Power of the People!

The HOUSING crisis! What are we getting wrong?

Everyone seems to want cyclists to have number plates so they can be caught misbehaving, but oddly people take offence at measures for catching drivers.... www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/motorin...

This thought experiment might throw you...

Universal Basic Income: Why are you working so darn hard?

Tax loophole anyone?

Should we stop Working From Home?

What is it with The Green Party and OPEN BORDERS?

What is the Green Party's policy on DRUGS? @thegreenparty.bsky.social

Pretty damn spot-on, don’t you think?

I was today years old when I learned that road traffic collisions alone (~£36bn) cost the UK economy more than the combined revenue of fuel duty & VED (~£35bn). www.gov.uk/government/c...

Second.

Could it possibly be true... ...that someone with the word "cyclist" cemented in their Twitter Bio has been appointed as... TRANSPORT SECRETARY!!! 🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲 #oneofus

An actual comment from someone on the "Being seen by drivers is YOUR responsibility" circuit:

Saw this on a local page. Do always remember, if it's dark outside, one should always think about the poor drivers before one leaves the house, and don one's fluorescent jacket. And if you are of course nearly flattened, do remember to keep things civil & gentlemanly, whatwhat.

God I'm so sick of the slogan 'Back British Farming'. Why is anyone supposed to automatically bestow greater importance to someone just because they are British. Back EVERYONE!

All hail! The tyranny of my Vodafone broadband ended yesterday!

Time for a 'Throwback Thursday'. 4 years ago, I built a surfboard!

How is that once again, the Tories are coming out looking cleaner on worker benefits than the Labour Party? First the bus fare cap, now this. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social

The more I think on the new farm tax, the more I'm thinking it's been misjudged. It comes down to where we draw the line on "small" farms, & currently £1m is probably not it. I'd be happy to see the policy tweaked but NOT before a discussion on the paradox of high land values & low farm incomes.

Genuine question, why is agricultural land so expensive? If farming results in such famously meagre profits, who would (or could) pay £10,000+ per acre for practically no return? Something doesn't add up about all this.

My 5 year old: "Daddy, [my younger brother] is eating your food" Me walking into the next room "huh, I didn't have any food out 🤔" My 3 year old with my disorganised wife's pregnancy vitamins:

Question for the void: If a farmer gifts his farm (the business assets, not a house) to his child at least 7 years before they die, would the child have to pay capital gains tax and how would this be calculated?

And THAT is exactly how people with a huge sense of entitlement regularly behave when they get caught out. #JeremyClarkson

Watch Jeremy Clarkson get owned by a journalist👇 Love where he compares "4%" of ppl currently paying inheritance tax to "96%" of farmers who'll now need to. The 4% is PER YEAR, Jeremy. 96% of farmers won't be inheriting a farm every year will they? www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Too much emphasis is on net-zero 'how' & too little on the 'why'. Don't think someone who takes 4 overseas holidays/yr & drives a Porsche Cayenne has any understanding of how rainfall patterns are causing crops to fail in Central America. An easy UK resource is to watch more Simon Reev on iplayer.

Fill in the blank👇 "All you need to be is BLANK and you just get given everything for free" I suppose this could be: A: an immigrant (at best receiving a roof over their head) B: a benefit claimant (at best receiving a meagre living) C: a farmer's child (apparently at least £1m in business assets)

Precisely.

"Switching just 1 trip a day from 🚗 to 🚴 or 🚶‍♂️ = almost 30% less transport CO2 for the ave UK urban resident. If 1 in 5 did this in 🇪🇺 it’d cut emissions from all 🚗 travel in 🇪🇺 by 8%. The potential impact of active travel on CO2 could be huge" @chrisboardman.bsky.social

Unpopular opinion: Disability should not be used as an excuse for unlimited vehicular freedoms.

What I want to respond with every time I see flood-related road warnings on my local community Facebook page warning people to drive carefully. "THE DRIVING IS PART OF WHAT'S CAUSING IT!"

"The protest ended with a rally outside Downing St, where speakers including @thegreenparty.bsky.social deputy Zack Polanski and the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign addressed attendees and called for a ceasefire in Gaza and social and climate justice." 👇🏼🌎🇵🇸 londonnewsonline.co.uk/news/thousan...

"The government has defended its tax rises as necessary to avoid cuts to public services" Rachel Reeves, stop gaslighting! Business taxes are necessary to avoid taxing the rich! www.bbc.com/news/article... www.bbc.com/news/article...

“Within three months of us identifying a new 20mph zone, we will proactively reduce policy prices for customers like we have already done in Wales.” On 20mph I just saw that eSure is actively reducing policy prices - not just in Wales. www.esuregroup.com/media/4oikrk...

Wife: "I want a new buggy , the old one's brake doesn't work" Husband: "Why don't I just pay £20 for the parts and repair it?" Wife: "Only if you give it a deep clean" How did I manage to dig an even deeper hole by saving us waste & 💵 😆

The true cost of motoring, Louis Haigh, not insurance premiums or fuel duty! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Be careful what you wish for. 😳 www.bbc.com/news/article...

Say EVs are a green-pushed idea... ONE. MORE. TIME.

Who wants another go on the rollercoaster? 🎢

I'm going to throw in my 2 cents on the whole "food security" debate. In Somerset I'd say 70% of agricultural land is either beef pasture or for growing winter cattle feed. Are we really saying that beef is essential produce? It's one of the most luxurious & inefficient food sources you can get!

I mean this sort of summarises why X is so unusable. I say something friendly to a bridge and I get 222 raging comments from randos back.