EU–UK Reporter at @POLITICOEurope; documenter of London cycle routes (link below) [email protected]
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there are now new renders of pedestrianised Oxford Street
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Confused by that story about how all our economic numbers were wrong? Read this and you won't be ukandeu.ac.uk/britains-produ…
Trains between Britain and Europe on track to run every 15 minutes politico.eu/article/train-eu…
UK’s immigration database gets confused by identical twins, leaves woman stranded at foreign airport politico.eu/article/uk-immig…
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As we near the end of summer, there's been lots of progress on cycleway development in London.
The first here shows the Levelling-Up funded new cycle tracks outside Dagenham Heathway Station in @lbbdcouncil. Already good progress made and should be done by the end of the year!
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Elon Musk obviously succeeded. The 'vibe shift' was a leveraged buyout --- North South Notes:
northsouthnotes.org/p/the-vi…
the shocked replies to this totally sensible result illustrate a lot about the sort of people whose opinions you're generally seeing on this website these days
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A lobbying firm wanted to pay me to write articles critical of the Building Safety Regulator for newspapers. We filmed them undercover, admitting to secretly paying reporters for copy in British newspapers friendly to their clients:
theguardian.com/politics/202…
a lot of commentary on Healey focusing (reasonably) on the defence spending stuff, but haven’t seen anyone mention that he’s a long-term enthusiast for social housing (which Burnham says will be part of his agenda) theguardian.com/housing-netw…
as Dawn put it in 2015: "Despite moving from shadow housing minister to the shadow health brief under Ed Miliband, he remained interested in housing. Healey was instrumental in starting the SHOUT campaign to lobby for and defend social housing.” theguardian.com/housing-netw…
The EU’s new border system gets confused by identical twins politico.eu/article/entry-ex…
Camden is proposing to EXPAND the pedestrianisation of Camden High Street. could cover more of the wider area. comes with bus priority measures too to speed up diverted buses. looks amazing. consultation here consultations.wearecamden.or…
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London mayor to override opposition to outdoor dining in Soho next summer
theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
full piece here on how we got to where we are 10 years after referendum, and where things might go next politico.eu/article/andy-bur…
Ilderton Road cycleway in Southwark is open! just needs a few missing markings (and some parking enforcement) @southwarkcycle @mcash