Trigger warning for the lichen stans: the River Mersey, which is both older and better than Stonehenge and home to dozens of SENTIENT species including mammals, is full of shit because a company puts its wealthy shareholders first. When can we expect you?
@MerPolCityCen
The guidance explicitly states dispersal orders should not be used to inhibit the right to assemble.
Stop using them only to protect the wealthy and powerful.
Shame on you
@MerseysidePCC
@emilyspurrell
ps://www.change.org/p/keep-the-pier-head-public/dashboard
Massive road rage fight this morning, close pass then this bald gammon got out his car to lecture me for having the audacity to ride at >20mph in a 20 zone next to a park. Then I called him a fat bastard and somewhat lost my moral high ground.
Well done
@lpoolcouncil
you've basically widened the road and made it one way so it's easier to break the speed limit and completely overlooked pedestrians, mobility aid users and cyclists.
@AllyFogg
It really feels like people are looking for something to dunk on. She did the right thing, the twitter backlash is nothing compared to what the media would have done if she'd said what they all wished she'd said.
@ObamaWellington
And yet many hypocritically call for people protesting for environmental protection to be imprisoned or worse, and some will vote for parties that won't do anything about sewage but will crack down on the right to protest.
@thejcbrowne
@malaiseforever
@amcgettigan
Nothing at all! Just five years in government! There was definitely no other way to achieve this outcome, big up Clegg and his lads there.
@oldenoughtosay
Doesn't that just prove that just because something is old and/or historically significant it might not actually contribute the most (or anything) to the overall look of the street? In Liverpool we've listed some eyesores cos the Beatles went there once.
@thejcbrowne
@alastairgrdn
@malaiseforever
@amcgettigan
sure it was. They risked people's benefits for a sensible, popular policy that should have happened anyway. It's literally the worst kind of petty politics of exactly the same ilk that got us the referendum.
This was going to be a high profile, pioneering event as
@MassiveAttackUK
aimed to show the world that large scale music shows could be low carbon. Something Liverpool could be proud of. Instead we're backing corporate death festivals.
@barnyboatman
@TVsCarlKinsella
tax the billionaires. they might be doing this altruistically but they might also be doing it with strings attached. tax the fuckers and decide what to do with the money democratically.
@flcro
@TheCraneCraney
Stonehenge is not being destroyed though? The orange powder has already been safely removed.
@unitedutilities
will still keep pumping sewage into rivers. So it's not both, at all.
@Remember_Sarah
I was one of the first few thousand members of Ravelry. I was previously a misogynistic self hating feminist but I'm still friends with some of the women I met online 10 years ago and I barely even knit any more.
Honestly didn't think it was possible to make Lark Lane look worse but
@lpoolcouncil
somehow managed it. Even when trying to improve things for pedestrians the design is completely car-centric.
At my first Labour Party Conference I went up to the Unite stand and started telling the blokes there about a problem with my boss and they were dead sound and took my number and got someone to call me back and it was Len McCluskey π€¦π»ββοΈ
Drove into town last night and put
@bbcmerseyside
on the radio hoping to be kept informed whether it was safe to do so or not, instead got a syndicated regional show from Manchester. We need good local journalism more than ever right now.
Why has public space been fenced off like this and who has paid for it? The council insists they don't want the arms fair to take place and that they are powerless to stop it, but it seems like they're making sure it goes ahead
Hey
@lpoolcouncil
why do you think it's a good idea to send cyclists round a blind corner, on the pavement, into a spot where pedestrians gather to cross the road? This is the "new improved" Princes Avenue.
@BetterRoadsLiv
Didn't know much about
@ann_obyrne
until this week, backed her on an "anyone but Joe" basis, but she came through for me when anti-abortionists came to town and this is what she'll do to keep SYL out of Bootle, so fair fuck to her, I'm Team Ann now
Ok so I quit my job, strapped my tent to the back of my bike and left the country. I'm going to pedal around Europe until my legs or money run out. And because I'm a basic millennial bitch I'm vlogging about it. Link in bio, like and subscribe, tell yer β¦
@BBCJonSopel
@Aiannucci
@campbellclaret
@UKLabour
Come to Liverpool, you'll meet shitloads of people who've been loyal to the party their entire lives and been treated similarly. I'd have to check but I doubt any of them have engineered any illegal wars either.
Yvette Cooper just interviewed on the BBC, talking about supporting the police against this "criminal thuggery" and hasn't said "racism" once. I can't imagine how people of colour must feel when they are physically unsafe and no one is saying why.
@judeinlondon2
Also India doesn't have any EPL teams so how does she know he supports them to glory hunt? Are teams not allowed international fans now?
I wish we'd start reframing the energy bill hikes as what they really are: a huge transfer of wealth. We're not paying for extra staff, new infrastructure or improvements, we're just paying the price set by profiteers because they can.
If you're not happy with the dispersal orders in Liverpool Waterfront & police being used as private security for the wealthy, please sign this petition. I've already requested a meeting with Emily Spurrell, I'd like to present it then.
@bencsmoke
How bad can things get and journalists still agree to keep things off the record? Knowing which senior party members or officials hold such beliefs is in the public interest.
@JeenyusJane
@Remember_Sarah
If you want to make money sell a 12 month hand dyed/spun yarn subscription package then die in month 2. I learnt many hacking and doxxing techniques from lovely grandmothers who can also make beautiful socks.
Thanks to all who fought hard for the Labour gov to immediately scrap the 2 child cap. We moved the dial, the campaign will continue
Voted with the gov tonight for unity but made it clear: the massive strength of feeling is undeniable
It must be a priority for our first budget
βThis weekend saw yet another Dispersal Order and Labour councillor for the city centre Nick Small has been enthusiastically defending it on Twitter on several fronts.β
βοΈ
@BimboLimboSpam
gives her account of recent βissuesβ in the city
Read here π
Took the weekend off Twitter and ended up on a 24 hour bender, losing my bag, purse, keys, cardigan and nearly getting reported as a missing person, so that went well.
@IanByrneMP
Why is a cycle lane needed in a park that's already car free? Cyclists are traffic too, commuters and workers, we need the same routes as everyone else. This is a regressive move, especially in a climate emergency.
Well Holy shit tonight is my first night staying in Birkenhead and it all went a bit TOO well, we must protect
@future_yard
with our lives it's our only hope
Honestly with all the shite happening on Lark Lane and the fricking ZIP WIRE I forgot it was even possible for a place to improve round here but New Brighton is the dog's bollocks
Would just like to point out that I work in the GRADE A office block part of Lewis's and so far ZERO jobs have been created, we simply moved from Arthouse Square. 5 floors, 3 empty for 3+ years, the ceiling fell in last month & the stairs have been condemned.
@LivEchonews
Well I did it. I invited 24/7 psychological warfare into my life. Within an hour she found places to hide in my flat I didn't even knew exist. Found her under the couch this morning and I was convinced she was dead.
Absolutely no shade to Gerry Marsden, but the ferries have been running 800 years, Liverpool as a whole needs to stop obsessing about one decade 60 years ago. This belittles the significance of the ferries if you ask me.
Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region
β΄οΈ FERRY 'CROSS THE MERSEY β΄οΈ
@MetroMayorSteve
has unveiled proposals to rename the Pier Head
@MerseyFerries
terminal after the late, great Gerry Marsden.
Really glad that some of my favourite pubs,
@thecaledonia
@DeadCraftyBeer
@peterkavanaghs
are putting their staff and communities first and not rushing to reopen. Best things come to those who wait!
Feel bad about that, some of my best friends are fat bastards, but at the same time if you're a 20 stone man you don't need to try and kill me with your car so π€·ββοΈ
When I was cycling in Germany 2019 remember crossing a bridge to Dusseldorf and saying if the new bike path on Runcorn Bridge wasn't as good I'd be fuming, happy to report it's boss & being used by loads of people of all ages and abilities
Wish the police had the same energy for workplaces that cram hundreds of people into the same room for hours everyday as they do for short, one off, outdoor protests
As she held it up, she was surrounded by men involved in the riot. Some of them had been pelting the mosque with bricks. She's now walked off and didn't want to be interviewed.
First cash injection from the new Labour Chancellor for Liverpool, not for the threatened sports centres, social care or any of the actual stalled sites that blight the city centre, but a free Β£55 million grant to a company with a share value of Β£102
Peel, a body with a controversial history, will develop the Central Docks site.
The council will be the βaccountable body.β
This will require rigorous scrutiny
Massive congratulations and commiserations to
@Yip4Mayor
who ran an amazing campaign in 6 weeks against a well resourced machine and thank you for standing so I could vote for honesty and transparency βββ
I am reunited with my bag, purse, keys and even my cardie. There are more good people than bad in the world. And binge drinking has no consequences. What a time to be alive.
@flcro
@TheCraneCraney
@unitedutilities
Do you? Someone I know was there yesterday and said there's no trace of it left. 100 years ago visitors to Stonehenge used to be given chisels to take home souvenirs. It's inconsequential. Harming biodiversity and making our rivers unsafe to swim isn't.