneTalkingAboutThis

“Why are Britain’s 50 richest families wealthier than half the population combined?” 💰 - Councillor @geraldinecoggins.bsky.social

This pretty much sums up why I joined the Green Party ... that was in 2010! 😥🌍

Just the one and a half marathons today, with 974m elevation gain, around a sunny, warm, hilly and very crowded with park goers, Heaton Park today. Official distance 67.2 km, 25th position out of 300. A tad tired now.

The additional cost of ONE fossil fuel price spike on the scale of 2022 = the ENTIRE COST of Net Zero by 2050. We get precisely nothing in return for the first cost, and a whole new, more secure and cheaper energy system from the second one. #NoBrainer www.theccc.org.uk/2026/03/11/c...

Trafford budget: £12m EFS & 7.5%ct⬆️ "A #Labour government that lived up to its name would be working day and night to tackle this inequality." Why did @traffordlabour.bsky.social not even attempt to respond to @greenparty.org.uk criticisms? No one from Labour defended their own government!

By the Bridgewater Canal, on the final leg of this morning's run, Juno and some long-necked birds and machines.

Confused about Green Party drug policy? Here's a good overview. Asusual, Greens are leading on the way, having the difficult conversations and proposing serious policies that will save people's lives and reduce crime.

Congratulations to Hannah and Manchester Green Party. A massive win.

a year is a long time in politics

One year ago today. Anyone have an update?

People in positions of power and influence should mind what they say. Words carry meaning and affect how people behave. In a country where 14 cyclists were killed on the roads last year, it's not right for a judge to call cyclists a "nightmare". He should withdraw the remark.

Contract secured for one of world's largest offshore wind farms One of the largest offshore wind farms in the world is set to be built off the coast of East Lothian. SSE will construct Berwick Bank with up to 307 turbines generating enough electricity to power up to 6mn homes. buff.ly/ZfjNXoi

Turned 50 today. Still firmly stuck in the 'feats of endurance' stage of my mid-life crisis, so dutifully ran a 50km long run this morning to mark the day, and top off a fiftieth year that covered 2,536 miles. Pizza dinner with the family tonight to facilitate recovery.

The cooking has commenced, accompanied by some sounds of home.

A Christmas Eve half-marathon this morning to bring 2025's running total up to 4,024 km = 2,500 miles. That'll do for the year I think. Though I may sneak back on the 30th for a birthday run. Slipping into Christmas wining and dining mode now. Enjoy all!

Not only did I get teary during the final scene of Jay Kelly, I cried again when retelling it to my wife the following day.

Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use

Welcome to the UK where a right wing academic seeks to defend a man who wrote: 'Head for the hotels housing them and burn them to the ground.' By describing that incitement as "anti immigration"

Colour me skeptical.

Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

narrator: 50 years ago... me: [nods] in 1945 narrator: in 1975... me: what

Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.

He has spoken. Let that be the end of it now.

By the lake on this morning's run. Too cold for me to add a post-run swim in - the water temp I can tolerate, it's just staying warm afterwards that's the trouble. No such worries for Juno the Lab, who you see here doing his usual stick fetching thing. He had icicles on his fur when we got home!

On this morning's long run, checking out parts of the route for December's marathon. As suspected, canal and footpath still officially closed near Dunham Massey. They're going to have to do adjust the route a bit.

Well, I’m sure looking to pre-book a government bailout will definitely help

Evidence of the last 30-40 years is that, generally, once you start reducing the state’s role in pursuit of efficiency, there is no point at which people will believe “value for money” has been achieved. It just undermines the state’s capacity to deliver (and people’s trust in public institutions).

Some recent running snaps.

Almost nobody in the Cons Party or beyond it had noticed that the Shadow Home Secretary with two other frontbenchers and 5 backbenchers tabled a bill in May to deport 3 million people - stripping almost every pensioner, parent or nurse who did not take out citizenship of their right to live here

What would Jesus do?

There is escalation between Washington and blue states like Illinois and California as Trump-backed paramilitaries enter into daily confrontations with people in major American cities and the US government enters a 4th week of shutdown. Yet people still discuss US global power as if it is 1987.

No sunrise on this morning's run, too cloudy and misty. But the M60 floodlights beyond the lake kinda make up for it.

Congrats to the neighbours in Woodhouse Park.

Dawn, dawnier, dawniest.

Today's the day! 🗳️ Hopefully by tomorrow morning Zoe will be our newest @greenparty.org.uk councillor! 🤞 💚Great team out, sunshine and blue skies, positive vibes on the doorsteps! Shoutout to all those who travelled - some from really far away - to be here. 🛤️ @mcrgreenparty.bsky.social

Lovely to see Ultra Women longlisted in @bookieprize.bsky.social amongst a sea of men's sports books. @emmajourno.bsky.social and I fought to have the stories of these women told and we're delighted our perseverance paid off 😃 #WHSBOTY

Just another early morning run-swim outing along the Mersey and in Sale Water Park this morning for Juno, the black Lab, and me.

Another great day in Woodhouse Park. Anyone near Manchester come and join us tomorrow to elect Zoe Marlow! 🗳️🗳️🗳️ @mcrgreenparty.bsky.social

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

The Irish government said they would make this life-saving change but then they went back in their word so a whole bunch of pedestrians and cyclists are going to die for no reason. #SpeirGorm

Woohoo! 🥳 We've passed 70,000 members ✅ ... then 71,000 ✅ ... and now closing in on 72,000! Busy few days for @greenparty.org.uk! Feeling left out? Don't worry, there's room for more! Join us today! 💚 join.greenparty.org.uk

A nice sun rising behind Stretford House during my 10 mile run this morning. Taking it easy through the week now in the lead up to Saturday's 50km race on the Suffolk Coastal Path from Lowestoft to Aldeburgh.

August CO2 and methane data at NOAA just dropped. The 3-year running average for the rate of CO2 growth continues to increase (now at 7.78 ppm per 3 years), and is nearing an all-time high. Maybe if we all just hope a bit more, I'm sure that will change everything.