Right I am not sure I have mentioned enough that I was on BBC1’s #PoliticsSouth this morning, so here I am talking about why LTNs are popular and why we can’t all drive private cars all the time if we want people to get around.

Link to full program in next tweet.

Stobohope is a 1000 ha valley in the Peeblesshire hills, lying in a National Scenic Area. Rich in wildlife including black grouse and golden eagle. Scottish Forestry have awarded a £2m grant for 500 ha (5 km2) sitka spruce here without asking for an EIA. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-stobo-h…

Its now official that much of BrewDog's Lost Forest is dead. Unfortunately the Scottish Government is so obsessed with planting targets that it is unlikely to enquire about the causes of this disaster but a legal challenge at Stobo Hope could change that parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2024/04/14/bre…

They're really not happy with their new toy are they. Here's another anti-trans zealot bitterly disappointed that the Cass Review didn't call for the complete elimination of the trans community.

Shipley scrapyard survivors

In the final years of South African Apartheid, the white government decided it must 1) overthrow the government of Angola 2) install a puppet regime in Namibia 3) attack Zimbabwe 4) attack Botswana 5) attack Zambia in order to survive. This did not work

Very interesting to see so many Labour Party commentators dismissing the Green Party leader’s interview on solving the housing crisis today, while respected housing justice campaigners who live and breathe this issue every day are responding with clap emojis 🤔🧐

Unbelievably grim. A capital city that can't keep the doors open and staff employed at the national museum, that's closed down its City Hall to disrepair. What will it take before cuts are pushed back on instead of accepted wholesale? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

I'm deeply saddened. Three days ago, I shared the link to help evacuate Zain from Gaza, only to receive the heartbreaking news today that he was killed when an airdrop aid fell on him.

Where the world attention should actually be
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Mo

This picture just shows how much of a dismal missed opportunity the removal of Queen Street Bridge in front of York station is...

Here was the perfect chance to break the inner ring road and create a pedestrian-prioritised gateway from the station. Instead: bypass-width tarmac.

Officials under govt pressure to sell off token plot of HS2 before election to create rhetorical trap for Labour (which is bound to impress the voters!)

These statements are near-identical because British foreign policy is set in Washington and Tel Aviv, not London.

NHS England has withdrawn funding for the mental health support provided by NHS Practitioner Health to secondary care staff.

This is deeply concerning, at a time when 'mental health support for NHS staff is needed now more than ever.' Dr Roman Raczka

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My quote for The National
“Private healthcare companies poach NHS staff to do the work, barely train any doctors themselves, and seek to make profits for shareholders. What's more, NHS private outsourcing has been linked to avoidable patient deaths. …
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1. In Sydney, a mother & child were stabbed by a mentally ill white man, Joel Cauchi

2. When a brave security guard, Faraz Tahir, a Muslim refugee, stepped in to save them, Cauchi killed him

3. Top British media figures blamed the deaths on Muslims

4. Their tweets are still up

08113 with China clay in the woods of the Camel Valley having left Wenford Bridge 19th November 1980 #ShunterSunday

📸 Bob Read

Amazing post saying that despite the fact she was wrong about everything she is still not wrong.

Gross.

The destruction of the Iranian consulate in Damascus functioned, in part, as a distraction from the massacre of hundreds that had been uncovered at al-Shifa', and in turn was buried by the news of the triple-tapped aid workers. All are symptoms of the endless impunity of Israel.