Gareth Hooper
@garethhooper.bsky.social
Impact Evaluation Manager at The Strategy Unit. Advocate for active travel and clean air. Cyclist. Rower. Runner.
🌐 Birmingham
🌐 Birmingham
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November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hello and welcome to all our new followers!
Please do sign up to our newsletter to stay in touch with the latest air pollution news, find out about our campaigns and how you can get involved.
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New data shows just £1.5 million was given to councils in England in the past year to tackle air pollution – down from a high of £225 million in 2021 @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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The Government Has Cut Air Pollution Funds to Councils by 99% as Illegal Levels of Pollution Shorten Lives
New data shows just £1.5 million was given to councils in England in the past year to tackle air pollution - down from a high of £225 million in 2021
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November 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
New data shows just £1.5 million was given to councils in England in the past year to tackle air pollution – down from a high of £225 million in 2021 @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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Compare and contrast the Government language.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Compare and contrast the Government language.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
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Gill-ty as charged.
I wonder if Nigel Farage will be giving a press conference on this one?
I wonder if Nigel Farage will be giving a press conference on this one?
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Gill-ty as charged.
I wonder if Nigel Farage will be giving a press conference on this one?
I wonder if Nigel Farage will be giving a press conference on this one?
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We await your response Mr Farage
November 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We await your response Mr Farage
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
Anyone else expecting Labour's Road Safety Plan to consist of a focus of drivers born outside UK, and putting leaflets in supermarkets telling drivers to be more careful.
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Anyone else expecting Labour's Road Safety Plan to consist of a focus of drivers born outside UK, and putting leaflets in supermarkets telling drivers to be more careful.
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Why was #CelebrityTraitors one big SUV ad?!
SUVs like the Defender are three times more likely to kill a child under 10 in the event of a crash, compared to a small car.
This form of advertising needs challenging. #AirPollution #RoadDanger
SUVs like the Defender are three times more likely to kill a child under 10 in the event of a crash, compared to a small car.
This form of advertising needs challenging. #AirPollution #RoadDanger
Is the Land Rover Defender the biggest star of Celebrity Traitors?
Is the Land Rover Defender the Celebrity Traitors' biggest star? With almost 12million people tuning in, search results have surged 35% for JLR's best selling 110.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Why was #CelebrityTraitors one big SUV ad?!
SUVs like the Defender are three times more likely to kill a child under 10 in the event of a crash, compared to a small car.
This form of advertising needs challenging. #AirPollution #RoadDanger
SUVs like the Defender are three times more likely to kill a child under 10 in the event of a crash, compared to a small car.
This form of advertising needs challenging. #AirPollution #RoadDanger
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Jenrick has an unfortunate moment on LBC.
November 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Jenrick has an unfortunate moment on LBC.
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You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that:
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that:
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
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#SchoolRunJoy
I admire our lollipop ladies. It is an enormously important job. I could not stand there patiently each day as parents and neighbours blithely endanger the very children they are delivering to school by parking dangerously.
@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
I admire our lollipop ladies. It is an enormously important job. I could not stand there patiently each day as parents and neighbours blithely endanger the very children they are delivering to school by parking dangerously.
@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
#SchoolRunJoy
I admire our lollipop ladies. It is an enormously important job. I could not stand there patiently each day as parents and neighbours blithely endanger the very children they are delivering to school by parking dangerously.
@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
I admire our lollipop ladies. It is an enormously important job. I could not stand there patiently each day as parents and neighbours blithely endanger the very children they are delivering to school by parking dangerously.
@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
There's only one thing worse for a Local Authority that's bankrupt making cuts and selling assets which will hurt those most in need, and that's making cuts and selling assets because you *thought* you were bankrupt but you weren't
Wonder if we'll ever get the true story on Birmingham City Council?
Wonder if we'll ever get the true story on Birmingham City Council?
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
There's only one thing worse for a Local Authority that's bankrupt making cuts and selling assets which will hurt those most in need, and that's making cuts and selling assets because you *thought* you were bankrupt but you weren't
Wonder if we'll ever get the true story on Birmingham City Council?
Wonder if we'll ever get the true story on Birmingham City Council?
The public is rightly outraged that private water companies pollute rivers and streams they can usually avoid drinking or swimming in
The public is ambivalent to privately owned vehicles that pollute the air they cannot avoid breathing in. Or their children or elderly parents.
The public is ambivalent to privately owned vehicles that pollute the air they cannot avoid breathing in. Or their children or elderly parents.
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The public is rightly outraged that private water companies pollute rivers and streams they can usually avoid drinking or swimming in
The public is ambivalent to privately owned vehicles that pollute the air they cannot avoid breathing in. Or their children or elderly parents.
The public is ambivalent to privately owned vehicles that pollute the air they cannot avoid breathing in. Or their children or elderly parents.
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This is a great summary of what's going on in particular sections of the news media. It's obvious that the only real issue that the tabloid media has with Zack Polanski's mouth is that he uses it to say that we should lift up people who are struggling instead of the rich.
Every personal attack.
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
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Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The right can mock my teeth all it wants – it shows the Greens have struck a nerve | Zack Polanski
As a politician, I expect opposition and debate. But when it centres on personal insults, not policies, something else is going on, says the leader of the Green party, Zack Polanski
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November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
This is a great summary of what's going on in particular sections of the news media. It's obvious that the only real issue that the tabloid media has with Zack Polanski's mouth is that he uses it to say that we should lift up people who are struggling instead of the rich.
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This morning, the region's Transport Delivery Overview and Scrutiny Committee meets. This month, there are updates on the Local Transport Plan, Ring and Ride and 2027-32 transport funding (currently £484.5m is unallocated). Papers: governance.wmca.org.uk/ieLi...
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This morning, the region's Transport Delivery Overview and Scrutiny Committee meets. This month, there are updates on the Local Transport Plan, Ring and Ride and 2027-32 transport funding (currently £484.5m is unallocated). Papers: governance.wmca.org.uk/ieLi...
My walk to work today.
If we want to live in safe communities with clean air, we all have to walk+ cycle more/drive less. But there's no incentive on offer to walk so the status quo continues...
@livingstreets.bsky.social
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If we want to live in safe communities with clean air, we all have to walk+ cycle more/drive less. But there's no incentive on offer to walk so the status quo continues...
@livingstreets.bsky.social
@tahiralimp.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
My walk to work today.
If we want to live in safe communities with clean air, we all have to walk+ cycle more/drive less. But there's no incentive on offer to walk so the status quo continues...
@livingstreets.bsky.social
@tahiralimp.bsky.social
If we want to live in safe communities with clean air, we all have to walk+ cycle more/drive less. But there's no incentive on offer to walk so the status quo continues...
@livingstreets.bsky.social
@tahiralimp.bsky.social
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You’re absolutely right. It’s time to clear pavements for people who rely on them.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
You’re absolutely right. It’s time to clear pavements for people who rely on them.
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The pedestrians in this photo had to move to the right so the cars could drive along the footpath to drop their kids off. Birmingham is an extraordinary place where people will fight for the right fit for a car dominated city 🤯
@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org @livingstreets.bsky.social
@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org @livingstreets.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The pedestrians in this photo had to move to the right so the cars could drive along the footpath to drop their kids off. Birmingham is an extraordinary place where people will fight for the right fit for a car dominated city 🤯
@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org @livingstreets.bsky.social
@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org @livingstreets.bsky.social
This is what it looks like when Councils want us to walk more but do nothing to facilitate it
@livingstreets.bsky.social @tahiralimp.bsky.social @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
@livingstreets.bsky.social @tahiralimp.bsky.social @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
This is what it looks like when Councils want us to walk more but do nothing to facilitate it
@livingstreets.bsky.social @tahiralimp.bsky.social @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
@livingstreets.bsky.social @tahiralimp.bsky.social @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
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Not here to be disappointed.
Not here to be concerned.
Here to replace them - and then take on Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Not here to be concerned.
Here to replace them - and then take on Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Not here to be disappointed.
Not here to be concerned.
Here to replace them - and then take on Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Not here to be concerned.
Here to replace them - and then take on Reform.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
When we're told there's no new money, we must spend what we have more wisely. Nearly 12x ROI
A new UK report shows free bike programmes give £11.80 return for every £1 spent. Over 12,000 bikes provided so far, improving health, mental wellbeing, access to jobs and community ties - especially in disadvantaged areas.
Is it time to think bigger than cheap buses?
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Is it time to think bigger than cheap buses?
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November 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
When we're told there's no new money, we must spend what we have more wisely. Nearly 12x ROI
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Nice one Birmingham City Council!
It’s good to see Brum leading the way on raising awareness about fireworks and air quality. Let’s celebrate without polluting our city 🎆💨 #ClearTheAir #FunWithoutFireworks #BrumBreathes
It’s good to see Brum leading the way on raising awareness about fireworks and air quality. Let’s celebrate without polluting our city 🎆💨 #ClearTheAir #FunWithoutFireworks #BrumBreathes
November 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Nice one Birmingham City Council!
It’s good to see Brum leading the way on raising awareness about fireworks and air quality. Let’s celebrate without polluting our city 🎆💨 #ClearTheAir #FunWithoutFireworks #BrumBreathes
It’s good to see Brum leading the way on raising awareness about fireworks and air quality. Let’s celebrate without polluting our city 🎆💨 #ClearTheAir #FunWithoutFireworks #BrumBreathes