Gordon Buxton
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Gordon Buxton
@mrlumpybadger.bsky.social
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Thanks for this it’s very true
I’m just going with Nonce Andrew
Reposted by Gordon Buxton
Genuinely brilliant from Private Eye.
The insanity of baked-in vehicle dependence bites from an early age.
Does anyone know of *any* safe cycling route that’s fully 5 miles long with no awkward crappy dangerous bits?
“The way to reduce school transport costs in the long term, is to first invest in walking and cycling infrastructure that is safe enough for children to travel on independently, as they do in many European countries.”

☝️Our quote in Schoolsweek

schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-counc...
Reform council's school transport cut call 'Victorian'
Phillipson rejects call to extend the distance children can be expected to make their own way to school
schoolsweek.co.uk
Did you actually shuffle? 🤣
4/ when you see comments that a new mosque will “attract asylum seekers” and be used as a “bomb factory” you can see there’s something terribly wrong with the “legitimate concerns” rhetoric pushed by Farage. He should be in prison 😡
3/ my mind is literally blown 🤯 by some of the quotes in this article - but also that there is no other mosque for 50 MILES!
It goes to show how much Reform is whipping up fear and resentment against the unknown.
2/ in general Cumbrians are warm, friendly, welcoming and friendly and the Junior parkrun is a perfect example of this - we have visited for years and they remember us despite us living at the other end of the country
🧵I drove past this under-construction mosque yesterday on my way to volunteer at the (extremely friendly and inclusive) Barrow Junior Parkrun.

'My neighbour moved house because of the new mosque' www.bbc.com/news/article...
South Lakes Islamic Centre: For and against in Dalton and Barrow
The construction of an Islamic Centre is dividing opinion in communities in the South Lakes.
www.bbc.com
I literally drove past this building yesterday. Can’t believe some of the comments in this story but they are SO outrageous it sounds more like BBC trying to “out” the racists rather than balance.
This is so funny 🤣
A very offline cousin sent this to fam group chat. This story is breaking containment.
As soon as this enters public consciousness the hysterical posters will have to find something else to rail against.
Yet another election where a noisy online minority against LTNs doesn’t translate to the ballot box.

The three candidates campaigning explicitly to halt and remove the LTN in the Moseley by-election received a combined total of just 11.4% of the vote.
A profound thought 👍
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
Probably just seeing what they could get away with. Well done for holding them to account 👏 - it doesn’t enhance the reputation of development companies at all, does it?
What’s happened to Critical Reasoning in the UK?
It feels like the ability to think just down just one extra level is like some GrandMaster super-power shit!
A curious approach from people who don't like the concept of immigration
What was their reason for trying to row-back on the original plan?
Yes sorry I was being flippant. Assumed it was a member of the public/faragists
Does he sound like he’s just got out of a boat and stolen a white person’s job? 🙄🤯
3/OP: it won’t work in Oxford because they are trying to kill it!

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2/Me: York council have brought in lots of traffic restrictions and routed all through traffic onto the ring road - nice to know it worked isn’t it?

Commenters:
NOT FOR BIKES- you can’t pick and choose
&
OP: IT’S DIFFERENT IN OXFORD - OXFORD IS SHIT

Me: what did I say about bikes?
1/Another mind blowing interaction on Oxford Facebook comments summarised:

OP: Oxford is shit I went to York at the weekend and it was lovely - businesses thriving, bikes, pedestrians and cars all respectful.
Not like Oxford they are trying to kill small businesses.
You can borrow my children anytime! They are getting a bit old but youngest still loves the story museum
I’m wondering if Sir Keir is keeping this in reserve for the next 2 years as his get-out-of-jail card.
If things keep going this way his only hope will be to announce that he has secretly negotiated a rejoin and we are admitted back in. The economic bounce would sweep him back in.
Public transport needs to be joined up more than private car owners need to expensively store their vehicle next to the station.
cycles + buses are so much better than private cars *if* the infrastructure is there for them

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Sign for a bus hub in Oxford
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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