Leafster
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Leafster
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Seventy-five years ago, Britain helped write the European Convention on Human Rights. It protects fairness, liberty and the rule of law. Those attacking it now are not defending Britain. They are trying to free government from accountability. We must defend it.
November 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A beautiful demolition of Trump’s bizarre speech at the UN by @simonoxfphys.com here

youtu.be/KnjaQU8069A?...

Please give it a watch.
Was Trump accidentally based about climate change?
YouTube video by Simon Clark
youtu.be
September 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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You can be a “car guy” and not like car dependency. You can be a “car guy” and get that too many cars in cities is bad for everyone, including drivers. You can be a “car guy” and be tired of lies & manipulations like “the war on cars.” You can be a “car guy” and know more choice means more freedom.
September 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Tony Blair Institute report criticising the drive to Net Zero is a decidedly odd dossier. We won’t halt climate breakdown *without* phasing out fossil fuels & to suggest solution lies in more nuclear & carbon capture rather than renewables is costly & misguided
Climate plan based on phasing out fossil fuels doomed to fail, says Tony Blair
Former PM claims net zero policies losing public support and says there should be greater focus on carbon capture
www.theguardian.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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No wonder Jeremy Vine is hanging up his helmet cam – the rage we cyclists face is off the scale | Peter Walker
No wonder Jeremy Vine is hanging up his helmet cam – the rage we cyclists face is off the scale | Peter Walker
Why does cycling make so many drivers lose their cool? It’s partly ignorance, but demonisation by politicians doesn’t help, says Peter Walker, a senior political correspondent for the Guardian
www.theguardian.com
April 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Lots of people moan about Sustrans routes. It's true - some of them are awful - though many are wonderful.
How to tell the difference? Well, that's where YOU come into it: www.willcycle.com/2021/03/10/c...
#Cycling #WillCycle
Cycle touring and Sustrans routes - WillCycle
In the UK, there's a charity called Sustrans, and they're behind something called, perhaps overly optimistically, the National Cycle Network (NCN for short). NCN: a quality lottery NCN routes vary mas...
www.willcycle.com
April 9, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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"Cycling is not a practical daily travel option for most people."

In 2022, 26% of car trips in the UK were shorter than 1 mile, and 71% were under 5 miles.

A 5-mile bike ride takes around 30 minutes.

Provide people with the option to cycle and build more safe infrastructure
February 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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The body that represents the UK cycling industry has formally complained about the Panorama programme on "e-bikes". Good.

bicycleassociation.org.uk/news/press-r...
BA complains to BBC about Panorama e-bike misrepresentation
The Bicycle Association has sent a formal complaint to the BBC about recent coverage of e-bikes and illegal e-motorbikes on the Panorama programme.
bicycleassociation.org.uk
January 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Genuinely shocking thing for a POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER to say 🤯

[On terrible cycling infrastructure] "I know it’s not great but it would never be a political priority for me to give cyclists better infrastructure, particularly when they don’t contribute in vehicle taxes."
December 6, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Caterham Cedar Tree Christmas lights
December 1, 2024 at 7:27 PM