Fantastic to hold joint Labour YIMBY x LGBT+ Labour fundraiser last night and raise £11k for akt to help support LGBT+ young people who are homeless. Really great to bring people together for this important cause. And a huge thank you to our sponsor Grainger plc 🏡🏳️‍🌈🌹

There are in fact larger dollar amounts than $14K.

Person who doesn't understand what a counterfactual is:

Yes, but obviously this is coming in the context of 15 minute city policies being pursued in conjunction with(/used to justify) traffic filtering measures (see for eg news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/joint-statemen…)

Cities don't grow gradually. They grow *explosively* in great bursts, and if you don't allow for that happen, then your city won't grow at all. (Jane Jacobs, The Economy of Cities.)

12/ Add all that up and you start to see a pattern, as I lay out in the accompaning leader. Again and again, the British state has started to look more like a triage ward than a well-functional hospital. Link: economist.com/leaders/2025/0…

I say Labour is banning landlords in England from this kind of disgraceful behaviour. You know who voted to allow it? Reform MPs - who consistently vote against renters rights (and against workers rights while we’re at it)

Enjoyed a gorgeous day out speaking to residents on Hillrise Road and Jessie Blythe Lane 🍦☀️😎🌹

This is a weird and frustrating part of housing discourse: there's widespread acceptance that increase demand (e.g. from migrants) will raise housing prices, but a lot of scepticism than increased supply (e.g. from building more homes) will reduce prices.

That said, when Chancellor sits around the G7 finance ministers table next week in Canada, she will have the fastest growing economy (to be officially confirmed on 30th): Q1 growth: 🇬🇧 0.7 🇨🇦 0.4 (est) release 30/5 🇮🇹 0.3 🇩🇪 0.2 🇫🇷 0.1 🇯🇵-0.1 (est) release tomorrow 🇺🇸- -0.1

Let them eat houseshares.

Why are we paying billions to landlords instead of investing in our social housing stock?

Great to appear on Left On Red Media with Eve McQuillan to discuss all things Labour YIMBY

This is basically where I'm at, I think raising the birth rate by even 10-20% is extremely worthwhile, and the proposals themselves are either good policy (free childcare&education, YIMBYism) or a much needed wealth transfer to young people

The revealed preference of Conservative politicians is that they do not care enough about law & order in our city. They cut London's policing Budget, closed local police stations and slashed the number of local officers. Stand on your record, not on social media clips.

This is what progressive YIMBYism looks like. Pro-environment planning reform to make life easier 👇