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Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
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"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off
Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
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At today's Road Safety GB National Road Safety Conf #20splenty will be presenting on how "Setting 20mph as an urban/village norm has the power to deliver one of the quickest wins for the UK and in particular England and Northern Ireland".
November 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
At today's Road Safety GB National Road Safety Conf #20splenty will be presenting on how "Setting 20mph as an urban/village norm has the power to deliver one of the quickest wins for the UK and in particular England and Northern Ireland".
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Algerian-born train hero saves train passengers from attack.
Since the right-wing press loves reporting criminals’ race and religion, surely they should report heroes’ too.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Since the right-wing press loves reporting criminals’ race and religion, surely they should report heroes’ too.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.
www.bbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Algerian-born train hero saves train passengers from attack.
Since the right-wing press loves reporting criminals’ race and religion, surely they should report heroes’ too.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Since the right-wing press loves reporting criminals’ race and religion, surely they should report heroes’ too.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Politico: "MPs should consider deleting X, according to a committee led by Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle...
"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”
Absolutely. Please get on with it.
"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”
Absolutely. Please get on with it.
October 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Politico: "MPs should consider deleting X, according to a committee led by Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle...
"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”
Absolutely. Please get on with it.
"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”
Absolutely. Please get on with it.
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*** New blog post ***
Back in July, I went for a cycle around Leicester, 10 years after the last time I cycled around Leicester.
Here's my write up, with thanks to @leicestercyclingcg.bsky.social
therantyhighwayman.blogspot.com/2025/10/live...
Back in July, I went for a cycle around Leicester, 10 years after the last time I cycled around Leicester.
Here's my write up, with thanks to @leicestercyclingcg.bsky.social
therantyhighwayman.blogspot.com/2025/10/live...
Liveable Leicester: Redux
Back in the summer of 2015, I spent a great couple of days with the Cycling Embassy of Great Britain having a look at what the City of Leice...
therantyhighwayman.blogspot.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
*** New blog post ***
Back in July, I went for a cycle around Leicester, 10 years after the last time I cycled around Leicester.
Here's my write up, with thanks to @leicestercyclingcg.bsky.social
therantyhighwayman.blogspot.com/2025/10/live...
Back in July, I went for a cycle around Leicester, 10 years after the last time I cycled around Leicester.
Here's my write up, with thanks to @leicestercyclingcg.bsky.social
therantyhighwayman.blogspot.com/2025/10/live...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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The link goes to a campaign with four strands. One of the strands is, of course, bus stops and continuous footways. I am so exhausted with the nonstop idea that cycling represents the greatest threat to humanity and needs to be designed out of existence but cars and driving is just a fact of life.
October 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The link goes to a campaign with four strands. One of the strands is, of course, bus stops and continuous footways. I am so exhausted with the nonstop idea that cycling represents the greatest threat to humanity and needs to be designed out of existence but cars and driving is just a fact of life.
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NEW: We need to talk about Russia.
So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.
My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.
My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
October 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
NEW: We need to talk about Russia.
So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.
My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.
My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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The proscription as terrorist of a direct action protest group for throwing paint over planes devalues the term 'terrorism'& makes infinitely more difficult the fight against actual terrorists.
#proscription
#proscription
October 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The proscription as terrorist of a direct action protest group for throwing paint over planes devalues the term 'terrorism'& makes infinitely more difficult the fight against actual terrorists.
#proscription
#proscription
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🚜 A poor deal for farmers. A rotten deal for the country.
“Brexit was not principally about trade" - we know Michael we know...
🛠️ Let's fix this broken deal and get Britain building again.
https://bit.ly/42YNQxG
“Brexit was not principally about trade" - we know Michael we know...
🛠️ Let's fix this broken deal and get Britain building again.
https://bit.ly/42YNQxG
Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers
Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🚜 A poor deal for farmers. A rotten deal for the country.
“Brexit was not principally about trade" - we know Michael we know...
🛠️ Let's fix this broken deal and get Britain building again.
https://bit.ly/42YNQxG
“Brexit was not principally about trade" - we know Michael we know...
🛠️ Let's fix this broken deal and get Britain building again.
https://bit.ly/42YNQxG
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I don't know how any Starmer supporters can defend him. His 10 pledges in the Labour leadership election were basically Corbyn's manifesto then he ditched them all instantly and became Nigel Farage instead. He is SO obviously a liar, and that's not even the worst thing he is.
October 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I don't know how any Starmer supporters can defend him. His 10 pledges in the Labour leadership election were basically Corbyn's manifesto then he ditched them all instantly and became Nigel Farage instead. He is SO obviously a liar, and that's not even the worst thing he is.
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We just hit 79,000 members of @greenparty.org.uk
Big milestone coming...
A bold vision to lower bills, bring water back into public ownership, protect our NHS and end the genocide in Gaza.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Big milestone coming...
A bold vision to lower bills, bring water back into public ownership, protect our NHS and end the genocide in Gaza.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join the Green Party
Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
September 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We just hit 79,000 members of @greenparty.org.uk
Big milestone coming...
A bold vision to lower bills, bring water back into public ownership, protect our NHS and end the genocide in Gaza.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Big milestone coming...
A bold vision to lower bills, bring water back into public ownership, protect our NHS and end the genocide in Gaza.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Brexit: the unforgivably selfish arseholery of those who lied about what it really meant for the country while dodging the cost, hassle and restrictions they inflicted on everyone else.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Sir James Dyson says Brexit was worth it – even if it’s made people poorer
Britain’s fourth-wealthiest man has argued it is better to be ‘independent’ than tied to the EU
www.independent.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Brexit: the unforgivably selfish arseholery of those who lied about what it really meant for the country while dodging the cost, hassle and restrictions they inflicted on everyone else.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Zack Polanski: 'We don't have time to wait around for Corbyn'
YouTube video by Sky News
youtu.be
September 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Ken Murphy is Tesco’s UK CEO and the highest paid supermarket boss.
He gets £9,930,000 a year, but is registered to pay tax in the Republic of Ireland.
Not a penny of his outrageous salary is collected in tax, despite almost all Tesco’s earnings coming from the UK.
It’s theft.
He gets £9,930,000 a year, but is registered to pay tax in the Republic of Ireland.
Not a penny of his outrageous salary is collected in tax, despite almost all Tesco’s earnings coming from the UK.
It’s theft.
September 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Ken Murphy is Tesco’s UK CEO and the highest paid supermarket boss.
He gets £9,930,000 a year, but is registered to pay tax in the Republic of Ireland.
Not a penny of his outrageous salary is collected in tax, despite almost all Tesco’s earnings coming from the UK.
It’s theft.
He gets £9,930,000 a year, but is registered to pay tax in the Republic of Ireland.
Not a penny of his outrageous salary is collected in tax, despite almost all Tesco’s earnings coming from the UK.
It’s theft.
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"I haven’t felt this positive about politics ever. I think we can be a really powerful voice."
@mothinali.bsky.social speaks to the Guardian following his election as Co-Deputy Leader of the Green Party ⤵️
@mothinali.bsky.social speaks to the Guardian following his election as Co-Deputy Leader of the Green Party ⤵️
September 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"I haven’t felt this positive about politics ever. I think we can be a really powerful voice."
@mothinali.bsky.social speaks to the Guardian following his election as Co-Deputy Leader of the Green Party ⤵️
@mothinali.bsky.social speaks to the Guardian following his election as Co-Deputy Leader of the Green Party ⤵️
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September 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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My letter in today’s Times:
August 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
My letter in today’s Times:
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5 days left to enter the @righttoroam.bsky.social Prize Draw to win some great books by @drmjwarren.bsky.social @amyjanebeer.bsky.social @patrickbarkham.bsky.social and, er, yours truly!
Most of all, help us win a right of responsible access to the English countryside...
bsky.app/profile/righ...
Most of all, help us win a right of responsible access to the English countryside...
bsky.app/profile/righ...
Want to support the campaign for a real Right to Roam across England & Wales, all while having a chance to win a bundle of beautiful nature bundles?
Take part in our Prize Draw which closes at the end of the week!
Supported by @foldedorset.bsky.social
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/right-to-r...
Take part in our Prize Draw which closes at the end of the week!
Supported by @foldedorset.bsky.social
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/right-to-r...
Right to Roam: 10 Nature Inspired Prize Bundles
Help us fuel our campaign to secure a full right to roam in England to give people better access to nature.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
5 days left to enter the @righttoroam.bsky.social Prize Draw to win some great books by @drmjwarren.bsky.social @amyjanebeer.bsky.social @patrickbarkham.bsky.social and, er, yours truly!
Most of all, help us win a right of responsible access to the English countryside...
bsky.app/profile/righ...
Most of all, help us win a right of responsible access to the English countryside...
bsky.app/profile/righ...
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Needed to go to big Asda.
Baby too small for the trike still so we got the bus.
Awful driver.
Then we get off the bus and are greeted by this massive junction without signalled pedestrian crossings.
No wonder people drive ten minute journeys.
Baby too small for the trike still so we got the bus.
Awful driver.
Then we get off the bus and are greeted by this massive junction without signalled pedestrian crossings.
No wonder people drive ten minute journeys.
August 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Needed to go to big Asda.
Baby too small for the trike still so we got the bus.
Awful driver.
Then we get off the bus and are greeted by this massive junction without signalled pedestrian crossings.
No wonder people drive ten minute journeys.
Baby too small for the trike still so we got the bus.
Awful driver.
Then we get off the bus and are greeted by this massive junction without signalled pedestrian crossings.
No wonder people drive ten minute journeys.
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Can you even consider yourself as someone who cares about cycling and walking in the UK if you haven't yet signed and shared this petition?
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Mandate funding of active travel provision as part of any transport projects
In light of the Chancellor's recent announcement of funding for transport infrastructure, we call for new legislation mandating funding for active travel provision alongside funding for transport proj...
petition.parliament.uk
August 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Can you even consider yourself as someone who cares about cycling and walking in the UK if you haven't yet signed and shared this petition?
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Runaway climate change. Genocide in Gaza. War in Ukraine.
The world can seem a very dark place, and it can be easy to lose hope.
After all, I can't stop any of the bad things happening.
Or can I?
I *can* choose to drive less, eat less meat and reduce my plastic usage.
1/x
The world can seem a very dark place, and it can be easy to lose hope.
After all, I can't stop any of the bad things happening.
Or can I?
I *can* choose to drive less, eat less meat and reduce my plastic usage.
1/x
August 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Runaway climate change. Genocide in Gaza. War in Ukraine.
The world can seem a very dark place, and it can be easy to lose hope.
After all, I can't stop any of the bad things happening.
Or can I?
I *can* choose to drive less, eat less meat and reduce my plastic usage.
1/x
The world can seem a very dark place, and it can be easy to lose hope.
After all, I can't stop any of the bad things happening.
Or can I?
I *can* choose to drive less, eat less meat and reduce my plastic usage.
1/x
This is happening more often since train ticket prices have increased Day returns bought on the day cheaper than advance tickets
August 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This is happening more often since train ticket prices have increased Day returns bought on the day cheaper than advance tickets