David Boothroyd
David Boothroyd
@davidboothroyd.bsky.social
Cabinet member for Finance and Counci Reform at @citywestminster.bsky.social and Labour councillor for Westbourne ward
I’m doing the last councillors’ surgery at the Stowe Centre. Thanks to PDT for hosting us for the past 10 years. From next week we will be at Maida Vale Library - same time, 11 am on Saturday
June 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
And here's what happens if you flip it the other way and look at religious affiliation by ethnic group (so, eg, 69.8% of White Irish people in London are Christian)
April 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Here are the London-wide figures for Ethnic group by religious affiliation (so, eg, 96.8% of all the Hindus in London are from Asian ethnic groups)
April 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It is International #AtheistDay on 23 March, and a day to be thankful of freedom of thought, liberation from repressive doctrines, and a hearty affirmation that this existence is all there is
March 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Excellent news that Grand Junction, at St Mary Magdalene's Church, has got a grant from MHCLG for National Windrush Day on 22 June
March 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The joys of British legislation - clause 94 of the recently introduced Planning and Infrastructure Bill:
March 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Location discovery: "The Crunch" by Nigel Kneale (ATV, TX 19.1.64) was made at Hazlewood Crescent, Kensal Town. The 'Makang Embassy' was 50 Hazlewood Crescent. Most of the street is long since demolished but Our Lady of the Holy Souls RC Church survives
March 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Surprise bit of local election ephemera found in today's National Archives release of MI5 files (KV 2/4742). A friend thought Kim Philby might be amused by this flyer for Conservative candidates in Prince's ward, Lambeth in 1964
January 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I know we in Labour are against one-word Ofsted judgments but it appears they had only one word for children's services in Labour-run Westminster City Council
January 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
First councillor’s surgery of 2025 is open for anyone in Westbourne and north Paddington
January 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Official: no blasphemy laws
December 20, 2024 at 9:38 AM
For fans of the 1968 Jonathan Miller version of 'Whistle and I'll Come to You', here's the actual book which Professor Parkin (Michael Hordern) reads to try to comfort his mind at about 35 minutes in. (That's the actual book used in filming, not just another copy)
December 12, 2024 at 7:37 PM
John Prescott's first speech at Labour Party Conference, as a delegate from the National Union of Seamen (3 October 1966)
November 21, 2024 at 2:51 PM