@groundelder.bsky.social
Green Party member. Likes Parkrun, libraries and public transport.
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It'd be cool if the "increasing the cost of motoring hurts poor people" people cared anything like as much about cost to people who rely on public transport - who are disproportionately likely to be poor and disabled, and who consistently face far greater increases in cost.
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It'd be cool if the "increasing the cost of motoring hurts poor people" people cared anything like as much about cost to people who rely on public transport - who are disproportionately likely to be poor and disabled, and who consistently face far greater increases in cost.
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"Unelected power" of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media ownership affect political decisions
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media ownership affect political decisions
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media ownership affect political decisions
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"Unelected power" of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media ownership affect political decisions
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media ownership affect political decisions
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Follow @nojusticemtg.bsky.social (and me!) bsky.app/profile/ryan...
anyway this @unlearnecon.bsky.social interview is instructive as to the state of play in UK politics. it's very well might be Green vs Reform for the top spot in the next election youtu.be/sPugXPiTuHE...
Fixing the UK Economy - with @NoJusticeMTG
YouTube video by Unlearning Economics Live
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Follow @nojusticemtg.bsky.social (and me!) bsky.app/profile/ryan...
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NEW by @benquinn75.bsky.social with some minor help from me*: Reform said last week they had saved £331m at councils they run, but they have yet to produce a list showing how, and what information they have given is both £260m short and not 100% convincing.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK claim to have saved £331m at English councils – but do the numbers stack up?
Experts say councils face limits on cuts as Reform’s savings on IT deals, office moves and EV projects are disputed
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
NEW by @benquinn75.bsky.social with some minor help from me*: Reform said last week they had saved £331m at councils they run, but they have yet to produce a list showing how, and what information they have given is both £260m short and not 100% convincing.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Things that aren’t random. Many are laid out in project 2025.
Get active locally, run for office, speak up, and READ.
Articles:
thetechpencil.com/when-enforce...
apnews.com/article/spyw...
Get active locally, run for office, speak up, and READ.
Articles:
thetechpencil.com/when-enforce...
apnews.com/article/spyw...
November 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Things that aren’t random. Many are laid out in project 2025.
Get active locally, run for office, speak up, and READ.
Articles:
thetechpencil.com/when-enforce...
apnews.com/article/spyw...
Get active locally, run for office, speak up, and READ.
Articles:
thetechpencil.com/when-enforce...
apnews.com/article/spyw...
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It's Friday afternoon, so who wouldn't want to enter the weekend with one more round of my patented bubble plots of British politics? In this final (one hopes) of my mini-series I look at who the 'odd ones out' of British politics are. Who is 'out of touch' with the rest of the public. Let's see 1/n
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It's Friday afternoon, so who wouldn't want to enter the weekend with one more round of my patented bubble plots of British politics? In this final (one hopes) of my mini-series I look at who the 'odd ones out' of British politics are. Who is 'out of touch' with the rest of the public. Let's see 1/n
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Yet another evidence review argues very strongly that simply providing alternatives to driving doesn't reduce driving
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reducing traffic with “carrots”: A review of the evidence
Reducing traffic volumes is one way to reduce carbon emissions from the transport sector. Since increasing driving costs is often met with public resi…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Yet another evidence review argues very strongly that simply providing alternatives to driving doesn't reduce driving
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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TODAY is publication day for my first book! If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight: A Guide To Effective Transportation Advocacy is a practical guide for people who want to make #transit, #bike, and street safety changes in their community
Check it out at islandpress.org/books/if-you...
Check it out at islandpress.org/books/if-you...
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
TODAY is publication day for my first book! If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight: A Guide To Effective Transportation Advocacy is a practical guide for people who want to make #transit, #bike, and street safety changes in their community
Check it out at islandpress.org/books/if-you...
Check it out at islandpress.org/books/if-you...
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*looks out the window*
Is this a good time to remind you all about our guest article on helping to prevent flood risk with plants?!
oxfordclarion.uk/how-plants-c...
Is this a good time to remind you all about our guest article on helping to prevent flood risk with plants?!
oxfordclarion.uk/how-plants-c...
How plants can help reduce flood risk
When I lived in Scotland, people often used to say to me “Don’t worry if you’re not happy with the weather, it’ll change in 15 minutes.” And they weren’t lying. It wasn’t uncommon to have all four sea...
oxfordclarion.uk
November 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
*looks out the window*
Is this a good time to remind you all about our guest article on helping to prevent flood risk with plants?!
oxfordclarion.uk/how-plants-c...
Is this a good time to remind you all about our guest article on helping to prevent flood risk with plants?!
oxfordclarion.uk/how-plants-c...
And hopefully the same in England!
🧵 4/4
all.
Bus services should be run in the public interest rather than corporate profits, with affordable, accessible and reliable services for all communities.
Publicly owned bus companies are normal throughout Europe, and there is no reason that we can’t do the same in Scotland.
all.
Bus services should be run in the public interest rather than corporate profits, with affordable, accessible and reliable services for all communities.
Publicly owned bus companies are normal throughout Europe, and there is no reason that we can’t do the same in Scotland.
November 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
And hopefully the same in England!
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davekarpf.substack.com/p/every-gene... This by @davekarpf.bsky.social is very, _very_ good. Much traditional media is badly geared to understand movement politics, and often, it helps to actually know stuff!
Every generation gets to recreate the environmental movement to suit its own purposes
Some big-picture reactions to a recent NYT piece
davekarpf.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
davekarpf.substack.com/p/every-gene... This by @davekarpf.bsky.social is very, _very_ good. Much traditional media is badly geared to understand movement politics, and often, it helps to actually know stuff!
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Are Oxford‘s poorest areas sharing in its prosperity? As billionaires pour more money into the city’s AI and biotech industries, we take a deep dive into gentrification in Oxford and the city’s housing crisis. (With maps and data!) oxfordclarion.uk/gentrifying-...
Gentrifying Oxford vs the left-behinds
Oxford’s poorest areas are not sharing equally in the city’s increased prosperity, new figures suggest.
Parts of Minchery Farm, Rose Hill, and Wood Farm are now suffering more deprivation compared to...
oxfordclarion.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Are Oxford‘s poorest areas sharing in its prosperity? As billionaires pour more money into the city’s AI and biotech industries, we take a deep dive into gentrification in Oxford and the city’s housing crisis. (With maps and data!) oxfordclarion.uk/gentrifying-...
"It wasn’t my present, but I met a couple in the library who were choosing – to borrow – a book for each other.” - Brilliant!
“I always ask my friends to gift me their favourite book they’ve read that year. I get a glimpse into their world, and it makes me feel closer to them..”
www.positive.news/society/reve...
www.positive.news/society/reve...
Revealed: the best Christmas gifts you’ve ever received - Positive News
Looking for Christmas gift inspiration? Then take a cue from Positive News readers, who reveal the most meaningful Christmas presents they have received
www.positive.news
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"It wasn’t my present, but I met a couple in the library who were choosing – to borrow – a book for each other.” - Brilliant!
Brilliant news! We need more youth centres everywhere.
A new community and youth centre in Thame took a step forward as over £700,000 of developer (S106) funding was approved. The building will include a community hall, a music room, kitchen, and a dedicated youth club, with EV charging, bike racks, a refreshed play area, and accessible toilets.
Over £700,000 of funding approved for new community and youth centre in Thame - South Oxfordshire District Council
Exciting news for people of South Oxfordshire this month with £779,246 of funding approved as a contribution towards the building of a new Community and Youth Centre at Southern Road Recreation Ground...
www.southoxon.gov.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Brilliant news! We need more youth centres everywhere.
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Last night, I started reading a book that I have had for ages. The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff. My goodness, it's sooooo charming. 😁 No idea why I hadn't read it before. 💙📚
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Last night, I started reading a book that I have had for ages. The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff. My goodness, it's sooooo charming. 😁 No idea why I hadn't read it before. 💙📚
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Smashing to see @graceblakeley.substack.com look more closely at Carnegie's Life in the UK data: bsky.app/profile/grac...
72% do not feel that they can influence decisions affecting the UK.
Why? Because our political and economic institutions have been captured by the wealthy.
And our democracy is failing as a result.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uks-fa...
Why? Because our political and economic institutions have been captured by the wealthy.
And our democracy is failing as a result.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uks-fa...
The UK's Failing Democracy
The Carnegie Foundation's Life in the UK report shows the weakness of UK democracy, and the suffering caused as a result .
graceblakeley.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Smashing to see @graceblakeley.substack.com look more closely at Carnegie's Life in the UK data: bsky.app/profile/grac...
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The world needs more sanctuaries in the form of libraries, bookstores, bakeries, museums, and art studios.
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The world needs more sanctuaries in the form of libraries, bookstores, bakeries, museums, and art studios.
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Crooked Usage, stop in Finchley, is my favourite. It's to do with strip farming, the bit left over being the common land used for grazing, which was crooked and in common usage.
November 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Crooked Usage, stop in Finchley, is my favourite. It's to do with strip farming, the bit left over being the common land used for grazing, which was crooked and in common usage.
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With the rapid success of movements like Mamdani's and @garyseconomics.bsky.social, in this week's article I ask, how many people does it take to change the world? Read more below 👇
How Many People Does it Take to Change the World?
Dr Adam North discusses how small group of people can change the world
substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM
With the rapid success of movements like Mamdani's and @garyseconomics.bsky.social, in this week's article I ask, how many people does it take to change the world? Read more below 👇
May all people who set off fireworks accidentally sit on one just before it goes off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
May all people who set off fireworks accidentally sit on one just before it goes off.
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The EU is winding down freeports due to money laundering and tax evasion. Britain is expanding them.
Please read and share my latest article on Substack 'The Magic Money Tree: How Brexit Unlocked Britain's Corporate Welfare Bonanza. It is absolutely explosive.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Please read and share my latest article on Substack 'The Magic Money Tree: How Brexit Unlocked Britain's Corporate Welfare Bonanza. It is absolutely explosive.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
The Magic Money Tree: How Brexit Unlocked Britain’s Corporate Welfare Bonanza
Rachel Reeves’ budget rhetoric hides the biggest corporate giveaway in modern British history
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The EU is winding down freeports due to money laundering and tax evasion. Britain is expanding them.
Please read and share my latest article on Substack 'The Magic Money Tree: How Brexit Unlocked Britain's Corporate Welfare Bonanza. It is absolutely explosive.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Please read and share my latest article on Substack 'The Magic Money Tree: How Brexit Unlocked Britain's Corporate Welfare Bonanza. It is absolutely explosive.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
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72% do not feel that they can influence decisions affecting the UK.
Why? Because our political and economic institutions have been captured by the wealthy.
And our democracy is failing as a result.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uks-fa...
Why? Because our political and economic institutions have been captured by the wealthy.
And our democracy is failing as a result.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uks-fa...
The UK's Failing Democracy
The Carnegie Foundation's Life in the UK report shows the weakness of UK democracy, and the suffering caused as a result .
graceblakeley.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
72% do not feel that they can influence decisions affecting the UK.
Why? Because our political and economic institutions have been captured by the wealthy.
And our democracy is failing as a result.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uks-fa...
Why? Because our political and economic institutions have been captured by the wealthy.
And our democracy is failing as a result.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uks-fa...
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It is not true “England cannot effectively subsidise travel costs”. Retired people get free travel. By freezing the fuel duty escalator we are subsidising car drivers, which compounds inequality. See more here: bettertransport.org.uk/media/groups...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No free bus passes for under 22s, says goverment
The Commons Transport Committee recommended scrapping bus fares for young people in August.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
It is not true “England cannot effectively subsidise travel costs”. Retired people get free travel. By freezing the fuel duty escalator we are subsidising car drivers, which compounds inequality. See more here: bettertransport.org.uk/media/groups...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Let’s be sure we learn this lesson from history as global uranium demand and Labour’s nuclear plans threaten the lives of the people of the Orkney Islands talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/31/l...
Let’s be sure we learn this lesson from history as global uranium demand and Labour’s nuclear plans threaten the lives of the people of the Orkney Islands
Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to Frances McKie for alerting us to this again, as she did in March 2025. In Investing.com, two days ago, the above graph and: When the U.S. government announced…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Let’s be sure we learn this lesson from history as global uranium demand and Labour’s nuclear plans threaten the lives of the people of the Orkney Islands talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/31/l...
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The whiter the area the more likely it is to have a Reform problem. Immigration isn’t the problem, otherwise you’d get Reform in more diverse areas - it’s fear of change among older people.
Buxton: Why one small town with very little immigration turned to Reform UK
How national concerns affected a local election in the heart of the Peak District.
www.bbc.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The whiter the area the more likely it is to have a Reform problem. Immigration isn’t the problem, otherwise you’d get Reform in more diverse areas - it’s fear of change among older people.