Chris
@sullyc.bsky.social
Cymro, dad, utility cyclist and bike bus marshal, semi-retired programmer (FIRE), Dr (Computer Science) Endlessly failing to declutter. Believes in experts and following the evidence. All for a meritocratic world.
Cars are taking ever more public space: Join the movement to stop cars spreading all over our streets:
Join the movement against carspreading.
Cars keep getting bigger. Our streets don’t.
cleancitiescampaign.org
THE GUARDIAN: Reform MP Sarah Pochin questioned second homes’ impact on rural housing, then bought an £800,000 Anglesey property two days later. The island has 2,635 non-primary residences and a housing crisis. - by Nadeem Badshah
Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
theguardian.com
This story is about so much more than one man and one company. It’s about the corruption of our British democracy through the subtle intermingling of the financial and political interests of our political class and the world’s most powerful corporations. open.substack.com/pub/zeteouk/...
Why Is a Labour Lord Now Paid by Palantir – and What Does it Mean For Our Democracy?
Ex-Labour deputy leader Tom Watson just got hired by a controversial US tech company seeking taxpayer-funded state contracts. The intermingling of politicians and corporations corrupts our democracy.
open.substack.com
I think it's absolutely mad that today there's a *national news story* about 400 oil platform workers losing their jobs, and the government being blamed. 25% of the UK TV industry lost their jobs in the last 4 years and we never hear a peep about it! Some jobs are 'real jobs' I guess.
Suggested ground rules for the ‘debate’ on 'bad' cycling 🧵: 1) Cyclists or cycling advocates are not collectively responsible for the bad behaviour of individuals. What’s your actual point? You want less cycling or rules that have that effect? Be clear.
Unsurprising people are irritated. Cyclists are not responsible for the bad behaviour of other cyclists any more than drivers are. But they do feel exasperated by the endless ‘othering’ & media attacks on a mode that is incredibly low risk, in the context of 29,000 annual UK motor vehicle casualties
Really is amazing how many Reform and UKIP elected officials have been arrested over years. So unlucky.
I don't like anyone breaking road law or behaving dangerously towards other road users, be they on foot, bike, motorcycle (regardless of energy source) or motor vehicle. They are all individuals though, and if you're painting cyclists as the major risk then you're not serious about road danger
BBC News - Dan Thomas resigns as Reform Wales leader after being arrested on suspicion of assault www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Surprise, surprise... They are all wrong 'uns.
I am honoured and humbled that crypto billionaire Ben Delo has given me £36 million without any expectation that if I get into power I will change the rules on crypto to make him even richer.
11 plus assessment day in Kings Heath. King Edward VI School. An combination of: Years of failed transport policy Car drivers who don't give a toss about community, residents or the law
Crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne has now matched Ben Delo's record-breaking £36m donation to Reform, months after Nigel Farage's party promised to slash crypto sales taxes in half Reform UK is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the crypto industry www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-uk-...
Reform UK Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Corrupt Crypto Industry
As criminal investigations into Reform’s funding continue, much of the British press continues to give a free pass to Nigel Farage’s shady funders
adambienkov.co.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Not shocked given driver self entitlement and stupidity appears to know no bounds ... Plus nobody in authority seems to want to enforce the laws.
A reminder of the urgent need for change to UK driving laws. @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
Cian Ginty@cianginty.bsky.social · last mo.Not even a blind man who drove 150 miles while drunk gets a lifetime ban for driving:
Very reassuring to learn that a blind man who drunk drove 150 miles to Scotland, without a licence or insurance, has been banned from driving for 12 months. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Blind Huddersfield man sentenced for 150-mile drive while drunk
Anthony Hall, 50, took his partner's car and drove at night from Huddersfield to near Carlisle.
bbc.co.uk
According to a column in the Times, gangs of masked vigilantes blocking roads have demands which "represent a consensus view across the country". This is very patently utter bollocks. Daniel Thomas, the organiser, is a far-right racist thug. His views are not in any way mainstream.
If every statement about Extinction Rebellion had opened with "Climate change is the single biggest issue facing humanity, and we understand why people have legitimate concerns the world isn't doing enough to tackle it…" this approach might be *faintly* defensible. But they didn't, and it isn't.
Scornflake Ghhhoul@scornflakegrrrl.bsky.social · last mo.They’re just pouring more fuel onto the fire. Why are the racists consistently called legitimate, whilst in a world that’s burning people who protest over climate change and genocide are not being afforded even a smidgeon of the same grace?
So the USA is stealing Venezuelan oil and entrenching a new dictator in power to oppress the Venezuelan people. There needs to be a reckoning for all this.
Same in UK ... 🤦♂️
Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · last mo.One of the most subtly insane aspects of the unrelenting car dependency we’ve deliberately built across North America is the incredible reluctance we have to remove the driving privilege, even from those who clearly are a danger to themselves & others, because “people have to drive.” #CarDependency
“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint
If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.
euronews.com
Having Ted Lasso's Alice Chilton's ENGLISH character pronouncing clique incorrectly as click rather than cleek has already spoiled S04E04 for me! Don't dumb down for viewers! #priorities
Urbanist Philomena Cunk. Some shop owners are terrified of bike lanes because they believe a person on a bicycle is physically incapable of holding currency. They assume that if you can't park a massive metal box right outside their door, the local economy will instantly collapse.
UK govt to pay KPMG and EY up to £456mn to train civil servants. Continuation of policy started by Thatcher; opened the door to privatisation, PFI, outsourcing, deregulation, consultancy cult. Firms mired in scandals get govt contracts, inside access to ministers, policy makers. archive.ph/hTdhS
UK government to pay KPMG and EY up to £456mn to train civil servants
Deal marks largest contract awarded to Big Four firms in at least a decade
ft.com
Glad to have added my name to a letter from 50 green groups urging PM to be clear that #climate breakdown is the cause of the current extreme heat crisis. The public deserves leadership that speaks honestly about the nature of the challenges the country faces & offers a robust plan to tackle them
Green groups urge Andy Burnham to break silence on climate crisis
More than 50 organisations say PM urgently needs to show leadership and prepare British people for scale of change needed as UK struggles through another heatwave
theguardian.com
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 'The concerts come as West tries to rehabilitate his image after years of antisemitic and pro-Nazi remarks.' Not trying very hard is he? Moron.
Kanye West announces tour dates in Russia
The musician would be the first major Western artist to play Russia since the invasion of Ukraine.
bbc.co.uk
Nigel Farage regained his seat after a tough campaign against... a bin. A waste of everyone’s time, effort and money – all to run away from scrutiny. The investigation into Farage’s finances will now resume and only when that’s concluded will we get full transparency.
