Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026And I write this as somebody who made a conscious effort to replace their diesel car with a BEV when the former was written off in March, before diesel hit £2 for the first time. 100
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The writing's on the wall for ICE cars. And has been for a while. The amount of new ICE cars still sold shows that consumers are being let down by the government and car industry. 100
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Maybe the drivers should be looking for alternative ways to power their cars. BEV drivers there must feel reasonably smug right now. Public charging seems to cost about the same as in the Midlands, if not less… 100
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026No. To vote at conference you either have to register and attend (in-person or remotely), or find somebody to vote in your stead as a proxy (each attendee can hold up to 5 proxy votes). IIRC, quoracy is determined from the number of registered attendees. 020
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026My maths was before my first coffee, so it's kind of you to check. But my order of magnitude calculation was 2000 votes out of 200,000 members is 1%. 0.8% is probably more precise but 0.08% of 226,000 would only be around 180 votes. 110
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I would agree, to a degree. One member, one vote is one of the fundamental principles of GPEW internal democracy. But if only 1% of the members participate in voting, it leaves conference open to these kinds of things. 180
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026All members can attend and vote at GPEW conference. There are no delegates. Being able to attend remotely makes it more accessible to those who cannot afford a weekend away. I was away camping, so couldn’t even do that. A fellow member voted for me as my proxy. 2110
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The ellipsis at the end makes it look rather ominous... 110
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Proxy votes are available. My vote against was counted while I returned from a hiking trip in Wales (which all in all was better for my mental health than attending conference). 0110
Reposted by Peter BrommerIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The chipping away at citizenship, which started with Shamima Begum, is utterly poisonous. Anytime now, Restore will support the removal of citizenship on the basis of race or religion. 351038282
Reposted by Peter BrommerPeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Two-tier British citizenship latest. 1412835
Reposted by Peter BrommerNathan Ley @nathanley.com · 26/09/2026cllrdrnathanley.substack.com/p/the-roofs-...cllrdrnathanley.substack.comThe roofs won’t be enough“Just put them on roofs instead” is the most comfortable argument in British politics. It is also the one that quietly hands the bill to our children. 42417
Reposted by Peter BrommerEthan Siegel @startswithabang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This discovery is why Einstein was history’s greatest physicist Einstein made a whole lot of discoveries in his life, with many others very close to many of his breakthroughs. But without Einstein, General Relativity may never have come about at all. bigthink.com/starts-with-... #space #astrobigthink.comThis discovery is why Einstein was history's greatest physicistAlthough many of Einstein's papers revolutionized physics, there's one Einsteinian advance, generally, that towers over all the rest. 3255
Reposted by Peter BrommerCab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is UK road culture. The police don't care because they're part of it. George is bang on here. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comDriving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George MonbiotIn towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 2258
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026That is not OK. Sorry to hear that you have been subjected to that. 010
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Obviously the "No vehicles" sign (just the red ring on a white circle) also forbids cycling. Other signs are largely advisory (e.g. "CYCLISTS DISMOUNT" as a text). 000
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The highway code has a sign that forbids cyclists from riding their bikes (black bicycle on white in a red circle, "No cycling" sign). This sign is enforceable and must be obeyed. 200
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Ah. Not a rule in the highway code then. Cause I ride frequently ride across humped railway bridges and I was wondering if I missed something. Never seen such a sign though. Is that on a shared use path or are cars also allowed across? 100
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Also, in a car, typically only the front vehicle can jump the red. How many drivers are prohibited from jumping a red by the driver in front of them stopping? Whereas a red light jumping cyclist will will just glide past the stopped cars. 010
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Which rule of the highway code requires wheeling your bike over a hump bridge where you can't see who's coming? 100
Reposted by Peter BrommerKate Watson @loreandordure.com · 15/09/2026Your app should be a fucking website. I have a browser already. Thank you. 57213
Reposted by Peter BrommerDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The hospitality industry are back lobbying for a VAT cut They don't mention the cost: £12bn They don't mention who gets the £: ❌ The smallest most vulnerable businesses? Get nothing ❌ Consumers? Prices won't fall ✅ McDonald's gets £400m. Big chains are big winners 🧵: 11318153
Reposted by Peter BrommerKevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I was asked by a colleague from my oil & gas days (who has remained in the industry) why UK producing its own gas is less acceptable to the Greens (& others) than importing it from America and West Africa.' The full question & my reply is now online at: climateuncensored.com/there-is-no-...climateuncensored.comThere Is No Atmospheric Exemption for British Oil and Gas - Climate UncensoredI was recently contacted by a colleague from my days in the 1980s and 90s when I worked as an engineer in the offshore oil and gas sector. He remains in the 1517191
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Let's hope his braking needs never exceed the rolling resistance of the shopping trolley. 000
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026No, for 2 reasons. Firstly, I'm usually blissfully unaware of such taxes until I'm asked to pay at check-in (whenever I've consciously encountered it, it wasn't charged with the booking). Secondly, even if I was aware, it's small fry that usually doesn't impact my decision making. 010
Reposted by Peter BrommerAnti. @antikalypse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Es geht immer noch dreister und erbärmlicher. 04811
Reposted by Peter BrommerProf Ben Britton @bmatb.expmicromech.com · 03/09/2026So... this whole article is a pile of shit, and the argument is a rage-bait/dog whistle. I have some quite personal stakes in this, as a CRC… with a learning disability 😬. As Usher articulates - use of the h-index as the sole predicator of academic quality - is bullshit. 1187
Reposted by Peter BrommerJasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I was asked by @newlinesmag.bsky.social to write about the death of Bosnian Serb genocidaire Ratko Mladić. He was a war criminal but above all he was a coward. And it is on his cowardice, and the courage of those he sought to exterminate, that we should reflect. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...newlinesmag.comThe House Ratko Mladić Could Not DestroyRatko Mladić, the commander in charge of the Srebrenica genocide and architect of the Sarajevo siege, died serving a life sentence. He died a coward, much as his political progeny today still live as ... 28130
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I speak English as a second language, but shouldn't it be "well- paying jobs"? 130
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Back home now with only a minimal delay due to a window malfunctioning. 000
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 30/08/2026What could go wrong on the bus trip to Farnham Park? Bus arrived on time but now won't leave for lack of AdBlue! Carousel buses, please maintain your fleet better! 100
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Spent the last hour comfortably seated in a Chiltern train to High Wycombe, where I'll change for my final hop to Beaconsfield. 100
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I refused to board the first train: no space at all for my kit bag and myself. 100
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 30/08/2026On my way to the BBF Summer Cup on Farnham Park. First train from Coventry: cancelled by @crosscountryuk.bsky.social. An Uber got me to Leamington even earlier. 100
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 26/08/2026They ran upriver! The flood came out of a side valley and just spilled in both directions. 000
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The people are running upriver. The flash flood came out of a side valley and went both directions along the Trishuli River. 070
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Same location, different direction. Both videos appear to be taken from about this location. The people are fleeing upstream the Trishuli River, the flash flood seems to have come from a side valley. maps.app.goo.gl/ncAsD9kwPLsM...maps.app.goo.gl 100
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I appreciate your answers, Simon, and I also hope C UK do find a way to follow their stated principles, so my LCC membership may be only temporary. I wish we were not in a time where these discussions were forced upon us by people and organisations engaging in lawfare. 030
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Not quite our future. Some increases will be more than 4%. Martin Lewis said there's a ~10% increase on the line for January, given current wholesale price developments... 000
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 26/08/2026(Organised rides etc. is not my thing anyway - it's just the insurance and the advocacy that I'm looking for) 110
Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I'd prefer to be member of a cycling organisation that also advocates cycling where I live, so my hope is that Cycling UK revises its position at some point. But I won't re-join them while they are not following up their trans-inclusive words with actions, so there we are... 251