Calling for a safe and inclusive built environment that works for all.

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East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service (ESFRS) has successfully prosecuted an estate agency and its sole director for failing to comply with lawful requests for information under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Literally everyone involved in a building bears some responsibility for fire safety. fia.uk.com/news/riverstone-a…
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🔥 The RP chooses their competent assessor, not their enforcing officer. When enforcement advice contradicts the evidenced assessment, who carries the risk? Why do approaches seem to differ between enforcement teams around the country and where can Responsible Persons find clarity? lnkd.in/p/eTNcpV_N
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Nobody knows if they will become #disabled, to get a built environment that works for all should be priority. When I adapted my home it was pot luck that it was possible and affordable, these were two of the concerns expressed by renters when faced with the need for home adaption. property118.com/tenants-fear…
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When someone calls 999, they may be experiencing one of the most difficult moments of their life. Behind that call is a highly skilled professional providing reassurance, gathering vital information and helping to ensure the right response is there when it matters most. To mark International Control Room Week, Phil Garrigan, Chair of the National Fire Chiefs Council, has shared a message of thanks to Fire Control colleagues across the UK: “The calm, professional voice that answers a 999 call can make an enormous difference. lnkd.in/p/enmNiKEC
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If one of your disabilities is aphonia? Making #disabled people phone a venue in advance is just discrimination pure and simple.
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Stuart Brown retweeted
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has destroyed access to Oxford Street for the old, disabled & infirm by banning traffic. London is being destroyed by Khan’s virtue-signalling stupidity
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Replying to @InclusiveBuild
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We are often faced with people telling us that cycle infrastructure works in the Netherlands. However this news item on 15/10/19 shows the reality. ‘This is what happens when a blind person wants to cross the street: ‘It’s absurd’. wnl.tv/2019/10/15/dit-gebeur…
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Guiding principle 2: Communication and support Services and travel information should be accessible and easy to navigate and support should be available, especially when things go wrong through delay or breakdown. Read more: ow.ly/6ilO5100yEw #AccessibleTransport
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Yet more ammunition against LTNs.
Lambeth Council's own report has found the West Dulwich LTN resulted in “no significant traffic reduction” but increased congestion on boundary roads. The courts found that the Council had acted illegally when installing it & ordered its removal. telegraph.co.uk/gift/fe78242…
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This is the post that resulted in Labour MP Apsana Begum blocking me. No abuse. No swearing. No slurs. I simply questioned her priorities as a British MP and highlighted the embarrassing community note attached to her latest post about Bangladesh. The irony is remarkable. Labour politicians repeatedly complain about misinformation on X, yet here is one of their own MPs being publicly challenged through community notes. Rather than face scrutiny from a British voter, Apsana Begum decided to hit the block button. That speaks volumes about her ability to handle criticism. We have a generation of increasingly thin skinned politicians who seemingly cannot tolerate being questioned by the very public they are paid to represent. Being an MP is a position of public service. If you cannot handle criticism on social media, how can you be trusted to handle the pressures of public office?
Labour MP Apsana Begum is back on X talking about Bangladesh. Again. She's paid nearly £100,000 a year to represent her British constituents. Now her latest post has attracted a rather embarrassing community note, “Apsana Begum is a UK MP. Due to the huge amounts of posts about issues in Bangladesh it is important that her constituents realise she is supposed to be representing them.” Another Labour MP publicly embarrassed through X's community notes. Her constituents are entitled to ask where her priorities lie.
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The shear number of near misses, if this were any other form of transport there would be justifiable and overwhelming outrage. How is a blind person expected to cope, they can't see or hear the cyclists.
Amsterdam, where cyclists take priority from pedestrians on zebra crossings. We’re told it works in the Netherlands, but this is what we found earlier in the year.
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Even the emergency services having to divert, this is in the interest of nobody.
Bus gates increase congestion ….. This is Amherst a road junction with Dalston Lane. Manufactured congestion at its best …. The cycle lobby calling the harming of children living in roads like this a success…. The person recording stated he has a camera on his head recording…..
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I hope those bollards are far enough apart to let #wheelchairs and prams etc through. This is a result of letting illegal migrants into the country, we can't use the built environment as normal.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Allahu akbar! 🧑‍🎄🧑‍🎄🧑‍🎄
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Un uomo di 83 anni stava per andare a dormire quando sua moglie, 81 anni, gli disse: «Caro, mi sembra che abbiamo lasciato accesa la luce del garage. Puoi andare a spegnerla?» L’uomo, con qualche fatica, si alzò dal letto e andò a controllare. Ma appena guardò fuori, vide cinque o sei ladri che cercavano di forzare la porta del garage. Preoccupato, chiamò immediatamente la polizia. «Buonasera, ci sono dei ladri che stanno cercando di entrare nel mio garage. Siamo due anziani soli in casa. Potete mandare qualcuno?» Dall’altra parte risposero: «Abbiamo preso nota dell’indirizzo, signore, ma al momento non abbiamo pattuglie disponibili. Manderemo qualcuno appena possibile.» L’anziano riattaccò, guardò nuovamente dalla finestra e rimase a pensare per un paio di minuti. Poi richiamò la polizia. «Buonasera, sono quello dei ladri nel garage. Non preoccupatevi più, ho risolto il problema. Ho sparato a tutti e sei.» Nel giro di cinque minuti arrivarono quattro pattuglie, un elicottero, due ambulanze e una squadra di agenti armati. I ladri furono arrestati sul posto. Il comandante si avvicinò all’anziano, visibilmente contrariato: «Ma come? Lei aveva detto di aver sparato a tutti i ladri!» Il vecchietto lo guardò tranquillamente e rispose: «E voi non avevate detto che non c’erano pattuglie disponibili?»
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On World Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Day it's more important than ever for disabled people to be seen & celebrated. I'm thankful for everyone on here who is an ally. Disabled people are taking a real battering just now but we need to stick together & be proud of who we are. 💜
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I would just boycott them, a poppy is not a political symbol but a sign of respect and thankfulness for those that sacrificed their lives so that there could be a Wetherspoons.
I find it remarkable that this is even a debate. I'm a regular Wetherspoons customer. I visit almost daily for breakfast. A British pub chain should be supporting British values and traditions, not turning its back on them. During the World Cup, my local Wetherspoons had Pride flags displayed. I remember having to explain to my child what the flag represented, and how it is not a country. Yet we're now seeing someone being refused entry to a Wetherspoons for wearing a poppy? The poppy is a symbol of remembrance for those who sacrificed their lives for our country. There should not be a single pub, shop or establishment anywhere in Britain where wearing a remembrance poppy is banned.
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Stuart Brown retweeted
Replying to @Semakaleng @TfL
Plenty of money for bike tracks with a negative cost to benefit ratio.
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Irresponsible cyclists need to be punished not just a few spoken to by security guard who do not have police powers.
Cyclists are continuing to ride along the newly pedestrianised section of Oxford Street, despite being asked to dismount. Around seven security staff have been stationed near Oxford Circus, calling out to cyclists to get off their bikes, with mixed success. More on this story ➡️ bbc.in/3W32bbT #OxfordStreet #London #Cycling #Pedestrianisation
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