Rachel Gooch
@cambridgerach.bsky.social
Cyclist, centrist, City of London and Cambridge, German learner, Zwifter. Keen on education. Often confused. If it isn't on Strava, it didn't happen. eX-Schoolduggery.
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But his retirement plans are now in “disarray” and “ruined” cos he’s going to have to find an additional £208.33 per month?
He has £2-4 million in savings/investments but claims he is not “cash-rich” and his house was his only “pension”
Seriously @Telegraph, where do you find these people?🤣🤣🙄
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He has £2-4 million in savings/investments but claims he is not “cash-rich” and his house was his only “pension”
Seriously @Telegraph, where do you find these people?🤣🤣🙄
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November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
But his retirement plans are now in “disarray” and “ruined” cos he’s going to have to find an additional £208.33 per month?
He has £2-4 million in savings/investments but claims he is not “cash-rich” and his house was his only “pension”
Seriously @Telegraph, where do you find these people?🤣🤣🙄
9/9
He has £2-4 million in savings/investments but claims he is not “cash-rich” and his house was his only “pension”
Seriously @Telegraph, where do you find these people?🤣🤣🙄
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Wouldn't Reeves give her right arm for Germany's budget troubles
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Wouldn't Reeves give her right arm for Germany's budget troubles
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This is how the Mail has covered a 70% fall in net migration.
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
November 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is how the Mail has covered a 70% fall in net migration.
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
The Transport Action Network has made it easy to respond to the consultation on the government's 3rd cycling and walking strategy that you can find directly here www.gov.uk/government/c...
November 28, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The Transport Action Network has made it easy to respond to the consultation on the government's 3rd cycling and walking strategy that you can find directly here www.gov.uk/government/c...
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
I'm both a landlord and a tenant. I won't be passing on the additional 2% tax to my tenants as I don't see why they should pay my tax bill. I doubt my landlord (or many landlords) will see it that way, however.
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I'm both a landlord and a tenant. I won't be passing on the additional 2% tax to my tenants as I don't see why they should pay my tax bill. I doubt my landlord (or many landlords) will see it that way, however.
A Labour budget 😊
Distributional analysis published alongside the Budget shows that the poorest will benefit most from the measures - particularly due to welfare and public service improvements.
Source: www.gov.uk/government/p...
Source: www.gov.uk/government/p...
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A Labour budget 😊
So we'll miss the traditional @samfr.bsky.social frustrated 'just publish the document. All else is froth' tweet. Parliament getting in a froth about being told first sounds increasingly self important in an undeserved way.
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
So we'll miss the traditional @samfr.bsky.social frustrated 'just publish the document. All else is froth' tweet. Parliament getting in a froth about being told first sounds increasingly self important in an undeserved way.
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London is becoming a cycling city.
As we continue to expand London’s cycle network, the number of daily bike trips is soaring. Cycling has risen by more than 40% since 2019 to 1,500,000 trips every day.
As we continue to expand London’s cycle network, the number of daily bike trips is soaring. Cycling has risen by more than 40% since 2019 to 1,500,000 trips every day.
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
London is becoming a cycling city.
As we continue to expand London’s cycle network, the number of daily bike trips is soaring. Cycling has risen by more than 40% since 2019 to 1,500,000 trips every day.
As we continue to expand London’s cycle network, the number of daily bike trips is soaring. Cycling has risen by more than 40% since 2019 to 1,500,000 trips every day.
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beginning to believe I would actually vote for a dead pigeon on a stick if it just promised to restore the fuel duty escalator
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
beginning to believe I would actually vote for a dead pigeon on a stick if it just promised to restore the fuel duty escalator
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We're quite a few years further along with transphobia and already no institution will even defend trans people any more so... rather scary to think where we could soon be with racism if the window shifting continues?
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We're quite a few years further along with transphobia and already no institution will even defend trans people any more so... rather scary to think where we could soon be with racism if the window shifting continues?
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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On December 6, Regent Street will be closed to motorists.
The festivities will run from 2pm to 9pm.
This will involve the street being fully pedestrianised from Oxford Circus to Piccadilly Circus.
The festivities will run from 2pm to 9pm.
This will involve the street being fully pedestrianised from Oxford Circus to Piccadilly Circus.
November 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
On December 6, Regent Street will be closed to motorists.
The festivities will run from 2pm to 9pm.
This will involve the street being fully pedestrianised from Oxford Circus to Piccadilly Circus.
The festivities will run from 2pm to 9pm.
This will involve the street being fully pedestrianised from Oxford Circus to Piccadilly Circus.
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Britain’s most decorated Paralympian, with 19 gold medals, knows how transformative a bicycle can be at home and in rural places worldwide
🔓 free to read
🔓 free to read
Sarah Storey: My aunt cycled 16 miles a day. Bikes give kids freedom
www.thetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Britain’s most decorated Paralympian, with 19 gold medals, knows how transformative a bicycle can be at home and in rural places worldwide
🔓 free to read
🔓 free to read
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The pedestrianisation of Oxford St will be transformational - making it a safer and much more pleasant area to visit.
We've published our plans for the first phase of this exciting project.
Have your say: haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/oxford-stree...
We've published our plans for the first phase of this exciting project.
Have your say: haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/oxford-stree...
November 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The pedestrianisation of Oxford St will be transformational - making it a safer and much more pleasant area to visit.
We've published our plans for the first phase of this exciting project.
Have your say: haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/oxford-stree...
We've published our plans for the first phase of this exciting project.
Have your say: haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/oxford-stree...
Oh no. This guidance is appalling. Written by someone who has never been in a primary school.
This has been my worry all along with the breakfast club nonsense. You can talk about funding all you like, the long and the short of it is that school leaders end up with another job on the list, another extension to their working day, and the job becomes ever harder...
And this is from DfE advice!
And this is from DfE advice!
November 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Oh no. This guidance is appalling. Written by someone who has never been in a primary school.
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🗺️ Checked out our updated Dangerous Junctions Map yet?
📲 Treat yourself and see just where the worst one is in your borough: bit.ly/48oBNNd
📲 Treat yourself and see just where the worst one is in your borough: bit.ly/48oBNNd
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🗺️ Checked out our updated Dangerous Junctions Map yet?
📲 Treat yourself and see just where the worst one is in your borough: bit.ly/48oBNNd
📲 Treat yourself and see just where the worst one is in your borough: bit.ly/48oBNNd
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Apparently Tesco trusts their customers to know that a plastic Tree in a display box labelled MERRY CHRISTMAS is indeed a Christmas Tree!
The Telegraph, Express, GB News and Daily Mail do not believe their readers are capable of that!
And given the comments sections, they’re not wrong🫣
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The Telegraph, Express, GB News and Daily Mail do not believe their readers are capable of that!
And given the comments sections, they’re not wrong🫣
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November 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Apparently Tesco trusts their customers to know that a plastic Tree in a display box labelled MERRY CHRISTMAS is indeed a Christmas Tree!
The Telegraph, Express, GB News and Daily Mail do not believe their readers are capable of that!
And given the comments sections, they’re not wrong🫣
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The Telegraph, Express, GB News and Daily Mail do not believe their readers are capable of that!
And given the comments sections, they’re not wrong🫣
8/
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The "loophole" is that once somebody who was recognised as a refugee had a child born here then, ten years later, once that child was a citizen, we would not deport the parent (after their legal status had been renewed 3-4 times over say 12 years here)
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The "loophole" is that once somebody who was recognised as a refugee had a child born here then, ten years later, once that child was a citizen, we would not deport the parent (after their legal status had been renewed 3-4 times over say 12 years here)
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
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“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Never felt more hopeless 😥
I'm reading through the white paper or whatever it is. RESTORING ORDER AND CONTROL: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy www.gov.uk/government/p...
Asylum and returns policy statement
This policy statement sets out significant reforms to the UK’s asylum and returns policy.
www.gov.uk
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Never felt more hopeless 😥
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Yesterday in Cologne, we saw one of the most difficult bomb disarmaments since 1945. 3(!) hospitals and 6.400 people had to be evacuated.
You wanna guess how many (mainly WWII) bombs are being disarmed PER YEAR in Germany?
5500.
www.spiegel.de/panorama/koe...
You wanna guess how many (mainly WWII) bombs are being disarmed PER YEAR in Germany?
5500.
www.spiegel.de/panorama/koe...
Köln: Aufwendigste Bombenentschärfung seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg - Tausende Anwohner und drei Kliniken betroffen
Experten haben in Köln eine Zehn-Zentner-Bombe aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg kontrolliert gesprengt. Dafür mussten drei Krankenhäuser evakuiert werden und Tausende Menschen ihre Wohnungen verlassen.
www.spiegel.de
October 13, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Yesterday in Cologne, we saw one of the most difficult bomb disarmaments since 1945. 3(!) hospitals and 6.400 people had to be evacuated.
You wanna guess how many (mainly WWII) bombs are being disarmed PER YEAR in Germany?
5500.
www.spiegel.de/panorama/koe...
You wanna guess how many (mainly WWII) bombs are being disarmed PER YEAR in Germany?
5500.
www.spiegel.de/panorama/koe...
I'll never see David Olusoga the same way again 😲
FYI: The BBC has revealed the charities #TheCelebrityTraitors were all competing for, with links so that you can donate.
November 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I'll never see David Olusoga the same way again 😲