Sailing ship #Scape #EastCoastKin #Photography

Keir Starmer needs to wake up and fix our broken voting system before the next election, or he risks letting Nigel Farage into Number 10. We will keep fighting for fair votes to make sure every voice is heard.

We need a much bigger discussion about the way that young women are abandoning the right and voting for progressive and left-leaning candidates and parties. Should we worry about this, and what should society do to address their needs and concerns?

Tomorrow I'm heading to Barrow-in-Furness for the book launch of After the Fire. A new 24 page comic made specifically for Barrow Library. Join us for a Q&A, light refreshments and free copies of the comic! @comicartfestival.bsky.social #comics #reading #libraries

Farage, Robinson & his ilk have a lot to answer for Far-right cases referred to counter-terror programme Prevent double those for Islamist extremism as referrals hit record high A record 8,778 people were referred to the government’s anti-extremism scheme in the year to March 2025

What if the bread guy was actually Jesus delivering loaves and fishes, and Alan turned him away? #TheArchers

Curves and shadows #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSForShadows

#Stockport On the last Saturday of this month, step down to the winter wonderland that is The Underbanks (plus bits of Hillgate, Mealhouse Brow and the Marketplace) for a very independent light switch on... music from 5.30, switch on at 6. Late night dancing, snacking, boozing, shopping encouraged.

We’ve made this investigation free to read because so many people in Sheffield are affected by this story. Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us. We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.

Interesting, if sobering episode of The Freewheeling Podcast on rail electrification by @freewheeling.info. Having worked on HS2, East West Rail and Midland Main Line electrification (until earlier this year I was suddenly not working on MML any more), I feel the pain.

On the platform #Photography #UrbanGaze #Rail #EastCoastKin

The USA appears to be collapsing under the weight of Presidential incompetence.

Elon Musk is deliberately using his platform to poison our politics and divide our country. It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.

Tree on the ridge #Photography #EastCoastKin

People and organisations on Twitter might not be radicalised themselves. But by being on Twitter, they attract and keep others on the platform and *they* are becoming radicalised. We need a mass exodus of big accounts.

Station shadows - Milbrook station on the Marston Vale Line #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforShadows #Rail #Trains #Railway

Setting up a left-wing party only to see it quickly fail is pretty standard (sorry, but it's true). Spending months trying to set up the party and not even getting that far takes a special talent. leftfootforward.org/2025/10/zara...

Member peers are elected councillors who deliver peer work - a central part of the LGA’s sector support offer. We provide full training and support to help peers to succeed. 1/2

"Accidents happen." Will Carly be saying the same after the positive pregnancy test? #TheArchers

There's nothing like quality cycle infrastructure, and this is nothing like...

I'm in a local government workshop called Navigating the MCA landscape, which sounds like it should include a lot more superheroes than it actually does.

Cllr George Finch (19-year-old Reform leader of Warwickshire) giving a welcome speech at the Local Government Association Member Peer conference. A lot of talk of all the parties working together. Very much the speech I would expect a 19-year-old council leader to give.

Shadows cast by trees #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSForShadows

New topics being added to the curriculum but nothing being removed. Governments need to stop doing this. BBC News - Mortgages and AI to be added to the curriculum in English schools - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Happy Bonfire Night/Guy Fawkes Day to all who celebrate. Traditionally this was a day of anti-Catholic drinking, rioting and mayhem with effigies of the Pope often burned in the UK and New England. Later the UK switched to effigies of Guy Fawkes.

Congratulations to the USA. Now time for celebration but also vigilance: Trump knows now that he can't win fairly, and he has no intention of losing.

Hey @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social , I'm no Clegg fan, but he said clearly and repeatedly through the 2010 campaign that the Lib Dems would first look for form a coalition with the party that got most votes and seats. Anyone surprised by him doing exactly what he promised voters wasn't paying attention.

Fundamentally, proportional voting systems avoid the situation where the person elected is the last choice of a majority of voters. They do that in a bunch of different ways, each with their own pros and cons. None are perfect, but better than FPTP which doesn't avoid that situation.

Today I saw a bus that, instead of a number and destination, said "Sorry, bus full". The bus did, indeed, appear to be full. A good idea, I thought.

The lesson is clear: we need brave Muslim immigrants to protect us from knife wielding British-born maniacs. 5pillarsuk.com/2025/11/04/m...

Today's outing: Local Government Association (LGA) Member Peer Conference in Warwickshire. So far I've been chatting to Lib Dems, independents, Conservatives and the leader of a Reform-run council. Next challenge: meet a Labour councillor. @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social

I'm not one to lecture individuals on which social media platforms they should or shouldn't be on, but the UK Government should not be participating in Twitter when Musk is actively using it to foment racist violence and civil unrest.

Under the bridge: reflections and shadows from the water, and shadows from the supporting bars. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSForShadows

Great thread. The 90s had much more violence, including terrorist attacks on a regular basis. Ten people being stabbed was still newsworthy, but just one story among many. Today, the UK is much safer and the Huntingdon stabbings stand out more.

It’s fascinating comparing the front page coverage of the Huntingdon train attack (below) with how the British press treated another case 30 years ago. I’m referring to the 1995 Netto supermarket attack in Birmingham in which a man stabbed 10 people, killing one of them.

The WH Smith rebrand proving beyond doubt that you can't polish a turd.

Promises made, promises wrecked.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforShadows #BlueSkyMonday Brutalist view - captured yesterday #Phonetography #EastCoastKin #ArtYear #publicparksofToronto #autumnspectrum #justbeachy

If any journalists would like a copy of Electric Wind: An Energy History of Modern Britain to review, please get in touch w me /MUP. It's a rigorous history of wind energy written for a wide audience, with plenty to say about today's energy challenges. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526182968/

South Korea's exports to tiny Kyrgyzstan just reached half a billion Dollars in one month. This stuff is obviously not headed to Kyrgyzstan but is going to Russia. The West is guilty of a collective failure on Ukraine: chasing short term profits instead of shutting down autocrats. We must do better.

I hope the BBC will challenge Nigel Farage today over the economic damage caused by the Brexit he championed. He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.

The 192 from Hazel Grove P&R to Manchester Piccadilly averages just 10mph when it's sticking to the timetable. Imagine how many more people would use buses if we could speed it up.

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I enjoyed listening to @mjrobbins.com recounting this tale on The Abundance Agenda podcast this morning. It's a cracker. martinrobbins.substack.com/p/how-hs2-bu...

Fencing shadows #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSForShadows

People turn up and start raping the kids? I think that's Epstein and his friends that Elon's thinking of.

People turn up and start raping the kids? I think that's Epstein and his friends Elon's thinking of.

I need the Scottish Castle holiday to turn into an Agatha Christie-style murder with family members being bumped off one-at-a-time while Harrison (there for no adequately-explained reason) completely fails to work out who the killer is. #TheArchers

Chris: My Ex has Martha today. Carly: That's a pretty name, how old is she? Chris: 37, but "My Ex" isn't her real name. #TheArchers

I never thought there would be a more annoying character than Helen, but there is... Drunk Helen #TheArchers