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This is bizarre: https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/disability-group-consulted-for-liveable-neighbourhood-allegedly-fabricated/
If the report is true, BCC made up the Barton Hill Disabilities Group that they allegedly consulted before the EBLN trial.
I can’t believe that they opened that up to comments BTL. Why, it’s almost as if the Post wants to stir people up against the LTN…
That wasn’t the Post, but Bristol247. However, the Post has now picked up the story: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/council-accused-making-up-fictional-10294057
It doesn’t actually allege that BCC invented them – only that the group ‘may have been fabricated’ – by who is unspecified.It’s not clear to me what the ‘claim to have consulted’ the group consisted of – that could just mean that they recieved a submission from someone claiming to be from the group and took it at face value. The report seems pretty slim and light on details about that, and what measures they took to try to track them down.
Also somewhat dubious about how independent the authors of this ‘independent report’ might be, given that they appear to be a community group working in the same neighbourhood as the commissioning group.
I’ve not had any contact with the report author, but they (https://baggator.org/) seem reputable and community focussed. It does concern me if BCC didn’t consult with disability groups as that just gives the anti-EBLN groups more ammo, and of course we would want people with disabilities to benefit from the reduction in car traffic.
Personally, I thought there was plenty of opportunities to engage with BCC about the scheme during the many years that it was delayed and nothing was done.
This is bizarre: https://www
This is bizarre: https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/disability-group-consulted-for-liveable-neighbourhood-allegedly-fabricated/
If the report is true, BCC made up the Barton Hill Disabilities Group that they allegedly consulted before the EBLN trial.
ROOTminus1 wrote:
[quote=ROOTminus1]It’s a 30mph on the bridge, and toll booth 4 is directly in line with the A38 eastbound lane from the tunnel, rather than the local traffic from Saltash. Medical episode is a possibility, but falling asleep with cruise control locked on is more likely. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y2vy151j7o%5B/quote%5D
Again, the BBC’s language is desperately avoiding the driver having agency. “The vehicle flipped” rather than the far more accurate “the driver flipped the vehicle”.
This afternoon in Stokes Croft in Bristol.Some nice pics on Bristol247: https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/car-crashes-pizza-restaurant/
One question the police need to ask is how the car that crashed into Pizza Is Lovely managed to violently crash at such a velocity when the speed limit on the road is 20mph.
This afternoon in Stokes Croft in Bristol.Just saw this on the BBC site too: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyq8gd0lgpo
I’ve rotated your photo round the right way (Road.cc isn’t very good at handling photo uploads)
Reform UK councillor demands removal of town hall Pride flagHe’s not happy!
…I did ask the town hall to take it down as it is causing some upset amongst residents and if it were not flown it would cause upset to no one.”
Cllr Hopley said he felt under attack. He wrote: “I have now been called prejudiced and racist by members of the town council. I am not in any way prejudiced. I was simply expressing a view of my constituents who felt they did not have a voice.”
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Hahah no – I’m now wondering if it was in Fake Heroes about Douglas Bader. It was ! Allegedly to a bunch of school girls.Here’s Stan Boardman doing a long version of the joke on Des O’Connor Show – got him a ban from ITV and more or less ended his career:
Pretty sure that’s in a film too, but can’t remember (thought it might be number 24 but didn’t seem to be).I think it was originally Stan Boardman’s joke, or were you thinking of “Meet The Fockers”?
I’d recommend just getting
I’d recommend just getting the right valve length (or longer than you need if you want to cater to other wheels) and not trying to remove the core. Trying to put sealant into an inner tube sounds like a bad idea.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006972247545.html
(Strangely, the 4-packs are more expensive than buying 4 single ones)
Can’t resist another anecdote that shows that sometimes you might think you’ve caused offence but…I was nearly hit by a driver who decided they are couldn’t wait for me to exit a funnel between parked cars and so drove up it, flicking my hand with their wing mirror (no camera that day, unfortunately). We had what one might describe as a full and frank exchange of views…after they had driven off I noticed an elderly lady standing on the pavement who had obviously been watching us. I called out, “Sorry about the language!” and she replied in the most perfect cut glass Kensington accent, “Don’t worry dear, if I were you I’d have broken the fucker’s window!”An RAF veteran is giving a talk about the war to a class of school children and was trying to explain what a typical mission would be like.
“So there I was, escorting the bombers to their target, when out of the blue we were attacked by a bunch of Fokkers. There were about 20 of these Fokkers. One took out my buddy, but I managed to shoot the Fokker down. Then one was on my tail and I coukdn’t shake the Fokker, but my pal took care of him. Then I took out two more of the Fokkers…”
The teacher interupts “Children I should explain, the Fokker was a type of figher airplane used by the German Air Force to stop the RAF bombers and their escorts.”
“Yes, but these Fokkers were Messerschmitts!”
But they still have to demonstrate that is was” within the hearing or sight of a person “likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress thereby”. “
Also there are defences listed to the charge.
Yes. A possible defence is that you can prove that you had no reason to believe that there was any person within hearing or sight who was likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress.
“That his conduct was reasonable” seems pretty key to me.I agree – if you hit your thumb with a hammer or nearly get hit by a driver, then swearing seems reasonable to me. If you’re right outside a school or convent at the time, then I can see that police might want you to curb your language, but prosecution would surely be reserved for continual, abusive swearing even when asked to stop.
Whatever one thinks of swearing the point is the police have to prove that you were causing someone harassment, alarm or distress
Not quite, as I understand it:
Section 5 makes it an offence to use “threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, or disorderly behaviour” or to display “any writing, sign or other visible representation which is threatening, abusive or insulting” within the hearing or sight of a person “likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress thereby”. The offence does not depend on harassment, alarm or distress actually having been caused in the particular case.It is a defence for a person accused of this offence if he (or she) can prove:
- that he had no reason to believe that there was any person within hearing or sight who was likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress;
- that he was inside a dwelling and had no reason to believe that the words, behaviour, writing, signs, or other visible representation would be heard or seen by a person outside that or any other dwelling; or
- that his conduct was reasonable.
A person is guilty of an offence under section 5 only if
- he intends his words or behaviour to be (or is aware that it may be) threatening, abusive or insulting; or
- if he intends his behaviour to be (or is aware that it may be) disorderly.
The police can arrest a person without a warrant if he (or she) fails to heed a warning to stop the conduct in question. The maximum penalty is a £1,000 fine.
(from https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN05760/SN05760.pdf)
bikes wrote:
Can you buy ‘green’ bike tyres that aren’t full of micro plastics? I got my last set from the local bike charity workshop which has huge piles of used tyres which have plenty of life left in them.There’s an article about some alternatives here: https://road.cc/content/feature/how-green-are-your-bike-tyres-281121
From a quick search, there’s this company: https://www.retyre.eco/