Tom Bailey
@tynetom.bsky.social
personal views only here, stressed family guy, 4 Politics @TynemouthAction , 4 Transport & Technology @Streets.Systems. Making the 🌍 a better place, 1🥾@A⏰
Finished building up my Ice Bike for this year, so you’ve me to thank for ensuing mini heatwave
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Finished building up my Ice Bike for this year, so you’ve me to thank for ensuing mini heatwave
Fantastic!
🎟️ Your new all-access consumer protection just dropped ✨
The Government is announcing today that ticket resellers will be BANNED from selling tickets above face value.
We've been backing music fans and we'll see you on the barrier for these brand new protections 🫶
The Government is announcing today that ticket resellers will be BANNED from selling tickets above face value.
We've been backing music fans and we'll see you on the barrier for these brand new protections 🫶
November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Fantastic!
It’s a stark warning to all Gen X dads out there, never, ever, get caught in the same nightclub as your Gen Z kids.
Trade me a goat for some turnips! Nothing is more outdated than the 2025 John Lewis Christmas advert
Trade me a goat for some turnips! Nothing is more outdated than the 2025 John Lewis Christmas advert
A child going into an actual shop and buying a vinyl? It will make you feel old and decrepit, and it’ll utterly bamboozle young people … but shut up – it’s Christmas!
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
It’s a stark warning to all Gen X dads out there, never, ever, get caught in the same nightclub as your Gen Z kids.
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Following worrying reports of a rise in Race based Hate Crime in the Northumbria Police area we have obtained the data for North Tyneside. Thankfully following an alarming rise in offences Summer 2024, levels have come back down.
tynemouth.news/index.php/20...
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Race Hate Crime in North Tyneside - Tynemouth News
Following worrying reports of a rise in Race based Hate Crime in the Northumbria Police area we have
tynemouth.news
November 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Following worrying reports of a rise in Race based Hate Crime in the Northumbria Police area we have obtained the data for North Tyneside. Thankfully following an alarming rise in offences Summer 2024, levels have come back down.
tynemouth.news/index.php/20...
tynemouth.news/index.php/20...
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Nigel Never Knew Nathan, Russians, you say?”
(A Cautionary Tale of Selective Memory)
Old Nigel stood puffed by the Channel’s blue air,
With a pint and a grin and a well-practised stare.
“Now don’t point your fingers, don’t make such a fuss—
I barely recall who this Nathan chap was!”
(A Cautionary Tale of Selective Memory)
Old Nigel stood puffed by the Channel’s blue air,
With a pint and a grin and a well-practised stare.
“Now don’t point your fingers, don’t make such a fuss—
I barely recall who this Nathan chap was!”
October 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Nigel Never Knew Nathan, Russians, you say?”
(A Cautionary Tale of Selective Memory)
Old Nigel stood puffed by the Channel’s blue air,
With a pint and a grin and a well-practised stare.
“Now don’t point your fingers, don’t make such a fuss—
I barely recall who this Nathan chap was!”
(A Cautionary Tale of Selective Memory)
Old Nigel stood puffed by the Channel’s blue air,
With a pint and a grin and a well-practised stare.
“Now don’t point your fingers, don’t make such a fuss—
I barely recall who this Nathan chap was!”
The long walk & ride home.
October 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The long walk & ride home.
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Tom is at Labour Conference today, so of course is taking a swim with @sascampaigns.bsky.social Against Sewage, great to chat to other coastal Cllrs & MPs about this vital issue 👏🏼👏🏼🏊♂️🏄♀️🌊
September 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Tom is at Labour Conference today, so of course is taking a swim with @sascampaigns.bsky.social Against Sewage, great to chat to other coastal Cllrs & MPs about this vital issue 👏🏼👏🏼🏊♂️🏄♀️🌊
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This is patriotism. 🇬🇧
This is pride.
This is unity.
This is a city and a region saying loud and clear- no to racism and no to a far right agenda seeking to divide us.
So much love for our place and our people today. Thank you to everyone who came out and showed who we are.❤️
This is pride.
This is unity.
This is a city and a region saying loud and clear- no to racism and no to a far right agenda seeking to divide us.
So much love for our place and our people today. Thank you to everyone who came out and showed who we are.❤️
September 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This is patriotism. 🇬🇧
This is pride.
This is unity.
This is a city and a region saying loud and clear- no to racism and no to a far right agenda seeking to divide us.
So much love for our place and our people today. Thank you to everyone who came out and showed who we are.❤️
This is pride.
This is unity.
This is a city and a region saying loud and clear- no to racism and no to a far right agenda seeking to divide us.
So much love for our place and our people today. Thank you to everyone who came out and showed who we are.❤️
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Great to see #Tynemouth residents today at Monument, out saying loud & clear that Newcastle & the North East stand united against extremism & racism.
September 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Great to see #Tynemouth residents today at Monument, out saying loud & clear that Newcastle & the North East stand united against extremism & racism.
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This article from a UK Councillor on how he is engaging with school children about road safety around their schools makes for a valuable and practical engagement guide: bsky.app/profile/tyne... @tynetom.bsky.social
Article by Cllr Tom on how we’re coming up with ways of engaging more with secondary schools on road safety. Fixing problems takes time but a good starting point is understanding where pupils feel less safe in their journey to school.
www.transportxtra.com/publications...
www.transportxtra.com/publications...
Collecting good evidence can derisk delivery around schools
As a Councillor, having schools in your ward focuses the mind on road safety. Here in Tynemouth we’ve got the usual selection of primary schools tha
www.transportxtra.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:48 AM
This article from a UK Councillor on how he is engaging with school children about road safety around their schools makes for a valuable and practical engagement guide: bsky.app/profile/tyne... @tynetom.bsky.social
Chicago and the world mourn the loss of Ron Carroll, a true legend of house music and a cherished voice from our city. His music united generations and put Chicago’s sound on the global stage. Rest in power, brother Ron.
September 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Me in Local Transport Today talking about engaging secondary schools 👇🏼
Article by Cllr Tom on how we’re coming up with ways of engaging more with secondary schools on road safety. Fixing problems takes time but a good starting point is understanding where pupils feel less safe in their journey to school.
www.transportxtra.com/publications...
www.transportxtra.com/publications...
Collecting good evidence can derisk delivery around schools
As a Councillor, having schools in your ward focuses the mind on road safety. Here in Tynemouth we’ve got the usual selection of primary schools tha
www.transportxtra.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Me in Local Transport Today talking about engaging secondary schools 👇🏼
This is Britain?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A racist mob menacing refugee children and our town. Read this and see what lies ahead, unless we act now | Anonymous
Last weekend, it fell to ordinary people to oppose the far right and others. The national toxicity has reached us: a kind of hate I haven’t seen since the 1970s
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This is Britain?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Nigel Farage and the UK Reform Party?
Really UK?
REALLY?
Seriously, what the hell?
Have you learned nothing from the United States dumpster fire incompetent Nazi corrupt clown show?
Or even just from your own Brexit disaster?
You really want to look at ALL that and say “we can do even worse?
Really UK?
REALLY?
Seriously, what the hell?
Have you learned nothing from the United States dumpster fire incompetent Nazi corrupt clown show?
Or even just from your own Brexit disaster?
You really want to look at ALL that and say “we can do even worse?
September 5, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Nigel Farage and the UK Reform Party?
Really UK?
REALLY?
Seriously, what the hell?
Have you learned nothing from the United States dumpster fire incompetent Nazi corrupt clown show?
Or even just from your own Brexit disaster?
You really want to look at ALL that and say “we can do even worse?
Really UK?
REALLY?
Seriously, what the hell?
Have you learned nothing from the United States dumpster fire incompetent Nazi corrupt clown show?
Or even just from your own Brexit disaster?
You really want to look at ALL that and say “we can do even worse?
First article written with my “Councillor Tom” hat on, for @transportxtra.bsky.social . Maybe I’m being unfair in calling the DfT’s pace of regulatory change ‘Glacial’ 😉
www.transportxtra.com/publications...
www.transportxtra.com/publications...
Delivery rider dilemmas: we need to enforce the law without
Back in January 2018, after enjoying the festive season and determined to lose some weight, I first signed up as a Deliveroo Rider. After working the day gettin
www.transportxtra.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
First article written with my “Councillor Tom” hat on, for @transportxtra.bsky.social . Maybe I’m being unfair in calling the DfT’s pace of regulatory change ‘Glacial’ 😉
www.transportxtra.com/publications...
www.transportxtra.com/publications...
Bumped into Sheila & @revchips.bsky.social out for a jaunt Saturday & then there they are on Look North this morning!
August 11, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Bumped into Sheila & @revchips.bsky.social out for a jaunt Saturday & then there they are on Look North this morning!
Sevilla / Seville : walkable dense city centre which comes alive at night this time of year ☀️🥵. Blends old & new with street details that just beg to be copied back home.
July 28, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Sevilla / Seville : walkable dense city centre which comes alive at night this time of year ☀️🥵. Blends old & new with street details that just beg to be copied back home.
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July 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
A newspaper article about a small residential development in Jesmond. The comments 🤦🏼♂️😱 mostly from a small group of reform activists.
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July 5, 2025 at 5:56 AM
A newspaper article about a small residential development in Jesmond. The comments 🤦🏼♂️😱 mostly from a small group of reform activists.
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So there’s a Reform Cllr elected & a 5g mast on fire in Whitley Bay? Some sort of celebration?
July 4, 2025 at 10:17 AM
So there’s a Reform Cllr elected & a 5g mast on fire in Whitley Bay? Some sort of celebration?
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July 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Hot off the press, joint statement on 🚶 🚶♂️🛴🦽🚲🚴♀️ from the regional mayors including @kimmcguinness.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Hot off the press, joint statement on 🚶 🚶♂️🛴🦽🚲🚴♀️ from the regional mayors including @kimmcguinness.bsky.social
