London is officially the second-best city in the world, according to a prestigious new ranking We’ll take it.

The gulf between what London is actually like & how it is portrayed by terminally online, self-styled ‘patriots’ & their political heroes is absolutely incredible. I wonder how much it has to do with the city repeatedly electing a Muslim mayor…

www.timeout.com/london/news/...

A GOOD FRIDAY! 🐣
Great to be out this morning in Holloway Ward. Thanks to all who share their time with us on Loraine Estate ❤️🙏

@clairezammit.bsky.social @joepeck.co.uk #NurullahTuran #clarejeapes @jasonjackson.bsky.social @clarkaw.bsky.social
#islingtonsouth #islington #holloway #loraineestate

As that we're all talking steel - here's a video of some steel being made (this is at Liberty's electric arc furnace in Rotherham) 🧨🔥

Steel is on its knees: How do we revive it? — The Good Growth Foundation Andrew Clark, member of the Good Growth Foundation’s advisory board and former UK Head of Communications at Liberty Steel.

Steel is not a relic of the past - it's the backbone of a modern industrial economy.

But with jobs at risk, the industry is on its knees.

In a guest blog, Advisory Board member
@clarkaw.bsky.social sets out what a serious UK steel revival would take.
www.goodgrowthfoundation.co.uk/news/steel-i...

Yes, my mistake

This is quite a way to do HR - two million US federal employees have been offered redundancy simply by sending a one word email, “resign”

Wonder if we’ll get apologies from journalists who confidently called this wrong?

Trying something a bit different, enjoyed a gig by @jimmoray.bsky.social at Walthamstow Folk Club last night - my first time there

What a load of nonsense

SUNNY SESSION IN ST MARY’S & ST JAMES
Great to have so many of us knocking on doors this morning. A real pleasure to chat to local residents and discuss the matters of the day and more! @joepeck.co.uk
@nickwayne1.bsky.social @heathernstaff.bsky.social #islingtonsouth #islington

No, I don't need a bloody copilot for this document, thank you.

Writing is, in no small part, a tool for thinking. If you outsource that element to a machine that cannot think, you shouldn't be surprised if, at the end of the process, neither you nor your reader are any the wiser.

If we are serious about growth, the EU cannot be sidelined | Praful Nargund Five years since the UK left the European Union, the director of the Good Growth Foundation argues that closer ties with our closest trading partner is more vital than ever

Are closer ties with the EU really an electoral minefield? Perhaps not, according to research by the @goodgrowthfdn.bsky.social. Good piece by Praful Nargund. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Listening to a debate about climate change at @thefabians.bsky.social conference under the watchful eye of Dick Whittington

So despite all the fuss and noise, new data shows that the ULEZ expansion hasn’t hurt high street spending - it’s just helped clean up London’s air 💚

www.centreforcities.org/blog/ulez-ex...

The gap between public and private sector pension provision is just mind blowing.

Questions put to Keir Starmer on Southport murders were ill-informed and fuelled conspiracy theories The rule of law matters - and this is why certain questions put to Sir Keir Starmer at the Downing Street press conference were ill-informed

“Ridiculous, ill-informed and fuelling conspiracy theories.” Yep, that’s much of Westminster’s political “journalism” these days. www.scotsman.com/news/politic...

Fair enough. As an ex-business hack, I always valued the opportunity to see the whites of peoples’ eyes and have some face to face conversation.

There's still a place for 'in person' press events though surely? What time of day do you think works best?

Do you really think it would be smart diplomacy for No 10 to comment on everything Trump says/does?

A nine paragraph drop intro before even mentioning Trump. Bold.

Absolutely

We seem to be nationalising the existing railway but privatising a new one…

Excellent NYT interview with the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Hungary. This is a key insight!

This is my three-point plan for standing up to the far right and the billionaire bullies | Sadiq Khan Putting pressure on social media companies to tackle hate and misinformation is a start, but there’s more that the centre left can do, writes Sadiq Khan

well said, Sadiq Khan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Conclave is a pretty good film except for one or two moments of melodrama that had people in the cinema sniggering