@philjardine.bsky.social
Curious how little attention Thames water is getting, particularly as it's only got 5 weeks of money left and serves 16 million people with clean water?
February 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Curious how little attention Thames water is getting, particularly as it's only got 5 weeks of money left and serves 16 million people with clean water?
Just realised that red white and blue predicted the terms of a US/UK trade deal
February 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Just realised that red white and blue predicted the terms of a US/UK trade deal
Really like the idea of birthday bus pass but I've now been waiting half an hour for a bus that's meant to come every 10 minutes-reminds me of why I never take a bus!
February 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Really like the idea of birthday bus pass but I've now been waiting half an hour for a bus that's meant to come every 10 minutes-reminds me of why I never take a bus!
Not convinced our green-led council have got this quite right. Lots of concern about equalities impact. Would make more sense to scrap collections entirely and move towards community waste centres like in France.
Bristol may become first English council to collect black bins every four weeks
Green-led authority consulting on changes it says could save £2m and encourage recycling – critics fear it will increase fly-tipping
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Not convinced our green-led council have got this quite right. Lots of concern about equalities impact. Would make more sense to scrap collections entirely and move towards community waste centres like in France.
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Great to be out speaking with residents in lower Weston today, joined by Labour's West of England Mayor candidate @helengt.bsky.social & our Police Commissioner for Bath Clare Moody
January 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Great to be out speaking with residents in lower Weston today, joined by Labour's West of England Mayor candidate @helengt.bsky.social & our Police Commissioner for Bath Clare Moody
Until someone in government is brave enough to pursue a policy of safe routes of passage this will continue happening www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
France rescues 107 people trying to cross to UK on Christmas Day
Authorities carry out series of operations off northern coast, as 451 people arrive in England on 11 boats
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Until someone in government is brave enough to pursue a policy of safe routes of passage this will continue happening www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
One of the great mysteries of the rail network is how it costs 95p to get to Bristol temple meads but £3.30 to bedminster, a distance of about 1.1 miles. Does anyone understand this? @gwr.com
December 11, 2024 at 3:35 PM
One of the great mysteries of the rail network is how it costs 95p to get to Bristol temple meads but £3.30 to bedminster, a distance of about 1.1 miles. Does anyone understand this? @gwr.com
@easyjetofficial.bsky.social flying from Bristol to Malaga tommorow at 6am is the flight cancelled? Jet2 are rescheduling flights until the afternoon so assume you are as well? Tracker not been updated
December 6, 2024 at 5:35 PM
@easyjetofficial.bsky.social flying from Bristol to Malaga tommorow at 6am is the flight cancelled? Jet2 are rescheduling flights until the afternoon so assume you are as well? Tracker not been updated
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Can England’s new breed of mayors help fix its left-behind regions?
https://www.ft.com/content/071a6dd2-b9f2-43eb-b3ab-852a8013e9b3
https://www.ft.com/content/071a6dd2-b9f2-43eb-b3ab-852a8013e9b3
Can England’s new breed of mayors help fix its left-behind regions?
Westminster sees local figureheads as a new response to old challenges, but they will need resources and real power in key areas
www.ft.com
December 2, 2024 at 5:30 AM
Can England’s new breed of mayors help fix its left-behind regions?
https://www.ft.com/content/071a6dd2-b9f2-43eb-b3ab-852a8013e9b3
https://www.ft.com/content/071a6dd2-b9f2-43eb-b3ab-852a8013e9b3
Managed to pay £4.90 for an oat flat white in temple meads this morning. The era of the £5 coffee is upon us
December 2, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Managed to pay £4.90 for an oat flat white in temple meads this morning. The era of the £5 coffee is upon us
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How do we create economic growth? A brilliant read to some of the levers government can pull.
Looking at the cultural economy and seeing the power of arts in an economic way - driving trading, tourists and travel to Britains cities
Looking at the cultural economy and seeing the power of arts in an economic way - driving trading, tourists and travel to Britains cities
New post just out:
A special guest post from John Kingman - former second perm sec at the Treasury and chair of Legal and General, the UK's biggest invester - on what Labour need to do to grow the UK economy.
"We're going to need a bigger bazooka"
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...
A special guest post from John Kingman - former second perm sec at the Treasury and chair of Legal and General, the UK's biggest invester - on what Labour need to do to grow the UK economy.
"We're going to need a bigger bazooka"
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...
We going to need a bigger Bazooka
How Labour can get the economy growing
open.substack.com
November 23, 2024 at 2:37 PM
How do we create economic growth? A brilliant read to some of the levers government can pull.
Looking at the cultural economy and seeing the power of arts in an economic way - driving trading, tourists and travel to Britains cities
Looking at the cultural economy and seeing the power of arts in an economic way - driving trading, tourists and travel to Britains cities
Kind of feels like the elephant in the room that no one is linking the UK's relatively high sickness rate to the raising of the pension age to 67. Need more focus on over 50s rather than young people.
November 26, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Kind of feels like the elephant in the room that no one is linking the UK's relatively high sickness rate to the raising of the pension age to 67. Need more focus on over 50s rather than young people.
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Mac's first time in the snow!
November 21, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Mac's first time in the snow!