2019 manifesto: Tories promise to abolish 'no-fault evictions' of private tenants (section 21).

2024: The number of households threatened with homelessness and owed a prevention duty because of a section 21 notice is the highest on record, at 25,910 over the last year (JRF)

I can’t watch #swfc

Admin’s having quite the day

They usually use a parabolic mirror to light the torch, asking for assistance from Apollo, the god of fire.

It was too cloudy, so they went with 'here's a flame we made earlier.'

Alternative headlines include GODS HAVE FORSAKEN MANKIND

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I know this place is, shall we say, different now - but don't share a brutal stabbing on your timeline for views without any warning.

We shouldn't increase supply by building new homes [which lower prices] because people can't afford them 🤔

Like almost everyone, it seems, I am not posting on here much. I am however on Threads as patricksmithjournalist. Let's tweet like it's 2012.

Tell young people - this is what Twitter used to be like. The replies to this are just joyous. Rylan! GB News!

Old-fashioned meme fun. Like the good old days.

People seem to know a lot about these no-go areas they presumably haven't been to because they're no-go areas.

We cannot tell you with any certainty that your train will run or not 🤷‍♂️

IT'S HERE: Nimby Watch, my new column for CapX, in which I celebrate the way our planning system is working to save the country from the blight of affordable housing or decent infrastructure.

First up - the story of the Bethnal Green mulberry tree.
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Congrats to Taylor Swift on winning Super Bowl 58 👏 a stunning performance

Checking in to say the tweets from blue tick people under newsworthy tweets are quite incredible these days. Gamified, amplified trolling.

The praise this Evan Davis interview has rightly received is a reminder of how rare such rigour was during the Brexit Referendum, when quite basic things, like what references to 'access' to the single market meant, were not interrogated.

I have 20+ years of Football Manager behind me, just waiting for this moment

Voting intention by age tells a remarkable story about British politics.

18-24: Con 9, Lab 60, Ref 3
25-49: Con 14, Lab 57, Ref 8
50-64: Con 20, Lab 49, Ref 14
65+: Con 35, Lab 25, Ref 22

This is a wild chart. The number of American newspaper employees is down >50% since I started working in a newsroom, and I'm 32 years old.