2024: Keir Starmer, "I will restore standards in public life with a total crackdown on cronyism" 2026: Victoria Derbyshire asks Labour's Anti Corruption Tsar Margaret Hodge if finding a job in the diplomatic service for someone with no experience in it, is cronyism

" ... normally there's 250" Nice to see cycle traffic mentioned positively in the press, but "250" is bolleaux ... try 2,500 by 0845 on weekdays and journo Noora Mykkanen would have been nearer the truth metro.co.uk/2026/04/23/t...

John McDonnell, "What we've seen is No 10 overriding, interfering, pressurising civil servants, we can't go on like this" "As soon as Mandelson's name came into the frame I told Keir Starmer if you appoint this person, people will think you've lost all sense of judgment"

Diane Abbott, "It's one thing to say as he insists on saying: nobody told me, nobody told me anything" "The question is, why didn't the Prime Minister ask"

Keir Starmer actually put this in a briefing to Labour MPs of 'useful questions to ask' today. The PM knew of Mandelson's relationship Epstein when he appointed him. And yet thinks he can still exploit the grief of the victims. This is why he is not fit to be Prime Minister.

Peter Mandelson given access to top secret intelligence The former British ambassador to the US was privy to information that if leaked would present a security risk www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐒𝐎 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐨 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 Laura Stockdale was instructed by Harry Grayson of Hodge, Jones & Allen’s (@hjacriminaldefence.bsky.social) / Birds Solicitors. ➡️ www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/not-gui...

Uninsured driving isn’t victimless. Offenders are 6–7x more likely to be in a fatal crash, and over half are linked to wider criminality—reflecting risk-taking, disregard for the law, or deception. It pushes up costs for honest drivers. Tackling it protects communities. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Calling Matt Brittin www.instagram.com/p/DWV6UkrjWI... Please put this in your shiny new in-tray for immediate action on your first day- it's not difficult to report facts is it ?

*Driver. For most people, being behind the wheel of a car is the time we are most easily able to maim and kill other people, and also the time we are most likely to get away with it, whatever the circumstances. 1/

Pavement parking is dangerous to wheelchair users, visually impaired people and parents walking their children to school. Write to your MP telling them to vote on a crucial Gvt amendment to reclaim pavements for pedestrians. @livingstreets.bsky.social‬ act.livingstreets.org.uk/page/189938/...

A damning introduction to the Prime Minister’s role in the Mandelson scandal from Sky’s Trevor Philips

Lots of London boroughs continue to prioritise the convenience of Range Rover drivers over the safety of Londoners. This is @rbkc.gov.uk who shamefully removed a cycle lane here.

The report in the Independent that Mandelson had failed security vetting was actually raised in the Commons by Lib Dem MP Rachel Gilmour on 16 September 2025 “a source from MI6 has reportedly claimed that they failed to clear Mandelson” The Prime Minister says he found out on Tuesday

Founding head of Doughty Street Chambers Geoffrey Robertson KC has written a polemical attack on the government's proposals to restrict jury trials through the Courts and Tribunals Bill, which begins committee stage scrutiny this week. Read more: www.barcouncil.org.uk/resource/jur...

Join us for some or all of our 50th anniversary celebrations ! Exhibition, bike ride, birthday cake, merch AND ceilidh - a very busy June in store cycleislington.uk/2026/our-50t... @londoncycling.bsky.social @haringeycyclists.bsky.social @camdencyclists.bsky.social @hackneycycling.org.uk

Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB), estimates about 300,000 cars are being driven every day without insurance. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mandelson appointed US ambassador despite failing security vetting www.channel4.com/news/mandels...

Jeez. Labour MP’s have just voted to give police unprecedented powers to ban recurring protests turning a fundamental freedom into a privilege granted by the state. No protest movement has ever brought about change through one single march or action. How did it come to this?

This is awful

Scrapping jury trials betrays Labour values, Starmer’s mentor warns www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04...

Over the years I’ve used panniers, a messenger bag, a child seat and a crate held on with bungies. Using a bike is the most incredibly efficient way to get around and carry stuff. Nice post, spooling through the options for moving things on a bike.👇

🚨THIS WEEK MP’S WILL VOTE ON A BILL TO GIVE POLICE UNPRECEDENTED POWERS TO BAN RECURRING PROTESTS TURNING A FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOM INTO A PRIVILEGE GRANTED BY THE STATE youtu.be/Q-2wXA7hWNs?...

Yet more evidence of the law being unfit for purpose regarding treatment of car drivers being unfit to drive a murder weapon www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @andy-cox.bsky.social @carolinerussell.bsky.social Vision Zero remains a pipe dream

SUVs are making Britain’s potholes worse, say scientists

Wow, Mark Carney speaks on multiculturalism (what a contrast to island of strangers Starmer!) Mark Carney, "Canada is a nation forged through accommodation, not assimilation" "Through partnership, not domination" "The founding insight of our country is that unity does not require uniformity"

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"As the sun started to sink over the sea, the leader declared to wild applause and whistles: “In case you haven’t seen the result - the Labour vote down, the Tory vote down, the Reform vote down but the Green Party won.” www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/...

Victory rally in Margate this evening *and* an announcement! @greenparty.org.uk now has 225,000 members! That's an extra 25,000 since Hannah Spencer won last month and 2000 new members in the last 10 days. Join the movement! Join.greenparty.org.uk

Keep getting told that @zackpolanski.bsky.social's Greens only appeal to younger generations. Here's my 75-year old dad responding to my story celebrating their recent council by-election win.

"What we see far too often with Labour councils is they’re building luxury, unaffordable homes that no one is ever going to live in, while communities are knocked down in the name of regeneration." Green Party leader Zack Polanski on Labour’s record on the housing crisis.

Greens making a habit of taking on Reform - and winning! Robert Jenrick came to visit - as did Emily Thornberry. And their vote share both dropped. Huge congratulations to the entire Green Party team. People power wins the day once again! 💚🙌🏽

Good news - the Albert Bridge has reopened for people walking & cycling.

London's cycleway #C6 #CS6 getting plenty of use this evening (7x10 seconds of traffic cam footage timed 1708-1838 with gazillions of folk on bikes queuing to cross the Blackfriars Road and Union Street junction south of Blackfriars Bridge)

“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.com

‘Government needs to recognise failure of water privatisation’ – Feargal Sharkey www.channel4.com/news/governm...

Stella Creasy in today's Guardian trying Labours new tactic. Its to keep comparing me and the Green Party to Tommy Robinson. It's offensive, inaccurate and doomed to fail. Labour really are cooked.

We’ve raised nearly £15k to protect the right to jury trial. Thank you to those who’ve supported so far. As Baroness Kennedy KC highlights, juries bring the public into the justice system, and help keep state power in check. Click here to support us: bit.ly/4b7fEEK

🎉 Green WIN! 🎉 🌹 to 💚 💚 Congratulations to Laura Diamond of Rossendale Green Party on being elected in Hareholme & Waterfoot ward!

“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”

The many media outlets calling @greenparty.org.uk transport policy a “war on motorists” should try talking to bereaved families and seriously injured survivors of road crashes rather than ignoring the trauma and pain left when people drive without considering the harm they may cause at the wheel.

‼️BREAKING | Greens surge into LEAD (1st!!) 🟢 Grn: 21.4% (+2.1) ➡️ Ref: 20.9% (-1.4) 🔵 Con: 20.5% (+0.2) 🔴 Lab: 17.0% (-0.4) 🟠 Lib: 9.2% (-1.9) Poll: @LordAPolls, 26-30 Mar (+/- vs 19-23 Feb)

🚨 First time in British history that a party to the left of Labour have topped a national poll. 💚 Hope is here. It's all of us. ✊🏼 Reject hateful, divisive politics - and let's make hope normal again. Join.greenparty.org.uk

🚲 Streets for Cycling Pledge 🚲 Name: Guy Lambert Party: Green Pledge: "Cycleway 9 already links the town centres of Chiswick and Brentford. Hounslow Green Party pledge to campaign to extend the route to connect the town centre of Hounslow and employment hubs in the west of the borough...

30 organisations representing victims of violence against women and girls have written to the Justice Secretary urging him against curtailing the right to jury trials www.theguardian.com/law/2026/mar...