GP with Stewart Lee, and a superb Sly Dunbar tribute for the final 30
“If everyone just sits around having meetings all the time you end up like Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultana in Your Party having a series of endless meetings with very little forward motion.”
" I am determined and I am dogged. I don’t think my ability has got me as far as it should have. That’s my belief. I know my stuff is different. I know it’s not for everyone. But I would rather be different but I accept that being different in anything means a more circuitous route."
Wise words, via the Coffee Ponce of SW8.
Ha, bloody ha, etc.
Feb 4 is the midpoint of winter. Almost half-way home"
via Dave Winer
“Will they have a ceremony for the last domain to be turned off, kind of like the last Blockbuster was. Does anyone remember Blockbuster?”
via @davewiner
“We were joined by colleagues from government: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, Health Secretary Wes Streeting, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden, Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall, Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary Steve Reed, Chief Whip Jonathan Reynolds, and the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney.”
Riding high: the triumph and tragedy of Tom Simpson
Colchester ranked in the top 20 most romantic UK cities
Colchester Condom, innit.
Police confirm U-turn on controversial policy not to investigate stolen bikes left outside train stations for more than two hours
All your favourite bands hate fascism
Uncle Bill doing what he does best: write, record, release.
via @memespring
26 things all cyclists should learn: Get to know the basics to make your riding simpler, cheaper and more enjoyable
“Enter the Governments Non-Dreamer in Residence, Steve Reed…”
The Co-op Council’s Poster Boy is no friend of #localgov. Especially in Lambeth.
Peter Shilton’s ‘hand of god’ shirt to be sold this year
Harry Hodge should buy it.
Councils lack resources to successfully deliver LTNs amid “culture wars”, study finds
The more I cycle, the militant I become. Chapeau!
“These are special days; occasions we have longed for, but I have this horrible feeling we are going to let them slip away without much of a fight if we aren’t careful. I think it’s why many ended up so dismayed and even angry, because these days on the continent aren’t something we are entitled to expect again anytime soon. Once this adventure is over, we don’t know when we will return.”
Not a duff selection in the thirty minutes of song choices from Mr Mule. He’s getting rather good at this - but don’t tell him that I said that. And then by pure coincidence, after Mr Mule dropped a track from the Syd Barrett debut, the 1,001 Albums list served up the very same album for me this morning. Mr Mule works in mysterious ways.
“Over the past few months the Greens have seen a huge surge in membership. In Lambeth alone it has tripled to nearly 2,500. The challenge now is to harness that injection of energy and turn it into electoral gold.”
Having dissed Dave yesterday for his distaste for all things Greens, fair play for publishing a piece about doing the Green doorstepping thing in Lambeth.
““It’s big enough that we’re serious, but there’s still a local feel.”
Plus:
“It’s been a MAD season, even by Forest standards.”
Yep.
Tower Hamlets mayor acted unlawfully in attempted removal of LTN schemes
“At Lewes town council, the conversations we are having focus on how these changes could be an opportunity for the town. Sussex is one of the six counties on the government’s priority programme for establishing a combined authority. As the possibility of a more unified county structure edges closer, we are having to think imaginatively about the future. That means exploring how residents can lead discussions on creating truly community‑led and place‑based solutions to the most local issues.”
The Graun on local elections and possibilities
“Let’s talk briefly about the Greens”
Dave shows his true colours. As if we didn’t already know.
And yep, they’re FUGLY. The cycling industry sometimes does itself no favours.
“There isn’t a reason for most things to exist… but there is for Sleaford Mods”
