Alastair Harper
@alastairharper.bsky.social
Veteran of various UK squabbles on housing, climate, nature, refugee rights.
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Get ready to see London at its festive best.
With Christmas lights switching on across the city, Visit London has you covered with a full guide to the best displays:
With Christmas lights switching on across the city, Visit London has you covered with a full guide to the best displays:
29 best outdoor Christmas lights in London 2025
Discover the best London Christmas lights and decorations of winter 2024, including the magical displays on Oxford Street, Regent Street and Covent Garden.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Get ready to see London at its festive best.
With Christmas lights switching on across the city, Visit London has you covered with a full guide to the best displays:
With Christmas lights switching on across the city, Visit London has you covered with a full guide to the best displays:
A spooky edition of my silly little videos from Highbury www.instagram.com/reel/DQeAJa_... #halloween
alastairofhighbury on Instagram: "Happy #halloween spooky fans! To celebrate I tried to review some scary books that you might enjoy, but I maybe bit off more than I…"
Happy #halloween spooky fans! To celebrate I tried to review some scary books that you might enjoy, but I maybe bit off more than I can chew (said the vampire to the giraffe). Reviewed books include-Carmilla by Sheridan Le FanuGhost in the Wall, a collection of short storiesIT, by Stephen KingAnd something that would be frankly dangerous to even name!#bookstagram#politics#highbury#labour
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October 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A spooky edition of my silly little videos from Highbury www.instagram.com/reel/DQeAJa_... #halloween
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
I hear this is what swung it for her. www.instagram.com/reel/DQHgi_2...
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October 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I hear this is what swung it for her. www.instagram.com/reel/DQHgi_2...
Good one for the @carbonbrief.org quiz @leohickman.carbonbrief.org
Climate debate hive mind: there is a line in the new Ian McEwan novel (highly recommended!) that refers to some climate change deniers in the UK. I know the last two he’s referring to, but not the first. Minor thing but it’s been bothering me for days! Help!
October 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Good one for the @carbonbrief.org quiz @leohickman.carbonbrief.org
If you have experienced the cycle of refusal and tribunal for an ehcp while trying to care for a demand avoidant autistic child and you feel the world is
against you, I’m afraid that’s because it is. But at least this episode of Panorama can explain it to others - www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
against you, I’m afraid that’s because it is. But at least this episode of Panorama can explain it to others - www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Panorama - Kellie Bright - Autism, School and Families on the Edge
EastEnders actor Kellie Bright meets parents who say they’re exhausted by the fight to get the right education for their autistic children.
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October 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If you have experienced the cycle of refusal and tribunal for an ehcp while trying to care for a demand avoidant autistic child and you feel the world is
against you, I’m afraid that’s because it is. But at least this episode of Panorama can explain it to others - www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
against you, I’m afraid that’s because it is. But at least this episode of Panorama can explain it to others - www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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This month I announced that London has met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide for the first time ever.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than predicted.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than predicted.
London Ulez reduced nitrogen dioxide to legal limit, mayor says
The mayor of London says the fall in airborne toxins is due to the Ultra low emission zone expansion.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This month I announced that London has met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide for the first time ever.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than predicted.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than predicted.
This is “carbon capture as a solution to the freight industry” level of conference event attendance
October 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is “carbon capture as a solution to the freight industry” level of conference event attendance
In Kemi’s mind, this is because everyone agrees with her policies
Say hello to literally the only protesters outside Tory conference this year
October 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
In Kemi’s mind, this is because everyone agrees with her policies
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No flapjacks for Kemi
Climate change is already damaging the nature, beauty and heritage we care for. Without deep and sustained cuts to emissions, nature faces an even more perilous future and the places people love will continue to suffer.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tories pledge to scrap landmark climate legislation
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says her party would axe legally binding targets to cut emissions.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
No flapjacks for Kemi
Thatcher first PM to raise global warming at the UN. Theresa May first G7 leader to legislate to stop unmitigated emissions. The Tories have turned their back on their own leaders, their own global leadership, their own credibility.
October 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Thatcher first PM to raise global warming at the UN. Theresa May first G7 leader to legislate to stop unmitigated emissions. The Tories have turned their back on their own leaders, their own global leadership, their own credibility.
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It’s just possible that the Labour voices who urged Khan to ditch Ulez expansion after the Uxbridge by-election were not, after all, strategic geniuses.
184 years earlier than predicted, London has met the legal limits for toxic NO2 for the first time.
This historic milestone proves that bold action like expanding ULEZ works, protecting children’s health and giving millions cleaner air to breathe.
This historic milestone proves that bold action like expanding ULEZ works, protecting children’s health and giving millions cleaner air to breathe.
London Ulez reduced nitrogen dioxide to legal limit, mayor says
The mayor of London says the fall in airborne toxins is due to the Ultra low emission zone expansion.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It’s just possible that the Labour voices who urged Khan to ditch Ulez expansion after the Uxbridge by-election were not, after all, strategic geniuses.
Problem faced. Policy applied. Policy worked. Politics can work.
For the first time ever, London has met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected.
Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected.
Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.
October 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Problem faced. Policy applied. Policy worked. Politics can work.
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I’d bet that Sadiq Khan will have saved more lives than all other politicians of his generation.
I hope history recognises it.
I hope history recognises it.
September 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I’d bet that Sadiq Khan will have saved more lives than all other politicians of his generation.
I hope history recognises it.
I hope history recognises it.
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Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
September 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
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NEW: Something remarkable happened recently and hardly anyone noticed – GB electricity demand was 100% covered by clean power
We took a look at the data and this has happened for a record 87 hours in 2025 to date, twice as often as ever before
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We took a look at the data and this has happened for a record 87 hours in 2025 to date, twice as often as ever before
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September 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
NEW: Something remarkable happened recently and hardly anyone noticed – GB electricity demand was 100% covered by clean power
We took a look at the data and this has happened for a record 87 hours in 2025 to date, twice as often as ever before
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www.carbonbrief.org/...
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We took a look at the data and this has happened for a record 87 hours in 2025 to date, twice as often as ever before
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Highbury>Liverpool, my friends www.instagram.com/reel/DPLidlJ...
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September 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Highbury>Liverpool, my friends www.instagram.com/reel/DPLidlJ...
Another good day to be in London
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
September 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Another good day to be in London
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spokesperson for Sadiq Khan:
“We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response.
“London is the greatest city in the world, safer than major US cities, and we’re delighted to welcome the record number of US citizens moving here.”
“We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response.
“London is the greatest city in the world, safer than major US cities, and we’re delighted to welcome the record number of US citizens moving here.”
Trump to the UN: "I have to say, I look at London where you have a terrible mayor -- terrible terrible mayor -- and it's been so changed, so changed. Now they want to go to Sharia Law ... both their immigration and their suicidal energy ideas will be the death of Western Europe."
September 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
spokesperson for Sadiq Khan:
“We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response.
“London is the greatest city in the world, safer than major US cities, and we’re delighted to welcome the record number of US citizens moving here.”
“We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response.
“London is the greatest city in the world, safer than major US cities, and we’re delighted to welcome the record number of US citizens moving here.”
Local wine legends become national wine legend #highbury www.instagram.com/reel/DO8MNhJ...
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September 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Local wine legends become national wine legend #highbury www.instagram.com/reel/DO8MNhJ...
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So right. Creating a climate of fear is in nobodies interests.
September 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
So right. Creating a climate of fear is in nobodies interests.
Farage’s crew hate our country and the people that make it such a delight. More than anything, I hate the knot of fear he has tied in the bellies of so many amazing people for whom this is home.
Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
Farage vows to scrap indefinite leave to remain, placing thousands at risk of deportation
Reform UK plans to force non-citizens to apply for visas with high salary thresholds and no access to NHS services
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September 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Farage’s crew hate our country and the people that make it such a delight. More than anything, I hate the knot of fear he has tied in the bellies of so many amazing people for whom this is home.