Geoff
@geoffcampbell.bsky.social
Biker and techie. Very old.
Lives in Wales, in a crumbling pile of rocks in the vague shape of a house.
Lives in Wales, in a crumbling pile of rocks in the vague shape of a house.
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"It’s ludicrous that aviation doesn’t pay fuel tax, especially now that Rachel Reeves is making noises about a tax on electric vehicles. If we’re looking for easy wins for revenue, just look to the skies."
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
End the tax break that makes flying cheaper than trains | Letters
Letters: Airlines benefit from a tax system that helps them keep fares low, writes Anna Hughes
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"It’s ludicrous that aviation doesn’t pay fuel tax, especially now that Rachel Reeves is making noises about a tax on electric vehicles. If we’re looking for easy wins for revenue, just look to the skies."
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
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Tony Benn: “Watch how governments treat migrants. That is how they’d treat you if they could get away with it.”
October 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Tony Benn: “Watch how governments treat migrants. That is how they’d treat you if they could get away with it.”
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I met and knew serious journalists from three continents, (I married one..)
Big UK media, from the BBC down, almost without exception, are no longer journalists as I knew it..
Plod could arrest them all, and we'd have less RW propaganda.
Will the 4th Estate ever recover? I doubt it.
Big UK media, from the BBC down, almost without exception, are no longer journalists as I knew it..
Plod could arrest them all, and we'd have less RW propaganda.
Will the 4th Estate ever recover? I doubt it.
September 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I met and knew serious journalists from three continents, (I married one..)
Big UK media, from the BBC down, almost without exception, are no longer journalists as I knew it..
Plod could arrest them all, and we'd have less RW propaganda.
Will the 4th Estate ever recover? I doubt it.
Big UK media, from the BBC down, almost without exception, are no longer journalists as I knew it..
Plod could arrest them all, and we'd have less RW propaganda.
Will the 4th Estate ever recover? I doubt it.
I find it appalling that we have serving police officers who are so incompetent and bad at their jobs.
She should have used a mouse joggler like the rest of us.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
She should have used a mouse joggler like the rest of us.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Police officer who pretended to work from home sacked
She weighed down her keyboard to stop her laptop going into standby and browsed shopping sites for hours.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I find it appalling that we have serving police officers who are so incompetent and bad at their jobs.
She should have used a mouse joggler like the rest of us.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
She should have used a mouse joggler like the rest of us.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If I were writing a micro-blogging site in the modern era, I'd use a message limit of something like 1,000 characters (probably 1,024, because I'm an old-school metal-basher).
300 characters is too short, and serves no real purpose at all, resulting in thoughts being chopped short.
300 characters is too short, and serves no real purpose at all, resulting in thoughts being chopped short.
April 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
If I were writing a micro-blogging site in the modern era, I'd use a message limit of something like 1,000 characters (probably 1,024, because I'm an old-school metal-basher).
300 characters is too short, and serves no real purpose at all, resulting in thoughts being chopped short.
300 characters is too short, and serves no real purpose at all, resulting in thoughts being chopped short.
Meanwhile, in a field in Wales, a Monkey Puzzle pateintly stalks an oblivious dog.
April 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Meanwhile, in a field in Wales, a Monkey Puzzle pateintly stalks an oblivious dog.
"I know", I thought, "I'll wander into town this morning. Get a haircut, bit of impulse shopping, spot of lunch, support the local businesses."
Which was the point where I found out that a lot of local businesses can't be arsed to open on Mondays.
C'mon, guys. Meet us half-way :-(
Which was the point where I found out that a lot of local businesses can't be arsed to open on Mondays.
C'mon, guys. Meet us half-way :-(
March 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"I know", I thought, "I'll wander into town this morning. Get a haircut, bit of impulse shopping, spot of lunch, support the local businesses."
Which was the point where I found out that a lot of local businesses can't be arsed to open on Mondays.
C'mon, guys. Meet us half-way :-(
Which was the point where I found out that a lot of local businesses can't be arsed to open on Mondays.
C'mon, guys. Meet us half-way :-(
These jokers are just so utterly transparent. Why on earth does anyone support them?
March 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
These jokers are just so utterly transparent. Why on earth does anyone support them?
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Hilary Clinton:
"Wouldn't want to hurt Putin's feelings."
"Wouldn't want to hurt Putin's feelings."
March 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Hilary Clinton:
"Wouldn't want to hurt Putin's feelings."
"Wouldn't want to hurt Putin's feelings."
Wise words.
You Are Sane
If you are terrified, you are SANE.
If you are crying, you are SANE.
If you are anxious, you are SANE.
If you are traumatized, you are SANE.
If you are grieving, you are SANE.
If you are depressed, you are SANE.
What’s happening is INSANE.
But YOU ARE SANE.
You are sane.
If you are terrified, you are SANE.
If you are crying, you are SANE.
If you are anxious, you are SANE.
If you are traumatized, you are SANE.
If you are grieving, you are SANE.
If you are depressed, you are SANE.
What’s happening is INSANE.
But YOU ARE SANE.
You are sane.
March 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Wise words.
After watching events unfold out west yesterday, somehow the phrase "Vlod the Impaler" keeps floating across my mind this morning.
March 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM
After watching events unfold out west yesterday, somehow the phrase "Vlod the Impaler" keeps floating across my mind this morning.
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"It's terribly disrespectful not to wear a suit to the White House"
March 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
"It's terribly disrespectful not to wear a suit to the White House"
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Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
February 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
No second state visit for Trump
This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
February 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
I shall be breaking my long-standing boycott of Reach publications and buying a copy of this today:
February 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I shall be breaking my long-standing boycott of Reach publications and buying a copy of this today:
Small acts of rebellion.
February 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Small acts of rebellion.
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He’s only gone and repeated this 1933 move….be afraid America!
February 19, 2025 at 6:07 AM
He’s only gone and repeated this 1933 move….be afraid America!
Big drop in house prices in Gwnyedd after the council introduced measures to discourage second homes. This is excellent news.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gwynedd house prices plunge as council acts on second homes
House prices in a Welsh county have fallen by more than 12% year-on-year, according to new figures.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Big drop in house prices in Gwnyedd after the council introduced measures to discourage second homes. This is excellent news.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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