Matt Wardman
@mattwardman.bsky.social
Active travel, sometimes walking / cycling, politics & a miscellany.
I have the answer why all these Fighting-in-Pubs-Aged-Men paraded through Dover in black.
Isn't black supposed to make you look slimmer?
Here are some of the same on parade in their Black Shorts - like Spode in Bertie Wooster - in Worcs back in July.
hopenothate.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Isn't black supposed to make you look slimmer?
Here are some of the same on parade in their Black Shorts - like Spode in Bertie Wooster - in Worcs back in July.
hopenothate.org.uk/wp-content/u...
hopenothate.org.uk
September 5, 2026 at 10:41 PM
I have the answer why all these Fighting-in-Pubs-Aged-Men paraded through Dover in black.
Isn't black supposed to make you look slimmer?
Here are some of the same on parade in their Black Shorts - like Spode in Bertie Wooster - in Worcs back in July.
hopenothate.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Isn't black supposed to make you look slimmer?
Here are some of the same on parade in their Black Shorts - like Spode in Bertie Wooster - in Worcs back in July.
hopenothate.org.uk/wp-content/u...
I'm assuming this is AI:
July 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I'm assuming this is AI:
Clacton Byelection Report.
Farage standing.
Lib Dem not standing.
Tory not standing.
Labour not standing.
Restore UK not standing.
If the Greens do the right thing, we will have Nigel Farage vs Count Binface.
And that would be exquisite. The USA media would be all over it as they love Binface.
Farage standing.
Lib Dem not standing.
Tory not standing.
Labour not standing.
Restore UK not standing.
If the Greens do the right thing, we will have Nigel Farage vs Count Binface.
And that would be exquisite. The USA media would be all over it as they love Binface.
July 7, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Clacton Byelection Report.
Farage standing.
Lib Dem not standing.
Tory not standing.
Labour not standing.
Restore UK not standing.
If the Greens do the right thing, we will have Nigel Farage vs Count Binface.
And that would be exquisite. The USA media would be all over it as they love Binface.
Farage standing.
Lib Dem not standing.
Tory not standing.
Labour not standing.
Restore UK not standing.
If the Greens do the right thing, we will have Nigel Farage vs Count Binface.
And that would be exquisite. The USA media would be all over it as they love Binface.
@pronouncedalva.bsky.social @PronouncedAlva Listening to your interest in the place of community organisations in devolution of power / money on the podcast, I'm interested in lessons to be learnt from Andrew Mawson's (Lord Mawson) history in the Bromley-by-Bow project & Community Action Network.
July 3, 2026 at 7:47 AM
@pronouncedalva.bsky.social @PronouncedAlva Listening to your interest in the place of community organisations in devolution of power / money on the podcast, I'm interested in lessons to be learnt from Andrew Mawson's (Lord Mawson) history in the Bromley-by-Bow project & Community Action Network.
A graphic that came across my sight.
Does anyone have any idea who these "British Unity" people are?
It is strange for something called "British Unity" to pantomime themselves taking a swing at other British people.
Does anyone have any idea who these "British Unity" people are?
It is strange for something called "British Unity" to pantomime themselves taking a swing at other British people.
June 7, 2026 at 4:43 PM
A graphic that came across my sight.
Does anyone have any idea who these "British Unity" people are?
It is strange for something called "British Unity" to pantomime themselves taking a swing at other British people.
Does anyone have any idea who these "British Unity" people are?
It is strange for something called "British Unity" to pantomime themselves taking a swing at other British people.
Will you be starting a new article, Mark?
They have reportedly already lost one of their new Councillors expelled from Ref UK.
This is (borrowing the 'Friends' style) The Holocaust Denying One, Jay Leslie Cooper, for Bootle West in Sefton.
bsky.app/profile/refo...
@markpackuk.bsky.social
They have reportedly already lost one of their new Councillors expelled from Ref UK.
This is (borrowing the 'Friends' style) The Holocaust Denying One, Jay Leslie Cooper, for Bootle West in Sefton.
bsky.app/profile/refo...
@markpackuk.bsky.social
He’s now been ejected from the party, but the serious question is, what happened to their vetting again?
Reform UK face questions after ‘Holocaust is a hoax’ candidate elected
Reform UK face questions after ‘Holocaust is a hoax’ candidate elected
Reform UK face questions after 'Holocaust is a hoax' candidate elected - Jewish News
Today’s top stories – trusted, exclusive, straight to your inbox.
www.jewishnews.co.uk
May 9, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Will you be starting a new article, Mark?
They have reportedly already lost one of their new Councillors expelled from Ref UK.
This is (borrowing the 'Friends' style) The Holocaust Denying One, Jay Leslie Cooper, for Bootle West in Sefton.
bsky.app/profile/refo...
@markpackuk.bsky.social
They have reportedly already lost one of their new Councillors expelled from Ref UK.
This is (borrowing the 'Friends' style) The Holocaust Denying One, Jay Leslie Cooper, for Bootle West in Sefton.
bsky.app/profile/refo...
@markpackuk.bsky.social
@markpackuk.bsky.social
Another Defenestrato, in Cornwall.
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
We are nearly at anniversary one, and will not quite average 1.5 per week as a total.
Another Defenestrato, in Cornwall.
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
We are nearly at anniversary one, and will not quite average 1.5 per week as a total.
Yet another Reform UK councillor in Cornwall leaves the party
It comes the day after the deputy leader resigned to become a Restore Britain councillor
www.cornwalllive.com
April 22, 2026 at 6:52 PM
@markpackuk.bsky.social
Another Defenestrato, in Cornwall.
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
We are nearly at anniversary one, and will not quite average 1.5 per week as a total.
Another Defenestrato, in Cornwall.
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
We are nearly at anniversary one, and will not quite average 1.5 per week as a total.
An interesting summary of Trump's religious factions (video link at end):
1 - Hegseth, Reformed type doctrine. Think South Africa Dutch Reformed / Northern Ireland Protestant for the style. They want a "Christian Society" on their pattern, over the very long term. Racism, male headship.
1/4
1 - Hegseth, Reformed type doctrine. Think South Africa Dutch Reformed / Northern Ireland Protestant for the style. They want a "Christian Society" on their pattern, over the very long term. Racism, male headship.
1/4
April 8, 2026 at 10:37 AM
An interesting summary of Trump's religious factions (video link at end):
1 - Hegseth, Reformed type doctrine. Think South Africa Dutch Reformed / Northern Ireland Protestant for the style. They want a "Christian Society" on their pattern, over the very long term. Racism, male headship.
1/4
1 - Hegseth, Reformed type doctrine. Think South Africa Dutch Reformed / Northern Ireland Protestant for the style. They want a "Christian Society" on their pattern, over the very long term. Racism, male headship.
1/4
I saw this somewhere this morning.
Chromosomes, a beginners guide.
XY - Male
XX - Female
YYY - Delilah
Chromosomes, a beginners guide.
XY - Male
XX - Female
YYY - Delilah
March 30, 2026 at 10:37 AM
I saw this somewhere this morning.
Chromosomes, a beginners guide.
XY - Male
XX - Female
YYY - Delilah
Chromosomes, a beginners guide.
XY - Male
XX - Female
YYY - Delilah
Just playing.
Dracula's Cycleway.
It may cost you blood to get past through the barriers.
I was quite surprised the photo worked - it was a handheld long exposure on a mobile phone.
Dracula's Cycleway.
It may cost you blood to get past through the barriers.
I was quite surprised the photo worked - it was a handheld long exposure on a mobile phone.
March 28, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Just playing.
Dracula's Cycleway.
It may cost you blood to get past through the barriers.
I was quite surprised the photo worked - it was a handheld long exposure on a mobile phone.
Dracula's Cycleway.
It may cost you blood to get past through the barriers.
I was quite surprised the photo worked - it was a handheld long exposure on a mobile phone.
@rantyhighwayman.bsky.social can I ask you a Q about White H-Lines as used across drop kerbs?
If put across an entrance to a PRoW which has a drop kerb,
1 - Are they light on paperwork (ie no TRO)?
2 - Can Council Officers to enforce on parking/pavement parking, as a marking is then present?
eg
If put across an entrance to a PRoW which has a drop kerb,
1 - Are they light on paperwork (ie no TRO)?
2 - Can Council Officers to enforce on parking/pavement parking, as a marking is then present?
eg
March 26, 2026 at 6:25 PM
@rantyhighwayman.bsky.social can I ask you a Q about White H-Lines as used across drop kerbs?
If put across an entrance to a PRoW which has a drop kerb,
1 - Are they light on paperwork (ie no TRO)?
2 - Can Council Officers to enforce on parking/pavement parking, as a marking is then present?
eg
If put across an entrance to a PRoW which has a drop kerb,
1 - Are they light on paperwork (ie no TRO)?
2 - Can Council Officers to enforce on parking/pavement parking, as a marking is then present?
eg
A local one I saw on Google Satellite View today.
Just WTF is in these people's brains (apart from mush)?
That is a MAJOR walking, and dog-walking, route.
Just WTF is in these people's brains (apart from mush)?
That is a MAJOR walking, and dog-walking, route.
March 25, 2026 at 4:27 PM
A local one I saw on Google Satellite View today.
Just WTF is in these people's brains (apart from mush)?
That is a MAJOR walking, and dog-walking, route.
Just WTF is in these people's brains (apart from mush)?
That is a MAJOR walking, and dog-walking, route.
Here's a case where a footpath crosses a road, with little consideration for wheelchair users, elderly people and so on.
This is quite recent - and has perhaps only been like hat for 15 years.
I'm not convinced that being stentorian like this is a good technique.
www.youtube.com/shorts/q2VYS...
This is quite recent - and has perhaps only been like hat for 15 years.
I'm not convinced that being stentorian like this is a good technique.
www.youtube.com/shorts/q2VYS...
Keep those disabled people out - crossing audit (resist.popped,.action)
YouTube video by Matt Wardman
www.youtube.com
March 24, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Here's a case where a footpath crosses a road, with little consideration for wheelchair users, elderly people and so on.
This is quite recent - and has perhaps only been like hat for 15 years.
I'm not convinced that being stentorian like this is a good technique.
www.youtube.com/shorts/q2VYS...
This is quite recent - and has perhaps only been like hat for 15 years.
I'm not convinced that being stentorian like this is a good technique.
www.youtube.com/shorts/q2VYS...
I'm playing with some new technology - very impressed at the ease of making videoblogs compared to 2005. I need to sharpen the style for shorts & longs, & decide about scripts. *
These are a couple of looks at anti-wheelchair barriers in my town.
* Why are vlogs categorised like guns or trousers?
These are a couple of looks at anti-wheelchair barriers in my town.
* Why are vlogs categorised like guns or trousers?
March 24, 2026 at 8:15 AM
I'm playing with some new technology - very impressed at the ease of making videoblogs compared to 2005. I need to sharpen the style for shorts & longs, & decide about scripts. *
These are a couple of looks at anti-wheelchair barriers in my town.
* Why are vlogs categorised like guns or trousers?
These are a couple of looks at anti-wheelchair barriers in my town.
* Why are vlogs categorised like guns or trousers?
Photo of the day.
These are the heat condensers of the heat pump system that supplies all of the cooling and a big chunk of the heating required by my local (600 bed) hospital, Kings Mill, from today's walk.
These are the heat condensers of the heat pump system that supplies all of the cooling and a big chunk of the heating required by my local (600 bed) hospital, Kings Mill, from today's walk.
March 11, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Photo of the day.
These are the heat condensers of the heat pump system that supplies all of the cooling and a big chunk of the heating required by my local (600 bed) hospital, Kings Mill, from today's walk.
These are the heat condensers of the heat pump system that supplies all of the cooling and a big chunk of the heating required by my local (600 bed) hospital, Kings Mill, from today's walk.
@markpackuk.bsky.social
You have Alistair Hendry the wrong way round (say the BBC). He's gone back to the Tories, say the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#FactCheckService
You have Alistair Hendry the wrong way round (say the BBC). He's gone back to the Tories, say the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#FactCheckService
Somerset councillor rejoins Tories after defecting to Reform
Alistair Hendry, who represents Burnham-on-Sea on Somerset Council, says he
www.bbc.co.uk
March 11, 2026 at 9:50 AM
@markpackuk.bsky.social
You have Alistair Hendry the wrong way round (say the BBC). He's gone back to the Tories, say the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#FactCheckService
You have Alistair Hendry the wrong way round (say the BBC). He's gone back to the Tories, say the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#FactCheckService
I wonder how the new UK Military Attache to the United Arab Emirates was selected for the job?
He is called Sandy Sandilands ...
x.com/ukinuae/stat...
#Nominativedeterminism
(via a friend who lives in the #Sandpit )
He is called Sandy Sandilands ...
x.com/ukinuae/stat...
#Nominativedeterminism
(via a friend who lives in the #Sandpit )
UK in UAE 🇬🇧🇦🇪 on X: "Last night, UK military aircraft operated over the UAE alongside our Emirati hosts. Group Captain Sandy Sandilands, UK Defence Attaché to the UAE, explains more. #ukinuaecrisisresponse26 #ukuaecr26 https://t.co/2zGs8MKfNb" / X
Last night, UK military aircraft operated over the UAE alongside our Emirati hosts. Group Captain Sandy Sandilands, UK Defence Attaché to the UAE, explains more. #ukinuaecrisisresponse26 #ukuaecr26 https://t.co/2zGs8MKfNb
x.com
March 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
I wonder how the new UK Military Attache to the United Arab Emirates was selected for the job?
He is called Sandy Sandilands ...
x.com/ukinuae/stat...
#Nominativedeterminism
(via a friend who lives in the #Sandpit )
He is called Sandy Sandilands ...
x.com/ukinuae/stat...
#Nominativedeterminism
(via a friend who lives in the #Sandpit )
Reposted by Matt Wardman
UK mobility aid laws were written in the 1920s, when people used devices like this Argson motor trike. The rules have just been tweaked a few times since then.
A century on, it’s long past time for Disabled people to have equal pedestrian, cycling and cycling-equivalent mobility rights.
A century on, it’s long past time for Disabled people to have equal pedestrian, cycling and cycling-equivalent mobility rights.
February 11, 2026 at 12:45 PM
UK mobility aid laws were written in the 1920s, when people used devices like this Argson motor trike. The rules have just been tweaked a few times since then.
A century on, it’s long past time for Disabled people to have equal pedestrian, cycling and cycling-equivalent mobility rights.
A century on, it’s long past time for Disabled people to have equal pedestrian, cycling and cycling-equivalent mobility rights.
On the consequences of Trump's war.
The USA is moving towards a kind of theocracy, with people like the Christian Nationalists (Protestant wing) and JD Vance (integralist Roman Catholic wing) around Trump.
The USA is moving towards a kind of theocracy, with people like the Christian Nationalists (Protestant wing) and JD Vance (integralist Roman Catholic wing) around Trump.
March 5, 2026 at 10:37 AM
On the consequences of Trump's war.
The USA is moving towards a kind of theocracy, with people like the Christian Nationalists (Protestant wing) and JD Vance (integralist Roman Catholic wing) around Trump.
The USA is moving towards a kind of theocracy, with people like the Christian Nationalists (Protestant wing) and JD Vance (integralist Roman Catholic wing) around Trump.
Hmmm.
Checking, the Notts Police Operation Captured (ie Op SNAP - dashcam footage of offences) deal with "contravening road signs".
I wonder if that means I can follow someone driving up my tiny "no motor vehicles except for access" lane, and Op SNAP them.
I'm looking forward to trying it out.
Checking, the Notts Police Operation Captured (ie Op SNAP - dashcam footage of offences) deal with "contravening road signs".
I wonder if that means I can follow someone driving up my tiny "no motor vehicles except for access" lane, and Op SNAP them.
I'm looking forward to trying it out.
February 27, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Hmmm.
Checking, the Notts Police Operation Captured (ie Op SNAP - dashcam footage of offences) deal with "contravening road signs".
I wonder if that means I can follow someone driving up my tiny "no motor vehicles except for access" lane, and Op SNAP them.
I'm looking forward to trying it out.
Checking, the Notts Police Operation Captured (ie Op SNAP - dashcam footage of offences) deal with "contravening road signs".
I wonder if that means I can follow someone driving up my tiny "no motor vehicles except for access" lane, and Op SNAP them.
I'm looking forward to trying it out.
On the Gorton & Denton result, the Ref UK Leader Farage and Ref UK Candidate Matt Goodwin are droning on about "sectarian politics".
This is your reminder that all those "sectarian Muslims" voted for the Green Party, which is led by Zack Polanski - a gay Jew.
Ignore the gibberish; assert reality.
This is your reminder that all those "sectarian Muslims" voted for the Green Party, which is led by Zack Polanski - a gay Jew.
Ignore the gibberish; assert reality.
February 27, 2026 at 9:10 AM
On the Gorton & Denton result, the Ref UK Leader Farage and Ref UK Candidate Matt Goodwin are droning on about "sectarian politics".
This is your reminder that all those "sectarian Muslims" voted for the Green Party, which is led by Zack Polanski - a gay Jew.
Ignore the gibberish; assert reality.
This is your reminder that all those "sectarian Muslims" voted for the Green Party, which is led by Zack Polanski - a gay Jew.
Ignore the gibberish; assert reality.
@markpackuk.bsky.social
Bomp bomp bomp.
The Kent Reform Councillor Daniel Taylor who threatened to kill his wife received 12 months in prison.
BBC Report:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bomp bomp bomp.
The Kent Reform Councillor Daniel Taylor who threatened to kill his wife received 12 months in prison.
BBC Report:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Nasty and violent' Kent councillor jailed for coercive behaviour
Ex-Reform UK councillor for Cliftonville, Daniel Taylor, receives a prison term and loses his seat.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 26, 2026 at 6:38 PM
@markpackuk.bsky.social
Bomp bomp bomp.
The Kent Reform Councillor Daniel Taylor who threatened to kill his wife received 12 months in prison.
BBC Report:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bomp bomp bomp.
The Kent Reform Councillor Daniel Taylor who threatened to kill his wife received 12 months in prison.
BBC Report:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Coming son to a TV screen near you :
Prisoner Cell Block HRH.
(Sorry)
Prisoner Cell Block HRH.
(Sorry)
February 19, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Coming son to a TV screen near you :
Prisoner Cell Block HRH.
(Sorry)
Prisoner Cell Block HRH.
(Sorry)