Tracey Bell
@traceybell.bsky.social
Retired teacher now living my best life on a bike
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Ever heard of Carillion?
Contracted to build PFI hospitals but it went under = the state had to step in at an extra cost of £148m.The hospitals opened 5-6 years late.
Private profit. Public risk. That's PFI. Now they want to bring it back 👉 bit.ly/Why-PFI-Aban...
Contracted to build PFI hospitals but it went under = the state had to step in at an extra cost of £148m.The hospitals opened 5-6 years late.
Private profit. Public risk. That's PFI. Now they want to bring it back 👉 bit.ly/Why-PFI-Aban...
December 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Ever heard of Carillion?
Contracted to build PFI hospitals but it went under = the state had to step in at an extra cost of £148m.The hospitals opened 5-6 years late.
Private profit. Public risk. That's PFI. Now they want to bring it back 👉 bit.ly/Why-PFI-Aban...
Contracted to build PFI hospitals but it went under = the state had to step in at an extra cost of £148m.The hospitals opened 5-6 years late.
Private profit. Public risk. That's PFI. Now they want to bring it back 👉 bit.ly/Why-PFI-Aban...
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Tories and Reform want to quit the European Convention on Human Rights.
Since 1980, the ECHR court has heard 29 cases of immigrant deportation. UK won 16. No defeats in the last 5 yrs.
Quitting ECHR won't fix illegal immigration, will destroy our freedoms and rights.
archive.ph/eMg3O
Since 1980, the ECHR court has heard 29 cases of immigrant deportation. UK won 16. No defeats in the last 5 yrs.
Quitting ECHR won't fix illegal immigration, will destroy our freedoms and rights.
archive.ph/eMg3O
Leaving the ECHR won’t fix illegal migration
Half-baked tales of rulings turning on chicken nuggets are no basis for cutting Britain adrift
www.thetimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Tories and Reform want to quit the European Convention on Human Rights.
Since 1980, the ECHR court has heard 29 cases of immigrant deportation. UK won 16. No defeats in the last 5 yrs.
Quitting ECHR won't fix illegal immigration, will destroy our freedoms and rights.
archive.ph/eMg3O
Since 1980, the ECHR court has heard 29 cases of immigrant deportation. UK won 16. No defeats in the last 5 yrs.
Quitting ECHR won't fix illegal immigration, will destroy our freedoms and rights.
archive.ph/eMg3O
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
"It would be easier to take a cab. I know I'm privileged, but it's more of a revindication. We need greener cities, with fewer cars," Bellerin says.
"It would be easier to take a cab. I know I'm privileged, but it's more of a revindication. We need greener cities, with fewer cars," Bellerin says.
'With power comes responsibility' - Hector Bellerin wins BBC Green Sports Award
Former Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin talks about his attempts to live a more sustainable life as he wins the BBC Green Sports Award.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 4:53 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
"It would be easier to take a cab. I know I'm privileged, but it's more of a revindication. We need greener cities, with fewer cars," Bellerin says.
"It would be easier to take a cab. I know I'm privileged, but it's more of a revindication. We need greener cities, with fewer cars," Bellerin says.
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This ruling is a joke.
PPE Medpro will go bankrupt and the Government won't get a penny.
Michelle Mone should have to pay the £122m personally.
RT if you want to see her pay it all back.
PPE Medpro will go bankrupt and the Government won't get a penny.
Michelle Mone should have to pay the £122m personally.
RT if you want to see her pay it all back.
October 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This ruling is a joke.
PPE Medpro will go bankrupt and the Government won't get a penny.
Michelle Mone should have to pay the £122m personally.
RT if you want to see her pay it all back.
PPE Medpro will go bankrupt and the Government won't get a penny.
Michelle Mone should have to pay the £122m personally.
RT if you want to see her pay it all back.
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🚨 Govt is paying Deloitte £3m to advise on using public-private partnerships for new neighbourhood health centres.
👉 This is public money, being used to ask private firms whether we should privatise.
📰 Scan QR for more info
FOI by @weownit.org.uk
👉 This is public money, being used to ask private firms whether we should privatise.
📰 Scan QR for more info
FOI by @weownit.org.uk
September 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🚨 Govt is paying Deloitte £3m to advise on using public-private partnerships for new neighbourhood health centres.
👉 This is public money, being used to ask private firms whether we should privatise.
📰 Scan QR for more info
FOI by @weownit.org.uk
👉 This is public money, being used to ask private firms whether we should privatise.
📰 Scan QR for more info
FOI by @weownit.org.uk
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WATCH THIS: The most amazing thing about this remarkable 2002 car commercial is that it didn’t seem to realize at the time, or perhaps didn’t care, how effectively it made the point that cars and car infrastructure are a HUGE waste of space in cities. Award-winning 2002 ad for Saturn car company.
Saturn Ion commercial
YouTube video by Eliyahu Biton
youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
WATCH THIS: The most amazing thing about this remarkable 2002 car commercial is that it didn’t seem to realize at the time, or perhaps didn’t care, how effectively it made the point that cars and car infrastructure are a HUGE waste of space in cities. Award-winning 2002 ad for Saturn car company.
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If every single bicycle in the world disappeared cars would be just as slow as they are today.
If every single car in the world disappeared bikes would be multiple magnitudes faster than they are today. A 40 minute urban bike ride would go down to 20 minutes.
If every single car in the world disappeared bikes would be multiple magnitudes faster than they are today. A 40 minute urban bike ride would go down to 20 minutes.
September 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
If every single bicycle in the world disappeared cars would be just as slow as they are today.
If every single car in the world disappeared bikes would be multiple magnitudes faster than they are today. A 40 minute urban bike ride would go down to 20 minutes.
If every single car in the world disappeared bikes would be multiple magnitudes faster than they are today. A 40 minute urban bike ride would go down to 20 minutes.
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Let's cut the confusion – if it’s not an e-bike, it’s an e-moto.
www.eta.co.uk/news/e-bikes...
www.eta.co.uk/news/e-bikes...
E-bikes vs e-motos: Why clear language matters for UK roads | ETA
Confusion between e-bikes and high-powered electric motorbikes is fuelling policy and enforcement problems in the UK. Could the term ‘e-moto’ help distinguish between them, as it is starting to do in ...
www.eta.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Let's cut the confusion – if it’s not an e-bike, it’s an e-moto.
www.eta.co.uk/news/e-bikes...
www.eta.co.uk/news/e-bikes...
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“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.”
City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design.
I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero
City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design.
I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero
Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death
A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
yle.fi
July 30, 2025 at 7:28 AM
“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.”
City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design.
I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero
City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design.
I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero
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“In Paris, cycling continues to break all records!
In 2024, cycle path usage jumped by 34%! Nearly 15,000 cyclists used Boulevard de Sébastopol every day!
And we're going to keep going; brand new lanes will be completed by the start of the school year.”
— Paris Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social
In 2024, cycle path usage jumped by 34%! Nearly 15,000 cyclists used Boulevard de Sébastopol every day!
And we're going to keep going; brand new lanes will be completed by the start of the school year.”
— Paris Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social
À Paris, le vélo continue de battre tous les records ! 🚲
En 2024, la fréquentation des pistes cyclables a bondi de 34% ! Près de 15 000 cyclistes ont emprunté le Boulevard de Sébastopol chaque jour !
Et on va continuer, de toutes nouvelles pistes seront livrées à la rentrée.
En 2024, la fréquentation des pistes cyclables a bondi de 34% ! Près de 15 000 cyclistes ont emprunté le Boulevard de Sébastopol chaque jour !
Et on va continuer, de toutes nouvelles pistes seront livrées à la rentrée.
July 31, 2025 at 3:54 AM
“In Paris, cycling continues to break all records!
In 2024, cycle path usage jumped by 34%! Nearly 15,000 cyclists used Boulevard de Sébastopol every day!
And we're going to keep going; brand new lanes will be completed by the start of the school year.”
— Paris Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social
In 2024, cycle path usage jumped by 34%! Nearly 15,000 cyclists used Boulevard de Sébastopol every day!
And we're going to keep going; brand new lanes will be completed by the start of the school year.”
— Paris Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social
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Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months city and police officials report.
The city's most recent fatal accident occurred in early July of 2024.
Helsinki's population in 2025 is around 1,354,890.
Cycling infrastructure has been significantly upgraded in recent years.
The city's most recent fatal accident occurred in early July of 2024.
Helsinki's population in 2025 is around 1,354,890.
Cycling infrastructure has been significantly upgraded in recent years.
July 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months city and police officials report.
The city's most recent fatal accident occurred in early July of 2024.
Helsinki's population in 2025 is around 1,354,890.
Cycling infrastructure has been significantly upgraded in recent years.
The city's most recent fatal accident occurred in early July of 2024.
Helsinki's population in 2025 is around 1,354,890.
Cycling infrastructure has been significantly upgraded in recent years.
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📣Good news klaxon! 📣
This is what’s possible with public ownership!
Paris took back control of its water in 2010. Now they have public water fountains across the city, 90% customer satisfaction levels and public bathing by the Eiffel Tower!
#publicownership #water
This is what’s possible with public ownership!
Paris took back control of its water in 2010. Now they have public water fountains across the city, 90% customer satisfaction levels and public bathing by the Eiffel Tower!
#publicownership #water
July 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
📣Good news klaxon! 📣
This is what’s possible with public ownership!
Paris took back control of its water in 2010. Now they have public water fountains across the city, 90% customer satisfaction levels and public bathing by the Eiffel Tower!
#publicownership #water
This is what’s possible with public ownership!
Paris took back control of its water in 2010. Now they have public water fountains across the city, 90% customer satisfaction levels and public bathing by the Eiffel Tower!
#publicownership #water
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May 27, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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I’m beginning to think this is really the source of all of our problems.
“The United States, with its enormous highways, sprawling suburbs & neglected public transport, is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world. But this arrangement of obligatory driving is making many Americans actively unhappy, new research has found.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness
A car is often essential in the US but while owning a vehicle is better than not for life satisfaction, a study has found, having to drive too much sends happiness plummeting
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I’m beginning to think this is really the source of all of our problems.
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Paris Cycling Investment Helps Cut Pollution in Half.
momentummag.com/paris-proves...
momentummag.com/paris-proves...
Paris Cycling Investment Helps Cut Pollution in Half
So how did Paris, once choked with vehicle traffic and notorious for its pollution, pull off such a turnaround?
momentummag.com
May 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Paris Cycling Investment Helps Cut Pollution in Half.
momentummag.com/paris-proves...
momentummag.com/paris-proves...
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“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle & go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.”
-Arthur Conan Doyle
#BicycleBirthday
May 22 (1859-1930)
-Arthur Conan Doyle
#BicycleBirthday
May 22 (1859-1930)
May 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle & go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.”
-Arthur Conan Doyle
#BicycleBirthday
May 22 (1859-1930)
-Arthur Conan Doyle
#BicycleBirthday
May 22 (1859-1930)
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Care home investors rake in billions from pensioners
96% of elderly care privatised. Private equity moving in.
Focus on short-term profits, cut wages/staff, low investment, poor care.
27% price hike. £1.5bn taken by shareholders.
Need integrated healthcare, not sharks.
archive.ph/0HR8Y
96% of elderly care privatised. Private equity moving in.
Focus on short-term profits, cut wages/staff, low investment, poor care.
27% price hike. £1.5bn taken by shareholders.
Need integrated healthcare, not sharks.
archive.ph/0HR8Y
Care home investors rake in billions from ‘cash cow’ pensioners
Care for the elderly has become an afterthought as investors chase maximum profit
www.telegraph.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Care home investors rake in billions from pensioners
96% of elderly care privatised. Private equity moving in.
Focus on short-term profits, cut wages/staff, low investment, poor care.
27% price hike. £1.5bn taken by shareholders.
Need integrated healthcare, not sharks.
archive.ph/0HR8Y
96% of elderly care privatised. Private equity moving in.
Focus on short-term profits, cut wages/staff, low investment, poor care.
27% price hike. £1.5bn taken by shareholders.
Need integrated healthcare, not sharks.
archive.ph/0HR8Y
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Thames Water executives to receive bonuses from £3bn emergency loan.
Bonus for dumping sewage in rivers, not plugging leaks, neglecting investment, fleecing customers.
They are laughing all the way to the bank. Govt/Regulators do nothing.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/lcNyD
Bonus for dumping sewage in rivers, not plugging leaks, neglecting investment, fleecing customers.
They are laughing all the way to the bank. Govt/Regulators do nothing.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/lcNyD
Thames Water executives to receive bonuses from £3bn emergency loan
Utility’s chair tells MPs that retention payments are needed to prevent rivals ‘picking off’ staff
www.ft.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Thames Water executives to receive bonuses from £3bn emergency loan.
Bonus for dumping sewage in rivers, not plugging leaks, neglecting investment, fleecing customers.
They are laughing all the way to the bank. Govt/Regulators do nothing.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/lcNyD
Bonus for dumping sewage in rivers, not plugging leaks, neglecting investment, fleecing customers.
They are laughing all the way to the bank. Govt/Regulators do nothing.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/lcNyD
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Curse of Private Equity
What Happens When Private Equity Owns Your Kid’s Day Care.
It devours - wage/staff cuts, price hikes, profiteering, asset stripping, low investment, tax dodges.
It controls UK GP surgeries, NHS services, care homes, vets, supermarkets, water, rail, more.
No happy ending.
What Happens When Private Equity Owns Your Kid’s Day Care.
It devours - wage/staff cuts, price hikes, profiteering, asset stripping, low investment, tax dodges.
It controls UK GP surgeries, NHS services, care homes, vets, supermarkets, water, rail, more.
No happy ending.
What Happens When Private Equity Owns Your Kid’s Day Care
When my toddler’s day care started turning parents away at the door due to staffing shortages, I learned it was owned by private equity — which maximizes enrollment to squeeze profit out of childcare ...
jacobin.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Curse of Private Equity
What Happens When Private Equity Owns Your Kid’s Day Care.
It devours - wage/staff cuts, price hikes, profiteering, asset stripping, low investment, tax dodges.
It controls UK GP surgeries, NHS services, care homes, vets, supermarkets, water, rail, more.
No happy ending.
What Happens When Private Equity Owns Your Kid’s Day Care.
It devours - wage/staff cuts, price hikes, profiteering, asset stripping, low investment, tax dodges.
It controls UK GP surgeries, NHS services, care homes, vets, supermarkets, water, rail, more.
No happy ending.
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What's happening isn't complicated, when money and power is concentrated into too few hands because you have no taxes and too few anti-monopoly laws what you get is fascism.
It is inevitable.
It is inevitable.
March 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
What's happening isn't complicated, when money and power is concentrated into too few hands because you have no taxes and too few anti-monopoly laws what you get is fascism.
It is inevitable.
It is inevitable.
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Thames Water have been allowed to take a £3bn loan with an interest rate of 9.75%.
This loan will be paid for by you, that money will go straight from your bills to the tax haven it is being lent from.
Vanishing straight out of the UK, and they wonder why there is no growth.
This loan will be paid for by you, that money will go straight from your bills to the tax haven it is being lent from.
Vanishing straight out of the UK, and they wonder why there is no growth.
February 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Thames Water have been allowed to take a £3bn loan with an interest rate of 9.75%.
This loan will be paid for by you, that money will go straight from your bills to the tax haven it is being lent from.
Vanishing straight out of the UK, and they wonder why there is no growth.
This loan will be paid for by you, that money will go straight from your bills to the tax haven it is being lent from.
Vanishing straight out of the UK, and they wonder why there is no growth.
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Death Merchants:
Private equity investment firms slammed for declining US healthcare quality and access.
11% increase in patient deaths.
Aggressive staffing cuts, hiring inadequately credentialed staff, low investment, profiteering.
Why is the UK NHS being handed to private equity?
Private equity investment firms slammed for declining US healthcare quality and access.
11% increase in patient deaths.
Aggressive staffing cuts, hiring inadequately credentialed staff, low investment, profiteering.
Why is the UK NHS being handed to private equity?
US health department condemns private equity firms for role in declining healthcare access
Government report says private equity investment in nursing homes led to 11% increase in patient deaths
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Death Merchants:
Private equity investment firms slammed for declining US healthcare quality and access.
11% increase in patient deaths.
Aggressive staffing cuts, hiring inadequately credentialed staff, low investment, profiteering.
Why is the UK NHS being handed to private equity?
Private equity investment firms slammed for declining US healthcare quality and access.
11% increase in patient deaths.
Aggressive staffing cuts, hiring inadequately credentialed staff, low investment, profiteering.
Why is the UK NHS being handed to private equity?
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If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it
We cannot allow them to rewrite history.
If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely
youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...
We cannot allow them to rewrite history.
If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely
youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...
NO Nigel Farage - the vaccine rollout was not helped by Brexit
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
February 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it
We cannot allow them to rewrite history.
If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely
youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...
We cannot allow them to rewrite history.
If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely
youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...
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Number crunching: Ticketmaster’s donation to Music Venues Trust v compensation package of Ticketmaster CEO Michael Rapino
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
January 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Number crunching: Ticketmaster’s donation to Music Venues Trust v compensation package of Ticketmaster CEO Michael Rapino
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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Interesting, we built this road for cars, but hardly anybody uses it. Clearly, this is a waste of taxpayer money.
Funny how the same logic gets thrown at bike lanes, ignoring how their lack of safety and poor design often keep people from using them.
Funny how the same logic gets thrown at bike lanes, ignoring how their lack of safety and poor design often keep people from using them.
January 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Interesting, we built this road for cars, but hardly anybody uses it. Clearly, this is a waste of taxpayer money.
Funny how the same logic gets thrown at bike lanes, ignoring how their lack of safety and poor design often keep people from using them.
Funny how the same logic gets thrown at bike lanes, ignoring how their lack of safety and poor design often keep people from using them.