Paul B
@buffer68.bsky.social
Love cycling, travel, reading books
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Clogged up Britain
How the UK’s dependency on cars slows down the economy
Clogged up Britain
tcnv.link
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Clogged up Britain
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From drilling and extracting fossil fuels to recycling their dead batteries, car culture is poisoning us. 🚫🚗
This story is a gut punch but likely the most important story you'll read today.
Lead in car batteries can be recycled. When it's recycled cheaply, like it is in Nigeria, workers and the surrounding communities get blanketed in poisonous lead dust.
www.theexamination.org/articles/bat...
Lead in car batteries can be recycled. When it's recycled cheaply, like it is in Nigeria, workers and the surrounding communities get blanketed in poisonous lead dust.
www.theexamination.org/articles/bat...
Recycling lead for U.S. car batteries is poisoning people
We documented the toxic fallout of a green technology.
www.theexamination.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
From drilling and extracting fossil fuels to recycling their dead batteries, car culture is poisoning us. 🚫🚗
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Is he called Andrew by any chance?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Arrest after man suspected of posing as navy admiral at Llandudno Remembrance event
Police say a naval uniform and a selection of medals have been seized from the man's home.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Is he called Andrew by any chance?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This must be the first time I've seen a politician do this sort of thing and it not be utterly cringe! Brilliant!
"This energy!!!" 👏👏👏👏
Zack Polanski joins Rizzle Kicks out on stage in Bristol
Zack Polanski joins Rizzle Kicks out on stage in Bristol
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This must be the first time I've seen a politician do this sort of thing and it not be utterly cringe! Brilliant!
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I think a bigger shock will be if Reeves and Labour increases fuel duty.
It's the new taboo.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's the new taboo.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Could Rachel Reeves break a 50-year taboo by raising income tax in her Budget?
It is more than half a century since a chancellor chose to put up the basic rate of income tax.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I think a bigger shock will be if Reeves and Labour increases fuel duty.
It's the new taboo.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's the new taboo.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Next London mayoral contest might prove interesting...
The Green Party SECOND in a national poll for the first time ever!
There’s no way we’re stopping there.
There’s no way we’re stopping there.
October 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Next London mayoral contest might prove interesting...
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I've lived in Birmingham six years. In that time, so far two cyclists have been killed directly along my short commute.
Here's wishing big lawsuits on the people who have the power to prevent these results but prefer car owner convenience instead.
Here's wishing big lawsuits on the people who have the power to prevent these results but prefer car owner convenience instead.
Birmingham by Bike - Change & Continuity along the Commute
YouTube video by John Munro - University of Birmingham
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I've lived in Birmingham six years. In that time, so far two cyclists have been killed directly along my short commute.
Here's wishing big lawsuits on the people who have the power to prevent these results but prefer car owner convenience instead.
Here's wishing big lawsuits on the people who have the power to prevent these results but prefer car owner convenience instead.
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A man using a mobility scooter had to be rescued by the fire service as he became stuck between a wall and a parked car.
How much longer must he and other pedestrians have to wait for a pavement parking ban and adequate enforcement?
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
How much longer must he and other pedestrians have to wait for a pavement parking ban and adequate enforcement?
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Car parked on pavement leaves man on mobility scooter wedged against wall
Campaigners say this shows why pavement parking needs to be banned
www.mirror.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A man using a mobility scooter had to be rescued by the fire service as he became stuck between a wall and a parked car.
How much longer must he and other pedestrians have to wait for a pavement parking ban and adequate enforcement?
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
How much longer must he and other pedestrians have to wait for a pavement parking ban and adequate enforcement?
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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Migrants aren’t bankrupting the country - it’s your Nan*.
How an ageing demographic in the UK has been known about, and ignored, for years, and why migrants aren’t to blame.
*It’s also not really your Nan.
How an ageing demographic in the UK has been known about, and ignored, for years, and why migrants aren’t to blame.
*It’s also not really your Nan.
Nan’s Not Bankrupting Britain (But Politicians Might Be)
Pensions, productivity, and the myth of the migrant “drain.”
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
September 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Migrants aren’t bankrupting the country - it’s your Nan*.
How an ageing demographic in the UK has been known about, and ignored, for years, and why migrants aren’t to blame.
*It’s also not really your Nan.
How an ageing demographic in the UK has been known about, and ignored, for years, and why migrants aren’t to blame.
*It’s also not really your Nan.
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Going bikepacking this summer? 🌞
Check out Janet and Nessie's cycle touring tips for going slowly and soaking up the views en route 🚲
Check out Janet and Nessie's cycle touring tips for going slowly and soaking up the views en route 🚲
No Lycra, no problem: The sisters who took their time to cycle the length of the nation
Janet and Nessie, who deem themselves “not ultra-fit, everyday people”, spent around 60 days leisurely cycling their e-bikes from Land’s End in Cornwall to John o’Groats in Scotland (LEJOG).
buff.ly
August 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Going bikepacking this summer? 🌞
Check out Janet and Nessie's cycle touring tips for going slowly and soaking up the views en route 🚲
Check out Janet and Nessie's cycle touring tips for going slowly and soaking up the views en route 🚲
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Thanks for the reminder. Please engage with this important consultation. Done right it’s a great improvement and the outcome will be there for future generations. Northfield Gap ❤️ a missed opportunity to turn that high street around. It could be better than traffic blighted Harborne.
Last weekend for comments with two excellent published responses:
1) @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org: betterstreetsforbirmingham.org/our-response...
2) Pushbikes: pushbikes.org.uk/blog/consult...
Tl;dr: Great improvement, fewer central reservation turnings please, Northfield Gap ™️ disappointing.
1) @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org: betterstreetsforbirmingham.org/our-response...
2) Pushbikes: pushbikes.org.uk/blog/consult...
Tl;dr: Great improvement, fewer central reservation turnings please, Northfield Gap ™️ disappointing.
Plans for the extension to Longbridge are out for consultation until 28 July.
Overall, they are excellent. Do go and give design feedback.
www.birminghambeheard.org.uk/bcc/a38-cycl...
Overall, they are excellent. Do go and give design feedback.
www.birminghambeheard.org.uk/bcc/a38-cycl...
July 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Thanks for the reminder. Please engage with this important consultation. Done right it’s a great improvement and the outcome will be there for future generations. Northfield Gap ❤️ a missed opportunity to turn that high street around. It could be better than traffic blighted Harborne.
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Anything available if you want to buy an ebike?
Don't be silly.
This govt only cares about drivers.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Don't be silly.
This govt only cares about drivers.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Electric cars: Drivers offered up to £3,750 discount
Government will subsidise prices cuts to encourage a shift away from petrol and diesel.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Anything available if you want to buy an ebike?
Don't be silly.
This govt only cares about drivers.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Don't be silly.
This govt only cares about drivers.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is gaslighted at its highest, why is there not a white person in this report, such right wing gaslighting, shame on you Sky News
news.sky.com/story/atroci...
news.sky.com/story/atroci...
'Atrocity not accident': Families of pedestrians killed by drivers running red lights speak out
Alice Williams, nine, died after Qadeer Hussain, 55, ran a red light in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and hit the schoolgirl as she crossed the road with her mum and brother.
news.sky.com
June 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This is gaslighted at its highest, why is there not a white person in this report, such right wing gaslighting, shame on you Sky News
news.sky.com/story/atroci...
news.sky.com/story/atroci...
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June 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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RefUK Ltd: hasn't got a Scooby, but MOAR ROADS.
"NO IDEA, GENUINELY."
Reform UK's Councillor James Walker-Gurley, Nottinghamshire Council was interviewed by Notts TV last week.
Rabbit. In. Headlights. No clue what he's doing.
Reform UK's Councillor James Walker-Gurley, Nottinghamshire Council was interviewed by Notts TV last week.
Rabbit. In. Headlights. No clue what he's doing.
June 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
RefUK Ltd: hasn't got a Scooby, but MOAR ROADS.
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It’s been 324 days since Birmingham City Council declared a road safety emergency.
June 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
It’s been 324 days since Birmingham City Council declared a road safety emergency.
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Worth repeating: local authorities that refuse to contract towing companies to remove badly parked cars are announcing their official approval of this kind of use of public space.
A new contender on Alcester Street for Birmingham’s favourite game… is it a pavement or a car park?
June 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Worth repeating: local authorities that refuse to contract towing companies to remove badly parked cars are announcing their official approval of this kind of use of public space.
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I'd wager that the number of drivers receiving 'intent to prosecute' notices from helmet camera footage in Scotland in 2024 is probably less than 10... And that includes my reports. ☹️ @policescotland.bsky.social
Operation Snap submissions have more than doubled in two years, with more than 15,000 incidents reported in 2024 and over half of the reported drivers receiving notices of intended prosecution
Cyclists submit record number of close pass videos, as road safety charities warn over half of drivers still don’t know the Highway Code’s minimum passing distance
Operation Snap submissions have more than doubled in two years, with more than 15,000 incidents reported in 2024 and over half of reported drivers receiving notices of intended prosecution
road.cc
June 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I'd wager that the number of drivers receiving 'intent to prosecute' notices from helmet camera footage in Scotland in 2024 is probably less than 10... And that includes my reports. ☹️ @policescotland.bsky.social
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This is quite the damning analysis of the HS2 disaster by Simon Calder.
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
Simon Calder on how HS2 squandered billions to become a national embarrassment
Trains may run between Birmingham and somewhere near London by 2036 – a decade late, and slower than planned as Simon Calder explains
www.independent.co.uk
June 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is quite the damning analysis of the HS2 disaster by Simon Calder.
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
Cycling should feel liberating, not intimidating - but too many women are missing out because they don't think it feels safe. Will you ask your MP to support Cycling UK's 'My ride. Our right' campaign to give more women the freedom to cycle?
action.cyclinguk.org/page/171597/...
action.cyclinguk.org/page/171597/...
My ride. Our right
Cycling should feel liberating, not intimidating - but too many women are missing out because they don't think it feels safe. Will you ask your MP to support Cycling UK's 'My ride. Our right' campaign...
action.cyclinguk.org
June 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Cycling should feel liberating, not intimidating - but too many women are missing out because they don't think it feels safe. Will you ask your MP to support Cycling UK's 'My ride. Our right' campaign to give more women the freedom to cycle?
action.cyclinguk.org/page/171597/...
action.cyclinguk.org/page/171597/...
Why do we tolerate this so easily, they should have towed that car away and charged him £500 to get it back.
Bloody good job I wasn't on that tram being held up 😡😡😡😡😡
Mot City cannot punish car driver
BMW driver blocks tram tracks outside New Street station
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
Bloody good job I wasn't on that tram being held up 😡😡😡😡😡
Mot City cannot punish car driver
BMW driver blocks tram tracks outside New Street station
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
BMW driver blocks tram tracks outside New Street station
Rail bosses said the incident caused 'considerable inconvenience'
www.birminghammail.co.uk
May 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Why do we tolerate this so easily, they should have towed that car away and charged him £500 to get it back.
Bloody good job I wasn't on that tram being held up 😡😡😡😡😡
Mot City cannot punish car driver
BMW driver blocks tram tracks outside New Street station
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
Bloody good job I wasn't on that tram being held up 😡😡😡😡😡
Mot City cannot punish car driver
BMW driver blocks tram tracks outside New Street station
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
Putting it out there to see if any UK cyclists are doing this event which starts in Innsbruck and how they are getting themselves and a bike with bags to the start at Innsbruck.
Would love 2 do this event but logistics of getting your fully loaded bike to the start is hard
www.thegrandescape.cc
Would love 2 do this event but logistics of getting your fully loaded bike to the start is hard
www.thegrandescape.cc
The Grand Escape Germany/Austria
Pedal between the scenic mountains of the Alps through Europe's most enchanting cycling paths.On this 600 kilometer route with only 5500 meters of elevation gain, you'll have the chance to discover fa...
www.thegrandescape.cc
May 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Putting it out there to see if any UK cyclists are doing this event which starts in Innsbruck and how they are getting themselves and a bike with bags to the start at Innsbruck.
Would love 2 do this event but logistics of getting your fully loaded bike to the start is hard
www.thegrandescape.cc
Would love 2 do this event but logistics of getting your fully loaded bike to the start is hard
www.thegrandescape.cc
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The contrast between the few cursory lines given to a pedestrian or cyclist when they get run over versus the extensive, sympathetic coverage given to car owners when they don't want to pay to store their property is an announcement of an ideology.
Controversial parking charges to go ahead for three beauty spots
Birmingham City Council said it would implement a revised set of parking charges at the Worcestershire parks.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The contrast between the few cursory lines given to a pedestrian or cyclist when they get run over versus the extensive, sympathetic coverage given to car owners when they don't want to pay to store their property is an announcement of an ideology.