Kirsten Lloyd 🇵🇸
@klloyd.bsky.social
Writer, curator, Senior Lecturer History of Art (The University of Edinburgh) and organiser with Living Rent (Leith Branch). Wants rent controls now. https://kirstenlloyd.co.uk/
£600 fine. Incredible. That'll show em.
October 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
£600 fine. Incredible. That'll show em.
Can I recommend going to the ombudsman? I didn't think it would work and it took ages but they forced the insurers to pay despite the policy small print (which they found to be utterly unreasonable). I think the insurers now just bet on the fact that most folk can't be bothered to escalate.
October 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Can I recommend going to the ombudsman? I didn't think it would work and it took ages but they forced the insurers to pay despite the policy small print (which they found to be utterly unreasonable). I think the insurers now just bet on the fact that most folk can't be bothered to escalate.
So sorry to hear this Karen. Sending lots of love to you both xxx
September 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
So sorry to hear this Karen. Sending lots of love to you both xxx
Well deserved - big congratulations!
August 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Well deserved - big congratulations!
another example of the connections between UK healthcare and colonialism that go well beyond labour. Bhambra is really good on the later relationship between colonial tax regimes and the NHS: www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconom...
Don’t omit my family’s history from lessons on Empire
UK government ministers want the British Empire's benefits taught in schools. Don’t let them ignore the death and destruction it inflicted
www.opendemocracy.net
May 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
another example of the connections between UK healthcare and colonialism that go well beyond labour. Bhambra is really good on the later relationship between colonial tax regimes and the NHS: www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconom...