Presumably he's no longer extreme enough for the Tories. I'm not convinced that leopards can change their spots. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ex neo-Nazi activist withdraws as Tory election candidate

Kemi Badenoch says Joshua Bonehill-Paine will now advise the Conservatives on tackling extremism.

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"Reform UK remains almost entirely a party of grievance. Rather than offering a vision of a more prosperous, productive, or communitarian Britain, it doubles down on punitive proposals." - Excoriating, and spot on.

The Lead@theleaduk.bsky.social · yesterday

Andy Burnham must be feeling rather relaxed as he packs up for his first summer holiday since becoming prime minister — while across the aisle, Nigel Farage has gone unusually quiet. New from @zoegrunewald.bsky.social

Because what London really needs is lots more cars and especially empty ones cruising the streets. I don't remember Londoners being consulted on being used as guinea pigs. #motonormitivity

Torsten Bell@torstenbell.bsky.social · 6h ago

This is a big moment for one of the UK’s most promising start-ups

A bit of community service and a 3 year driving ban for killing someone whilst driving. Previous for phone use too. This person should not be allowed to drive ever again. Life ban when convicted of killing whilst driving should be mandatory. He can bus. Or cycle. road.cc/news/van-dri...

“No idea how he hadn’t seen him”: Van driver avoids jail after killing cyclist riding with two rear lights

A van driver who killed a cyclist after failing to see him on the road, despite the 54-year-old riding with two rear lights, has been handed a suspended 10-month prison sentence.Graham Nash was riding...

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Nottingham - our centre is so polluted we'll have to introduce a ULEZ. Mandates low emissions taxis, upgrades their* buses to CNG & Euro VI, replaces city service vehicles with EV **. Result: no ULEZ needed. National Highways - let's ban those form of transport which don't pollute.

Laura Laker@lauralaker.bsky.social · yesterday

“It’s perverse that people who want to walk and cycle are penalised because the motor traffic is too polluting". National Highways closes cycling and walking routes beside heavily polluted roads lauralaker.substack.com/p/national-h...

“It’s a rare chance for the kids in this neighbourhood to play outside together, in a space big enough to frolic and safe from traffic” More local authorities need to make this possible easily, by simplifying the application process and ensuring it’s always free. Streets should be spaces for play.

Leeds: The city closing down streets so children can play

In Leeds, streets are being temporarily closed to traffic so kids have more space to safely play - an initiative proving beneficial to both children and adults.

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And still people come out in public to defend speeding, whining that "people get caught out".

The world's gon woke and elf and safety is just insane nannying gone mad. Mad I tell you. What's wrong with hanging your kid out the window? Think of all the fresh air theyre getting.

Sundance@sundance.bikesky.social · 15h ago

Drive like your baby is hanging out the window.

And pollinators are dying because the NFU pushed for the ban on pesticides containing neonicotinoids to be reinstated

All joking aside, this feels a bit misogynistic to me. If the UCI are that worried about marginal aero gains then why are they not targeting those ridiculous TT helmets. Or even checking riders in male tts for chest padding? www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...

Tour de France Femmes cyclists face checks for aerodynamic-boosting chest padding

Riders at the Tour de France Femmes were subject to extra clothing checks before Tuesday’s stage following claims some could be using extra padding to seek an aerodynamic advantage

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Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Almost £70 billion in profit in just 3 months is obscene when the climate is in crisis. The fossil fuel industry should be forced to pay for transforming to renewable energies. www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...

Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage

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Calls to ban disposable barbecues in England and Wales over wildfire risk

Calls to ban disposable barbecues in England and Wales over wildfire risk

Lib Dems and many Labour MPs join farmers, landowners and firefighters in urging temporary prohibition Farmers and landowners are calling for a temporary ban on disposable barbecues in England and Wales, as they warn of the risk of igniting wildfires. The call, which has also been made by firefighters and is backed by the Liberal Democrats and many Labour MPs, comes as much of England faces further hot dry weather, despite rain in some areas. Continue reading...

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Bede's World! Bede's World! Party time! Venerable!

Ex-PM Starmer said, in response to Raise the Colours terrorising people, ‘I am supporter of flags’, ‘I’m very encouraging of flags. I think they’re patriotic and I think they’re a great symbol of our nation’ and his family had ‘got St George’s flag in our flat’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Cllr Dr Alex Powell@apowelllaw.bsky.social · yesterday

The campaign of harassment and intimidation Raise the Colours have undertaken against council staff, contractors, and members of the public as reported by the Clarion today is shocking if not surprising. Excellent reporting. oxfordclarion.uk/the-clarion-...

This is very perverse indeed. Must be all the heavy breathing that generates CO2. But obviously we can't do anything that may inhibit driving in the slightest. We are never gonna find the will to tackle climate change are we?

Laura Laker@lauralaker.bsky.social · yesterday

“It’s perverse that people who want to walk and cycle are penalised because the motor traffic is too polluting". National Highways closes cycling and walking routes beside heavily polluted roads lauralaker.substack.com/p/national-h...

This must be the poshest entrance to a motorway services I've ever stopped at. 10 points for anyone who recognises it.

Although on the plus side, my mantits make me more aero at least road.cc/news/fake-br...

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

Earth is now warming faster than at any point in recorded geological history - around 10 times faster than the extreme warming event 56 million years ago and 20 times faster than at the end of the last ice age. We are almost certainly in a new extinction event.

Rod Liddle wrote (amongst other disgusting stuff) in a national newspaper that he wanted to put up piano wire across roads at neck height to target people cycling. That probably added and encouraged others. That was enough to make me despise him. road.cc/content/news...

‘Tempting’ – Sunday Times columnist Rod Liddle on stretching piano wire across road to target cyclists

Sunday Times columnist Rod Liddle has said in today’s edition of the newspaper that he finds it “tempting” to stretch piano wire across the road to target cyclists – something that, as we reported las...

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You can't park there mate! www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2643051...

Driver fled scene after 'scary' moment car landed on bonnet of vehicle in Sunderland

Police say a driver fled the scene of a three-vehicle crash in St Luke's Road, Sunderland, yesterday.

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So what action has the Burnham administration promised it would take to tackle the climate emergency. Oh that's right. Nothing apart from potentially more fossil fuel extraction, which will at least speed up the extinction process. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn

Farmers battle to salvage what they can of their crops as heatwave set to continue

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Land Rover also does a Discovery Metropolitan edition. The name suggests it's for use in cities. Because you never know how high the kerb / cyclist / pedestrian you need to mount might be. And because there must be no limit to the pointless environmental harm you inflict.

All residential streets should be like this with rationed parking by permit. Still he's gonna learn that it's possible not to rely on a car so much, and that 15 minute neighbourhoods are good. He should by a folding bike and make those 20 minutes 4.

Angry People in Local Newspapers@apiln.bsky.social · 2d ago

In today’s episode of People Trying To Park A Car In Brighton And Hove, man forgets to renew his parking permit for the vehicle his partner uses for work and the school run, and now he’s in the doghouse.

Shops put security tags on almost everything too try and prevent thefts. What are filling stations doing? Seemingly bugger all except whining. Anpr checks before fuel sales, and pay first like unmanned supermarket stations do. No money, no fuel. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Almost £200,000 of fuel stolen from UK forecourts every day since Iran war began

Incidents of fuel being taken without payment have risen by a fifth in five months, according to industry analysis.

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I was first aware of this doing geography in the 80s. Man, it was in a Calvin & Hobbes strip in ‘87. They sorted the Ozone Layer & Acid Rain at the same time; I thought we wd sort it. We’ve had decades and we’ve f*cked it.

There’s “off the charts” and there’s France’s absolutely bonkers June & July 2026 temperatures (see black line below). Bad things are happening. Fast.

"At one time, the bin men used to carry metal bins on their shoulder no matter how much rubbish was coming out of the back. Never bothered them as they would get a big tip at Christmas." Never bothered them. Apart from knackered bodies and carking it 6-months after retiring.

Angry People in Local Newspapers@apiln.bsky.social · 3d ago

Bins have gone woke. We repeat: BINS ARE NOW WOKE

Coward turned off replies. Claims he supports cycling if its legal. In what world is a cycling group doing 25mph illegal, but a driver doing 40 on same road is legal? The good lord is clearly not good at thinking. I'm happy to help him see which would hurt him more. Kinetic energy is also a mystery.