Ralph Palmer
@ralphpalmer.bsky.social
Transport & Air Quality lead at Labour Climate and Environment Forum | New Forest 📍 | Liverpool fan | Views are my own
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Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
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Congratulations to Lorna Fielker, selected as Labour candidate for Mayor of Hampshire & Solent! 🌹👏🏾
Our region needs strong representation on the national stage, and our first elected Mayor must be a loud voice for our communities. Lorna will be all this and more.
Well done! 💪🏾
Our region needs strong representation on the national stage, and our first elected Mayor must be a loud voice for our communities. Lorna will be all this and more.
Well done! 💪🏾
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Congratulations to Lorna Fielker, selected as Labour candidate for Mayor of Hampshire & Solent! 🌹👏🏾
Our region needs strong representation on the national stage, and our first elected Mayor must be a loud voice for our communities. Lorna will be all this and more.
Well done! 💪🏾
Our region needs strong representation on the national stage, and our first elected Mayor must be a loud voice for our communities. Lorna will be all this and more.
Well done! 💪🏾
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Caitlin Prowle is absolutely right about the importance not just of community in the abstract, but of community ownership of assets as a means of making it a concrete reality - and it’s been great seeing the @coopparty.party.coop successfully push this agenda nationally
October 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Caitlin Prowle is absolutely right about the importance not just of community in the abstract, but of community ownership of assets as a means of making it a concrete reality - and it’s been great seeing the @coopparty.party.coop successfully push this agenda nationally
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The Renter's Rights Bill is now law - meaning from early next year, renters in Luton North will have the protections Labour promised at the election. 🏠
This govt believes everyone has the right to live in a safe home, protected from exploitation and malpractice. This new Act delivers on that.
This govt believes everyone has the right to live in a safe home, protected from exploitation and malpractice. This new Act delivers on that.
October 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The Renter's Rights Bill is now law - meaning from early next year, renters in Luton North will have the protections Labour promised at the election. 🏠
This govt believes everyone has the right to live in a safe home, protected from exploitation and malpractice. This new Act delivers on that.
This govt believes everyone has the right to live in a safe home, protected from exploitation and malpractice. This new Act delivers on that.
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Plug-in hybrid cars are essentially a massive fossil fuel demand protection scam enacted on well-meaning consumers trying to do the right thing
The gap between reported and real emissions is just utterly bonkers - new @transenvuk.bsky.social study here
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/smo...
The gap between reported and real emissions is just utterly bonkers - new @transenvuk.bsky.social study here
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/smo...
October 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Plug-in hybrid cars are essentially a massive fossil fuel demand protection scam enacted on well-meaning consumers trying to do the right thing
The gap between reported and real emissions is just utterly bonkers - new @transenvuk.bsky.social study here
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/smo...
The gap between reported and real emissions is just utterly bonkers - new @transenvuk.bsky.social study here
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/smo...
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A superb post about on-street parking and the baclkash against cycle parking here, from @maxsullivan.bsky.social movepeople.substack.com/p/bread-bin-...
Bread bin bike bunker blight
Why we hear less from those who would benefit from change on our streets. How we accelerated our cycle hangar program. And how to deal with the feelings that surround them.
movepeople.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A superb post about on-street parking and the baclkash against cycle parking here, from @maxsullivan.bsky.social movepeople.substack.com/p/bread-bin-...
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"It is wrong that people have to leave the communities they grew up in to find well-paid, good jobs" - this is why clean power represents a key industrial opportunity. 📣
See below for our Directors' comments on the Clean Energy Jobs Plan. 👇
See below for our Directors' comments on the Clean Energy Jobs Plan. 👇
October 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"It is wrong that people have to leave the communities they grew up in to find well-paid, good jobs" - this is why clean power represents a key industrial opportunity. 📣
See below for our Directors' comments on the Clean Energy Jobs Plan. 👇
See below for our Directors' comments on the Clean Energy Jobs Plan. 👇
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Exclusive: Miliband's clean jobs plan wins over the unions
The Energy Secretary's clean power plans have been enthusiastically backed by some of net zero’s loudest critics within the trade union movement.
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
The Energy Secretary's clean power plans have been enthusiastically backed by some of net zero’s loudest critics within the trade union movement.
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
Exclusive: Miliband's clean jobs plan wins over the unions
The Energy Secretary's clean power plans have been enthusiastically backed by some of net zero’s loudest critics within the trade union movement.
www.newstatesman.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Exclusive: Miliband's clean jobs plan wins over the unions
The Energy Secretary's clean power plans have been enthusiastically backed by some of net zero’s loudest critics within the trade union movement.
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
The Energy Secretary's clean power plans have been enthusiastically backed by some of net zero’s loudest critics within the trade union movement.
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
Obsessed with this
"Most of us basically love our country, even if begrudgingly – not the version we’re told to, or even presented with, but the one we really see and live in every day. Silly Sausage Britain is the Britain most of us reside in, and love."
@sofiejenkinson.bsky.social on "Mr Blobby patriotism"
@sofiejenkinson.bsky.social on "Mr Blobby patriotism"
Mr Blobby patriotism
Over recent weeks I have found myself thinking about the country we live in, what it feels like and what I like, and love, about it.
I guess I found myself thinking about this because of the summer w...
renewal.org.uk
October 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Obsessed with this
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As I was speaking on panels at Labour conference last week I began to describe the Britain I know exists and love. In the end I gave it a name: Mr Blobby Patriotism
And I’ve written about it for @renewaljournal.bsky.social here bsky.app/profile/rene...
And I’ve written about it for @renewaljournal.bsky.social here bsky.app/profile/rene...
"Most of us basically love our country, even if begrudgingly – not the version we’re told to, or even presented with, but the one we really see and live in every day. Silly Sausage Britain is the Britain most of us reside in, and love."
@sofiejenkinson.bsky.social on "Mr Blobby patriotism"
@sofiejenkinson.bsky.social on "Mr Blobby patriotism"
Mr Blobby patriotism
Over recent weeks I have found myself thinking about the country we live in, what it feels like and what I like, and love, about it.
I guess I found myself thinking about this because of the summer w...
renewal.org.uk
October 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
As I was speaking on panels at Labour conference last week I began to describe the Britain I know exists and love. In the end I gave it a name: Mr Blobby Patriotism
And I’ve written about it for @renewaljournal.bsky.social here bsky.app/profile/rene...
And I’ve written about it for @renewaljournal.bsky.social here bsky.app/profile/rene...
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Ed Miliband: “pessimism never won a single fucking victory”
The Energy Secretary used Labour conference to argue for net zero’s future – and his own
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
The Energy Secretary used Labour conference to argue for net zero’s future – and his own
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
Ed Miliband: “pessimism never won a single fucking victory”
The Energy Secretary used Labour conference to argue for net zero’s future – and his own
www.newstatesman.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Ed Miliband: “pessimism never won a single fucking victory”
The Energy Secretary used Labour conference to argue for net zero’s future – and his own
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
The Energy Secretary used Labour conference to argue for net zero’s future – and his own
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
This is an incredible achievement that the Mayor deserves an enormous amount of credit for. He chose what was right over what was easy &, as a result, countless Londoners lives will be saved. Now Labour must make the case for clean air action all over the country.
www.london.gov.uk/london-meets...
www.london.gov.uk/london-meets...
London meets legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s world leading air pollution policies
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, today hailed the success of his bold air quality policies which have led to the capital’s air pollution levels falling to within the legal limit for the first time.
www.london.gov.uk
October 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This is an incredible achievement that the Mayor deserves an enormous amount of credit for. He chose what was right over what was easy &, as a result, countless Londoners lives will be saved. Now Labour must make the case for clean air action all over the country.
www.london.gov.uk/london-meets...
www.london.gov.uk/london-meets...
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Labour to launch 'Send the Frackers Packing' campaign against pro-fracking Reform UK in shale gas areas
This is bloody excellent. Well done Ed Miliband.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
This is bloody excellent. Well done Ed Miliband.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
October 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Labour to launch 'Send the Frackers Packing' campaign against pro-fracking Reform UK in shale gas areas
This is bloody excellent. Well done Ed Miliband.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
This is bloody excellent. Well done Ed Miliband.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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We now move to our next panel discussion 'Leading the Charge: the Next Stage of the EV Transition', in partnership with @transenvuk.bsky.social, where we're delighted to welcome Minister for Local Transport @liliangreenwood.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We now move to our next panel discussion 'Leading the Charge: the Next Stage of the EV Transition', in partnership with @transenvuk.bsky.social, where we're delighted to welcome Minister for Local Transport @liliangreenwood.bsky.social
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Really great to hear @kirstymcneill.bsky.social at @coopparty.party.coop & @hopenothate.org.uk event talk about the importance of reviving social clubs - particularly in deprived areas - & the role they play in strengthening communities, tackling isolation & bringing people together.
September 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Really great to hear @kirstymcneill.bsky.social at @coopparty.party.coop & @hopenothate.org.uk event talk about the importance of reviving social clubs - particularly in deprived areas - & the role they play in strengthening communities, tackling isolation & bringing people together.
@pollybillington.bsky.social on great form at Labour Coastal reception - rightly highlighting how critical it is that we don't leave coastal communities behind & the enormous potential they have to play in the green transition.
September 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
@pollybillington.bsky.social on great form at Labour Coastal reception - rightly highlighting how critical it is that we don't leave coastal communities behind & the enormous potential they have to play in the green transition.
Standing room only for @lcefuk.bsky.social's in conversation event with Ed Miliband and @lewisgoodall.com looking back on his three decades of being a leading voice in climate and labour politics 🌹
September 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Standing room only for @lcefuk.bsky.social's in conversation event with Ed Miliband and @lewisgoodall.com looking back on his three decades of being a leading voice in climate and labour politics 🌹
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I’ve spent a lot of time writing and thinking about the ways the government is fucking it. Nice to take a break and write about something going sincerely right:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour’s plan to revitalise high streets is good - now it has to make sure people hear about it | Morgan Jones
There have been hyped policies before about local funding, but unlike ‘levelling up’ this project could lead to actual change, says Morgan Jones
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I’ve spent a lot of time writing and thinking about the ways the government is fucking it. Nice to take a break and write about something going sincerely right:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We have a really exciting programme of events at the LCEF x Anacta Hub at #Lab25, where we'll be joined by of cabinet members & ministers, MPs, councillors, campaigners, industry figures & thought leaders. Join us!
Full programme of events & speakers here: luma.com/lceflab25?k=c
Full programme of events & speakers here: luma.com/lceflab25?k=c
September 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
We have a really exciting programme of events at the LCEF x Anacta Hub at #Lab25, where we'll be joined by of cabinet members & ministers, MPs, councillors, campaigners, industry figures & thought leaders. Join us!
Full programme of events & speakers here: luma.com/lceflab25?k=c
Full programme of events & speakers here: luma.com/lceflab25?k=c
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Rivers at Risk: Lymington River, Swimming in sewage💧
Our ambassador Honor Burgess is passionate about the New Forest & shares her experiences of spending time on the Lymington River 💩
Help us rescue our rivers like the Lymington 👉 www.cnp.org.uk/support/camp...
Our ambassador Honor Burgess is passionate about the New Forest & shares her experiences of spending time on the Lymington River 💩
Help us rescue our rivers like the Lymington 👉 www.cnp.org.uk/support/camp...
September 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Rivers at Risk: Lymington River, Swimming in sewage💧
Our ambassador Honor Burgess is passionate about the New Forest & shares her experiences of spending time on the Lymington River 💩
Help us rescue our rivers like the Lymington 👉 www.cnp.org.uk/support/camp...
Our ambassador Honor Burgess is passionate about the New Forest & shares her experiences of spending time on the Lymington River 💩
Help us rescue our rivers like the Lymington 👉 www.cnp.org.uk/support/camp...
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UK recognises Palestine as an independent state
UK recognises Palestine as an independent state
Deeply symbolic move comes seven decades after end of UK mandate in Palestine and formation of state of Israel
The UK has formally recognised Palestine as an independent state, Keir Starmer has announced.
The deeply symbolic move comes seven decades after the end of the UK mandate in Palestine and the formation of the state of Israel. It comes in concert with Canada and Australia, who also made their own formal declarations on Sunday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
UK recognises Palestine as an independent state
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🌿 Climate Consensus Past, Present and Future: Lewis Goodall in conversation with Ed Miliband MP
We're delighted to announce we're hosting an In Conversation with Ed Miliband and @lewisgoodall.com at Labour Party Conference 2025, in the LCEF x Anacta Hub.
We're delighted to announce we're hosting an In Conversation with Ed Miliband and @lewisgoodall.com at Labour Party Conference 2025, in the LCEF x Anacta Hub.
September 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🌿 Climate Consensus Past, Present and Future: Lewis Goodall in conversation with Ed Miliband MP
We're delighted to announce we're hosting an In Conversation with Ed Miliband and @lewisgoodall.com at Labour Party Conference 2025, in the LCEF x Anacta Hub.
We're delighted to announce we're hosting an In Conversation with Ed Miliband and @lewisgoodall.com at Labour Party Conference 2025, in the LCEF x Anacta Hub.
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The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration on.ft.com/46p3BPl
The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration
It’s not hard to see how so many came to worry about the issue. But the data isn’t there
on.ft.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM
The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration on.ft.com/46p3BPl