Mike Cordingley
@mikecordingley.bsky.social
Ward Councillor for Lostock and Barton in Trafford. You'll see me walking or cycling by. Stop me to chat. Alternatively, there's an advice surgery, Facebook, email and mobile.
"When you build your house, then call me."
Canal27ways.uk
"When you build your house, then call me."
Canal27ways.uk
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Enjoy the victory, New York. You did great. #NYC
New York is so excited, y’all. Every random bartender I talk to, they’re saying their European friends are texting them congratulating them, people are starting to hit the streets all happy. So glad I’m here right now.
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Enjoy the victory, New York. You did great. #NYC
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The city of #Ljubljana in #Slovenia, population 280,000, kicked cars out in 2007.
Since then, car use has dropped by 32%, black carbon emissions are down 70%, noise pollution is down by 6 decibels.
Unfortunately, going car-free has made the center a living hell, as this video shows:
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Since then, car use has dropped by 32%, black carbon emissions are down 70%, noise pollution is down by 6 decibels.
Unfortunately, going car-free has made the center a living hell, as this video shows:
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November 21, 2024 at 3:05 PM
The city of #Ljubljana in #Slovenia, population 280,000, kicked cars out in 2007.
Since then, car use has dropped by 32%, black carbon emissions are down 70%, noise pollution is down by 6 decibels.
Unfortunately, going car-free has made the center a living hell, as this video shows:
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Since then, car use has dropped by 32%, black carbon emissions are down 70%, noise pollution is down by 6 decibels.
Unfortunately, going car-free has made the center a living hell, as this video shows:
🧵
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Slightly diminish a book: Toes!
September 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Slightly diminish a book: Toes!
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I’m talking about the humble wheeled shopping trolley - or as they’ve been unfortunately branded almost everywhere: the “granny trolley.”
August 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I’m talking about the humble wheeled shopping trolley - or as they’ve been unfortunately branded almost everywhere: the “granny trolley.”
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No one owns the Water.
No one owns the Land.
No one owns the sand.
These are given by Our Mother.
The Planet provides for Free.
Only by the hands of the Greedy does the Earth require a Fee 🌺
No one owns the Land.
No one owns the sand.
These are given by Our Mother.
The Planet provides for Free.
Only by the hands of the Greedy does the Earth require a Fee 🌺
August 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
No one owns the Water.
No one owns the Land.
No one owns the sand.
These are given by Our Mother.
The Planet provides for Free.
Only by the hands of the Greedy does the Earth require a Fee 🌺
No one owns the Land.
No one owns the sand.
These are given by Our Mother.
The Planet provides for Free.
Only by the hands of the Greedy does the Earth require a Fee 🌺
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The evidence for more 20mph zones ⤵️
✔️ Cut deaths and serious injuries by 1/3
✔️ Protect children
✔️ Reduce crashes
✔️ Lower noise
✔️ Boost walking & cycling
✔️ Cut deaths and serious injuries by 1/3
✔️ Protect children
✔️ Reduce crashes
✔️ Lower noise
✔️ Boost walking & cycling
Dear Britain, it’s now clear: 20mph zones save lives and don’t slow traffic. Implement them | Sadiq Khan
There is too much bluff and bluster on this subject. Ordinary people just want safe streets for themselves and those they love, and we can achieve that, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The evidence for more 20mph zones ⤵️
✔️ Cut deaths and serious injuries by 1/3
✔️ Protect children
✔️ Reduce crashes
✔️ Lower noise
✔️ Boost walking & cycling
✔️ Cut deaths and serious injuries by 1/3
✔️ Protect children
✔️ Reduce crashes
✔️ Lower noise
✔️ Boost walking & cycling
Got to say that there's much water to flow into the sea before there's any opportunity for Corbyn's party to dent the polls. However, the impact on party discipline could be immediate and could go one way or both.
July 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Got to say that there's much water to flow into the sea before there's any opportunity for Corbyn's party to dent the polls. However, the impact on party discipline could be immediate and could go one way or both.
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Seems bad:
"We identified more than 30,000 tire wear particles in 24 liters of stormwater runoff from roads and parking lots after two rainstorms. In heavy traffic areas, we believe the concentrations could be much higher."
"We identified more than 30,000 tire wear particles in 24 liters of stormwater runoff from roads and parking lots after two rainstorms. In heavy traffic areas, we believe the concentrations could be much higher."
One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires
Rain storms wash those tire shards into streams and ultimately into lakes and oceans. That’s bad news for fish and other aquatic life.
theconversation.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Seems bad:
"We identified more than 30,000 tire wear particles in 24 liters of stormwater runoff from roads and parking lots after two rainstorms. In heavy traffic areas, we believe the concentrations could be much higher."
"We identified more than 30,000 tire wear particles in 24 liters of stormwater runoff from roads and parking lots after two rainstorms. In heavy traffic areas, we believe the concentrations could be much higher."
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Have to say, the name’s a bit of a surprise.
July 4, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Have to say, the name’s a bit of a surprise.
No, of course not! Not that Jeremy Corbyn! You didn't think I meant that Jeremy Corbyn?
Oh, I can see now where I might have confused you. I should have spotted that.
Oh, I can see now where I might have confused you. I should have spotted that.
July 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
No, of course not! Not that Jeremy Corbyn! You didn't think I meant that Jeremy Corbyn?
Oh, I can see now where I might have confused you. I should have spotted that.
Oh, I can see now where I might have confused you. I should have spotted that.
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Gran Vía, Madrid’s iconic central avenue, has long been the cultural and commercial heart of the city. But by the mid-2000s, it had become overwhelmed by private cars, and noise and air pollution that failed to meet EU standards; reflecting the car-centric urban planning paradigm in post-war Spain.🧵
July 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Gran Vía, Madrid’s iconic central avenue, has long been the cultural and commercial heart of the city. But by the mid-2000s, it had become overwhelmed by private cars, and noise and air pollution that failed to meet EU standards; reflecting the car-centric urban planning paradigm in post-war Spain.🧵
Love that the Evening Standard carried this complaint about Neil Young as genuine.
A third viewer added: “Fuming about Neil so-called Young just miming in front of a strobe light while writhing around in a pair of leather Y-fronts. This sort of pop outrage is killing live, quite dull dadrock.”
A third viewer added: “Fuming about Neil so-called Young just miming in front of a strobe light while writhing around in a pair of leather Y-fronts. This sort of pop outrage is killing live, quite dull dadrock.”
June 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Love that the Evening Standard carried this complaint about Neil Young as genuine.
A third viewer added: “Fuming about Neil so-called Young just miming in front of a strobe light while writhing around in a pair of leather Y-fronts. This sort of pop outrage is killing live, quite dull dadrock.”
A third viewer added: “Fuming about Neil so-called Young just miming in front of a strobe light while writhing around in a pair of leather Y-fronts. This sort of pop outrage is killing live, quite dull dadrock.”
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Good to see the MEN giving coverage to the dreadful rates of dangerous driving in Greater Manchester.
Stockport has the 18th highest rate in the UK – but it's less than a third of the number in Bradford.
Stockport has the 18th highest rate in the UK – but it's less than a third of the number in Bradford.
The scourge on Greater Manchester roads that should shame our region
The city-region has been shamed as a national hot-spot
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
June 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Good to see the MEN giving coverage to the dreadful rates of dangerous driving in Greater Manchester.
Stockport has the 18th highest rate in the UK – but it's less than a third of the number in Bradford.
Stockport has the 18th highest rate in the UK – but it's less than a third of the number in Bradford.
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June 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Terrific thread on facilities for girls (and boys).
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This is super interesting -- and a bit depressing -- but I'd also like to see the equivalent survey done on teenage boys! Because I think sometimes there's an assumption that boys are being catered to with things like gym equipment, but actually... maybe they want spaces to hang out and chat, too?
This comes from engagement work with teenage girls in a park in York.
And you see all those things with two dots by them. Those make up 90%+ of what we currently provide for young people in public space.
Whereas the things that girls want - they just aren't there.
Let's do better.
And you see all those things with two dots by them. Those make up 90%+ of what we currently provide for young people in public space.
Whereas the things that girls want - they just aren't there.
Let's do better.
June 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Terrific thread on facilities for girls (and boys).
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The US will take part in Russia’s Intervision Song Contest, a Eurovision rival created primarily for Soviet Eastern Bloc countries during the Cold War, RIA Novosti reports.
June 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The US will take part in Russia’s Intervision Song Contest, a Eurovision rival created primarily for Soviet Eastern Bloc countries during the Cold War, RIA Novosti reports.
Totally agree with Caroline on this. Well argued. Cars are getting too big and lives are being put at risk.
Cars, especially SUV’s, are getting bigger every year – clogging streets, taking up space, and more worryingly putting lives at risk.
London must use every tool in the policy toolbox to reverse this dangerous trend - and the Assembly agreed this last week.
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London must use every tool in the policy toolbox to reverse this dangerous trend - and the Assembly agreed this last week.
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June 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Totally agree with Caroline on this. Well argued. Cars are getting too big and lives are being put at risk.
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If The Fast Show is ever revived, could Ed Miliband be a character? He's very funny.
Community energy gives power back to the British people.
We're working with Ed Miliband to put energy back the hands of in communities with the Local Power Plan and GB Energy.
We're working with Ed Miliband to put energy back the hands of in communities with the Local Power Plan and GB Energy.
June 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
If The Fast Show is ever revived, could Ed Miliband be a character? He's very funny.
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60 homes in what looks like (3) connected point access blocks
next to a park
for less than $180k per home
bplusa.eu/en/projects/...
next to a park
for less than $180k per home
bplusa.eu/en/projects/...
ZAC Boucicaut - B+A Architectes
Construction in the heart of a block in the Boucicaut eco-district, of 60 homes for home ownership (77 parking spaces), wpml_nbspuron the base of the land released from the former Hospital (Semparisei...
bplusa.eu
May 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
60 homes in what looks like (3) connected point access blocks
next to a park
for less than $180k per home
bplusa.eu/en/projects/...
next to a park
for less than $180k per home
bplusa.eu/en/projects/...
BBC carrying the police request not to speculate on the Liverpool tragedy. Immediately followed by lots of speculation by BBC, politicians etc.
May 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
BBC carrying the police request not to speculate on the Liverpool tragedy. Immediately followed by lots of speculation by BBC, politicians etc.
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I see a Japanese snow fairy bird, I share a Japanese snow fairy bird. Those are the rules.
May 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I see a Japanese snow fairy bird, I share a Japanese snow fairy bird. Those are the rules.
And far enough away from the wall so that bike can be snug with stand.
I hereby release my bike parking diagram to the public domain.
May 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
And far enough away from the wall so that bike can be snug with stand.