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The Lib Dems are the biggest third party in a century, and only a fraction lower in terms of seats than the Tories. Why are there two Conservative MPs on this show but no Lib Dem?

RIP Sly Stone (you made it much further than anyone expected). Probably my second favourite artist ever - don’t think anyone ever explored the highs and lows of music more thoroughly. youtu.be/7czrIW_v7gc?si…

Raising climate ambition would BOOST global GDP in the short, medium and long term, says a major new OECD analysis This excludes the benefits of avoided climate impacts, which it says would further increase the advantages of greater action oecd.org/en/publication…

For only the second time in my 20 years on the Council, the ruling group has lost a vote. 🧐

Spent the evening responding to residents angry about the effect of the Council’s commercial rent hikes on some of our most loved local businesses. We’ve been campaigning to protect these businesses since Ray’s shut last April, but our arguments have fallen on deaf ears.

This can only mean one thing…

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To put this into context, since 2016, 30 people have been killed in collisions involving cyclists. In that time over 17,000 have been killed in collisions involving drivers. I don't have a problem with the new law, but let's not think this will reduce deaths on our roads.

I hadn’t planned to cycle past Stonehenge on the Solstice…

Motorists break the law to save time, cyclists break the law to save their life. Anyone who uses a bicycle for transportation understands this is true.

What I’m doing, where I’ve got to…

Remember when Vance came to Europe and lectured us about free speech? This is why people laughed at him:

FINISHED! Old Chalk Way, aka Britain’s Oldest Highway, from Lyme Regis to Holme next the Sea (which is further from the sea than you’d think). 360 miles (plus diversions), 6 days, 50% unpaved, hot.

Nice of the King to lay on a nice route to King’s Lynn this morning.

It is 39°C in Lisbon today. The same in Madrid. In Paris next week it will also be 39°C. Look at this picture. People are under trees, where it can be up to 12°C cooler. Given trees take decades to mature and many don’t survive, cities need to plant many more. And urgently.

LibDem GAIN from RefUK. Benfieldside, DURHAM UA; 🔶 LDM, Terry Rooney, 824, 28.3% (+17.3) 🔴 Lab, 800, 27.4% (+0.8) ➡️ Refuk, 747, 25.6% (-6.6) 🔘 Ind, 459, 15.7% (-8.0) 🔵 Con, 76, 1.6% (-5.0) 🟢 Grn, 40, 1.4% (New) Congratulations 🎉 to Cllr. Terry and the 🔶 team! 🥇 🏆

Three things to remember about the Bayeux Tapestry: 1. It wasn't made in Bayeux (or France for that matter) 2. It isn't a tapestry 3. The infamous arrow was probably added much later But apart from that... very nice.

UPDATE: The Times has now published a correction, after it mixed up the cost of cutting CO2 with the cost of NOT cutting CO2 "An article…confused the cost of climate change mitigation policies with that of climate-related damage" Well done to the editors – facts matter

This is the reality of voting Reform...