Stephen H. Jones
@stphnhwrdjns.bsky.social
Social scientist. Writes about religion and prejudice, society and politics. Teaches sociology and criminology. Rides bikes.
But that said, almost everyone I ride with takes huge advantage of Cycle to Work. One friend set his own company's scheme limit at £10K just so he could buy a £8000 downhill bike...
November 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
But that said, almost everyone I ride with takes huge advantage of Cycle to Work. One friend set his own company's scheme limit at £10K just so he could buy a £8000 downhill bike...
Yes, that's a fair point, even non-electric cargo bikes cost a bomb.
Should probably clarify, my pique is less to do with tax breaks - which I like - and more cycling mags regularly implying you need to spend 10% of your salary to take up the sport. That just puts people off, when cycling is cheap.
Should probably clarify, my pique is less to do with tax breaks - which I like - and more cycling mags regularly implying you need to spend 10% of your salary to take up the sport. That just puts people off, when cycling is cheap.
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Yes, that's a fair point, even non-electric cargo bikes cost a bomb.
Should probably clarify, my pique is less to do with tax breaks - which I like - and more cycling mags regularly implying you need to spend 10% of your salary to take up the sport. That just puts people off, when cycling is cheap.
Should probably clarify, my pique is less to do with tax breaks - which I like - and more cycling mags regularly implying you need to spend 10% of your salary to take up the sport. That just puts people off, when cycling is cheap.
100% of people who have £4000 bikes have a separate bike for the commute because a £4000 commuter bike will get stolen within a week. And tax breaks for electric cars are good because electric cars are expensive and don't pump death chemicals in cyclists' faces.
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
100% of people who have £4000 bikes have a separate bike for the commute because a £4000 commuter bike will get stolen within a week. And tax breaks for electric cars are good because electric cars are expensive and don't pump death chemicals in cyclists' faces.
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Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
The big one in 2003, yes. That's 173 extra people. The peaks either side are due to the Morecambe Bay disaster, 7/7 and migrant lorry disasters. The data's here:
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula....
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula....
Homicide in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics
Analyses of information held within the Home Office Homicide Index, which contains detailed record-level information about each homicide recorded by police in England and Wales.
www.ons.gov.uk
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The big one in 2003, yes. That's 173 extra people. The peaks either side are due to the Morecambe Bay disaster, 7/7 and migrant lorry disasters. The data's here:
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula....
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula....
The big spike is Shipman, the other peaks are due to Hillsborough, 7/7, migrant lorry disaster, Morecambe bay drownings.
November 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The big spike is Shipman, the other peaks are due to Hillsborough, 7/7, migrant lorry disaster, Morecambe bay drownings.