Enforcement has seen:
+ 25% reduction in hospital admissions for stabbings
+ preventing 800 stabbings a year
+ phone lines used permanently closed
On knife crime Labour have done lots already, but will also soon launch their new 'Protecting Lives, Building Hope' plan to cut knife crime further.
Indeed. Tories putting party over country
The deal is mandated by international law so it will happen. But the bill may have to be redrafted or a renegotiated deal with the US in place.
The Conservative Lords have tabled a wrecking amendment - Labour does not have a Lords majority so the bill may well fail. The Lords debate has been postponed
Embankment...
The service is such that I feel the guys pain, the W8 bus just doesn't cut it.
This, from the Home Office strategy "Having a Sensible Conversation about Immigration" is really good: sensible, balanced and evidence-based.
Exactly the right approach for a centre-left government.
I was lucky enough to be upgraded to First on a BA flight from Singapore to Heathrow, Eddie Jordan was in the same cabin. He got off before me.
How I'm turning up to the bsky Christmas party...
A lapwind standing on a damp muddy shore
An Egret in flight against a grassy background
A marsh harrier in flight with grass and trees in the background
Close up of a male pheasant in the undergrowth
A visit to a rather murky Abberton Reservoir yesterday.
Happy Winter Solstice. The light is coming!
This is the Holly King who is now at the peak of his powers. Fortunately his ascension is complete so we can look forward to the emergence of the Oak King and moving into the light.
From my reduction linocut ‘The Holly King versus The Oak King’.
And they are now?
I had never even heard a hint that generational upward mobility had been higher in the UK than in the US for decades, until seeing that second chart.
Are Byline Times able to be briefed in the lobby currently?
This thread is the best Christmas present evah!
That Tom Gauld meme of the two opposing nations perfectly mirrored, but edited to be between archives and museums.
slow day in the office so figured we'd start some beef with museums
Silhouette of a modern style street light against a deep blue sky
Photograph of Marylebone Road with Euston Tower in the distance, seen from the central reservation of the road. A street light stands in the foreground
Engineering drawing showing precise dimensions for a direction sign assembly and a lighting column
View along the A316 Country Way, with the road rising on to a flyover in the distance. A street light arches over the view and a line of similar lights marches into the distance
Just published - we're slowly losing something we didn't know we had: a street light designed just for London. I've taken a deep (and deeply geeky) dive into the history of an everyday object that was designed not to be noticed. #london roadsorguk.substack.com/p/london-in-...
New post just out:
"The Overshoot"
Net migration is collapsing, and will fall further over the coming years. We could even have net emigration.
What does that mean for the country and the political narrative as we head towards the next election?
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
Trafalgar Sq today. A Christmas market, lovely Norwegian tree decorated in Scandinavian style, a large nativity scene, children singing carols to raise money for the homeless & also a massive Hannukah menorah, three candles lit. No flags. No slogans. No right-wing thugs. Christmas in full swing.
A four piece band in a London pub
The Buster Cornelius Quartet at the Sir Colin Campbell on the Kilburn High Road. Top evening!
This is excellent news. The SEND system is on it's knees, woefully underfunded by the previous government with Local Authorities unable to fund provision properly, being bankrupted by trying to do so. Money is not the whole answer - this is an excellent start. www.gov.uk/government/n...
I do things with the hand that seems most natural, and after nearly 70 years that's become the hand that does that thing. I write with my right hand (having had my left hand tied at school to force me) although I can right with both, I attempt to play guitar left handed, bowl (cricket) rh, etc.
A moment, please, for @charlottechurch.bsky.social and her white dress! #TheTraitors
Edinburgh, such a gorgeous city
A great many more people protested the plight of Sheffield Wednesday this month than have attended any protest against asylum hotels
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
100% agree. Rather than making me feel patriotic I feel they besmirch my country, of which I'm proud.
Learned about e-mail.wtf from @sharonodea.com it reminded me about Google's ridiculous email validation which ignores dots in the local part to create an address so allows me in the UK to create stephen.way@ and some idiot in Texas to create stephenway@ as two addresses.
Have a go! (I scored 20/21)
Hmm, 'some people said' vs. actual statistics? Lose the apologist whataboutery and open your eyes.
Map of the UK indicating counties I've visited, giving me a UK level of 316
UK level 316 - that's all the work visits, conferences, camps, family visits and UK holidays for you...
Find your UK level smstone0.github.io#/uk-map
