ManBikesDog
@manbikesdog.bsky.social
Active travel, utility biking, mountain biking, gravel, cargo biker. High Peak.
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Reading stories like these of skilled and highly trained people how have made homes and lives here and now live in dread of being deported if Reform grab power makes me ashamed to be British.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: the people who could face deportation under Reform
As party’s rise fuels fears over future visa rules, people share how the lives they have built are in jeopardy
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Reading stories like these of skilled and highly trained people how have made homes and lives here and now live in dread of being deported if Reform grab power makes me ashamed to be British.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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No more Strictly, Celebrity Traitors or other stunningly popular BBC programmes? All of our licence fees forwarded to a felon?
When Truss fell out of the evil idiot tree she hit every branch on the way down.
When Truss fell out of the evil idiot tree she hit every branch on the way down.
Liz Truss on Fox News supporting Trump suing the BBC
"There are lots of people in Britain who are cheering President Trump on and want him to sue the BBC"
"And I believe the organisation needs to be defunded"
"There are lots of people in Britain who are cheering President Trump on and want him to sue the BBC"
"And I believe the organisation needs to be defunded"
November 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
No more Strictly, Celebrity Traitors or other stunningly popular BBC programmes? All of our licence fees forwarded to a felon?
When Truss fell out of the evil idiot tree she hit every branch on the way down.
When Truss fell out of the evil idiot tree she hit every branch on the way down.
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Well the last flag has now gone because Xmas lights have been put up because if there's one thing the Gammon like more than flags, it's celebrating middle-eastern refugees.
In this location, though, 5 of the six flags have already been ripped down, so LOL there. We used to have an enforcement manager who would remove *everything* and there was very little fly posting in the borough. It's not like that now.
November 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Well the last flag has now gone because Xmas lights have been put up because if there's one thing the Gammon like more than flags, it's celebrating middle-eastern refugees.
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This will backfire massively, blowing a hole through which @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the Greens will stroll through, taking many Labour supporters with them. Stupidity on stilts.
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:02 AM
This will backfire massively, blowing a hole through which @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the Greens will stroll through, taking many Labour supporters with them. Stupidity on stilts.
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Lady, this is your 5th driving offence (4th speeding) in 8 years.
If losing the privilege of driving would cause you exceptional hardship, then perhaps you should have been less careless with that privilege.
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/kirs...
If losing the privilege of driving would cause you exceptional hardship, then perhaps you should have been less careless with that privilege.
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/kirs...
Kirsty Gallacher says judge has 'no empathy' after being banned from driving
The presenter asked the court to spare her from a driving ban, saying it would prevent her from taking care of her teenage sons
www.standard.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Lady, this is your 5th driving offence (4th speeding) in 8 years.
If losing the privilege of driving would cause you exceptional hardship, then perhaps you should have been less careless with that privilege.
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/kirs...
If losing the privilege of driving would cause you exceptional hardship, then perhaps you should have been less careless with that privilege.
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/kirs...
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For a party that has always, and always will, stand up for refugee rights - join.greenparty.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
For a party that has always, and always will, stand up for refugee rights - join.greenparty.org.uk
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The most important rule of politics is that most people do not give a toss about politics. They won’t hear details or nuance, just “Reeves broke her promise and your income tax is going up” or “lots of random other taxes are going up but income tax is not”. And politically the latter is much better
Too much analysis was still treating breaking the tax pledge as “just another unpopular decision” rather than recognising consequence of breaking a promise which defined an election for the public. If is correct the govt won’t now break it they may have avoided a deeply scarring loss of public trust
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The most important rule of politics is that most people do not give a toss about politics. They won’t hear details or nuance, just “Reeves broke her promise and your income tax is going up” or “lots of random other taxes are going up but income tax is not”. And politically the latter is much better
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There's lots you can and should criticise the BBC for.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
Zack Polanski on President Trump, "It's difficult to call him anything other than a fool"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
November 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
There's lots you can and should criticise the BBC for.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
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The whole tenor of the government’s new Carbon Budget Delivery Plan published two weeks ago was ‘carrots not sticks’. So announcing the scrapping of a whole bunch of critical ‘carrots’ now… begs questions as to how the government thinks its climate goals will now be met.
I suspect they have no idea
I suspect they have no idea
One important thing to understand about these policy support mechanisms (“benefits for middle class voters”) being scrapped or slashed is that they are *expressly designed* to incentivise people with money to spend it on clean technology, on basis that public spending can’t deliver transition on own
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Exclusive: Supporters say grants largely going to middle-class households, but experts warn move will slow transition from gas boilers
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The whole tenor of the government’s new Carbon Budget Delivery Plan published two weeks ago was ‘carrots not sticks’. So announcing the scrapping of a whole bunch of critical ‘carrots’ now… begs questions as to how the government thinks its climate goals will now be met.
I suspect they have no idea
I suspect they have no idea
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One important thing to understand about these policy support mechanisms (“benefits for middle class voters”) being scrapped or slashed is that they are *expressly designed* to incentivise people with money to spend it on clean technology, on basis that public spending can’t deliver transition on own
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Exclusive: Supporters say grants largely going to middle-class households, but experts warn move will slow transition from gas boilers
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
One important thing to understand about these policy support mechanisms (“benefits for middle class voters”) being scrapped or slashed is that they are *expressly designed* to incentivise people with money to spend it on clean technology, on basis that public spending can’t deliver transition on own
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“Right, thinking hats on, what can we f*ck up today?”
“Hmm I don’t think we have f*cked up heat pumps properly yet?”
“genius, I’m writing that down”
“Best Budget Ever!”
[high fives]
“Hmm I don’t think we have f*cked up heat pumps properly yet?”
“genius, I’m writing that down”
“Best Budget Ever!”
[high fives]
November 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“Right, thinking hats on, what can we f*ck up today?”
“Hmm I don’t think we have f*cked up heat pumps properly yet?”
“genius, I’m writing that down”
“Best Budget Ever!”
[high fives]
“Hmm I don’t think we have f*cked up heat pumps properly yet?”
“genius, I’m writing that down”
“Best Budget Ever!”
[high fives]
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I do wonder if labour are just chucking ideas at the wall to see what sticks, and what the reaction is.
They just seem to be fiddling at the edges and avoiding the big issues.
JUST RAISE BLOODY FUEL DUTY
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
They just seem to be fiddling at the edges and avoiding the big issues.
JUST RAISE BLOODY FUEL DUTY
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Exclusive: chancellor plans to fund energy efficiency levies via warm homes plan as part of drive to lower energy bills
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I do wonder if labour are just chucking ideas at the wall to see what sticks, and what the reaction is.
They just seem to be fiddling at the edges and avoiding the big issues.
JUST RAISE BLOODY FUEL DUTY
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
They just seem to be fiddling at the edges and avoiding the big issues.
JUST RAISE BLOODY FUEL DUTY
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I think this is awful. I hope the residents concerned are pleased with themselves. In fact i hope the kids still hang out where the MUGA was… jumpers for goal posts.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Council fined over lengthy Chapel-en-le-Frith play area legal fight
The five-year long legal battle started with noise complaints over a park games area.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I think this is awful. I hope the residents concerned are pleased with themselves. In fact i hope the kids still hang out where the MUGA was… jumpers for goal posts.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Are ministers trying to turn the first road safety strategy for 10 years into the first for 11 years?
transportinsights.blog/2025/11/13/d...
transportinsights.blog/2025/11/13/d...
DfT backs away from Road Safety Strategy “this year”
The Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed that it is no longer pledging to publish its new Road Safety Strategy this year, despite a very recent pledge from a minister. I noticed that in a w…
transportinsights.blog
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Are ministers trying to turn the first road safety strategy for 10 years into the first for 11 years?
transportinsights.blog/2025/11/13/d...
transportinsights.blog/2025/11/13/d...
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Lovely write up of our @badvertising.bsky.social station takeover campaign in Creative Review
Satirical ‘Fossil Ads’ take over London Tube station
Badvertising’s Station Domination campaign brings urgent attention to adverts promoting fossil fuels across the city’s transport network
www.creativereview.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Lovely write up of our @badvertising.bsky.social station takeover campaign in Creative Review
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new way of saying ‘I’m racist’ just dropped
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
new way of saying ‘I’m racist’ just dropped
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"The question is: is there a way to encourage voters to calm down, slow down and think twice, in an information environment that pushes us all to hurry up and feel?...Everyone has the capacity to stop and think, if they want to."
(HT @gilesyb.bsky.social)
(HT @gilesyb.bsky.social)
Why populism became popular
It appeals more to a way of thinking than to a set of ideas — but is it just wrong?
www.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 AM
"The question is: is there a way to encourage voters to calm down, slow down and think twice, in an information environment that pushes us all to hurry up and feel?...Everyone has the capacity to stop and think, if they want to."
(HT @gilesyb.bsky.social)
(HT @gilesyb.bsky.social)
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But yeah, enjoy your £3,750 EV grant for weekend drives… in the Surrey Hills. ☺️
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
But yeah, enjoy your £3,750 EV grant for weekend drives… in the Surrey Hills. ☺️
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Our Tern GSD cost over £5k, we bought it via cycle to work, probably wouldn’t have done so without C2W, and it is a car replacement for ferrying the kids places and doing food shops in a way that our other bikes are not. Any family-appropriate car replacement e-bike costs £1000s
November 13, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Our Tern GSD cost over £5k, we bought it via cycle to work, probably wouldn’t have done so without C2W, and it is a car replacement for ferrying the kids places and doing food shops in a way that our other bikes are not. Any family-appropriate car replacement e-bike costs £1000s
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Personally, my experience of this government compared to the last one is things are getting noticeably worse (and more right wing) in multiple ways. I'm not aware of anything that's getting better.
November 13, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Personally, my experience of this government compared to the last one is things are getting noticeably worse (and more right wing) in multiple ways. I'm not aware of anything that's getting better.
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#CycleToWork has a number of problems, but this isn’t addressing the biggest one - that those on the lowest wages who would benefit the most can’t access the scheme. #DecarbonisingTransport @walkridegm.org.uk @heidialexander.bsky.social
Rachel Reeves to cut tax benefits for workers using salary sacrifice schemes to buy bikes
Chancellor expected to introduce new limit on how much can be spent on a bicycle through cycle to work scheme
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM
#CycleToWork has a number of problems, but this isn’t addressing the biggest one - that those on the lowest wages who would benefit the most can’t access the scheme. #DecarbonisingTransport @walkridegm.org.uk @heidialexander.bsky.social
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But she's more than happy to subsidise people who can afford to buy £40k electric cars but more than the cost of a decent bike. And through salary sacrifice schemes too.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves to cut tax benefits for workers using salary sacrifice schemes to buy bikes
Chancellor expected to introduce new limit on how much can be spent on a bicycle through cycle to work scheme
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 AM
But she's more than happy to subsidise people who can afford to buy £40k electric cars but more than the cost of a decent bike. And through salary sacrifice schemes too.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM