Alex Catt
@cllralexcatt.bsky.social
27, Norwich, Green Party Field Organiser, City Councillor for Sewell ward, Deputy Leader of the Opposition at Norwich City Council. Lover of plants and pigeons 🌱
Delighted to be running yet another packed action day in the Rushmere St Andrew by-election. Just one seat separates @thegreenparty.bsky.social and the Tories at East Suffolk Council and the race is neck-and-neck. Lots of people impressed by Julian Cusack on the doorstep!
It's time we did something about rip-off rents - and my amendment to the Renters' Rights Bill would do just that. My column for @metro.co.uk ⬇️ #RentControls #GenerationRent metro.co.uk/2025/01/13/i...
I’m sick of landlords treating renters like cash cows
It’s only fair that if the accommodation renters are being provided with isn’t decent, they shouldn’t be forced to pay for it.
metro.co.uk
I got so used to never ever posting anything on twitter because it became so pointless when the algorithm drives you to promoted content that I keep forgetting to ever post anything here too It’s like I’ve got trauma from twitter
Don’t ask the boring context for this photo of my cats paw but she’s really looking at me like: ‘you better not be selling my feet pics now’
Motivation at an all-time low as we are dangerously close to my annual leave ending
When it’s too hot under the duvet but too cold to sleep without it
Got my £5.50 back today and now they have a card they’ve got no use for so the joke is on them.
Alex Catt@cllralexcatt.bsky.social · 2y agoWHSmith just charged me £5.50 for a generic Christmas card If any company deserves bankruptcy, it’s that one.
Norwich City Council doesn’t operate here but I’ve requested that they shelter rough sleepers on Wednesday night at the very latest when feels-like temperatures are set to hit, and drop below freezing. They may say they wait for other authorities but they should take the initiative.
Contender for weirdest Christmas gift? A collection of allen keys (don’t get me wrong - I did mention at one point that I didn’t have enough)
I was really proud that we were able to win a change so that rough sleepers are given shelter *before* temperatures hit freezing, and during extreme weather. It’s really disappointing to see the council fail at the first test and not recognise their mistake. www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/2479267...
Row erupts at City Hall after rough sleepers left on streets during extreme weather
Homeless people were left on the streets of Norwich during Storm Darragh.
eveningnews24.co.uk
I said I was missing my cat over Christmas so my sister brought round this little angel 🥺
Labour does not get nature. “The action plan is agreed and written. It is utterly baffling that this new government would want to shelve all that work". No wonder we are one of the most nature-depleted corners of this planet, with #biodiversity in free fall www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Labour shelves rescue plan for globally rare chalk streams
Protection of habitat featured in David Attenborough’s Wild Isles had been promised under the Tories
thetimes.com
Not my mum deciding to educate the Facebook bigots on Christmas Day
🏴Scotland has the strongest hunting laws in the UK. 🚫But today, will be a true test for these laws. 🦊Authorities must enforce these laws for the sake of our nature.
I have made roasted brussel sprouts with a honey, red wine vinegar and chilli glaze but my father has still decided he wants to boil some for himself. Criminal.
Very happy with my first batch of Yorkshire puddings today
I think greetings cards as a whole are a complete waste of money and paper unless it’s for a proper message and someone you don’t see often but giving cards to your immediate family… I just don’t understand what the point of that could ever be
WHSmith just charged me £5.50 for a generic Christmas card If any company deserves bankruptcy, it’s that one.
a woman is saying `` this is a case for the fbi '' while standing in front of a red background .
ALT: a woman is saying `` this is a case for the fbi '' while standing in front of a red background .
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Despite rhetoric from the Labour government, local councils will yet again be forced to make cuts to services while increasing council tax. We still live under Tory austerity even if it’s for a Labour rosette on now, and it’s the poorest that will be hit the hardest by this.
Just some light holiday reading for a councillor passionate about housing
And so we begin the yearly ritual of taking my cat on the train and tube to get home for Christmas She’s taking up a whole table on the train and if anyone thinks I’m moving her then they have another thing coming
Mourning the loss of twitter so here’s a picture I thought was decent
