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he/him, senior reporter @swns.com - but views my own. bylines: Guardian, Mirror, Express, Star, New York Post, MEN, Bolton News, Manchester Mill, others. bi cyclist. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ 🌐 jackfifield.uk/contact

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Net approval rating of Tony Blair, falling sharply around 2001/2

Net approval rating of Tony Blair, falling sharply around 2001/2

Why is Labour listening to Tony Blair? Does Keir Starmer look at this and think 'great idea'?

04.08.2025 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jess Phillips: Nigel Farage would enable β€˜modern day Jimmy Saviles’ The Home Office minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls condemned the Reform leader

Jimmy Saville was, of course, a big advocate of listening to explicit music on Spotify without verifying his age www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

04.08.2025 07:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Campsite just outside Machynlleth

Campsite just outside Machynlleth

We went through Machynlleth. Luckily the campsite (which opened for us out of season after we turned up without a booking and gave them a call) and the local pub had adequate facilities!

03.08.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep, right next to the entrance! I think it was required on the planning permission

03.08.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Seven bikes parked at Lidl

Seven bikes parked at Lidl

Lots of bikes parked at Lidl in Fulwell, south west London (zone 6) earlier today!

03.08.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

i would just like to not pay Β£4 more for a journey from a nearer station to me, when if I cycle another 15 minutes I can save money...

03.08.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes but does seem crazy that if I change to tube at Richmond by grabbing a train from Twickenham it costs so much more

03.08.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There is no better example of austerity than shutting down public toilets and then wondering why everywhere stinks of piss

03.08.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Horrifying I hate it make it go away

03.08.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is even worse if you have a Railcard as you get charged Β£8.80 rather than the Β£4.80 it would cost if you had two different cards... as I recently found out...

03.08.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is because there is no afternoon peak for journeys in to zone 1 from out of zone 1 - so your journey in to Waterloo would be off peak, and then after 7pm it's off peak for tube. But the fare system would count your WHOLE journey as peak if you use the same card at Waterloo.

03.08.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

An especially egregious example of this... get on the train from Twickenham at 6.40pm on a weekday and go to Waterloo, then change on to tube after 7pm to, say, Canning Town, and it'd be Β£7.30 if you use two separate cards, or Β£8.80 if you use the same card...

03.08.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What perplexes me even more is just going Twickenham to Richmond would be Β£3.60 on its own, so you're getting charged more than it'd cost if you were to use two different cards...

03.08.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

TfL peak fares!

Can someone explain why a single from Richmond to Embankment is Β£4.60, but adding one (or two if you count St Margarets) train stops at the beginning to go from Twickenham brings it up to Β£8.80?!

Β£4.20 for an extra four minutes on the train?!

03.08.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

When I cycled through Wales earlier this year we stopped by a public loo for a wee but it charged money, so we cycled out of the town and pissed in a bush

03.08.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Public toilets in Whitby are β€˜drain’ on council finances with β€˜urgent’ action required Whitby’s public toilets are a β€˜drain’ on the town council’s finances and have resulted in more than Β£85,000 of above income expenditure since 2018.

β€œUnfortunately, the toilets have never made a profit, they have never even been cost neutral.”

Insane quote...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/...

03.08.2025 07:15 β€” πŸ‘ 223    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 47
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Public urged to help catch gangs bringing drugs on β€˜mother ships’ to UK coast Crime agency says there were more than 60 investigations into at-sea drop-offs last year with 34 people arrested

So much time and resources devoted to stopping something that's going to carry on regardless.

Just legalise, regulate, and tax all drugs and take the money out of the hands of criminal gangs.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

02.08.2025 10:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A beam holding up a building I guess outside Twickenham station. It says "need passenger assistance? This space is for you"

A beam holding up a building I guess outside Twickenham station. It says "need passenger assistance? This space is for you"

This beam.... It's for you

01.08.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes!

01.08.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Did you know Londoners get the bus for free until they're 18? Or 19 if they redo a year of A Levels/other.

01.08.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This law is wrong and must be reversed and rethought.

01.08.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Airbnb host rejects duo's booking after learning where in the UK they're from Jemma Louise Gough, 38, and Jamie Lee Watkins, 37, had been trying to book an Β£83 double room for one night at the property in Manchester when they were told 'Because you're from WALES'

Disgusting ! www.mirror.co.uk/travel/uk-ir...

01.08.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Five convicted for county lines drug operation

Five convicted for county lines drug operation

Blyton's darker later material is often overlooked

31.07.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No

31.07.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
( NO LOUNGE )

( NO LOUNGE )

Just Β£2,850 pcm if you have three people or Β£3,050 pcm if you want to add a fourth.

31.07.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This flat offers the EXCLUSIVE opportunity to sleep in a big bedroom which has exclusive access to the property's back garden!!

31.07.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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New study finds that Norway's lavish EV subsidies increased car trips by 10-20% with "sizable shifts away from public transport use, cycling and walking."

doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

31.07.2025 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 148    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 12
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Eurostar reverses bike storage decision amid criticism Eurostar has reversed its decision to make cyclists dismantle their bikes before using the cross-Channel service amid mounting criticism of the move.

Any idea what changed since this www.bbc.com/news/uk-3481...

31.07.2025 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Travelling with your bike | Eurostar To travel with your bike, you need to book a space separately to your train ticket. Find out more on how to do this here.

www.eurostar.com/rw-en/travel...

Disassembled in a box or bag, handed back to you when you get off

31.07.2025 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Why do you have to disassemble your bike to go on the Eurostar between Paris and London? How do we get this changed?

31.07.2025 11:04 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

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