JamesBlurbs
@jamesblurbs.bsky.social
I'm interested in active travel, town planning, and wider politics.
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Rather less surprisingly than I’d have liked, it turned out that the Green Party voter spouted the anti-cycling views and the guy who says he’s going to vote Reform next election supported cycling.
Dining across the divide: ‘He looked like a typical Green voter – long hair, laid-back, that sort of thing’
They locked horns on people crossing the Channel in small boats and cyclists using roads – did they find anything to agree on?
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Rather less surprisingly than I’d have liked, it turned out that the Green Party voter spouted the anti-cycling views and the guy who says he’s going to vote Reform next election supported cycling.
Rather less surprisingly than I’d have liked, it turned out that the Green Party voter spouted the anti-cycling views and the guy who says he’s going to vote Reform next election supported cycling.
Dining across the divide: ‘He looked like a typical Green voter – long hair, laid-back, that sort of thing’
They locked horns on people crossing the Channel in small boats and cyclists using roads – did they find anything to agree on?
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Rather less surprisingly than I’d have liked, it turned out that the Green Party voter spouted the anti-cycling views and the guy who says he’s going to vote Reform next election supported cycling.
Why has @kiranstacey.bsky.social of the Guardian highlighted an outlier (and badly wrong) view that making electricity cheaper compared to gas is a bad thing, and left the much more mainstream (and correct) views from climate change experts right to the end?
Rachel Reeves’s 5% VAT cut on electricity bills will backfire, experts say
Critics believe cut would mostly benefit better-off people with larger homes and increase carbon emissions
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Why has @kiranstacey.bsky.social of the Guardian highlighted an outlier (and badly wrong) view that making electricity cheaper compared to gas is a bad thing, and left the much more mainstream (and correct) views from climate change experts right to the end?
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I assume all the 'hurty word' free speech warriors that were crying their eyes out over Lucy Connolly will be absolutely furious about the guy who has just been sent to prison for his social media posts about Nigel Farage.
October 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I assume all the 'hurty word' free speech warriors that were crying their eyes out over Lucy Connolly will be absolutely furious about the guy who has just been sent to prison for his social media posts about Nigel Farage.
My family and I just cycled over to visit the Tate Modern but have been refused entry because we had our cargo bike’s battery with us.
As most children-carrying bikes have electric assist these days and it’s not safe to leave batteries on them, this essentially bans families from visiting by bike.
As most children-carrying bikes have electric assist these days and it’s not safe to leave batteries on them, this essentially bans families from visiting by bike.
September 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
My family and I just cycled over to visit the Tate Modern but have been refused entry because we had our cargo bike’s battery with us.
As most children-carrying bikes have electric assist these days and it’s not safe to leave batteries on them, this essentially bans families from visiting by bike.
As most children-carrying bikes have electric assist these days and it’s not safe to leave batteries on them, this essentially bans families from visiting by bike.
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TfL Cycle Sundays is back, offering unlimited free Santander Cycle rides every Sunday in August 🚲😎
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August 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
TfL Cycle Sundays is back, offering unlimited free Santander Cycle rides every Sunday in August 🚲😎
tfl-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/tfl-cyc...
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Not content with his role campaigning against LTNs, John Stewart is now giving quotes to the right-wing press campaigning against heat pumps (on spurious noise grounds).
July 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Not content with his role campaigning against LTNs, John Stewart is now giving quotes to the right-wing press campaigning against heat pumps (on spurious noise grounds).
“It’s nice here, but have you ever been to Baden-Württemberg?”
Anyone know what’s behind these flyposted German tourism marketing stickers? And wouldn’t they be more successful in Britain if they were in English?
Anyone know what’s behind these flyposted German tourism marketing stickers? And wouldn’t they be more successful in Britain if they were in English?
July 20, 2025 at 10:29 AM
“It’s nice here, but have you ever been to Baden-Württemberg?”
Anyone know what’s behind these flyposted German tourism marketing stickers? And wouldn’t they be more successful in Britain if they were in English?
Anyone know what’s behind these flyposted German tourism marketing stickers? And wouldn’t they be more successful in Britain if they were in English?
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New research shows LTNs are making our streets safer.
10yrs of data in & around 113 London LTNs shows:
💚37% less deaths & serious injuries
💚No negative safety impact on surrounding roads
📉that's 600 fewer injuries (100 fewer deaths & serious injury)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
10yrs of data in & around 113 London LTNs shows:
💚37% less deaths & serious injuries
💚No negative safety impact on surrounding roads
📉that's 600 fewer injuries (100 fewer deaths & serious injury)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’
Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
New research shows LTNs are making our streets safer.
10yrs of data in & around 113 London LTNs shows:
💚37% less deaths & serious injuries
💚No negative safety impact on surrounding roads
📉that's 600 fewer injuries (100 fewer deaths & serious injury)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
10yrs of data in & around 113 London LTNs shows:
💚37% less deaths & serious injuries
💚No negative safety impact on surrounding roads
📉that's 600 fewer injuries (100 fewer deaths & serious injury)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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I passed 11 stolen Lime bikes beeping and clicking away on a six mile cycle to central London yesterday. You’ve got to salute Lime’s enormous financial subsidy to teenagers who want to get into cycling and active travel.
July 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I passed 11 stolen Lime bikes beeping and clicking away on a six mile cycle to central London yesterday. You’ve got to salute Lime’s enormous financial subsidy to teenagers who want to get into cycling and active travel.
Can anyone explain the public policy imperative behind giving staff/volunteers at Tower Lifeboat Station free parking so they can drive their sports cars right into the centre of London?
I get that it’s a socially useful job, but most other people doing socially useful jobs can cope with the tube….
I get that it’s a socially useful job, but most other people doing socially useful jobs can cope with the tube….
July 6, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Can anyone explain the public policy imperative behind giving staff/volunteers at Tower Lifeboat Station free parking so they can drive their sports cars right into the centre of London?
I get that it’s a socially useful job, but most other people doing socially useful jobs can cope with the tube….
I get that it’s a socially useful job, but most other people doing socially useful jobs can cope with the tube….
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There's a climate aspect to this too:
In 2023, @carbonbrief.org crunched the numbers on the impact of the fuel duty cuts and freezes on the UK's carbon emissions.
Their analysis found that UK road transport emissions are as much as 24% higher than they would have been without fuel duty cuts.
In 2023, @carbonbrief.org crunched the numbers on the impact of the fuel duty cuts and freezes on the UK's carbon emissions.
Their analysis found that UK road transport emissions are as much as 24% higher than they would have been without fuel duty cuts.
Petrol prices are the lowest they’ve been since *2001*, after adjusting for inflation.
Excess supply and a strong pound have helped. But so too have 14 years of cuts to fuel duty. There’s just one problem: voters don’t seem to have noticed…
@thetimes.com
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Excess supply and a strong pound have helped. But so too have 14 years of cuts to fuel duty. There’s just one problem: voters don’t seem to have noticed…
@thetimes.com
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June 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
There's a climate aspect to this too:
In 2023, @carbonbrief.org crunched the numbers on the impact of the fuel duty cuts and freezes on the UK's carbon emissions.
Their analysis found that UK road transport emissions are as much as 24% higher than they would have been without fuel duty cuts.
In 2023, @carbonbrief.org crunched the numbers on the impact of the fuel duty cuts and freezes on the UK's carbon emissions.
Their analysis found that UK road transport emissions are as much as 24% higher than they would have been without fuel duty cuts.
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It’s really time in British politics we had a discussion about how political elites remaining on X are being exposed to increasingly extreme/fringe views but are completely unaware of it.
June 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
It’s really time in British politics we had a discussion about how political elites remaining on X are being exposed to increasingly extreme/fringe views but are completely unaware of it.
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Fortune cookie writers, welcome to the war on cars
May 31, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Fortune cookie writers, welcome to the war on cars
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As a heads up for the political left, people can probably be persuaded by some (many, even) left-coded answers to reducing crime.
But if you make it a choice between "crime is fine, actually, get over it" and right-wing solutions, well, even Duterte would win.
But if you make it a choice between "crime is fine, actually, get over it" and right-wing solutions, well, even Duterte would win.
May 30, 2025 at 7:26 AM
As a heads up for the political left, people can probably be persuaded by some (many, even) left-coded answers to reducing crime.
But if you make it a choice between "crime is fine, actually, get over it" and right-wing solutions, well, even Duterte would win.
But if you make it a choice between "crime is fine, actually, get over it" and right-wing solutions, well, even Duterte would win.
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1.33 million journeys daily and growing 📈
May 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM
1.33 million journeys daily and growing 📈
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But this manifestly isn't a way to "counter" Reform. It's just an endorsement of Reform. If it's what Glasman believes, then he should simply join Reform. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
May 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
But this manifestly isn't a way to "counter" Reform. It's just an endorsement of Reform. If it's what Glasman believes, then he should simply join Reform. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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We're devastated to announce that our former colleague John Stevenson died on 4th May 2025. Everyone at road.cc would like to pass on their deepest condolences to John's family and friends.
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John Stevenson
Legendary bike journalist, shouty northern bloke, dog whisperer, all round good egg and a massive part of road.cc and the wider cycling community has died
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May 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
We're devastated to announce that our former colleague John Stevenson died on 4th May 2025. Everyone at road.cc would like to pass on their deepest condolences to John's family and friends.
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Entirely this: I’d add that being serious about climate change is a hygiene factor for many voters. In not a single UK constituency does concern about climate drop below 50% - hitting 68% in Clacton. There’s a debate on the ‘how’ and particularly how to do it fairly but much less on the principle.
May 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Entirely this: I’d add that being serious about climate change is a hygiene factor for many voters. In not a single UK constituency does concern about climate drop below 50% - hitting 68% in Clacton. There’s a debate on the ‘how’ and particularly how to do it fairly but much less on the principle.
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Would depositing the world’s largest straw man in the middle of the discourse count as fly-tipping? Asking for a friend.
May 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Would depositing the world’s largest straw man in the middle of the discourse count as fly-tipping? Asking for a friend.
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Many politicians - Tony Blair just the latest - appear more sceptical about public support for net zero agenda than evidence suggests is warranted.
Most recent YouGov poll found 61% of UK voters support govt plans on this, with just 24% opposed…
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Most recent YouGov poll found 61% of UK voters support govt plans on this, with just 24% opposed…
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate plan based on phasing out fossil fuels doomed to fail, says Tony Blair
Former PM claims net zero policies losing public support and says there should be greater focus on carbon capture
www.theguardian.com
April 30, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Many politicians - Tony Blair just the latest - appear more sceptical about public support for net zero agenda than evidence suggests is warranted.
Most recent YouGov poll found 61% of UK voters support govt plans on this, with just 24% opposed…
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Most recent YouGov poll found 61% of UK voters support govt plans on this, with just 24% opposed…
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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While carefully avoiding commenting on an ongoing criminal trial... can I suggest you read the BBC liveblog of the Sycamore Gap tree trial. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
Sycamore Gap tree destroyed in 'moronic mission', court told
Two men are on trial accused of causing damage to the Sycamore Gap tree and Hadrian's Wall.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
While carefully avoiding commenting on an ongoing criminal trial... can I suggest you read the BBC liveblog of the Sycamore Gap tree trial. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
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