Richard Taylor

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

@x @elonmusk X can’t be a great “Town Square” or civic discussion space while:

• Some content is hard, or impossible, for non-logged-in users to access

• Users, particularly elected reps & candidates, can limit who can engage with their public posts, & how they can do so.

[X @X]

X is the global town square—from the people for the people

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

Students have recorded announcements for Cambridge's "U" bus service https://t.co/trROornqM0 https://t.co/W99nZ2b9uq

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

@DefraGovUK The Government has announced it will repeal the law requiring the recording of rights of way to prevent them being extinguished. ( In 2023 a new 2031 deadline for such recording was introduced https://t.co/F0No1DIVmJ ) https://t.co/l4LWb1idQU

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

I don’t think we should have this cut-off by which rights of way need to be registered. Landowners benefit & it’s bad for the public at large. If it’s going to happen though cllrs should get officers making registrations rather than relying on volunteers. https://t.co/aAEWCcpXtz

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

@DefraGovUK I think this #FOI response is the first official, public, confirmation that the Government has scrapped plans to extinguish unrecorded rights of way. Response reveals the significant policy was announced at a private meeting, with no press notice issued https://t.co/gAuqDhJl1C

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

No-one should be in jail because a suitable monitoring tag system isn’t available. MPs should act to stop this happening. @DanielZeichner

[Carla Denyer @carla_denyer]

As Gaie's MP I tried everything I could to challenge this decision to send her back to prison - including writing to the prisons minister Lord Timpson and the probation service.

Why on earth is this government releasing violent criminals early due to prison overcrowding, but then replacing them with a 77-year-old peaceful climate protester who is clearly no threat to the public?

And why is she facing this extra punishment of being locked up, for longer than she was meant to be, and over Christmas? Not because she's broken her bail conditions, oh no no, it's because the private company responsible for fitting electronic tags couldn't find one the right size for her, and the authorities weren't willing to consider alternatives like daily check-ins at the police station.

Do we think that, perhaps, this government might be getting its priorities wrong?

[Professor Chris Whitty @CMO_England]

Influenza is now rising rapidly. Antiviral 'flu medicines can now be used in primary care.

If you are eligible please get vaccinated.

For healthcare workers, being vaccinated helps protect you, your patients and colleagues.

https://t.co/eo5MFz6Hvs

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

@CrimestoppersUK An example letter containing this footer can be found at https://t.co/v59Ptp8WWD but it appears the same footer has been in use within the last couple of weeks.

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

@CrimestoppersUK Can you act to stop @NYorksPolice misleadingly and confusingly misusing your logo in the footer of their letters? Hopefully @DSkaith and @jocoles1 can help.

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

The force are not effectively advertising @CrimestoppersUK via their use of the logo in this way. The service, and its independence, isn’t explained or effectively pointed to. Other forces also promote @CrimestoppersUK in confusing ways but this is an egregious example.

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

@elonmusk Good quality reporting and useful contributions to public debate involve linking to sources. Deprioritising posts with links reduces the visibility of more valuable content.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@paulg Just write a description in the main post and put the link in the reply. This just stops lazy linking.

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

@x @elonmusk X can’t be a great “Town Square” or civic discussion space while:

• Some content is hard, or impossible, for non-logged-in users to access

• Users, particularly elected reps & candidates, can limit who can engage with their public posts, & how they can do so.

[X @X]

X is the global town square—from the people for the people

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

@elonmusk has been promising action on the second point for a while

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@teslaownersSV Block is going to be deleted as a “feature”, except for DMs

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

There should generally be a public live stream from @Thirlwall_Inq & those reporting on proceedings should be able to share more than just short clips from open evidence sessions. All observers should have equal access & freedom to report. Openness should have a higher priority.

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

If proper court lists and registers were published we’d all surely find out about cases involving MPs and candidates and other public figures in a timely manner. We don’t have open justice without published court lists telling us what’s happening in our courts.

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

We shouldn’t deny someone a humane death just because they are under 18 or are not registered with a GP. (The proposals, which involve a bureaucracy of forms, currently exclude those under 18 or not registered with a GP). https://t.co/D4lLUdlDkn

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

When the time comes everyone should be able to have a humane death, minimising pain and suffering. I therefore support the principle of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill and would like to see MPs vote for it at 2nd reading. MPs then need to refine it. @DanielZeichner

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

We should ensure humanity where people don’t have the capacity to decide to, or act to, end their own lives. We should take the opportunity to ensure the law doesn’t deter providing pain relief which hastens death. The law should cover withdrawing, or not providing, treatment.

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

“stuck for "eight hours"” « This should never happen. Treating the injured is the priority but traffic should be released promptly after incidents. An unexpected night in the cold poses safety risks. @PCCCambs @DarrylPreston_ @TimSPCC @NationalHways @CharlotteCane8 @NJ_Timothy

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

“stuck for "eight hours"” « This should never happen. Treating the injured is the priority but traffic should be released promptly after incidents. An unexpected night in the cold poses safety risks. @PCCCambs @DarrylPreston_ @TimSPCC @NationalHways @CharlotteCane8 @NJ_Timothy

[BBC Cambridgeshire @BBCCambs]

A14 closed after serious three-car crash https://t.co/1nriYf9gnV

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

@markrwilliamson There was to be a £70k budget for restoration of the Richardson Candles as part of the @balfourbeatty / @CambsCC streetlight “Private Finance Initiative”. Perhaps the restoration work is underway? https://t.co/Yu0AkAeryV

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

Councillors should have set up their delegation/escalation criteria so that a case like this - where a decision was taken not to act in relation to an identified serious risk - was put before the @GreaterCambs board.

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

#FOI release of risk assessment: "Increased risk of road users heading north colliding head-on with southbound vehicles waiting to turn right into Kings Hedges Road due to right turn lane being located on the western side of the central traffic island" https://t.co/xyPucnhKGv

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

@GreaterCambs @vidagoldstein71 @CambridgeLabour @CamSciencePark @camcycle @CambsCC Latest @GreaterCambs plans for the Milton Rd / King’s Hedges Rd / Green End Rd junction. The Milton Rd inbound right-turn lane is still on the wrong side of the island/painted chevrons which I think is surprising and therefore dangerous. https://t.co/NxptoiACxZ

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

The released risk assessment indicates no intention to change the plans despite this identified risk. The designers say: "While this is an unusual arrangement for the signals it will not increase risk of conflict. Opposing turns are often positioned head-to-head at junctions"

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

With lots of people on the Castle mound in Cambridge looking at comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) over the city.

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

@GreaterCambs @CPFT_NHS @ccs_nhst If “Chesterton Medical Centre” is deemed to warrant directional signage on roads (and potentially footpaths and cycleways) it may require more than the one sign which may now emerge as a result of a series of errors. @cambscc

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

A new sign to a hospital which was demolished in 2003 has been installed as part of the @GreaterCambs remodelling of Milton Road in Cambridge.

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

@GreaterCambs Do we need signs to a hospital which was demolished in 2003? Signing the urgent care centre which was on the site of the old hospital would have been important, but that's gone now too.

[Richard Taylor @RTaylorUK]

It appears @GreaterCambs may replace the sign with one to “Chesterton Medical Centre”. Are there enough patient appointments at the site to warrant it? Will benefits outweigh the harm of signing a “Medical Centre” with no walk-in services? @CPFT_NHS & @ccs_nhst should have input.