David Riddell
@davidriddell.bsky.social
Exeter, UK. Research programme manager by day, former trustee by night. Bikes, environment, community, dogs and cats.
That's really useful, thanks!
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
That's really useful, thanks!
Does he say what particular values he means?
October 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Does he say what particular values he means?
I read a very depressing discussion on LinkedIn (I know but it's like looking at a car crash) between oil industry folk explaining that it's only, say, a 1% increase in UK emissions. It's like they're deliberately missing the point that increase = bad.
October 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I read a very depressing discussion on LinkedIn (I know but it's like looking at a car crash) between oil industry folk explaining that it's only, say, a 1% increase in UK emissions. It's like they're deliberately missing the point that increase = bad.
And he saw her. And didn't use the whole lane when passing the other cyclists. Reporting of cyclists being killed by drivers is a joke.
October 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
And he saw her. And didn't use the whole lane when passing the other cyclists. Reporting of cyclists being killed by drivers is a joke.
I love your optimism that banks won't be dicks and will stop requiring daft bits of paper.
September 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I love your optimism that banks won't be dicks and will stop requiring daft bits of paper.
August 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I was just thinking that. I wonder if I murder someone if the judge will give me community service as it's my first offence.
August 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I was just thinking that. I wonder if I murder someone if the judge will give me community service as it's my first offence.
I've had more pleasant journeys on Ryanair, with better leg room, and not been rinsed with the cost.
August 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I've had more pleasant journeys on Ryanair, with better leg room, and not been rinsed with the cost.
'Relatively safe'?! 'A small price to pay'?!
August 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
'Relatively safe'?! 'A small price to pay'?!
I agree with everything other than flashing modes as I think they help, particularly in daylight or in urban areas. They could be replaced by the need to have a pulsing mode or something more amenable to group riding though.
August 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I agree with everything other than flashing modes as I think they help, particularly in daylight or in urban areas. They could be replaced by the need to have a pulsing mode or something more amenable to group riding though.
What if these residents go to another town? He's obviously not thought through his argument at all. Or read the Highway Code.
August 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
What if these residents go to another town? He's obviously not thought through his argument at all. Or read the Highway Code.
That looks exactly like a UK speed limit sign. www.gov.uk/government/p...
Speed limit signs
www.gov.uk
August 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
That looks exactly like a UK speed limit sign. www.gov.uk/government/p...
Trying to hark back to the days of Thomas the Cherry-scented Tank Engine aren't they? Anti-social morons.
June 20, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Trying to hark back to the days of Thomas the Cherry-scented Tank Engine aren't they? Anti-social morons.
They could easily take out a lane of parked cars or that right turn lane. Our obsession with cars is suppressing free enterprise!
June 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
They could easily take out a lane of parked cars or that right turn lane. Our obsession with cars is suppressing free enterprise!
At his age I'd have thought that was the coolest thing in the world!
June 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
At his age I'd have thought that was the coolest thing in the world!
This gets on my goat. The answer is enforcement of current laws not frothing! But then they struggle to enforce the current laws for cars.
April 30, 2025 at 6:14 AM
This gets on my goat. The answer is enforcement of current laws not frothing! But then they struggle to enforce the current laws for cars.
The problem is that it's one oppressed group crowing about 'victory' over another, ignoring the elephant in the room that it's CIS males who are the problem, not trans people. It's divisive and not what the country needs just now. It's the same as the moral panic over Section 28.
April 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The problem is that it's one oppressed group crowing about 'victory' over another, ignoring the elephant in the room that it's CIS males who are the problem, not trans people. It's divisive and not what the country needs just now. It's the same as the moral panic over Section 28.
What about trans rights then? And benefits cuts?
April 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
What about trans rights then? And benefits cuts?
They don't surface when out on patrol so camouflage not needed.
March 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
They don't surface when out on patrol so camouflage not needed.
It's the way the Oxford PPE think tankers talk so casually about people's jobs like that which disturbs me.
March 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
It's the way the Oxford PPE think tankers talk so casually about people's jobs like that which disturbs me.
If that's what they think a zit looks like then I think they should probably go to their doctor!
February 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
If that's what they think a zit looks like then I think they should probably go to their doctor!