Watching our Prime Minister on the 10 o’clock news just now was bizarre - has he been locked in a cupboard all day? Does he not follow the news before he goes on it?
He said: “I’m not detecting a massive groundswell of movement towards the Labour Party” - Erm, babes, ... /1
you just lost over 1,000 seats. There’s certainly a groundswell of movement away from your lot. He also said:
“What people want us to do is focus on their priorities”
Okay this could be promising … Climate change?
“Halving inflation, growing the economy”
He’s .. /2
going to mention climate change now with all the new Green candidates
“Reducing debt, cutting waiting lists”
Climate …. ?
“and stopping the boats. Those are this countries priorities, those are this government’s priorities”.
THE BOATS?!!!!! 😨😨😨 and … /3
I’m not sure what’s in the paper bags, but it’s certainly not a clue about priorities.
Meanwhile over on Crackerjack- what did Ed Davey find in his flaps? … /4
I wonder if there’s anyone who has one of their main 5 priorities as “stopping the boats”. Do you think Rishi has ever spoken to a normal ordinary person in his life?
If you have no idea what people care about, or what even their basic priorities are when it comes to voting, you’re really F*CKED aren’t you.
Welcome to the Tories in 2023.
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If you’re wondering why people who live in LTN’s are often too scared to publicly say they like them, here it is.
I’m being told not to interfere in the local community. If I lived here and people knew where? I’d probably feel scared and pipe right down. @bathLTNluvvers
Oh and from the same person. Look, at a public meeting, “a majority of people who attended the meeting said that they wanted the planters removed”.
This is a classic example. Did the majority of people at that meeting want the planters removed? What about in the community? /1
Or do quite a lot of people actually quite like the scheme, they just are too scared to say?
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You might remember the thread I wrote on the train about S, who found out they weren’t the only one who liked their LTN.
They’re now happy for me to reveal that they live in Bath, and the elections have given them some fascinating insight.
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When we first spoke, S was in such a panic they could hardly breathe- they’d been shouted at by 8 people at a public meeting and were, they thought, “the only person who liked the scheme” and public enemy number 1.
They’ve now spoken to around 100 locals, and have … /2
been hearing that many people do like the scheme. The local elections have only reinforced this picture.
S tells me that the Conservatives ran a campaign that was “hard against anything active travel across all of Bath, and particularly hard against specific measures in … /3
We just had such a “this could only happen on the 5th May 2023” experience!
Cycling and scooting through the neighbourhood to drop off tickets for the King’s Coronation party tomorrow, thinking of all the good election news today … 🤩🤩 … 1/3
It was a beautiful evening here- we popped in on a neighbour and saw her lovely flowers, and then saw a pink house with pink blossom …
Weird how the stuff we chat about here has somehow become news …
When I was chatting to @PeterGuest from @WIRED on the phone, I said, “Sometimes I think things are so serious with the planet, maybe we DO need an Eco-Totalitarian regime you know? We need bossing about”. There was a pause and I said “yeah maybe don’t print that”, and he … /1