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@mrmjprice

5 months

Ridiculous

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Oh no, the pedestrians are trying to access this shopping car park without having to follow the entire access road - we must stop them!

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@mrmjprice

3 months

Nice to see a bus sign design that left my desk in ~2019 in a period drama about the 80s. 👀

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4 months

@SkyNews YOU TANKED THE ECONOMY????????

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@mrmjprice

6 months

@adamtranter The people involved with placing and scripting this news item have made a serious error of judgement here.

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5 months

@5impleSteph But use data sources that show the platforms before the Network Rail boards do. 😏

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@mrmjprice

10 months

I’m on holiday in my former patch of the A38 and 👀 they have an AI cameras for catching people on their phones or not wearing seatbelts.

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2 months

@wesstreeting @UKLabour I'm concerned by the methodology of discounting a lot of available research. It seems odd to specify a double blind test when hormonal drugs are obviously going to impact somebody's appearance.

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4 months

@Haggis_UK I look forward to JRM’s sports centre moment the most.

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@mrmjprice

6 months

Chopping down a speed camera is like stealing your local defibrillator. You might not need it today but it will save lives. “Speed camera cut down for second time” - BBC News

Speed camera cut down for second time in Cornwall

A speed camera only replaced in November is among two cut down in Cornwall.

www.bbc.co.uk

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2 months

@MattWalls99 But was it XL 9x7?

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2 months

@andreajenkyns Remember, when you start claiming universal credit, you have five-weeks before your first payment, so you might need to get an advance in the form of a loan which you pay back out of your payments. Xx

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5 months

I'm really proud of Brummies who keep showing up to @For_Birmingham demos to keep pressure on eliminating road deaths and serious injuries. Today, 25 people were outlined with chalk on a particularly grim stretch of road to represent those killed on the city's roads every year.

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8 months

Driving standards in Birmingham are at rock bottom. It's truly depressing. If you think safety measures punish the "majority", you just have a high tolerance of what constitutes unsafe driving.

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@mrmjprice

5 months

@LeeAndersonMP_ Imagine if your party hadn't taken a chainsaw to HS2 so people could get between the main domestic flight cities in the same amount of time? But hey, at least London roads get some fresh tarmac and lots of other places get imaginary projects that get scrubbed one day later, eh.

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@mrmjprice

3 months

@teen_headache The point of my post was to suggest they should have just put in a staircase as there are lots of desire line created paths here. Hope this helps.

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@mrmjprice

8 months

@planetjedward Chelsea Lee Art and Elphaba look great here x

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@mrmjprice

4 months

Great referendum result here...

Better Streets for Birmingham

@for_birmingham

4 months

Calls for Birmingham to introduce Edinburgh-style pavement parking crackdown with £100 fines

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1 year

@Jack_Dixon_6t Jack, a woman and child were hospitalised following a hit-and-run by a driver on Thursday. In the four weeks prior, two adults and two children have been killed and a further two people seriously injured. Give your head a wobble before you tweet about road safety.

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@mrmjprice

20 days

@betbinch I don’t know whether to applaud or vomit

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@mrmjprice

2 months

@benonwine As if the last 14 years haven't seen the arts ruthlessly defunded?

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@mrmjprice

5 months

This person drives onto their apparent personal parking verge through a pedestrian crossing and down a cycleway and footway. They leave it, with apparent difficulty through a pelican crossing. The local highways engineer isn’t interested and referred it to parking enforcement.

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@mrmjprice

2 months

@RishiSunak Wrong one babe

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@mrmjprice

2 months

@robmayor And what did your source have to say about that?

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@mrmjprice

1 year

Using the wonder ticket to nip around the region (yes, the whole West Midlands by bus, train or tram) for £7.40. 🎉

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@mrmjprice

9 months

@GarySambrook89 @ChrisGPackham Hope you enjoy your plaque on the Tory club wall. It’s just about the only thing you’ll have achieved.

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@mrmjprice

11 months

@SarahEdwds Hi Sarah, is it fair or just that you’ve parked on the pavement, making it hard for people in wheelchairs or with prams, or people navigating the pavement with a cane or guide dog, to get around your car?

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@mrmjprice

3 months

@JohnnieSpark31 @ichoosemag Oh pisssss offfffff. It’s a sign I made the designs for in my job 5 years ago.

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@mrmjprice

9 months

@LouHaigh @RishiSunak ✅ 20mph zones save lives ✅ Clean Air Zones reduce certain types of pollution ✅ Pothole repairs help everyone and one way to reduce the need for repairs is to reduce the number of vehicles using the roads for short walkable/cyclable/public transport-able trips.

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@mrmjprice

2 months

@Mike_Fabricant He would qualify by his business being in the WMCA boundary anyway. A total waste of anyone's time.

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@mrmjprice

2 months

@LizKershawDJ @labour I can't find anything about a Linda Holt standing at the moment, so this must be a very old image. Which checks out with the shitty photo quality. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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@mrmjprice

7 months

@jfoster2019 @BethRigby @SuellaBraverman @10DowningStreet Oh this isn’t a parody account

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@mrmjprice

5 months

Meanwhile, outside Amazon's Birmingham hub in Tyseley... (These are cars parked in the protected cycle lanes that *Amazon* paid for) Photos from @KirstendeVos .

Walk Ride GM

@WalkRideGM

5 months

The private sector can see a gap in the market Last mile cycle delivery is taking off in Manchester

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@mrmjprice

2 months

@michaelgove Who defunded them, babes?

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@mrmjprice

2 months

Meanwhile in Northfield… drivers can’t be trusted not to drive into a telegraph pole.

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@mrmjprice

8 months

@HarryHamishGray Fine. When I’m on NCN Route 5, I tend to ring my bell a lot in advance while also slowing down. My dog would do this too.

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@mrmjprice

3 months

@GullisJonathan @RishiSunak @Conservatives @RicHolden Did you read your tweet out loud before posting it? And did you make it to the end without laughing?

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@mrmjprice

4 months

@Conservatives Let me fix that for you, hun: This is what happens when you're flailing your arms heading into an election.

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@mrmjprice

8 months

Every other driver would ditch their car if public transport was improved. Imagine how transformational 55% fewer cars on the road would be. It’s time for widespread bus priority measures as quickly as possible.

Adam Tranter

@adamtranter

8 months

Interesting new “Report on Motoring” from @TheRAC_UK . Its research finds: - Staggering 30% of drivers aged 17-24 admit to making video calls while driving - 49% of drivers cite biggest concern is condition of local roads, high scores for poor driving/road safety - 55%,

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@mrmjprice

2 months

Wake up babe, new Badly Parked Brum account just dropped.

Bham City Council

@BhamCityCouncil

2 months

Today one of our bin crews was unable to collect from street in Small Heath because of inconsiderate car parking. Please think about where you leave your vehicle, so our crews and those from the emergency services can go about their business. @CllrMajid

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@mrmjprice

1 year

@CharlotteCGill Some context… A woman and child were run over in a hit-and-run at this junction on Thursday morning, the child remains critically injured. Many of Better Streets for Birmingham are also drivers. People were only standing in the road when the pedestrian light was green.

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@mrmjprice

2 months

In this, @RichParkerLab proposes a rebrand to the West Midlands transport network. Let me explain why we explicitly moved away from that when I was involved in branding at WMCA. 🧵

Major changes planned for how people use National Express bus services

Labour Mayoral candidate Richard Parker has set out his plans to shake-up public transport

www.birminghammail.co.uk

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@mrmjprice

3 months

@transportgovuk Babe, half way through your consultation on stopping “councils profiting from traffic restrictions”, you set out all the existing regulatory frameworks that mean they cannot profit from traffic restrictions lol xx

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@mrmjprice

4 months

@michaelgove Anything but this fascist charade that can’t run basic services.

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@mrmjprice

10 months

@GarySambrook89 Surely not our MP being disingenuous on Twitter? Northfield deserves better.

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@mrmjprice

1 year

Fantastic to see my @For_Birmingham co-chair Mat, as well as @KirstendeVos and @ChaundlerSarah talk to @bbcmtd about road violence. We must see our funded schemes delivered by 2025, not 2027.

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@mrmjprice

8 months

@GregHands And what an awful job you're doing at being CCHQ.

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@mrmjprice

8 months

In the last 24 hours, two people in cars died on the city’s roads.

Cllr Meirion Jenkins

@meirionj

8 months

Instead of attacking hard working motorists, why don't you sort out the appalling mess Labour has made of Birmingham's finances? You bankrupted the city and still all you can do is continue your war on motorists. We don't even have a functioning accounts system at present.

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@mrmjprice

7 months

Hi @LouHaigh , I’ve recently been to Sheffield and it looked like it could be pretty good for cycling. It would be even better, I suspect, if we could get a long-term funding stream organised.

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@mrmjprice

9 months

@baggy1963uk @LouHaigh @RishiSunak Heaven forbid we bless residents with a safe place to cross a road.

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@mrmjprice

3 months

Today is my last day as Co-chair of @For_Birmingham as I step back from chairship to focus on policy. We've made so much progress and I'm proud that we achieved most of our annual objectives.

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@mrmjprice

6 months

The Lord giveth with one hand and takes away with another. It’s construction szn, again.

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@mrmjprice

1 month

Fantastic news. Mayor commits to replacing cycling and walking commissioner - BBC News

Mayor commits to replacing cycling commissioner

The current post holder, Adam Tranter, recently announced his intention to stand down from the role.

www.bbc.co.uk

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@mrmjprice

2 months

@theousherwood Are they high on shrooms?

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@mrmjprice

1 year

@woodsypedia @FuckCarsReddit We're talking about enabling women and children to cycle here, Woodsy x

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@mrmjprice

3 months

@teen_headache Actually, people use this path because it’s a terribly design. To access the road at the end of this natural path, people have to cross the zebra crossing, walk along, head back over another zebra crossing and around an access road and roundabout. 🙂

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@mrmjprice

6 months

@BiIIyNichoIIs99 What if Lucian Piane was still writing the songs for Drag Race, across all the English-speaking franchises?

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@mrmjprice

2 months

Thought that Street gave a very dignified speech at the declaration. He’s been very good to work with over the last few years. Someone put to me that most people have to grow a hatred of Andy Street. I’m very glad that the Andy in office did not resemble the Tories in the last

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2 months

@darrenpjones @BBCRB @carla_denyer Weird thing to require a response within 24 hours over xx

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8 months

@glastonbury

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@mrmjprice

2 months

@lxthrdg Sleeping in an open space 🙅🏻‍♂️

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9 months

The sooner we shut Selly Oak high street to through traffic, the better.

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@mrmjprice

2 months

I’ve been watching the mayoral race carefully and will be backing Richard Parker tomorrow. Although Andy has been a great champion of active travel, the nonsense around national tories briefing stories and wasting police time should focus everyone’s minds.

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@mrmjprice

28 days

Bye luv @GarySambrook89 x

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@mrmjprice

2 months

Dog tax 🫡 #DogsAtPollingStations

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@mrmjprice

2 months

Three years today! 👻 👨‍❤️‍👨 @_oliverphillips

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@mrmjprice

1 year

@meirionj Meirion, I’m a hard-working productive person. In fact, I’m so productive that I manage to get to work in the same amount of time as a car, almost half the time of public transport. I’d quite like to not be killed while cycling to or from work. That’s not productive for anybody.

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@mrmjprice

3 months

@BadBoing Yes, the shopping (car) park really dropped the ball on this place. It works for no one and they continue to make it worse.

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@mrmjprice

2 months

Here's the list I whizzed through for everyone's info! 👇🏼 Gave up my car because I was having such a poor and unsafe driving experience in Birmingham. I can remember driving back from JQ to Northfield via Quinton and thinking: this is it, I’m going to sell my car: undertaken on

Shivaji Shiva

@ShivajiShivaLaw

2 months

@mrmjprice Martin squeezes a great deal more in at some pace - I cannot keep up but can recommend the submission he wrote …

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@mrmjprice

5 months

Immensely proud that we were mentioned in Parliament today. A massive achievement a couple of years into giving campaigning a whirl. 😍

Paulette Hamilton

@PauletteHamilto

5 months

This morning, I spoke about road traffic collisions in my constituency and the impact it has had on my community. I also paid tribute to @for_birmingham and @BhamCityCouncil for the important work they do to improve road safety. Watch my speech in full:

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@mrmjprice

5 months

Interestingly, anti-CAZ groups seem to be run by the same group of people. Of the 9 admins and moderators of Birmingham’s anti-CAZ group, only two are from Birmingham and one person is from Tipton. The rest are in other parts of the UK.

Will Hayward

@WillHayCardiff

5 months

So I have been having a little look at the people who run some of the Welsh anti-20mph Facebook groups. It seems that many of them a run by Tory politicians.... who live in England....and support 20mph where they live.... Let's go on a journey (at a very safe speed). [Thread]

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@mrmjprice

4 months

Seeing lots of misinformation being peddled by the usual suspects. Here’s my really boring guide to why cutting bike lanes doesn’t save a library. 👇🏼

Better Streets for Birmingham

@for_birmingham

4 months

As we approach a grim council budget, with an expectation that we'll lose access to some vital services, there's been some discussion about how the council can go ahead with transport schemes while possibly cutting other things. Let's sense check where that money comes from. 🧵👇🏼

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@mrmjprice

4 months

The @A38Cycleway protects me from a vast amount of traffic for half of my journey if I cycle that day. Bring on having it from Northfield.

Birmingham Live

@birmingham_live

4 months

How many people actually use the £10 million 'waste of money' cycle lane 'no one uses'

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@mrmjprice

5 months

@husseybyname The BBC needs to GROW UP.

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@mrmjprice

6 months

@lewmidds Weird. This is a WHSmith that opened in Birmingham Airport last month…

DFNI Magazine

@DFNI

7 months

WHSmith opens its largest UK Travel store at Birmingham Airport

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@mrmjprice

2 months

This 36 minute video is a clear example of how unqualified this person is for the important position of Mayor of the West Midlands.

Geoff BuysCars

@GeoffBuysCars

2 months

IMPORTANT NEW VIDEO... Could this be the new MAYOR of the WEST MIDLANDS…? Who is she, what does she stand for and what would she change? Could Elaine @reform_walsall make #Birmingham and the #WestMidlands BETTER? Let's find out.

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@mrmjprice

6 months

@BecauseImBilly Yes and isn’t it bad that they’ve (and every supermarket that does members-based pricing) been creeping up general prices so they can sell you something at RRP, labelling it a Clubcard price?

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@mrmjprice

8 months

Can you smell this picture? 😌

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@mrmjprice

2 months

@BCCTories Lads, you got 13% of the vote. Thirteen. One three.

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@mrmjprice

2 months

@andy4wm In the time it’s taken, we really ought to be skipping to contactless card. 🫠

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@mrmjprice

4 months

@laura_laker @VincentStops Vincent Stops Buses Flowing

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@mrmjprice

1 year

I was very glad to be able to speak at today's @birmingham_live live stream on road safety. #Birmingham 's roads are not safe for any road user. Too many people don't make it home. Today, I was able to set out @For_Birmingham 's three asks of our authorities.

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@mrmjprice

7 months

Birmingham City Council ( @bhamconnected ) have published an updated Interim Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) which includes new supplementary routes. This document will be superseded next year with even more routes and information.

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@mrmjprice

6 months

Oh good, the utterly dishonest @GarySambrook89 has launched a campaign to bin the @A38Cycleway extension. Presenting it as a new idea despite him knowing about it for *years* and presenting it as the Council spending money when it’s government grant funded. 2024: #GTTO .

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1 month

Wild how it’s becoming clearer by the day that CCHQ commandeered Street’s campaign in the closing stretch. The Tory machine likely cost him the election and yet it rabbles on into national redundancy.

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@mrmjprice

2 months

@SayeedaWarsi @Conservatives Andy’s “vote for the person, not the party” mask slipped in the past 48 hours as the national party were instructed to brief about the region, rally around him with social posts, and even make a time wasting complaint to the Police just in time for it to make the Daily Mail.

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@mrmjprice

9 months

@lxthrdg Did you know someone’s proposed a community note for this? 😂

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@mrmjprice

2 months

@RicHolden @carolvorders

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@mrmjprice

2 months

8 days to go until the WMCA mayoral election and we've only got two manifestos with only one more likely to materialise. 😔 We've ( @For_Birmingham ) pulled together a comparison for transport policy and sent a list of questions to interrogate the Street and Parker manifestos.

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@mrmjprice

3 months

@SheikhShackUSA I submit to you the whole Elephant

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@mrmjprice

3 months

I didn’t see burying or severing the A38 on the fantasy map. Huge if true.

Andy Street

@andy4wm

3 months

The link between the Jewellery Quarter and Colmore Row is unacceptable 👎🏻 You’re faced with the choice of a rickety old bridge or a dark underpass 🙅🏻‍♂️ With record levels of development on both sides of the A38, something has to change… 👀

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@mrmjprice

1 year

REPORT IT RIGHT. There was a driver in that car controlling the vehicle.

Birmingham Live

@birmingham_live

1 year

BREAKING: Cyclist killed on Belgrave Middleway after crash with car yesterday afternoon

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@mrmjprice

6 months

Despite my expression (managing a Q&A, pre-submitted questions and raised hands), I very much enjoyed facilitating tonight’s third-party reporting webinar with Sgt Jordan Keen. We’ll publish the write-up as soon as we can. 🙂

Shivaji Shiva

@ShivajiShivaLaw

6 months

Sargeant Jordan Keen doing a great job at @for_birmingham 's webinar on using the Nextbase reporting tool to highlight dangerous driving, obstructive parking and more. Thank you!

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@mrmjprice

10 months

@sophielouisecc How’s Australia?

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@mrmjprice

5 months

@Liam2857 @5impleSteph Keep the secret else it’ll just shift the rushing problem 🤫

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@mrmjprice

3 months

@harrisonjbrock Tell me this is your first Glasto without telling me.

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@mrmjprice

5 months

Meanwhile at Birmingham City Council’s full council meeting, a question has been asked about the cancellation of daytime soap, Doctors.

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@mrmjprice

5 months

@SkyNews Do we have robots that can be controlled by a Call of Duty interface? Xx

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@mrmjprice

9 months

IN A PISSING PRIVATE JET AGAIN

Rishi Sunak

@RishiSunak

9 months

This week I took long-term decisions to build a brighter future and change our country. This change will: 🏘️ Transform our towns 🚆 Boost our transport 📚 Improve our education 🚭 Reduce cancer deaths Here’s how👇

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@mrmjprice

3 months

@Conservatives This you, bestie?

Conservatives

@Conservatives

3 months

Yesterday we shocked the world with the chilling tale of Labour’s ruinous mismanagement of our amazing capital city. But Labour’s failure extends far beyond London. Today, we expose a tale equally chilling - this time in Birmingham. #LifeUnderLabour 🥀

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