With political commitment, things can change fast!
In #Paris of Anne Hidalgo more people are now cycling than driving!

Yes, it's bad. It's very bad. Yes, it's us. Yes we can (still, just) stop it, or at least stop it getting worse.

It's easy to feel powerless but every single one of us can do something, and stopping flying is a great way to do something.
theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Sadiq winning a historic third term as Mayor of London is a vindication of his bold environmental policies.

Yesterday's result demonstrates the widespread support for making London a greener, cleaner, safer and fairer city for everyone. 💚

This is excellent news. Well done Andrew Gant et Al. Now let's make #VisionZero a reality.

Thank you to everyone who signed and shared our petition. We have now reached 10k signatures! This means the government will respond.

We are asking the UK to follow France's lead and remove air routes where there's a direct rail link of 4.5 hours or less: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6499…

A great opportunity here to be part of an exciting programme of work and work with an inspirational team.

Really excited for this. Lots to look forward to in the world of plastics and hands research, surgical trials and more! Grateful as ever for support and mentorship of many within NDORMS

Come to work as a key part of our team, delivering a UK Research and Innovation #FunctionalGenomics cluster

my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

Delighted to share our research published in JAMA today: shorturl.at/kxX16

🔍We evaluated the diagnostic test accuracy of the newborn clinical examination in identifying dislocated hips.

🧵A short tweetorial of our findings…(1/7)

Final Words ✨

“Last year, I had a life-changing experience at 90 years old. I went to space, after decades of playing an iconic science-fiction character who was exploring the universe. I thought I would experience a deep connection with the immensity around us, a deep call for

Do you Remember this Voice?

This is Claire Coutinho MP, the UK's Net Zero minister. Her twitter feed reads like it was written by an oil company.
Here's a quick flavour: 🧵
opendemocracy.net/en/policy-exch…

'Who killed Thames Water?'

I've got this one. Campaigners have been saying it for years.

Corporate greed and regulatory incompetence, that's who killed Thames Water, corporate greed and regulatory incompetence Will Dunn

newstatesman.com/business/2024/…

Under capitalism you end up with…

A food industry where the priority isn’t feeding people.
A pharmaceutical industry where the priority isn’t keeping people healthy.
A media where the priority isn’t informing people.
& a fossil fuel industry being subsidised to kill everyone.

As I pointed out at the Salisbury conference, the current govt says it has a target for 50% of city journeys to be walked and cycled by 2030: but it wants to spend around 1% of the total roads budget on it. The figures do not add up.

1/ NEW & IMPORTANT: LOTS of new data this week incl new pay data 28/3/24 👇 NEW charts incl NHS satisfaction (SPOILER: Its grim #MindTheGap )

MUST fix pay/retention to fix #WaitingLists - next GE WILL be won/lost on NHS.

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