As those of us who actually live in London know, it’s a safe city. The homicide rate is now the lowest ever on record. How do we compare? 🇬🇧 London: 1.1 murder per 100k 🇫🇷 Paris: 1.6 🇺🇸 NYC: 2.8 🇧🇪 Brussels: 2.9 🇩🇪 Berlin: 3.2 🇺🇸 LA: 5.6 🇺🇸 Houston: 10.5 🇺🇸 Philadelphia: 12.3

Bit niche but… Have any East London cyclists noticed an odd sequencing of the lights at Old St? If you’re coming from Old St W to Old St E, the lights let two full runs of cars heading north, then two of east & then two full runs of pedestrians before the cyclists go. It’s a very oddly long wait.

2025: Liz Truss criticising Keir Starmer over the release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah 2022: Liz Truss as Foreign Secretary trying to secure the release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah

Absolute privilege to be in attendance in the Speaker’s House today, as Hilary Rodham Clinton discussed her life, Trump, peace in Northern Ireland, the rights of women, the future, and much more.

Genuinely what are people like Ed West doing with their lives? Go to Wigmore Hall, go to the movies, go to Koko, go to the Vortex Jazz Club, go see an orchestra, go see the Last Dinner Party...it ought to cure you out of having this weird, unnatural reaction to your fellow citizens.

I’d love to donate again and my B+ blood is great for the below. But sadly the rules won’t let me since I became single and on Prep…🤷

It was sad listening to the CE on Women’s Hour earlier…clearly no real desire from members or the governing body to do this and proper pride in how trans inclusive they’ve been. All the Supreme Court judgement has done is create a problem where none existed. The gov must legislate to fix this.

Couldn't agree more. Absolute nightmare for those of us who only occasionally need a car.

Today, the government have unveiled the new HIV Action Plan for England. It's a really exciting moment, with transformational potential. We're rounding up some of the highlights. Find out more. https://tht.org.uk/news/government-launches-trailblazing-scheme-reconnect-thousands-hiv-treatment

Plus sides to today: Two-child benefit scrapped. Largely progressive tax implications. Good market reaction. No big spending cuts. Nightmare prospect of cutting funding to net zero etc avoided. It's a left-wing budget. Those who say there's no difference between Labour and Tories are bananas.

Jesus Christ, OBR...

Today is the anniversary of the repeal of Section 28 in England and Wales. Here's why the campaign to strike down that homophobic law was what first got me involved in politics 👇

Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?

What. Is. Happening.

New Yorkers faced the choice between hope and fear, and just like we've seen in London, hope won. Huge congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on his historic campaign. Tonight you get your roti and your roses - enjoy!

You'll have to ignore the buckets of anti-trans campaigning commentary in the piece, but the basic news is quite simple. The EHRC has failed to get the government to accept its anti-guidance in haste. Something is holding it up, perhaps for another a year www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

god this is properly mortifying stuff from Zarah there, GCSE-level analysis, quite hard to watch

More of this please.

Above all, the police approach in that decade culminated in the unlawful killing of 96 people and decades of cover-up.

Stunning work!

‘Yes’…says every single person who’s ever been a cllr.

Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference?

I also particularly enjoyed his comment reconciling his apparent Sharia Law plans and yet standing in front of a Murphy’s banner. Great speech.

This is so true.

Showing mother the motherland

Fantastic event by @liamconlon.bsky.social highlighting the importance of the campaign for a Philomena’s Law. The redress scheme after the horrors of Ireland’s Mother & Baby homes shouldn’t create financial hardship for the survivors. And thanks to my lovely Siobhan McS for backing it!

Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain. They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city. Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.

This had made me laugh more than it really should've.

Something we all need.

Amid all the stuff about ‘dangerous London’ and ‘broken Britain’, new figures show the homicide rate in London is at a 10-year low. Killings dropped by 26% over the last year, from 78 to 58. No one under 25 was murdered during the school summer holidays.

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The planning curse of secretly adding 18 stories to a building STRIKES AGAIN

Ignore the haters. London is the 🐐

A *white British* grooming gang. Let’s be consistent. www.bbc.com/news/article...

In Tower Hamlets, Aspire stooges have consistently tried to pin auditing problems on the previous Labour administration (problems the fab @mufeedah.bsky.social was brilliantly tackling) whilst ignoring the elephant in the room. Wilful? Or just ignorant? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Pursue engagement at the cost of credibility and you’ll deserve neither and lose both.

Nigel Farage has clearly never wandered around the West End after 9pm...!

I see we’re still ‘saving brick lane’ by spending insane amounts of £’s (which could be spent on services) on legal fees because cllrs are unable to perform their statutory duty to determine the lawfulness of planning applications. Ignorance of the planning process strikes again! 🤪🤯

Whenever I post about Gaza / Palestine, it's pretty clear a lot of people don't hear about what the UK government actually say & do - especially when it's on the world stage, like at the UN or other international orgs. So I thought I'd make a simple thread to post links as things happen. 1/

Labour Yimby are disappointed by the Government’s decision to concede to the Nimby lobby on the planning reforms this country so desperately needs. For the first time the Labour Government is backing the blockers, not the builders. 1/

We’re quoted in The Times voicing concerns about HMG’s planning concessions. We back protecting nature and building the homes and infrastructure Britain needs. These changes risk doing neither while adding delays, legal challenges, and uncertainty. www.thetimes.com/article/af8e...

Commentators: 'Labour's wasted its first year in office'. Ed Miliband:

Very pleased to see this! Well done to all who signed.

🏳️‍⚧️🚨 New letter from MPs on trans rights & EHRC Consultation on the #ForWomenScotland ruling. I have written a letter to the EHRC to urgently raise concerns about the Draft Code of Practice consultation after the ruling. I am proud to say that 32 of my colleagues have signed it too.

Incredible turnout and atmosphere in Budapest as huge crowds march in defiance of Viktor Orbán. Mayor Karácsony has shown tremendous leadership, and the organisers huge courage. It was an honour to march in solidarity with Hungary’s LGBTQI+ community.

Fantastic work from Rachel! Huge kudos to her, the supportive MP’s, & the team at LGBT+ Labour for convincing the Gov this amendment was necessary to fulfil our manifesto promise. This is how we create change. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️