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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In fairness many of the problems of HS2 were caused by an absolute failure to ever compromise on quality (seriously what was the reason for going at 225mph rather than 186mph? 5mins?) so you can’t win. time, budget, quality. Pick two.

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Leo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My take on the Andy Burnham speech is that my 14yo daughter saw a bit of it on TikTok & then asked to watch the whole thing with me. She told me afterward that the hopefulness of it almost feels miraculous to her because her whole life the people in charge have been purposely making everything worse

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you were opening a shop you wouldn’t open a big shop, to give yourself room for expansion, you’d open a small shop. Once you’d grown the business you’d expand the shop, or relocate the shop, or reconfigure the shop to meet your expanded customer base. And the same is true of railway stations…

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I think Middlewich railway station is in a similar predicament…

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oh wait? are we single line at this point? and we’re not building the station in a passing loop? Oh.

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s also a single platform?! So you can get on, but not off? Or off but not on?

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Well a station is not very useful if no trains can stop at it. And “timetable difficulties” means that stopping additionally at Cheadle requires rescheduling of every service on the line, and the line is already maxed out and thus you need to find a way to make trains faster to make it work.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.

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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It’s far too early to speculate what’s going on down there, but it’s obviously posh kids, a dog, and lashings of ginger beer.

Five arrested for alleged terrorism offences after
'major incident' near RAF
Fairford.

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It’s not the despair Lucy, I can cope with the despair, it’s the hope.

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Lib Dem’s propose to fund the tax cut by rejoining the customs union (As you well know).

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: people’s response to the arrival of asylum seekers. Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks

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Sylvia @sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Anyone actually surprised at this? They are bought when they enter parliament, told what to do and rewarded if they succeed

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17/09/2026

I have become such a fan of the Norwegian Consumer Council recently. They don't just do these cool vids, the reports are actually really detailed and insightful and oddly strongly written (for a gov't agency, particularly in Norway). Also not fatalist at all www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree/

forbrukerradet.no

Breaking Free

In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved into enshittification and how to resist it.

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This would be a good location for a cyclops…

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Nigel Bagshaw @nigelbagshaw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Just imagine what the figures would be like if everyone could cycle safely everywhere in #Edinburgh. www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...

scotsman.com

More bikes than cars recorded on Edinburgh rush hour route for first time

Highest figures also notched up on major Glasgow cycle routes too

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Looking south along Queen Street, at the western end of George Square in Glasgow city centre. Image 1 from 2016, image 2 from today.

Google Street View looking south along Queen Street in 2016. A three lane road wraps around George Square, the main civic square in the centre of Glasgow. Cars and road space fills the image.

People sit amongst new street trees in a completely zero-traffic, renovated section of Queen Street, on the western end of George Square. This is the same view as the previous image.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The Fight For Safe Streets. Thank you to everyone who came out and everyone who shared footage of this incredible protest ride. @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social @cycletoronto.bsky.social @lanrickbennett.bsky.social

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Oldham Road. Yes. Good shout. Tameside (yes I know!) are currently consulting on a scheme on Stockport Road in Hattersley.

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

£30 million? across the whole of the UK? Come back to me when you’ve got some real numbers.

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

16km? How long is the Chorlton cycleway? 8km? So two more Chorlton cycleways? Does that include the Rochdale - Castleton scheme that’s currently on site? I think ambitious is accurate.

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Walk Ride GM @walkridegm.org.uk · 15/08/2026

CALL TO ACTION: Tameside Council has announced a new consultation for improvements to the A560 that include wider footpaths, resurfaced roads and footpaths, improved pedestrian crossings, safer junctions, better bus stops, and new separated cycle lanes.

A CGI showing an impression of the proposals for a road. There are silhouettes of people walking, wheeling, sitting and cycling around. The road has trees, wildflower strips, houses, and cycle lanes running alongside, and a zebra crossing across the road in the near distance. There is a summery sky above. Text states: Raise your voice for better quality of life along the A560 (Hattersley) - and ensure the scheme isn't scrapped. Consultation runs from 17 August to 18 September.

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Can’t shed any light, but I think you’re right.

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Longer trains are possible. But extra trains stopping at Outwood would block the track; heavily congested track because that is the mainline between Leeds & London, Leeds & Sheffield (and beyond to Derby & Birmingham). HS2 would have fixed this… @greens4hs2.bsky.social @greenmattbfd.bsky.social

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Pandemic is good for newbies because of the co-operation

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Everywhere I look today I keep seeing: 1) deadly wildfires ripping through our communities 2) people desperately trying to get by as energy costs soar 3) record oil & gas profits When will we see that these three things are connected? www.wsj.com/business/ene...

wsj.com

Big Oil Is Reaping Rewards From the Chaos in Energy Markets

ExxonMobil’s earnings doubled and Chevron posted its highest quarterly earnings on record as energy prices soared during the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I’m wondering if there’s an easy way to free up space in our prisons?

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I‘m old enough to remember when we laughed AT the Major in Fawlty Towers

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Manchester is currently working quite hard on getting HS2/NPR underground…

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Does Metrolink really need to go underground though? There’s a flat car park in the heart of Chinatown & outside the courts, on street parking. Fountain St is still open. Gt. Anocats St is a dual carriageway, we’ve only half closed Deansgate… we use a lot of the city centre land very inefficiently

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

My desire to stay informed clashes with my desire to stay sane

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

At some point @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social might get to write a series of articles “What No10North in Manchester can learn from Sheffield/Liverpool/Bradford/Newcastle/Leicester etc.” Followed by “Wigan/Wrexham/Halifax/Keswick/Buxton etc.”

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Did she mean 8km? Oh no wait, it’s only 4km. Not a scooby.

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The long dark, Antiques Roadshow evening, of despair…

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Will you lower speed limits? Go 20mph as default across GM? At the moment around 4 classrooms of kids are killed or seriously injured on Greater Manchester’s roads, every, single, year. Wales has shown that lowering speed limits reduces both hospital admissions & car insurance premiums. A win win.

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

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Garry Keenor @25kv.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

My proposed minister for AI

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 16/07/2026

Seven Prime Ministers. Nine Chancellors. Ten years. Britain's political instability is holding the country back. If Andy Burnham is serious about changing politics, he should back proportional representation and give every vote an equal voice.

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

They were in favour of Net Zero when it was cynical greenwashing, spin and hypocrisy. But now renewables are winning, they’re pivoting…

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I’ve been working on a movie… John Cusack plays the leading role and it’s very very funny. Yet surprisingly hard to get greenlit.

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Is Count Binface a puppet? odd one outs are tricky.

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Cyclops Dave @cyclopsdave.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Eventually? It seems like it’s being disrupted by heatwaves, wildfires, avalanches etc. and this seems to be every year. Already. [Because this is what 1.5 degrees of warming looks like, we’re at the top end of what is compatible with our previous way of life, we’re on track for climate chaos]

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