Martin Lowe
@sunlit_upland
Interested in urbanism, effective transport and street food. Increasingly absent from this cesspit.
“Everything is the fault of immigrants! “I have a blue tick. I am very smart”
I've been given grief in the past for stating how opposition to #HS2 primarily comes from southern Tory NIMBYs personally aggrieved by public infrastructure. So it's always nice to see a former Tory party member come out & say it to wipe away any doubt.
The babyboomers are at it again.
The amount of hate I have received for simply pointing out that the pension system is fiscally unsustainable is insane 😂😂
Farage Riots 2: Electric Boogaloo
So Farage’s summer campaign of law and order isn’t going too well. Day 1 everyone realises his ideas are unaffordable and undeliverable Day 2 and he’s accused police of stoking conflict only to have his claims exposed as lies. Thus making #FarageRiots pertinent again.
Cut CPRE off from the water mains.
A bid to derail Thames Water’s planned Abingdon Reservoir has been rejected by the High Court. CPRE Oxfordshire and campaign group Safer Waters had argued that Secretary of State for the Environment, Steve Reed, acted unlawfully in not calling a public inquiry.
“Why can’t we blame the unmarried woman and we have to blame the married man?” squeal the misogynists.
NIMBYs. Don't even want homes built ABOVE buildings, and will throw up any bullshit excuse that could easily be overcome. derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-new…
Bizarre - ITV has a reporter outside number 10 Downing Street announcing a speech by Nigel Farage. He has four MPs.
A broadly fair piece on #HS2, showing how the Tory government’s appeasement of NIMBYs has marred the project from the start. Only marred by including Andrew Gilligan, who understands nothing about transport if it has more than two wheels. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
The right-wing turdosphere has now set its sights on <checks notes> the MoneySavingExpert Martin Lewis.
It is funny that all the think tankers, columnists, and governments economists are puzzling why the benefits bill is exploding and the most trusted man in the country has a TV shows that’s just “you got my parents claiming £20k a year more, thanks Martin!”
Another one to add to Melanie Phillips’ list of the dead she’s caused. Along with all the others that could have taken vaccines and those who she inspired Anders Breivik to murder.
Child dies of measles in Liverpool. Totally preventable. What is wrong with these parents?
Pavements are for people.
Controversial new law could see all cars banned from parking on pavements in England - Liverpool Echo share.google/zOrrkFHKxJuvtl… Apparently it's controversial.
TRANSLATED: - “please please PLEASE let there be another 7/7 in this country! I can grift off it until the sun goes supernova.” #BlueTickWankers
Tub of Nazi lard @NickFerrariLBC giving airtime to this buffoonery. What the actual fuck?
“His suits are not fitting so well...” @courtroomartist shows @NickFerrariLBC what she thinks Keir Starmer will look like in 12 months' time.
Remember when assorted NIMBYs, road industry lobbyists, dimwit environmentalists, selfish Tories and the outright batshit told us that we didn't need to build a new railway line and it would only be for 'fat cats'? #HS2
Today we've rejected three operators' applications to run services on the West Coast Main Line due to insufficient track capacity. Read more about our decision: orr.gov.uk/search-news/ra…
Your boring Dad absolutely fuming at the telly right now because Charli xcx is “ruining music”
A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, & most of the energy that does, moves the car, not people. Sound efficient? HT @circulareconomy
Hot Dog Guy “Honest Bob” Jenrick here, telling us about a problem emanating from his time in Government. Twat.
Londoners are paying an estimated £216 extra a month in rent because of immigration levels since 2001. Across England that figure is approximately £132. Mass migration is making young people poorer.
A reminder that the right-wing rags like the Spectator/Telegraph etc don't do well-paid internships that would be excellent opportunities for the "white working class" that they claim to care about. Because that might mean one of their friends' children might miss out.
The initial statement is total bollocks, @rcolville. Most politicians squirmed out of backing this massive & vital engineering project. Choosing to appease NIMBYs in Middle England rather than do what’s right for Britain. Total failure of governance by your Tory mates. #HS2
Politicians treated HS2 as a symbol of our national virility. No wonder it's been such a flop. Me for @thetimes on how high-speed rail went so wrong (link below)