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No nonsense - sometime 🚴🏽 - long distance walker - ex punk - love nature & my garden & art & fabulous 2nd hand clothes & good food & The Archers - have opinions, mostly in my head nowadays. Dream of cities with less cars where people walk & talk & cycle. πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί

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I work for a London Council - when I pay compensation to clients I have to ….. issue a cheque. They must be irritated when it arrives rather than pleased.

06.12.2025 08:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s not hard to drive at 20mph #bbcbh

16.11.2025 09:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At some point, for the love of God, will someone ANYONE at long last take the council funding crisis seriously?!?

Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.

15.11.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 588    πŸ” 243    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 3

Don’t like the new sizing on #vinted one bit.

15.11.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is there a prominent Brexiter left who hasn’t torn off their mask to reveal the rancid racism beneath? Boris Johnson’s chief fluffer accusing anyone else of being over-promoted is peak process. The bitterness of insanely privileged men with empty souls knows no bounds.

06.11.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1650    πŸ” 400    πŸ’¬ 91    πŸ“Œ 10

β€œRushed and ill-conceived brexit” Quite

04.11.2025 08:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing on BBC5live radio about this, this morning.

30.10.2025 07:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. Imagine! Think how pleasant GB would be - having a good cycling infrastructure means communities are out of cars and young & old mix together - which is civilising and makes for great cities

27.10.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No. Live in south London suburbs and cycling infrastructure is so poorly thought out - if it exists at all - that no one uses it. Drivers so very aggressive too - I was a keen cyclist when younger (150km/week) but have given up the battle & only cycle in Europe now

27.10.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I work for a LA & clients are submitting PAPs with fictitious case law etc. Clients are so convinced by what AI says they are taking out JRs following our reply to AI PAP letters that make no sense. Eg. I insist you review this & consider IAPR. β€œWe are”. Reply = β€œI have now logged JR with the court”

27.10.2025 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely brilliant - we’ve all got to speak up like this. The government is not so we have got to do it ourselves.

25.10.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.

25.10.2025 07:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2073    πŸ” 681    πŸ’¬ 91    πŸ“Œ 106

Been back to my childhood village in Essex for a funeral.

High Street is littered with tatty flags attached to every lamp post and telegraph pole, and by God, it looks awful.

Everyone I spoke to hates them. So intimidating. Apparently- "Epping Forest council is scared of offending the nasties."

23.10.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1448    πŸ” 281    πŸ’¬ 163    πŸ“Œ 21

Exactly that

23.10.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Same in Hayes, in Bromley - south London. Local council not taking them down…..it’s awful. Not going there any more.

23.10.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh no - Dave Ball…

23.10.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I really like Cat #traitors

22.10.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Divali - time for a thali

19.10.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic - well said

16.10.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Patti Smith is the best. And a little bit of Jonny at the end

12.10.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

On our way up to town for whiskey sours and then Patti Smith. It’s going to be a good night.

12.10.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bloody Nora

11.10.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just been served some hay ice cream. It tastes of hay - and it’s fab

10.10.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I really love Birmingham. I’m a Londoner but visit as husband born & raised there. It’s such a great place, especially the people. They are what make it great (the architecture sure doesn’t - library excepted with other buildings, it’s so ugly it makes your eyes sting - the people tho! πŸ‘ŒπŸΌ)

07.10.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I am listening now - agree with the above - you are just great and talk such sense

04.10.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cycled from Metz to Schengen yesterday - great place for European unity - then into Germany. Return today

02.10.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s awful and intimidating. Been reported by numerous people I see, to the council - hope they remove it all soon

25.09.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yay πŸ™ŒπŸΌ - not an expert in this football stuff but that goal was quite neat I thought

25.09.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Me too

19.09.2025 05:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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