LadyIntheVan
@ladyinthevan.bsky.social
My life got a rejig when my husband died 4 years ago. Love swimming , walking, chatting and my van . Dwi’n dysgu Cymraeg . Twitter refugee . Life goes on
Sadly for you my dear Binface , Martin Bell was dressed very smartly in a while linen suit and not as dustbin . #BinfaceForClacton
Can electoral lightning strike twice? #VoteBinface #Clacton
Can we begin to imagine a world where the far right dissipate and their malicious shit-stirring fades away and we can try to solve the massive world problems with fairness and cooperation
So it wasn't an act. John Cleese WAS Basil Fawlty all along.
When I was a kid growing up 50s and 60s we picked blackberries in September . Of late it’s been mid August - this year it’s July #climateChange
Reform say they’re on the side of working people. So why have they just voted to scrap a new swimming pool and leisure centre for one of Bradford’s most deprived communities? via Reform Are Not Your Friends www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
Swimming in Crummock . Eating at my brother and wife’s place
308,770 people started an apprenticeship in 2025/26. That's 8.7% more than last year. Apprenticeship starts collapsed on the Tories’ watch and young people took the biggest hit. They've never dropped once under this Labour government.
A city centre should not function as a shortcut for motorists passing through. It should serve as the 'gezellige' living room of the city: a place where residents and tourists feel comfortable spending time, where children move freely, and where local businesses benefit from a vibrant public realm.
None of the “establishment parties” should stand against him.
Well done indeed . I notice it’s mainly women in the protest - men step up
Small Dorset Town stands up to racism. Local anger in Wimborne is through the roof. But nothing reported anywhere. Meanwhile - six flag waving idiots turns up outside a hotel in Epping and its front page news.
Cool that bikes are making mainstream headlines, and also whoa - cool pic.
“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
Physicist & chemist Marie Curie was the: + First woman to win a Nobel Prize + First person & only woman to win twice + Only person to ever win a Nobel Prize in 2 different sciences: Physics (1903) & Chemistry (1911) Marie Skłodowska Curie died #OTD in 1934. #WomenInSTEM
If only MPs were made to wear name of sponsors who've bought their pro-superrich policies ... meme via Julian Smith
I went to see it in Bayeux last year no queues . Think I paid €9 but I can’t be sure - it is utterly amazing .
It's worth it. That's the main message. Make the effort if you want to see this amazing thing.
Talk about bike infrastructure, and someone inevitably assumes the goal is to replace every car trip with a cycle. Nothing could be further from the truth. The goal is choice. Most people don’t want to use the same vehicle for every journey, just as they don’t use the same shoes for every occasion.🧵
I heard a climate specialist talking about keeping cool in these hot times and suggested if we don’t have shutters on our windows use cardboard boxes . Here’s my effort
There’s talk of Ed Miliband as chancellor - I want him where he is defending Net Zero
"With the Bicycle you can travel without restrictions... in complete freedom!" ca. 1950
I wonder if anyone who lives in Northern England thinks it’s a huge waste of money?
Sounds like a huge waste of money for something entirely performative, when there are much bigger and more pressing issues to solve.
She isn’t going to be Prime minister . Rest assured. Keep it up Ms Phillipson .
Kemi lost her head at PMQs - and afterwards too. It's not the first time. She's compared me to a Gestapo officer. I wonder what it is about a working class woman driving record investment in state schools by ending private schools' tax breaks that the Tories hate so much.
Unlike Farage, I've met thousands of 'ordinary men' - university of life, who like rugby or football, and a pint - but had far too much respect for their mother, sister, daughter, nan, grand-daughter, female partners, work colleagues to voice demeaning ideas about women, or post them on social media
For as long as I live and have breath in my body I will have zero tolerance for those who dismiss the damage sexism does to our society. Don’t sit this out and let farage’s nonsense become the norm. Fight for a better future for all.
Perennial. @davewalker.bsky.social at his finest. Although I particularly enjoy the irony when someone kicks off about how a bike store or similar ruins the ambience of a street lined with parked SUVs.
Storing private property in the street - As he always does, mild-mannered cartoonist @davewalker.bsky.social nails it:
It's obvious to point out attacks against Muslims get ignored - but still needs repeatedly calling out. An Antisemitic attack should be reported and action taken. But where is the same media outrage, cobra meetings and calling of national emergency when 5 Muslims are attacked?