Fragments of a man loitering at the intersection of art, cycling, and eco-socialism. The son and heir of nothing in particular. He/him. 🌳 🚴♀️🚶♀️🚶♂️👩🦽 🌳
"This is Broken Britain," exclaim the very people who broke Britain.
Alex AndreouThe state of this. A lovely day out for Badenoch and Philp, playing dress up and making pronouncements about early release schemes - having left the country with one hundred available men's prison places, after fourteen years in charge. You read that right. One hundred places.
Reform council leader Paul Mackings’ consultancy has advised on a major project his own council is a partner in since 2021, and his firm gave over £100,000 to Reform UK weeks before he stood as a candidate. @josiahmortimer.bsky.social for @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/08/04/r...
Reform Council Leader’s Firm Advised £95 Million Project Which His Own Council Is a Partner InCllr Paul Mackings' consultancy has advised on the South Tyneside College relocation since 2021 and his firm gave £111,000 to Reform UK weeks before he stood as a candidatebylinetimes.com"I'm getting fed up with getting pulled by you guys, so this one will result in a complaint," says the driver with 59 points on his licence. 59 points, and still driving, and he didn't go to prison. The system is broken. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lincolnshire driver with 59 points on his licence avoids jailIain Ashmore, of Witham St Hughs, was caught driving on three occasions despite being disqualified.www.bbc.co.uk"The Climate Change Committee lays out a whole range of areas the government needs to deal with to become what it terms “well-adapted”. But nothing so far suggests Andy Burnham is any more interested than Sir Keir Starmer."
Institute for GovernmentThe UK is forgetting the dull bit of climate change policy In a piece for the FT, @jillongovt.bsky.social argues that the Treasury needs to take the lead on how we adapt to the heat www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/uk-f...
A shipwrecked Liberty ship packed with explosives is to have its masts removed: what could possibly go wrong? I saw this and thought of you, @dreadships.bsky.social eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...
Britain’s most dangerous shipwreck needs urgent attentionThe SS Richard Montgomery, a wartime wreck that still contains 1,400 tonnes of explosives, is still a major threateastangliabylines.co.ukGreat thread. And I'm with @edpoole1975.bsky.social when he says "I'm v concerned that we will see much more resistance to public health measures when the next pandemic starts, largely because of ideologically motivated complacency created by the media, and it could kill a v large number of ppl."
Prof Christina Pagel🧵On @thenewsagents.co.uk yesterday, school closures and the lab leak theory were offered as two examples of legitimate questions that were hard to ask. Both have in fact been asked constantly since 2020. But here's a thread on why I think they were wrong and dangerous on school closures 1/12
Now there's every chance I messed up my maths here, so if you think you've spotted an error, do tell me. But I think in this short thread, we discovered that you can chop big chunks off your carbon footprint by having a holiday without flying. Do you think you could go @flightfreeuk.bsky.social ?
Jon OwenOur non-flying holiday this summer will see us packing our electric van with camping gear, mountain bikes, climbing kit and inflatable kayaks and head for the French Alps, via the North Sea. But what's the carbon footprint of this holiday? At this point, I don't know. So let's crunch the numbers..
Great thread. Warning: contains data-driven journalism.
Simon EvansTo be clear, the UK is making significant investments in clean energy and building out the electricity grid. More will be needed to reach net-zero. But any time you hear about the “cost of net-zero”, ask: ⁉️⁉️Compared to what?⁉️⁉️ www.carbonbrief.org/...
"Little by little, a picture is emerging – one that shows how Reform UK has been funded and by whom. Each new detail raises more questions for Farage and the coterie around him." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The tangled financial web at the heart of Reform UKNigel Farage’s £5m gift, the Cottrell family’s links and donations, and Richard Tice’s business dealings form part of an increasingly clear nexus of relationshipswww.theguardian.com"The climate emergency kills. That’s why it’s not enough to address the consequences, which we do; what we have to do is reduce its causes, anticipate its effects, and, consequently, better prepare our country to protect people’s lives." Leadership, right there. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Climate change kills’: Pedro Sánchez speaks plain truth to Spain’s deniersPM has long history of speaking out on realities of global heating but political opponents remain unnmovedwww.theguardian.com"The truth is that the growing threat Amnesty identified is v real, and it's a threat not just to trans people but to all LGBT people, to women, to the disabled. Thanks to Rowling's threats an important warning about the rise of a well-funded anti-rights movement in the UK will now be buried" -Yep.
Duncan HothersallThis is what it looks like when a charity which has correctly pointed out that "gender critical" organisations are anti-rights is faced with a litigation threat from those anti-rights groups backed by the bottomless pockets of an anti-rights millionaire in a legal system which says the richest wins.
A far-right thug who performed Nazi salutes at a "protect women and children protest" has been exposed as a serial stalker and abuser. < insert I Am Shocked, Shocked! Well, Not That Shocked gif > www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow...
Glasgow Nazi salute protester exposed as serial stalker and abuserRyan Marshall was pictured making the "sieg heil" gesture at the Unite the Clans rally in Glasgow last Saturday, which resulted in at least 15 arrestswww.glasgowlive.co.uk"The new MEGA BEHEMOTH XL - Buy with 0% INTEREST in the future of mankind" Cartoon by Christopher Harry for The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Jay's 'I'm Stealing It' MemeALT: Jay's 'I'm Stealing It' Memestatic.klipy.comRickChaseyMate go look it up yourself, you literally have the internet.
The motion asked the council to ensure future environmental initiatives are only pursued where they are "affordable, evidence-based and delivering clear benefits" for residents. Thing is, the need to take urgent climate action has a very strong evidence base, and failing to do so will cost far more
Ben WilliamsIt's like some dark, modern fairytale where the emperors deny the ruins they see about them and pretend the burning heaths, moors and mountains are still our green and pleasant land. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
When Honest Bob and his fellow far-right scumbags put the phrase "military age men" on heavy rotation, they're wanting us to unquestionably accept the toxic etymological assumption that we're fighting a war against violent, dangerous, Islamist insurgents. Well, they can fuck right off.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)Robert Jenrick (7pm) tweeting about "30,000 military age men rampaging through Spanish territory" long after the return rate was over 90%
After Reform councillors decided not to issue school holiday meal vouchers, with no impact assessment, this is spot on: "Hastings is the 14th poorest town in the country, and one in three children are living in poverty. If you cannot serve the most vulnerable in our area then of what use are you?"
Liam ThorpPretty remarkable how often the free speech warriors of Reform are now running to the police to report people for hurty words
