Lock him up: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #trump

Enfield Tories vow to keep promise on 'ripping out' LTNs despite recent ruling against London council Tower Hamlets Council has been prevented from following through on a promise to remove LTNs after a recent Court of Appeal judgement enfielddispatch.co.uk/enfield-tori...

Dan Thomas, formerly the Tory leader of Barnet Council, defected to Reform UK last year and later resigned from the council, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family in South Wales: barnetpost.co.uk/2025/12/31/f... He has now been unveiled as Reform UK leader in Wales. #reform #farage

The government is to permit a certain amount of social housing "rent convergence" but not as much or as soon as #London councils and housing associations had asked for. What is "rent convergence" and why does it matter? An explainer: www.onlondon.co.uk/what-is-soci...

Really excellent (and very alarming).

It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

This is good.

I founded my journalism website On London in a simpler form 9 years ago today. To find out more about it, read this little birthday piece on my personal Substack and consider, if you would, supporting one of world's smaller but sweeter media empires: davehillonlondon.substack.com/p/onlondonco...

Nothing matters more than defeating #Reform.

Should the Met be just for #London? Why is political accountability for policing in the capital such a mess? How should it be sorted out? And would that improve how the city is policed? My guest was former Sadiq Khan policy chief @nickbowes.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAWI... #truelondon

It was damp, dark and cold as I approached my local Tesco Express in search of All-Bran and kitten food. But when I went in, I heard Whitney: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3-h...

Latest edition of On London Extra considers the capital's connections with China, past, present and future. Plus borough elections intel from Redbridge and Hackney, underwhelming news about housing supply and more: davehillonlondon.substack.com/p/on-london-.... #london #china

I wrote recently about London boroughs (and LAs elsewhere) in the 1980s declaring themselves "nuclear free zones". Someone who was involved has some souvenirs. #london

I enjoyed doing my "in conversation" with Sadiq Khan at the @thefabians.bsky.social conference on Saturday. Now you can enjoy a picture of me doing it. I ironed that shirt very nicely, by the way. #london #sadiqkhan

Three London streets very close to Liverpool Street station provide a wealth of traces of the capital's history. Walk down them and you're following in the footsteps of Oliver Twist: www.onlondon.co.uk/john-vane-on.... #london #truelondon

This was a minor story on London news this morning - but suspect is a real cautionary (and alarming) tale of an older man getting radicalised online. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This week's Tuesday On London Extra went out yesterday (you might have worked that out for yourselves). Me on Mayor Khan, immigration and A*dy *B**n**m, Nick Bowes on police reform, borough elections intel, moderate Tories fight back and more: davehillonlondon.substack.com/p/on-london-... #london

What local authorities mostly do: news.sky.com/story/englan... #elections2026

OK Green and Lib Dem (and even Conservative) supporters. You know what to do: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #reform #gorton

Perhaps London's most moving memorial - Frank Meisler's Kindertransport: The Arrival at Liverpool Street station. #holocaust #london #truelondon

New for OnLondon from @nickbowes.bsky.social, former Sadiq Khan policy chief, in response to Home Secretary's plans for police reorganisation. Could they produce changes the capital needs? Or will the accountability mess of the past 25 years continue? www.onlondon.co.uk/nick-bowes-p.... #london

Suella Braverman MP has joined the Reform party, despite briefings from the party last summer to the Daily Mail, GB News and others that it would refuse her if she wanted to join.

Took me a few days but I finally wrote up this good news story from the north west of the capital. Wouldn't it be nice if the doves idea caught on? www.onlondon.co.uk/walks-talks-... #london #truelondon

Perhaps would have been better had Burnham been able to run. But I do not share the confidence of those who consider him the answer to Labour's problems, whether with Reform UK or anything else. "North-south divide" populism is no answer to Britain's problems: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Is this a change many in #London have long argued for? Relieving the Met of national responsibilities could make it better at serving Londoners. Also raises question of who should appoint the Met Commissioner - the Home Secretary (as at present) or London's Mayor. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

His latest full-diaper tantrum: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #trump

Lots of Big Media coverage of Sadiq Khan speech about immigration at today's @thefabians.bsky.social conference: www.itv.com/news/london/.... I was there and did an "in conversation" session with him straight after. My reflections on that coming in next few days. #london #truelondon @london.gov.uk

On education, (un)employment now and in the 1980s, borough elections (Lewisham dept), a fractious yet inspiring local ward forum about a traffic management scheme and more. Includes where I had my lunch on Wednesday: davehillonlondon.substack.com/p/on-london-... #london #truelondon

Three secret projects, one public pledge. Will it be honoured? Now read on: johnvane.substack.com/p/resolution...

Enough Andy Burnham. Enough Laila Cunningham. I beseech you. My cats, too.

Truly, a disgusting human being: news.sky.com/story/i-was-... #trump

Pleased to have former BBC London political editor (and fellow mayoral elections veteran) Tim Donovan writing for OnLondon. He's been on the doorsteps of #Lambeth and #Hackney with the Greens as they aim for big gains in the borough elections of 7 May: www.onlondon.co.uk/tim-donovan-... #london

The problem when trying to rehabilitate Trump’s attachment to old European alliances is that his politics and character are aligned with the dark forces that had to be defeated for those alliances to exist. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The one about wind farms in China is particularly satisfying: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #trump

Anyone attracted by this advert in the Standard is entirely welcome to the USA in its present condition.

NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct. He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…

Another couple of photos from this "peace zone" event (published with appropriate permissions).

In case you missed this recent item about Nigel Farage: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #farage

AI looks likely to have a big impact in #london. Will that be for better or worse in the long run? And what could or should be done to ensure better? Great piece for OnLondon by @richardbrown.bsky.social - www.onlondon.co.uk/richard-brow.... @ldn-pressoffice.bsky.social @howarddawber.bsky.social

Probably annoyed with himself for not doing it first: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #conservatives #reform

The chairman of Reform UK recently pontificated that London has no sense of community (not like in the old days, etc). That wasn't my impression when attending this lovely multi-faith gathering earlier today in the Queens Park ward of Brent, complete with doves of peace. #london #truelondon

Tudor London, according to ChatGPT (and more daft outputs for London in different eras, on the link) londonist.substack.com/p/how-good-i...

The first True London podcast of 2026 is out, starring @lewisbaston.bsky.social taking an early, widescreen look at the forthcoming #London borough elections. These will tell a story about the capital's electors as rich and varied as the city itself: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb3c.... #truelondon

Latest edition of On London Extra looks back at years of London-bashing by the Right (that of the Left is another story) & new attempts to combat it, wonders when the city's Tories are going to join in, provides bits of borough elections intel & more: davehillonlondon.substack.com/p/on-london-...

The madder he gets, the worse it gets: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... #trump

New for On London by @charleswright57.bsky.social - Holocaust memorial project set to pass parliamentary milestone (but its long story won't end there): www.onlondon.co.uk/holocaust-me... #london #holocaust #planning

Who will be next? Chris Philp appears well-qualified. #jenrick #conservatives

OnLondon ran a good piece about this by @richardderecki.bsky.social in September: www.onlondon.co.uk/richard-dere.... #london

Sadiq Khan in Mansion House speech tonight will warn of dangers AI poses to employment in the capital, alongside its potential. Risk of "new era of mass unemployment". He will announce a taskforce on AI and the future of work. @london.gov.uk @ldn-pressoffice.bsky.social