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Green Party member, used to be a councillor in Trafford. Teaching assistant in a primary school, and NEU member. My own views. He/him.

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"Everyone is upset about it”: Plans to build cycleway paused despite supporters urging council to “get over the hill of hysteria” Plans to build a segregated cycle lane on a busy main road in Salford have been put on hold following strong local opposition and dwindling political support. The proposed Peel Green active travel sch...

It looks to me like there is plenty of space for separated cycle lanes.
Safety and active travel should trump everything else.
The uk needs to forge ahead with this and ignore the Facebook experts.
road.cc/news/plans-t...

10.03.2026 18:32 👍 16 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

They could only pull this stunt with an out-of-the-way place that still used a manual hoarding

(Also: is there an imprint on the partisan signs below? Does it say 'printed by....' and 'promoted by...'?)

10.03.2026 20:35 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Tesco in Bognor Regis plans to raise car park to beat flooding Previous floods have forced the Tesco store in Bognor Regis to close.

Now there is a climate emergency metaphor. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

10.03.2026 18:20 👍 44 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 1

We have footage of Iran disguised as a school.

10.03.2026 20:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This you Kemi?

"The US has taken offensive action to destroy missile launch sites to defend British territory. Why will the Prime Minister not allow the RAF to do the same?"

Offensive action targeting military sites in Iran alongside the US is not joining a war?

10.03.2026 20:24 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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I mean... I'm not a professional newspaper editor but it seems to me you could save yourself a whole lotta words here by substituting them with "lies".

10.03.2026 11:13 👍 918 🔁 211 💬 46 📌 8
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Badenoch does still think the UK should bomb Iran too, but does not want to join the Americans and Israelis in their doing so. She says the government is trying "to muddy the waters and stop criticism"

10.03.2026 19:06 👍 28 🔁 8 💬 16 📌 11
The Day Today - WAR!
The Day Today - WAR! YouTube video by Jmagunda

Decades old, but still spot-on.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3BO...

10.03.2026 20:19 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

I think this story is a really good example for people to look at when it comes to understanding bias at NYT. It's not that the reporter, Dana Rubinstein, says anything outright false. But the framing, word choices, etc., add up to an unprofessional and biased account.

10.03.2026 17:17 👍 6075 🔁 1196 💬 49 📌 0

I bet that a shallow tunnel with utilities under the roadbed above becomes a nightmare of corporate logistics.

10.03.2026 18:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A satellite view of the Colesdown Hill area in Plymstock, Plymouth

A satellite view of the Colesdown Hill area in Plymstock, Plymouth

OK, that story is pure BS, so of course the BBC jumped on it.
See the area where these people live highlighted on the map snapshot below - it isn't a great may people impacted. They quite rightly moan about congestion from traffic from Sherford, but also object to this, which'd help alleviate it!

10.03.2026 15:15 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Green MP Hannah Spencer with a ton of post, smiling in front of a brick wall

Green MP Hannah Spencer with a ton of post, smiling in front of a brick wall

New Green MP Hannah Spencer just picked up her post in Parliament - there's a lot of fan mail (judging by the postcards). She has her maiden speech on Thursday.

10.03.2026 13:45 👍 275 🔁 30 💬 0 📌 3

Long-time buddies Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were out for a pleasant van drive in Oklahoma when, all of a sudden, their lives would change.

10.03.2026 13:19 👍 8824 🔁 1793 💬 170 📌 39

Cis people have exclusive control over trans healthcare.

Nothing about us without us.

10.03.2026 10:25 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

And so begins the Trump inspired grifting.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

10.03.2026 09:12 👍 17 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0

I see news outlets are frightening people with photos of the petrol prices on the M3.

Service stations that only a lunatic would use as they are often 20p dearer than anywhere else.

News outlets are pricks.

10.03.2026 10:26 👍 30 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1

Just been looking at the “evidence” used for the Streeting Reviews to ban hormones. It is unbelievably thin.

Non-existent for non-binary kids, almost non-existent for trans girls, and only gets into double figures for trans guys.

These are not “reviews” they are fictions.

Like the Cass Review.

09.03.2026 19:03 👍 159 🔁 39 💬 6 📌 1

"Actually this tax rise is a type of tax cut" is Rachel Reeves taking notes on this

09.03.2026 20:31 👍 128 🔁 21 💬 7 📌 2

What's that you say? The NHS lies to your face and makes shit up?

[Shocked face]

10.03.2026 07:26 👍 25 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0

"When the Telegraph did serious journalism" makes it seem a lot longer ago.

10.03.2026 09:56 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Remember guys, you can’t afford a gas rig, or a coal mine, or a nuclear power station, but you can afford to put some cheap solar panels on your roof.

That’s why the fossil fuel industry has spent billions trying to kill renewable energy.

The dealer needs to keep you addicted.

10.03.2026 09:35 👍 5248 🔁 1793 💬 205 📌 76
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I've noted something during my walk around my city today. I normally ride my bicycle but seldom drive. I noticed way more stuff whilst moving at human speed. We miss so much when we drive!

10.03.2026 00:45 👍 44 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 2
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Fuel has jumped 10p a litre here and is currently £1.36. Its still to cheap as people are driving everywhere, idling and wasting fuel.
Adding 2p as increased fuel duty won't make a blind bit of difference to them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

10.03.2026 07:07 👍 49 🔁 7 💬 5 📌 0

Blaming Iran for America bombing a school. Utterly disgusting

10.03.2026 08:57 👍 98 🔁 28 💬 1 📌 0
A tweet by Darren Johnson: 

I will never stop believing in the reality of biological sex and the need to protect single sex spaces but big chunks of the Gender Critical movement have become a complete binfire radicalised by ugly rightwing populism. New MP Hannah Spencer should not be hounded like this. 

Which quotes one by Politics UK:

🚨 WATCH: Green MP Hannah Spencer is forced into a police car after anti-trans protesters fight in front of her in Manchester

A tweet by Darren Johnson: I will never stop believing in the reality of biological sex and the need to protect single sex spaces but big chunks of the Gender Critical movement have become a complete binfire radicalised by ugly rightwing populism. New MP Hannah Spencer should not be hounded like this. Which quotes one by Politics UK: 🚨 WATCH: Green MP Hannah Spencer is forced into a police car after anti-trans protesters fight in front of her in Manchester

Nah fuck off you don't get to do this when your fash mates play out their violent authoritarianism a bit too obviously.

09.03.2026 19:19 👍 14 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
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EXC: Nigel Farage defends Reform-run Kent County Council increasing council tax by 3.99% despite election leaflets last year pledging to “reduce waste and cut your taxes”.

Mr Farage told ITV News Meridian: “Cutting taxes can be not putting them up as much, I suppose.”

09.03.2026 20:18 👍 220 🔁 80 💬 71 📌 76

I'm old enough to remember 2007/8, when all they were doing was abandoning cars at the airport.

I'm so glad that they've fully established themselves within the culture.

Remind me: what happens if you fail any debt repayments?

09.03.2026 20:47 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Two points:

1. They’re not “expats” they’re “migrants.”

2. Them abandoning their pets will hopefully give each and every one of these people just a little bit of insight into the incredibly hard decisions refugees have to make when they’re fleeing war zones.

09.03.2026 15:44 👍 539 🔁 171 💬 41 📌 9

The naivety of thinking that Italians just drink and shut up, about coffee.

09.03.2026 20:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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How do I break the news to Digger that I’ve booked leave on “Bring Your Dog to Work Day” (26th June)? 😬🙈

09.03.2026 18:07 👍 19 🔁 1 💬 5 📌 0