Saskia Heijltjes
@saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social
Green Party Cllr for Lambridge, Bath and North East Somerset
Once describes as "fanatical green" by Jacob Rees-Mogg.
Promoted by Michael Coffey on behalf of Saskia Heijltjes (Bath and NE Somerset Green Party), both at Ravenscroft, Sydney Road, Bath
Once describes as "fanatical green" by Jacob Rees-Mogg.
Promoted by Michael Coffey on behalf of Saskia Heijltjes (Bath and NE Somerset Green Party), both at Ravenscroft, Sydney Road, Bath
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Hello new followers 👋
I like cycling and often cycle on a cargo bike or a tandem with 2 kids in tow. I also like shouting about riding bikes & trikes #kidicalmass and campaigning for other people to be able to cycle too.
I also write about family cycling at Cycle Sprog www.cyclesprog.co.uk
I like cycling and often cycle on a cargo bike or a tandem with 2 kids in tow. I also like shouting about riding bikes & trikes #kidicalmass and campaigning for other people to be able to cycle too.
I also write about family cycling at Cycle Sprog www.cyclesprog.co.uk
This is not how to lock your bike
Also, this lock can be cut with secateurs probably...
Also, this lock can be cut with secateurs probably...
November 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This is not how to lock your bike
Also, this lock can be cut with secateurs probably...
Also, this lock can be cut with secateurs probably...
The submission for a cargo bike emoji wasn't successful 😭
We'll have to stick with this 🚲📦 for now...
The current range of emojis for cycles/cycling do not represent me and how I get around at all:
🚲🚵🚴🚳
In comparison:
🚗🚘🚙🚔🚓🚕🏎️🛣️
#motonormativity anyone? @ianwalker.bsky.social
We'll have to stick with this 🚲📦 for now...
The current range of emojis for cycles/cycling do not represent me and how I get around at all:
🚲🚵🚴🚳
In comparison:
🚗🚘🚙🚔🚓🚕🏎️🛣️
#motonormativity anyone? @ianwalker.bsky.social
Arrgghh... Gutted to say the least.
Sorry to announce that submission #2 for #CargoBikeEmoji was unsuccessful 😔
No feedback provided from Unicode.
If current guidelines stand, will be 4 yrs before a 3rd time lucky proposal in 2029. This would be a great way to finish the #DecadeOfTheCargoBike
Sorry to announce that submission #2 for #CargoBikeEmoji was unsuccessful 😔
No feedback provided from Unicode.
If current guidelines stand, will be 4 yrs before a 3rd time lucky proposal in 2029. This would be a great way to finish the #DecadeOfTheCargoBike
November 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The submission for a cargo bike emoji wasn't successful 😭
We'll have to stick with this 🚲📦 for now...
The current range of emojis for cycles/cycling do not represent me and how I get around at all:
🚲🚵🚴🚳
In comparison:
🚗🚘🚙🚔🚓🚕🏎️🛣️
#motonormativity anyone? @ianwalker.bsky.social
We'll have to stick with this 🚲📦 for now...
The current range of emojis for cycles/cycling do not represent me and how I get around at all:
🚲🚵🚴🚳
In comparison:
🚗🚘🚙🚔🚓🚕🏎️🛣️
#motonormativity anyone? @ianwalker.bsky.social
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Since I was elected leader of the Green Party, 100,000 new people have joined.
In just over two months:
170,000 people ready to make hope normal again.
This is only the beginning.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
In just over two months:
170,000 people ready to make hope normal again.
This is only the beginning.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join the Green Party
Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Since I was elected leader of the Green Party, 100,000 new people have joined.
In just over two months:
170,000 people ready to make hope normal again.
This is only the beginning.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
In just over two months:
170,000 people ready to make hope normal again.
This is only the beginning.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Being a car-free family with two kids has been very doable for us. This has helped:
- make transport a factor in important decisions (nursery, school, clubs, work, etc)
- own good waterproofs
- ask people for lifts (to A&E and birthday parties out of town)
1/2
- make transport a factor in important decisions (nursery, school, clubs, work, etc)
- own good waterproofs
- ask people for lifts (to A&E and birthday parties out of town)
1/2
November 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Being a car-free family with two kids has been very doable for us. This has helped:
- make transport a factor in important decisions (nursery, school, clubs, work, etc)
- own good waterproofs
- ask people for lifts (to A&E and birthday parties out of town)
1/2
- make transport a factor in important decisions (nursery, school, clubs, work, etc)
- own good waterproofs
- ask people for lifts (to A&E and birthday parties out of town)
1/2
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Shall we all bookmark this for when the Budget decides the Bike to Work scheme is unaffordable? www.gov.uk/government/n...
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Shall we all bookmark this for when the Budget decides the Bike to Work scheme is unaffordable? www.gov.uk/government/n...
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At the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
At the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
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Fun Fact:
Cars have NEVER been perfect.
They cost society human lives, health, billions in subsidies every year, prevent resilience and encounters...
But any alternative to them MUST, in Car Brains' view, be EVEN more perfect than a car.
Cars have NEVER been perfect.
They cost society human lives, health, billions in subsidies every year, prevent resilience and encounters...
But any alternative to them MUST, in Car Brains' view, be EVEN more perfect than a car.
Cycle Sprog's founder @karengee3.bsky.social wrote to the Chancellor last week about the potential cap on the Cycle to Work scheme salary sacrifice scheme.
The current scheme is not perfect but it has enabled some parents to buy an electric cargo bike!
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
The current scheme is not perfect but it has enabled some parents to buy an electric cargo bike!
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#familycycling #cargobikes #activetravel #cycletowork #sustainabletransport | Karen Gee | 14 comments
Didn’t think when I woke up this morning that I’d be writing to the Chancellor of the Exchequer!
But here we are....
Reports that the Cycle to Work scheme may be capped could put higher-cost bik...
www.linkedin.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Fun Fact:
Cars have NEVER been perfect.
They cost society human lives, health, billions in subsidies every year, prevent resilience and encounters...
But any alternative to them MUST, in Car Brains' view, be EVEN more perfect than a car.
Cars have NEVER been perfect.
They cost society human lives, health, billions in subsidies every year, prevent resilience and encounters...
But any alternative to them MUST, in Car Brains' view, be EVEN more perfect than a car.
Reposted by Saskia Heijltjes
Cycle Sprog's founder @karengee3.bsky.social wrote to the Chancellor last week about the potential cap on the Cycle to Work scheme salary sacrifice scheme.
The current scheme is not perfect but it has enabled some parents to buy an electric cargo bike!
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
The current scheme is not perfect but it has enabled some parents to buy an electric cargo bike!
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#familycycling #cargobikes #activetravel #cycletowork #sustainabletransport | Karen Gee | 14 comments
Didn’t think when I woke up this morning that I’d be writing to the Chancellor of the Exchequer!
But here we are....
Reports that the Cycle to Work scheme may be capped could put higher-cost bik...
www.linkedin.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Cycle Sprog's founder @karengee3.bsky.social wrote to the Chancellor last week about the potential cap on the Cycle to Work scheme salary sacrifice scheme.
The current scheme is not perfect but it has enabled some parents to buy an electric cargo bike!
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
The current scheme is not perfect but it has enabled some parents to buy an electric cargo bike!
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Reposted by Saskia Heijltjes
Cross your fingers, send good karma, oil that chain, positive vibes...
A couple of weeks left to find out on emoji submissions and if #CargoBikeEmoji has made it through.
(Quietly optimistic but grounded in that there are a LOT of proposals each year and Unicode has strict guidelines)
A couple of weeks left to find out on emoji submissions and if #CargoBikeEmoji has made it through.
(Quietly optimistic but grounded in that there are a LOT of proposals each year and Unicode has strict guidelines)
November 6, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Cross your fingers, send good karma, oil that chain, positive vibes...
A couple of weeks left to find out on emoji submissions and if #CargoBikeEmoji has made it through.
(Quietly optimistic but grounded in that there are a LOT of proposals each year and Unicode has strict guidelines)
A couple of weeks left to find out on emoji submissions and if #CargoBikeEmoji has made it through.
(Quietly optimistic but grounded in that there are a LOT of proposals each year and Unicode has strict guidelines)
Cargo bike parking goals 👌
November 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Cargo bike parking goals 👌
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Councillor Heather Mack takes train to Lithuania in bid to cut down on flight emissions
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Councillor takes train to Lithuania in bid to cut down on flight emissions
Since the Greens have taken power at the council flight emissions have been slashed by two thirds
www.bristolpost.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Councillor Heather Mack takes train to Lithuania in bid to cut down on flight emissions
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
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From a mom-blogger documenting her family's car-free life, to launching her own business, becoming a three-time author, and working with cities around the world to change hearts, minds, and streets.
Thanks @zagdaily.com for listing Melissa in their 100 Mobility Changemakers for 2025: bit.ly/4qOVrsW
Thanks @zagdaily.com for listing Melissa in their 100 Mobility Changemakers for 2025: bit.ly/4qOVrsW
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
From a mom-blogger documenting her family's car-free life, to launching her own business, becoming a three-time author, and working with cities around the world to change hearts, minds, and streets.
Thanks @zagdaily.com for listing Melissa in their 100 Mobility Changemakers for 2025: bit.ly/4qOVrsW
Thanks @zagdaily.com for listing Melissa in their 100 Mobility Changemakers for 2025: bit.ly/4qOVrsW
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Airport expansion and the UK #NetZero target - @greenjennyjones.bsky.social asks why is government not making frequent fliers pay their way while cutting train fares?
#ClimateEmergency
www.parliamentlive.tv/Lords
#ClimateEmergency
www.parliamentlive.tv/Lords
Parliamentlive.tv - Lords
www.parliamentlive.tv
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Airport expansion and the UK #NetZero target - @greenjennyjones.bsky.social asks why is government not making frequent fliers pay their way while cutting train fares?
#ClimateEmergency
www.parliamentlive.tv/Lords
#ClimateEmergency
www.parliamentlive.tv/Lords
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Try to stop your friends and family using Twitter news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Try to stop your friends and family using Twitter news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Councillor Emily Kerr and Councillor Saskia Heijltjes have announced that they have asked for their names and faces to be removed from Cycling UK’s publicity.
road.cc/content/news...
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Councillors ask to be removed from Cycling UK publicity after decision to exclude trans women from Women in Cycling award
They have asked for their names and faces to be removed "due to the decision to remove trans women from their awards"
road.cc
November 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Councillor Emily Kerr and Councillor Saskia Heijltjes have announced that they have asked for their names and faces to be removed from Cycling UK’s publicity.
road.cc/content/news...
road.cc/content/news...
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The cowards keep appearing. 🙄
Big shout out however to Saskia here, and Megan Joy Barclay, for standing as true allies.
✊🏾🩷🤍💙✊🏼
Big shout out however to Saskia here, and Megan Joy Barclay, for standing as true allies.
✊🏾🩷🤍💙✊🏼
Like many others, I am disappointed and angry about the decision by @cyclinguk.bsky.social to change the eligibility criteria for Women in Cycling 2025 to exclude trans women.
Trans women are women 🏳️⚧️
I have requested for my name and face to be removed.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/do-we-n...
Trans women are women 🏳️⚧️
I have requested for my name and face to be removed.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/do-we-n...
'Do we need to exclude people even more?' – Cycling UK's 100 Women in Cycling criticised for not accepting nominations for trans women
Cycling charity say that only biological women can be on list
www.cyclingweekly.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The cowards keep appearing. 🙄
Big shout out however to Saskia here, and Megan Joy Barclay, for standing as true allies.
✊🏾🩷🤍💙✊🏼
Big shout out however to Saskia here, and Megan Joy Barclay, for standing as true allies.
✊🏾🩷🤍💙✊🏼
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Thank you to the Greens in Bristol! 😊
"Green councillors held up pro-trans rights banners and pride flags from their seats in Bristol City Council chamber as a war of words with women’s rights campaigners [transphobes] reignited."
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
"Green councillors held up pro-trans rights banners and pride flags from their seats in Bristol City Council chamber as a war of words with women’s rights campaigners [transphobes] reignited."
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Greens wield pro-trans placards at heated council meeting
Greens walked out of the previous Bristol full council meeting
www.bristolpost.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Thank you to the Greens in Bristol! 😊
"Green councillors held up pro-trans rights banners and pride flags from their seats in Bristol City Council chamber as a war of words with women’s rights campaigners [transphobes] reignited."
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
"Green councillors held up pro-trans rights banners and pride flags from their seats in Bristol City Council chamber as a war of words with women’s rights campaigners [transphobes] reignited."
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
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I am a little late to this, but I have also requested my name and face to be removed from @cyclinguk.bsky.social publicity due to the decision to remove trans women from their awards.
Trans women are women, gender is on a spectrum (and I did a genetics degree), and cycling is for everyone. 🏳️⚧️🚲❤️
Trans women are women, gender is on a spectrum (and I did a genetics degree), and cycling is for everyone. 🏳️⚧️🚲❤️
Like many others, I am disappointed and angry about the decision by @cyclinguk.bsky.social to change the eligibility criteria for Women in Cycling 2025 to exclude trans women.
Trans women are women 🏳️⚧️
I have requested for my name and face to be removed.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/do-we-n...
Trans women are women 🏳️⚧️
I have requested for my name and face to be removed.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/do-we-n...
'Do we need to exclude people even more?' – Cycling UK's 100 Women in Cycling criticised for not accepting nominations for trans women
Cycling charity say that only biological women can be on list
www.cyclingweekly.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I am a little late to this, but I have also requested my name and face to be removed from @cyclinguk.bsky.social publicity due to the decision to remove trans women from their awards.
Trans women are women, gender is on a spectrum (and I did a genetics degree), and cycling is for everyone. 🏳️⚧️🚲❤️
Trans women are women, gender is on a spectrum (and I did a genetics degree), and cycling is for everyone. 🏳️⚧️🚲❤️
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Active transport is for everyone regardless of who you are. It angers us so much as green activists that promoting active travel should *only* earn you an award if you identify with your gender assigned at birth.
Trans women are women, and @cyclinguk.bsky.social needs to do better.
Trans women are women, and @cyclinguk.bsky.social needs to do better.
Like many others, I am disappointed and angry about the decision by @cyclinguk.bsky.social to change the eligibility criteria for Women in Cycling 2025 to exclude trans women.
Trans women are women 🏳️⚧️
I have requested for my name and face to be removed.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/do-we-n...
Trans women are women 🏳️⚧️
I have requested for my name and face to be removed.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/do-we-n...
'Do we need to exclude people even more?' – Cycling UK's 100 Women in Cycling criticised for not accepting nominations for trans women
Cycling charity say that only biological women can be on list
www.cyclingweekly.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Active transport is for everyone regardless of who you are. It angers us so much as green activists that promoting active travel should *only* earn you an award if you identify with your gender assigned at birth.
Trans women are women, and @cyclinguk.bsky.social needs to do better.
Trans women are women, and @cyclinguk.bsky.social needs to do better.
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It is 2025 - we really shouldn't need a petition for this!
Require schools to let children use the toilet at all times in the school day.
This petition is going viral on other platforms.
Let's share and allow our children human rights.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Require schools to let children use the toilet at all times in the school day.
This petition is going viral on other platforms.
Let's share and allow our children human rights.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Require schools to let children use the toilet at all times in the school day
Make it mandatory for schools to allow students to go to the toilet at all times throughout the school day when they need to and do not lock toilets so that they aren’t accessible during certain times...
petition.parliament.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
It is 2025 - we really shouldn't need a petition for this!
Require schools to let children use the toilet at all times in the school day.
This petition is going viral on other platforms.
Let's share and allow our children human rights.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Require schools to let children use the toilet at all times in the school day.
This petition is going viral on other platforms.
Let's share and allow our children human rights.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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This is utterly awful.
Transphobia in plain sight along with a grim (mis)interpretation of the meaning of the Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers.
Recognising women’s contribution to cycling should be inclusive not based on essentialist biological sex.
Transphobia in plain sight along with a grim (mis)interpretation of the meaning of the Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers.
Recognising women’s contribution to cycling should be inclusive not based on essentialist biological sex.
November 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This is utterly awful.
Transphobia in plain sight along with a grim (mis)interpretation of the meaning of the Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers.
Recognising women’s contribution to cycling should be inclusive not based on essentialist biological sex.
Transphobia in plain sight along with a grim (mis)interpretation of the meaning of the Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers.
Recognising women’s contribution to cycling should be inclusive not based on essentialist biological sex.
Reposted by Saskia Heijltjes
Women are hugely underrepresented in cycling at all levels. There are lots of reasons for this. It’s kinda complicated.
I know many people who’ve worked for years to make cycling safer and more accessible for all women.
Excluding a minority achieves nothing except further emboldening bigots.
I know many people who’ve worked for years to make cycling safer and more accessible for all women.
Excluding a minority achieves nothing except further emboldening bigots.
We can’t have anything nice 😣
Cycling Weekly posted about this on their FB page and the comments are almost universally a smorgasbord of all the transphobic greatest hits.
Cycling has been a huge part of my life for 35 years.
I feel sick to my stomach.
Cycling Weekly posted about this on their FB page and the comments are almost universally a smorgasbord of all the transphobic greatest hits.
Cycling has been a huge part of my life for 35 years.
I feel sick to my stomach.
'Do we need to exclude people even more?' – Cycling UK's 100 Women in Cycling criticised for not accepting nominations for trans women
Cycling charity say that only biological women can be on list
www.cyclingweekly.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Women are hugely underrepresented in cycling at all levels. There are lots of reasons for this. It’s kinda complicated.
I know many people who’ve worked for years to make cycling safer and more accessible for all women.
Excluding a minority achieves nothing except further emboldening bigots.
I know many people who’ve worked for years to make cycling safer and more accessible for all women.
Excluding a minority achieves nothing except further emboldening bigots.
Like many others, I am disappointed and angry about the decision by @cyclinguk.bsky.social to change the eligibility criteria for Women in Cycling 2025 to exclude trans women.
Trans women are women 🏳️⚧️
I have requested for my name and face to be removed.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/do-we-n...
Trans women are women 🏳️⚧️
I have requested for my name and face to be removed.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/do-we-n...
'Do we need to exclude people even more?' – Cycling UK's 100 Women in Cycling criticised for not accepting nominations for trans women
Cycling charity say that only biological women can be on list
www.cyclingweekly.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Like many others, I am disappointed and angry about the decision by @cyclinguk.bsky.social to change the eligibility criteria for Women in Cycling 2025 to exclude trans women.
Trans women are women 🏳️⚧️
I have requested for my name and face to be removed.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/do-we-n...
Trans women are women 🏳️⚧️
I have requested for my name and face to be removed.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/do-we-n...
I used to cycle along here to get to my job in Paris. What a transformation 👏
With political will, this is possible.
With political will, this is possible.
Avec 470 arbres plantés et 4 000m2 de nature en plein cœur du 14e arrondissement, la place de Catalogne s'est radicalement transformée en 2024 !
November 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I used to cycle along here to get to my job in Paris. What a transformation 👏
With political will, this is possible.
With political will, this is possible.
Every so often, my work as a Councillor gets personal.
Solidarity with all fellow parents/carers of SEND kids who are not getting the right support.
Solidarity with all fellow parents/carers of SEND kids who are not getting the right support.
Pairs of children’s shoes were laid out to represent children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) who have been failed and not been given the right support to thrive.
#everypairtellsastory #SEND
greengroupbanes.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/e...
#everypairtellsastory #SEND
greengroupbanes.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/e...
Every Pair Tells a Story” – Families Lay Children’s Shoes Outside Bath’s Guildhall to Highlight SEND Crisis
On Monday 3rd November 2025, families gathered outside the Bath and North East Somerset Council Offices to take part in a peaceful national action called Every Pair Tells a Story. Pairs of children…
greengroupbanes.wordpress.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Every so often, my work as a Councillor gets personal.
Solidarity with all fellow parents/carers of SEND kids who are not getting the right support.
Solidarity with all fellow parents/carers of SEND kids who are not getting the right support.