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  1. 'We put up the flags in Basingstoke and if you're offended it's not our problem'

    "Flag group's aim is to 'irritate snowflakes on mass scale'"

    basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/

    '...the same group coordinates fundraising, chooses locations, acts as a “safe space” for members who oppose “channel crossings and migrant hotels”, and highlights members’ right‑leaning political views.'

    #FlagShaggers #UK #ukpol #Basingstoke #politics #immigration #FarRight #islamophobia

  2. @jonpsp I feel your pain, but must admit I filled my car with Diesel in #Basingstoke on Thursday. I have a funeral to attend in London and need the miles next week.

    I checked public transport but it would add four hours to the round trip, mainly because of dodgy bus connections, a single bus once an hour notorious for not running...

    So what am I to do?

    We ain't all devils.

    PS. Car did under 2.5K last year.

  3. Apparently the people of #Basingstoke are not bothered about shortages or cost of #FossilFuels. I have never seen so many petrol/diesel cars on the inter-estate roads leading to the A30 outside of rush hour as there are today. It took several minutes before I could consider crossing the road

    #motorists

  4. Apparently the people of are not bothered about shortages or cost of . I have never seen so many petrol/diesel cars on the inter-estate roads leading to the A30 outside of rush hour as there are today. It took several minutes before I could consider crossing the road

  5. Apparently the people of #Basingstoke are not bothered about shortages or cost of #FossilFuels. I have never seen so many petrol/diesel cars on the inter-estate roads leading to the A30 outside of rush hour as there are today. It took several minutes before I could consider crossing the road

    #motorists

  6. Apparently the people of #Basingstoke are not bothered about shortages or cost of #FossilFuels. I have never seen so many petrol/diesel cars on the inter-estate roads leading to the A30 outside of rush hour as there are today. It took several minutes before I could consider crossing the road

    #motorists

  7. Apparently the people of #Basingstoke are not bothered about shortages or cost of #FossilFuels. I have never seen so many petrol/diesel cars on the inter-estate roads leading to the A30 outside of rush hour as there are today. It took several minutes before I could consider crossing the road

    #motorists

  8. @tfnhomes I heard a rumour that the Hounsome Fields development in #Basingstoke was approved by Highways on the basis that the pre-existing congestion on the A30 was so much that people living on the new development would be prevented from joining it during rush hour, so the development would make no difference to traffic volumes. Obviously they didn't bother even starting to build the shared use path to link the development with the rest of Basingstoke until years after people moved in.

  9. Comedian Emmanuel Sonubi: ‘Life After Near Death’ tour gets new dates

    Comedian Emmanuel Sonubi’s ‘Life After Near Death’ tour is leaving people inspired – and laughing – proving even…
    #London #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Basingstoke #Britain #Comedy #EmmanuelSonubi #Enfield #GreatBritain #london #Soho
    europesays.com/uk/689234/

  10. the #FlagShaggers are now putting flags on bus stops in #basingstoke next to the ineffectual signs telling motorists not to drive in the bus/taxi/bicycle area

  11. I wonder what was happening at #HatchWarren #Sainsburys in #Basingstoke earlier. I haven't seen so many #police in one place for years. The police had gone by the time I left, but the big group of teenagers was still lurking in the dark by the bike parking (why is bike parking unlit at so many shops?)

  12. #Basingstoke Borough Council's 2016 Cycling Strategy had a target to double cycle trips to work over 10 years. I should probably contact them to ask how that's going given that between it and the subsequent LCWIP, nothing really has changed in terms of producing joined-up high quality cycling infrastructure.

    Documentation here: archive.org/details/basingstok

    #cycling #Hampshire #UK #bikeTooter #Biketodon #Bikestodon #ActiveTravel

  13. Having been to a theatre in #Basingstoke, I was reminded how Basingstoke's most famous theatre person planned a mass breach of #Covid #lockdown rules

    bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-a
    'Andrew Lloyd Webber has said he is determined to open his theatres on 21 June, even if he risks being arrested.'
    'He said he had spoken to "leading counsel" who had told him it would be "neither rational nor proportionate" for the government to "stop us from going forward."'

  14. 'Reform chair shares Nazi image likening to Labour government'

    basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/

    'The chair of Basingstoke’s Reform UK party has stood by an 'offensive' social media post, which has been slammed by the group's leader, Nigel Farage.'

    'A local Labour source added: "The mask has slipped, and the local Reform party have shown their true colours.'

    #ukpol #uk #politics #Basingstoke #ReformUK

  15. Long ago, #Basingstoke council had little electric sweeper vans that they used to keep paths clear of leaves. Rumour has it that a previous Conservative administration sold them (Austerity meant that paths weren't being cleared). Now we don't have a Conservative council, paths are being cleared again but using hand-held petrol leaf blowers.

    I can't help thinking we've gone backwards - other than the pollution, it now takes longer to clear paths. Maybe it's cheaper to employ people.

  16. @cstross On the bright side, if Fergie is kicked out, maybe she will move back to #Basingstoke

  17. I have a busy month of gigs ahead - ✅ means I have a ticket, ❔means I am interested.

    I might see #ArtOfThis if they haven't sold out (#ArtOfNoise rhythm section plus Paul Morley and Ian Peel). I have a ticket for a #TrevorHorn talk at the Haymarket in Basingstoke (the last time I was there was to see a Philip Glass opera), #ProlapseBand at the Lexington (normally horrible craft beer), #PsychedelicFurs at the London Palladium, and #AdamAnt in #Basingstoke.

    last.fm/user/jpennycook/events

    #music