Steve Knattress
@cycleoptic.bsky.social
“retired" broadcast technical editor. Islington, North London.
Campaigning for a safer London for cycling and walking.
https://m.youtube.com/@cycleoptic
Everything is possible, somethings just take longer than others !
Opinions my own
Campaigning for a safer London for cycling and walking.
https://m.youtube.com/@cycleoptic
Everything is possible, somethings just take longer than others !
Opinions my own
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Since 2011 fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury a whopping £133bn and added to yet more climate emissions. Freezing it yet again is reckless & irresponsible #budget2025
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Since 2011 fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury a whopping £133bn and added to yet more climate emissions. Freezing it yet again is reckless & irresponsible #budget2025
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Rachel Reeves, whose budget was almost entirely and deliberately briefed in advance of her statement, says it is "deeply disappointing" that the OBR has accidentally done the same
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Rachel Reeves, whose budget was almost entirely and deliberately briefed in advance of her statement, says it is "deeply disappointing" that the OBR has accidentally done the same
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We have "car experts" who think it's in any way sustainable to have cheaper driving and therefore more driving, who oppose any moves to make driving even a tiny bit 'worse' or more 'costly' despite the clear demographic skews of car ownership & use. We need less driving, now, fast. It's that simple.
November 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
We have "car experts" who think it's in any way sustainable to have cheaper driving and therefore more driving, who oppose any moves to make driving even a tiny bit 'worse' or more 'costly' despite the clear demographic skews of car ownership & use. We need less driving, now, fast. It's that simple.
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8am, 1 degree C, one of London's finest LTNs and people still cycle. Provide people with safe routes, and they will cycle throughout the year. Shout out to the cyclists in shorts
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
8am, 1 degree C, one of London's finest LTNs and people still cycle. Provide people with safe routes, and they will cycle throughout the year. Shout out to the cyclists in shorts
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Renewables routinely generate more than half of U.K electricity.
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Renewables routinely generate more than half of U.K electricity.
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
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PFI is where Private Investment build NHS buildings and then the NHS rents it.
The result is the NHS permanently has 'no money' because it has to pay huge rent costs and the Government goes, "Oh dear we will have to cut services."
The result is the NHS permanently has 'no money' because it has to pay huge rent costs and the Government goes, "Oh dear we will have to cut services."
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
PFI is where Private Investment build NHS buildings and then the NHS rents it.
The result is the NHS permanently has 'no money' because it has to pay huge rent costs and the Government goes, "Oh dear we will have to cut services."
The result is the NHS permanently has 'no money' because it has to pay huge rent costs and the Government goes, "Oh dear we will have to cut services."
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🤝 When you join LCC, you're not just getting all the benefits that come with membership, you're also directly funding work to campaign for a London that everyone can cycle in...
🛒 So, enjoy 33% off LCC Membership this Black Friday, and become one of our 12,000 members: bit.ly/3KmhV46
🛒 So, enjoy 33% off LCC Membership this Black Friday, and become one of our 12,000 members: bit.ly/3KmhV46
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Proud to see London is fast becoming a cycling city ⤵️
📈 Daily journeys are 12% up from last year to 1,500,000 trips
📈 Up by more than 40% since 2019
This is just the start, we’ll continue working with partners to improve safety and invest in more routes.
📈 Daily journeys are 12% up from last year to 1,500,000 trips
📈 Up by more than 40% since 2019
This is just the start, we’ll continue working with partners to improve safety and invest in more routes.
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Proud to see London is fast becoming a cycling city ⤵️
📈 Daily journeys are 12% up from last year to 1,500,000 trips
📈 Up by more than 40% since 2019
This is just the start, we’ll continue working with partners to improve safety and invest in more routes.
📈 Daily journeys are 12% up from last year to 1,500,000 trips
📈 Up by more than 40% since 2019
This is just the start, we’ll continue working with partners to improve safety and invest in more routes.
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Trial by jury is a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism.
It is truly frightening that such a fundamental freedom is now under attack.
Once rights are lost, they are not easy to win back. We must resist this with all we’ve got.
It is truly frightening that such a fundamental freedom is now under attack.
Once rights are lost, they are not easy to win back. We must resist this with all we’ve got.
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
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Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury in order to increase the chances of proceedings collapsing, the courts minister has said, promising to enact radical changes to limit jury trials by the next election.
Drug dealers and career criminals were “laughing in the dock” knowing cases can take years to come to trial, Sarah Sackman told the Guardian, saying inaction would be a road to “chaos and ruin”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Trial by jury is a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism.
It is truly frightening that such a fundamental freedom is now under attack.
Once rights are lost, they are not easy to win back. We must resist this with all we’ve got.
It is truly frightening that such a fundamental freedom is now under attack.
Once rights are lost, they are not easy to win back. We must resist this with all we’ve got.
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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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Popularity of dockless bikes achieving policy aim of increased physical activity for Londoners. Councillors please seize the chance to support the health & wellbeing of residents & users by enabling safer streets & better parking solutions in every borough. www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
Easy riders: Dockless e-bikes responsible for one in 10 cycle trips in London
Five per cent of all journeys in the capital are now made by bike
www.standard.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Popularity of dockless bikes achieving policy aim of increased physical activity for Londoners. Councillors please seize the chance to support the health & wellbeing of residents & users by enabling safer streets & better parking solutions in every borough. www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
Appointed by whom ?
“The Orwell Foundation exists to promote Orwell’s values of bravery, integrity, decency and fidelity to truth”
so why Gove ?
“The Orwell Foundation exists to promote Orwell’s values of bravery, integrity, decency and fidelity to truth”
so why Gove ?
The former Conservative Levelling Up Secretary and now editor of the Spectator, Michael Gove, has been selected as a judge for the 2026 Orwell Prize awards, despite his record of dodging media scrutiny and allegations of ‘stifling’ critical journalists
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Appointed by whom ?
“The Orwell Foundation exists to promote Orwell’s values of bravery, integrity, decency and fidelity to truth”
so why Gove ?
“The Orwell Foundation exists to promote Orwell’s values of bravery, integrity, decency and fidelity to truth”
so why Gove ?
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Michelle Mone can be expelled from the House of Lords by a simple majority vote in the Commons, and then in the House of Lords.
Like if she needs to go.
RT if she has to go.
Like if she needs to go.
RT if she has to go.
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Michelle Mone can be expelled from the House of Lords by a simple majority vote in the Commons, and then in the House of Lords.
Like if she needs to go.
RT if she has to go.
Like if she needs to go.
RT if she has to go.
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What would the Green Party do at the Budget?
💡 Cut energy bills by ending profiteering
🚰 Cut water bills by bringing water into public hands
🏠 Give councils the power to control rents
🚸 Lift the two-child benefit cap and extend free school meals to all
Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
💡 Cut energy bills by ending profiteering
🚰 Cut water bills by bringing water into public hands
🏠 Give councils the power to control rents
🚸 Lift the two-child benefit cap and extend free school meals to all
Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
What would the Green Party do at the Budget?
💡 Cut energy bills by ending profiteering
🚰 Cut water bills by bringing water into public hands
🏠 Give councils the power to control rents
🚸 Lift the two-child benefit cap and extend free school meals to all
Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
💡 Cut energy bills by ending profiteering
🚰 Cut water bills by bringing water into public hands
🏠 Give councils the power to control rents
🚸 Lift the two-child benefit cap and extend free school meals to all
Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
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From the latest travel in London report. When nearly 90% of journeys in Inner London boroughs are walking, cycling or public transport why do we allocate so much space for the movement and storage of motor vehicles?
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
From the latest travel in London report. When nearly 90% of journeys in Inner London boroughs are walking, cycling or public transport why do we allocate so much space for the movement and storage of motor vehicles?
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You can do everything asked for when cycling and still run the risk of being hit by some irresponsible drink driver.
Drink driving should be a decade long ban. If someone needs their licence then they shouldn't drink and drive. It's not hard.
And that twat is still the mayor.
road.cc/content/news...
Drink driving should be a decade long ban. If someone needs their licence then they shouldn't drink and drive. It's not hard.
And that twat is still the mayor.
road.cc/content/news...
Drunk mayor knocked cyclist off bike after "four or five pints of Stella" at party
Court heard cyclist had lights, hi-vis clothing and reflectors, but was knocked off his bike by a local mayor, more than two times over the drink drive limit, who has now been banned from driving for ...
road.cc
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
You can do everything asked for when cycling and still run the risk of being hit by some irresponsible drink driver.
Drink driving should be a decade long ban. If someone needs their licence then they shouldn't drink and drive. It's not hard.
And that twat is still the mayor.
road.cc/content/news...
Drink driving should be a decade long ban. If someone needs their licence then they shouldn't drink and drive. It's not hard.
And that twat is still the mayor.
road.cc/content/news...
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"Nothing will bring our beloved Lucy and Simba back, but if the pain that I have described that has been visited upon us by this tragedy gets publicity and stops someone else from driving dangerously and killing someone, then Lucy's death will not have been in vain."
@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
Jail for driver who killed 'force of nature' student and dog in 63mph crash
Lucy Atkins and the family dog, Simba, died after being hit by the speeding car, driven by Danielle Mitten, 34, in Quinton
www.birminghammail.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"Nothing will bring our beloved Lucy and Simba back, but if the pain that I have described that has been visited upon us by this tragedy gets publicity and stops someone else from driving dangerously and killing someone, then Lucy's death will not have been in vain."
@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org
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If he relies on his driving licence for his job, he should have thought of that before deciding to drink. He didn't give a shit about drinking then drive so why should the courts give a shit about his frigging job as he didn't! Nor gave a shit he could've killed the victim! Life ban him!!
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If he relies on his driving licence for his job, he should have thought of that before deciding to drink. He didn't give a shit about drinking then drive so why should the courts give a shit about his frigging job as he didn't! Nor gave a shit he could've killed the victim! Life ban him!!
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Today marks the 5th anniversary of the end of the consultation on pavement parking, carried out under the last government.
We've seen no action when it comes to standing up for people walking and wheeling, who are unable to go about their daily lives safely and easily.
We've seen no action when it comes to standing up for people walking and wheeling, who are unable to go about their daily lives safely and easily.
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Today marks the 5th anniversary of the end of the consultation on pavement parking, carried out under the last government.
We've seen no action when it comes to standing up for people walking and wheeling, who are unable to go about their daily lives safely and easily.
We've seen no action when it comes to standing up for people walking and wheeling, who are unable to go about their daily lives safely and easily.
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The UK is about to give the US an extra £3bn a year.
The NHS 'can't afford' to pay doctors £500m a year more.
But it will give the USA 6x as much for nothing.
The NHS 'can't afford' to pay doctors £500m a year more.
But it will give the USA 6x as much for nothing.
November 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The UK is about to give the US an extra £3bn a year.
The NHS 'can't afford' to pay doctors £500m a year more.
But it will give the USA 6x as much for nothing.
The NHS 'can't afford' to pay doctors £500m a year more.
But it will give the USA 6x as much for nothing.
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But but but Keir promised to dismantle the House of Lords and have a second elected chamber....
He must have forgot, bless. Along with pretty much everything else he promised.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
But but but Keir promised to dismantle the House of Lords and have a second elected chamber....
He must have forgot, bless. Along with pretty much everything else he promised.
join.greenparty.org.uk
He must have forgot, bless. Along with pretty much everything else he promised.
join.greenparty.org.uk
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Latest Essex Rd change:
One turn restriction is being removed... implemented over 2 separate Saturdays!!
In the revised plan here, the 2nd turn restriction that had been proposed for removal will now remain in place.
@edmondchuihw.bsky.social @raynoldchow.bsky.social
One turn restriction is being removed... implemented over 2 separate Saturdays!!
In the revised plan here, the 2nd turn restriction that had been proposed for removal will now remain in place.
@edmondchuihw.bsky.social @raynoldchow.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Latest Essex Rd change:
One turn restriction is being removed... implemented over 2 separate Saturdays!!
In the revised plan here, the 2nd turn restriction that had been proposed for removal will now remain in place.
@edmondchuihw.bsky.social @raynoldchow.bsky.social
One turn restriction is being removed... implemented over 2 separate Saturdays!!
In the revised plan here, the 2nd turn restriction that had been proposed for removal will now remain in place.
@edmondchuihw.bsky.social @raynoldchow.bsky.social
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Let’s never forget rationing ventilators and Zoom funerals. Boris Johnson and his cronies partied while our loved ones lay dying alone. COVID-19 was the worst public health crisis in a century. We should have locked down earlier. To some of us, PPE was not a get-rich-quick commodity.
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Let’s never forget rationing ventilators and Zoom funerals. Boris Johnson and his cronies partied while our loved ones lay dying alone. COVID-19 was the worst public health crisis in a century. We should have locked down earlier. To some of us, PPE was not a get-rich-quick commodity.
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Killing someone with a vehicle needs to have a MUCH harsher penalty than currently. At the moment there is no deterrent for appalling driving behaviour.
November 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Killing someone with a vehicle needs to have a MUCH harsher penalty than currently. At the moment there is no deterrent for appalling driving behaviour.