Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Liquid hot cross bun

We tried the Red Velvet ones. Very weird.

But don't worry, Morrisons have got you covered.

Lovely 😍.

Not so lovely the "architectural" cycle parking.

Just your regularly scheduled share of this masterpiece by @tomgauld.bsky.social

Unfortunately its always "other" drivers that are the issue.

When drivers speed down someone else's street to save a few seconds, that's fine. But when other drivers speed down their own street, that's absolutely wrong.

Same outside schools, wrong for "other" drivers to do it, but OK for them to.

Cities: "We're going to say we want zero traffic deaths, but we want achieve that without actually changing the way we do anything."

Stationary phone distraction isn’t harmless — the evidence is clear. It impairs hazard detection and reaction time, with effects lasting well beyond the interaction. This is road danger and it can (and does) have fatal consequences. Academic research strongly backs it (see pic). Enforcement matters.

Remember Obama negotiated a deal with Iran to prevent them from acquiring a nuclear weapon. trump got rid of that deal, failed to secure a new one and is now at war with Iran to prevent them from acquiring a nuclear weapon.

a racing car is driving down a wet road in the rain . Alt: a racing car is driving down a wet road in the rain .

Draped over a Lancia Delta please.

Might have to nudge the heating 🫣

Photo of a pharmacy sign. Suspect the temperature sensor might need calibration.

Bit chilly out in #Shieldfield this morning 🤣

Have I woken up to #FIFA delivering peace to the Middle East?

Of course this doesn't apply here in Newcastle, where the only people wearing coats are southerners who are visiting 😜

Photo of a temporary sign, "when crossing press green man and wait"

Tell me your Traffic Management sign maker doesn't really know how pedestrian crossings work, without telling me.

"Press beg to cross button and wait for green man" might be a bit more accurate.

Electoral fraud data View electoral fraud data

A reminder that there's absolutely no evidence of large scale voter irregularities in the UK.

Electoral Commission share.google/EvLRM4CBVlag...

"Of the 1,318 cases of alleged electoral fraud reported to police between 2020 and 2024, 8 led to convictions and the police issued 3 cautions."

Reform UK reports by-election 'family voting' concerns to police It comes after election observers raised concerns about

Wow, I thought they were against postal voting.

Now it's about voting in person.

It's almost like they just don't want some people to have a vote.....

Reform UK reports by-election 'family voting' concerns to police - BBC News share.google/08OeGZ3hOlP8...

They're all "pRoTeCt R kIdZ" until it comes to actually doing the hard work of discussing the issues, working through it and agreeing a solution.

Reform will be like this if you elect them into local government, just as they are in Parliament.

They grilled Hillary Clinton for 6 hours today under Oath. She’s a former FLOTUS who never met Epstein or had anything to do with him. They ended up asking her about UFOs. 🛸Wouldn’t it be smarter to Question THE CURRENT FLOTUS, who has known Epstein for decades, and partied with him REGULARLY?

The Gorton and Denton by-election shows people are bitterly disappointed with Labour but horrified by the rise of Reform.

In many parts of the country, it's the Liberal Democrats who can stop Reform.

I'm as shocked as you are.

Adorable.

Your friendly reminder that the solution to the majority of bike/pedestrian safety concerns is not another workshop, seminar, public outreach but a DESIGNATED INFRASTRUCTURE.

The student finance system is broken.

The Lib Dem plan would:

🔶 Halve repayments for someone on £35k within 3 years.
🔶 Reintroduce maintenance grants for the poorest students.
🔶 Write off a proportion of loans after 10 years in the public service.
🔶 Stop governments moving the goalposts.

A photo of a building, the European Commission's headquarters, illuminated with the colours of the Ukrainian flag.

Tonight, the colours of Ukraine are illuminating our headquarters.

They stand as a reminder of the courage and resilience of its people, and the enduring pain of a war that continues, after four years.

Our commitment to a just and lasting peace is unwavering.

#StandWithUkraine

Weirdly, if I'd got the bus after the one I got, or the one after that, I'd have gotten to Central Station quicker.

Driver change on the bus I got, meant two other number 1's went past the one I was on.

Getting public transport shouldn't be so stressful.

And relax, let the train take the strain.

Bus Jam on John Dobson Street. Three Flix Buses parked up, one double parked at the junction.

So very nearly missed my train this afternoon.

Not helped by the continuing use of John Dobson Street as a pop up Coach Station....

Still no update from Newcastle City Council on when they'll reopen the actual Coach Station, nor what they can do to persuade Coach Operations to use it....

kid biking with backpack in painted dotted lane Annoying children keep wanting to bike to school despite city's best efforts to make it too dangerous.

"Annoying children keep wanting to bike to school despite city's best efforts to make it too dangerous."

I'd trust his views on science about as much as I'd trust him to run a bank.

You can bet that the train in that picture is carrying more people than the cars.

The Dublin Agreement was a huge deterrent. People knew if they arrived in UK & had claimed elsewhere, approved or denied, they would immediately be returned. Now that data sharing is no longer an automatic right. The UK lost access to several shared mechanisms when it left the EU