Charlie

@Shiwon_NZ_Ao Agree they need more, for all our sakes. We don’t want to lose experts. But how we will we fund it? Are means tested NHS charges or cuts to other services the only way this happens?

For those wondering if a consultant doctor should earn more than £100,000… Do you have a clue what job they do? Do you have any idea the amount of knowledge they have to accumulate to perform their job? Do you know the decades of practical experience they have to attain? 1/4

@MoneySavingExp Used many car hire companies before for work and they are reasonable until you get any damage, at which point the excess is ridiculous.

This Forumite is considering ditching their car and using car hire services instead. Do you think this is a good idea? Would you try it? 🚗 forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/645…

@HeshComps @StokeyyG2 Never heard of him

@StokeyyG2 Are we supposed to know who Luke Bennett is?

@JosiahMoth06 The Blackwall tunnel derby 😂 would love it if Charlton could get to play clubs like West Ham. Great supporters and nice and local.

@kellyjayoakes1 @NandosUK It’s a new spin on butterfly chicken

@THINKgovuk Why would people be waiting to cross if people crossing have the right of way? What are they waiting for?

Your mid-week #HighwayCode refresher is here 🙌 Remember, people crossing, waiting to cross or cycling straight ahead have priority at junctions. Check the latest #HighwayCode changes here: gov.uk/government/new…

@foreverboleyn__ @JackMRog You lose me at “VHS Case isn’t suspicious” 😂

Over the last 8 years of living in South London, there has been at least one copy of Hellraiser on VHS on top of the bus stop at East Street. The most I have ever seen up there is three. No idea how they get there, no idea who regulates it. But it has always been one of my favourite things, a little bit of solitude in the big city. But recently, for a considerable amount of time, there has been no sign of them. Removed by the council? Vandals? Who knows? Today, I saw a fresh copy had been placed. It made me feel like all was well in the world again.

@JustStop_Oil I bet the government will be devastated that you interrupted a first round snooker match between two relatively unknown players 😂 NEXT

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@piersmorgan @RishiSunak

Truly diabolical that Prime Minister @RishiSunak wants all kids in England to be able to add up when they leave school. Doesn’t he realise what a grotesque insult this is to all the nation’s dumb, lazy, innumerate wastrels?

@GaryinScotland @carltonreid That’s good to know 👍🏻

"All right, but apart from safer streets, cleaner air, quieter roads, less congestion and birdsong, what have LTNs ever done for us?" northeastbylines.co.uk/the-benefits-o…

@cyclegaz Blimey! Awful dangerous driver! The rear view camera shows how bad their Road positioning was beforehand. Makes you wonder if the left turn was a last second decision and there was zero look, or if they did look and chose that stupidly timed manoeuvre.

I'm shocked the Met Police issued an awareness course to this driver. If I was not hyperaware, on a bike with hydraulic disk brakes, and extremely experienced at using said brakes, this would have resulted in a collision that would have left me with serious injuries.

@VronP7 @DaveF63 @carltonreid Thank you 👍🏻

@CharlieBugabuga @DaveF63 @carltonreid Because their maps don’t show the routes yet. Every house is accessible on every LTN. Just no rat runs.

@DaveF63 @carltonreid Do councils not plan street parking with emergency vehicles in mind? That would allow roads to remain open but guarantee width (barring illegal parking).

@CharlieBugabuga @carltonreid They *do* block which is why fire services tweet about it. Why aren't you crying about that? twitter.com/Beds_FireCtrl/… twitter.com/999Ben/status/… You might as well argue 'cul-de-sacs block ambulances. Emergency service's journeys are "planned appropriately" at shift briefings

@DaveF63 @carltonreid Dave. We can all find articles that agree our points. Prefer to have a conversation though, with differing viewpoints. As Carlton points out, the situation is different in Jesmond. Interesting to know, my experience of LTN’s could be similar for others around the UK.

@CharlieBugabuga @carltonreid

@DaveF63 @carltonreid Confirms the one size fits all argument when I just confirmed the road is wide enough for fire engines. Parked cars could block roads………..bollards and planters definitely do. Parking spaces could also be planned appropriately by councils.

@CharlieBugabuga @carltonreid twitter.com/afrsva/status/…

@carltonreid I did, I speak from personal experience of LTN’s in Islington, where planters prevented access to an ambulance, on streets wide enough for fire engines. I am reminded of the sad outcome by reading articles like this one with a one size fits all argument about narrow roads.

@CharlieBugabuga You didn’t read the article linked, did you?

@elliotm_95 @BDShakespeare @phonekills @RBKC I agree a pedestrian crossing would be a solution. There isn’t one on many busy streets where there is rarely a gap in pedestrian traffic. Cars on the other hand will leave a gap for natural traffic across a junction/yellow box scenario, which becomes a natural opportunity to go

@CharlieBugabuga @BDShakespeare @phonekills @RBKC Wait? In the same way a driver would have to wait potentially several minutes to turn right across a stream of oncoming traffic, or pull onto a very busy main road. But if pedestrian flow is always so busy, then it’s an argument for a controlled crossing with lights.

My regular reminder that in @RBKC pedestrians are second class citizens.

@elliotm_95 @BDShakespeare @phonekills @RBKC On a road like High Street Kensington, there is a constant stream of pedestrians. What are drivers supposed to do if they don’t start turning?

@CharlieBugabuga @BDShakespeare @phonekills @RBKC The driver shouldn’t have started turning with the pedestrian either about to cross or already crossing, so this positioning should have been avoided altogether. The driver presumably wouldn’t just swerve across oncoming traffic to turn right.

@BDShakespeare @phonekills @RBKC Genuine question. Pedestrian approached the crossing at about the point in this screenshot. Was walking at that point as opposed to waiting to cross. How should the driver act? Considering they are now blocking traffic and an obstacle for oncoming cyclists.

@phonekills @RBKC That's a case of peds not using the green Cross code.