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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 Image
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 ImageImage
THE BOATS
What do we do with this man @EmilyKerr36 ?
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.

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More from @carlafrancome

May 8
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 Image
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 Image
Or do quite a lot of people actually quite like the scheme, they just are too scared to say?

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May 8
** Some news on my 🚲☕️ **

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 ImageImage
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 ImageImage
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May 7
We just did Maypole dancing at @MyddletonMarket, I’ve never done it before! Kind of like barn dancing, with more pole and less barn.

Here’s Ailsa from the Bowes Park Folk Club leading the way- amazing woman. … 1/3 twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
“Such fun!”

And @pinholelondon were there doing great pics …

The Bowes Park Folk Club have a gig coming up for any locals …

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If you look carefully, you can see that there’s a crown at the top- it’s made from the casings that otherwise get thrown away at @pinholelondon.

There was some lovely earrings for sale too!

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May 7
It was “a bit wet” at the party at the Bowls and Tennis club yesterday, but luckily my dad was on hand to do some entertaining.

78 and he’s still got it! This is cigar boxes (pls don’t put sound on as we were belting out “God Save the King” very loudly for fun) ... 1/3
This was the “heading the wooden ball trick”. Sound up on this one for the full effect!

Kids have always loved this as they love to think an adult just got hurt. Evil creatures kids God love ‘em!

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Dad also cut up the vice-president’s tie, and then “restored it, and even changed it’s colour”. Old school.

I love these guy’s faces because it’s so “Chuckle Brother’s poster at Butlins circa 1986” isn’t it.

A story in pictures … 3/3 ImageImageImageImage
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May 5
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 ImageImage
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 …

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What a big day!! 🌏🌱💙🛼🚲

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Feb 20
I was interviewed by @PeterGuest at @WIRED about my run-in with conspiracy theorists when discussing #15minutecities

You can read his great piece, hot-off the press here:

wired.com/story/15-minut…
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
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