Killings like this should be prosecuted as a work place fatality with far higher levels of investigation & scrutiny. Royal outrider cleared over pedestrian's death www.bbc.com/news/article...

So Labour are happy to embed carbon household heating and simultaneously provide 40% tax payer funded car subsidies. @peterwalker99.bsky.social apple.news/AHVz6pDqyTpm...

The insanity of this of course is that people can currently get a much bigger tax break on cars. Investing in heat pump is investing in low carbon infrastructure - to remove the subsidies increases costs in the long term. This government is as mad as a box of frogs.

Sounds like Labour/Starmer/Reeves are about to kill off the UK heat pump industry putting thousands of people at risk of redundancy

Whilst it makes sense to have a cap on the cycl to work scheme, a government that cares about the most in need would level the % tax rebate AND also apply the same £££ cycle scheme cap to work car schemes .... but we know Labour won't do that www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Or to put it another way, half a car parking space takes six secure bicycle parking spaces HT @humantravl.bsky.social @wandsworthcycling.bsky.social

Despite being an annual event for millennia London councils seem to completely taken by surprise by Autumn @willnorman.co.uk @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social

So I’m guessing we’ll no longer see Reform on Question Time and all other BBC programmes. Shame. apple.news/Aljptcv-NSH2...

The shrill frothing at the mouth but the Telegraph shows exactly where their loyalties lie. Clue it’s certainly not with the British people, decency & respect.

I don't like limp plastic flags being hung half mast off lamp posts, but Boroughs such as Greenwich using lamp posts for advertising really is quite awful (especially outside historic places such as the National Maritime Museum) @greenwichwire.bsky.social @greenwich.greenparty.org.uk

No doubt this would break the mind of many of those inclined to sponsor Farage & Co

“Different quality of imagination”. Indeed.

By accepting vital amendments to the Planning Bill, the government can start correcting the flawed thinking that has alienated natural supporters. Failure to change the current anti-nature rhetoric will see Labour’s electoral chances go from bad to worse. www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

It won’t be long before international airline pilots start to refuse to fly into unsafe US airspace

But where are the vape shops and nail bars?

Indeed. It’s a utter myth that the Dutch don’t own cars - car ownership is similar to the UK, but the Dutch have many more transport options & their children have so much more freedom #happierbydesign

Of course GB News isn’t British, it’s owned by a company based in Dubai

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

“Undeliverable promises”, Labour say 😆

Why is it in the UK only #BBC Director-Generals & senior staff who resign & are held accountable when their organisation is in crisis? Only the BBC seems to be held accountable. Unlike banks; the post office scandal; NHS; Farage & Brexit where people can lie & nothing happens.

But the difference here is that driver insurance is OPTIONAL. One third of all drivers in Australia are legally uninsured.

Fatal accidents have increased by 42% in the UK since 2013. That is insane. www.rospa.com/safety-campa...

The front cover of Time

Group shot! With @tomflood.bsky.social @lucymaloney.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social and @sgoodyear.bsky.social of @thewaroncars.bsky.social. What an all star team 🤩

Well Rachel Reeves is certainly no Gordon Brown

How has it come to this? Even the Tories weren't threatening to deport people in work and legally here (until they went into opposition).

Let me sum up the new "everything else seems old fashioned" campaign from BYD: Cars are cool everything else isn't. (breakthrough stuff here 🙄) The only thing more old fashioned than riding a horse is positioning a car as the better way forward.

On your dog walk you give them a few Pointers

Got told my an FM Conway supervisor that they don’t use ramps at kerbs during works when it’s raining because people might slip 🧐 @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social

WBC Labour remain committed to ensuring a number of these critical safety issues remain unresolved - that puts councillors at risk of culpability in the event of a serious injury or death

"it's always the fault of the migrants. Except when it isn't." Colin from Portsmouth thinks we should blame immigrants for things before they even happen.

Wandsworth Council under Labour is continuing to buy diesel vans. Renault makes a fully electric version of this vehicle 🫣 @wandsworthlabour.bsky.social

The Great Debate, circa 1434.

Hector will turn on his master

Labour are not on our side

"he could smell mustard and onions"

Cargo biking, 99 years ago. Came across this in a photo archive, unfortunately with no info on who or where, just the year, 1926. But it made me think of @lauragmitchell.com and her lovely feed of her commutes to school and around town with her children.

Imagine being Lammy. Spent years wanting power and then when he got it, doesnt have a clue how to use it.

Active Travel England: Critical safety issues for walking, wheeling and cycling www.gov.uk/government/p...

Private profit, socialised costs

Lots were paper candidates, reform party members asked to stand by the party leadership but not expected to win. Most had no idea what the job was, lots resigned when they realised it wasn’t a gravy train. Being public spirited isn’t the first thing you think of when thinking of reform supporters🤷‍♀️

It's incredible how degraded our street transport network is for walking, cycling, riding the bus and driving, because each and every change can far too often be vetoed on a street-by-street basis by car owners. It's a mad way to manage a system.

Yet another regressive tax policy from Labour - any per mile charging needs to factor in vehicle weight, otherwise some driving a Dacia Spring (costing £14k) would be paying the same as some driving a Audi SQ6 (costing £100k), despite an Audi causing a lot more wear & tear and increasing road danger

#skyscraper #hugs #architecture

As context to freeing of an Algerian man, here's some info about HMP Wandsworth, where he was: • Built for 900 prisoners. Holds 1,600. • Daily roster of prison officers c.70. Up to 15 staff on long-term sick leave. • 36% of officers have >3yrs service. • 12% of prison staff leave *each year*.

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