Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin has posted this crass video. If you or anyone else is in immediate danger, call 999. If you can’t talk, dial 55 on a mobile. You can also contact National Domestic Abuse Helpline on 0808 2000 247.
Louise Mitchell
@elsieeemm.bsky.social
E17 dweller. All my teams still play in red.
12 June 1929 | A German Jewish girl, Anne Frank, was born in Frankfurt. In 1942, on her 13th birthday, she received an empty diary. She perished in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. 'Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character & goodness.' (A.Frank)
One city. 9 million people. All of us Londoners. We will never be divided.
The Knockabout Show, poems for children by Gerda Mayer (1978). Born in Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia, Gerda Mayer (1927-2021) escaped to Britain on the Kindertransport in 1939. Her family died in Auschwitz. Later a celebrated poet, she lived in Margaret Avenue, Chingford. #WorldPoetryDay #BookoftheMonth
“Clara Zetkin, the German writer, politician and public speaker who founded International Women’s Day, believed it was socialism that would set working class people free—women and men alike.” Robin Oomkes profiles this remarkable woman… www.slowtravelberlin.com/clara-zetkin
We have been made aware of a distressing image doing the rounds today, suggesting Tottenham have beaten us 3-1. This has clearly been photoshopped, and we will be taking this up with the relevant authorities. Even we'd beat Spurs...
Severe Weather Emergency Protocol activated in London ❄️ The temperature is due to drop below freezing tonight, and emergency accommodation is open across the capital for those sleeping rough. If you are sleeping rough or know someone who is, connect to support via StreetLink thestreetlink.org.uk
StreetLink - Connecting people sleeping rough to local services
Welcome to StreetLink. Make an alert if you've seen someone sleeping rough, or if you're sleeping rough and want to find out about local support services.
thestreetlink.org.uk
On International Migrants Day, let’s celebrate the generations of migrants who’ve helped make London what it is today - the greatest city in the world.
If you see someone sleeping on the streets in #WalthamForest please alert StreetLink to connect them to support and help: thestreetlink.org.uk #Walthamstow #Leyton #Leytonstone #Chingford
StreetLink - Connecting people sleeping rough to local services
Welcome to StreetLink. Make an alert if you've seen someone sleeping rough, or if you're sleeping rough and want to find out about local support services.
thestreetlink.org.uk
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan@london.gov.uk · 9mo agoI know Londoners are keen to help. If you see someone sleeping on the streets, alert StreetLink to connect them to local services: thestreetlink.org.uk You can also support London homelessness charities by donating to TAP London: www.taplondon.org
With temperatures dropping below zero, we’ve activated the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol for the first time this winter to ensure anyone sleeping rough in freezing conditions is offered emergency accommodation and support to stay off the streets for good. www.london.gov.uk/emergency-se...
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it’s given in | Jane Martinson
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it’s given in | Jane Martinson
The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold, says Jane Martinson, professor of financial journalism
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So the BBC director general has had to resign because Panorama suggested that Trump tried to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election? Because obviously that never happened …
Donald Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives for inciting an insurrection. Why is the Director General of the BBC resigning?
Today, we celebrate 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights. From the right to a fair trial and freedom of expression to freedom of thought, conscience, and belief, the #ECHR has been instrumental in advancing human dignity and liberty. 🧵 humanists.uk/2025/11/04/c...
Celebrating 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights
Today, we celebrate 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Brought into being after the horrors of the Second World War and the Holocaust, and following in the footsteps of the Un...
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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.
Farage vows to scrap indefinite leave to remain, placing thousands at risk of deportation
Reform UK plans to force non-citizens to apply for visas with high salary thresholds and no access to NHS services
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In what way do they think white people and Western culture are native to America? Return to the land? #FFS 🤷♀️
WIRED@wired.com · last yr.A group of Americans are building a “whites only” community in rural Arkansas they call the “Return to the Land.” They believe that white people and Western culture are facing extinction due to an influx of immigrants and minorities.
Not entirely sure about these numbers but, YES, give local government enough money to do everything it is asked to do and watch as our communities heal and grow Adult social care, public health, children’s services, SEND services all need proper funding to provide support that’s desperately needed
Tom Arnold@tjarnold.bsky.social · last yr.Increasingly convinced the cheapest way to address this is to reverse local government austerity. Returning English local authority budgets to 2010 levels would cost about £7bn. Factor in population and demographic change and you'd want maybe £15bn. Benefits could be seen quickly and felt widely.
Increasingly convinced the cheapest way to address this is to reverse local government austerity. Returning English local authority budgets to 2010 levels would cost about £7bn. Factor in population and demographic change and you'd want maybe £15bn. Benefits could be seen quickly and felt widely.
Jonn Elledge@jonnelledge.bsky.social · last yr."The truly unnerving thing about the fall of Rome (yes, I’m going there again, sorry) was that most Romans probably didn’t notice it had happened." Morning all!
Remembering my lovely PolskiGrandpa a refugee who died on this day 19 years ago #WorldRefugeeDay. He lived peacefully in the UK for 60 years, married and had a family, had a job and began to feel safe. Every refugee deserves a life as wonderful and as ordinary ❤️ #NoOneIsIllegal #AsylumIsAHumanRight
Lovely sunny day for a canvass! Listening to concerns and is raised by residents in Chapel End with George, Helen, Paul and @nathanburns.bsky.social #Walthamstow #LabourDoorstep
not to post commercial, but this silly little bbc video from 10 years ago made me cry the first time i saw it because it was the first time i realized that brian wilson would die someday www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqLT...
God Only Knows - BBC Music
YouTube video by BBC Music
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Ahead of the Spending Review, we have written to Rachel Reeves and Bridget Phillipson making the case for the end of the two-child benefit cap. The cap currently impacts over 7,500 children in Waltham Forest. 👶👧👦
These people aren't interested in making your life better. They don't care about the quality of your kid's school or the health of your community. They have no coherent political philosophy. They just want to make themselves feel bigger by shitting on people.
Ben Quinn@benquinn75.bsky.social · last yr.First meetof Reform UK controlled Kent County Council Chairman says Pride flag won’t be flown over council in June He’s challenged by the opposition to speak with LGBT staff & voters to understand what that flag means to them
