William Keith

bicyclist, bicycle shop owner, follower of world happenings and occasional commentator.

[William Keith @SingleSpeedWill]

@BarneySimon Thus is where my Beetles collection starts.

[William Keith @SingleSpeedWill]

@BarneySimon For sheer class, James Bond’ Aston Martin. Otherwise it would have to be Eleanor - IYKYK.

[James Wright @JPBWFarm]

Natural England wants to remove 90% of Dartmoor’s ponies.

Our Exmoor ponies are next. These animals have been here for thousands of years.

A government quango, destroying the countryside and its heritage.

[Mzamo Dudula @MzamoDudula]

South Africans just dropped over R100K for Oom Kaarl Sanders in one day. This proves it: the real line isn’t race, it’s patriotism. Oom Kaarl, our hero abused by thugs for years, is finally getting the respect he deserves. Proudly South African. Let’s keep showing up for our own. 🇿🇦❤️
#ThankYouOomKaarl

[Imtiaz Mahmood @ImtiazMadmood]

WATCH AND LISTEN to the Home Secretary who came to silence you, not to save him.

The woman the Speaker had to drag into Parliament. The face of a state that failed Henry. Standing at the despatch box telling a grieving nation that YOUR grief is the dangerous thing.

Think about that. A boy was handcuffed as he died and the people they have decided to worry about are the ones who noticed.

They are turning the grieving into the guilty. The public into the problem. Your sorrow into a threat to be managed.

This is damage control wearing a Home Secretary's title.

So let me tell you what she didn't want to dwell on. What actually sits behind that footage.

Vickrum Digwa didn't snap. The prosecutor told the court he had a weapon obsession. Trained with weapons. Slept in a room full of them. Police found more than twenty weapons in the family home.

Today Digwa, his father and his brother appeared in court over those weapons. Between them, charges covering a flick knife, an extendable baton, knuckledusters, a machete, swords, an axe, an air rifle and a weighted chain. This wasn't one bad man. It was a household.

The blade he used to kill Henry? He carried it legally. A religious exemption. Even though Sikh organisations themselves say what he used wasn't a real Kirpan.

Then he met Henry. 18. Walking home from a night out. Under the limit. Alone. Unarmed. A boy.

He stabbed him five times. A fatal wound to the chest. Then stood over a dying teenager and filmed him. The judge called it callous disregard.

While he filmed, he built the cover story. The one he knew would work.

He told police it was Henry who attacked HIM. A racist attack. He pulled off his own turban to sell it. Claimed a swollen eye. Took Henry's phone, the phone that filmed the truth and proved every word a lie.

He reached for the one accusation this country is trained to believe on sight. Racism. And it worked instantly.

His brother called 999 claiming they'd been racially attacked by a white man. His mother took the murder weapon and walked away.

A whole family. Building a lie around a boy who was still breathing.

And he knew it was a lie. Days later, secretly recorded in a police van, speaking Punjabi to his brother, Digwa admitted it. Said without cameras he couldn't have claimed self-defence. Not panic. Calculation.

The police heard the magic word and handcuffed the victim. Henry told them he'd been stabbed. Told them nine times he couldn't breathe. They told him they didn't believe him.

His last words were please, brother, I can't breathe.

He died as the suspect in his own murder.

The killer serving life. The mother sentenced next month. The father and brother bailed today and the Attorney General now deciding whether 21 years was even enough.

That is what sits behind the clip you just watched her smooth over.

A boy was killed by a lie about racism. And the state's response is to warn YOU about your tone.

She didn't come to Parliament to answer for Henry.

She came to tell you to stop being angry about him.

Don't.

- @Banksycat

[Sir Lebona Cabonena @LCabonena]

It was painful to watch this

He's been a Warrant Officer since 2003; no promotion only just because he was not corrupt!

I was already emotional when he mentioned that he has applied for the early retirement package... The fact that he will retire as a Warrant Officer, after so many years of dedicated service and contribution to the force😥

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

For those mainly Pakistani men who have inflicted the very worst pain imaginable on innocent British children, please know this.

There will come a day when the power of the British state that concealed your atrocious crimes for so very long is turned against you.

It will be swift. It will be brutal. It will be severe.

Because if Restore Britain gets a sniff of power, there will be a reckoning. I promise you that.

We will show you the same mercy you showed our girls.

Your race or religion will not protect you any longer.

A message will be sent that is heard right across the world.

If you rape our children, you will pay for it - and you will pay for it with everything.

That is what Restore Britain will do.

[Mossgiel Organic Farm @MossgielFarm]

Earlier this year, we collaborated with three family dairy farms to find a home for their milk after losing their milk contract.

Now, we work together to bring Mossgiel milk from moo to you.

But sadly, we’re not alone

Claire is another example of the reality facing small farms.

On World Milk Day, I think that’s a conversation worth having.

[Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @SheldrickTrust]

Wonderful, breaking news!

Early this morning, ex-orphan Melia returned to introduce a brand new baby girl to Head Keeper Benjamin and the rest of the Ithumba team.

Moon, as we’ve named her, is Melia’s second baby. She is a lovely little elephant, bold and brimming with character.

More to come, but we wanted to share the news in real time. Supporters like you make these stories possible: enabling us to rescue orphans like Melia, dedicate years to their recovery, and help them reclaim their place in the wild – paving the way for a new generation of wild elephants, like baby Moon.

If you're new to our work, discover how every rescue has the potential to forge future dynasties here: https://t.co/gAYG28HymE

[William Keith @SingleSpeedWill]

@BarneySimon 😂😂😂 I’d shop there.

[William Keith @SingleSpeedWill]

@LordIanAustin @jfoster2019 Agree but alas dream on.

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

I expect every MP to attend our rape gang inquiry debate on Monday in Parliament.

They have all been invited. Those who can’t be bothered to come will be named.

[BritMatters 🇬🇧 @britmatters]

Family Man Beat To Death By Migrant Teenagers In Dublin.

On Sunday 17 May 2026, at around 4:15pm on Mill Road in Blanchardstown, 37-year-old Alex Coughlan was attacked by two 16-year-old boys without warning.

The defenceless Irishman was forced to his knees, pleading for mercy as one teenager repeatedly punched and kicked him in the head. The second boy filmed the assault on his mobile phone. Alex screamed for help and begged them to stop. He had already handed over his wallet and bank cards, but hesitated when they demanded his gold ring, a gift from his father.

That moment of hesitation cost him his life.

The beating continued. Alex was left unconscious on the ground. He died three days later on 20 May in Connolly Hospital from catastrophic head injuries. His family made the selfless decision to donate his organs.

Two 16-year-old boys were arrested and charged with assault causing serious harm and robbery. The main attacker is a second-generation migrant born and raised in Ireland. The other, who filmed the attack, is a migrant with dual nationality. Both were described by locals as having non-native features.

Gardai later recovered the stolen ring from one of the boys homes, and Alex’s father identified it in court.

The teenagers appeared in Dublin Children’s Court on 27 May. A judge imposed strict reporting restrictions, warning against naming them or sharing the video of the attack circulating online due to their age. Bail was refused, and both teenagers remain remanded in custody.

On Saturday 30 May, what would have been Alex’s 38th birthday, hundreds gathered in Ballyfermot to farewell him. He was remembered as the glue of his family, a kind, gentle, and selfless man who brought laughter and joy to everyone around him.

A dedicated Bupa worker and passionate rugby fan, Alex is survived by his mother Brigid, father John, sister Zara, and brothers Philip and Jack. Mourners sang Happy Birthday and Ireland’s Call. Tributes described him as a truly beautiful soul and caring human being. A private cremation followed at Glasnevin Cemetery.

While Alex’s funeral took place, the Irish mainstream media gave far more coverage and focused far more outrage on the death of Congolese national Yves Sakila, 35. Sakila, who had dozens of previous convictions and multiple prison terms for repeated shoplifting, died on 15 May after being restrained by security staff during another shoplifting attempt. His death was quickly framed by activists as Ireland’s George Floyd moment, sparking protests, political speeches, and claims of racism.

Alex’s killing, a local Irish family man robbed and beaten to death in broad daylight while pleading for mercy received far less attention. Coverage focused on the attackers age and anonymity, with zero discussion of backgrounds or nationalities.

There were no mass candlelit vigils when Alex died, no major protests demanding justice, no political statements, and no national campaigns declaring that his life mattered.

No Netflix documentaries will ever examine Alex's final moments.

Certain tragedies fit a preferred political narrative and ignite weeks of outrage. Others, like the brutal murder of a gentle Irish family man, are treated as less newsworthy. This selective response from the Irish media and political class is an insult to Alex and every family who has lost someone in similar circumstances.

Alex Coughlan’s life mattered. He deserved better, and the people of Ireland deserve the truth.

RIP Alex Coughlan.

Both teenagers are next due in court on 24 June.

#Ireland #CrimeNews #Dublin

[Brodie Mitchell @BrodieMitchell1]

Just visited the Nova Festival Exhibition in London today.
This is something you must go and see - regardless of your views. Go and hear the real survivor testimonies. Watch the raw footage of the attacks. Listen to the militants shouting “Allahu Akbar.” See the names and faces of the victims.

Not everyone was Israeli. British-born Jake Marlowe, 26, was killed there too while trying to help others escape.

We’re already forgetting the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust… while every headline stays glued to Gaza. Because that’s what gets the clicks.

Don’t look away. History demands we remember.
#NovaFestival #October7 #Remember #LondonExhibition #JakeMarlowe @novaexhibition

[Artur Nadolny @ArturNadol7566]

SIR ALAN BATES - THANKS GOD FOR THIS MAN. EH.

In 1998 Alan Bates and his partner Suzanne packed up their lives in West Yorkshire and moved to a small town in North Wales.

They put everything they had into a post office. Every penny. Every hope. A future they had planned together.

Two years later the software started lying. Money appeared to be missing. He called the helpline 507 times. He kept going. He kept records. He kept asking.

The Post Office's response was simple. It wasn't the software. It was him.

In 2003 they sent him a letter terminating his contract. No reason given. He lost £65,000. Everything he and Suzanne had invested, gone. Their private notes about him, revealed at the public inquiry decades later, described the situation with devastating corporate elegance. He had become unmanageable.

That is what they called a man asking why the numbers were wrong.

So he did what any reasonable person would do after losing everything to an institution that called them a liar.

He spent the next 25 years fighting back with nothing. No legal fund. No media empire. No government support. Just a burning refusal to let them win.

He wrote letters promising his continued and increased resolve to bring this to people who would have no choice but to act, regardless of how many years it took.

It took 25.

While he was fighting, at least 13 people who had been through the same thing took their own lives. People who couldn't hold on long enough. People who needed someone to believe them and found nobody there.

While he was fighting, the Post Office and its lawyers billed £265 million in legal fees between 2014 and 2024. Making sure the truth stayed buried. Making sure men like Alan Bates ran out of road before they ran out of fight.

He didn't run out of fight.

He rejected three compensation offers he considered insults. He watched an @ITV drama turn his life into a television event. He watched politicians suddenly discover outrage they had been too busy to feel for two decades. He watched the country cry at a story it had been ignoring since 1999.

In June 2024 they gave him a knighthood. Twenty-five years after calling him unmanageable.

In November 2025 he settled his compensation claim. He received 49.2% of what he was owed.

No executive has been charged. Fujitsu (@Fujitsu_Global) still holds government contracts. The Post Office (@PostOffice) is still standing.

This country failed Alan Bates for 25 years. It failed every person who could not hold on long enough to see what he saw. It handed him a title instead of justice and called itself generous.

He deserved better. They all did.

Teach this man in every school in Britain. Not as a feel-good story. As a warning about what happens when ordinary people trust institutions that were never built to protect them.

And as proof that one person, with nothing but the truth and the stubbornness to keep saying it, can make an entire country look at itself in the mirror.

Even if it takes 25 years to get them to look.

Sources: @ComputerWeekly | @BBCNews AND many others

[Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 @TRobinsonNewEra]

Mohammed Fahir Amaaz and Muhammad Amaad have been cleared over the alleged assault of a male police officer at Manchester Airport.

The English were swooped up and jailed en masse for social media posts at the same time this was happening.

You see it yet?

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

13 years ago, Rotherham, England turned 8 miles of mowed roadside grass into a "river of flowers." In 2021, they added even more miles.

The original scheme was commissioned by Rotherham Council in 2013, designed by Professor Nigel Dunnett at the University of Sheffield, and seeded with a 180-species wildflower mix along the central reservations of the town's main ring road. It replaced mowing that had been costing the council around £80,000 a year.

Since then: the wildflower verges have saved roughly £23,000 to £25,000 per two-year mowing cycle, increased pollinator abundance, and inspired similar programs in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Birmingham, Newcastle, and Sheffield.

In 2021, Rotherham added 3.5 more miles across 12 new sites including Herringthorpe, Swinton, Harthill, and Maltby. They just keep expanding it.

The UK has lost 97% of its wildflower meadows in the last 100 years. Most of what was lost was paved, plowed, or mowed. The verges nobody was using anyway turned out to be one of the largest untapped habitats in the country.

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

A bricklayer in East Yorkshire has spent 35 years putting up barn owl nest boxes on weekends. This year, the region saw 308 owlets hatch.

His name is Robert Salter. He's 56 and does bricklaying full time. In 1990, he saw a piece on the news about a man in Lincolnshire installing barn owl boxes, and decided he'd do the same. He started with five.

He now has more than 350 boxes scattered across fields, farms, outbuildings, and trees in East Yorkshire. Every June, he takes four weeks off from bricklaying and visits them with his wife Sue. Scrambling up ladders, ringing chicks, cleaning boxes, repairing the ones the weather got to. He's a licensed bird ringer for the British Trust for Ornithology.

In 2024, the region ringed 95 owlets. In 2025, the count was 308. The Barn Owl Trust says that nationally, this year was "pretty poor" for barn owl breeding, but east Yorkshire is the exception, and it's the exception because of one man with a ladder.

The barn owl population in the UK was estimated at 4,000 pairs in the mid-2000s and crashed to roughly 1,000 by the early 2010s. The species is still recovering.

Most of conservation is one person who refuses to give up.

[William Keith @SingleSpeedWill]

@BarneySimon Until 07Oct’23 it would have been Clapton but then he had to go all political and voice his antisemitist beliefs, so he is right out of the mix for me now. Number 6 was always going to be an extremely close 2nd but SRV for the win!

[William Keith @SingleSpeedWill]

@Rolandschoeman She seriously said this? ? Damn. That is just so wrong in so many ways that I’ve no idea of even where to start!