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Steve Bradley

@stevebradley.bsky.social
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Derryman. Urbanist, Writer, Commentator, Consultant, Environmentalist, Social Entrepreneur. Transport nerd. History & Heritage geek. Derry City/Bath City FC supporter.

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'Into the West' - Rail Campaign @intothewestrail.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
** METRO NORTH-WEST EXPLAINED ** We've launched an exciting new concept for a better-connected North-West region of the island of Ireland. To find out more about 'Metro NorthWest' watch the short video below, & visit our website= www.IntoTheWest.org youtu.be/UCuxsgfWZrA?...
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Metro NorthWest - Explainer
YouTube video by Into The West
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Europeans won't buy these wankpanzers though. They're too big for our roads & too expensive to fuel. Try getting one of those things through the streets of Italian cities like Palermo, for example 😄
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
The world is turning on #Israel. Not because it is Jewish. But because it is genocidal.
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'Into the West' - Rail Campaign @intothewestrail.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Great to see the Derry Post cover our story from yesterday about the 75th anniversary of #Limavady losing its railway, & our event at Stendhal Festival tomorrow (Sun 6th, 3pm, 'Stage the Change' tent) www.derrynow.com/news/county-...
derrynow.com
Calls for reopening of Limavady railway on 75th anniversary of its closure
Into the West rail campaign will be at Stendal festival this Sunday afternoon
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'Into the West' - Rail Campaign @intothewestrail.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Today marks 75th anniversary of #Limavady losing its railway. A century of connectivity erased in an instance. Limavady would be the easiest, quickest & cheapest rail reopening on the island - & we're campaigning to see it happen👍 Hear us speak at #Stendhal this Sunday ('Stage the Change' @ 3:45pm)
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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I paint Gaelic murals around Glasgow - with the pronunciations
A mural artist from the Highlands is painting Glasgow' street locations with Gaelic words in an effort to promote interest in the language.
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The long-term reduction in Irish alcohol consumption continues at pace - with a decline of 5% last year alone 👇🏼 www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
independent.co.uk
Alcohol consumption in Ireland falls by almost 5% in a year
Beer was Ireland’s most popular alcohol last year
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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‘The language is part of my life’: Gwenno shares songs in Cornish to inspire new generation
With only 500 or so fluent speakers, the singer is hoping Cornish will be taught in schools to preserve local culture
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
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nation.cymru
Not our King: why Charles doesn’t speak for us
Owen Williams When Charles III toured Wales in 2022, it wasn’t just the waving flags or the military salutes that struck me – it was the quiet compliance of it all. The sense that this is just how thi...
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
RAIL PERFORMANCE IN NI 2023-24 An analysis of demand for rail in NI 2023-24. Key points: - 26.5m journeys (+26% vs PY) - Demand still recovering aftr Covid (-1.3% vs pre-pandemic). - Big variance in regional performance vs pre-Covid. Derry booming, Belfast struggling. - WFH changing travel pattrns?
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
One to watch tonight (Mon 2nd) on @rteone.rte.ie . 'Housewife of the Year' is a brilliant, shocking, humorous & heart-warming look back at what feels like a completely foreign country - but was actually Ireland a mere 30yrs ago. Very much worth a watch. 9:30pm tonight 👍 #HousewifeOfTheYear
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
www.thejournal.ie/irish-econom...
thejournal.ie
Growth, jobs, wages: there are plenty of positives on the sunny side of Ireland's economy
Wages are up, inflation is down, we’ve all got jobs. Paul O’Donoghue takes a look at the upsides of Ireland’s economy.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 01/06/2025
As Ukrainian drones roam the Russian sky, I wish you a good night. See you tomorrow!
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Ken Bardsley @kenbar.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Anyone know what size of crowd the UB40 gig at Ebrington has drawn? Can hear 'Cherry Oh Baby' frm my city centre house, & the crowd roar after each tune sounds loud 🙂 Not my type of band, but hope it drew a good crowd🤞🏻 #Derry needs to prove itself as a draw for bigger artists🎵
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🇨🇦DUNK🇨🇦 (Proud Part owner of Canada) @noofieninja.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
A huge 90mins of football for Strabane Athletic FC tomorrow, as they face Crewe United in the @officialnifl.bsky.social PIL promotion play-off. #Strabane take a 3-1 lead into the game, with the winner promoted to the 3rd (NI-wide) tier of Irish League football. 3pm, Saturday 31st at Melvin Arena 👍⚽️
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Company Director, lives in a cul-de-sac. It's basically telling their snobby, judgey readers that he's just l8ke them, & not the sort of feckless oik they would have expected 😲
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
You can just see in the cat's eyes that it's thinking "That pigeon twat is so getting it once these kittens stop milking me dry.."
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
But regardless - it's all England. A coherent historical & political unit. Time for the other coherent historical & political units within the UK to have the future choice of whether or not the English (some or all is irrelevant - it's still a different place & people) get to control their futures 👍
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Funny to see Man United lose to a made-up team of Asian-based nobodies on their latest 'brand-building' tour. But you have to wonder what right a load of Malaysians - with no genuine connection to the club, & who think Old Trafford is a TV/film set - hav to boo a club they've just leached onto?🤷‍♂️
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The English get what they vote for. The problem with the UK is that the Scottish, Welsh & Irish also get what the English vote for 🤷‍♂️ Which is why the UK is a broken concept. A so-called partnership that is really just an English-controlled constitutional cage.
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Who said it would be easy? You may not be standing in the way of self-determination for Scotland - but sadly the government in London is. That's why the UK is not, & never has been, an alleged partnership of equals. It's a constitutional prison - controlled by/for English voters via the London Gov
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
It's still a completely free & open border. Something you were disputing the existence of.
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💙🐶🚴🏻🏊‍♂️♊️ Victoria🌈💥☀️ @victoriaswimcycle.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The completely open seamless border between a country that left the EU & one that remained. Yes - that one 👍
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Have you crossed the British border in Ireland since Brexit? 🤷‍♂️
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Northern Ireland will be leaving the UK. It's just a question of when, not if - with the timescale accelerated by Brexit. The English have no interest in the EU, & have the numbers to over-rule anywhere else's point of view. Your beloved UK is an English-dominatd constitutional cage who's time is up
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Northern Ireland will 100% be leaving the UK. It's just a question of when, not if. And Brexit has greatly accelerated that timescale.
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
There are plenty of places around Europe & elsewhere where borders are notional rather than hard.
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The UK is not a partnership. It's a deeply unequal constitutional prison. As shown by Brexit, when the votes of the English took Scotland out of the EU against its will. As shown by the fact London alone decides whether it wants to give Scotland the right to vote on its own constitutional future.
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
This makes no sense. Firstly, Scotland is not "tiny". Secondly - so what if it's not a big world playr? Big feckin deal - why be so needy? England won't be much when UK ends either btw. Scotland needs to do what's right for itself- not for those with fragile international egos. UK holds Scotland bak
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Is there world record for city with highest proportion of drivrs with disabilities? Because judging by Ebrington Square, #Derry would win the title hands-down 😳 We need fewr pointless signs tht only get ignord. Time for fines/clamping/towing instead @deptinfra.bsky.social @executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Me think you doth protest too much. And, sadly, only online 😜
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Spurs are always underdogs 😄
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
That's another underdog victory to chalk up in a major cup final in Europe this season: - Drogheda FAI Cup. - Newcastle Carabao Cup. - Dungannon Irish Cup. - Palace FA Cup. - Bologna Coppa d'Italia - Paks Hungarian Cup. - Spurs Europa League - Aberdeen Scottish Cup. Who's next?😲⚽️
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His Excellency Lord Doug B🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @dbann.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Twitter seems to be suffering more technical problems today. Posts which are there one minute are then gone the next. Posting dates changing to January 1970. Presumably Musk's quick-fire sackings of technical staff is coming back to haunt him?
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Obfuscate & dance on the head of that pin all you like, Mark. The fact is - when given the choice between politely asking someone to stop acting anti-socially or just complaining online about it, your instinct & choice was to do the latter. Exhibiting cowardice & attention-seeking in equal measure 😳
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I'm calling you out for being spineless. Which you clearly are for moaning on social media about the behaviour of people nxt to - when you could literally just go & ask thm to be more considerate. But nah- you're more interestd in attention seeking on social media than actually resolving the issue 🙄
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I certainly wasn't expecting anyone to highlight Northern Ireland as a paragon of transport investment/provision 😄 Not sure where he got his ridership figures from though. The Derry-Belfast line carries 2.7m passengers a year, not 4.5m.
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Or just grow a pair of balls & politely but firmly point out to them that it's very annoying for other people, & ask them to take it off speaker? Like whingeing on social media is going to achieve anything 🤷‍♂️
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Just Lynn 💙🦋✌️🇺🇦 @shoredweller7.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
How long until #Trump claims that it's because of him that the US has its first Pope? 🤷‍♂️
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Senior Tory MPs and peers break ranks to call for recognition of Palestine
Exclusive: Conservatives ask Keir Starmer to stand ‘against indefinite occupation’ and ‘reinforce international law’
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
www.dw.com/en/how-speak...
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How speaking multiple languages changes your brain – DW – 05/05/2025
Learning new languages physically changes your brain and increases your cognitive abilities. But what really happens in the brain, and does speaking many languages really make you smarter?
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Today's footy fix is the #IrishCupFinal between @cliftonvillefc.bsky.social and Dungannon Swifts FC at a sunny but cold & breezy Windsor Park. Fingers crossed for a load of goals & a wee bit of high drama! 🤞🏻⚽️
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Great to see @BGHDerry being recognised as a stand-out hotel in NI & the UK. Comhghairdeas to the whole team there 👏🏻 www.belfastlive.co.uk/whats-on/der...
belfastlive.co.uk
NI hotel named one of best in UK by Tripadvisor for 2025
It was the only hotel in Northern Ireland to make the Top 25 Best of the Best Hotels list
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Who knew that Ikea had joined the pan-nationalist front? 🤷‍♂️ They may brace themselves for angry denouncements from Jim Allister in the House of Commons, & pseudo-legal challenges written in crayon from Jamie 'The Law' Bryson 🇸🇪
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Steve Bradley @stevebradley.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
standard.co.uk
Twice as many bikes as cars in 'Square Mile' after 57% increase in City cyclists
Change part-fuelled by massive rise in use of Lime and Forest e-bikes
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