Duncan
@slamdunc.bsky.social
Let me rewrite that for you: Rachel Reeves will keep fuel duty the same out of cowardice.
Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves will freeze fuel duty to dodge ‘political suicide’
The chancellor will also highlight a rise in the minimum wage and plans to cut energy bills as she tries to win over voters by focusing on cost of living
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Let me rewrite that for you: Rachel Reeves will keep fuel duty the same out of cowardice.
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Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves will freeze fuel duty to dodge ‘political suicide’
The chancellor will also highlight a rise in the minimum wage and plans to cut energy bills as she tries to win over voters by focusing on cost of living
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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There's always money to subsidise driving more.
When can you declare an emergency over?
The 5p “emergency” petrol tax cut was introduced in March 2022, to offset a spike in prices
They are now about 30p down on that month, & about 50p down on the absolute peak
The 5p “emergency” petrol tax cut was introduced in March 2022, to offset a spike in prices
They are now about 30p down on that month, & about 50p down on the absolute peak
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
There's always money to subsidise driving more.
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Aideen’s story has sparked an overwhelming response, showing the real impact that pavement parking has on people’s daily lives across the UK.
This is why we are campaigning to end pavement parking.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/shaken-birmingham-woman-calls-pavement-32904943
This is why we are campaigning to end pavement parking.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/shaken-birmingham-woman-calls-pavement-32904943
Woman calls for pavement parking ban after falling out wheelchair on school run
Aideen Blackborough was left lying in the road after being forced to manoeuvre her way around a vehicle blocking the pavement in Great Barr
www.birminghammail.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Aideen’s story has sparked an overwhelming response, showing the real impact that pavement parking has on people’s daily lives across the UK.
This is why we are campaigning to end pavement parking.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/shaken-birmingham-woman-calls-pavement-32904943
This is why we are campaigning to end pavement parking.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/shaken-birmingham-woman-calls-pavement-32904943
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The evidence in favour of 20 mph speed limits is overwhelming, cheaper insurance, less emissions, less car crashes, it saves the NHS, Police and councils money. But Gary from Port Talbot's commute now takes 42 minutes instead of 40 so it simply must go.
September 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The evidence in favour of 20 mph speed limits is overwhelming, cheaper insurance, less emissions, less car crashes, it saves the NHS, Police and councils money. But Gary from Port Talbot's commute now takes 42 minutes instead of 40 so it simply must go.
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It is unprecedented that 47 medical and public health organizations should come together to condemn the actions of the CDC.
www.apha.org/news-and-med...
1. American Academy of Pediatrics
2. Academic Pediatric Association
3. American Academy of Family Physicians ....
www.apha.org/news-and-med...
1. American Academy of Pediatrics
2. Academic Pediatric Association
3. American Academy of Family Physicians ....
Statement on CDC autism website changes
Our organizations, representing autistic individuals, their families, medical professionals and public health workers, are alarmed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is promoting the ...
www.apha.org
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It is unprecedented that 47 medical and public health organizations should come together to condemn the actions of the CDC.
www.apha.org/news-and-med...
1. American Academy of Pediatrics
2. Academic Pediatric Association
3. American Academy of Family Physicians ....
www.apha.org/news-and-med...
1. American Academy of Pediatrics
2. Academic Pediatric Association
3. American Academy of Family Physicians ....
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Eleanor Powell was the only dancer to intimidate Fred Astaire. Thrill to her tapping – and drumming – with Buddy Rich (and the Tommy Dorsey orchestra) in Ship Ahoy. The ease, energy, wit, antics, acrobatics, athleticism: there was no-one like her.
n.b. There are just six edits.
youtu.be/UoQim3N84XI
n.b. There are just six edits.
youtu.be/UoQim3N84XI
Unbelievable Tap Dance and Drumming Routine - Lido Deck - 2 Legends - Eleanor Powell & Buddy Rich
YouTube video by Skro's Nest
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Eleanor Powell was the only dancer to intimidate Fred Astaire. Thrill to her tapping – and drumming – with Buddy Rich (and the Tommy Dorsey orchestra) in Ship Ahoy. The ease, energy, wit, antics, acrobatics, athleticism: there was no-one like her.
n.b. There are just six edits.
youtu.be/UoQim3N84XI
n.b. There are just six edits.
youtu.be/UoQim3N84XI
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The footway parking ban in England consultation closed 5 years ago tomorrow. The Tories' inaction is now Labour's inaction.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Pavement parking: options for change
www.gov.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The footway parking ban in England consultation closed 5 years ago tomorrow. The Tories' inaction is now Labour's inaction.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
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Ok but this is totally something Charlotte Church would do
Just realised this is referring to a church in North Carolina and not the Welsh singer
November 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Ok but this is totally something Charlotte Church would do
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I am still yet to see a single example of a service or function that is not actively shitter with AI than without it.
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I am still yet to see a single example of a service or function that is not actively shitter with AI than without it.
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Scrivener being good, as ever. Apple forces a GenAI prompt icon into their software on Mac, so they've put out a guide how to switch it off across the OS rather than risk people thinking they dabbled in GenAI in any way
Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Scrivener being good, as ever. Apple forces a GenAI prompt icon into their software on Mac, so they've put out a guide how to switch it off across the OS rather than risk people thinking they dabbled in GenAI in any way
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While people are splitting hairs over what a suitable commuting bike is (usually on the assumption that everyone's abilities, luggage & routes are broadly the same as their own), the salary sacrifice car scheme has no requirement for you to use it to commute or even that the lessee use it at all.
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
While people are splitting hairs over what a suitable commuting bike is (usually on the assumption that everyone's abilities, luggage & routes are broadly the same as their own), the salary sacrifice car scheme has no requirement for you to use it to commute or even that the lessee use it at all.
If the thing giving you the ick from the Epstein story is a consensual sex act between two grown men, please recalibrate your ickometer.
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If the thing giving you the ick from the Epstein story is a consensual sex act between two grown men, please recalibrate your ickometer.
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This is why OFWAT needs to be scrapped. They don’t even understand that the ONLY real source of income for water companies is bill payers
November 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This is why OFWAT needs to be scrapped. They don’t even understand that the ONLY real source of income for water companies is bill payers
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I've spent a lot of my political career listening to Labour activists call me, as a Lib Dem, a 'yellow Tory'.
Yet here is a Labour Government announcing a bunch of policies that are simply cruel, apparently due to political panic.
Any decent Labour members left need to stop this.
Yet here is a Labour Government announcing a bunch of policies that are simply cruel, apparently due to political panic.
Any decent Labour members left need to stop this.
Today, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood prepares to announce the latest attack on refugee rights in the UK.
A host of hostile policy changes have already been announced. We don’t yet have the full details, but we’ll keep you updated as more becomes clear.
⬇️Here’s what we know + think so far:
A host of hostile policy changes have already been announced. We don’t yet have the full details, but we’ll keep you updated as more becomes clear.
⬇️Here’s what we know + think so far:
Starmer braced for backlash from Labour MPs as Mahmood sets out asylum plans – UK politics live
Home secretary to announce a drastic tightening of rules, including requiring asylum seekers to wait 20 years before getting the right to permanently settle in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I've spent a lot of my political career listening to Labour activists call me, as a Lib Dem, a 'yellow Tory'.
Yet here is a Labour Government announcing a bunch of policies that are simply cruel, apparently due to political panic.
Any decent Labour members left need to stop this.
Yet here is a Labour Government announcing a bunch of policies that are simply cruel, apparently due to political panic.
Any decent Labour members left need to stop this.
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abolish religious schooling
Catholic schools are used as legal conversion therapy because you have to wear a gendered uniform cut your hair a certain way etc etc and you are expelled if you don’t. Do you understand this. do you understand how many kids at each school are there for that reason
I don’t actually think you people comprehend the kind of suffering on even a school level scale the queer people and children at these institutions have to go through like you’re actually brain dead stupid
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
abolish religious schooling
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Basic principles for the future of the car in cities:
✅ Fewer
✅ Smaller
✅ Slower
✅ Cleaner
This can be achieved with:
✅ Parking controls
✅ LTNs
✅ Road User Pricing
✅ Pedestrianisation
✅ Default 20mph roads
✅ Improved public transport
✅ Segregated cycling
✅ Fewer
✅ Smaller
✅ Slower
✅ Cleaner
This can be achieved with:
✅ Parking controls
✅ LTNs
✅ Road User Pricing
✅ Pedestrianisation
✅ Default 20mph roads
✅ Improved public transport
✅ Segregated cycling
November 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Basic principles for the future of the car in cities:
✅ Fewer
✅ Smaller
✅ Slower
✅ Cleaner
This can be achieved with:
✅ Parking controls
✅ LTNs
✅ Road User Pricing
✅ Pedestrianisation
✅ Default 20mph roads
✅ Improved public transport
✅ Segregated cycling
✅ Fewer
✅ Smaller
✅ Slower
✅ Cleaner
This can be achieved with:
✅ Parking controls
✅ LTNs
✅ Road User Pricing
✅ Pedestrianisation
✅ Default 20mph roads
✅ Improved public transport
✅ Segregated cycling
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Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say."
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say."
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
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Cool so we pay some AI company a ton of ££ to make a machine that we all know is inherently biased towards understanding white people's features, so we don't run the risk of accidentally helping a desperate young person who just isn't young enough for us to pretend to care. WE MUST DO BETTER.
Home secretary says asylum reforms will 'unite a divided country' as full plans published
Shabana Mahmood also threatens three African countries with visa bans ahead of her address to Parliament this afternoon.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Cool so we pay some AI company a ton of ££ to make a machine that we all know is inherently biased towards understanding white people's features, so we don't run the risk of accidentally helping a desperate young person who just isn't young enough for us to pretend to care. WE MUST DO BETTER.
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The thing I despise is inhumanity. It’s not really a political position, it’s an existential one. But if your political party manoeuvres itself into a place where it practises and promotes inhumanity, I will despise you.
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The thing I despise is inhumanity. It’s not really a political position, it’s an existential one. But if your political party manoeuvres itself into a place where it practises and promotes inhumanity, I will despise you.
A couple of years back I had an air source heat pump installed. This wasn't a financial decision: I doubt it changes my fuel bill dramatically. It was to reduce my carbon footprint. Without the £7500 grant from the government it would not have happened.
November 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A couple of years back I had an air source heat pump installed. This wasn't a financial decision: I doubt it changes my fuel bill dramatically. It was to reduce my carbon footprint. Without the £7500 grant from the government it would not have happened.
A CityZone Extra group ticket for up to 5 people costs £17 for a day. The county council would prefer you to drive from Abingdon to Oxford, I assume.
£2.50 Vs £16 ish for a car full
And you've no idea what transport choices I made as an individual earlier in the week!
When the success or failure of the most radical and progressive change ever made hinges on a sceptical audience who works otherwise drive all the way... damn right I'll promote
And you've no idea what transport choices I made as an individual earlier in the week!
When the success or failure of the most radical and progressive change ever made hinges on a sceptical audience who works otherwise drive all the way... damn right I'll promote
November 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A CityZone Extra group ticket for up to 5 people costs £17 for a day. The county council would prefer you to drive from Abingdon to Oxford, I assume.
Abingdon councillor celebrates driving from Abingdon to Oxford instead of taking one of the most frequent bus services in the county.
🥳 Today I’m celebrating the milestone of 3000 (!) followers (on another platform!) 🎈
Celebrating than with the 300(0) Park and Ride Bus from Redbridge, where the bus is FREE and it’s £2.50 for all day parking for our family!
(And now only 7 minutes to reach the city centre, which is heaving 🚌)
Celebrating than with the 300(0) Park and Ride Bus from Redbridge, where the bus is FREE and it’s £2.50 for all day parking for our family!
(And now only 7 minutes to reach the city centre, which is heaving 🚌)
November 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Abingdon councillor celebrates driving from Abingdon to Oxford instead of taking one of the most frequent bus services in the county.
This bus is only free if you drove there. It's not free for people taking public transport for their whole journey, and it's not free if you cycled to the park and ride.
🥳 Today I’m celebrating the milestone of 3000 (!) followers (on another platform!) 🎈
Celebrating than with the 300(0) Park and Ride Bus from Redbridge, where the bus is FREE and it’s £2.50 for all day parking for our family!
(And now only 7 minutes to reach the city centre, which is heaving 🚌)
Celebrating than with the 300(0) Park and Ride Bus from Redbridge, where the bus is FREE and it’s £2.50 for all day parking for our family!
(And now only 7 minutes to reach the city centre, which is heaving 🚌)
November 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This bus is only free if you drove there. It's not free for people taking public transport for their whole journey, and it's not free if you cycled to the park and ride.