Ian Hislop, 'Conservative MP Mark Menzies asked for money from local donors to be put into his own account.. Thank goodness he wasn't fiddling his council tax for a small amount.. Then it would be a proper scandal' #HIGNFY

'Last time he was in trouble it was for paying a

Don'r let anyone tell you that the NHS can't be funded.

Govts found £1,162bn (£133bn cash + £1,029bn guarantees) to bailout banks; £895bn QE for capital markets.

They can do the same to help 6.24m people awaiting 7.54m hospital appointments.
leftfootforward.org/2024/04/nhs-cr…

2 out of every 3 frontline NHS staff don’t have access to a staff room

We think it’s completely unacceptable for staff to work such long shifts, on their feet, without appropriate rest facilities

Please RT if you agree

Rishi Sunak delivering yet another condescending policy speech.

What about sicknote holder Simon Case who remarkably couldn't turn up for the Covid Inquiry?

You insult us every single day.

But voters will reward you at the ballot box & consign this Tory party to history 💪🏼

Young people are faced with climate catastrophe and shit jobs

They earn relatively less and pay more for everything, especially housing

No wonder they’re depressed

We need to give them more hope and start sharing more of the country’s wealth with them

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

When politicians & private healthcare industry lobbyists claim we cannot afford the NHS, this is the exact inversion of the truth. We cannot afford not to have the NHS”
- Stephen Hawking, keynote speech at the Royal Society of Medicine, 19 August 2017

This is as true today as it was 75 years ago

RT if you agree Aneurin Bevan, the founder of the NHS, was an absolute legend

I wrote 6 letters to senior MPs / party leaders about road safety, and young drivers specifically. Number 2 reply has arrived. Thank you Caroline Lucas for what can only be described as a beautiful response. Compassionate, honest, realistic, but also practical and with some

We busted the idea of '20mph just outside schools' over a decade ago. It's now recognised that children need 20mph on their whole route to school and another reason why 20's Plenty throughout communities. 20splenty.org/how_school_saf…

transportxtra.com/publications/l… If you want to confront the carbon you emit, cutting car is a big one.

Essential Evidence 4 Scotland No 83 'Confirmation bias and false beliefs' is out now. Read here: bit.ly/2t53XvB

Adrian Davis
Paths for All
SEStran
Sustrans
Transport Scotland
Road Safety Scotland
Cycling Scotland

Human rights violated by inaction on climate, ECHR rules in landmark case theguardian.com/environment/20…

Super interesting - council planning restrictions on fast food takeaways near schools cuts number of outlets >50%. In conjunction with TfL ban on junk food ads being associated with 7% cut in childhood obesity it shows that levers exist to reduce this public health problem

It is so frustrating that this fossil fuel loving Govt has been moving at snail pace on solar. The untapped potential just from our rooftops is huge - up to 117GW. But last year total solar capacity rose just 1GW to 15.3GW. Great report from CPRE The countryside charity on how we can turn this around.

This week seems like a good time to repeat these three posts on a Graduated Driving Licensing system which would support young drivers through the transition from learner, to gaining invaluable experience - without crash injury trauma or worse. #GDL

15% of us take 70% of all the flights ✈️

A frequent flyer levy is the fairest way to cut those excess emissions.

Let's get on with it.

Of course drivers of cars/vans/hgv’s should look out for vulnerable road users (pedestrians and cyclists). Last year, 376 pedestrians and 85 cyclists died in road crashes. That’s utterly appalling and devastating. This is why safety on our roads is everybody’s responsibility.

UK media, including the BBC, could improve things by:

1) Not continually platforming think tanks unless it says who funds them.
2) Not putting up someone with a 0.1% view against someone with a 99.9% view as “balance”.
3) Not parroting what government says without fact checking.

Essential Evidence 4 Scotland No 82 'Policy making and selective use of evidence' is out now. Read here: bit.ly/2t53XvB

Adrian Davis
Paths for All
SEStran
Sustrans
Transport Scotland
Road Safety Scotland
Cycling Scotland

We sent the legal letter this week and Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇮🇱🇺🇦, no flies on him - has now deleted the post in which he made false claims about me and Hamas.  It’s a classic right wing move, make false claims, grab attention and then retract quietly later. Richard Tice 🇬🇧 shared the same