List of Latest News Items Featured
- 21/5/25 Labour Considers Imposing 5mph Roads In Wales (Telegraph Article)
- 7/3/25 20 MPH Group Statement in Full (News From Wales)
- 1/5/25 Transport Minister Heidi Alexander Accepts Our Fundamental Principle!
- 20/8/24 Seven in ten Welsh people oppose the default 20mph speed limit
- 30/3/25 Met Police charge only one in 20 shoplifters
- 27/4/25 Cycling On The Decline In Wales? Some Findings from London
- 22/4/25 A Conservative Home Piece For The Welsh Conservatives To Take Heed Of
- 22/4/25 Klaus Schwab Retires and Pope Friancis Dies – End Of The Great Reset?
- 14/4/25 More than 100,000 speeding offences in 20mph zones
- 5/4/ 25 Mark Littlewood’s Message to the Conservative and Reform Parties
- 5/4/25 Lee Waters Claims His 20mph Policy Is A Success
- 31/3/25 On This Day: Readers React To Wales 20mph Limit
- 22/3/25 Guardian Article Claiming That 20mph has Been A Success in Wales
- 22/3/25 If You Want To Save The Country, Here’s How You Could Do It?
- 22/3/25 Big Brother Watch Visit Cardiff – Facial Recognition
- 20/3/25 Petition to Stop Unreasonable Reduction of UK Speed Limits to 20mph.
21/5/25 Labour considers imposing 5mph roads in Wales
Labour considers imposing 5mph roads in Wales
Proposals discussed in devolved parliament prompt fresh accusations of a ‘war on motorists’
Gareth Corfield Daily Telegraph Transport Correspondent 21 May 2025 12:09pm BST
Labour is considering cutting speed limits to 5mph, prompting fresh accusations of a “war on motorists”.
Jane Hutt, Welsh Labour’s chief whip, said that lowering speed restrictions to the unprecedentedly low level could “in some circumstances” be “appropriate”.
Ms Hutt was asked in the Senedd, the devolved parliament in Wales, whether the ruling Labour party would rule out cutting speed limits to 10mph, a suggestion made by a taxpayer-backed charity.
In reply, Ms Hutt said: “Well, clearly, road safety is about road safety, and it is interesting that that association did come forward with proposals, based on evidence, that in some circumstances, 10mph – let alone 10mph, 5mph – is appropriate in terms of road speeds.
“I think all the evidence has shown that the roll-out of the 20mph speed limit in Wales, as appropriately instigated by local authorities, has not only saved lives, cut insurance bills, but actually has now been welcomed by the people of Wales,” she added.
The blanket reduction of most Welsh speed limits to 20mph, down from 30mph, is the single most unpopular policy in the 26-year history of Welsh devolution.
A petition against it on the Welsh Government’s website gained nearly half a million signatures – the largest ever recorded there – and forced the devolved minister behind the policy to step down from his frontbench post.
‘A disaster for Wales’
Sam Rowlands MS, the Welsh Conservatives’ shadow transport and infrastructure secretary, said: “Labour’s 20mph speed limit has been a disaster for Wales and any consideration of lowering it further is ludicrous.
“The Labour-run Welsh Government is leading a war on motorists and slowing Wales down.
“The Welsh Conservatives are the only party in the Senedd committed to scrapping Labour’s 20mph speed limit.”
The 10mph proposal originated with the Road Safety Foundation (RSF), a taxpayer-sponsored charity.
In a report titled “Determining Safe Speeds”, the charity claimed last week that “the evidence-based maximum operating speeds on British roads if most deaths and life-changing injuries are to be avoided” should be set at 10mph around schools, hospitals and “in the vicinity of major sports or social/cultural events”.
Wales’ devolved Labour Government pledged in 2022 to make the country’s roads “free from death and serious injury”, a point the charity acknowledged in its report.
Yet in a statement on Wednesday, RSF claimed its recommendations to politicians had been distorted, saying earlier media reports of its latest research “damage… the understanding of the public”.
Accounts filed with the Charity Commission show that an average of 69 per cent of RSF’s total income over the five years to the end of 2023 came from government grants and contracts.
Last year the charity received £712,530 from the taxpayer, making up 86.1 per cent of its total income for the year of £827,750.
7/3/25 20 MPH Group Statement in Full (News From Wales)
One of the United Voices Senedd Lobby Group’s previous Senedd protests
This joint statement has been released today on behalf of the following campaigners and Facebook groups –
- Mark Baker, 20mph record breaking petitioner
- 20 IS NOT PLENTY: A Group to discuss the Blanket 20mph speed limit (In Wales)
- United Voices – Senedd lobby group (Members group)
- Action Against 20mph Speed Limits
- 20Mph Democracy in Wales
- 20 Is Not Plenty
we are sharing, unedited and in full below:
ONLY TWELVE MONTHS TO GO UNTIL THE PEOPLE OF WALES VOTE FOR WHO WILL GOVERN OUR COUNTRY IN THE WELSH SENEDD ELECTION
THE COUNTDOWN TO DEMOCRATIC RENEWAL HAS BEGUN!
In just twelve months, the people of Wales will once again have the chance to shape the future of our country through the Senedd election. This is more than a date on a calendar – it’s an opportunity to reclaim our democratic voice and elect a government that genuinely reflects our values, priorities, and aspirations.
When the largest petition in Welsh political history was debated with only a few Welsh Labour Senedd members present, it became clear: the voices of nearly half a million citizens were being ignored. This political disregard triggered the formation of grassroots campaign groups from all political backgrounds – united in their desire to be heard and to hold the government to account.
Instead of listening, the Welsh Government chose to expand the Senedd by 36 members – at a cost of over £120 million – while claiming poverty. This tone-deaf move ignited widespread anger, further alienating the public.
A CULTURE OF WILFUL IGNORANCE
The Welsh Labour Government has increasingly operated in a vacuum – out of touch, unaccountable, and dismissive of legitimate public concerns. Rather than engage with criticism, they’ve deflected, belittled, and ignored those they were elected to serve. Claims of “listening” ring hollow when followed by inaction.
Campaigners, through tools like Freedom of Information requests, uncovered the hidden costs of policies like 20mph speed limits and exposed the lack of impact assessments. The public began to realise just how disconnected leadership had become.
Millions in taxpayer funds have been funnelled into vanity projects like “Size of Wales” and organisations such as Sustrans, while active travel schemes – ill-suited to Wales’ geography – were pushed at the expense of practical needs like roads, healthcare, and public transport. Meanwhile, core services such as the NHS and education continued to suffer.
TIME FOR REFLECTION
With just a year remaining, Welsh Labour must reflect not just on recent missteps, but on their 26-year legacy in power. Have they acted in the best interest of the people? Have they listened and responded effectively? Many voters are beginning to ask these very questions – and may not like the answers.
The choice now lies with Welsh Labour: continue down the same path, or finally acknowledge the discontent and take meaningful action.
26 YEARS OF STAGNATION
For more than two decades, Welsh Labour has benefited from historical loyalty rather than current performance. But loyalty is waning. The backlash over the 20mph law revealed deep cracks in public trust. When power is taken for granted and opposition is dismissed, democracy suffers.
Deals with Plaid Cymru – often appearing as the junior partner, have pushed unpopular policies through, while the Welsh Conservatives, though vocal on certain issues, must now prove they are a credible alternative. Even the single Lib Dem, with the power to influence budget approval, chose to prioritise banning greyhound racing over vital healthcare services – a decision that left many questioning their relevance.
VOTE FOR A FUTURE, NOT JUST A PAST MEMORY
The 20mph legislation was a turning point. Sold with emotional appeals, it ignored data and public opinion – and revealed a government more interested in control than consensus. Policies that openly threaten economic damage – £8 billion, by the government’s own admission – cannot be justified.
More than ever, people are politically aware and ready to demand more. If the Senedd cannot be a tool for meaningful, responsive governance, perhaps it’s time to question its existence altogether.
Wales deserves a government that is competent, accountable, and in touch with the people. The 2026 election is your chance to make that happen.
YOUR RIGHT – YOUR VOTE – USE IT WISELY
1/5/2025 Transport Minister Heidi Alexander Accepts Our Fundamental Principle!
THIS IS BIG NEWS!
In declaring that:
“One of the things we shouldn’t be doing is penalising people behaving responsibly”,
Labour Transport Minister Heidi Alexander appears to accept the fundamental principle we have declared all along, and which underpins our ‘Five Reforms’, namely that:
The Reasonable and Safe Actions Of The Majority Of Drivers
Should Be Considered Legal
Our Five Reforms consitute a “proper holistic road safety strategy” that the Secretary of State has said she is seeking.
The question we will now want to explore with the Heidi Alexander therefore is whether her Party accepts our Five Reforms as the Road Safety package she is looking for, especially Reform 2 which advocates for a Progressive Driving Licensing Scheme based on Mind Driving rather than a Graduated Driving Licencsing Scheme as some people have been advocating up to now.
WATCH THIS SPACE!
You Gov Article 20/8/24 by Dylan Difford: Seven in ten Welsh people oppose the default 20mph speed limit, with four in ten drivers saying they regularly break it
Usually, the biggest political controversies are stirred over the largest political issues – the handling of the economy, the state of the health service, the future of immigration. In Wales, however, one of the most significant political stories since the last Senedd election has been around a minor policy area – speed limits.
In 2022, the Welsh Labour government, with the support of Plaid Cymru, introduced a policy that reduced speed limits in built-up areas from 30mph to 20mph, taking effect last September. Their hope was that the plan would reduce collisions, cut noise and encourage more to use alternative modes of transport. But the policy has become a rallying point for Labour’s opponents, particularly the Conservatives, who are hoping to dislodge Labour from government at the next Senedd election in 2026.
The ability of the opposition to gain support from the 20mph policy is hardly surprising – seven in ten (72%) say they oppose the new limit, including half (50%) saying they ‘strongly’ oppose it. This compares to only a quarter of the Welsh public (24%) supporting the policy.
Opposition for the policy is widespread, with opponents outnumbering supporters among every part of the Welsh public. It is strongest among Conservative and Reform UK voters, nine in ten of whom oppose a uniform 20mph limit, but also holds only limited support among voters for the parties that supported the policy – with 59% of Labour and 56% of Plaid voters opposed.
Such is the distaste for the new law that many Welsh people are simply disregarding it. Four in ten Welsh drivers (40%) admit to exceeding the 20mph limit ‘most’ or ‘all the time’, while a further third (33%) say they’ll occasionally go over the limit. Only 6% of drivers say they never breach the new 20mph speed limit, with another one in six (17%) saying they have only done so rarely.
Perhaps key to at least some of the widespread nature of the opposition is the fact that few Welsh people believe a reduced speed limit actually achieves many of its supposed improvements. Excluding making it safer for pedestrians, which half of Welsh people (48%) believe it does, the idea that the new 20mph limit has improved things finds little support.
As many Welsh people (28%) believe the new limit worsens safety for drivers as improves it, with four in ten (38%) viewing it as having made no difference. A similar story is true when it comes to reducing noise in residential areas, with one in five (20%) thinking the change has yielded benefits, 22% feeling it has worsened the situation, while a majority (53%) think it has again made little difference either way.
When it comes to air quality, though, twice as many believe the new speed limit has made matters worse (32%) than made things better (16%), even if more (41%) still believe it has ultimately made no difference.
Another issue with the policy in practice is that 60% of the Welsh public say that it is unclear which roads the new limit applies to, with only 37% saying they find the distinction clear.
30/4/25 Met Police charge only one in 20 shoplifters
….. but presumable 100% of people caught speeding?
“Only one in 20 shoplifting offences in London last year led to a suspect being charged, according to figures that expose the number of crimes going unsolved across Britain. Of 88,248 shoplifting offences reported to the Metropolitan Police last year, 4,629 led to a suspect being charged, equalling 5.25 per cent. Leicestershire police recorded the lowest rate of shoplifting offences being solved, with 4.5 per cent of 8,345 reports. Across England and Wales, 18 per cent of all 516,791 shoplifting offences reported by police led to a suspect being charged, slightly higher than the 17 per cent recorded the year before. Humberside police solved the highest rate of shoplifting offences with 31 per cent, followed by Norfolk police with 30 per cent.” – The Times
27/4/25 Cycling On The Decline In Wales? Some Findings from London
Commenting on this chart, a member of a Welsh group opposed to 20mph wrote:
“This is from London but echo’s all across the country. Sustrans are making people hate cycling with their attitude towards all other transport. People despise the council for the problems they are causing making “active cycle routes” that only cater for hobby cyclists. Cycling still on the decline in Wales
22/4/25 A Conservative Home Piece For The Welsh Conservatives To Take Heed Of
Reform Predict Local Election Wins Will See Farage’s Party Be Largest On The Right
“More than 13 million people are eligible to vote in next month’s English local elections – and their verdict could help shape British politics for years to come.Nigel Farage is the leader aiming highest, insisting that his ultimate aim is for Reform UK to supplant the Conservatives as the leading force on the right and as the main opposition to Labour.
With Kemi Badenoch struggling to make an impact as Tory leader, the omens are good for Reform as it consistently runs Labour close in national opinion polls, leaving the Conservatives limping behind in a poor third. Whether those hypothetical levels of support are translated into real votes will be tested on 1 May, as well as at the Runcorn and Helsby parliamentary by-election the same day.
And if some of the wilder forecasts of Reform and Labour figures are borne out, the county hall contests from Cornwall to Northumberland could mark the beginning of the biggest shift in British politics for decades with the Tories ultimately ousted as the UK’s dominant party of the right. The stakes really are that high” – The i
My message to the Welsh Conservatives from the above piece would be to be bold advocates for the people of Wales, distance yourselves from both globalism and the failings of the uni-party Tories in Westminster so as to create a distinctive true blue Welsh party, or else Farage will come along and eat your lunch! You’ve got until 2026.
22/4/25 Klaus Schwab Retires and Pope Friancis Dies – End Of The Great Reset? https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1343260593622662&rdid=fVybTpRK6jT6ixhh
One cannot help thinking that Klaus Schwab stepping down prematurely from the WEF has everything to do with Donald Trump’s recent speech to the clowns in Davos where he denounced the globalist agenda; and Pope Francis, another WEF operative, gave up the ghost after meeting with JD Vance. Happy days!
14/4/25 More than 100,000 speeding offences in 20mph zones
People have been caught breaking Wales’ 20mph speed limit more than 100,000 times, according to new data. The latest data from GoSafe reveals 112,699 offences were committed up to March 2025 since the introduction of the default speed limit in September 2023.
5/4/25 Mark Littlewood’s Message to the Conservative and Reform Parties
| Mark Littewoood is a Director of PopCon (www.popularconservatism.com and GB PAC (the Great Brtich Policy Advisory Committee. In this piece from a PopCon newsletter he talks about the much needed Great Repeal Act. This is endorsed by our ‘Five Reforms’ which would, in effect, restore traffic policing and road safety matters to how they were pre Tony Blair’s Technocratic / Globalist agenda which we speak about elsewhere on this website. |
| Maybe, just maybe, PopCon’s call for a thoroughgoing restoration of the British constitution is finding support in unexpected quarters. Robert Jenrick’s campaign against two-tier justice is already achieving results. Surely, the government will now at least clip the wings of the Sentencing Council. If they have any sense, they will abolish it altogether. Wes Streeting has already decided to do away with the absurdity of NHS England, the world’s largest and probably most ridiculous quango. These may just be isolated, individual instances rather than part of a grander plan by the government. But in today’s Times, Patrick Maguire reports that a wider and more strategic assault on the out-of-control Whitehall bureaucracy might shortly be under way. A memo circulated in Downing Street last month by Starmer’s director of strategy, Paul Ovenden, apparently proposes an “empowered, uninhibited executive”. Several regulators have apparently been “earmarked for deletion”. Jonathan Hinder of the new Blue Labour caucus has reached the conclusion that, “The British government does not run this country.” The fact that such thoughts are being expressed by those on the red team is an encouraging development. We will see whether Labour really has the inclination – or the party unity – to take on the bureaucratic machine. I suspect they will flounder, perhaps trimming a little here and there as the politics of the moment determine. That makes it even more important for the Conservatives – and others – to find their feet when it comes to a plan to reassert Parliamentary sovereignty. Robert Jenrick’s efforts need to be repeated across all major portfolios. Rupert Lowe – now cast aside by Reform UK – has become an impassioned advocate for a Great Repeal Act. Nigel Farage and others are surely sympathetic to the idea but have yet to fully articulate the case. The Conservatives’ policy review process should focus in on the legislation and state infrastructure that needs to be removed. Precise questions around sequencing and methodology can be thrashed out later, but the discussion around the need for a great restoration and national renewal should start now. There is a danger that the party is getting bogged down in consulting about much more nebulous and generic “values”. That has its place, no doubt, but is unlikely to generate any immediate cut through. It might be four years until the next election, but there is no time to waste. Keep the flag of freedom flying. Mark Littlewood, Director |
5/4/25 Lee Waters Claims His 20mph Policy Is A Success
31/3/25 On This Day: Readers React To Wales 20mph Limit
Reprint of an article by Arron Evans that appeared in the Rhyl, Prestatyn and Abergele Journal on March 31st 2024. The article alludes to the unpopulartity of the 20mph speed limits whilst drawing attention to ther naivety of people who think this is OK, with their pitiful reference to “a few noisy and selfish drivers” reminicent of George Monbiot’s outbusts all over again.
22/3/25 Guardian Article
Wales’s 20mph speed limit has cut road deaths. Why is there still even a debate?
Peter Walker Sat 22 Mar 2025 06.00 GMT
Research suggests the scheme may be more popular than thought, with consultations dominated by a loud minority
Even with the caveats about limited data and untangling causation and correlation, the statistics are striking: the first year of a scheme in Wales where the speed limit on urban roads was lowered to 20mph resulted in about 100 fewer people killed or seriously injured.
Introduced in September 2023 as a major road safety project of the Labour-run Welsh government, it made 20mph the default limit for any built-up area, defined as roads where lamp-posts were no more than about 180 metres apart. This took in about a third of all roads, with the Conservative opposition saying the definition was far too broad.
At the time, other controversies were raging over roads policies, including low-traffic neighbourhoods and the expansion of London’s ultra-low emission zone – a culture war embraced by some Tory politicians.
Countering this, increasingly, is hard evidence. While Welsh government statisticians warn that at least three years’ data will be needed for a meaningful conclusion, the road casualty figures – showing an estimated 10 fewer deaths and a nearly one-third drop in overall casualties – follow research from insurers indicating that 20mph zones appear to be bringing down the number of claims.
Peter Fox, who covers transport issues for the Conservatives in the Senedd Cymru, insists his worries about 20mph zones are not about the general idea, just how it was implemented, with the lower limit taken as the standard for built-up streets.
“None of us are against20mph around schools, busy residential areas, or anywhere where there’s quite a lot of pedestrian footfall,” he said. “But we didn’t need to change the default position.”
Lee Waters, who was transport minister in the Labour-run Welsh government when the policy was introduced, has called it “the most successful road safety intervention in modern times”. But even he concedes that with retrospect it could have been done differently.
“You have to apply the sniff test,” he said. “If someone is being asked to drive at 20mph and it doesn’t make sense as to why, you have a problem. There wasn’t sufficient capacity or willingness locally to use the flexibility within the guidance, to apply it on a place-specific basis.”
Experts say consultations on 20mph zones tend to be dominated by dissent, with supporters silent as they assume they are in the minority. Photograph: Dimitris Legakis/Athena Pictures
This was subsequently addressed in Welsh government guidance to councils to help them identify areas where 20mph schemes were inappropriate and the speed limit widely flouted. Officials say this assessment process is coming to an end, and changes have been made.
Now 20mph zones are being proposed and implemented beyond Wales, and not just from Labour politicians. Cornwall council, in south-west England, which is run by the Conservatives, began a programme of reducing speed limits to 20mph in urban areas in 2022, and it is still being expanded.
Connor Donnithorne, the councillor who leads on transport matters in Cornwall, said their policy had been different to Wales, including a more targeted approach and a focus on encouraging people to reduce their speed using signs rather than enforcing it with cameras.
“The idea is to do all this in a pragmatic way,” he said. “The issue is that if you force people to go 20mph on a road where it doesn’t make sense, it’s very difficult to change driver behaviour and patterns. That’s why we’ve worked very hard with the highways team to make sure that it is done in the right places, because that brings the community along with us.”
For all the progress, a key question remains: as more and more evidence arrives, why is all this still even a debate? As Waters puts it: “There is still this idea that 70 or so road deaths a year in Wales is acceptable. But we would never accept 70 deaths a year on the ferry to Ireland, or on buses.”
Some argue that it is because of what is called motornormativity, an idea devised by Ian Walker, a professor of environmental psychology at Swansea University. This sets out that car ownership and use is so ubiquitous that people are all too often unable to think beyond it.
One result, he argues, is that people implicitly accept deaths and injuries on the roads as this is seen as essentially random, and so in a curious way almost fair, when in fact the odds are notably worse for pedestrians and cyclists.
“This isn’t generally done in bad faith,” Walker said. “It’s just a very car-centric mindset of thinking the risk is distributed equally, when for some it’s much higher and systemic.”
Another aspect of Walker’s research has an even more pertinent lesson for politicians: policies such as 20mph zones are often more popular than people think.
A study he led, based in the UK, US and the Netherlands, found that two-thirds of people believed they personally supported non-car travel more than the public at large. This is an example of a social-psychological phenomenon called pluralistic ignorance, where people automatically assume the consensus must differ from their own views.
In this case, it seemingly happens “because people rarely see changes to the car-first status quo being seriously discussed or supported, let alone implemented”, Walker argues. As such, he says, consultations on 20mph zones tend to be dominated by dissent, with supporters silent as they assume they are in the minority.
There is, perhaps, a lesson here for politicians, although not an easy one: sometimes it can be best to ignore the noisiest voices, and take the evidence-based course.
22/3/25 If You Want To Save The Country, Here’s How You Could Do It?
Facebook Post By Chris Farmer. Reform UK Gloucester
Britain is being systematically demolished as a functioning democracy, economy, and society. This is not a mistake or a result of incompetence—it is intentional, organised, and driven by a group of people who regard themselves as the global elites.
The Plan of the Elites
Their purpose is to centralise all power and wealth into the hands of the few. They aim to take from everyone else, explicitly stating: “You will own nothing.” When a person owns nothing and still works, they are a slave. When a person owns nothing and is forced to work, they are a slave. This is the goal: a slave society, with the elites as lords and masters.
They justify this by claiming that only “the super-intelligent” should be trusted to make decisions. Starmer and Rayner may think they are super-intelligent. But the truth is: intelligence is not concentrated in Davos or Westminster. Intelligence is spread throughout the whole population—across farmers, builders, small business owners, parents, and tradesmen.
The Problem
The Labour Party, the Conservatives, the WEF, and other centralised bodies are destroying Britain. They are demolishing it culturally, economically, and socially. And we must stop them. Here’s how.
1. Drain the Swamp
We must vote out, remove, and sack the corrupted political class. Replace them with people who believe in Britain as a free, productive, secure, and independent nation.
2. Reform the Political System
The first-past-the-post system leads to a one-party state with two faces. It must be replaced by a truly representative system that prevents single-party dominance and reflects real public opinion.
3. Restore the Purpose of Government
The primary purpose of government is the protection of individual freedoms and property rights. Every other function is secondary.
This includes:
• Freedom of speech
• Freedom of information
• Freedom of movement
• Freedom from government coercion
• Freedom to choose
4. Incentivise Work, Not Idleness
Every person is either a maker or a taker. Socialism punishes the makers and rewards the takers.
• If people profit from work, that’s good for them, their families, and their communities.
• Wealth comes from production and trade, not from handouts.
• Capitalism doesn’t create poverty. Poverty is the default. Wealth is created through production and exchange.
• We must reward productivity by lowering taxes and cutting red tape.
5. Encourage Entrepreneurship
Make it easier to:
• Start a business
• Employ others
• Trade across the world
Britain must be free from EU constraints. Free enterprise is the way forward.
6. End the Mental Health Excuse Culture
If you pay people to be unwell, many will remain unwell. When doing nothing is rewarded, many will do nothing. The system is set up to allow able-bodied people to live on benefits indefinitely. This must stop.
7. Rebuild the Education System
Children should be taught:
• Mathematics
• English and English literature
• British and world history
• Science: biology, chemistry, physics
• Geography and world knowledge
• Technology, business, and personal finance
• Critical thinking and the scientific method
They should not be taught:
• Gender ideology
• Climate alarmism
• Socialist doctrines
Education must be about truth, not ideology.
8. Secure the Borders
Illegal immigration must be stopped entirely. By definition, every illegal immigrant is a lawbreaker. Many are not assets, and some are dangerous.
The government’s duty is to protect the border. It is failing. Reform UK would make the border impervious to illegal entry.
9. Fix the Police and Justice System
The legal system has been captured by globalist ideology. It no longer protects rights—it violates them.
• Justice means: you get what you earn and keep what you’ve earned.
• The police must uphold the law, not be agents of political correctness or social policy.
They must be impartial enforcers of justice—not representatives of the communities, but of the law within the community.
10. Reform Public Services
Public services:
• Should cost less
• Should deliver more
• Must become more efficient
Currently, inefficiency is rewarded because it is used to claim they are “underfunded.” That must end.
Public services should follow market principles:
• Supply and demand
• Scarcity
• Price and cost discipline
• Competition
They must prove increased efficiency before receiving more money.
Conclusion
Britain is being attacked from within. The Labour Party and the political elite are continuing the destructive work of the Conservatives, guided by a globalist ideology that seeks to concentrate power and reduce the rest of us to slavery.
To stop this, we must:
• Vote them out
. Sack them
• Restore freedom
• Rebuild productivity
• Teach the truth
• Guard our borders
• Demand justice
The nation can be saved—but only if we act. Now.
Please give me your comments
Thank you
Chris Farmer
Gloucester Reform
Petition to Stop the Unreasonable Reduction of the UK Speed Limit to 20mph.
The streets of Wales have recently fallen victim to a policy that seems more focused on financial gain than on public safety under a Labour council. The sudden and widespread reduction of speed limits to 20mph has been implemented without sufficient consideration for the everyday road users and commuters who depend on efficient travel. What was once an acceptable 30mph in residential areas has been slashed to a crawl, and the consequences have been largely negative.
This reduction is not truly in the interest of road safety or the residents’ well-being. Instead, many believe it is a thinly veiled attempt to generate revenue through fines and increased enforcement. Speed cameras and traffic monitoring systems are now more prevalent, leading to hefty fines for those who accidentally exceed the new, overly restrictive limits. Such measures raise the suspicion that this policy is more about money-making than meaningful traffic safety improvements.
The case of Wirral is a glaring example. Residents have only until the 25th to express their concerns about this change, a shockingly short time frame that fails to allow for proper consultation or debate. This rushed process reflects the lack of consideration given to drivers and road users who are most impacted by the change. It also highlights the broader pattern of disregarding public input in favor of policies that unfairly punish drivers.
A closer look at the statistics brings into question the necessity of this drastic change. According to a UK government report from 2018, only 15% of road accidents occurred on roads with a 30mph limit. This calls into question the reasoning behind the move to further reduce speeds. If the majority of accidents are not occurring in these zones, is there a genuine need for such a reduction? Or is it simply a tactic to pad government coffers through the exploitation of road users?
We want to be clear: this is not a plea to allow reckless driving or speeding. We are advocating for a fair and balanced approach to road safety. The 20mph limit has unfairly hindered commutes, created unnecessary frustration, and turned local streets into a trap for fines. The balance between road safety and practicality has been lost, and the resulting policy seems designed more to penalize drivers than to protect them.
By signing this petition, you are helping to voice the concerns of everyday road users. We are calling on the government to review and reconsider the imposition of these 20mph speed limits across the UK. Let’s work towards a sensible, evidence-based approach that values road safety without sacrificing practicality or unduly punishing law-abiding drivers.
Similar to Wales, under a Labour-led government, many speed limits across the country will be subject to review, beginning with the Wirral. Now is the time to unite and push back against excessive speed restrictions in areas that are neither school zones nor accident blackspots. This appears to be yet another government tactic aimed at strict enforcement, disproportionately impacting the working class by lengthening commuting times with reduced speed limits. Please sign this petition today and join the fight against an unfair, exploitative, and unnecessary speed limit reduction.
Together, we can push for a fairer system that respects drivers and ensures that our roads remain safe without being a burden.
21-3-25 BIG BROTHER WATCH VISIT TO CARDIFF
| Dear friends, I’ve just come back from Cardiff, where I observed one of the biggest live facial recognition surveillance operations in the democratic world. Over 160,000 faces were scanned across the entire city-centre and masses of police resources were pulled in… the result? 0 arrests. The evidence is clear – this trial was a huge failure costing us our privacy and freedom. We cannot let them expand this further and continue to waste taxpayers’ money – we urgently need your help to stop them. BECOME A BIG BROTHER WATCH SUPPORTER Separately I was just passed a document revealing that North Wales Police spent £18,625 and dozens of officer hours to scan 41,000 faces across two live facial recognition deployments last year. Despite the astounding cost, zero arrests were made. I can’t stress this enough…live facial recognition is hugely intrusive, a waste of police time and a drain on taxpayers’ cash. We’re powering the fight back A huge thank you to 2,000 of you who emailed the Chief Constable of South Wales Police expressing your outrage about these live facial recognition CCTV cameras using our email template. The impact of your powerful actions will reverberate in Parliament. As I write this, the Big Brother Watch team is: Urgently engaging with MPs and Senedd members persuading them to join the fight against facial recognition. Writing to the Policing Minister, Diana Johnson, about the infectiveness of this technology in fighting crime. Filing Freedom of Information Requests uncovering details about these deployments and how much of our money is being spent on this technology. Preparing expert briefings on live facial recognition’s detrimental impact on privacy and civil liberties ahead of the Crime and Policing Bill’s return to Parliament. All of these actions are hugely expensive and require resources beyond the capacity of our small team. But we will continue to punch above our weight to defend your rights. This is where YOU can help us. Will you double down on your support? Your support is crucial in helping us put an urgent stop to facial recognition. Here’s how you can help. 1️⃣ Join us as a monthly supporter: Become a Big Brother Watch supporter and help us fight back. 2️⃣ Spread the word Watch and share my latest video evidencing the failed South Wales Police trial with footage filmed at the deployment in Cardiff. 3️⃣ Reach out to your network: Forward this email to at least five friends or colleagues who care about protecting our rights. This is a David vs Goliath fight and it is far from over. We will continue to write to you updating you on our research, investigations and campaign work. Can I count on you to join us in this fight? BECOME A BIG BROTHER WATCH SUPPORTER Jake Hurfurt Head of Research and Investigations  Instagram | TikTok | YouTube | Telegram | Facebook | Twitter ©2025 Big Brother Watch. All Rights Reserved.Support us View this email in your browser Update your preferences Unsubscribe |
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