Politics Election 2019

[Moriath]

It's a common anti-cycling argument this and is bullshit. Many disabled people benefit from cycling, there is a huge range of adapted cycles open to them. From simple trikes, to cargo trikes, to hand cycles - all readily available and popular. I met a pretty old bloke a few years ago on a normal e-bike. He couldn't walk 100 yards as his hips were fucked, but he was doing a 20-mile-ride that day. I'm part of an advocacy group where one girl rides an e-cargo-trike and has limited use of her arm. She loves riding it about.

Not to mention that mobility scooters easily fit in a minimum spec cycleway. And next time you're walking down the road, have a look at how many cars are parked blocking the pavement. Ask yourself where's the outrage at making it extremely difficult for disabled folk to get around, especially blind people (dogs don't understand pavement parking or blocked dropped kerbs)?

And where's the outrage at the hundreds of thousands of completely illegal (Equality Act 2010) barriers that block disabled access to simple footpaths around urban areas, under the pretence that they stop motorcycles?

It's funny how people only get concerned about the disabled when it comes to restricting driving. Not everyone can cycle or walk, that's right. But let's not pretend that we shouldn't make it easier for everyone just because it'll inconvenience a few people who can't be arsed to walk 5 minutes to the shop.

I know an out layer who doesnt represent the majority of people but i will base my whole ethos on that.

 

[Raven]

How the fuck does that useless fat cunt do it? Does he need to come round everyone's house and steal the TV, cooker and washing machine before people see him for the disgusting entitled parasite cunt that he is?

If I was any younger I would be eying up fucking off the UK for somewhere else. Actually wondering if we could, do with the wife being a qualified teacher and myself with a near complete degree (with motivation I could pull myself over the line, it's been a piece of piss so far), NZ is looking kind of attractive atm. Age probably fucks us though, maybe ROI would suit!

 

[Aoami]

Show it working. London is just as crowded. Tho now they pay to sit in their car inside the zone.

not including the pandemic

Loads of roads closed to cars where I live in London now

 

[Moriath]

Loads of roads closed to cars where I live in London now

Yup now you have all the cars on less roads. Dont think i have seen the average mph in london go up much

 

[Aoami]

Yup now you have all the cars on less roads. Dont think i have seen the average mph in london go up much

It's loads nicer to walk though when you're not on a main road

 

[DaGaffer]

How the fuck does that useless fat cunt do it? Does he need to come round everyone's house and steal the TV, cooker and washing machine before people see him for the disgusting entitled parasite cunt that he is?

If I was any younger I would be eying up fucking off the UK for somewhere else. Actually wondering if we could, do with the wife being a qualified teacher and myself with a near complete degree (with motivation I could pull myself over the line, it's been a piece of piss so far), NZ is looking kind of attractive atm. Age probably fucks us though, maybe ROI would suit!

You could go to NZ if you have sufficient investment money to start a business, and its not that high; $300k? (Been a while since I looked it up).

Problem with NZ is its just too fucking far away. I love the place but it is like moving to another planet if you have family back home.

Ireland is the obvious place to go. Loads of work and you watch Boris with pity for the British rather than anger that its happening to you.

 

[Embattle]

I like Andy. Surely he'll go back to being an MP before long and take another run at the Labour leadership.

I reckon he might be quite a good leader, partly because I don't think he is tainted by the current and past sets of recent leaders and their associated posses although it probably also means when it comes to a vote he wouldn't float enough boats inside the party pool. In many ways they've proven to pick the wrong leaders time after time when it comes to reaching out to the wider public, I mean how did they end up with Ed over David Miliband.

 

[Aoami]

I reckon he might be quite a good leader, partly because I don't think he is tainted by the current and past sets of recent leaders and their associated posses although it probably also means when it comes to a vote he wouldn't float enough boats inside the party pool. In many ways they've proven to pick the wrong leaders time after time when it comes to reaching out to the wider public, I mean how did they end up with Ed over David Miliband.

I was a big fan of Ed. He was completely stitched up by the press. David is more in the Keir Starmer mold of wet-wipe in my opinion.

What I like about Andy Burnham is he is very "traditional Labour" in that he is Northern and working class. But he is also very well educated, very experienced in politics and a superb speaker. I feel like PMQs with Andy Burnham in the place would've been very very different over the last few months. He would take the focus of Labour back to its traditional heartlands straight away. I feel he is a real socialist as well, but also much less likely to do stupid Jeremy Corbyn things like says Hamas are his mates.

 

[Gwadien]

I love this.

Elections 2021: Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner sacked as party chair

Angela Rayner has also been removed as campaign coordinator following Labour's poor election results.

www.bbc.co.uk

Didn't Keir say that he holds full responsibility?

 

[Aoami]

I love this.

Elections 2021: Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner sacked as party chair

Angela Rayner has also been removed as campaign coordinator following Labour's poor election results.

www.bbc.co.uk

Didn't Keir say that he holds full responsibility?

The blokes a fucking weapon.

Not as if Rayner has covered herself in glory this last 18 months though to be fair, which is a shame as I voted for her for deputy and had been a big fan of hers.

 

[Tom]

Speaking of which, can you recommend a decent pannier? I have a 90 litre rucksack that I use camping sometimes and would like to get that on an e-bike, I could shave off 20 litres or so.

Mostly for camping, what's weight distribution like? It would be tent, food, water, clothing etc. Ive found a few sites I want to wild camp fairly locally that I could access by bike and also further afield with a bike rack on the car.

Don't cheap out on panniers, spend a lot, it's worth it. Spend as much as you can afford on a proper rack, like Tortec or similar. Check this guy out, he sells pretty much everything for touring:

Touring Specialist | Spa Cycles

Spa Cycles has been serving the Touring Bike community for the past 40 years, supplying them with top of the line products and expert advice.

www.spacycles.co.uk

But be warned that panniers make manhandling a bike quite difficult as the weight distribution is all over the place. Consider trailers too. Burley do some great trailers, they have the advantage that you can unhitch them in seconds (a fully loaded bike can be a nuisance if you get a puncture).

 

[Tom]

You know you are talking to someone with a disabled parking badge and chronic back painand sciatica which wouldnt allow me to walk with out pain. Let alone cycle?

No I didn't know that and I'm sorry for any offence, but as you well know there are many forms of disability and not all of them prevent people moving around without cars. And I'm sure you're aware that there are many disabled people whose disability actually prevents them driving, but who can still consider active travel - if only it were enabled in their neighbourhood, by eliminating all the wasteful short car trips and ratruns.

 

[Embattle]

I doubt roads or cars are going to disappear around the majority of Devon any time soon.

 

[Gwadien]

View: https://twitter.com/Otto_English/status/1391312768243019779

 

[Wij]

View: https://twitter.com/Otto_English/status/1391312768243019779

Our public services have gone to shit over the last 11 years of conservative rule. That’s why we voted Labour out!

The sad thing is that Chris Mason didn’t even think to ask them about it. He’s such a nob.

 

[Embattle]

KS new cabinet is out, I didn't realise there were so many shadow cabinet roles:

Shadow Cabinet in full
Labour’s Shadow Cabinet team is as follows:

Angela Rayner - Deputy Leader, Shadow First Secretary of State, Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Shadow Secretary of State for the Future of Work
Anneliese Dodds - Party Chair & Chair of Labour Policy Review
Shabana Mahmood - National Campaign Coordinator
Alan Campbell - Shadow Chief Whip
Rachel Reeves - Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
Bridget Phillipson Shadow Chief Secretary to HM Treasury
Lisa Nandy - Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs
Nick Thomas-Symonds - Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department
David Lammy - Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
John Healey - Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
Jonathan Ashworth - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Ed Miliband - Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Jonathan Reynolds - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Emily Thornberry - Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade
Kate Green - Shadow Secretary of State for Education:
Jo Stevens - Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Luke Pollard - Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Steve Reed - Shadow Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government
Lucy Powell - Shadow Secretary of State for Housing
Jim McMahon - Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
Preet Gill - Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
Nia Griffith - Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
Ian Murray - Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland:
Louise Haigh - Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Marsha de Cordova - Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities
Thangam Debbonaire - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Charlie Falconer - Shadow Attorney General
Rosena Allin-Khan - Shadow Secretary of State for Mental Health
Wes Streeting - Shadow Secretary of State for Child Poverty
Cat Smith - Shadow Secretary of State for Young People and Democracy
Andy McDonald - Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights & Protections
Angela Smith - Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
Tommy McAvoy - Opposition Chief Whip in the House

 

[Aoami]

KS new cabinet is out, I didn't realise there were so many shadow cabinet roles:

Should've moved Nandy to shadow home sec imo. Would've loved to see her up against Priti Patel.

 

[Wij]

Top trolling. Pity there's no @Job to do his Kirk impression

 

[Raven]

I often wonder which crazy rabbit hole @Job has found himself in.

 

[Aoami]

I often wonder which crazy rabbit hole @Job has found himself in.

I reckon he has taken his talents to Gab Social

 

[Raven]

I reckon he has taken his talents to Gab Social

Oh my god.

I just skimmed down the page and got an aneurysm, that's hilarious. Well it would be if it wasn't people actually being dead serious about that nonsense.

 

[Aoami]

Oh my god.

I just skimmed down the page and got an aneurysm, that's hilarious. Well it would be if it wasn't people actually being dead serious about that nonsense.

It's great. It's Facebook but with any normal people removed from it.

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gab.com

lol

 

[Wij]

It's great. It's Facebook but with any normal people removed from it.

In my experience I fail to see how that is different from Facebook.

 

[DaGaffer]

Oh my god.

I just skimmed down the page and got an aneurysm, that's hilarious. Well it would be if it wasn't people actually being dead serious about that nonsense.

Christ on a bike. What a bunch of fuckwits.

 

[Raven]

Boris Johnson facing probe over funding of 2019 holiday

The MPs' standards watchdog is looking into whether costs of the trip have been correctly declared.

www.bbc.co.uk

Your daily Boris dodgy deal.

Will it make any difference? Nope.

 

[Gwadien]

Boris Johnson facing probe over funding of 2019 holiday

The MPs' standards watchdog is looking into whether costs of the trip have been correctly declared.

www.bbc.co.uk

Your daily Boris dodgy deal.

Will it make any difference? Nope.

Hehe, I currently work for the David Ross Trust - I could let you know all the 'competitive' stuff that they've got recently, even though they're a pretty shitty trust

 

[Wij]

Fuckers:

You will need photo ID to vote under law announced this week

People without a driving licence, passport or voting ID card won't be able to cast their vote

www.walesonline.co.uk

 

[Gwadien]

Fuckers:

You will need photo ID to vote under law announced this week

People without a driving licence, passport or voting ID card won't be able to cast their vote

www.walesonline.co.uk

Remember when everyone was calling Georgia (was it?) racist for doing this?

I wonder if people will come to similar conclusions over this...

 

[Raven]

How is it racist? It's a stupid idea, but I can't see how it is racist.

 

[Wij]

How is it racist? It's a stupid idea, but I can't see how it is racist.

It obviously targets the young and the poorer.

I think as far as race goes people of colour are less likely to hold current driving licences and passports. Particularly older Asian women. (Citation needed.)