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Will Bramhill

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Happy husband and family man; vegetarian for 60 years; utility and leisure cyclist; transport activist; genealogist; gardener; retired sub-editor; NUJ life member. Hates semicolons. Pic: Sodom and Gomorrah, Suffolk. linktr.ee/willbramhill 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

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Will Bramhill @willbramhill.bsky.social · 22h
RIP Mayer Hillman, a true inspiration to me when I became a transport activist 35 years ago. “Life years lost through cycling are far outweighed by life years gained through better health” was one of his memorable findings. www.transportxtra.com/publications...
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Mayer Hillman: Key transport figure who was ahead of his tim
Architect turned social scientist Dr Mayer Hillman, who spent more than half a century researching and seeking to influence the shape of public policy in transp
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 01/10/2026
Only EU membership ticks all the boxes ✅ It delivers the most growth, and it's what voters want 🇪🇺
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Zak Bond @zakbond.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
On the same day diesel hit £2 a litre for the first time, we took 50+ cargo bikes onto the streets of London for the seventh Cargo Bike Cruise. While diesel vans are getting more expensive to run, cargo bikes are becoming a practical and cheaper option for more and more businesses.
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The likes of Farage and Tice haven't been too keen to commit to the triple lock in the past
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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Skipped the Nazis, huh.
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Will Bramhill @willbramhill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hello world. You asked for a sneak peek of the Colchester Cycling Campaign October newsletter. You've got it. eomail5.com/web-version?... @tomflood.bsky.social @dutchcycling.nl @cyclinguk.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social @robonabike.eurosky.social @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
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Your LOCAL cycling news for October
Join us on the Glow Ride; station corridor details revealed; Eight Ash Green's classic housing dilemma; it's not always the cyclist to blame
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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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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The U.S. has withdrawn its last troops from Iraq, 23 years after a Republican president launched a war of choice based on lies that cost trillions of dollars, killed hundreds of thousands of people, and unleashed regional chaos. History doesn't repeat, but it often rhymes.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is testament to No.10's frankly astonishing degree of political competence. A policy which was branded electoral suicide 48 hours ago now showing signs of robust popularity.
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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dear @andyburnham.bsky.social Can we do a hard rejoin to the EU so.. Fully into single market and customs union. Schengen. Euro. Full metrication including Kilometres. Berlin time. (CST) Have I missed anything?
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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
EDF's CEO, Simoni Rossi, hates renewables because they have permanently priced EDF's Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C nuclear power stations out of the electricity market. HPC, in particular, will never make money. Same thing happening in EDF"s home market in France 👇
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Will Bramhill @willbramhill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That was an amazing speech and a great interview on BBC R4 this morning. #I’mWithAndy
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Will Bramhill @willbramhill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meme in style of Bayeux Tapestry but misspelling "Bayeux Tapestry" so that it reads phonetically. Two knights appear to right of legend: "We put the sexy into dyslexia"
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🎸Paul🎹 @paul.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Funny how the U.S. is only worried about China overtaking them in AI when they long ago ceded superiority to China in EVs, solar cells, wind, battery tech, high speed rail, manufacturing, nuclear power, semiconductors, I could go on. The “valid concern” should be why we disallow industry progress.
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Sunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm right here you know ukandeu.ac.uk/immigration-... ukandeu.ac.uk/immigration-...
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Immigration is falling - be careful what you wish for - UK in a changing Europe
Today’s immigration figures are the first with any meaningful data after the Brexit vote. And they show – as I predicted back...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Houses can be built on floodplains despite failing safety test, says UK high court. Profitable for developers, misery for buyers/residents. Problems with insurance, reselling, quality of life. Too many defective homes built. Get a private survey before buying a new home. Must change laws.
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Houses can be built on floodplains despite failing safety test, says high court
Decision to allow 190 controversial new homes in north Somerset sparks campaign for change in the law
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The police have asked everyone to please not speculate about the RAF Fairford incident, so naturally I'm going to waste no time in making up total bollocks to suit my own agenda.
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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good words from Kim, but we need a lot more action from this govt.
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Will Bramhill @willbramhill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’ve asked my MP to attend this screening to help end the crackdown on peaceful protest. Will you write to your MP too? thelinewecrossed.com/parliament/
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Invite your MP: The Line We Crossed in Parliament
An evening of film clips and panel discussion in the Houses of Parliament on 26 October 2026, hosted by Clive Lewis MP. Add your name and we'll invite your MP.
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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hemonystraat, Amsterdam in 1985 and today
In q985 the road is wide, with two lanes and cars are parked nose to tail along the left-hand kerb in front of tall brick and stone buildings, with more cars parked around the junction on the right. Today the road has been closed to traffic altogether and replaced with a red cycleway, with a wide paved area beyond it. Two men ride side by side along the cycleway past red and white bollards. Mature trees and rows of parked bicycles have replaced the parked cars on the left, and more cyclists cross the junction in the distance.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
10% of all known species on Earth live in the Amazon. The Congo Basin holds the second-largest rainforest on the planet. Neither asked to be destroyed for short-term gain. We inherited them. We do not own them. Protect what remains—before they exist only in memory. 🛡️ #Amazon #CongoBasin
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Will Bramhill @willbramhill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Dogs apparently pay more attention to consonants than vowels when we speak. Here, Aeiou, sit! www.newscientist.com/article/2590...
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Dogs pay more attention to consonants than vowels when we speak | New Scientist
Hooking up dogs to non-invasive EEG monitors has helped identify exactly which component of human speech the animals are most attuned to
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Will Bramhill @willbramhill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Please, please, please let his plane stop over at Heathrow on the way home. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Netanyahu calls Israel’s war in Gaza ‘opposite of genocide’ in UN speech
Israeli PM attacks critics and calls New York mayor Zohran Mamdani ‘antisemitic’ in inflammatory address
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
juststopoil.org/2026/09/22/s... Super news here
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Another seven Just Stop Oil supporters acquitted after slow marching on Cromwell Road – Just Stop Oil
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Will Bramhill @willbramhill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Look! Nigel Farage's Clacton constituency takes in this little-known place of marshland.
Part of the OS map of northeast Essex highlighting Dock Lane, Great Oakley; Pewit Island and Bull's Ooze.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 22/09/2026
The next generation of American scientists is fading away ft.trib.al/9WHiyCV | opinion
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The next generation of American scientists is fading away
While the Trump administration racks up ‘wins’ in its anti-woke crusade, the US is eroding its talent pipeline
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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Colley Hill, Surrey: coffee break from birding the steep scrub. Love the plaque on the bench I’m sitting on
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Will Bramhill @willbramhill.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Spot Rosie our runaway tortoise, who is now safely back in his pen. He'd been missing for three days.
Ivy, brambles and dead leaves on the ground. Tortoise (US: turtle) camouflaged against the background.
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🔥🔥The place launching russian drones at Ukraine just got hit itself. Ukrainian forces struck the Tsymbulovo “droneport” in russia’s Oryol region. Several hangars were hit, drones burned at the launch site, and multiple detonations were reported.
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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Mandatory speed limiters would save lives. Why is the UK not legislating for them? How many more lives have to be sacrificed? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Declan Berry drove 'at about 90mph' before fatal Wisbech crash
An inquest into the teenager's death hears about the moments leading up to the incident.
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Will Bramhill @willbramhill.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Cycling chums, does anyone know of a photo of Harry Grant (who set a world one-hour motor paced record in 1932 – 56 miles 929 yards) that could be used to accompany his Wikipedia article? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_G...
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Harry Grant (cyclist) - Wikipedia
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 21/09/2026
What better way to show off our city to 50 visiting mayors than from the roof of a double decker bus?
Mayor Mamdani and 50 mayors of cities around the world ride a double decker bus in NYC. Mayor Mamdani and 50 mayors of cities around the world ride a double decker bus in NYC.Mayors from around the world ride a double decker bus in NYC. Mayor Mamdani and 50 mayors of cities around the world ride a double decker bus in NYC. 

A smiling bicyclist pops a wheelie alongside the bus.
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Will Bramhill @willbramhill.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Byline Times is doing a great job shining a light on how the dark forces of the American right wing are trying to distort British politics. bylinetimes.com
Info card showing the buildings of various UK institutions that are under pressure from US right wing thinking.
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Will Bramhill @willbramhill.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Discover why migrants are brilliant. campaigns.migranthelpuk.org/hope-belonging
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The moment a child stopped being scared of school — and started looking forward to Mondays
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Blackford Safe Routes @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk · 17/09/2026
Helping the NHS be more efficient Kirsty Milton-Moir, an NHS health visitor in Glasgow, said: “I’ve found that cycling is much quicker than driving, so that’s cut a massive proportion of time from my visits archive.ph/at4Zs
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Will Bramhill @willbramhill.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
So much for free speech in Israel. You say anything against their troops and you could be stripped of citizenship. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Netanyahu steps up threats against directors of Gaza documentary 'NAZA'
Directed by Israeli journalists Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the documentary "NAZA" alleges that ‌mass civilian deaths were built into Israeli targeting decisions in Gaza, something Netanyahu and th...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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Will Bramhill @willbramhill.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Are you man or mouse? Er … Part-human part-mouse brain developed in science breakthrough www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Part-human part-mouse brain developed in science breakthrough
Researchers at Stanford University genetically altered mice to be able to receive and function with human brain cells.
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Will Bramhill @willbramhill.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I wonder how long it will be before Trump gets in on the act. www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
Donald Trump with pink cartoon speech bubble and text: "Ich bin ein Evertonian"
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Withdraw bin collections. They'll fold within a fortnight.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave. “Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way.” If you want people to choose not to drive, make the non-driving trip better & easier for them. It’s as simple as that, really.
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‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave
Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way
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Will Bramhill @willbramhill.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Is it possible to live a car-free life in a new development? It's a choice, obviously, but do English planning controls allow it to happen? actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
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Planning system fit to build a new town?
The planning system is constantly being updated, but do recent reforms to the NPPF and local plans make it easy to live car free if you choose? The new towns are a flagship policy of a government that...
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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Oh blimey, here we go again. Time to vote in the National Trust AGM to keep so-called 'Restore Trust' off the council. Use the quick vote to ensure we don't split the anti-Restore vote. Or.... 1/2 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
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Annual General Meeting
Your Annual General Meeting will take place online and in person on Saturday 7th November 2026 at the STEAM Museum, Swindon.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NEW Why holding a placard is a terrorist act, while causing disruption in a balaclava is not The mess caused by ministers and the police not taking terrorism law seriously By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Recent events in England now reveal the practical difference between terrorists and protesters. It would seem that terrorists peacefully hold placards and get immediately arrested, while protesters wear black uniforms and balaclavas and disrupt infrastructure and do not get arrested.

How did we get into this mess? How have we placed ourselves in the position where terrorism legislation is used to detain and prosecute peaceful protesters, while those adopting the terror tactics of private armies seem to be free to do as they wish?

The reason is that for some time British politicians have not taken terrorism legislation seriously, and that ministers have got into the habit of misusing terror laws for easy targets.
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It's always the way, isn't it giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Graph shows far right support higher where the number of foreign nationals is lowest
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Will Bramhill @willbramhill.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#Israel #UK #France #Canada “Donald Trump is likely to react angrily to this move.” Yes, a man whose entire country was built on ethnic cleansing and settler homebuilding is unlikely to criticise Israel for doing precisely the same.
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
media: are these blackshirts fascists. andy burnham: good question. my favourite biscuit with tea is a custard cream although in culcheth we used to call them cuppy-busters.
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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Curiously, the French translation of the Reform ‘agreement’ doesn’t say that France will take back small boat migrants intercepted in British waters.
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