The Ranty Highwayman

Dubai influencers share near-identical videos with footage of Dubai crown prince | LBC Videos featuring the caption ‘I know who protects us’ have been circulating on social media

I had no idea until this all started that the UAE licences and pays many influencers to live there and write positively about the regime.

That puts a whole new spin on things.

Propagandists in pocket of regime.

It's why all the messaging is the same.

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Useless.

Joined up government?
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Wide road in Hackney with C37 painted on it

Wide road in Hackney with C37 painted on it

Wide road in Hackney with C37 painted on it

Google maps aerial view of the junction

Any of the environmental justice or fanatical ex councillors got anything to say about visually impaired crossing this cycleway in Hackney? Or is it only 1.5m wide cycle lanes that work them up? 🤔

🚗 💨 Pollution alert!

Walk, cycle, catch the bus, tube or overground and avoid driving if you possibly can!

This will help people with asthma or other lung and heart conditions to get on with their days safely.

I'm definitely in the slower range!

Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

Dear Shabana,

Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

In fairness, Kent CC have been petrosexuals for a very long time.

Aloha!

If the prick has any hair, the static off that fake grass would have it stood on end.

Andrew Tate's twatty video only starts making any sense when you use different music

Mum ‘appalled’ after finding son's nursery cheese roll contains 28 ingredients Lisa Blake, 35, from Dundee, says she was shocked after asking caterer Tayside Contracts for ingredient lists and finding dozens of additives in simple school foods.

Frankencheese compo face

In my corner of London, we've barely had frost over the winter.

A BTS daytime exterior shot from "Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door" showing the proprietors of Dreamytime Escorts descending from their office to the street below in a large, rusty metal bucket.

"I don't care if you're Bob Monkhouse, fuck off."

'Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door' made its Channel 4 debut on this day in 1988.

Counterpoint, lots of that 95% are scared of being hit from behind!

I try and keep out, but it doesn't always work out comfort-wise.

Now then.

Andrew Tate getting his wish to eat a packed lunch on a rollercoaster

It's niche, but I'm very proud of it :D

In our latest cycle story, we catch up with Susie, one of our cycle instructors at the Ladywell Day Centre in Lewisham.

Find out why she loves working for Wheels, and how far she's cycled in the last 6 months. It's a lot! 

https://wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/our-cycle-stories-susie-bannister/

The Right have been going after the rising 'welfare bill' in recent weeks, mostly missing the fact that over half of it is pensions. Yes folks, Nanny & Grandad are apparently jobless scroungers.

And anyway, why are we paying out more in pensions as the number of old people grows? A mystery.

It doesn't happen often in the UK, but parking angled to force reversing in is so much safer.

Half of which have deadly mushrooms 🍄

Saw someone say ai art is no more a threat to artists than home ovens are a threat to restaurants. And now I want an oven you can shout "Marco Pierre White Mushroom Risotto" at and it pops out four different versions in 10 seconds.

LBC exclusive Failed asylum seeker families to be paid up to £40k to leave UK within 7 days under radical trial Shabana Mahmood told LBC families of failed asylum-seekers will be paid up to £40,000 to leave the UK voluntarily. Shabana Mahmood told LBC families of failed asylum-seekers will be paid up to £40,000 to leave the UK voluntarily. Picture: Alamy Natasha Clark By Natasha Clark @NatashaC Families of failed asylum-seekers will be paid up to £40,000 to leave the UK voluntarily within seven days, LBC can reveal.

his article is more than 15 years old BNP would offer non-white Britons £50,000 to leave UK, says Nick Griffin This article is more than 15 years old Party leader says resettlement grants would be partially funded by scrapping 'ridiculous' climate change adaptation policies Haroon Siddique Thu 29 Apr 2010 12.24 BST Prefer the Guardian on Google The BNP would offer non-white British people £50,000 to leave "overcrowded" Britain and return to the land of their ancestors, the party's leader Nick Griffin said today.

@lbc.co.uk reporting that Shabana Mahmood wants to trial giving each failed asylum seeker £10k to leave within 7 days, so up to £40k/family. Funny how the BNP offered much the same as their 2010 election pledge... Labour going full fash was not on my scorecard for 2026. ... shorturl.at/yea0O 1/

Hadn't clocked quite how Dubai-coded Reform was before this piece www.economist.com/britain/2026...

On the one-hand, hay fever season has started crazily early and I feel crappy. On the other-hand I have had stilton, so not all bad.

The EU law referred to here already allows removal of benefits in case of "concealed financial resources" and sanctions for "seriously violent behaviour". And it's the government's choice to make asylum-seekers wait 12 months before they can work, increasing dependence.

Honestly, Labour responding to the politics of a post Brexit, post pandemic surge in net migration by desperately pulling every Home Office lever it could is a generational error for which it and the country will pay a big price.

Salford cycle lane paused after thousands of residents object Residents say the Salford active travel scheme would be a

Great news for Salford City Centre!

The Peel Green scheme has been paused, with the potential for the funds to be redirected to schemes in Salford City Centre.

Great to see 'left behind' areas of Salford having their funding moved to more affluent areas

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Work begins on £2.17m removal of controversial cycle lane dubbed ‘Britain’s most-hated’ Work has started on removing the controversial £1.7m cycle lane, dubbed “Britain’s most-hated” on Linthorpe Road in Middlesbrough.The £2.7 million removal is being funded by the Tees Valley Combined A...

Even if this lane was badly designed, it's sad to see Tory and Labour leaders so gleeful over cycle infrastructure removal - maybe improve it rather than just remove it? I guess that's too difficult for politicians who want a quick win.
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