Ali Harman

Britain’s growing car crisis: what can we do? Britain’s growing dependence on cars is worsening congestion, pollution, and pressure on public space. So what is to be done? westenglandbylines.co.uk/opinion/brit...

“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com

I am sorry, which company is this? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

"accidentally" *sniff* what's that smell?

🧵 about the Far right. The NHS was built on migrant labour, we actively sought people to come and help build it. Multiculturalism is our superpower. Dispelling the myths: the true story of the Windrush Generation | TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities share.google/DBwuD77t3nwD...

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Graham gets it #wealthtax #fairtaxation

"Someone from Reform & their shrill harridan who live as tax free exiles in Dubai have been entertained by the wife of a former minister of state of a country hostile to the UK and he failed to declare it to Parliament he's elected to sit in? You couldn’t make this up" via We loathe Reform UK Ltd

I see a lot of people complaining about the undoubtedly stressful conditions at present on London's roads. But I see few people complaining about motor vehicles. Yet in the last 24 hours three vulnerable road users have died after being hit by people driving motor vehicles.

This is insane (I know what it's like to suffer from endo....laparoscopy was a minor procedure) And... "Going public has also... been a boon for Tolo’s profile: Since April 2026, when Johnson posted about Tolo’s vaginal microbiome, she has more than tripled her Instagram following"

Farage being deliberately misleading by pretending the Govt have only announced that the donations cap will be retrospective as a response to Refuk's recent £76m. In reality, Govt made clear in March that the cap would apply from then. Perhaps if Farage sat in the House more he would have known...

One for every Labour MP to read. #ldconf

"Deaths specifically on 20mph roads stayed flat at 19 in both 2024 and 2025, according to the Welsh Government. Whatever drove the overall rise happened on roads the policy never touched."

War on Cars latest. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-n...

The Selsey Shantymen perform sea shanties across Europe, raising money for local charities. "Regrettably due to the current circumstances, and following discussions with the RNLI, we will be postponing our planned performance at Selsey RNLI this Sunday (20th September). We're very sorry."

While Piddington dominates the news, at Leicester Crown Court this man was sentenced today Ivan Jennings, a former Conservative councillor, called for terror attacks on small boat migrants and Muslims and shared target ideas, telling fellow white supremacists to kill as many “subhumans” as possible

Three more councillors have left Reform at Durham County Council, pushing the number of departures since the party seized control last year to 16. Allegations of bullying, ignored safeguarding concerns and contempt for mental health now surround the administration.

New YouGov polling: Voters overwhelmingly back a UK donations cap

Nigel Farage Funder George Cottrell’s Inner Circle Hosted Indicted Cocaine Trafficker Cottrell's partner is the sister of two men indicted over an alleged operation involving 5,670 kilograms of cocaine and one of the most powerful organised crime groups in the Balkans...

If you see this graphic floating around, do not believe it. Fact checked: Since 2021: Reform has taken £110M not £74M. Since 2024: Reform £113M, Labour £57M & Tories £54M. Reform has out-raised both combined!

Incidents like this have happened with increasing regularity over the past couple of years, with many triggered by local misinformation about the arrival of non-white people at hotels But it has also happened elsewhere, including a church gathering in a park and a Scout trip to an activity centre

With over 870 school streets in London, 66% of kids are now getting to school by active travel. Every day there are 73,915 fewer cars doing the school run than when we started in 2016 - that’s the equivalent of a traffic jam from London to Newcastle.

People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend this crucial debate on water ownership? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

A detail missing from The Times story… the woman who took the photo shared it to a Facebook group called ‘South east patriots’.

So Kent Police knew about the fash mobilising 24 hours prior to the event? nicklowles.substack.com/p/did-kent-p...

Bad week? Reform fail to finish above third in SIX local by-elections – as 10 councillors leave party www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...

Very worrying escalation of events by the Tommo fash tonight in Portsmouth and Poole. Government needs to act swiftly and harshly against these thugs. They’ve been warned for months and ignored it.

Highway Code update.

It seems odd that law enforcement appears to be unaware of this guy's activities

My first cartoon for adults for a while, on the Dover business

Important thread.

"Just a reminder That Reform banned dozens of journalists from attending their conference" via St Helens Resistance ... but not out-and-out racist, fascist, violent criminals like

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‘Masked paramilitary group occupies crucial port’ is the headline the media would go for if it wasn’t happening in Britain.

Toxic politics - toxic men. Police data has “consistently shown that a significant proportion of men arrested during far-right riots are already known to the police for domestic abuse” www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

It’s almost as if immigration is good for the economy…

"If you commute on an e-bike 20km a day, five days a week, your charging cost would be about $20 – annually."

If anyone else is getting this kind of warning from landlords / estate management firms against installing plug-in solar, please get in touch: josiah@bylinetimes.com

Labour showing it isn't impossible to run the asylum system (even if it isn't easy)...

“For generations as a nation we've drained wetlands, straightened rivers and moved water off the land as quickly as possible. Here, we've reversed that approach and the results are remarkable." Aerial images of Holnicote in Somerset reveal the benefits of rewilding: bit.ly/4g9Linx

NEW: Tracker shows Reform losing a councillor every three days. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

This is not misinformation. That's what I normally cover - something out of context, an opinion quoted as fact, or a deliberate misinterpretation... This is none of those. This is full-on disinformation. Because that is NOT from the Express. It is entirely fake😱 🧵 1/10

Hahaha. We need so much more of this Private Eye style ridicule when it comes to Farage. No one should be taking him seriously any more.

About a month until 8,000 volumes on British postwar planning and housing history gets pulped. Unless we can find someone to save it municipaldreams.substack.com/p/a-good-hom...