"I have nothing against cyclists. I just don’t think it’s OK for some to decide rules are for other people. And I find it baffling that so many cyclists who purport to be law-abiding want to make that argument." Now recorded for posterity in the New Statesman www.newstatesman.com/politics/fut...
A lesson in empathy from arguing with cyclists on the internet
The logic seems to be that because some drivers don’t care about their safety, they shouldn’t care about anyone else’s
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These anonymous MPs saying it's 'electoral suicide' to tinker with the triple lock. Exactly the type who got us into this mess: unwilling to lead, unwilling to recognise reality for fear of offending voters, unwilling to solve long-term problems if it presents the slightest short-term risk.
Really bad habit amongst my fellow people who cycle is to attempt to play down the misdeeds of other people cycling - Yes people in cars jumping red lights is potentially worse. No that does not excuse this behaviour
Rachel Cunliffe@rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 3w agoJust putting this out there for all the people in my mentions who are very upset I have dared to mention cyclists ignoring red lights
This will be why Batshit Dorries was all over the media this morning with conspiracy theories about stings and the establishment trying to take down Nigel - Cretins
Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social · last mo.Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
Terrifyingly plausible - "We Haven't Done the Reading" with Zack and Kemi
Jonn Elledge@jonnelledge.bsky.social · 2mo agojust had a horrific vision of the future in which Zack Polanski and Kemi Badenoch have a podcast and now I need a lie down
It’s easy to look comfortable when you have Tielemans and De Bruyne beside you! 😜 …and, oh dear, Iran just scored! 😂
The scale of Green and Lib Dem tactical voting here very encouraging for the next Genny Lec
Britain Elects@britainelects.com · 4mo ago✅ BURNHAM IN Makerfield by-election result: LAB: 54.8% (+9.6) REF: 34.5% (+2.7) RST: 6.8% (+6.8) CON: 2.2% (-8.7) GRN: 0.7% (-3.7) LDEM: 0.4% (-6.4)
The limits of a UK political system that has refused for ten years to make hard decisions are reached. There are no easy answers. There is no magic money / growth tree. Leaders are going to have to make choices.
Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · 4mo agoNEW: John Healey quits over defence funding. Devastating letter for the government and Keir Starmer: “You have been unable and the Treasury has been unwilling to commit the resources the nation needs to defend the country at this time of rising threats.”
Keir Starmer's response to Nigel Farage at PMQs just now was probably the most powerful and eloquent I have seen him in the Commons. The full answer is worth reading.
Dan Neil is a good age at 24. He was club captain in their championship year, so potential leadership in the dressing room alongside Shankkand. Free transfer, so a risk that I'd be willing to take.
I would hope we’ve maybe learnt our lesson about picking up out of form, haven’t done anything, can’t be arsed players! 😜 That’s a ‘No’ from me then! 😁 #PlayFindlay
The level of confidence that people seem to have in Burnham winning in Makerfield is giving me very 2016 vibes if you know what I mean
Should read "UK economy continues to bump along the bottom after 20 years of stagnation - Levels of change basically unmeasurable/statistically insignificant"
Best for Britain@bestforbritain.org · 5mo ago🚨📈 UK economy grows by 0.6% in first three months of year. https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/uk-economy-news-gdp-latest-ons-rachel-reeves-z6lzbm5vj
god I'd love to have been a fly on the wall of that meeting between Starmer and Streeting! (because as a fly my life expectancy would be less than a month and the sweet release of death would save me from hearing more about this tedious fucking Labour political drama)
Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:
They should be confronted with their defeat and humiliation at every opportunity and removed from power and prosecuted for war crimes and corruption at the earliest opportunity
Caitlin Talmadge@proftalmadge.bsky.social · 6mo agoFirst rule of TACO is don't talk about TACO. The President has found a way to climb down from a disastrously ill-conceived war that was not achieving U.S. objectives. Let him.
We’ve passed through the Back to the Future universe and have entered the Robocop universe
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6mo ago* IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS SAY THEY STARTED ATTACK ON AMAZON CLOUD COMPUTING CENTER IN BAHRAIN -- IRAN'S ISNA @reuters.com $AMZN
Proof that the concept of the April Fools gag died along with the concept of objective truth in 2016
A̴̙̅Ǩ̸̫A̵̭̍ ̵̖̃F̴̛͈ȧ̸͙b̶̦́ï̵͙a̵̜̾n̸̰͠ ̸̘̾M̷̟͠u̴͉̇n̷̥͝i̷̻͆e̸̮̾ŝ̵̲a̴̹͌@provokedeconomy.bsky.social · 6mo agoBREAKING: Newly appointed senior Nasa administrator, and part-time YouTuber, Liz Truss @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/04/01/l...
Stop saying "vibe coding", please for the love of God
Someone needs to add the Curb outro music to this ASAP
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7mo agoTrump: "Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"
The ‘we need to rethink our approach to the North Sea’ is dumbest conversation in UK politics Expensive to extract- much of it now owned by small producers - that goes into global market Good to jobs in Aberdeen, not much else *mad* we’re not talking about energy security + renewables every day
I think about this quote from All The Presidents Men constantly- “The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand”.
Check his hard drive
Pippa Crerar@pippacrerar.bsky.social · 7mo agoFascinating interview by @siennamarla with Reform UK's Danny Kruger - who (among other things) tells her political parties have a "limited but important" role in undoing the sexual revolution and UK is suffering from a "totally unregulated sexual economy". www.politicshome.com/news/article...
TRUMP: honk honk honk, I'm a big goose. everyone tells me whenever I enter a room, that's the biggest goose I've ever seen and I say yes. I'm a big goose. in a good way. a lot of Somalians are small stupid gooses but I'm a big goose BBC NEWS: a disciplined Trump sticks to the script on the economy
Has anyone asked Macron about his sunglasses or are we all just going to ignore that?
We don’t do court reports, especially when it comes to violent crime, but there’s always an exception.
Item 1 A highway that will cost billions, take 20 years and contribute to the destruc.....Approved! Item 2 A bike lane that will cost almost nothing, reduce traffic and align with our climate emerg...Do you have approval from every living and deceased resident in the city?
Does anyone know if Richard Hughes is still in post as head of the OBR?
