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UK : This used to be, as the
UK : This used to be, as the name suggests, a crescent of houses cleaved in two by a throughway.
Wales (picture) – no sale
Wales (picture) – no sale
Manningtree station: https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/24201682.manningtree-stations-berlin-wall-set-removed/
actually does look a bit like it
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/devons-berlin-wall-mk-ii-10142402
I haven’t forgotten that this
I haven’t forgotten that this is a cycling website. But the rise in local politics of Reform is a concern for all of us. The idea (see the Leader’s speech below) of councils just doing pot holes, not building anything new and leaving everything else unmaintained and to rot is an interesting one to think through.
Firstly, some good news from Cornwall. Now, I need you to remember that when Reform lose, it’s “Instead of listening to the people, other parties are choosing to play political games and are intentionally setting us up to fail.” as opposed to oh I don’t know, the many instances where they’ve welcomed Conservative defectors into their ranks. A de facto party merger taking place under the Reform banner, you could say.
Reform gives up on leading Cornwall Council
The party has the most councillors, but its leader in Cornwall says other groups are playing ‘political games’
Oh dear. I can’t find the quote now, but I think “sore losers” was one comment from Andrea Jenkyns about the challenge on whether she was eligible to stand, that’s now going to the County Court.
OK, so maybe this is a just crowd-pleaser for a regional party meeting, but let’s remember what has been said so far:
“Reform UK’s party leader, Nigel Farage, has also warned council staff involved in climate change initiatives or diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives – or anyone wishing to continue working from home – to “begin seeking alternative careers very, very quickly”.
Speaking in Durham, where Reform took overall control of the county council, Farage said: “We want to reduce excessive expenditure, we want to find out who the long-term contracts are signed with and why and reduce the scale of local government back to what it ought to be: Providing social care, providing SEND* needs for kids and mending potholes.”
Reform UK signals legal challenges against asylum hotel use
But
“The old political parties should cry into their own tea,” – Derbyshire’s Reform county council leader in response to SEND letter from education secretary
Although as a mum of a neurodiverse child, Andrea Jenkyns sees it differently again:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8qe976eq3o
On the work from home front, I might mention that a lot of councils have disposed of or are disposing of a lot of office space, e.g.
https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/bidder-found-kent-county-council-9752411
Somerset Council sells part of County Hall to developer of key worker housing
Finally, I enjoyed this sketch about Andrea J from a Conservative councillor from a few months ago:
In the message, he responded to the news writing: “This suggests, as we suspected, that Reform will target Lincolnshire. They will do so, however, with a prize turkey of a candidate who will first need to do a screeching reverse-ferret on 10 years of ‘Yorkshire Lass’ schtick and re-identify as a yellow-belly.
“Over the years, I have extended a charitable opinion of Andrea based upon little more than having known her when she was a branch officer in Boston, and respect for her career, which had progressed far with some luck and guile, but little discernible talent.”
Councillor denies spreading rumour about Andrea Jenkyns sleeping her way through politics
The Lincolnshire councillor has categorically denied making or implying such remarks about the Reform UK candidate
Suspected drink-driver
Suspected drink-driver arrested following St Johns crash
Picture shows car embedded in
Picture shows car embedded in scaffolding in Liskeard street
The road was closed
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/road-closure-car-crash-scaffolding-10198493
Something something innocent
Something something innocent motorists freedom
People want to see alcolocks fitted to UK cars to stop drink driving
The devices are already used in Australia, Belgium, Canada and parts of the US
More Reform downplaying of past offensive tweetshttps://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/new-west-northamptonshire-reform-uk-31657418
What became of the candidate vetting process? Remember all that?
I doubt that Reform does any vetting of candidates apart from checking that their skin colour is white enough.
Now before I can admit you as a supporter of Reform plc, I need to ask you if there you have any embarrassing or cringe tweets from the past 5 years that should be mentioned.
Well there’s this one, this one and er this one.
Congratulations! That’ll be £25 please.
A month or so, yes. Limited
A month or so, yes. Limited sympathy for her in the comments.
TikTok star fined after ‘parking for six minutes with the wrong ticket’ launches battle against council
Zoe ‘staked out’ the area
New rule – there have to be
New rule – there have to be someone’s pants in the picture, so I win.
Dramatic pictures show chaos after car smashes into South West garden
The vehicle crashed through a wall
The Except buses qualifier can be seen at the opposite end but this is the picture you might better have used!If there really are a high density of pedestrians it may make sense to say “no bikes” in places and times.
I’m old enough to remember high densities of pedestrians in shopping streets.
In Lincolnshire, you’re either walking or driving – anything in between is a menace: https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln-news/e-scooters-lincoln-city-centre-10194909
#amazonshitcarshow
#amazonshitcarshow
Here’s a real treat served up
Here’s a real treat served up to me on Facebook, reported on by the Daily Express and originating from GB News.
As well as whatever conversation this is a giving us a near-full bullshit bingo card, ABD guy is flailing around trying to explain why 30 mph is safer, which turns out to be an inability to drive:“…you are spending a lot of time looking at the speedometer and of course if a pedestrian steps out, you’re not looking at the road. You’re looking at the speedometer, so you will hit him at 20. Whereas if you’re doing 30 in a higher gear, you have got more time to react, to avoid somebody doing something crazy.”
https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/2056572/gb-news-host-hysterical-plan-10mph-speed-limit
The Except buses qualifier
The Except buses qualifier can be seen at the opposite end but this is the picture you might better have used!
Driver arrested after
Driver arrested after crashing into building in Dartmouth
The car was badly damaged
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/driver-arrested-after-crashing-building-10192725
More Reform downplaying of
More Reform downplaying of past offensive tweets
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/new-west-northamptonshire-reform-uk-31657418
What became of the candidate vetting process? Remember all that?
As well as whatever conversation this is a giving us a near-full bullshit bingo card, ABD guy is flailing around trying to explain why 30 mph is safer, which turns out to be an inability to drive: