TallBikeGuy
@thetallbikeguy.bsky.social
Just a tall guy, on a bike | Recent(ish) émigré to the fine city of Norwich | Occasionally drives a car. Saving up for an e-cargo bike | Chair of norwichcycling.bsky.social
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Nigel Farage is a vile, thin skinned, little man.
December 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Nigel Farage is a vile, thin skinned, little man.
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🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
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democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
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It sure looks like Russian intelligence attempted to use military drones to assassinate the President of Ukraine inside an EU country.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
It sure looks like Russian intelligence attempted to use military drones to assassinate the President of Ukraine inside an EU country.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
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I suspect you have to be quite racist to stand out as "the racist guy" at a boys public school of the 1980s.
December 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I suspect you have to be quite racist to stand out as "the racist guy" at a boys public school of the 1980s.
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Residents in Haddenham and Thame are calling on authorities to end a 25 year wait for a greenway (walking & cycling route) between the two communities. A petition with over 4000 signatures has been submitted to Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire County Councils.
www.change.org/p/support-fo...
www.change.org/p/support-fo...
December 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Residents in Haddenham and Thame are calling on authorities to end a 25 year wait for a greenway (walking & cycling route) between the two communities. A petition with over 4000 signatures has been submitted to Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire County Councils.
www.change.org/p/support-fo...
www.change.org/p/support-fo...
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Daria’s crew is the first in #Ukraine’s national guard to operate entirely without men
She&the 4 women under her command build own explosives&launch armed drones along the southeastern front
Viktoriia,Tetiana,Oleksandra,Maryna, Daria- members of drone unit Typhoon
📷Oksana Parafeniuk /for The WP
She&the 4 women under her command build own explosives&launch armed drones along the southeastern front
Viktoriia,Tetiana,Oleksandra,Maryna, Daria- members of drone unit Typhoon
📷Oksana Parafeniuk /for The WP
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Daria’s crew is the first in #Ukraine’s national guard to operate entirely without men
She&the 4 women under her command build own explosives&launch armed drones along the southeastern front
Viktoriia,Tetiana,Oleksandra,Maryna, Daria- members of drone unit Typhoon
📷Oksana Parafeniuk /for The WP
She&the 4 women under her command build own explosives&launch armed drones along the southeastern front
Viktoriia,Tetiana,Oleksandra,Maryna, Daria- members of drone unit Typhoon
📷Oksana Parafeniuk /for The WP
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The OSCE was established to keep war away from Europe.
Yet, Russia blatantly violates international law and OSCE principles.
The EU will stay the course.
Only more pressure on Russia and more support to Ukraine will change the balance.
My statement at OSCE Ministerial Council ↓
Yet, Russia blatantly violates international law and OSCE principles.
The EU will stay the course.
Only more pressure on Russia and more support to Ukraine will change the balance.
My statement at OSCE Ministerial Council ↓
December 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The OSCE was established to keep war away from Europe.
Yet, Russia blatantly violates international law and OSCE principles.
The EU will stay the course.
Only more pressure on Russia and more support to Ukraine will change the balance.
My statement at OSCE Ministerial Council ↓
Yet, Russia blatantly violates international law and OSCE principles.
The EU will stay the course.
Only more pressure on Russia and more support to Ukraine will change the balance.
My statement at OSCE Ministerial Council ↓
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The mental health system is under immense strain. Something has to change.
This review is a chance to understand what’s driving the increase in mental health problems. This must not be used as a way to justify who deserves support and who doesn’t. 1/2
This review is a chance to understand what’s driving the increase in mental health problems. This must not be used as a way to justify who deserves support and who doesn’t. 1/2
December 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The mental health system is under immense strain. Something has to change.
This review is a chance to understand what’s driving the increase in mental health problems. This must not be used as a way to justify who deserves support and who doesn’t. 1/2
This review is a chance to understand what’s driving the increase in mental health problems. This must not be used as a way to justify who deserves support and who doesn’t. 1/2
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Just a vicious, lawless regime.
The spectacle of masked gangs of state vigilantes, ripping people out of cars in full view of the street, is a terrible reminder of how quickly the unthinkable can become normal in a democratic society.
The spectacle of masked gangs of state vigilantes, ripping people out of cars in full view of the street, is a terrible reminder of how quickly the unthinkable can become normal in a democratic society.
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Just a vicious, lawless regime.
The spectacle of masked gangs of state vigilantes, ripping people out of cars in full view of the street, is a terrible reminder of how quickly the unthinkable can become normal in a democratic society.
The spectacle of masked gangs of state vigilantes, ripping people out of cars in full view of the street, is a terrible reminder of how quickly the unthinkable can become normal in a democratic society.
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Last year Sky News was rending its garments over Starmer's free eyeglasses: WHAT INFLUENCE DID LORD ALLI BUY?
Now, RefUK get £9m from a crypto bro, they have not one word about the donor's interests; just BRAVO NIGEL, barely concealed glee, and "what a huge boost... money goes where momentum is". 🤡
Now, RefUK get £9m from a crypto bro, they have not one word about the donor's interests; just BRAVO NIGEL, barely concealed glee, and "what a huge boost... money goes where momentum is". 🤡
December 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Last year Sky News was rending its garments over Starmer's free eyeglasses: WHAT INFLUENCE DID LORD ALLI BUY?
Now, RefUK get £9m from a crypto bro, they have not one word about the donor's interests; just BRAVO NIGEL, barely concealed glee, and "what a huge boost... money goes where momentum is". 🤡
Now, RefUK get £9m from a crypto bro, they have not one word about the donor's interests; just BRAVO NIGEL, barely concealed glee, and "what a huge boost... money goes where momentum is". 🤡
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Your reminder that political spending isn't regulated or recorded outside an election year
So public will probably have no idea how the biggest donation in British political history is spent
Why we urgently need political finance reform - sign petition here
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
So public will probably have no idea how the biggest donation in British political history is spent
Why we urgently need political finance reform - sign petition here
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Your reminder that political spending isn't regulated or recorded outside an election year
So public will probably have no idea how the biggest donation in British political history is spent
Why we urgently need political finance reform - sign petition here
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
So public will probably have no idea how the biggest donation in British political history is spent
Why we urgently need political finance reform - sign petition here
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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Respond now on CWIS3 for better cycling infrastructure! 🚴♀️ Deadline 15th December!
@cyclinguk.bsky.social
www.cyclinguk.org/blog/cwis3-c...
@cyclinguk.bsky.social
www.cyclinguk.org/blog/cwis3-c...
CWIS3 consultation – guidance for campaigners
The government recently launched its third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy and is now consulting on it. We’re asking you to respond and below we give you some guidance to help you
www.cyclinguk.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Respond now on CWIS3 for better cycling infrastructure! 🚴♀️ Deadline 15th December!
@cyclinguk.bsky.social
www.cyclinguk.org/blog/cwis3-c...
@cyclinguk.bsky.social
www.cyclinguk.org/blog/cwis3-c...
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People say the UK leads on animal welfare, yet many animals are still kept in awful conditions that others in Europe have already moved away from.
Today I brought together thirty-six MPs and Lords to urge the SoS at Defra to end farrowing crates and cages.
Today I brought together thirty-six MPs and Lords to urge the SoS at Defra to end farrowing crates and cages.
December 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
People say the UK leads on animal welfare, yet many animals are still kept in awful conditions that others in Europe have already moved away from.
Today I brought together thirty-six MPs and Lords to urge the SoS at Defra to end farrowing crates and cages.
Today I brought together thirty-six MPs and Lords to urge the SoS at Defra to end farrowing crates and cages.
It's like a comedy sketch, although no-one is laughing.
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
It's like a comedy sketch, although no-one is laughing.
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2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.
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If you want to improve productivity then you certainly don't want to arbitrarily kill or maim people on roads. Its a huge cost to society. 20mph/30kmh hardly impacts journey times in real world traffic and makes urban/village roads far more attractive for healthy walking and cycling.
December 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
If you want to improve productivity then you certainly don't want to arbitrarily kill or maim people on roads. Its a huge cost to society. 20mph/30kmh hardly impacts journey times in real world traffic and makes urban/village roads far more attractive for healthy walking and cycling.
City no-one has heard of goes from nowhere ten years ago to having one of the largest modal shares for cycling in North America (14%!) by - you guessed it - building an interconnected network of high quality protected cycle paths.
youtu.be/FKMDMekErQ0?...
youtu.be/FKMDMekErQ0?...
How to Build a Cycling City
YouTube video by Nic Laporte
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
City no-one has heard of goes from nowhere ten years ago to having one of the largest modal shares for cycling in North America (14%!) by - you guessed it - building an interconnected network of high quality protected cycle paths.
youtu.be/FKMDMekErQ0?...
youtu.be/FKMDMekErQ0?...
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Foodbanks were never meant to be permanent. This article, by Nick Gardham, asks what happens when charity becomes the default response to poverty.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/welfare...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/welfare...
Normalising deprivation – when charity is the default response to poverty
The rise of foodbanks shows how charity has filled the gaps of a failing system and now risks normalising hardship
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Foodbanks were never meant to be permanent. This article, by Nick Gardham, asks what happens when charity becomes the default response to poverty.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/welfare...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/welfare...
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I'd hate to be a boat owner after this passes.
Imagine all the information that could be be useful for your navigation but which would ALSO be potentially useful to those guiding small boats across the Channel.
Will the Shipping Forecast cease broadcasting? That, after all, makes crossings easier.
Imagine all the information that could be be useful for your navigation but which would ALSO be potentially useful to those guiding small boats across the Channel.
Will the Shipping Forecast cease broadcasting? That, after all, makes crossings easier.
December 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I'd hate to be a boat owner after this passes.
Imagine all the information that could be be useful for your navigation but which would ALSO be potentially useful to those guiding small boats across the Channel.
Will the Shipping Forecast cease broadcasting? That, after all, makes crossings easier.
Imagine all the information that could be be useful for your navigation but which would ALSO be potentially useful to those guiding small boats across the Channel.
Will the Shipping Forecast cease broadcasting? That, after all, makes crossings easier.
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I enjoyed this justification of having an enormous car. A THREE FOOT LENGTH OF PIPE
December 3, 2025 at 6:19 AM
I enjoyed this justification of having an enormous car. A THREE FOOT LENGTH OF PIPE
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It's all bad but hadn't seen the bit where Farage says:
"The European Union is the prototype for the New World Order."
That is a seriously, deeply problematic term that taps into Illuminati and antisemitic conspiracy theories.
How the fuck did this man direct the course of our politics?
"The European Union is the prototype for the New World Order."
That is a seriously, deeply problematic term that taps into Illuminati and antisemitic conspiracy theories.
How the fuck did this man direct the course of our politics?
We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
It's all bad but hadn't seen the bit where Farage says:
"The European Union is the prototype for the New World Order."
That is a seriously, deeply problematic term that taps into Illuminati and antisemitic conspiracy theories.
How the fuck did this man direct the course of our politics?
"The European Union is the prototype for the New World Order."
That is a seriously, deeply problematic term that taps into Illuminati and antisemitic conspiracy theories.
How the fuck did this man direct the course of our politics?
Quite. Amazing to watch the confidence of this young lad. Only possible because the infrastructure enables it.
A very typical Dutch one-stage crossing. In the UK cyclists often get two or more crossing stages at busy roads. If drivers aren’t expected to stop halfway, why should bikes or pedestrians? Two-stage crossings exist to keep cars moving, not people safe.
December 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Quite. Amazing to watch the confidence of this young lad. Only possible because the infrastructure enables it.
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In the Netherlands, where the Dutch invest in safe cycling, the over-65s cycle around a quarter of their journeys, while the over-80s cycle around 10% of theirs.
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and cycle lanes don't 'restrict freedom', they expand it.
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and cycle lanes don't 'restrict freedom', they expand it.
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In the Netherlands, where the Dutch invest in safe cycling, the over-65s cycle around a quarter of their journeys, while the over-80s cycle around 10% of theirs.
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and cycle lanes don't 'restrict freedom', they expand it.
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and cycle lanes don't 'restrict freedom', they expand it.