Luke Goldsmith

London cabbie 🚕💨. World wide England Cricket supporter 🌍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏏 Kent ccc. I love my wife Jackie, Ned,WHU⚒and Sundays doing nothing.

[Luke Goldsmith @wheretoguv]

@Dinky63387209 Ridiculous request. You would have struggled to do it in 35 minutes on a ‘normal’ day!

[Dr. M.F. Khan @Dr_TheHistories]

London's black cab drivers are required to pass one of the most demanding qualification tests in the world, known as The Knowledge, which has changed little since its introduction in 1865.
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The test requires candidates to memorise 320 standard routes through central London, covering some 25,000 streets within a six-mile radius of Charing Cross, along with thousands of points of interest within half a mile of each route.
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During training, would-be drivers, known as Knowledge boys and girls, typically follow the routes on a motor scooter with a clipboard fixed to the handlebars, displaying the streets to be learned that day.
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At the examination, candidates must identify two points of interest chosen by their examiner, then recite the shortest route between them from memory, naming every road, junction, turn, and landmark along the way.
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The full qualification typically takes three to four years to complete, with candidates required to pass at least twelve one-on-one oral examinations throughout the process.
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Research has found that training for The Knowledge can measurably alter the hippocampus, the part of the brain responsible for spatial memory, which is generally larger in London taxi drivers than in the wider population.
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There are two licence badges upon qualification: a yellow one covering the suburban areas, and the considerably more difficult green badge, which covers all of London.

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#drthehistories

[Scott de Garis @GarisScott]

@TfLTPH @CamdenCouncil
Amazing how clear it is when you have a little bit of law enforcement
No triple parking , no blocking the traffic
I wonder what it is that makes them scatter like rats

[Luke Goldsmith @wheretoguv]

@Keir_Starmer You are joking. Right?

[SEAN PAUL DAY @seanpaulday]

This is shocking on multiple levels.

A Freedom of Information request revealed that 158 individuals granted private hire licences had prior convictions for violent offences. In addition, 61 had drug-related convictions, 36 had drink-driving offences, and 4 had sexual offence convictions.

Overall, the FOI showed that 438 licences were issued to individuals with criminal records in the last year alone.

Further concern arises from reporting by @carolinegall1, which conflates taxi drivers with private hire drivers. These licences were granted to minicab drivers, not licensed taxi drivers - an important distinction that risks diverting attention from what is increasingly being highlighted as a very serious issue.

@TfL @TfLTPH @transportgovuk @LBC @BBCNews

https://t.co/HyqfQjQPui

[LondonTaxiPR @londontaxi_pr]

@RomfordRecorder I would suggest that you amend this piece of sloppy journalism and remove the images of London Taxis and reference to them. You need to check your facts London Taxi drivers have a proud reputation for safety that you are damaging by this article. Please urgently amend or remove

[Luke Goldsmith @wheretoguv]

On the rattler up to London Stadium. Got butterflies about tonights game. Feels like the big Euro nights of a couple of years ago. Big game feeling. #COYI

[Luke Goldsmith @wheretoguv]

@jamiewhu01 Try Geoffrey’s on Marine drive.

[Luke Goldsmith @wheretoguv]

@AshesVictory Especially toasted,melted butter and tea.

[Luke Goldsmith @wheretoguv]

@rajkotkeith I think it’s a Gujarati fire temple Keith.

[Luke Goldsmith @wheretoguv]

@DarloPhil @AshesVictory 😂🤣😂

[Luke Goldsmith @wheretoguv]

@alexgkendall I think you should give your OBE back. You’ve developed an absolute pile of shit. What were you thinking when you went through Trafalgar Square for the second time? I notice the film cut after that and reappeared half way down the Mall ( it obviously got lost).

[Luke Goldsmith @wheretoguv]

Spanish football has sold its soul. Adiós. #FCBRMA

[Luke Goldsmith @wheretoguv]

@talkSPORT Who wrote this crap!

[Luke Goldsmith @wheretoguv]

@AshesVictory Arriving am that morning so will try and get along there. Cheers for that Kev.

[Luke Goldsmith @wheretoguv]

@TheBarmyArmy Rigged.

[#Marcher @MarcherReborn]

When lads like this are taking the piss, you absolutely know that Labour’s lost the working class

[Luke Goldsmith @wheretoguv]

@TheEastEndPoet Well said Chris. ⚒

[Hammers United @HammersUnited2]

We want to encourage everyone on Sunday in the fourth minute of the game #WHULIV to sing this song in support of club legend, Billy Bonds. Sing it loud and clear, keep it going and running all around the stadium. Like, Share screenshot this and send it to your mates. #COYI #WHUFC