@eden-kulig.bsky.social
Labour party councillor for Harrow-on-the-Hill & work in NGO sector. Occasional writer. J'habite Metroland
Great news. Would have made a huge difference to me for the ten years when I was a private renter. Annual rent rises / fear of evictions were such a source of stress for years. And I could have gotten a cat sooner too 🐈⬛️
Labour’s Renters’ Rights Act means:
🏠No more bidding wars to secure a tenancy
🏠Maximum of 1 month’s rent upfront
🏠Rolling monthly tenancies
🏠Fair rules for pets
🏠End to no-fault evictions
Taking a weight off of renters everywhere but especially is West Ham and Beckton.
🏠No more bidding wars to secure a tenancy
🏠Maximum of 1 month’s rent upfront
🏠Rolling monthly tenancies
🏠Fair rules for pets
🏠End to no-fault evictions
Taking a weight off of renters everywhere but especially is West Ham and Beckton.
October 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Great news. Would have made a huge difference to me for the ten years when I was a private renter. Annual rent rises / fear of evictions were such a source of stress for years. And I could have gotten a cat sooner too 🐈⬛️
Wonder what services or community groups they'll end up cutting funding to to fund this?
Reform promised to cut ‘wasteful spending’ but now plans to spend £75,000 of taxpayers' money on flags
leftfootforward.org/2025/10/refo...
leftfootforward.org/2025/10/refo...
Reform-led council set to spend £75,000 on putting up union flags
Reform promised to cut ‘wasteful spending’ but now plans to spend thousands on flags
leftfootforward.org
October 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Wonder what services or community groups they'll end up cutting funding to to fund this?
Agreed. Even a couple of minutes a day was actively destroying my mood - it's designed to do it now! A couple of posters I miss but would never look at it again
Leaving it fully behind has just dropped a load of stress from my life.
There’s this weird tendency to respond to critiques of twitter by noting that bluesky is insufferable but like. I don’t care. Go to threads. Post on somethingawful. Get into carrier pigeons. Your brain is rotten and will get worse til you leave there
August 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Agreed. Even a couple of minutes a day was actively destroying my mood - it's designed to do it now! A couple of posters I miss but would never look at it again
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Only 29% would back Brexit now
August 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Only 29% would back Brexit now
The cruelty is the point
The Trump regime is about to burn 500 tons of USAID emergency food. Why?
Because it expired after its shipment was delayed.
1.5 million children could have eaten for a week. Now, taxpayers will spend $130K for it to be destroyed.
This isn’t just inefficient – it’s cruel.
Because it expired after its shipment was delayed.
1.5 million children could have eaten for a week. Now, taxpayers will spend $130K for it to be destroyed.
This isn’t just inefficient – it’s cruel.
July 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The cruelty is the point
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Nine years on, Brexit is widely seen as a failure.
Most Britons would now vote to rejoin. Even Leave voters are turning.
Brexit has hurt the economy, businesses, and public finances.
The public has moved on. Time for politics to catch up.
Most Britons would now vote to rejoin. Even Leave voters are turning.
Brexit has hurt the economy, businesses, and public finances.
The public has moved on. Time for politics to catch up.
June 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Nine years on, Brexit is widely seen as a failure.
Most Britons would now vote to rejoin. Even Leave voters are turning.
Brexit has hurt the economy, businesses, and public finances.
The public has moved on. Time for politics to catch up.
Most Britons would now vote to rejoin. Even Leave voters are turning.
Brexit has hurt the economy, businesses, and public finances.
The public has moved on. Time for politics to catch up.
May 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Me too!
"The UK will also rejoin the Erasmus student exchange scheme." The Times
If true, this would make me very happy as a former Erasmus student in the UK. Erasmus changed my life for good. I will be forever very grateful.
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If true, this would make me very happy as a former Erasmus student in the UK. Erasmus changed my life for good. I will be forever very grateful.
🇬🇧🇪🇺
May 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Me too!
He's right
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said in an interview that Tesla chief Elon Musk had acted through ignorance during what Gates described as misguided cuts to US development assistance www.ft.com/content/bdd9...
May 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
He's right
Wrote a piece for LabourList about how Reform might fare actually running councils - and whether it will help or hurt the national Party brand
🌹"You know that saying about remembering you’re not stuck in traffic, you are the traffic? I hate to break it to them, but Reform are part of the system now, and it will change how people see them."
Read @eden-kulig.bsky.social on Reform:
labourlist.org/2025/05/2025...
Read @eden-kulig.bsky.social on Reform:
labourlist.org/2025/05/2025...
'Labour must expose the gap between Reform's local ambition and ability' - LabourList
As Labour activists we need to keep reminding the voters that the far-right don’t have any solutions locally, and they won’t have them nationally either.
labourlist.org
May 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Wrote a piece for LabourList about how Reform might fare actually running councils - and whether it will help or hurt the national Party brand
A great read!
‘Birmingham’s bin strike underlines why public health matters. Labour should talk more about it’.
My latest piece in a personal capacity for @labourlist.bsky.social.
labourlist.org/2025/04/birm...
My latest piece in a personal capacity for @labourlist.bsky.social.
labourlist.org/2025/04/birm...
'Birmingham's bin strike underlines why public health matters. Labour should talk more about it' - LabourList
The defining purpose of public health is creating richer and freer lives for all, not just crisis management. The Labour Government can make public health a good news story.
labourlist.org
April 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A great read!
Canvassing yesterday to let residents know about upcoming surgery dates - and some upcoming events on Churchfields with the Harrow Nature Conservation Forum 🌳
April 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Canvassing yesterday to let residents know about upcoming surgery dates - and some upcoming events on Churchfields with the Harrow Nature Conservation Forum 🌳
Note: Harrow Council's Conservative administration spent £400,000 of taxpayers' money on a failed judicial review of this policy
www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2499000...
www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2499000...
The north London boroughs to have 'benefitted the most' from Ulez expansion
A north London borough that opposed Ulez expansion has seen some of the largest reductions in air pollution because of the policy, a new report has…
www.hamhigh.co.uk
March 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Note: Harrow Council's Conservative administration spent £400,000 of taxpayers' money on a failed judicial review of this policy
www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2499000...
www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2499000...
Busy, sunny Saturday meeting residents across the ward - great to visit Spire Cafe & see the revamped spire without scaffolding too!
March 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Busy, sunny Saturday meeting residents across the ward - great to visit Spire Cafe & see the revamped spire without scaffolding too!
Agree with this. I've had the privilege of seeing UK aid work up close, and I wish more people could see it and understand the impact. Cutting is the wrong thing to do
International aid is as vital as defence spending – cutting either undermines British security | Emily Darlington
International aid is as vital as defence spending – cutting either undermines British security | Emily Darlington
When funding to support vulnerable countries is withdrawn, the risk of war and global destabilisation increases
www.theguardian.com
March 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Agree with this. I've had the privilege of seeing UK aid work up close, and I wish more people could see it and understand the impact. Cutting is the wrong thing to do
Great news! All young Europeans should have the opportunity to live and work across Europe. It's been one of the biggest casualties of Brexit. Now to rejoin Erasmus too
Prime Minister ready to offer Youth Mobility Scheme
Keir Starmer's youth mobility proposal aims to strengthen UK-EU relations, addressing labour shortages and opportunities 👏
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
Keir Starmer's youth mobility proposal aims to strengthen UK-EU relations, addressing labour shortages and opportunities 👏
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
New: Starmer ready to offer Youth Mobility Scheme
Keir Starmer's youth mobility proposal aims to strengthen UK-EU relations, addressing labour shortages and opportunities
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Great news! All young Europeans should have the opportunity to live and work across Europe. It's been one of the biggest casualties of Brexit. Now to rejoin Erasmus too
Evil
Trump calls Zelensky “a dictator without elections” having lauded Putin, a man who hasn’t had a free or fair election in years and who has prevented elections in Ukraine because he invaded.
February 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Evil
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The desertion, or worse defection, of the United States in the global war between democracy and authoritarianism has plunged Europe into crisis. Here are the four things we should do now to ensure the war for democracy isn't lost. blairmail.substack.com/p/winning-th...
Winning the War for Democracy
What we're living through will be written into the pages of the history books. It's time to take hold of the pen.
blairmail.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The desertion, or worse defection, of the United States in the global war between democracy and authoritarianism has plunged Europe into crisis. Here are the four things we should do now to ensure the war for democracy isn't lost. blairmail.substack.com/p/winning-th...
What I've always said - the next leader of the Tory Party with a shot at becoming PM (which is not Kemi Badenoch) will have to admit Brexit (not just in execution, but in concept) was a mistake
And THIS is very refreshing.
It feels like we are moving forward. We all know Brexit was a horrendous farce. We need our leaders to say it. And then we can have fresh, clear conversations.
It feels like we are moving forward. We all know Brexit was a horrendous farce. We need our leaders to say it. And then we can have fresh, clear conversations.
Kemi Badenoch to admit Tory ‘no plan’ Brexit was a mistake
The Conservative leader is set to make a major speech on Thursday where she will accuse Labour of repeating the mistakes of the Tory government she served in
www.independent.co.uk
January 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
What I've always said - the next leader of the Tory Party with a shot at becoming PM (which is not Kemi Badenoch) will have to admit Brexit (not just in execution, but in concept) was a mistake
Sharing the article I wrote about this a while back, considering the debate going on in Parliament today!
Massive pressure building on the government over the Youth Mobility Scheme vote today!
Labour MPs told to 'put their money where their mouth is' and back EU youth mobility scheme
The Lib Dems are seeking to put pressure on Sir Keir Starmer for an EU youth mobility scheme, saying it is a "no brainer" for economic growth.
news.sky.com
January 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Sharing the article I wrote about this a while back, considering the debate going on in Parliament today!
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We mutter a lot about housing in the UK. BUT IT'S 44% MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE OECD AVERAGE.
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
January 13, 2025 at 9:28 AM
We mutter a lot about housing in the UK. BUT IT'S 44% MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE OECD AVERAGE.
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
Happy New Year from the top of Harrow hill, with its view of all the London fireworks 🎆
January 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Happy New Year from the top of Harrow hill, with its view of all the London fireworks 🎆
So foggy on the hill today you can't even see the spire from Churchfields...
December 28, 2024 at 3:33 PM
So foggy on the hill today you can't even see the spire from Churchfields...
Last day before Christmas break-
leafleting Lowlands Road with community safety petition / Christmas shift at London Community Kitchen / mulled wine in front of the fire at The Castle. Second (full) year of first term done, one more to go. See you in 2025 - I'm off to spend Christmas by the sea 🌊
leafleting Lowlands Road with community safety petition / Christmas shift at London Community Kitchen / mulled wine in front of the fire at The Castle. Second (full) year of first term done, one more to go. See you in 2025 - I'm off to spend Christmas by the sea 🌊
December 21, 2024 at 10:37 AM
Last day before Christmas break-
leafleting Lowlands Road with community safety petition / Christmas shift at London Community Kitchen / mulled wine in front of the fire at The Castle. Second (full) year of first term done, one more to go. See you in 2025 - I'm off to spend Christmas by the sea 🌊
leafleting Lowlands Road with community safety petition / Christmas shift at London Community Kitchen / mulled wine in front of the fire at The Castle. Second (full) year of first term done, one more to go. See you in 2025 - I'm off to spend Christmas by the sea 🌊