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Graham Allsopp

@grahamallsopp.bsky.social
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Ex-cartographer, ex-cycle trainer, ex-monger; still a mangeant & bibendum. Edgeley Park irregular. Vivre la vie. Obv my own personal opinions, etc – you know the usual weasel words 🇫🇷🇬🇧🇪🇺 45°19'23”N, 0°26'57”W

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Yesterday I used this "AI -Free Statement" in a conference talk for the first time. Still trying to figure out the exact language. Feel free to borrow, modify, etc.
At no point in this study did I use AI. This includes the literature review, logical organization, writing, analysis, and proofreading. I do not cite any studies that use AI, to the extent that it is possible to know.
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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 27/06/2025
The Met Office are letting us submit our own storm name suggestions: www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o... There's space for five names in the submission boxes. Let's go with: Exxon Mobil BP Shell Equinor Chevron At last, those companies will get the recognition they deserve. Pls retweet!
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Graham Allsopp @grahamallsopp.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
@pedalme.bsky.social Hi - saw you just reposted my post 👍🏻 If you don’t already know about it, check out the latest episode of @podstreetsahead.bsky.social - there’s a whole article (and report) on delivery driver substitution. [starts about halfway through] shows.acast.com/5e8ee3bc4fc2...
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Spending Review, Fake E-Bikes & Bike Racing | Streets Ahead
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Graham Allsopp @grahamallsopp.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
@lauralaker.bsky.social @adamtranter.bsky.social @podstreetsahead.bsky.social Hi guys ! By coincidence, @pedalme.bsky.social the bike courier people are running a citizen science project into substitution in the food delivery industry. You should check it out: www.pedalme.co.uk/whos-doing-t...
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Who's Doing The Work? — Pedal Me
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christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Hey BBC, I've got a great idea for a show if you want to appeal more to Reform voters…
Fash in the Attic – like Cash in the Attic but more fash.
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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Ffs who did this? 😂
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
People struggle to get through HMRC phone lines, big corporations secure ‘sweetheart deals’. Parliament can't check fairness/legality, all hidden behind a veil of confidentiality. Veil can be lifted by public filing of the tax returns of large companies. No major party supports transparency
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Why the UK is a two-tier society where money wields power
Laws and policies are crafted to give the appearance of sternness and fairness, but are rarely fully enforced on corporations and the rich.
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 25/05/2025
China's high speed train from Beijing to Shanghai is a journey of over 800 miles, 200 miles further than from Land's End to John o'Groats. It covers that vast distance in a little over 4 hours. It was built in 3 years, between April 2008 and June 2011. Puts HS2 into context, don't you think?
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
This is on Facebook, I scrolled for a bit and every single comment I saw, no exaggeration, was either "you liar, too many foreigners, vote Reform" or "you're meant to be the Labour Party what is this fash shit". There was nobody going "thank you, Sir Keir".
Keir Starmer: I've already returned over 24,000 people with no right to be here. And I won't stop there.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
SHEFFIELD! Very honoured to be artist in residence for this Saturday’s Get Together Festival. More info and free download of my celebratory Sheffield collage below👇👇👇 www.gettogetherfestival.com/line-up
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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Big (military) mobility news from Finland: Finland starts working on changing the railway gauge to the European standard, instead of the current one that is a legacy of Finland’s 100 years as part of the Russian empire
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Suomen raideleveys muuttuu: ”Aloitamme pohjoisesta ja meillä on vahva tuki Natolta”, sanoo ministeri Lulu Ranne
Pohjoismaiset ministerit antoivat julkilausuman sotilaallisesta liikkuvuudesta maiden välillä.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Yvette Cooper was born in Inverness, educated in Hampshire. She has zero links with Pontefract. People move around, often to other countries. It's human nature. The sooner Labour stops chasing Reform votes and adopts a measured approach to immigration the better.
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Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
As we commemorate VE Day, we should remember the hopes and expectations of servicemen and women for a better, fairer country to emerge from the destruction of war. This is a poster created by and for British prisoners of war in the German prison camp, Stalag Luft III.
Poster advertising talk on County of London Plan created by British PoWs in German prison camp - shows slum housing and new high-rise flat block at rear
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 07/05/2025
Anyone spot the problem? It's subtle, but it's there...
Graph of UK GDP improvement from India trade deal by 2040 (0.1%) vs permanent damage from Brexit (-5%).
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Strategic genius, eh. Not only has Trump achieved nothing with his bullying of Canada, he has ensured the return of a Liberal government that will stand up to him. This is where day-to-day leverage-seeking gets him.
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Cllr Ed Lamb @edwardlamb.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
If you need cheering up, head to that new roundabout in Sheffield and watch things flow. it's poetry in motion
photo on a sunny day of the West Bar roundabout in Sheffield after a recent remodelling photo on a sunny day of the West Bar roundabout in Sheffield after a recent remodelling. Cyclist in the foregroundphoto on a sunny day of the West Bar roundabout in Sheffield after a recent remodelling photo on a sunny day of the West Bar roundabout in Sheffield after a recent remodelling. Pedestrians crossing in the foreground, bus waiting
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Britain wakes up every day, aims the gun at its feet and pulls the trigger. Just a prolonged exercise in meanspiritedness and self-harm.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
It's funny how when you ask them why they think Pope Francis was "too woke" and request specific examples, they always wound up describing Christ's teachings without a hint of self-awareness.
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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
I’d rather shit in my hands and clap, frankly. It’s not safe for anyone to travel to the US now. Especially not those who criticise the regime. I’ll continue to raise my finger at that fucking fascist from a distance, hope he’s ready to be repeatedly called a cunt when he visits the UK.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Never underestimate the historical importance of complete incompetence 🙈 "U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported that an entry code in the U.S. system isn’t working. As a result, no tariffs are being collected by the U.S. government for the time being." #MAGAmerica
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Um, It Turns Out No One at the Ports Is Collecting Trump’s Tariffs
A technical “glitch” has created the biggest hiccup in Trump’s tariffs rollout.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Donald Trump doesn't understand how tariffs work
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Stephanie Ruhle, "Our allies are not rushing to partner with a US President who goes on TV saying they're all kissing my ass"
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
💥💥💥 Our latest huge poll just landed in The Observer, & shows its trade with Europe that Brits want HMG to prioritise at the reset, over defence, tackling small boats, & certainly before trade with 🇺🇸 #tomorrowspaperstoday 👇
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 12/04/2025
🚨 BREAKING: Brits want trade to be the government’s top priority at the UK-EU reset summit - not just defence. With the cost of living crisis continuing to bite, NEW @yougov.co.uk polling also shows 53% of Brits think closer ties with the EU will drive growth. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Voters want Keir Starmer to focus on rebuilding trade ties with EU, poll reveals
Open trade with Europe is more important to the UK than a deal with Donald Trump, most Britons believe
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Ewan Sutherland @sutherla.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
There are other destinations
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Dear Thick Lizzie, It isn't how much you spend, it's what you spend it on. 1. The DDR spent it on surveillance and oppression of its people. 2. Western societies spend it on social security, investment, policing, health, enforcing safety regulations and defence. In other words, the common good.
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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 09/04/2025
"You boy! What tariff is it today?"
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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 09/04/2025
THEY DO NOT WANT YOU TO SEE THIS! LEAKED - GAMEKEEPER TRAINING VIDEO Explaining the wholescale extermination of wildlife - aka vermin - on driven grouse moors. You can sign the petition to ban DGS here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 03/04/2025
Trump took a VERY bizarre route to work out what tariff to impose on each country. Instead of calibrating the USA's tariffs against the *actual* tariffs imposed on the USA by its various trading partners, he said "how much tariff would wipe out our trade deficit on paper?" - then charged half that.
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Techpriest @techpriest.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
"What do you mean they accidentally just recognised Taiwanese sovereignty?"
List of US tariffs (March 2025) with Taiwan listed as a country
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Reform UK have selected 1,638 candidates for the forthcoming local elections. They have all been carefully vetted to ensure they are either convicted criminals or have a history of making racist comments or praising Hitler.
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Ella Baron @ellabaron.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Monday's @theguardian.com cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #trump #ukraine #putin
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Please remember that Rupert Lowe is innocent until proven guilty. Just like his fellow Reform MP James McMurdock was, right up until he was sent to prison.
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 05/03/2025
oh my god stop this, stop yankifying football, now, of all possible times, is not the time to decide to randomly yankify something that was entirely fine to begin with
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 28/02/2025
Even the Daily Mail has more backbone than Keir Starmer. NEVER thought I'd see the day.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
A President who supports Andrew Tate and insults President Zelensky is clearly a statesman of impeccable integrity and judgement.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮 #SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 28/02/2025
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
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Tristan Kirk @kirkkorner.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
A man is prosecuted for ‘escalator misuse’ What did he do? Who knows. This is what fast-track justice looks like sometimes Merseyrail didn’t go to the trouble of providing any actual evidence of a crime. Then the magistrate convicted based on trust that he’d done something wrong
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 20/02/2025
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Today's GB News radio advertisers include *Marks & Spencer *Ideal Home Show *Cheers Britannia *Boxt *All Clear Travel Insurance *Kelly Tonight *Cashmere Circle *Agincare Take action: actionstorm.org/petitions/ma...
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Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
GB news presenter, Matthew Goodwin, "All we hear from liberal internationalists if the world is becoming more authoritarian" George Monibot, "The idea that it ends if you appease Putin is the greatest self deception I've heard in quite a long time" #BBCQT
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Just let this sink in In 2016 Vote Leave marginally won The UK gov knew of Russian interference to deliver Brexit And despite that, May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, and now Starmer have chosen to do what Putin wants- weaken Europe- instead of protect our democracy from Putin Shameful
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Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
An image from 'The Young Ones' showing Vyv and Rik standing in the living room. Rik, looking crestfallen, has a handmade cardboard sign hanging around his neck with the words "I AM A VIRGIN" on it. Vyv - whose handwriting is undoubtedly a perfect match for the wording on the sign - looks very pleased with himself.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
In case you missed it ...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 12/02/2025
Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️
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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
July 2024: Five UK climate protesters jailed for conspiracy to block major road February 2025:
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Graham Allsopp @grahamallsopp.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
@nedboulting.bsky.social Just catching up with your great NSF Étoile de Bessèges coverage Couple of things: Also been caught out by automatic cars - especially when parking in a hurry. They do sulk if you park them in D (Drive). Always set them back to P (Park) before turning the engine off
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Judge slams Ofwat and govt for not attending Thames Water hearing. No one representing people/customers as lenders carve the company. Thames has £19bn debt, wants to borrow another £3bn, only £1bn will be useable, customer bills will rocket, won't resolve the crisis. Nationalise. archive.ph/NVzcP
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Judge slams Ofwat and government for not attending Thames Water hearing
Court will decide whether to approve emergency £3bn loan for UK’s biggest water utility
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