@GMB Good for Lewis to take the opportunity. Kemi is clever and capable. It was a constructive exchange. Only the presenters made the early part of the exchange tiresome with their irrelevant interruptions.
@ZelenskyyUa you owe no apology to the terrible twins, Trump and Vance. If they had any decency - which clearly they don't, as evidenced by their abusive tirade - they would be begging you for forgiveness
@ZelenskyyUa@POTUS Zelensky and Ukraine are under attack by one tyrant. Today he came under attack by another, a supposed ally. Shame on Trump and Vance for their abusive treatment of Zelensky! I hope King Charles does the decent thing and disinvites the indecent incumbent soiling the White House
@daddum61@RichardWellings Trying again as my first attempt at replying isn't showing. - How they get away with such misapplication, if not misappropriation of public funds, is a mystery. Coercive control is illegal in the domestic sphere but runs rampant in the public.
@daddum61@RichardWellings How they get away with such waste, which amounts to misappropriation, or at least misapplication of public funds, is a mystery. They seem fixated on coercive control which is illegal in the domestic sphere but runs rampant in the public.
@RichardWellings Vexatious information overload has long been a bugbear for road-users. Not just victimised - criminalised, for harmless acts. It's a state-sponsored extortion racket.
@UKUpdates_co_uk Muslim's what? What is an apostrophe doing in a plural? Let students spend time on grammar rather than 7thC religious practice. They are free to pray at home, in private. The headteacher's attempt to bring pupils into a post-Enlightenment era is to be applauded
@RichardWellings Myself I prefer low urban speeds, but it should be about context not numbers. As a nice new year surprise I received a Notice for (unknowingly) doing 35 in a temp 30 (no workmen in sight). The road network is an obstacle course with traps & speed enforcement an extortion racket
@Victorshi2020 Surely readers of the NYT will know how to draw their own conclusions about Trump's fatuous claim which the NYT is simply reporting, allowing him the rope to hang himself
@RichardWellings Nothing about HS2 is edifying. It's a bad dream that should never have left the drawing-board, symbolic of bovine policy making (with apologies to bovinae)
@RichardWellings That seems a gross generalisation to me. The BBC still produces wonderful programming on radio and TV. Can you be specific about your particular beefs?
@prosocialplace @RichardWellings Yes, places aren't just through routes, but rather than coercion & enforcement, far better to use design & education (and a new driving test) to achieve the desired low speeds and compliance without resentment. Also, as a trade-off, to let us choose our own speeds on open roads
@RichardWellings Not sure I share your view about the state's ulterior motive, but one thing is certain: forcing us to drive by numbers instead of teaching us to drive by context is counterproductive. In the domestic sphere, coercive control is illegal. In the public, it's rampant.