Sue Nicholls 💚

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Remember Ofcom’s investigation into GB News’ homophobic comments?
Well, they’ve finally got back to us 👀

As news comes out that Greta Thunberg and hundreds of other flotilla members are being tortured in Israeli 'prisons'.

I ask you.

Do you stand with Greta Thunberg?

Spread the message Free Greta Thunberg if you do.

England's 'first official Cycle Street' being built in Cambridge It aims to make one of the city's busiest routes safer by giving cyclists priority over motorists.

I would be interested in seeing a decent engineering drawing, details of how the motoring network has been unravelled and a forecast of expected cycle and motor flows.

Based on the image? Not a cycle street with parking bays sticking out like that.

1/5

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Senior Tories dismayed at Badenoch’s ‘catastrophic’ vow to repeal Climate Change Act Theresa May, Alok Sharma, business and church leaders say plan would harm UK and not even Margaret Thatcher would have countenanced it

Kemi Badenoch's pledge to scrap the Climate Change Act has now been condemned by Theresa May, Lord Deben (John Gummer), Alok Sharma, the Confederation of British Industry, the Church of England, the Catholic Church - all previously mainstays of the Tory party: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...

Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

Failing to adopt a national approach to 20mph as an urban/village norm in England increased 2024 casualties by 15,000 and insurance costs by £2bn. Read our latest press release in anticipation of the release of the DfT 2024 road casualty stats. bit.ly/4gIBPlJ

Repair Cafe in Buntingford Hertfordshire this Saturday 2 to 5pm.

We are holding our first Repair Café in Buntingford, Hertfordshire this Saturday. Still a few repair slots left. Book your items in here free of charge www.tickettailor.com/events/bunti...

Nothing to mend? Why not come and have a cuppa and slice of cake at our pop up café.

The truth: we need migration.

The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it.

Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality.

Reject it. Draw the line.

Gatwick given green light for £2.2bn second runway plan Heidi Alexander approves expansion to allow 100,000 more flights a year

"Zack Polanski described a second Gatwick runway as a “disaster”. “Ignores basic climate science and risks undermining efforts to tackle the climate crisis.

“Labour keeps wheeling out the same nonsense about growth, but at what cost?”

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Queen's Park, Brighton & Hove BY-ELECTION WIN GRN: 48.4% LAB: 31.1% REM: 10.1% LDM: 4.2% CON: 3.5% Ind: 2.7% (New) Green GAIN from Labour. REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

🎉 Green WIN! 🎉

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💚 Congratulations to Marina Lademacher of @bhgreens.bsky.social on being elected in Queen's Park ward!

Queen's Park (Brighton & Hove) Council By-Election Result:

🌍 GRN: 48.4% (+19.9)
🌹 LAB: 31.1% (-15.0)
➡️ RFM: 10.1% (New)
🔶 LDM: 4.2% (+1.7)
🌳 CON: 3.5% (-2.7)
🙋 Ind: 2.7% (New)

No BHI (-16.7) as previous.

Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.

Agree was same on BBC World at One today but Lee Waters was brilliant.

Thank you for writing this.

Ten things you can do to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore.

I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore.

So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism.

From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved:

guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...

Five years of waiting: Pavement parking is a problem for everyone It's time for the government to act and give councils in England the power to enforce against pavement parking.

“It’s time to stop the anxiety, the physical strain, and the dangerous detours that pavement parking creates. The Government should amend the English Devolution Bill and give councils in England the same enforcement powers that London and Scotland already have”

Spot on @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social

Last night, Tory and Reform MPs voted to weaken your rights at work...

Labour is delivering the biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation through the Employment Rights Bill:
✅Better sick pay from day one
✅Bereavement leave
✅No more exploitative zero-hours contracts

Gloucestershire villages interested in 20mph zones reaches 150 Villages and communities across Gloucestershire express an interest in bringing in 20mph limits.

Good to see the demand for 20mph in villages throughout Gloucestershire.

Only 1 in 5 Britons want less to be done to tackle climate change, and drivers of concern remain if lower down the pecking order, 60% of Brits worry about future heatwaves and nearly 80% think climate change at least partly responsible for weather this summer.

E-bike injuries are a massive burden, say Royal London Hospital surgeons Frida, six, is one of the many patients treated at the Royal London Hospital for an e-bike injury.

All avoidable injuries are bad, but context is essential. Alongside this story, it's surely essential to say that there were 133,000 car-related injuries in 2024 in the UK, including 1624 fatalities & 28k "serious" injuries. E-bikes aren't the major problem.

Data: www.chas.co.uk/blog/uk-car-...

We all need to be having these conversations.

The Embankment cycleway (CS3) in London was purposefully built to be wider than was usual in order to future proof it.

Some said it would hardly be used.

Now there’s a decent case for widening it further.

Induced demand is real.

Repellent climate denial from the Reform-led Kent Council, who have tabled a motion to ‘rescind the climate emergency’, in a document that is bollocks from start to end.

You can’t rescind atmospheric physics.

But Farage would rescind the Climate Change Act.

democracy.kent.gov.uk/documents/s1...

Car parked on pavement leaves man on mobility scooter wedged against wall Campaigners say this shows why pavement parking needs to be banned

A man using a mobility scooter had to be rescued by the fire service as he became stuck between a wall and a parked car.

How much longer must he and other pedestrians have to wait for a pavement parking ban and adequate enforcement?

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Dodgy statistics and fringe beliefs: the groups behind Reform’s anti-migrant agenda Reform has been exploiting fears around attacks on women to stoke hate against migrants. Good Law Project investigates the flawed statistics and the group with far-right links that have helped spread ...

🔎 NEW INVESTIGATION 🔎

Reform has been exploiting fears around attacks on women to stoke hate against migrants. We investigated their flawed statistics and the group with far-right links that have helped spread its narrative.

https://bit.ly/4nmPpgA

From now on, Labour has one mission only. It must focus on saving Britain from Farage | Polly Toynbee The hard right doesn’t speak for most voters. The progressive cause is not yet lost, but there is an urgent need for energy, purpose and clarity, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

“Saving the country from Nigel Farage is the urgent, patriotic duty of this government; it is vital that it prevents an extremist, racist, authoritarian takeover which would be against the will of the overwhelming majority of the population”. Yes! And it needs to dramatically change course to do so

Done

Private Eye report on #Drax being investigated by FCA

@ed-miliband.bsky.social must pause the Govt giving further subsidies to Drax, or build data centres with Drax, until FCA reports

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

@labourlewis.bsky.social
@mpwatch.bsky.social
@biofuelwatch.bsky.social

Sorry to hear that. He has been a main stay of quality broadcasting for as long as I can remember.

To assert the UK has taken enough action in the face of Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza is frankly outrageous.

We must impose a full arms embargo, halt all military cooperation, ban settlement goods, ramp up sanctions, and ensure an immediate ceasefire & accountability for war crimes.

Finland inaugurates world’s largest 1 MW/100 MWh sand battery Finland has inaugurated the world’s largest sand battery, a 1 MW/100 MWh thermal storage system developed by Polar Night Energy. The unit is already exceeding efficiency targets.

The world's largest sand battery just launched in Finland!

Developed by Polar Night Energy, this is a massive step for clean energy. It stores 100 MWh of thermal energy in sand, providing cost-effective alternative to LI batteries for long-term heat storage.

www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/28/w...