Tom Bailey
@tynetom.bsky.social
personal views only here, stressed family guy, 4 Politics @TynemouthAction , 4 Transport & Technology @Streets.Systems. Making the 🌍 a better place, 1🥾@A⏰
My obsessive approach to perfect winter paths is let loose in Council this week, described as “Magnificent” by an opponent from across the room which is the best of all complements 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Cllr Tom calls4 a “Mum’s and Dad’s Army” of local snow clearing volunteers to help clear footways & paths next winter ❄️💪
- doing things differently, getting a bit of community spirit going, making sure older residents aren’t cut off when snow comes
👉 Watch his speech: www.youtube.com/live/G4FRbQi...
- doing things differently, getting a bit of community spirit going, making sure older residents aren’t cut off when snow comes
👉 Watch his speech: www.youtube.com/live/G4FRbQi...
Full Council 29 January 2026
YouTube video by North Tyneside Council
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:27 PM
My obsessive approach to perfect winter paths is let loose in Council this week, described as “Magnificent” by an opponent from across the room which is the best of all complements 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Brings back some great memories winter in NYC, the bin wagon snow ploughs storming up the avenues
We're getting a snowstorm tomorrow. But New York City is prepared.
January 25, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Brings back some great memories winter in NYC, the bin wagon snow ploughs storming up the avenues
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No drama, no chasing headlines, and not forgetting that this is a place where the community wants children to be looked after as well as the concerns of adults.
January 22, 2026 at 12:45 PM
No drama, no chasing headlines, and not forgetting that this is a place where the community wants children to be looked after as well as the concerns of adults.
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There’s been a lot of talk the last few days, together with some sloppy journalism, about “Parking in Tynemouth”
Our priorities:
• Stop Dangerous Parking near our schools
• Put people first in our village centre
• Efficient & rational management of our streets, be it trees, parking, speeds, anything
Our priorities:
• Stop Dangerous Parking near our schools
• Put people first in our village centre
• Efficient & rational management of our streets, be it trees, parking, speeds, anything
January 22, 2026 at 12:39 PM
There’s been a lot of talk the last few days, together with some sloppy journalism, about “Parking in Tynemouth”
Our priorities:
• Stop Dangerous Parking near our schools
• Put people first in our village centre
• Efficient & rational management of our streets, be it trees, parking, speeds, anything
Our priorities:
• Stop Dangerous Parking near our schools
• Put people first in our village centre
• Efficient & rational management of our streets, be it trees, parking, speeds, anything
Watched this just now, one shot through windscreen, two shots fired through the passenger window straight into this poor woman. Just don’t know what to say really, imagine a paramilitary force showing up in your town & gunning someone down like this?
Google the video & see for yourself.
This is not law enforcement. This is murder.
Sickening.
This is not law enforcement. This is murder.
Sickening.
😡😡😡😡
January 8, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Watched this just now, one shot through windscreen, two shots fired through the passenger window straight into this poor woman. Just don’t know what to say really, imagine a paramilitary force showing up in your town & gunning someone down like this?
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Tynemouth on the front page of the new National Road Safety Strategy! Do you recognise any of the people pictured?
Still reading through but there’s some great stuff in there including better guidance on reducing traffic speed & a Safe Systems Approach. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Still reading through but there’s some great stuff in there including better guidance on reducing traffic speed & a Safe Systems Approach. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
www.gov.uk/government/p...
January 7, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Tynemouth on the front page of the new National Road Safety Strategy! Do you recognise any of the people pictured?
Still reading through but there’s some great stuff in there including better guidance on reducing traffic speed & a Safe Systems Approach. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Still reading through but there’s some great stuff in there including better guidance on reducing traffic speed & a Safe Systems Approach. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Smug now….
Finished building up my Ice Bike for this year, so you’ve me to thank for ensuing mini heatwave
January 3, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Smug now….
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Enjoy the snow, #tynemouth. Some info below on council gritting & also what you can do yourself. It will freeze overnight, we hold a very small stock of grit ourselves locally so if in the morning you spot somewhere especially hazardous ❄️🧊⚠️ please message us & will see if we can help.
January 3, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Enjoy the snow, #tynemouth. Some info below on council gritting & also what you can do yourself. It will freeze overnight, we hold a very small stock of grit ourselves locally so if in the morning you spot somewhere especially hazardous ❄️🧊⚠️ please message us & will see if we can help.
Christmas has officially started, baking on one side of kitchen, home brewed stout on the other
December 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Christmas has officially started, baking on one side of kitchen, home brewed stout on the other
If someone offered you a silver bullet that would drop the traffic speed outside your house by 5mph, would you fire🔥it?
a man in a plaid shirt with a cartoon face on his head says our survey says
ALT: a man in a plaid shirt with a cartoon face on his head says our survey says
media.tenor.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
If someone offered you a silver bullet that would drop the traffic speed outside your house by 5mph, would you fire🔥it?
This 👇🏼
“We have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU.”
Keir Starmer on the economic impacts of Brexit.
Read more in Politico below:
www.politico.eu/article/uk-p...
Keir Starmer on the economic impacts of Brexit.
Read more in Politico below:
www.politico.eu/article/uk-p...
Starmer: Brexit ‘significantly’ hurt British economy
U.K. needs to “keep moving” towards a closer relationship, says British PM.
www.politico.eu
December 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This 👇🏼
So, is your elected representative a psychopath?
www.forkingpaths.co/p/how-many-p...
www.forkingpaths.co/p/how-many-p...
How many politicians are psychopaths?
Dark Triad traits are over-represented in positions of power. Are the halls of Congress and Parliament overrun with psychopaths?
www.forkingpaths.co
December 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
So, is your elected representative a psychopath?
www.forkingpaths.co/p/how-many-p...
www.forkingpaths.co/p/how-many-p...
Feeling quite sorry for those who’ve spent their time & money going to Liverpool this week. Contrasts with the military precision with which my local branch of the Labour Party have been arranging our Xmas Party, which isn’t in a brewery this time but maybe we’ll do that next year?
November 30, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Feeling quite sorry for those who’ve spent their time & money going to Liverpool this week. Contrasts with the military precision with which my local branch of the Labour Party have been arranging our Xmas Party, which isn’t in a brewery this time but maybe we’ll do that next year?
Finished building up my Ice Bike for this year, so you’ve me to thank for ensuing mini heatwave
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Finished building up my Ice Bike for this year, so you’ve me to thank for ensuing mini heatwave
Fantastic!
🎟️ Your new all-access consumer protection just dropped ✨
The Government is announcing today that ticket resellers will be BANNED from selling tickets above face value.
We've been backing music fans and we'll see you on the barrier for these brand new protections 🫶
The Government is announcing today that ticket resellers will be BANNED from selling tickets above face value.
We've been backing music fans and we'll see you on the barrier for these brand new protections 🫶
November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Fantastic!
It’s a stark warning to all Gen X dads out there, never, ever, get caught in the same nightclub as your Gen Z kids.
Trade me a goat for some turnips! Nothing is more outdated than the 2025 John Lewis Christmas advert
Trade me a goat for some turnips! Nothing is more outdated than the 2025 John Lewis Christmas advert
A child going into an actual shop and buying a vinyl? It will make you feel old and decrepit, and it’ll utterly bamboozle young people … but shut up – it’s Christmas!
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
It’s a stark warning to all Gen X dads out there, never, ever, get caught in the same nightclub as your Gen Z kids.
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Following worrying reports of a rise in Race based Hate Crime in the Northumbria Police area we have obtained the data for North Tyneside. Thankfully following an alarming rise in offences Summer 2024, levels have come back down.
tynemouth.news/index.php/20...
tynemouth.news/index.php/20...
Race Hate Crime in North Tyneside - Tynemouth News
Following worrying reports of a rise in Race based Hate Crime in the Northumbria Police area we have
tynemouth.news
November 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Following worrying reports of a rise in Race based Hate Crime in the Northumbria Police area we have obtained the data for North Tyneside. Thankfully following an alarming rise in offences Summer 2024, levels have come back down.
tynemouth.news/index.php/20...
tynemouth.news/index.php/20...
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Nigel Never Knew Nathan, Russians, you say?”
(A Cautionary Tale of Selective Memory)
Old Nigel stood puffed by the Channel’s blue air,
With a pint and a grin and a well-practised stare.
“Now don’t point your fingers, don’t make such a fuss—
I barely recall who this Nathan chap was!”
(A Cautionary Tale of Selective Memory)
Old Nigel stood puffed by the Channel’s blue air,
With a pint and a grin and a well-practised stare.
“Now don’t point your fingers, don’t make such a fuss—
I barely recall who this Nathan chap was!”
October 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Nigel Never Knew Nathan, Russians, you say?”
(A Cautionary Tale of Selective Memory)
Old Nigel stood puffed by the Channel’s blue air,
With a pint and a grin and a well-practised stare.
“Now don’t point your fingers, don’t make such a fuss—
I barely recall who this Nathan chap was!”
(A Cautionary Tale of Selective Memory)
Old Nigel stood puffed by the Channel’s blue air,
With a pint and a grin and a well-practised stare.
“Now don’t point your fingers, don’t make such a fuss—
I barely recall who this Nathan chap was!”
The long walk & ride home.
October 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The long walk & ride home.
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Tom is at Labour Conference today, so of course is taking a swim with @sascampaigns.bsky.social Against Sewage, great to chat to other coastal Cllrs & MPs about this vital issue 👏🏼👏🏼🏊♂️🏄♀️🌊
September 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Tom is at Labour Conference today, so of course is taking a swim with @sascampaigns.bsky.social Against Sewage, great to chat to other coastal Cllrs & MPs about this vital issue 👏🏼👏🏼🏊♂️🏄♀️🌊
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Great to see #Tynemouth residents today at Monument, out saying loud & clear that Newcastle & the North East stand united against extremism & racism.
September 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Great to see #Tynemouth residents today at Monument, out saying loud & clear that Newcastle & the North East stand united against extremism & racism.
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This article from a UK Councillor on how he is engaging with school children about road safety around their schools makes for a valuable and practical engagement guide: bsky.app/profile/tyne... @tynetom.bsky.social
Article by Cllr Tom on how we’re coming up with ways of engaging more with secondary schools on road safety. Fixing problems takes time but a good starting point is understanding where pupils feel less safe in their journey to school.
www.transportxtra.com/publications...
www.transportxtra.com/publications...
Collecting good evidence can derisk delivery around schools
As a Councillor, having schools in your ward focuses the mind on road safety. Here in Tynemouth we’ve got the usual selection of primary schools tha
www.transportxtra.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:48 AM
This article from a UK Councillor on how he is engaging with school children about road safety around their schools makes for a valuable and practical engagement guide: bsky.app/profile/tyne... @tynetom.bsky.social
Chicago and the world mourn the loss of Ron Carroll, a true legend of house music and a cherished voice from our city. His music united generations and put Chicago’s sound on the global stage. Rest in power, brother Ron.
September 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Me in Local Transport Today talking about engaging secondary schools 👇🏼
Article by Cllr Tom on how we’re coming up with ways of engaging more with secondary schools on road safety. Fixing problems takes time but a good starting point is understanding where pupils feel less safe in their journey to school.
www.transportxtra.com/publications...
www.transportxtra.com/publications...
Collecting good evidence can derisk delivery around schools
As a Councillor, having schools in your ward focuses the mind on road safety. Here in Tynemouth we’ve got the usual selection of primary schools tha
www.transportxtra.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Me in Local Transport Today talking about engaging secondary schools 👇🏼