Phil Williams
@philhjw.bsky.social
Old man worried about the future for his grandchildren.
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Definitely parking, not only does it take up valuable space but if its that narrow then people manoeuvring into spaces would completely halt all over vehicle movement leading to increased congestion
January 18, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Definitely parking, not only does it take up valuable space but if its that narrow then people manoeuvring into spaces would completely halt all over vehicle movement leading to increased congestion
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🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 AM
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
What is it with some drivers? Cycling this afternoon I got🖕 from a driver held up by another cyclist coming the other way! Wtf.
January 16, 2026 at 4:25 PM
What is it with some drivers? Cycling this afternoon I got🖕 from a driver held up by another cyclist coming the other way! Wtf.
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Except when they question Nigel Farage☹️
British reporters often ask the best, most direct questions
British reporter: "You REALLY believe after seeing this video she intentionally tried to hit this agent?"
JD Vance shorter "I don't know"
JD Vance shorter "I don't know"
January 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Except when they question Nigel Farage☹️
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There's a big appetite for Green policies and MPs underestimate the level. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals
Exclusive: From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:20 PM
There's a big appetite for Green policies and MPs underestimate the level. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Widening a highway to cure congestion is like losing weight by buying bigger pants — but thanks to the same principle of "induced demand," adding bike paths and train lines to cure climate actually works. usa.streetsblog.org/2026/01/09/c...
Confirmed: Non-Driving Infrastructure Creates 'Induced Demand,' Too — Streetsblog USA
Widening a highway to cure congestion is like losing weight by buying bigger pants — but thanks to the same principle of "induced demand," adding bike paths and train lines to cure climate actually…
usa.streetsblog.org
January 9, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Widening a highway to cure congestion is like losing weight by buying bigger pants — but thanks to the same principle of "induced demand," adding bike paths and train lines to cure climate actually works. usa.streetsblog.org/2026/01/09/c...
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Oh wow! Essex Council's Highway Dept are actually celebrating this! #PaintIsNotInfrastructure #PaintIsNotProtectiveInfrastructure
January 8, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Oh wow! Essex Council's Highway Dept are actually celebrating this! #PaintIsNotInfrastructure #PaintIsNotProtectiveInfrastructure
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18 so only been legally driving for a year tops. Yet such a bad attitude towards other people using the road legally and responsibly. A community sentence and £500 costs. No mention of a ban and extended retest which should be required.
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Road rage driver braked sharply in front of cyclists after making hand gestures
Daniel Ghazal blasted his horn at a group of cyclists and his aggressive manoeuvre left experienced rider Peter Harrison injured after he came off his bike
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 9:21 AM
18 so only been legally driving for a year tops. Yet such a bad attitude towards other people using the road legally and responsibly. A community sentence and £500 costs. No mention of a ban and extended retest which should be required.
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
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Reform UK’s Steven Biggs is a councillor in Durham Council.
He posted this and shared multiple Britain First links previously.
No action yet by Cllr Andrew Husband or Reform UK.
You’re happy for him to represent you?
He posted this and shared multiple Britain First links previously.
No action yet by Cllr Andrew Husband or Reform UK.
You’re happy for him to represent you?
January 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Reform UK’s Steven Biggs is a councillor in Durham Council.
He posted this and shared multiple Britain First links previously.
No action yet by Cllr Andrew Husband or Reform UK.
You’re happy for him to represent you?
He posted this and shared multiple Britain First links previously.
No action yet by Cllr Andrew Husband or Reform UK.
You’re happy for him to represent you?
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Man who bought up 33,000 acres of farmland to avoid tax and moved his business to Singapore after the Brexit he voted for wants your sympathy.
December 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Man who bought up 33,000 acres of farmland to avoid tax and moved his business to Singapore after the Brexit he voted for wants your sympathy.
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There is no need to sacrifice nature for solar panels
Put them on every building house, train station, airports, sides of motor ways , car parks etc
Its not rocket science but basic common sense
Put them on every building house, train station, airports, sides of motor ways , car parks etc
Its not rocket science but basic common sense
December 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
There is no need to sacrifice nature for solar panels
Put them on every building house, train station, airports, sides of motor ways , car parks etc
Its not rocket science but basic common sense
Put them on every building house, train station, airports, sides of motor ways , car parks etc
Its not rocket science but basic common sense
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The car industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The fossil fuel industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The NHS would LIKE you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The fossil fuel industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The NHS would LIKE you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
December 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The car industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The fossil fuel industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The NHS would LIKE you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The fossil fuel industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The NHS would LIKE you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
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What is the true meaning of Christmas? Could it be, perhaps, further subsidising drivers and saying sod off to those who don't have cars?
Stockport motornormativity strikes again.
Stockport motornormativity strikes again.
December 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
What is the true meaning of Christmas? Could it be, perhaps, further subsidising drivers and saying sod off to those who don't have cars?
Stockport motornormativity strikes again.
Stockport motornormativity strikes again.
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"The woman became stuck underneath the Range Rover as it then travelled along the road before the vehicle stopped a short time later"
Seriously, how distracted or otherwise do you have to be to hit a cyclist and the ln drive on with them trapped underneath.🤬🤬
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Seriously, how distracted or otherwise do you have to be to hit a cyclist and the ln drive on with them trapped underneath.🤬🤬
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Police appeal for witnesses after cyclist was injured in Monkseaton
A woman has been left with serious injuries after the incident on Monkseaton's Front Street on Friday morning saw a huge emergency response
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"The woman became stuck underneath the Range Rover as it then travelled along the road before the vehicle stopped a short time later"
Seriously, how distracted or otherwise do you have to be to hit a cyclist and the ln drive on with them trapped underneath.🤬🤬
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Seriously, how distracted or otherwise do you have to be to hit a cyclist and the ln drive on with them trapped underneath.🤬🤬
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
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What is going on at the BBC?
This is a really appalling editorial error on BBC Question Time
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
December 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
What is going on at the BBC?
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“Lammy is expected to argue on Wednesday that the ECHR could also be reinterpreted to limit the scope of rights under article 3, which prohibits torture and “degrading treatment””
Just think about that
Just think about that
“Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR”
An absolutely shocking headline and not what I expected from a Labour government.
The Prime Minister won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
An absolutely shocking headline and not what I expected from a Labour government.
The Prime Minister won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
“Lammy is expected to argue on Wednesday that the ECHR could also be reinterpreted to limit the scope of rights under article 3, which prohibits torture and “degrading treatment””
Just think about that
Just think about that
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
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I feel for her, but asking nicely will not work.
What's needed is enforcement, and stiffer penalties to tackle speeding and dangerous drivers before they kill. Mandatory black boxes linked to insurance may help too.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What's needed is enforcement, and stiffer penalties to tackle speeding and dangerous drivers before they kill. Mandatory black boxes linked to insurance may help too.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A driver killed my parents - attitudes to speeding need to change
Claire Corkery wants cultural change on road safety after her parents were killed by a speeding driver.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I feel for her, but asking nicely will not work.
What's needed is enforcement, and stiffer penalties to tackle speeding and dangerous drivers before they kill. Mandatory black boxes linked to insurance may help too.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What's needed is enforcement, and stiffer penalties to tackle speeding and dangerous drivers before they kill. Mandatory black boxes linked to insurance may help too.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“I just want there to be a car that drives itself so I can get places without thinking about it”
hello, please meet: train.
also see: bus
hello, please meet: train.
also see: bus
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“I just want there to be a car that drives itself so I can get places without thinking about it”
hello, please meet: train.
also see: bus
hello, please meet: train.
also see: bus
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A TfL Cycleway should: A) be free of potholes/cracks; B) protect people from maniac drivers like this, who nearly pulled into my front wheel, was speeding and completely obstructed the cycle box at the lights. We've got to do better than this
@willnorman.co.uk @mayoroflondon.bsky.social #Cycleway1
@willnorman.co.uk @mayoroflondon.bsky.social #Cycleway1
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A TfL Cycleway should: A) be free of potholes/cracks; B) protect people from maniac drivers like this, who nearly pulled into my front wheel, was speeding and completely obstructed the cycle box at the lights. We've got to do better than this
@willnorman.co.uk @mayoroflondon.bsky.social #Cycleway1
@willnorman.co.uk @mayoroflondon.bsky.social #Cycleway1
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Absolutely none of which matters when motorists speed, play on their phones, drive drunk/drugged/tired, or simply believe they own the road.
My first email this morning is from a resident about motorists speeding through pedestrian lights near homes, schools, a church and a library.
It's constant.
My first email this morning is from a resident about motorists speeding through pedestrian lights near homes, schools, a church and a library.
It's constant.
👀 Can you see me now?
The importance of visibility on our roads cannot be understated, particularly for vulnerable road users including pedestrians, cyclists, e-scooter drivers and motorcyclists.
#CanYouSeeMeNow #KeepingPeopleSafe
The importance of visibility on our roads cannot be understated, particularly for vulnerable road users including pedestrians, cyclists, e-scooter drivers and motorcyclists.
#CanYouSeeMeNow #KeepingPeopleSafe
November 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Absolutely none of which matters when motorists speed, play on their phones, drive drunk/drugged/tired, or simply believe they own the road.
My first email this morning is from a resident about motorists speeding through pedestrian lights near homes, schools, a church and a library.
It's constant.
My first email this morning is from a resident about motorists speeding through pedestrian lights near homes, schools, a church and a library.
It's constant.
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I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
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If only these were little old ladies who were peacefully sitting down and holding signs, the police could do something about it.
November 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
If only these were little old ladies who were peacefully sitting down and holding signs, the police could do something about it.
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The evidence in favour of 20 mph speed limits is overwhelming, cheaper insurance, less emissions, less car crashes, it saves the NHS, Police and councils money. But Gary from Port Talbot's commute now takes 42 minutes instead of 40 so it simply must go.
September 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The evidence in favour of 20 mph speed limits is overwhelming, cheaper insurance, less emissions, less car crashes, it saves the NHS, Police and councils money. But Gary from Port Talbot's commute now takes 42 minutes instead of 40 so it simply must go.