Michelle Mone… Today While nurses strike for the first time in their history The Mirror reports Mone and her husband flew in the private jet bought after PPE Medpro contracts, to the Alps for a holiday to stay in £6,000 a night hotel Words fail me. You?

Actual classicism then -living, vigorous. creative, flexible- vs Tradshit now -uninspired, twee, shoddy, flimsy… Laurie Hall, Romford, Essex, and its 2005 trad replacement

More than one million homes and businesses have tested a new scheme enabling them to be paid for avoiding energy use at peak times, collectively saving some £2.8m #CostOfLiving bit.ly/3Wd7xfK

The No Trousers Tube Ride Returns To London In January 2023 (via @londonist) buff.ly/3PLghHq

.⁦Sadiq Khan⁩ policy of supporting councils who demolish genuine council housing means it will get worse - let’s 🙏 there’s some revision of housing policy from the Mayor for the election - we’d prefer it written in stone not built on sand please mylondon.news/news/east-lond…

In the last few days hundreds of thousands if not millions of people in London, Kent, Hampshire, Lancaster, Sussex and Devon have being going without a basic life necessity, running water. Ladies and gentlemen meet the Minister for Water.

The mouth of the River Fleet, as in 1725. It is today the largest of London's subterranean rivers #UYFmaps #London mapotic.com/under-your-feet The exact location today: mapotic.com/under-your-fee…

Citizens cannot sue states for health damages due to air pollution, EU top court rules politico.eu/article/air-po…

I was aware London had been transformed by overseas property investment and high-rise building (the two often go together), but until recently I didn't realise the extent of that transformation.

What at first seems like a joke, is actually real. And, like most government ideas, is not fully costed so I wonder how much it actually costs to iron a sheet of paper?

Finchley leisure centre built in 1996 'not fit for purpose' Finchley Lido Leisure Centre said to have had defects in its construction and will now be redeveloped barnetpost.co.uk/finchley-leisu…

Burning wood to make electricity is not renewable and it's not smart, and finally a large country says so. And it's Australia, which has not exactly been at the forefront of climate foresight. But good on ya, Canberra! news.mongabay.com/2022/12/austra…

BarnetPost IncludeourStreetsN12 Err, funny how defects can be found in municipal facilities when also, coincidentally, 'the current owner, property giant Landsec, is promoting the site for redevelopment and claims it could provide around 800 homes'.

I had absolutely no expectations whatsoever for Defra UK's commitment to the environment and I have not been disappointed. 2063 may as well be 2163, meaningless, pointless and absurd, not unlike this government.

As 2022 draws to a close, we look back at those jailed for murder in east London during the last 12 months. dlvr.it/SfqYTc

IncludeourStreetsN12 SE London CAMRA Joanne Scott FlipsideLondon Tours Cockney Campaign EDDIE Joanna Moncrieff Nika Garrett London Aficionado Alan Russell Mark Doig Malcolm Barr-Hamilton Nigel Sadler Bexley CAMRA LifelongLandlady Roger Protz Barnet Council Historic England Appalling. Well restored as a proper public house that building would be a landmark social hub anchoring local sense of place, drawing a diverse vibrant community together Down The Pub That this is happening to OUR pubs is a tragedy, a national cultural crime #SavingBritainsPubs

It just wouldn't be Christmas without this.

Can we trust the BBC with our history? 📄Read our new report assessing historical impartiality in the BBC 👇 historyreclaimed.co.uk/can-we-trust-t…

Here we go again ? UK 'has no plans' to require Chinese visitors to provide Covid tests as US, Italy clamp down - inews apple.news/ArIUr29DwRgCl1…

Let’s act swiftly and do this here👇