Having just seen another casual allusion to 'this overcrowded isle', I think people who believe the UK to be over-crowded either don't understand the shape of population distribution or think the whole country looks like the suburbs of #London.
There may be an issue about the carrying capacity of this island, but on a purely spatial level its not overcrowded, the population is just clustered in a few places.
A less clustered population might also help re-balance regional #inequality?
@jon Both the #Eurostar and #SNCF sites are happy to sell me a through ticket from #Limoges to #London with just 1h39 to change between Austerlitz and Nord. Surely they wouldn't knowingly sell a through-ticket with an impossible connection, would they? 🤔
In the years to come, all Londoners are going to be proud that it led the way on low-emissions policies and reducing lethal air pollution. We will look back on the argument about the newly extended Ultra-Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) like we do on past rule changes to outlaw child labour, betting on animal fights & defecation in public places.
Of course highly polluting vehicles have to go. You can argue about the mechanisms for managing it, but not the principle behind it all.
The #BBC are getting a lot of flak over their non-coverage of the #RejoinEU march in #London over the weekend.... while there was widespread coverage abroad, it failed to be mentioned (apparently, I no longer watch/listen to the BBC news) at all by the BBC.
Of all the anger, the best suggestion was that the next march should actually have Broadcasting House as its end point - mind you, I'm sure they's still manage to ignore that too.
But, hey, I'm sure the new Chair of the BBC will sort it out
*unless you live in Uxbridge and South Ruislip - you had a chance to get rid of the #Tories but still voted for them
How bad do things have to get before you dump a party that gave us the human haystack?
So when your New Tory MP fails to deliver for you by not stopping #ULEZ, when the #London Mayor is re-elected. You deserve everything you get. So remember no moaning!
URGENT: An elderly neighbour is facing eviction due to house payment issues with her lender caused by her (pending-divorce) husband.
Are there any UK charities/agencies/others I can put her in contact with to get help? Particularly/urgently in writing a Stay of Eviction request? #london#law
The National Agency for Corruption Prevention of #Ukraine (NACP) adds #Unilever the owner of Lipton, Rexona and Done to the list of international sponsors of war.
A giant billboard showing a photoshoot with wounded Ukrainian soldiers, in the style of Dove beauty adverts, has been installed outside parent company Unilever’s HQ in #London. It comes on the same day that Unilever is officially placed on the Ukrainian Government’s International Sponsors of War list.
That's all she wrote? Just one huge boom and nothing else? Apparently so. This happened at 12:54 local time, as I was preparing my lunch. Sound captured from microphones in my back garden. #thunder#Boom#Weather#WeatherSounds#London
Having listened to friends' endless stories about delayed trains, truncated journeys, overcrowded carriages & a general dismal service on the West Coat Line... I now would never consider using the train for any journey (and as such have given up even thinking of going down to #London).
If I wasn't retired & having to travel for #work, then I would defiantly be favouring my car (again).
If we are ever going to achieve a #greentransition then the chaos on the #railways has to be resolved!
Here's a recording of the extremely low-flying #Chinook that passed over our house yesterday evening at approximately 19:44 GMT+1. It flew so low that it actually clipped my #microphones. #London#Kilburn
On 26 July 2023 I gave a talk at the new Drake Music Lab in #London about #Ableton Note for #iOS. Here's a recording of that presentation.
I captured this with an Android phone which was lying on my laptop for something quick and easy to grab at short notice.
AEW's Official Card For ALL-IN. Which match are you looking forward to the most? (None)
Unless there are changes made tonight, this is the official card for tomorrow's massive event. Which match (or matches) are you most excited for?