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Life After Cars – I believe
Life After Cars – I believe out today – anyone purchased?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-After-Cars-Ourselves-Automobile-ebook/dp/B0DTN9WM7R
Porsch drivers and their
Porsch drivers and their problems –Christian Wolstencroft said he was in the car park of the OK Diner browsing the menu when he had to leave and was unable to dine in as planned.
Mr Wolstencroft, who visited the restaurant [car park, for 17 minutes] on September 30, said he finds it “concerning” that customers who may need to leave the premises, or “simply exercise their liberty to change their mind”, may find themselves “slammed with a £100 penalty”.“The fact is that OK Diners are located, in my experience, in the middle of nowhere, next to a petrol station on a dual carriageway. “Somewhere you wouldn’t dream there would be strict parking regimes.
Dafydd Lawrie, the director of OK Diner, said they had experienced “major issues” with parking from non-customers at the site, which had resulted in restrictions being put in place in April 2024.
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/25551621.porsche-driver-slams-leominster-ok-diner-parking-fine/
Surely got to be a “Christmas ruined because delivery drivers couldn’t park due to woke cycle lanes” somewhere?Santa “trapped in his grotto” due to woke cycle lane construction. There’s so many things Christmas unpacks into now – festive lights in small towns – or not, rip-off winter wonderland attractions, the John Lewis advert, isn’t it marvellous/deplorable that on Boxing Day the shops are open / closed and the trains running / not running. Perhaps it’s a bit too niche to say that my local National Trust shop has to have signs up explainimg why Christmas cards are already on sale – quite simply because people ask for them.
Meant to say I’ve retired Conkers as well – you just don’t hear anything about that now.
Busted!
Busted!
Surface duly scratched, then.
Surface duly scratched, then.
I thought this wornderful
I thought this wornderful piece of recurring satire, which hales from 2018, could do with a bit of updating for 2026. Any suggestions? I’m not wedded to any of the proposed new themes. I’ve haven’t coloured it in yet.
How mild our problems were back then, eh? A whole summer of burkini angst, for example. Other proposed updates – well, many of us probably aren’t going to experience that much in the way of severe cold in January, and I’ve retired Diana (insufficient Diana mourning).
We’ve already had the first “are the fireworks on this year?” local Facebook post – that one comes around like the first cuckoo of spring. I wonder when the first “mildly bad thing has happened to someone – at Christmas” story will be.
Gosh, Poppy Rage is only just around the corner! I have a feeling it’s going to be big this year.
More on Kent CC – Sky are
More on Kent CC – Sky are reporting that four Reform councillors have been suspended in relation to the leaked videoconference, while Kent Online says an anonymous backbencher is seeking the 5 signatures (which doesn’t sound like all that many) required to put forward a motion of no confidence in the Leader of the Council.
Unusually, and I’d say intruding a bit on Reform’s private grief, the leader of Medway Council in Kent has asked Cllr Kenkaran to apologise for the remarks in the videoconference.
Next Council meeting is on 6 November, narrowly missing the usual “fireworks” joke.
A tonic for a Monday morning
A tonic for a Monday morning – daft things drivers say to the police when they’re pulled over:
Posting on its Facebook page, the team said: “This BMW caught speeding over 100mph M6 J13-J12. When stopped we found both rear tyres were below the legal limit and the front windows heavily tinted. Driver replied to us about the tyres: ‘It doesn’t matter about the two tyres it’s a 4×4’. Driver reported and PG9 issued.”
when you don’t stand for any
when you don’t stand for any cause….
Reform UK in Cornwall imploding within six months of sweeping election
Nigel Farage’s party took more Cornwall Council seats than anyone, but after a shocking week for the party, can it regroup and become a serious political force or will it fall apart?
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/reform-uk-cornwall-imploding-within-10580693
chrisonabike wrote:
I don’t think we’re going back.Ah nuts.
Eype car park: Driver warns
Eype car park: Driver warns of parking fines at Euro Car Park
A MOTORIST says he has been left feeling ‘bullied and intimidated’ after being slapped with hefty charges after parking at a west Dorset beauty spot.
He added: “We should be able to enjoy our beaches without threat of legal action and financial consequence, especially when abiding by the rules.
This case does seem to have progressed through to the County Court and a CCJ issued against him, so there are episodes of this story which are missing. Not much good bellyaching to the press now, not least for the mainly barrack room “advice” in the comments. His next steps are pay up, face recovery action (bailiffs, ultimately) or apply to have the judgement set aside. He might have a chance if he were parked slightly off as it’s not tarmaced and line marked.
It used to be an honesty box arrangement:
https://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/24563210.major-upset-euro-car-parks-changes-eype-beach/
This driver took his little girl down there out of hours (after 9 pm)
https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/24664710.eype-people-still-awaiting-response-euro-car-parks/
Or 1600 tragedies – repeated
Or 1600 tragedies – repeated year after year.
chrisonabike wrote:
Welcome to politics, Reform… Also presumably people have made suitable Downfall Hitler parodies of this already?funny thing, perhaps recognising some of the cadences, I did put her first couple of paragraphs into Google Translate just to see how it might have sounded.
https://www.chandraniyer.com/post/analysis-of-adolf-hitler-s-public-speaking-style
Ah yes, London’s finest:
Ah yes, London’s finest:
Normally when drivers accumulate 12 points on their licence they receive an automatic 6 month ban, but in the case of LTDA members, over 90% of those represented by our barristers receive a ban of just 1 month, or in most cases, no ban whatsoever.
see also:
pages 18 & 19 Cycling under the spotlight
“Munk is correct when he says that cyclists are responsible for fewer than 1% of pedestrian deaths on Britain’s roads. However, that statistic doesn’t really wash if you’re the family member of a victim who has been killed by a cyclist. Percentages can be, albeit unintentionally, somewhat dehumanising and misleading. Giving a straight figure rather than a percentage makes those tragic deaths and injuries feel personal and gives the subject more gravitas.
Furthermore, if the number is low enough that you can actually name the victims, it then highlights that human tragedy even further.”
https://www.taxinewspaper.co.uk/assets/files/downloads/TAXI_595.pdf
Well quite – the number of people killed by cyclists in a year is so small you could name them all and invite them all round to your house. 1,600 people killed by drivers: you would need to hire somewhere.
Mr Blackbird wrote:
I suspect that a lot of Reform voters are from poorer areas who feel that the two main parties have not done much to improve their lot. Farage’s bullshit about reducing taxes and reducing immigration (because in the eyes of Reform UK it is a root cause of all ills) must seem like the only hope for change. Shame Farage never highlights the negative effects of Brexit on the economy and public finances.Brexit Is Back on the Menu
With Cabinet ministers finally admitting Brexit’s economic damage, the ground is shifting – and the path to rejoin Europe may soon be framed not as retreat, but renewal.
Blaming Brexit offers a convenient narrative: we would be doing better, if only our trade ties weren’t so restricted. For Labour, this is a safe space to occupy. It allows the party to acknowledge the pain without reopening the ideological divisions that tore the country apart after 2016.
Starting to slide into Reform and their problems territory here, but I so much want to believe what this opinion piece is saying: however, time for Labour is already getting on.
The “it won’t get polarised” narrative continues:
Crucially, the next time this debate happens, the tone will be different. The case to rejoin will not be based on fear or doom, as it was in 2016, but on optimism and opportunity. Rejoining can be framed as a route to growth, stability and partnership – not submission. It can be presented as a positive step towards making Britain more secure, more prosperous and more influential in a rapidly changing world.
Politically, that’s powerful terrain for Labour. It allows the government to speak to business, young voters and disillusioned moderates in the same breath. It also lets them contrast an optimistic, outward-looking Britain with the inward, fractious nationalism of the Tory years. When framed that way, rejoining the single market – or even reapplying for full membership – becomes less about going backwards and more about moving forward again.