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Goring on Thames
Joined March 2010
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Today’s @FinancialTimes front page: Spending across the West End is up 13% after we pedestrianised Oxford St.
Once again data shows active travel boosts business.
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Farage is basically wrong about everything, always. He will end up on exactly the same political scrap heap.
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One week on, Oxford Street is already showing what a traffic-free future can look like.
Some businesses are already reporting huge surges in both footfall and sales.
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Former Chancellor backs UK rejoining EU bit.ly/4BEvn9p this debate is moving fast ten years after that fateful vote
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If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
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'Adding highway lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity.'
—Lewis Mumford
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The problem with the new Tory IHT proposal is immediately obvious to lots of people - it's a shame the Tories didn't spot it.
I really like Kemi Badenoch, but today’s proposal on inheritance tax makes no sense to me.
If your principal private residence is completely free of IHT when passed to your children, it creates a huge incentive to maximise the amount of wealth tied up in your home.
Why invest in AIM shares, private companies or other productive assets and potentially pay IHT, when you can put the money into a bigger house and pass it on tax-free?
Tax policy should encourage investment in productive assets, not create an even bigger incentive to pour wealth into residential property.
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𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆:
🦺 They tell us to wear hi-viz.
💡 They tell us to have lights.
👀 They tell us to be seen.
🫵 They tell us 'road safety is a shared responsibility'.
Meanwhile, in #motordom:
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I mean, yeah, Brexit has knocked eight percentage points off GDP. But once Britain has free trade deals with Narnia, Utopia, Middle Earth, Freedonia, La-La Land and Big Rock Candy Mountain, the full benefits will be obvious to everybody.
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Just met an english couple from Oxford, who've lived in Thailand for 15yrs, renting their house back home, living a great lifestyle on around £1500 a month inc rent.
"We love it out here, we just hang around with all the other ex pats"
"You mean immigrants"
Silence was loud😏
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Absolutely majestic now that the cars that damaged it beyond repair are gone. Long may it remain open to pedestrians and cyclists, and closed to cars.
Despite the rumours, I can confirm that Hammersmith bridge is most definitely open #hammersmithbridge #london #hammersmith
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Was overtaken by a land rover built like a Transformer in a 20mph school zone.
Ban these massive cars, now!!!
Robin Williamson retweeted
Why is the introduction of 20mph speed limits on urban roads framed as a 'war on motorists' instead of 'freedom for pedestrians'? People don't walk or cycle in Leicester because they fear speeding traffic. We need to focus on quality-of-life, not quality-of-drive! dailymail.com/news/article-1…
