Alex Beckett
@alexbeckett.bsky.social
Photographer, adventurer, computer & transport geek. Chair of Highways and Transport at Cambridgeshire county council. Passionate about active travel and public transport despite growing up in Essex!
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Alex Beckett
@alexbeckett.bsky.social
· Mar 20
Liberal Democrat County Council Candidate for Market Division - Cambridge. Promoted by the Liberal Democrats, 1 Vincent Square, SW1P 2PN
Out with our gritters prepping for winter!
October 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Out with our gritters prepping for winter!
I have to confess I’m not entirely convinced by Kenya’s approach to LTN 1/20.
September 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I have to confess I’m not entirely convinced by Kenya’s approach to LTN 1/20.
Really proud to have joined and spoken at the first Kidical mass in Cambridge! Literally hundreds of people riding through the streets showing their support for safe routes to schools.
September 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Really proud to have joined and spoken at the first Kidical mass in Cambridge! Literally hundreds of people riding through the streets showing their support for safe routes to schools.
I used to really support the idea of unitary councils but I I'm becoming more and more worried about LGR. It's being pushed solely for cost cutting, giving little to no thought as to how to improve services for residents. All it seems to be achieving is earning some consultants a lot of money!
August 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I used to really support the idea of unitary councils but I I'm becoming more and more worried about LGR. It's being pushed solely for cost cutting, giving little to no thought as to how to improve services for residents. All it seems to be achieving is earning some consultants a lot of money!
Why are there so many roadworks in Cambridgeshire? Each year we approve about 32,000 streetworks permits, outright refuse about 15% and send another ~30% back with conditions. With a growing city like Cambridge though it never stops and each year we get more and more!
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Why Are There So Many Roadworks?
Why roadworks are everywhere, what Cambridgeshire County Council’s doing about it, and how Lane Rental could change the game.
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August 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Why are there so many roadworks in Cambridgeshire? Each year we approve about 32,000 streetworks permits, outright refuse about 15% and send another ~30% back with conditions. With a growing city like Cambridge though it never stops and each year we get more and more!
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Is it me or is Farage just like AI? Full of self confidence and, to a lot of people, sounds plausible and intelligent. In reality though it’s usually utterly fabricated and often made up. Oh it also gets a ton of press and consumes a monumental amount of energy.
August 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Is it me or is Farage just like AI? Full of self confidence and, to a lot of people, sounds plausible and intelligent. In reality though it’s usually utterly fabricated and often made up. Oh it also gets a ton of press and consumes a monumental amount of energy.
Honest question here- Why do we not allow Asylum seekers to work, holding the money in bond pending the outcome of their case? If their case fails the state keeps the cash, if they are allowed to remain they have a little nest egg to get started as productive members of society?
June 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Honest question here- Why do we not allow Asylum seekers to work, holding the money in bond pending the outcome of their case? If their case fails the state keeps the cash, if they are allowed to remain they have a little nest egg to get started as productive members of society?
Starting on the 11th, Cambridge will be moving to virtual residents and visitors parking permits. Welcome to the future!
June 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Starting on the 11th, Cambridge will be moving to virtual residents and visitors parking permits. Welcome to the future!
Feel like a true Cambridge resident now. Just had my bike stolen 🙁 if anybody sees it please let me know!!
May 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Feel like a true Cambridge resident now. Just had my bike stolen 🙁 if anybody sees it please let me know!!
Built in 1842 Cambridge Corn Exchange. Designed by Richard Reynolds, it’s really hard to get a good view of it in all its Gothic glory. #cambridge #blackandwhite #architecture
May 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Built in 1842 Cambridge Corn Exchange. Designed by Richard Reynolds, it’s really hard to get a good view of it in all its Gothic glory. #cambridge #blackandwhite #architecture
Great to have our first Lib Dem Cambridgeshire county council group meeting today. Really pleased to say I’ve been elected to stay on chairing highways with Robin as my vice chair. Only problem with so many of us is that it’s difficult to get a good group photo!
May 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Great to have our first Lib Dem Cambridgeshire county council group meeting today. Really pleased to say I’ve been elected to stay on chairing highways with Robin as my vice chair. Only problem with so many of us is that it’s difficult to get a good group photo!
Back for another term. Thank you to everyone who helped, supported and voted for me. Let's get this county moving 🏃♂️🚴♂️🚋🚌🚗
May 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Back for another term. Thank you to everyone who helped, supported and voted for me. Let's get this county moving 🏃♂️🚴♂️🚋🚌🚗
Well that’s interesting. Just seen a self driving car testing in Cambridge.
April 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Well that’s interesting. Just seen a self driving car testing in Cambridge.
This is massive. Lorna is now the stopthetories.vote tactical vote choice. What we've been saying all along, if you don't want a Tory mayor, it's Lorna you need to vote for.
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Stop the Tories and Reform in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority
Vote tactically in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority to stop the Tories and Reform
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April 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This is massive. Lorna is now the stopthetories.vote tactical vote choice. What we've been saying all along, if you don't want a Tory mayor, it's Lorna you need to vote for.
stopthetories.vote/mayor/cambri...
stopthetories.vote/mayor/cambri...
So let me get this right, now a transgendered man, even one who has undergone surgery and has a penis, will now be forced to use a woman's loo and be treated on a woman's ward in hospital? This is madness.
April 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
So let me get this right, now a transgendered man, even one who has undergone surgery and has a penis, will now be forced to use a woman's loo and be treated on a woman's ward in hospital? This is madness.
1/n This really demonstrates how Labour central government just doesn't get road maintenance. To be conditioning maintenance funding on how many potholes we fill might look like a good idea on the surface but it's actually total madness...
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PM tells councils to prove action on pothole plague to unlock extra cash and reveals £4.8bn for major roads
£1.6 billion investment to tackle scourge of potholes to be delivered to councils from next month as PM tells councils to put cash to use
For the first time every council in England must publish how m...
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March 24, 2025 at 12:10 AM
1/n This really demonstrates how Labour central government just doesn't get road maintenance. To be conditioning maintenance funding on how many potholes we fill might look like a good idea on the surface but it's actually total madness...
dft-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/pm-tell...
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Liberal Democrat County Council Candidate for Market Division - Cambridge. Promoted by the Liberal Democrats, 1 Vincent Square, SW1P 2PN
March 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Liberal Democrat County Council Candidate for Market Division - Cambridge. Promoted by the Liberal Democrats, 1 Vincent Square, SW1P 2PN
Crazy to see how empty the Conservative benches are at Full Council today. What's going on?
March 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Crazy to see how empty the Conservative benches are at Full Council today. What's going on?
Oh man utilities. Just had to stop a traffic management company as they were being totally unsafe and pushing pedestrians into a busy road. On further inspection they were setting up and about to close totally the wrong road. Their Satnav had taken them there and they just cracked on...
March 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Oh man utilities. Just had to stop a traffic management company as they were being totally unsafe and pushing pedestrians into a busy road. On further inspection they were setting up and about to close totally the wrong road. Their Satnav had taken them there and they just cracked on...
Well it’s been a time coming but really nice to cycle lanes refreshed on East Road this morning. Great to see the extra investment in maintenance slowly making a visible difference.
March 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Well it’s been a time coming but really nice to cycle lanes refreshed on East Road this morning. Great to see the extra investment in maintenance slowly making a visible difference.
Elon really is doing a great job showing why proper labour laws are important. Firing somebody and upending their life without due cause or process is just plain callous and bordering on evil.
February 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Elon really is doing a great job showing why proper labour laws are important. Firing somebody and upending their life without due cause or process is just plain callous and bordering on evil.
Budget meeting tomorrow and this has to be the most bizarre approach by the Tories. Instead of submitting their own budget, they've submitted 11 different amendments to spend the extra £8.1m of pothole funding in their own areas. In total their asks add up to £36m from an £8m pot. Basic maths?!?
February 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Budget meeting tomorrow and this has to be the most bizarre approach by the Tories. Instead of submitting their own budget, they've submitted 11 different amendments to spend the extra £8.1m of pothole funding in their own areas. In total their asks add up to £36m from an £8m pot. Basic maths?!?
Very disappointing to see this from Labour. Mimicking reform, boasting about deportation and pandering to Trump. Not things I was expecting from the incoming government. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour launches ads in Reform-style branding to boast about deportations
Exclusive: Some MPs and activists upset at tone of party’s Facebook campaign aimed at countering Farage
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February 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Very disappointing to see this from Labour. Mimicking reform, boasting about deportation and pandering to Trump. Not things I was expecting from the incoming government. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Westminster today to talk transport with @andrewgant.bsky.social and @paulkohlersw19.bsky.social . Really good to catch up about everything from buses to trains, potholes to streetworks and from cycling to road safety.
February 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Westminster today to talk transport with @andrewgant.bsky.social and @paulkohlersw19.bsky.social . Really good to catch up about everything from buses to trains, potholes to streetworks and from cycling to road safety.
These people need to be brought to justice and fast. Cars really can be a lethal weapon in the wrong hands. www.cambsnews.co.uk/investigatio...
WATCH: Cocky traveller films himself wreaking havoc in Fenland
Exclusive video has been obtained by CambsNews of the day travellers wreaked havoc across Fenland villages and towns, smashing through ploughed fields and terrorising villagers.One cocky traveller fil...
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January 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
These people need to be brought to justice and fast. Cars really can be a lethal weapon in the wrong hands. www.cambsnews.co.uk/investigatio...