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Eagerly awaiting the government's important election year legislation against other examples of wokery, like using paper.Comment
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It's fundamentally a simple issue that has been ignored politically for too long. Deaths and more so injuries caused by cyclists is poorly recorded, including incident involving drivers.
If a cyclist crashes into a parked car should the cyclist be responsible for the damage?
If they are busy texting or not holding the handles, or pulling a wheelie whilst they ride and collide with a pedestrian should they be held to account?
If they run through a red light and cause an accident should they face punishment?
The absence of laws and regulation necessitates the need for them to be introduced. That's why the comparison to cars isn't valid, deaths by car are much higher but the laws already exist to hold people to account. Anyone who loves cycling and is a responsible cyclist won''t be affected by the rules.
This is nothing too, give it enough time and cyclists will see the spectre of licensing and insurance come up.
Reminds me-Last week I saw someone speeding down the main road on what was best described as an E- Unicycle
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I'm bored of how much people who use anything other than cars are despised, really.Comment
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It depends, there are some car drivers who hate all cyclists and other road users and think it's their own private road but you typical cyclist should despise bad road users just as much as anyone hates seeing a ****head on the road in any vehicle type. It's amazing it's 2024 and the laws lag so heavily on covering so many road vehicle typesComment
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Laughable lack of self-awareness from Theresa May in latest public speaking when she warns against populist movement that she helped usher in when she was PM. She also talks of being committed to working to help end modern slavery once she has stood down as an MP after the next GE - f--k--g hilarious coming from the architect of the "Hostile Environment" policy when she was Home Secretary. With friends like her, who needs enemies?
Computer User Non-Technical.
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Proper old man rant there, Yakumo!
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😂. I'm pissed off my head at the moment and just read back that post. Yeah, your right 😅Originally posted by QualityChimp View PostProper old man rant there, Yakumo!
Still, I'll be 49 this year. Jesz, where does the time go?Comment
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Quoting this bit as it actually made me laugh: “Added to that, with the threat that Gibraltar could become subject to Schengen area rules, there are now concerns that UK citizens will only be allowed to stay for 90 days on “the Rock” even though it is a British overseas territory.”
Take back control indeed!Comment
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The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick is the Conservative MP for Newark and in the past month alone has accepted £40,000 from two companies – one owned by an Israeli billionaire, the other by an Australian hedge fund scion.
Both firms gave more money to Jenrick than they made in profits over the last two financial years, raising concerns from transparency campaigners about the use of opaque companies to funnel money into British politics.
In April, Jenrick received a £35,000 donation from a company called Quantum Pacific Corporation UK Ltd (who don't even have a website).
Companies House records show that Quantum Pacific Corporation UK is ultimately owned by Gladebrooke Holdings Ltds, a company incorporated in Liberia.
Quantum Pacific Corporation UK is part of Idan Ofer’s $6.5 billion energy, shipping and mining empire.
On 30 April, Jenrick registered a £5,000 donation from a company called Firefly Digital Limited.
In September, it filed dormant company accounts with Companies House, showing assets of just £1 and no profits.
Firefly Digital is ultimately owned by super-rich Australian hedge fund manager Hilton Nathanson, who also donated £5,000 to Michael Gove
The Electoral Commission previously called for the las to be changed so that companies can't donate more than they've earned in the UK.
The Electoral Commission was later taken over by the Conservative government, so it is no longer the independent invigilator of party finances or of fair election administration, or the keeper of key electoral data and issuer of penalties for electoral wrongdoing.
The act gives the secretary of state, Michael Gove, who devised it, power to direct the commission’s strategy and remit, free to instruct it not to investigate something, or to refuse to fund certain activities.
In the past, Jenrick has been associated with Russian oligarchs and the Gambino crime family.
In 2020, Jenrick was accused of cronyism after he overruled the local authority, Tower Hamlets, in east London, and the Government’s planning inspectorate in favour of Richard Desmond, the former porn baron billionaire property developer and Conservative donor, and his proposal for a substantial housing project in the area.
Desmond would have avoided tax of £45 million.
He also helped him get around the old Affordable Homes Levy, saving him a further £106 million.
Two weeks after being granted permission, Desmond donated £12,000 to the Conservatives.
Jenrick later admitted that his decision had been “unlawful by reason of apparent bias” – but refused to resign, was not suspended or even investigated.
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Busy morning today:
Israel has begun recalling several of its Ambassadors as Ireland, Norway and Spain have this morning announced that they will be officially recognising Palestine as its own state. Expect a UK position announcement soon as we have yet to fully step out in light of the US's heavy defence of Israel yesterday.
UK inflation fell to 2.3%, a slower than expected fall meaning interest rates will likely be held at their current level.
Meanwhile, the Police have been instructed to arrest fewer criminals
https://twitter.com/ONS/status/17931...tfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1793199632689893778%7Ctwgr% 5E1bdd1a63f9b8b85a104450161e75147068ef6fe3%7Ctwcon %5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2 Fbusiness%2Flive%2F2024%2Fmay%2F22%2Fuk-inflation-expected-slowed-april-house-prices-paula-vennells-public-finances-anglo-american-bhp-business-live
UK average Rent costs have risen by 8.9%
The Tories April borrowing rose to the fourth highest level ever recorded
Electric cars more likely to hit pedestrians than petrol vehicles, study finds | Road safety | The Guardian
A study has found that EV's are twice as likely to hit a pedestrian than petrol vehicles, the chances increase to 3x more likely in urban environments
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Why? Is it because they're invisible? Man, the amount of **** that the oil lobbies come up with.Originally posted by Neon Ignition View Post
OK, serious now, go outside and stand on the road and tell me that without listening for it, do you notice an approaching car due to the engine sound? No you won't. The sound only becomes apparent as it passes.
Sure, if you're listening out for the car, you will hear it but in that case you'd also be paying attention. So electric or not, you'd notice the car.
I'm no environmentalists but I can't stand the BS I read towards electric cars.
I guess milk floats have been mass killing machines since the 60s then. They're all electric.
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24% TO 94% Rises in most bills with Ofwat set to approve a lot of these increases, i guessing most people will see a 50% rise in their bills to keep shareholders and bosses multi-million pound bonuses.
At this point we are pretty much hostages to these water company's we have no choice but to pay what they set, no marketplace or competition and another toothless regualtor that's in bed with the suppliers.Comment
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