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So crap. A handful of cyclists and clearly you’re going to get fully stuck in the separated section on the left then needing to cut across the motor traffic that’s already moving to go right. Horrendous & no way in hell I’d let my kids do that so it just isn’t inclusive.

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Why even go there? It is perfectly possible to condemn the Israeli government, its war crimes, settler occupation and genocide without invoking any culturally complex principle. This is how we condemn other states that disregard international law. But as you say that doesn’t achieve their aims.

You may be comfortable with the proposer saying force is needed to shun Jews around the world in order to impose a particular solution for Palestine but I find it extremely dark & worrying & working against a viable peace & coexistence. Not gonna say anymore we’ll have to agree to disagree.

The motion defines Zionism against their beliefs & regardless of them & it becomes a purity test of their acceptance & participation even to the point that association with community organisations can be used to shun them.

Zionism has no personal cultural significance to me. But my Jewish friends tell me its meaning to them is merely a desire for a safe nation in the historical homeland of Jewish people. That is not in any way comparable to the KKK (& that comparison itself is IMO racist). 1/

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Again. Some Zionists are. So your argument is to copy their racism? You seem blind to the fact you are just arguing for more racism from an opposing side. Tarnishing all with a simplistic definition you have imposed upon them is racism too. Stop the genocide. BDS. But stop this grim antisemitism.

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If the question is ’are some zionists racists’? Definitely the answer is yes. But that isn’t all the motion or its supporters are saying.

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Also Wikipedia: ‘Zionist views have varied over time and are not uniform, resulting in a variety of types of Zionism. The Zionist mainstream has historically included Liberal, Labor, Revisionist, and Cultural Zionism…’ But you get to define it, use it to purity-test an ethnic group. Ok.

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Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The genocide racism & war crimes perpetrated by the Israeli gvt are reprehensible. It is also racist to impose a simplistic definition of a culturally complex concept targetted at a single ethnic group & use it as a moral purity test.

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Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette)! An absolute classic from 1948 about a guy who desperately needs his bike for work and has it stolen. Very relevant today.

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Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The most revealing part is Speitan ‘saying she believed Pham had been "targeted" by "the system”’. Not for his possession of live ammunition & plan for indiscriminate mass-murder then?

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Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Zionism is Racism thing is absolutely grim and getting grimmer by the day

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Labour Walks & Cycles @labourwalkscycles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It’s quite simple. The Conservatives are not fit to be a potential party of Government. You can’t fit the number of ways this is deeply damaging, unfair and stupid into a single social media post.

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you want to help Wheels for Wellbeing with their incredible work, a small donation would make a big difference: cafdonate.cafonline.org/11192#!/Dona...

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Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This isn’t about a global elite. I’m not talking Eton. But it is still partly buying networks of wealthy middle class people in professional jobs or business with connections. That simply isn’t available to many state school kids.

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Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Even ‘ordinary’ private schools are families who can afford to blow £30k+ after tax every year & still live comfortably. Of course that buys networks. Work experience? No problem, friend’s mum’s a doctor, dad works in the city. Uni? Everyone’s been. Job? Have a chat with X about an internship

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Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The educational advantage may be relatively small, but certainly still an edge in a competitive system. Primarily though they buy a network of wealthy contacts that set children up for life with well paid jobs networking & investment opportunities. They buy a network more than an education.

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““It’s like the Berlin wall,” said one resident who did not wish to be named.” 🥱 So boring, so predictable, so pathetic.

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Public outcry as level crossing closures proposed to enable new West London Orbital rail link - Chiswick Calendar News

Predictable. & the heart of the antiLTN lie: “But better transport links must not come at the expense of existing connections” They say they want to improve public transport instead, but this *always* requires compromises with roadspace they *always* oppose chiswickcalendar.co.uk/public-outcr...

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The level crossing at Acton Central station Residents at Churchfield Road, W3, and Bollo Lane, W4, will be significantly affected The official consultation on a new overground line called the […]

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Sadly don’t think so. It looked like one of those old ones some people like to leave attached to their windscreen permanently as a status symbol (or attempt to prevent more tickets from their routinely appalling parking?).

Labour Walks & Cycles @labourwalkscycles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today’s @therealyplac.bsky.social award goes to this guy. How selfish do you have to be to block a cycle lane used by hundreds of kids coming home from school?

Van parked on double yellows right across the dropped kerb to cycleway 27 in Islington leaving very limited space to pass and no sight line. No problem though because no cars have been blocked in!

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Lovely to hear a rousing speech from @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social at the start of our conference walk and cycle ride on the opening day of Labour conference

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Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Two more horrific crashes. A cyclist killed (seemingly at a crossing) in North Pole Road. Then today a huge crash (right by a bus stop bypass) on Tollington Road. All supposed to be 20mph zones. Urgent action is needed. www.london-now.co.uk/news/2658256... www.london-now.co.uk/news/2658194...

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LIVE as 'serious' crash blocks north London road causing bus chaos

A north London road is blocked due to a crash causing congestion to Finsbury Park.

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Dr Robert Davis @chairrdrf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Road Danger Reduction Forum is non-party political, but congratulations to @ibikebrighton.bsky.social , well known to Active Travel professionals in the UK for his work (mainly for consultancy transport-initiatives.com) in getting elected as a Councillor.

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Transport Initiatives

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Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’m a bit torn on this tbh. Privacy seems an absurd concern for anyone using tech. Everything you do has long been traceable & logged. Kids will always find ways around but social media is deeply toxic for them - commenting on Spotify chats seems relatively far less harmful so maybe it worked?

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Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

One this morning I didn’t quite snap the shot before the green man went off so you’ll have to take my word for it

Car and van stopped across pedestrian crossing in pedestrian phase

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Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Horrendous. Just can’t imagine what that family is going through. This daily tragedy endlessly repeated is not an accident or a fact of nature, it is a direct consequence of political choices. It doesn’t have to be like this. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

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Girl, 16, dies after being hit by taxi on her way to Highgate School

A 16-year-old girl was pronounced dead at the scene in Highgate

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Tom Kearney @comadad.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There are serious plans to address bus times to be fair. I’ve been involved with planning environmental monitoring for one of these & the funded scheme is pretty radical & ambitious & does go after the real problem (I.e main road motor traffic). tfl.gov.uk/info-for/med...

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ICYMI I go into much detail about TfL's #Lethal Bus Contract Incentives in my recent @itsmylondon.bsky.social podcast. Bottom Line: TfL Bus Contract Incentives = #Unsafe & help to explain why Bus CollisionS—per bus & per million miles—are higher today than 2016 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BNN...

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Exclusive: ‘TfL does not investigate bus crashes,’ claims leading bus safety campaigner

YouTube video by MyLondon

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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Buses v cycling? A 🧵... Too often, the bus 'industry' defaults to attack cycling as cause of buses (in London) getting slower & slower. Good to see that somewhat countered here: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i... by @theguardian.com data team. 1. Bus speeds dropping is a "global problem"... 1/13

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London buses in decline? Why public transport in global cities is slowing to a crawl – visualised

As experts fear for future of UK capital’s bus network, some commuters are giving up entirely. London is not alone – with worrying implications for poorest in society

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

With big thanks to @doctorofmusic.bsky.social, here's my discussion today with Lord Jackson about North Sea oil and gas. Tape your jaw to your face before watching. Really.

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Find out about proposals for the West London Orbital, a new London Overground service designed to improve connections across west and northwest London. View plans for new and upgraded stations, unders...

West London Orbital Rail plans look great & the bonus is they include closure of 3 level crossings that will effectively create new LTNs. Will the 'social justice' carbrains oppose it? haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/west-london-...

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To be fair, most industries now follow this broad approach, to varying degrees of compliance. The outlier is road transport, which treats mass death casualties & destruction with a shrug & just carries on with the same deadly systems.

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It’s kind of ‘both sides’ it but at least it does make that point! There is a genuine question about allocation of limited roadspace but trying to accommodate cars is the problem. That should be the factor that gives.

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