Gary Cummins
@garyinscotland.bsky.social
Home is a 15 min city. Active & public transport prof, cycle holiday manager (ret). Lived on all the brown bits of the Monopoly board. Weekend Ambo driving volunteer.
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This consultation closes TOMMOROW, if you don't respond then don't moan if this fails to go ahead, respond tonight and support this project.
⏰⚠️⏰⚠️ ALERT! The Bayswater road consultation is under heavy threat despite the obvious benefits. The weekend saw 400+ responses and it's IMPERITIVE we show strong support ahead of the WEDS 28th DEADLINE. Please take a moment to add your voice here: cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
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Cycle Movement Strategy Phase 3: Bayswater Road
The Bayswater Road Cycle Movement Strategy Phase 3 scheme looks to enhance cycling and pedestrian facilities in both directions along Bayswater Road, from Palace Court to Lancaster Terrace.
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is
January 27, 2026 at 6:52 PM
This consultation closes TOMMOROW, if you don't respond then don't moan if this fails to go ahead, respond tonight and support this project.
This is a good read, as all CW's stuff is, but Wales may chuck all this out with the bathwater 'cos they don't like that bloke in London.
In this guest post, writer, broadcaster and host of podcast @callingallstations.bsky.social, @christianwolmar.bsky.social explains how Wales is quietly getting its transport policy right and what the rest of the UK could learn from it.
Read it here: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/welsh-s...
Read it here: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/welsh-s...
January 28, 2026 at 8:04 AM
This is a good read, as all CW's stuff is, but Wales may chuck all this out with the bathwater 'cos they don't like that bloke in London.
This is going to be a really crap World Cup!
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
This is going to be a really crap World Cup!
This consultation closes TOMMOROW, if you don't respond then don't moan if this fails to go ahead, respond tonight and support this project.
⏰⚠️⏰⚠️ ALERT! The Bayswater road consultation is under heavy threat despite the obvious benefits. The weekend saw 400+ responses and it's IMPERITIVE we show strong support ahead of the WEDS 28th DEADLINE. Please take a moment to add your voice here: cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
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Cycle Movement Strategy Phase 3: Bayswater Road
The Bayswater Road Cycle Movement Strategy Phase 3 scheme looks to enhance cycling and pedestrian facilities in both directions along Bayswater Road, from Palace Court to Lancaster Terrace.
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is
January 27, 2026 at 6:52 PM
This consultation closes TOMMOROW, if you don't respond then don't moan if this fails to go ahead, respond tonight and support this project.
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Cycle using mates in London and elsewhere, please respond to this consultation! It ends on 28th Jan. Lots of folk are trying to halt the building of a separated cycle track in Westminster, including the folk who got the Ken High Street track ripped out.
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
Cycle Movement Strategy Phase 3: Bayswater Road
The Bayswater Road Cycle Movement Strategy Phase 3 scheme looks to enhance cycling and pedestrian facilities in both directions along Bayswater Road, from Palace Court to Lancaster Terrace.
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is
January 26, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Cycle using mates in London and elsewhere, please respond to this consultation! It ends on 28th Jan. Lots of folk are trying to halt the building of a separated cycle track in Westminster, including the folk who got the Ken High Street track ripped out.
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
This won't be big news, but it should be, ground rents can be crippling burden for absolutely nothing in return, well done Labour.
We promised in our manifesto to “tackle unregulated and unaffordable ground rent charges”.
We’re honouring that commitment today by legislating to cap ground rents at £250 per year, changing to peppercorn after 40 years.
We’re honouring that commitment today by legislating to cap ground rents at £250 per year, changing to peppercorn after 40 years.
January 27, 2026 at 8:25 AM
This won't be big news, but it should be, ground rents can be crippling burden for absolutely nothing in return, well done Labour.
Cycle using mates in London and elsewhere, please respond to this consultation! It ends on 28th Jan. Lots of folk are trying to halt the building of a separated cycle track in Westminster, including the folk who got the Ken High Street track ripped out.
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
Cycle Movement Strategy Phase 3: Bayswater Road
The Bayswater Road Cycle Movement Strategy Phase 3 scheme looks to enhance cycling and pedestrian facilities in both directions along Bayswater Road, from Palace Court to Lancaster Terrace.
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is
January 26, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Cycle using mates in London and elsewhere, please respond to this consultation! It ends on 28th Jan. Lots of folk are trying to halt the building of a separated cycle track in Westminster, including the folk who got the Ken High Street track ripped out.
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
Out with the Glenrothes Chapter of @ramblers.org.uk today and came across the very classical but spiritually gothic abandoned Largo House.
January 24, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Out with the Glenrothes Chapter of @ramblers.org.uk today and came across the very classical but spiritually gothic abandoned Largo House.
Bayswater Road Consultation on a segregated route looks very good. Support it here, ends 28th January!!!! Please share
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
Cycle Movement Strategy Phase 3: Bayswater Road
The Bayswater Road Cycle Movement Strategy Phase 3 scheme looks to enhance cycling and pedestrian facilities in both directions along Bayswater Road, from Palace Court to Lancaster Terrace.
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is
January 23, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Bayswater Road Consultation on a segregated route looks very good. Support it here, ends 28th January!!!! Please share
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
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"The surest way to protect the public from AIDS is to outlaw homosexuality and lock up offenders"
- Rt Hon Sir Desmond Swayne TD MP, 1986
- Rt Hon Sir Desmond Swayne TD MP, 1986
Oh, honey. You've been in there so long, your only friends are mothballs.
January 22, 2026 at 6:04 AM
"The surest way to protect the public from AIDS is to outlaw homosexuality and lock up offenders"
- Rt Hon Sir Desmond Swayne TD MP, 1986
- Rt Hon Sir Desmond Swayne TD MP, 1986
Cycling folk, please contribute positively to this consultation if you can. Thankyou
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
Cycle Movement Strategy Phase 3: Bayswater Road
The Bayswater Road Cycle Movement Strategy Phase 3 scheme looks to enhance cycling and pedestrian facilities in both directions along Bayswater Road, from Palace Court to Lancaster Terrace.
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is
January 22, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Cycling folk, please contribute positively to this consultation if you can. Thankyou
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
If this means I won't be able to use MS Word to write a report ever again, then I'm all for it.
[1/6] A reminder: Europe has cards to use against the US. Lots of them.
To cite some examples:
- Tighten screws on US digital giants (taxes, fines, even bans)
- Export taxes disrupting US supply chains eg pharma
- Exclude US firms from European procurement, inc defence
ecfr.eu/publication/...
To cite some examples:
- Tighten screws on US digital giants (taxes, fines, even bans)
- Export taxes disrupting US supply chains eg pharma
- Exclude US firms from European procurement, inc defence
ecfr.eu/publication/...
Brussels hold’em: European cards against Trumpian coercion – European Council on Foreign Relations
Faced with an aggressive United States, Europe has more leverage than it realises. Across trade, technology, infrastructure, finance and people-to-people relati
ecfr.eu
January 18, 2026 at 7:58 AM
If this means I won't be able to use MS Word to write a report ever again, then I'm all for it.
This is very good news, particularly the shameful tax breaks offered to Scottish shooting estates.
The Scottish Government has agreed to both key
@scottishgreens.org tax proposals:
✈️ A new tax on the 12,000 private jet flights taken in Scotland every year
🏰 A 'Mansion Tax' on £1 million+ homes
This will raise millions for services like schools and our NHS.
@scottishgreens.org tax proposals:
✈️ A new tax on the 12,000 private jet flights taken in Scotland every year
🏰 A 'Mansion Tax' on £1 million+ homes
This will raise millions for services like schools and our NHS.
January 13, 2026 at 3:38 PM
This is very good news, particularly the shameful tax breaks offered to Scottish shooting estates.
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A powerful message. END THE GUGA HUNT.
January 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM
A powerful message. END THE GUGA HUNT.
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Great catch by Schofield here.
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Great catch by Schofield here.
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"I got picked on at school, I never felt that cool
There's a hole in my soul that just a-rages
All the ladies turned me down, and I felt like a clown
But will you look at me now, I'm puttin' folks in cages"
youtu.be/61I4hlig78w?...
There's a hole in my soul that just a-rages
All the ladies turned me down, and I felt like a clown
But will you look at me now, I'm puttin' folks in cages"
youtu.be/61I4hlig78w?...
"Join ICE" - Jesse Welles (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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January 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM
"I got picked on at school, I never felt that cool
There's a hole in my soul that just a-rages
All the ladies turned me down, and I felt like a clown
But will you look at me now, I'm puttin' folks in cages"
youtu.be/61I4hlig78w?...
There's a hole in my soul that just a-rages
All the ladies turned me down, and I felt like a clown
But will you look at me now, I'm puttin' folks in cages"
youtu.be/61I4hlig78w?...
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Today's GB News TV advertisers include *LeShuttle *Boxt *WeFixLondon *PolishTourismOrganisation *MetallicElephant *DormeoUK *SpeediancegYM *its.co.uk *Agincare *Freshpet *CityMoves *HafrenFurnish *Belgicaweb *AllClearTravel *HousingUnits *TonicSurgery *CandlelightUK *SimplyFactoring *TwistedGifts
GB News is an 'anti-Muslim hate channel', two-year study into output concludes
GB News “accounted for almost 50 per cent of all mentions of Muslims or Islam on UK news channels” in a two-year period, a study has found ...
www.thenational.scot
January 4, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Today's GB News TV advertisers include *LeShuttle *Boxt *WeFixLondon *PolishTourismOrganisation *MetallicElephant *DormeoUK *SpeediancegYM *its.co.uk *Agincare *Freshpet *CityMoves *HafrenFurnish *Belgicaweb *AllClearTravel *HousingUnits *TonicSurgery *CandlelightUK *SimplyFactoring *TwistedGifts
Jeremy Clarkson needs to sell his tax haven farm and move to a 15 minute city (actually a Scottish Village) like me. A Dr, vet, optician, shops, pubs and restaurants and cafes within a 15 minute walk. Poor sod!
Jeremy Clarkson complains about no village Doctor, no village shops, no village schools, no bobby.
This is the same Jeremy Clarkson who loves Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron who made all these things happen with their cuts.
They love complaining about what they voted for.
This is the same Jeremy Clarkson who loves Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron who made all these things happen with their cuts.
They love complaining about what they voted for.
January 3, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Jeremy Clarkson needs to sell his tax haven farm and move to a 15 minute city (actually a Scottish Village) like me. A Dr, vet, optician, shops, pubs and restaurants and cafes within a 15 minute walk. Poor sod!
The Lords said the world will end if Blair got rid of hereditary peers. It didn't, but the upper house continuted to be an affront to democracy. Labour must abolish it.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘We will grind you down’: how rogue peers became Labour’s toughest opponents
As Labour seeks abolition of hereditary peers, Tory-dominated House of Lords has inflicted near-record number of defeats on No 10
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:11 AM
The Lords said the world will end if Blair got rid of hereditary peers. It didn't, but the upper house continuted to be an affront to democracy. Labour must abolish it.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Some good news from Dundee, where the Courier reports the city's LEZ could be improving public health by reducing air pollution, this could justify LEZ expansion in the future. Quite rightly, you'll need to subscribe or buy the paper to read it. www.thecourier.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Some good news from Dundee, where the Courier reports the city's LEZ could be improving public health by reducing air pollution, this could justify LEZ expansion in the future. Quite rightly, you'll need to subscribe or buy the paper to read it. www.thecourier.co.uk
Went to see this excellent exhibition at Modern 2 in Edinburgh today, some incredible images, particularly of the Jarrow Marchers and similar, groups of women marching 100's of miles for jobs, walking in tweed, rain coats and court shoes...
A heady mix of John Constable, Karl Marx and Arthur Scargill.
"Brian, Paul, and Denice Gregory watching Channel 4 News, Cuba Street, Easington Colliery, Durham, 1984" by Keith Pattison.
#herstory #photography #coal #miners
Last chance to see this exhibition this weekend. #Edinburgh
"Brian, Paul, and Denice Gregory watching Channel 4 News, Cuba Street, Easington Colliery, Durham, 1984" by Keith Pattison.
#herstory #photography #coal #miners
Last chance to see this exhibition this weekend. #Edinburgh
January 2, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Went to see this excellent exhibition at Modern 2 in Edinburgh today, some incredible images, particularly of the Jarrow Marchers and similar, groups of women marching 100's of miles for jobs, walking in tweed, rain coats and court shoes...
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If it was in the North it would not exist.
See:
HS2 phase 2.
Northern Powerhouse rail
Leeds tram system.
If Westminster cared enough to invest in a long term transport strategy for the north it would have huge benefits.
See:
HS2 phase 2.
Northern Powerhouse rail
Leeds tram system.
If Westminster cared enough to invest in a long term transport strategy for the north it would have huge benefits.
It’s worth mentioning, though it’s been said repeatedly: the Lizzie Line carries 1/6th of UK daily rail passengers (not including the Tube) and has already paid off its entire costs.
And if HS2 had been committed to, without plans being tweaked every 5 minutes, Phase 1 would be opening next year.
And if HS2 had been committed to, without plans being tweaked every 5 minutes, Phase 1 would be opening next year.
Worked example of the crippling effects or Treasury brain here
December 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If it was in the North it would not exist.
See:
HS2 phase 2.
Northern Powerhouse rail
Leeds tram system.
If Westminster cared enough to invest in a long term transport strategy for the north it would have huge benefits.
See:
HS2 phase 2.
Northern Powerhouse rail
Leeds tram system.
If Westminster cared enough to invest in a long term transport strategy for the north it would have huge benefits.
Woke discourse began for him
In nineteen sixty-four
Between the end of Zulu's "Thousand's of 'em"
and a single by Sandie Shaw
In nineteen sixty-four
Between the end of Zulu's "Thousand's of 'em"
and a single by Sandie Shaw
The Telegraph's big book of woke things reaches Zulu (1964)
December 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Woke discourse began for him
In nineteen sixty-four
Between the end of Zulu's "Thousand's of 'em"
and a single by Sandie Shaw
In nineteen sixty-four
Between the end of Zulu's "Thousand's of 'em"
and a single by Sandie Shaw
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The Scottish Government's tree planting targets have been a disaster, with Scottish Forestry forking out grants and approving schemes with little regard for the consequences but at Stobo Hope they have sunk to new lows parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2025/12/17/s...
Stobo Hope, Scottish Forestry and the Court of Session - parkswatchscotland
A video from July 2024 of the site can be seen here. Readers may be familiar with Stobo (see here and here) perhaps one of Scotland’s most environmentally destructive forestry schemes this century. In...
parkswatchscotland.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The Scottish Government's tree planting targets have been a disaster, with Scottish Forestry forking out grants and approving schemes with little regard for the consequences but at Stobo Hope they have sunk to new lows parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2025/12/17/s...