As more ppl get confectedly upset by this, it's worth reading @jaseokundaye.bsky.social ⤵️ Too many ppl want identities to be like hermetically sealed jars: never to interact, strictly defined & accessible only to select members of a group. But life isn't like that & we shouldn't let it go that way!

Victim-blaming never helps. We’re rightly appalled when it happens in crime such as sexual assault — and we should be equally horrified when it happens in road danger. Stop blaming those harmed. Focus on dangerous drivers & build a culture that respects cycling & the wider benefits of active travel.

It’s not right that tourists are being charged rip-off fares for a pedicab ride. I’ve long called for regulations on pedicabs and from October TfL is bringing them in, making sure the industry is safer and fairer.

...and the British Beer Party.

There is a concerted attempt to promote a myth that the Equality Act is disadvantaging particular groups, especially white men. I will let you form your own views as to what motivates that narrative. What I can say is that it is neither what the Act aims to do nor what it does. / end

Apparently a load of nonsense is being talked about Tony Blair and his 50% 'target' for universities. Yet again. Want a proper, nuanced take not written by Cthulu-style monsters and frauds? Well there's a NEW BOOK for that! 🤣 www.amazon.co.uk/New-Labour-B...

We all deserve dignity in struggle. We all deserve dignity in love. We all deserve dignity in joy. Cities of London and Westminster is strengthened by its diversity, we must protect that and stand strong in the face of hatred and division📹👇

It's actually outrageous BBC Politics London refers to "jaywalking pedestrians". NO 👏🏻 SUCH 👏🏻 THING 👏🏻 AS 👏🏻 JAYWALKING 👏🏻 EXISTS 👏🏻 IN 👏🏻 THE 👏🏻 UK! Don't place the blame on the vulnerable party here. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

I will die on this hill: medal is a noun not a verb.

Trans exclusion is not the law, and this ruling confirms this. The government must now urgently update outdated workplace regulations to ensure they are consistent and enable trans people dignity at work.

I saw some of the Holborn Liveable Neighbourhood improvements. Not just vital safety schemes at collision blackspots, but also plans for new walking routes, pedestrianisation, outdoor eating & lots of greening. New SUDs are working too - weeks of rain & not a puddle in sight!

Live in North London? Fix it, don’t ditch it! Get 50% off the cost of electrical and electronic product repairs. 💻🔦📺 londonrecycles.co.uk/electrical-r...

Proto-Indo-European gave birth to dozens of modern languages. But where did it all begin?

The United Kingdom is allocating the largest support package in its history to Ukraine - £500 million (over $680 million) to strengthen air defense capabilities. This was announced by UK Defence Secretary John Healey at a meeting of the Ramstein-format Contact Group.

‘Jim Ratcliffe has moved to Monaco to save £4 billion worth of tax in this country one might question whether he is the patriot we need to comment on this issue' Home Office minister Jake Richards speaks to #BBCBreakfast Ratcliffe claimed UK had been "colonised by immigrants"

Great day for all those people who keep mistakenly buying oat milk when trying to purchase dairy milk. Bad day for the habitable biosphere. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

1.3GW onshore wind from a standing start is great, a new record. Only 2 of those are in england, after the effective ban was removed you'll expect that pipeline to grow rapidly over the next few rounds - still capable of coming online before 2030 (unlike offshore which takes longer to build)

Tomorrow - we launch the biggest investment in community energy in British history. The Local Power Plan will build wealth and power in communities across the country - driven by communities, for communities, supported by Great British Energy.

Jimmy Lai has spent more than 1800 days in solitary confinement. He’s a 78 year old man with multiple health problems. This is an appalling abuse of human rights and Lai should be released by the Hong Kong authorities. He and his loved ones deserve an end to this cruel ordeal.

Bright-eyed at day two of Labour LGA conference to discuss how we win the politics of air quality. How do we enpower the voices of those cllrs across the country who are delivering on this issue for their communities.

Nat was an extraordinary campaigner who died of terminal cancer last week. His friend Sophie Blake promised to carry on his fight for dignity in death - and today launched a petition to stop the assisted dying Bill being blocked or delayed. Add your name: www.dignityindying.org.uk/petition

Hey @thetimes.com what is ’racism’ - surely depicting the Obamas as monkeys is just old fashioned racism?

Please sign my Homes Aren’t Hotels petition to tackle the scourge of rogue short-term lets: www.rachelblake.org.uk/homes-arent-...

Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

Tonight, Labour MPs voted to scrap the two child limit – a move that puts us on course to drive the biggest reduction of child poverty in a single Parliament. The Tories and Reform UK voted against it. Don’t let anyone tell you voting Labour doesn’t make a difference 🌹

It was a cold and wet night ... But we were still out talking with residents off New Oxford Street! Found one place indoors ☔ @rishimadlani.bsky.social @camdenlabour.bsky.social

Good to be out in South Hampstead ward today supporting the excellent @izzylenga.bsky.social, Arun Kumar and Francesca Reynolds! Lots of positive feedback about council services as well as local issues picked up and shared with the candidates 🌹 @richardolszewski.bsky.social

I'm absolutely devastated to learn that Nat Dye has passed away. He was an amazing campaigner for assisted dying. This coming Wednesday I'm going to a variety show he organised in London and I hope that even though he didn't quite make it, he was proud of that and everything else he had achieved.

BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace. Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme

Good!

This is good: "Air pollution selected for next committee inquiry following public pitches". Well done to @mumsforlungs.bsky.social and let's make sure we keep polluting air--so harmful to our health--up the political agenda! committees.parliament.uk/work/9336/th...

Here’s how Labour have been promoting sustainability in Camden 🌿👇

Posting this just because! #TheTraitors

Another central London street transformed with a filter and added gardens, preventing rat-running, noise, and danger. Chef’s kiss, London. Thank you, Camden Council, don't stop.

Last year we were proud to be part of the Year of Clean Air for Camden Schools, a @camdencouncil.bsky.social project supporting over 5,000 pupils to better understand the causes of air pollution and what they can do to reduce emissions and exposure.

Freedom Pass saved! Labour councils block threat to free travel for over-65s in London ✊🏻 www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

Off London's Tottenham Court Road, Bayley Street shows that cities change. Originally a signal controlled junction from a one-way street, contraflow cycling was added and then the junction filtered with a cycle track. Today the cycling is still there, but the area is now a little square. #FridayFun

Leaving NATO at a time like this would be absolutely nuts.

The construction of Cycleway 13 along Clerkenwell Road has started in Camden - the plan is that this continues so that it connects up with C13 at Old Street.

[1/6] A reminder: Europe has cards to use against the US. Lots of them. To cite some examples: - Tighten screws on US digital giants (taxes, fines, even bans) - Export taxes disrupting US supply chains eg pharma - Exclude US firms from European procurement, inc defence ecfr.eu/publication/...

Justin Webb is wrong about everything.

every provocateur who wangs on all the time about Britain being “broken” should be sent to an actual failed state or autocracy for a month as a learning experience, there’s no shortage of them

The US now records its largest goods trade deficit with the EU, not China - paving the way for (more) transatlantic rows In my latest column for @foreignpolicy.com I outline three wild cards for US-EU ties in 2026: the fate of the US dollar, defence expenses and US-Russia business deals

Latest blog is on how the full spectrum chaos of Trumpism is no excuse for deferring or rowing back on climate action. There are countless things governments and businesses can still do to cut emissions. www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...

First canvass of the new year ... Fortunately very much indoors tonight near Warren Street! ❄️ Also came across this Banksy (?)-style graffiti. @camdenlabour.bsky.social

This is great news & I encourage as many people as can do so to respond to this consultation. Current legislation around the use of mobility aids is incredibly confusing & leaves Disabled people in fear of breaking the law or of having their vital mobility aid confiscated 😱

This only seems to be getting worse. It doesn't sound good lads, it sounds ridiculous!

Admittedly, one reason why I think that “constituency projections four years from an election” are a waste of time is…sorry, come on, no, the votes are not gonna split like that in a lot of these seats come election time, come off it.

This is very good. He even gets the language right that too many of our media outlets still fail on. People aren't randomly killed by "cars", but by people driving them. And people are men, women, children, not defined by whether they are "a pedestrian" or "a cyclist". 🙌🏻