Boris Johnson in May 2021: “What we want to do is to protect democracy, the transparency and the integrity of the electoral process, and I don’t think it’s unreasonable to ask first-time voters to produce some evidence of identity.”

Embankment cycle lane CS3 yesterday evening

Interesting variation in cars seen in Fulham on my cycle home yesterday

Busy on cycle lane CS6 at the Ludgate hill / New Bridge street junction this morning.

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A nice demonstration of two things:

1) De-funding the police is bad, actually, and results in more crime, disproportionately harming the poor.

2) Short-term cost-saving exercises often end up resulting in negative impacts that cost far more to fix than they initially saved.

Your periodic reminder that England, a windswept nation with more potential for onshore wind power than almost anywhere else in the world (other than Scotland), banned new onshore wind farms in 2017.

Ludgate Hill / Fleet Street junction with Farringdon street on cycle lane CS6 was busy today.

I couldn’t understand how a driver managed to hit this traffic light on Lower Thames Street without damaging the one next to it. Seems they turned right out if Arthur Street and cut the corner across the pedestrian island.

Counterpoint: yes, it will.

hey guys remember when I said the Greens had a provlem with Nimby-ism and a load of Greens made sad faces? looking forward to their explanation of why we really need derelict petrol stations!!

The crazy thing about the shambolic UK economy is they're at or near the leading edge on stuff like AI and pharmaceutical innovation.

It's an advanced society immiserating itself with bad land use policy and inadequate infrastructure.

Tory councillor who welcomed Tory government crackdown on Just Stop Oil protestors is outraged [checks notes] by Tory government crackdown on anti-ULEZ protestors. #LeopardsEatingPeoplesFacesParty