David Field
@davidfield.bsky.social
Learning the basics. Gills, cricket and Packers fan. Hubby to Anna; improving dad. tssa | Medway Labour Cllr | bus lanes | dyspraxic | he/him
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This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
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In proper parliamentary style I have to declare an interest in this, as I’m a private renter and before moving to Sittingbourne I was a council housing tenant
Improving renters rights has been one of the biggest things for me so far in parliament, as is providing £39bn for building social housing
Improving renters rights has been one of the biggest things for me so far in parliament, as is providing £39bn for building social housing
On 1 May 2026, we will abolish Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions when we switch on the new private rented sector tenancy system.
More details in our roadmap for implementing the Renters’ Rights Act published today 👇🏻
www.gov.uk/government/p...
More details in our roadmap for implementing the Renters’ Rights Act published today 👇🏻
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Implementing the Renters' Rights Act 2025: Our roadmap for reforming the Private Rented Sector
www.gov.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
In proper parliamentary style I have to declare an interest in this, as I’m a private renter and before moving to Sittingbourne I was a council housing tenant
Improving renters rights has been one of the biggest things for me so far in parliament, as is providing £39bn for building social housing
Improving renters rights has been one of the biggest things for me so far in parliament, as is providing £39bn for building social housing
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Given the context and the crowd, despite Musk’s weasel words, this was a call for violence against the British state, from a foreign national who controls a major propaganda engine, and has engineered it to monetise hate
September 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Given the context and the crowd, despite Musk’s weasel words, this was a call for violence against the British state, from a foreign national who controls a major propaganda engine, and has engineered it to monetise hate
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Rep. Jamie Raskin tears into Nigel Farage as a "far-right pro-Putin politician" and a "Donald Trump sycophant and wannabe".
September 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Rep. Jamie Raskin tears into Nigel Farage as a "far-right pro-Putin politician" and a "Donald Trump sycophant and wannabe".
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This is my flag.
August 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is my flag.
it's failed Medway as per every bloody where...
The 1985 Transport Act was one of the biggest policy failures of recent decades. Nothing better describes this than the chart below by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com.
A combination of new powers and funding through 'bus franchising' is looking to reverse this.
A combination of new powers and funding through 'bus franchising' is looking to reverse this.
August 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
it's failed Medway as per every bloody where...
The happy day when the potholes you reported 6 months ago will finally go
August 22, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The happy day when the potholes you reported 6 months ago will finally go
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In this weeks @kentcurrent.news @edjennings.bsky.social reported on Kent County Council Reform Councillors posed for photos with known far right fascists
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Kent Reform councillors pictured smiling alongside neo-Nazi activist
Plus KCC blurs neutrality line again, Lower Thames Crossing tries new regulatory system, news in brief, and more
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August 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
In this weeks @kentcurrent.news @edjennings.bsky.social reported on Kent County Council Reform Councillors posed for photos with known far right fascists
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No one at County Hall seems particularly eager to explain how five Kent Reform councillors came to be smiling for photographs next to a neo-Nazi activist.
➡️ Five Kent Reform councillors have been pictured smiling alongside a neo-Nazi activist at a 'stop the boats' protest in Maidstone on Saturday
Kent Reform councillors pictured smiling alongside neo-Nazi activist
Plus KCC blurs neutrality line again, Lower Thames Crossing tries new regulatory system, news in brief, and more
www.kentcurrent.news
August 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
No one at County Hall seems particularly eager to explain how five Kent Reform councillors came to be smiling for photographs next to a neo-Nazi activist.
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💧 It’s time to fix our broken water system. For 30 years, companies like Southern Water have prioritised profit over people. Now, Ofwat is being scrapped. A new, stronger regulator will hold polluters to account - protecting our environment, our bills, and our local rivers like the Medway.
July 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
💧 It’s time to fix our broken water system. For 30 years, companies like Southern Water have prioritised profit over people. Now, Ofwat is being scrapped. A new, stronger regulator will hold polluters to account - protecting our environment, our bills, and our local rivers like the Medway.
*feels seen*
The Incrementalist Left share many of the same inclinations as Progressive Activists but they tend to favour gradual, in system change and are more politically disengaged. They can have a tendency to “opt out” of issues or debates that feel fraught. t.co/VOVTHAvQFu
July 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
*feels seen*
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One other 7/7 thread today. Because I think how the bus network got running again is a real testament to some serious heroes that day:
The bus drivers and staff who got that network running again and got London home that night.
And TfL/the Mayor disobeyed the Security Services to make it happen /1
The bus drivers and staff who got that network running again and got London home that night.
And TfL/the Mayor disobeyed the Security Services to make it happen /1
July 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
One other 7/7 thread today. Because I think how the bus network got running again is a real testament to some serious heroes that day:
The bus drivers and staff who got that network running again and got London home that night.
And TfL/the Mayor disobeyed the Security Services to make it happen /1
The bus drivers and staff who got that network running again and got London home that night.
And TfL/the Mayor disobeyed the Security Services to make it happen /1
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🚨 NEW: Labour is lifting 100,000 children out of poverty by expanding access to free school meals.
Alongside free breakfast clubs, cheaper uniform costs and government-funded childcare, Labour is putting money in parents’ pockets and giving children the best start in life.
Alongside free breakfast clubs, cheaper uniform costs and government-funded childcare, Labour is putting money in parents’ pockets and giving children the best start in life.
June 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
🚨 NEW: Labour is lifting 100,000 children out of poverty by expanding access to free school meals.
Alongside free breakfast clubs, cheaper uniform costs and government-funded childcare, Labour is putting money in parents’ pockets and giving children the best start in life.
Alongside free breakfast clubs, cheaper uniform costs and government-funded childcare, Labour is putting money in parents’ pockets and giving children the best start in life.
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Buses are an essential service, and this is exactly what our Labour government should be doing in the name of not only protecting but building local communities across the country.
www.tssa.org.uk/news-and-eve...
www.tssa.org.uk/news-and-eve...
June 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Buses are an essential service, and this is exactly what our Labour government should be doing in the name of not only protecting but building local communities across the country.
www.tssa.org.uk/news-and-eve...
www.tssa.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Morgan Jones (@morganj0nes.bsky.social): Social democracy is true
May 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Morgan Jones (@morganj0nes.bsky.social): Social democracy is true
Happy 2️⃣5️⃣th St Thommo's Day everyone 🥅🏆
May 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Happy 2️⃣5️⃣th St Thommo's Day everyone 🥅🏆
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May 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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The unbelievable condescension we’re already seeing today towards working class people- suggesting they don’t travel to Europe or their kids might not want to go to university and study in Europe- is quite something to behold.
May 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The unbelievable condescension we’re already seeing today towards working class people- suggesting they don’t travel to Europe or their kids might not want to go to university and study in Europe- is quite something to behold.
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🔥 @rachelblakemp.bsky.social says the Conservatives have "nothing to be proud of" from their botched Brexit deal, which has made our country poorer, weaker, and less safe.
May 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🔥 @rachelblakemp.bsky.social says the Conservatives have "nothing to be proud of" from their botched Brexit deal, which has made our country poorer, weaker, and less safe.
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🚍 We are delighted to announce In the Fast Lane, a new pamphlet by Alex Mayer MP 🧵(1/6)
April 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🚍 We are delighted to announce In the Fast Lane, a new pamphlet by Alex Mayer MP 🧵(1/6)
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Don’t let a man who is hardly at his own desk make you an absent parent or carer.
Flexible working means more people can balance caring and career commitments - research consistently shows it makes a workforce happier, healthier and crucially there’s no loss of productivity.
Our future. Not his.
Flexible working means more people can balance caring and career commitments - research consistently shows it makes a workforce happier, healthier and crucially there’s no loss of productivity.
Our future. Not his.
May 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Don’t let a man who is hardly at his own desk make you an absent parent or carer.
Flexible working means more people can balance caring and career commitments - research consistently shows it makes a workforce happier, healthier and crucially there’s no loss of productivity.
Our future. Not his.
Flexible working means more people can balance caring and career commitments - research consistently shows it makes a workforce happier, healthier and crucially there’s no loss of productivity.
Our future. Not his.
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Statement following today’s KCC results
May 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Statement following today’s KCC results
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Apropos of nothing - trans women are women. Trans men are men.
April 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Apropos of nothing - trans women are women. Trans men are men.
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Labour just saved our steel indusutry.
The Tories would never have done it in a million years.
4 times they willingly let the sector fail:
The Tories would never have done it in a million years.
4 times they willingly let the sector fail:
April 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Labour just saved our steel indusutry.
The Tories would never have done it in a million years.
4 times they willingly let the sector fail:
The Tories would never have done it in a million years.
4 times they willingly let the sector fail:
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April 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM