But wealth redistribution is regarded as somehow evil. Explain?!

May peace and compassion for all spread out from this special day to all and forever. (And maybe some seasonal sunshine too)!

Britain (and Labour, incredibly) cancelling #transport schemes outside the capital is a national obsession. Leading to our provincial cities being among least productive in #Europe. How does the #Chancellor sleep whilst « delaying » this in her own constituency? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Animals all around the country are being killed using catapults that have been easily bought in shops and online. We need to ban the sale of catapults to those under the age of 18 to stop these horrific killings. Add your name now: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

Hilarious read on the dreadful Gullis creature. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Still flowering on the shortest day of the year: alstroemeria, carnation, and a rose.

Enough said:

From transport to concerts, sports to art shows, 20th Century posters have become collectors items. Do you have one rolled up in the loft? Former museum curator and collector David Bownes explains why 20thCentury Posters are all the rage! Listen here from 6pm: www.vectisradio.com/podcasts/cat...

Please show this to any friends and family contemplating this dreadful man and all his company (ReFuk) represent. It's a clear and present danger to Britain. Pass this on.

Bad news for #transit. The ridiculously long overdue #WestYorkshire #masstransit system has been delayed. Again. Condemning Leeds/Bradford to be eternally Europe’s largest conurbation without a decent #rail based mass transit system, & proving #UK cannot deliver major infrastructure quickly. Shame.

Some pretty #mushrooms clinging to a windswept cliff top near Freshwater bay yesterday.

Most #globaltemperature comparisons start from 1850. Scientists have worked out that human activity between 1750-1850 may also have contributed to #climatechange. (Missed this in European media but good article on CNN). www.cnn.com/2025/12/15/c...

As a veggie: gotta say I agree with this. Sorry if you’re a meat eater and this upsets you but it is reality for the animals. They mourn their losses.

Indeed

« Reducing inequality was “not only about fairness, but essential for the resilience of economies, the stability of democracies, and the viability of our planet”. They said such extreme divides are no longer sustainable for societies or ecosystems. » www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

Design and Transport lovers: my podcasts have been migrated to a slightly revised, new, improved address! If you are interested do please search instead at: www.vectisradio.com/podcasts/cat...

New livery for #GreatBritishRailways. There a lot to like here: Loving the return of double arrow and Rail Alphabet of course. Though as one of responders says: just wondering about the coach stripes being angled too? What do you think? :-)

Sad to read about death of Martin Parr. We promoted one of his exhibitions in 1983, in a magazine I worked for called Due South. This shot always tickled me:

« GBNews » (huge misnomer) have justified OFCOM regulation and investigation many times before, now nearly 50,000 have signed this petition - push it to 100,000! 38d.gs/trump_gbnews...

Just so anyone considering Wes Streeting knows:

We're talking about our industrial past from #BritishRailwaysEngineeringLtd (BREL) to #SwanageRailway, football during WW1 to a nuclear spaceship! Richard Marks is the man who knows. Listen here: www.vectisradio.com/podcast/catc...

#BBCVerify: please explain. Left: #BBCNews lead, 2018. Right: #Guardian top story today Middle: BBC News today. So Holocaust survivors view considered so relevant then, not even mentioned today. Instead Fürage’s twisted “excuse” blaming BBC for airing comedy about India (not anti-semitism). Why?

Finally an article on this scourge of British & European roads: the Stupendously Unnecessary Vehicle. Sadly not enough on just how dangerous and polluting they are but a good start in the backlash against them I guess. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Historian friends/followers: do you speak of past events in the present tense? Help me out here please: how does it help the listener/reader to know when the event you are talking about is happening, now or previously? Apologies in advance if a daft question, because I just don’t really get it.

@ledbydonkeys.org dunno if you wonderful lot were responsible for this poster spotted apparently in south london before sadly quickly removed…? Of course it would be terrible if we were to spread it on social media!

I name this place « Church Cross »

Flypost

More news like this please!

How important in art in #transit stations? Today's CATCH-cast guest Andrew Mead explains how art is commissioned and why good architecture is a crucial part of the public transport journey. www.vectisradio.com/podcast/catc...

The new scalable British #NationalRail maps are live from today. Very clever idea in many ways, you zoom in or out for more or less detail. Have a play #rail, @transitmap.net and #map fans! railmap.nationalrail.co.uk#/mapview

Can we now have some serious EU action taken against #homophobia in #Poland, #Hungary etc please? Not just words: state prejudice must end now.

Making #public #transport free seems sensible in at least some cases. Let’s re-examine this. Seems to have worked wonders in a US city!

What Mike says:

There is still hope we can turn this around but it requires bold action, not climate-change deniers like #ReFuk.

What do you think of this: a new urban environment built mainly of wood, linked by #trams: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This looks like a good petition to achieve sensible things. 38d.gs/lmux

Reporting on tonight’s show from the #TransitMappingSymposium in #HongKong. Impressed by the range of young, enthusiastic & talented designers from around the world…(& some of their guérilla tactics to improve design & #wayfinding)! Check it out now: www.vectisradio.com/podcast/catc...

Once again: any friends or family toying with ReFuk need to see this video. These jokers will destroy Britain. Watch and learn from the idiocy of Trump: allow these people to run things and it’s the road to hell.

Whenever you hear anyone spouting racism, and spreading misinformation: this what they are desperately trying to deflect attention from. The billionaires are the real problem.

#typography lovers: some more #FascinatingFontFacts from my recent #HongKong visit. Not only are the double-decker #trams unique (I think) outside #Blackpool and #Alexandria, but check out the vehicle number typeface: a fair representation of #London’s #Johnston lettering. Handpainted too it seems.

Lovely to see that most road signage in #HongKong uses the #TransportMedium #typeface for English language directions. Pictograms also from the 1960s hand of #MargaretCalvert. Plus they drive on the left which makes border crossings interesting!

I just signed the petition to to demand the UK Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services like transport and housing. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

Dear #RachelReeves: wealth taxes can work. Exhibit A: Massachusetts (see link). Why are you scrabbling around doing all the wrong things when you were elected to tackle wealth inequality? Something about your banking mates connections we don’t know? Please implement fairer taxes!

Just raise the fuel duty up to where it was when the tories cut it. Just that!

Meself masked up, station name, nice perspective and artwork on the #HongKong #MTR #metro #transit system. Hugely impressive operation moving 4 million people a day!

Someone please tell Transport Sec @heidialexander.bsky.social / #Treasury / #RachelReeves that "growth" doesn't come magically: transport improvements are key to it. Halting this crucial project is insane. Funding #RailInvestment brings growth. Stop being so timid/this is what you were elected for!

Wonderfully clever 1980s advert for UK's InterCity rail service.

Typography lovers: this discussion about the poor kerning of Trumps latest garish installation is truly joyous!

Agreed. Time for #BBC to stop the newspaper reviews. Maybe a round up of news sites across the diversity of opinions? Including sites like @bylinetimes.bsky.social etc? Now that would be more impartial surely?