Rob Bryher
@robbryher.bsky.social
📍Bristol, England / 🌿 Green councillor for St George West on Bristol City Council // 🏢 Chair of Development Control Committee A // 🚋 Chair of Kerbside and Parking Strategy Task and Finish Group and Member of Transport & Connectivity Policy Committee
Just reading the first 53 pages of the Christmas Radio Times so I know who the current generally accepted national treasures are.
Dench - pages 10 to 14 inclusive
Nick Park - pages 26-27
Michael Ball concert listing - page 44
Attenborough - pages 47-48
So it goes...
Dench - pages 10 to 14 inclusive
Nick Park - pages 26-27
Michael Ball concert listing - page 44
Attenborough - pages 47-48
So it goes...
December 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Just reading the first 53 pages of the Christmas Radio Times so I know who the current generally accepted national treasures are.
Dench - pages 10 to 14 inclusive
Nick Park - pages 26-27
Michael Ball concert listing - page 44
Attenborough - pages 47-48
So it goes...
Dench - pages 10 to 14 inclusive
Nick Park - pages 26-27
Michael Ball concert listing - page 44
Attenborough - pages 47-48
So it goes...
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Have a soft spot for the England cricket team but they’ve deserved this Ashes annihilation from the off
British press was full of preening ‘this is our year’ nonsense before a ball had even been bowled
Bazball is pure ‘Global Britain’ Brexit BS. Full of exceptionalism and hot air
British press was full of preening ‘this is our year’ nonsense before a ball had even been bowled
Bazball is pure ‘Global Britain’ Brexit BS. Full of exceptionalism and hot air
December 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Have a soft spot for the England cricket team but they’ve deserved this Ashes annihilation from the off
British press was full of preening ‘this is our year’ nonsense before a ball had even been bowled
Bazball is pure ‘Global Britain’ Brexit BS. Full of exceptionalism and hot air
British press was full of preening ‘this is our year’ nonsense before a ball had even been bowled
Bazball is pure ‘Global Britain’ Brexit BS. Full of exceptionalism and hot air
There is definitely a need for e-bike/e-scooter hire companies to be much more accountable for their services www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Islington Council puts e-bike hire operators on
The council said e-bike hire operators Lime and Forest must tackle dangerous parking and riding.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
There is definitely a need for e-bike/e-scooter hire companies to be much more accountable for their services www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
To genuinely listen and genuinely hear someone does not require you to then agree wholesale with what that person is saying.
Too many people think it does and they frankly need to get over themselves and realise the world doesn't revolve around them.
(I also need to remind myself of this often!)
Too many people think it does and they frankly need to get over themselves and realise the world doesn't revolve around them.
(I also need to remind myself of this often!)
December 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
To genuinely listen and genuinely hear someone does not require you to then agree wholesale with what that person is saying.
Too many people think it does and they frankly need to get over themselves and realise the world doesn't revolve around them.
(I also need to remind myself of this often!)
Too many people think it does and they frankly need to get over themselves and realise the world doesn't revolve around them.
(I also need to remind myself of this often!)
Never really followed an Ashes series in Australia before this time. Might not do it again...
December 18, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Never really followed an Ashes series in Australia before this time. Might not do it again...
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As Zack Polanski says, we’re here to replace Labour! Our team on the ground is delivering that energy to every member of St. George 💚
A huge thank you to our brilliant team for their hard work and commitment, bringing hope back to Bristol, one doorstep at a time 🌿
A huge thank you to our brilliant team for their hard work and commitment, bringing hope back to Bristol, one doorstep at a time 🌿
December 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
As Zack Polanski says, we’re here to replace Labour! Our team on the ground is delivering that energy to every member of St. George 💚
A huge thank you to our brilliant team for their hard work and commitment, bringing hope back to Bristol, one doorstep at a time 🌿
A huge thank you to our brilliant team for their hard work and commitment, bringing hope back to Bristol, one doorstep at a time 🌿
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So, Laura Kuenssberg's introduction to her interview with Mary-Ann Stephenson is just hideous.
Let me count the ways. 🧵
Let me count the ways. 🧵
December 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
So, Laura Kuenssberg's introduction to her interview with Mary-Ann Stephenson is just hideous.
Let me count the ways. 🧵
Let me count the ways. 🧵
Anyone know of a supercut version of Home Alone where all of the scenes that do NOT feature Macauley Culkin or John Candy are cut out?
Who gives a monkeys about the "plight" of the neglectful, entitled and rich parents?
I reckon it'd save at least 20 minutes of runtime.
Who gives a monkeys about the "plight" of the neglectful, entitled and rich parents?
I reckon it'd save at least 20 minutes of runtime.
December 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Anyone know of a supercut version of Home Alone where all of the scenes that do NOT feature Macauley Culkin or John Candy are cut out?
Who gives a monkeys about the "plight" of the neglectful, entitled and rich parents?
I reckon it'd save at least 20 minutes of runtime.
Who gives a monkeys about the "plight" of the neglectful, entitled and rich parents?
I reckon it'd save at least 20 minutes of runtime.
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But this is good: “Over 40 women across the UK have either declined the award or asked to have their names removed from past lists.”
December 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
But this is good: “Over 40 women across the UK have either declined the award or asked to have their names removed from past lists.”
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
Iceland went out on a high (see picture) - ROA by VAEB was my most listened to song of 2025 and that shows just how much 4 to 6 year olds loved it!
BBC News - Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision
Iceland joins Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands in saying it will boycott the 2026 contest.
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Iceland went out on a high (see picture) - ROA by VAEB was my most listened to song of 2025 and that shows just how much 4 to 6 year olds loved it!
BBC News - Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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🎄 At last night’s @bradfordcouncil.bsky.social meeting, #Bradford Conservatives brought forward a proposal to bring #Christmas Cheer ... by cutting Council Tax Support for the most vulnerable in our district ...
🗣️ I was lost for words. Luckily I had a poem prepared ...
#WealthTaxNow
🗣️ I was lost for words. Luckily I had a poem prepared ...
#WealthTaxNow
December 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
🎄 At last night’s @bradfordcouncil.bsky.social meeting, #Bradford Conservatives brought forward a proposal to bring #Christmas Cheer ... by cutting Council Tax Support for the most vulnerable in our district ...
🗣️ I was lost for words. Luckily I had a poem prepared ...
#WealthTaxNow
🗣️ I was lost for words. Luckily I had a poem prepared ...
#WealthTaxNow
Well done 👏
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Tower of London partially closed after food thrown at crown jewels display
Four people arrested after protest against UK inequality claimed by civil-resistance group Take Back Power
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Well done 👏
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Just wrote an article for @bristol247.bsky.social about a v niche but v important topic - therapy for children who have been through the care system. And how Labour are planning to cut this funding 🙄 #fostercare #Bristol #therapy #adoption #specialguardianship
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www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
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www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
'Children in the care system need our support'
Shona Jemphrey says more funding is needed for children in the care system
www.bristol247.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Just wrote an article for @bristol247.bsky.social about a v niche but v important topic - therapy for children who have been through the care system. And how Labour are planning to cut this funding 🙄 #fostercare #Bristol #therapy #adoption #specialguardianship
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www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
👇
www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
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"Support for cycling infrastructure and traffic restrictions [but] particularly opposed the removal of car parking... Cyclists and drivers favoured segregated cycling infrastructure"
New UK study has some nuanced insights into what the public might support www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New UK study has some nuanced insights into what the public might support www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"Support for cycling infrastructure and traffic restrictions [but] particularly opposed the removal of car parking... Cyclists and drivers favoured segregated cycling infrastructure"
New UK study has some nuanced insights into what the public might support www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New UK study has some nuanced insights into what the public might support www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Fly them halfway around the world and make them sit indoors and watch it on TV. It's a wild world we live in. Hold the next World Cup in Iceland, I reckon.
England World Cup subs might stay indoors - Tuchel - www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
England World Cup subs might stay indoors - Tuchel - www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
England substitutes at World Cup may stay indoors - Thomas Tuchel
England manager Thomas Tuchel says he may have his substitutes stay in the dressing room during matches at the World Cup next summer because of the risks posed by high temperatures.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Fly them halfway around the world and make them sit indoors and watch it on TV. It's a wild world we live in. Hold the next World Cup in Iceland, I reckon.
England World Cup subs might stay indoors - Tuchel - www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
England World Cup subs might stay indoors - Tuchel - www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
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This government has no courage to actually change things in a meaninful way.
As with the budget, the best it can do is tinker around the edges while the system gets worse.
As with the budget, the best it can do is tinker around the edges while the system gets worse.
December 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This government has no courage to actually change things in a meaninful way.
As with the budget, the best it can do is tinker around the edges while the system gets worse.
As with the budget, the best it can do is tinker around the edges while the system gets worse.
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Good shout in this Channel 5 piece about fly tipping and how Bristol City Council is tackling it. Plus what you can do to ensure a private waste company won't just dump your waste. Nice to see Bristol's Green Cllr and Environment Chair Martin Fodor in there too.
www.linkedin.com/posts/keep-b...
www.linkedin.com/posts/keep-b...
#rubbishdeal #fightflytippingfortnight #keepbritaintidy | Keep Britain Tidy
🎥 Did you catch Bristol City Council featured on Channel 5 during Fight Fly-Tipping Fortnight?
2 in 5 fly-tipping incidents are linked to rogue “white van” traders looking to make quick money.
But if...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Good shout in this Channel 5 piece about fly tipping and how Bristol City Council is tackling it. Plus what you can do to ensure a private waste company won't just dump your waste. Nice to see Bristol's Green Cllr and Environment Chair Martin Fodor in there too.
www.linkedin.com/posts/keep-b...
www.linkedin.com/posts/keep-b...
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
Looks like everything is a-ok with the UK's police and criminal justice system eh?
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Looks like everything is a-ok with the UK's police and criminal justice system eh?
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Yeah he's absolutely a Green, you can tell. And I can see him being an MP in the first Green government.
December 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Yeah he's absolutely a Green, you can tell. And I can see him being an MP in the first Green government.
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Fantastic analysis
December 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Fantastic analysis
This lad though. Legend.
December 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This lad though. Legend.