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Nick Beall
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Sort of here, sort of there. Politics, Localism, Communities and Cricket. Opinions unlikely to be anyone else's.
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The story that @londoncentric.media was made to deliver.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Outstanding caption in the latest @londoncentric.media newsletter about London's murky pedicab industry....

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Photo caption: A pink Lamborghini-branded pedicab illegally parked on Westminster Bridge. It is not known whether this pedicab is an officially-licensed Lamborghini product.
May 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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April 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Enjoyed this blast from the past list of former Farage challengers from @stephenkb.bsky.social's newsletter this morning.
Text: So, in many ways, Rupert Lowe giving remarkably unhelpful interviews to newspapers is just what we should expect to happen. It’s the same old set of criticisms that Farage has attracted from within his parties: he doesn’t have what it takes to expand appeal, he is too dictatorial, the party needs to be more open to its right flank. Frankly, I don’t think Rupert Lowe is going to be any more successful than Gerard Batten, Patrick O’Flynn, Douglas Carswell, Robert Kilroy-Silk or any of the other politicians who thought they knew how to better steer the ship. (That it was a struggle to remember some of those names tells its own story.)
March 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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I know people are distracted by other things but this is a very curious response in Politico from the Shadow MHCLG team given that the Plan for Neighbourhoods is a remodelled version of the Long-Term Plan for Towns launched under the last government. www.gov.uk/government/p...
Text: On the grid: Meanwhile, Angela Rayner has announced a new £1.5 billion “plan for neighborhoods” fund for 75 deprived areas across Britain. Communities including Darlington, Scarborough and Great Yarmouth will be handed £20 million to invest in things like youth clubs and cultural venues. Rayner said the plan “puts local people in the driving seat of their potential, having control of where the Whitehall cash goes.” The Mirror’s Ashley Cowburn has more. Tory response: Shadow MHCLG Secretary Kevin Hollinrake said: “Labour erased the phrase ‘levelling up’ from government and instead of delivering for local communities are now spending taxpayer cash on wasteful pet projects this country can’t afford.”
March 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM