Lots of chat over lunch y'day with wise local heads on local elections. Consensus that is will be close. Labour have drank the Kier Kool aid & will be punished as such. Greens will do well as will independents. Torys are bullish. Looks like no overall control. Not a bad thing tbh.

10 years ago I painted this poem by Drew Dellinger on the side of a pub I had just acquired close to my home in Wandsworth. As a provocation this piece of public art and the pub project that followed still offers valuable learning in how to do community. What a decade.

www.transformationbydesign.co.uk/projects/con... ..Just launched this research and deploying the @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social approach to frame our work. Glad to be using the fine thinking from @kateraworth.bsky.social here in Wandsworth.

The Overton Window of the Wandsworth One way system hasn’t just shifted : it’s been slammed shut by austerity, risk aversion & administrative fatigue. And the true tragedy isn’t just the loss of a scheme; it's the lack of political ambition to do the right thing. Climate emergency me arse ...

@mazzucatom.bsky.social ..The high priestess of the common good ... This is a knock out lecture ... Dive in ⬇️⬇️⬇️

It was a pleasure to deliver Christian Aid's 2025 Annual Lecture #CALecture25 on directing economic growth through a common good approach. Thanks to Christian Aid & Patrick Watt, to Stephanie Flanders for her thoughtful questions, & to Revd Richard Carter for welcoming us to St Martin-in-the-Fields.

Now that is a speech ...

Delighted to share some learning from Paradise Coop at Forever Fishponds yesterday. Superb workshop and an exciting journey lies ahead. This is community... Dig where you live ...

A few pics as I head towards the end of my summer back home in Ireland. Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin.

Some gig in Brockwell Park last pm with those legends from West Belfast & Derry .. #Kneecap ☘️Free Palestine !!!

18 years today eh @rowanconway.bsky.social .. and bon voyage as you head to NZ to sort that PhD out. So inspiring .. Love BC xx

Labour’s cuts is a political choice. One that deepens inequality and betrays the very people they claim to stand for. This isn’t “fiscal responsibility” — it’s austerity, plain and simple. And it hits the most vulnerable first. As one local put it: “Reeves? George Osborne with a bob.”

As l head up to the London Irish Centre this pm I wanted to share a blog I wrote around this time last year on what the LIC means for me. ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️ medium.com/@brendan_323...

Wee blog on Sadiq ‘s intervention in Wandsworth Councils Local Plan. medium.com/p/wandsworth...

As Alex Norris MP says, what makes the Plan for Neighbourhoods different is that "communities can now spend funding on things that matter to them", from tacking food poverty with community grocers to revitalising high streets with new co-operative businesses. This is Community Britain in action.

Fond members of hosting @thersaorg.bsky.social at Paradise Coop a few years ago .. Different world !!

Beyond Budgets: Power, Participation & Real Impact in Wandsworth. Let’s do this — together. medium.com/@brendan_323...

Launch of the London Borough of Culture at Battersea Arts Centre this morning celebrating all the wonder & culture in our community. What an exciting year lies ahead. Well done @kemiakinola.bsky.social & the brilliant Culture team at Wandsworth Council. This is community.

www.jtpbfund.scot Got to love this approach eh @georginacreighton.bsky.social .. Be great to see this deployed here in WW as a prototype with the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund ?

Dig where you live …

Great to see Wandsworth as part of this 👇👇

WBC saying ‘The lowest council tax in UK delivering deliver a fairer, compassionate, and more sustainable Wandsworth’ is a ruse imho. CT is a regressive tax at best & disproportionately affects poorer households. This from IFS is worth a read on exactly that 👇👇 ifs.org.uk/sites/defaul...

Wee blog l wrote on the launch of our local community land trust earlier this year. medium.com/@brendan_323...

Had a fascinating chat with an elderly gent who lived in these prefabs post the war to solve the overwhelming housing crisis then. They were in situ for 20 years ! He regaled stories of how safe they are & the strong bonds of community. A solution to our current housing crisis perhaps !

Gotta applaud this approach to working with your community on allocation of Community Investment Levy. Well done @rachelbentleyld.bsky.social .. looking on enviously from Wandsworth !

Listening to the main man @johncreedon.bsky.social and these lovely songs of London from the great city itself. Choice tracks always from JC.

Our greatest challenges—from the climate crisis to rising inequality—aren't accidents. They result from how we've structured our economic theories and economic practice. Today I'm launching a Substack, Mission Economics, to rethink both ⬇️ marianamazzucato.substack.com

Superb news 👇

Great news here for place based community led partnership delivery … @platformplaces.bsky.social

Looking forward to welcoming the Future Leaders cohort from @futureoflondon.bsky.social to Wandsworth this afternoon to chat about our Wandsworth Town Property Partnership !!

The 12 great pubs of Ldn - # 1 - The Grenadier

Spent a few days at home in Ireland last week. The tricolour & the Palestinian flag fly side by side in our village square. #ProudtobeIrish

Back to source. A few days amongst the Wicklow Hills to recalibrate my meitheal.

Good people doing good work here 👇

Superb workshop on our missions for Wandsworth Town Property Partnership with our talented steering group. @rowanconway.bsky.social led a master class in turning mission rhetoric into reality !! @platformplaces.bsky.social making all this happen ..

MEITHEAL Meitheal is the Irish word for a work team, gang, or party and denotes the co-operative labour. To the heart of the concept is community unity through cooperative work and mutually reciprocal support. The ancient and universal appliance of cooperation to social need. Innit.

✨🏘 5 neighbourhoods in Bristol, Liverpool City Region, London, Newcastle & Sheffield have joined a new pilot of #LocalPropertyPartnerships! 🌆🏫 In case you missed it on other channels... The National Lottery Community Fund is supporting #PlatformPlaces & partners with almost £2.5M over 3 yrs. 1/🧵

Inspiring morning at the launch of Battersea Alliance Community Investment Strategy .. @marshadecordova.bsky.social support has been key. BA is delivering for its community based on meaningful partnership. Well done all concerned!!

Community Engagement through face painting by one of the best in the business @rowanconway.bsky.social

www.earlsfieldcommunitylandtrust.org Community Event tomorrow in Earlsfield at Kimber Skate Park .. @kemiakinola.bsky.social