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Specialist Investigative Reporter
@londoncentric.media
& BBC's The Naked Week
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Season finale of the Naked Week out last nightâ been an absolute pleasure to work on. Investigation from me
@catneilan.bsky.social
and
@freyashaw.bsky.social
below â itâs about the scandalous mess that is Supported Exempt Accomm & its massive economic and social costs
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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âEven Dickens would be lost for wordsâ: inside the supported housing scandal | The Observer
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/even-dickens-would-be-lost-for-words-inside-the-supported-housing-scandal
about 1 month ago
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Cat Neilan
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âThe whole system is near-criminal in its ability to harvest public money so that exploitative providers can provide inadequate housing & support to vulnerable people" For our last Naked Week-Observer investigation of the year, we delve into exempt accommodation
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âEven Dickens would be lost for wordsâ: inside the supported housing scandal | The Observer
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/even-dickens-would-be-lost-for-words-inside-the-supported-housing-scandal
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Season finale of the Naked Week out last nightâ been an absolute pleasure to work on. Investigation from me
@catneilan.bsky.social
and
@freyashaw.bsky.social
below â itâs about the scandalous mess that is Supported Exempt Accomm & its massive economic and social costs
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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âEven Dickens would be lost for wordsâ: inside the supported housing scandal | The Observer
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/even-dickens-would-be-lost-for-words-inside-the-supported-housing-scandal
about 1 month ago
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Cat Neilan
about 1 month ago
One minute warning for the final episode of the current series of The Naked Week, and it's a (Christmas) cracker. Fabulous work from our fab investigations team
@coramazov.bsky.social
and
@freyashaw.bsky.social
yet again - all will be revealed soon!
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Cat Neilan
about 1 month ago
As ever, this was a massive team endeavour, with
@coramazov.bsky.social
,
@freyashaw.bsky.social
and myself reporting, &
@garethceredig.bsky.social
@jonholmes.bsky.social
and
@andrewhunterm.bsky.social
on the Naked Week side - listen below if you haven't yet
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The Naked Week - Series 3 - Parties, polycules, and pardoning - BBC Sounds
This week the team enjoy parties, polycules and pardons.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002n0s0
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Unbelievable stuff once again from
@direthoughts.com
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Peer suspended from House of Lords was allegedly paid $1m in âcorruptâ deal
Lord Evans of Watford and other directors of investment firm deny claims made in lawsuits they say are âmeritlessâ
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/04/lord-evans-peer-suspended-lords-allegations-jusan-kazakhstan
about 1 month ago
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@insidehousing.bsky.social
follow-up to our April investigation (
www.londoncentric.media/p/james-gold...
) into a "dishonest" developer using a loophole to takeover council blocks across LDN and then attempting to build extra flats on the roofs. Wild West stuff
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/mp-urge...
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Is this "dishonest" property developer building on your roof?
James Gold was found to pose a "significant risk to the public". So how is he privatising council housing blocks across London and putting new flats on top of them?
https://www.londoncentric.media/p/james-gold-property-developer-london-council-housing
about 1 month ago
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Pete Miles
about 1 month ago
"Pro-Kremlin posts attacked BBC after Panorama scandal"
@theobserveruk.bsky.social
@catneilan.bsky.social
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This weeks joint BBC Naked Week and Observer investigation with
@catneilan.bsky.social
and
@freyashaw.bsky.social
. Read/Listen below.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Pro-Kremlin posts attacked BBC after Panorama scandal | The Observer
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/pro-kremlin-posts-attacked-bbc-after-panorama-scandal
about 1 month ago
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly
about 1 month ago
The Fence is launching a fighting fund to help us keep doing what we do, and grow in just the right ways to do much more. To help us do this, we're also offering some insanely bougie things as part of our first ever full festive Fence-tastic prizedraw. Treats and treasures galore - while slots last!
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The Londoner
about 2 months ago
Londonâs unemployment rate keeps rising. We spoke to the people behind the statistics.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/there-are-a-...
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'There are a lot of fake roles being posted'
Londonâs unemployment rate keeps rising. Here, we speak to the people behind the statistics.
https://www.the-londoner.co.uk/there-are-a-lot-of-fake-roles-being-posted/
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Jim Waterson
about 2 months ago
The brutal reality of life as an Android owner in London: First youâre shocked as youâre mugged. Then youâre humiliated as the thief returns the device.
www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...
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"Don't want no Samsung"
Plus: Scroll down to see what might be the strangest new artwork in the capital and read more on our investigations into the capital's landlords.
https://www.londoncentric.media/p/london-phone-thieves-prefer-android-iphone-l
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Investigation in the worldâs oldest Sunday paper this morn. Itâs about sponsored workers being exploited by a franchisor at Papa Johnâs. When they complained, he threatened to cancel their visas. Dire stuff. An increasingly common issue in the industry.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
about 2 months ago
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Cat Neilan
about 2 months ago
đš Read our investigation into "Papa Johns saviour", how he exploited migrant workers and threatened to cancel visas if they complained This week, he was still on the Home Office's list of approved sponsors. As a result of our work, that's no longer the case đ
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âSaviour of Papa Johnsâ accused of taking unlawful slice of foreign workersâ pay | The Observer
https://share.google/VFDvHHCxcfzay5GHa
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Cat Neilan
about 2 months ago
Investigation with
@coramazov.bsky.social
and
@freyashaw.bsky.social
- which you can also listen to as part of BBC Radio 4's The Naked Week
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Cat Neilan
about 2 months ago
No, it's nothing to do with witches But The Naked Week's latest investigation is something to do with Papa Johns, the exploitation of migrant workers - and action taken by the Home Office as a result of our work With
@coramazov.bsky.social
and
@freyashaw.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The Naked Week - Series 3 - Trump, Traitors, and RIP Tim Davie - BBC Sounds
This week the team fundraise for the BBC, welcome a traitor, and necromance a potato.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002m1ns
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Scoop in
@computerweekly.bsky.social
- A "major issue" with the PSNI's ControlWorks software (used to record info reported by the public) led to a delay in critical info being passed to investigators during a fast-moving investigation
@billgoodwin.bsky.social
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666343...
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Major software issue occurred in PSNI emergency call system | Computer Weekly
An issue with Police Service of Northern Irelandâs (PSNI) ControlWorks software, used to record information reported by the public, led to a delay in urgent information being passed to investigators.
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634323/Major-software-issue-occurred-in-PSNI-system-for-managing-emergency-calls
about 2 months ago
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Charles Ross,
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social
and I had a look at what the shadow ministers in the House of Lords were working at. Turns out many of them are being paid to âadviseâ the same industries that theyâre supposed to be scrutinising.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-lords-..
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2 months ago
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Cat Neilan
2 months ago
Our first investigation was into the slew of fake companies selling all manner of tat on Amazon - in some cases doing so despite being dissolved Estimated to cost the Treasury ÂŁ700m, we understand there are conversations taking place w govt to address the issue
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
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Fake companies cost HMRC ÂŁ700m in tax-dodging tactics
Dozens of top online vendors have registered fake VAT numbers or none at all
https://observer.co.uk/news/business/article/fake-companies-cost-hmrc-700m-in-tax-dodging-tactics
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Cat Neilan
2 months ago
Absolutely delighted to join the team for one more heist/third season of The Naked Week with
@andrewhunterm.bsky.social
Investigations throughout the run from
@coramazov.bsky.social
@freyashaw.bsky.social
and myself Week one *might* have something to do with witches
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 - The Naked Week: Ep1. Royal lodges, asylum hotels and witches. - BBC Sounds
Randy Royal Lodges, Asylum Hotels, and Which Witch is Which?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0mczjs8?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
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Our London Centric piece this morning about the eviction of four more restaurateurs from Elephant and Castle, the major international money behind it, and the rapid diminution of the areas Latin America community
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Did the evicted Elephant and Castle restaurants stand a chance?
One topic has really dominated the London Centric inbox this week: The eviction of a group of Caribbean, South American, and African restaurants in south Londonâs Elephant and Castle by developers in ...
https://www.londoncentric.media/p/elephant-castle-evictions-shopping-centre-elephant-park?r=3ed37c&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
3 months ago
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Jim Waterson
4 months ago
Who keeps crashing cars at speed into the front of a specific Tesco Express in east London? Itâs happened four times in the last three weeks. It looks like a robbery - but London Centric has learned nothing is stolen and it appears to be the same driver.
www.londoncentric.media/p/tesco-expr...
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The mysterious Tesco Express car attacker
Someone really wants to destroy a supermarket in Stratford, to the exasperation of low-paid supermarket staff who are having to pick up the pieces.
https://www.londoncentric.media/p/tesco-express-stratford-attacks-car-driving-speed-mystery
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4 times in the last 3 weeks someone has smashed a car through the front of the same Tesco in the dead of night. Weirdly, nothing has been stolen. It just appears to be an attempt to damage the store/shut it down. But why? and whose behind it? Insane mystery.
www.londoncentric.media/p/tesco-expr...
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Who keeps driving cars into this Tesco Express?
Someone really wants to destroy a supermarket in Stratford, to the exasperation of low-paid supermarket staff who are having to pick up the pieces.
https://www.londoncentric.media/p/tesco-express-stratford-attacks-car-driving-speed-mystery
4 months ago
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Our follow-up story this morning about how Asif Azizâs company is now also renting retail spaces in Edinburgh to students who vanish, leaving huge unpaid tax bills behind. This follows our recent investigation into millions being lost by HMRC at Azizâs properties in LDN.
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4 months ago
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Prospect Magazine
5 months ago
Prospectâs exclusive review of former ministersâ post-government careers found many working in lobbying or with firms connected to their former briefs. âđŒ Charles Ross and
@coramazov.bsky.social
(
@tcij.org
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Where do politicians go when it is time to leave the stage?
Our exclusive review into the next careers of recent former ministers and SpAds found a notable number now working in lobbying or with firms connected...
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/70676/where-do-politicians-go-when-it-is-time-to-leave-the-stage
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly
4 months ago
Intriguing to see the page layouts, text formatting, placement of illustrations, and exact colour scheme of our small mag The Fence (L) receiving such 'sincere flattery' from a 200k+ circulation 'nuke the small boats' newspaper like The Telegraph (R). Very cool.
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Prospect Magazine
4 months ago
Prospectâs exclusive review of former ministersâ post-government careers found many working in lobbying or with firms connected to their former briefs. âđŒ Charles Ross and
@coramazov.bsky.social
(
@tcij.org
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Where do politicians go when it is time to leave the stage?
Our exclusive review into the next careers of recent former ministers and SpAds found a notable number now working in lobbying or with firms connected...
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/70676/where-do-politicians-go-when-it-is-time-to-leave-the-stage
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The Londoner
5 months ago
âYou know what I think is his problem, very, very, honestly?â the man said. âHe doesnât understand that there is a limit". In West London, an Italian charmer is duping the owners of the city's priciest properties, leaving a trail of debt and damage. This is the story of Claudio Di Giovanni.
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Henry Dyer
5 months ago
Great investigation by
@coramazov.bsky.social
about an amazing character and London's high-end sub-letting market
www.the-londoner.co.uk/claudio-is-s...
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'Claudio is Scamming'
How an Italian charmer is duping the owners of Londonâs priciest properties
https://www.the-londoner.co.uk/claudio-is-scamming/
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This morns investigation into a rental arbitrage scheme involving some of Londonâs priciest properties. We look into the well-connected man behind it & speak to over a dozen victimsâ from electrocuted tourists to landlords who collectively lost over ÂŁ100k
www.the-londoner.co.uk/claudio-is-s...
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'Claudio is Scamming'
How an Italian charmer is duping the owners of Londonâs priciest properties
https://www.the-londoner.co.uk/claudio-is-scamming/
5 months ago
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Jim Waterson
6 months ago
Just a quick note on how something like this comes together: Months of reporting from team inc
@coramazov.bsky.social
,
@rachel-rees.bsky.social
, and others. Illustrations by
@carlydraws.bsky.social
to explain it all, plus photos from Jenny F-H (she did the Leveson pictures). High quality lawyering.
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Jim Waterson
6 months ago
He's one of Britain's richest men. So why does Asif Aziz's property company keep leasing London gift shops to overseas students based in abandoned offices or flytipped car parks â before vanishing without paying millions of pounds in taxes?
www.londoncentric.media/p/asf-aziz-l...
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The billionaire and the tax evading gift shops
Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital manages a row of high-profile shops at Piccadilly Circus. So why does his team keeping renting them to students who vanish without paying millions of pounds in taxes?
https://www.londoncentric.media/p/asf-aziz-london-candy-shops-gift-shop-unpaid-tax
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Martin Calladine
6 months ago
This is incredible: using the same MO, retailer after retailer opens in the same few premium locations, selling the exact same products, then does a runner, leaving tax unpaid - and no one is responsible, certainly not the billionaire landlord who keeps getting so unlucky with his tenants.
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Our
@londoncentric.media
piece this morn shows how Asif Azizâs company repeatedly rents some of the UKâs priciest retail spaces to students who vanish without paying millions in tax. Thereâs so much money for HMRC in the WestEnd if it just enforces compliance!
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The billionaire and the tax evading gift shops
Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital manages a row of high-profile shops at Piccadilly Circus. So why does his team keeping renting them to students who vanish without paying millions of pounds in taxes?
https://open.substack.com/pub/londoncentric/p/asf-aziz-london-candy-shops-gift-shop-unpaid-tax?r=3ed37c&utm_medium=ios
6 months ago
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London Centric
6 months ago
What's up with the Harry Potter shops in central London? London Centric's investigation into their finances was raised in the House of Commons by Kensington and Bayswater Labour MP Joe Powell. He asked ministers what it will take to get HMRC officials to check the shops are paying their taxes.
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Just published an investigation into âWe R Blighty, a homeless veteran C.I.C. thats the subject of two investigations. We found evidence of the group misrepresenting itself as a charity, and heard accusations against them ranging from theft to fraud. Read below
www.the-londoner.co.uk/we-r-blighty...
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Do those âWe R Blightyâ fundraisers outside stations really deserve your cash?
The group says it raises money for homeless veterans. But we found it was pretending to be a charity and is accused of letting volunteers steal funds
https://www.the-londoner.co.uk/we-r-blighty-fake-charity/
8 months ago
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Had a scoop in the last edition of the Eye that sheds some more light on our London Centric Harry Potter shop story - look out for the article "Dodgy Shops-Wizard Wheeze". There should be a few copies still on sale until tmo.
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Harry Potter and the unpaid tax bill
A London Centric investigation reveals one of the capital's most garish gift shops owes hundreds of thousands of pounds in unpaid taxes â and uncovers its mysterious owners.
https://www.londoncentric.media/p/harry-potter-and-the-unpaid-tax-bill
8 months ago
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Prospect Magazine
8 months ago
Voters are heading to the polls in the seat of Runcorn and Helsby, with Reform confident of winning the seat from Labour. Read @coramazov.bsky.socialâs recent report from a Reform campaign event.
www.prospectmagazine...
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Reform is coming for Labour in Runcorn
Ex-Tory Sarah Pochin and Nigel Farage are attacking the government on immigration to win the Cheshire seat
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people/69771/reform-is-coming-for-labour-in-runcorn
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Prospect Magazine
8 months ago
If Reform wins in Runcorn on the 1st May, it will signal a catastrophic plunge for Labour, and position Reform as a credible contender for government, writes @coramazov.bsky.social.
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Reform is coming for Labour in Runcorn
Ex-Tory Sarah Pochin and Nigel Farage are attacking the government on immigration to win the Cheshire seat
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people/69771/reform-is-coming-for-labour-in-runcorn
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Henry Dyer
9 months ago
Very interesting profile of Reformâs candidate in the Runcorn by-election by top hack Cormac Kehoe:
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Was up in Runcorn last week with
@prospectmagazine.co.uk
profiling the Reform candidate for a by-election that will set the course of British politics for the next four years. Read about Sarah Pochin, a very different type of Reform candidate, below.
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Reform is coming for Labour in Runcorn
Ex-Tory Sarah Pochin and Nigel Farage are attacking the government on immigration to win the Cheshire seat
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people/69771/reform-is-coming-for-labour-in-runcorn
9 months ago
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The Fence
9 months ago
An oil trader and an Old Etonian with a genius for PR, was Justin Welby the worst Archbishop of Canterbury since Thomas Arundel?
@milesellingham.bsky.social
and
@coramazov.bsky.social
investigate
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Speaking in Small Tongues
Happy-clappy times in Knightsbridge and beyond.
https://www.the-fence.com/speaking-in-small-tongues/
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Jim Waterson
9 months ago
*The alliance of Sadiq Khan haters and people with âno tollsâ on Google Maps overloading the ancient Woolwich Ferry to avoid paying ÂŁ4 tolls *Calls for a government investigation into London Centricâs housing story *The ÂŁ30k legal challenge to Mighty Hoopla
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The ÂŁ30,000 legal challenge to Mighty Hoopla and Field Day festivals
Plus: The strange alliance of motorists using an ancient ferry to avoid the new tolls for crossing the Thames.
https://www.londoncentric.media/p/the-30000-legal-challenge-to-mighty
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@jim.londoncentric.media
& I just published an investigation into a developer using a loophole to take ownership of council housing across LDN without the consent of many tenants. Once he takes over, he tries to build new homes on the roofs. Remarkable stuff.
www.londoncentric.media/p/james-gold...
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Is this "dishonest" property developer building on your roof?
James Gold was found to pose a "significant risk to the public". So how is he privatising council housing blocks across London and putting new flats on top of them?
https://www.londoncentric.media/p/james-gold-property-developer-london-council-housing
9 months ago
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My story with
@computerweekly.bsky.social
this morn-DĂłnal MacIntyre has filed legal action over allegations police put him under surveillance as he investigated the death of Noah Donohoe. Anyone interested in press freedom should watch this space- way more to come
computerweekly.com/news/3666222...
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9 months ago
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Last month, reviewed
@gabrielpogrund.bsky.social
and
@patrickmaguire.bsky.social
's "Get In" for
@prospectmagazine.co.uk
My review of Ungovernable, the diaries of ex-Tory Chief Whip also came out in
@theneweuropean.bsky.social
theneweuropean.co.uk/cormac-kehoe...
- last week. Have a read of both
9 months ago
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I was in the RCJ yesterday with
@computerweekly.bsky.social
for
@barrybelfast70.bsky.social
& Trevor Birney's IPT costs hearing. The court heard that the PSNI's âridiculousâ withholding of evidence had forced the IPT to abandon 2 of the cases previous hearings
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666209...
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PSNIâs âridiculousâ withholding of evidence in spying operation delayed court hearings | Computer Weekly
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366620980/PSNIs-ridiculous-withholding-of-evidence-in-spying-operation-delayed-court-hearings
10 months ago
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Jim Waterson
11 months ago
Went to the Trial of the Pyx and held a ÂŁ1,000 coin, lads. Wrote about here, along with some news on Harry Potter shops, Westminster Bridge, and all the dodgy things of London:
www.londoncentric.media/p/pyx-or-it-...
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Also had a bit of a Post Office related scoop on page 12 of The Eye as well- pick up a copy if you want to see.
11 months ago
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Terry Weldon
11 months ago
We're in the process of eliminating hereditary peers - good. Time to do the same with life peers. If we must have peers at all, make them fixed term only. Better yet, start all over, with a fully elected upper house.
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To cap off a busy day, did a data deep-dive with
@prospectmagazine.co.uk
into the 500 life peers appointed since May 2010 to see what makes a Life Peer. Rather unsurprisingly its usually nepotism. The extent to which that's the case is, however, surprising
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/691...
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What the data tells us about becoming a life peer
An exclusive review of the 500 life peers appointed since May 2010 confirms itâs who you know, not what you know, that gets you into the Lords
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/69163/what-the-data-tells-us-about-becoming-a-life-peer
11 months ago
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