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We're worried the door to NHS privatisation is opening wider through new PFI‑style deals.
This isn’t “support”, it’s a risk to the very fabric of the NHS.
Help us stop this before the autumn budget sets the path.
👉 Donate + share: bit.ly/NHSandBudget
This isn’t “support”, it’s a risk to the very fabric of the NHS.
Help us stop this before the autumn budget sets the path.
👉 Donate + share: bit.ly/NHSandBudget
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
We're worried the door to NHS privatisation is opening wider through new PFI‑style deals.
This isn’t “support”, it’s a risk to the very fabric of the NHS.
Help us stop this before the autumn budget sets the path.
👉 Donate + share: bit.ly/NHSandBudget
This isn’t “support”, it’s a risk to the very fabric of the NHS.
Help us stop this before the autumn budget sets the path.
👉 Donate + share: bit.ly/NHSandBudget
www.pgweb.uk/event?enfiel... This Wednesday morning at the Dugdale: Admin, advice, befriending, mentoring, charity shops, libraries, theatres, helping children, driving, environment, food banks, fundraising, supporting older people, charity trustees... Find the right opportunity for you
Enfield Volunteering Fair
10.00am to 1.30pm Wed 12 Nov Dugdale Arts Centre, London Road, Enfield Town EN2 6DS
www.pgweb.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
www.pgweb.uk/event?enfiel... This Wednesday morning at the Dugdale: Admin, advice, befriending, mentoring, charity shops, libraries, theatres, helping children, driving, environment, food banks, fundraising, supporting older people, charity trustees... Find the right opportunity for you
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@bmj.com, a renowned health journal, slams car bloat:
"Cars are becoming steadily larger, [and] with this comes potential harms to health...Action is needed locally, nationally, and internationally to curb sales of new SUVs and to reduce their presence in urban areas."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
"Cars are becoming steadily larger, [and] with this comes potential harms to health...Action is needed locally, nationally, and internationally to curb sales of new SUVs and to reduce their presence in urban areas."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
November 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
@bmj.com, a renowned health journal, slams car bloat:
"Cars are becoming steadily larger, [and] with this comes potential harms to health...Action is needed locally, nationally, and internationally to curb sales of new SUVs and to reduce their presence in urban areas."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
"Cars are becoming steadily larger, [and] with this comes potential harms to health...Action is needed locally, nationally, and internationally to curb sales of new SUVs and to reduce their presence in urban areas."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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Unless there's an unbreakably valid safety reason why not, all button-operated pedestrian crossings should activate the lights in pedestrians' favour instantly when pressed.
November 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Unless there's an unbreakably valid safety reason why not, all button-operated pedestrian crossings should activate the lights in pedestrians' favour instantly when pressed.
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I have been developing retail properties and groceries for 25 years. This week, an interview with me appeared in Germany's leading real estate newspaper, and it will be republished (🤞) next week in the leading business newspaper.
The topic: The bicycle is the future of downtown retail.
The topic: The bicycle is the future of downtown retail.
It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I have been developing retail properties and groceries for 25 years. This week, an interview with me appeared in Germany's leading real estate newspaper, and it will be republished (🤞) next week in the leading business newspaper.
The topic: The bicycle is the future of downtown retail.
The topic: The bicycle is the future of downtown retail.
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Gambling, an industry out of control doing enormous damage to individuals & communities.
Virgin Games "sent him multiple emails, free bets & text messages enticing him to play more. First bets the night he died were with free credits"
www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Virgin Games "sent him multiple emails, free bets & text messages enticing him to play more. First bets the night he died were with free credits"
www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
628 bets in 72 minutes, then Lee killed himself. No one stopped him
After an inquest into the death of Lee Adams, 36, his family is calling for greater regulation of addictive online gambling
www.thetimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Gambling, an industry out of control doing enormous damage to individuals & communities.
Virgin Games "sent him multiple emails, free bets & text messages enticing him to play more. First bets the night he died were with free credits"
www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Virgin Games "sent him multiple emails, free bets & text messages enticing him to play more. First bets the night he died were with free credits"
www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
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Supporting young folk musicians
Richard McKeever from Bowes Park Folk Club on an initiative offering paid performance slots for musicians aged under 30
enfielddispatch.co.uk/?p=22743
Richard McKeever from Bowes Park Folk Club on an initiative offering paid performance slots for musicians aged under 30
enfielddispatch.co.uk/?p=22743
Supporting young folk musicians
Richard McKeever from Bowes Park Folk Club on an initiative offering paid performance slots for musicians aged under 30
enfielddispatch.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Supporting young folk musicians
Richard McKeever from Bowes Park Folk Club on an initiative offering paid performance slots for musicians aged under 30
enfielddispatch.co.uk/?p=22743
Richard McKeever from Bowes Park Folk Club on an initiative offering paid performance slots for musicians aged under 30
enfielddispatch.co.uk/?p=22743
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Earlier this week I spoke to London Centric about the Ringways Map and all things unbuilt London - they’ve dedicated the whole of their latest edition to the story! substack.com/home/post/p-...
Would your home have been under a motorway?
"The most astonishing and destructive thing never to happen to London," says the man who has spent twenty years researching the first true map of the unbuilt Ringways.
substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Earlier this week I spoke to London Centric about the Ringways Map and all things unbuilt London - they’ve dedicated the whole of their latest edition to the story! substack.com/home/post/p-...
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You’ve been told ‘scrapping Net Zero will reduce the cost of living’, so I asked X users how much the average U.K household pays per day to deliver a clean, independent energy system.
💷 9% thought £7.85.
💷 7% £5.16.
💷 14% £3.09.
💷 70% £1.63.
None were correct.
It’s 47p.
💷 9% thought £7.85.
💷 7% £5.16.
💷 14% £3.09.
💷 70% £1.63.
None were correct.
It’s 47p.
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
You’ve been told ‘scrapping Net Zero will reduce the cost of living’, so I asked X users how much the average U.K household pays per day to deliver a clean, independent energy system.
💷 9% thought £7.85.
💷 7% £5.16.
💷 14% £3.09.
💷 70% £1.63.
None were correct.
It’s 47p.
💷 9% thought £7.85.
💷 7% £5.16.
💷 14% £3.09.
💷 70% £1.63.
None were correct.
It’s 47p.
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If you've just arrived via the Ringways Map, hello! 👋 You might like this podcast I recorded for Radio 4 a few years ago, telling the Ringways story and how I came to be writing about it. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC Sounds - The Boring Talks, #32 - Roads That Don't Exist
Chris Marshall loves roads... even those that don't actually exist.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If you've just arrived via the Ringways Map, hello! 👋 You might like this podcast I recorded for Radio 4 a few years ago, telling the Ringways story and how I came to be writing about it. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
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A reminder to join us and Haringey Community Cinema if you can for this screening of 'TILKA' next Saturday - only a few tickets left!
Tickets free but booking is essential:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hcc-hw-pre...
Tickets free but booking is essential:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hcc-hw-pre...
November 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
A reminder to join us and Haringey Community Cinema if you can for this screening of 'TILKA' next Saturday - only a few tickets left!
Tickets free but booking is essential:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hcc-hw-pre...
Tickets free but booking is essential:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hcc-hw-pre...
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I’ve been staring, somewhat open mouthed at this map all week. One of these motorways was indeed meant to roar right past my house! An absolutely fascinating map that simultaneously makes way more sense than the London we ended up with, and shows an absolutely unthinkable parallel universe.
Earlier this week I spoke to London Centric about the Ringways Map and all things unbuilt London - they’ve dedicated the whole of their latest edition to the story! substack.com/home/post/p-...
Would your home have been under a motorway?
"The most astonishing and destructive thing never to happen to London," says the man who has spent twenty years researching the first true map of the unbuilt Ringways.
substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I’ve been staring, somewhat open mouthed at this map all week. One of these motorways was indeed meant to roar right past my house! An absolutely fascinating map that simultaneously makes way more sense than the London we ended up with, and shows an absolutely unthinkable parallel universe.
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Everyone who actually understands the issues agrees that GB railway network decarbonisation is only possible by 2050 with quite a lot more wires, most importantly on the key freight corridors (batteries will never work well for freight) www.railway-technology.com/news/new-res...
New research suggests electrification possible for 95% of UK freight trains
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport has released its electrification strategy research, which highlights an opportunity to electrify 95% of rail freight operations in the UK by the mid-...
www.railway-technology.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Everyone who actually understands the issues agrees that GB railway network decarbonisation is only possible by 2050 with quite a lot more wires, most importantly on the key freight corridors (batteries will never work well for freight) www.railway-technology.com/news/new-res...
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We must become advocates of hope.
Ambassadors of hope.
Agents of hope.
We must get the message across that it is possible to end child poverty.
We are determined to eradicate it.
We will work harder and harder to do so, and we will not give up.
- Rt Hon Gordon Brown speaking at our 60th
Ambassadors of hope.
Agents of hope.
We must get the message across that it is possible to end child poverty.
We are determined to eradicate it.
We will work harder and harder to do so, and we will not give up.
- Rt Hon Gordon Brown speaking at our 60th
November 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
We must become advocates of hope.
Ambassadors of hope.
Agents of hope.
We must get the message across that it is possible to end child poverty.
We are determined to eradicate it.
We will work harder and harder to do so, and we will not give up.
- Rt Hon Gordon Brown speaking at our 60th
Ambassadors of hope.
Agents of hope.
We must get the message across that it is possible to end child poverty.
We are determined to eradicate it.
We will work harder and harder to do so, and we will not give up.
- Rt Hon Gordon Brown speaking at our 60th
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UK electricity bills up 163% since 2008. Wages haven't.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
Electricity bills increased 163 per cent since 2008 as energy price cap rises - research - Insider Media
New analysis of UK energy costs showed that the average annual household electricity bill increased by 163 per cent between 2008 and 2024, reflecting a steep rise in household energy costs…
www.insidermedia.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
UK electricity bills up 163% since 2008. Wages haven't.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
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Waving goodbye to that meagre 12-13% of ongoing uk rail electrification we had in the pipeline before summer 👋😢
Indian Railways will be fully electrified next year (it’s at ~99% currently)
UK is at 38% with tentatively another 12-13% new electrification committed
Indian Railways is building a 7000km high speed rail network by 2047
We can’t even get ours all the way from central London to central Birmingham
😫
UK is at 38% with tentatively another 12-13% new electrification committed
Indian Railways is building a 7000km high speed rail network by 2047
We can’t even get ours all the way from central London to central Birmingham
😫
November 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Waving goodbye to that meagre 12-13% of ongoing uk rail electrification we had in the pipeline before summer 👋😢
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India: 67th poorest country in the world
UK: 160th poorest country in the world
India: 100% rail electrification is affordable, and we have achieved this in 2025
UK: anything more than 39% electrification is unaffordable, and we will never achieve 100%
UK: 160th poorest country in the world
India: 100% rail electrification is affordable, and we have achieved this in 2025
UK: anything more than 39% electrification is unaffordable, and we will never achieve 100%
Here is an embarrassing graph I have just made for a report. Fun fact:
in 2020/21 Indian Railways added the equivalent of the UK’s *entire electrified railway network* (over 6000 route kilometers!) to their own electrified network - and then did this again in 2021/22
…and AGAIN in 2022/23! 🤯
in 2020/21 Indian Railways added the equivalent of the UK’s *entire electrified railway network* (over 6000 route kilometers!) to their own electrified network - and then did this again in 2021/22
…and AGAIN in 2022/23! 🤯
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
India: 67th poorest country in the world
UK: 160th poorest country in the world
India: 100% rail electrification is affordable, and we have achieved this in 2025
UK: anything more than 39% electrification is unaffordable, and we will never achieve 100%
UK: 160th poorest country in the world
India: 100% rail electrification is affordable, and we have achieved this in 2025
UK: anything more than 39% electrification is unaffordable, and we will never achieve 100%
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Would have been good to see a factor for size/weight of vehicles to encourage use of the smallest cars as I pointed out in my response to TfL’s recent consultation.
www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
Response to TfL consultation on Congestion Charge proposals
Caroline Russell's response to the consultation run by Transport for London (TfL) on the Congestion Charge proposals. Londoners are welcome to use this response as a basis to help shape their own resp...
www.london.gov.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Would have been good to see a factor for size/weight of vehicles to encourage use of the smallest cars as I pointed out in my response to TfL’s recent consultation.
www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
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Removing the congestion charge discount for electric vehicles (EVs) has been planned and communicated since 2018.
tfl.gov.uk/info-for/med...
tfl.gov.uk/info-for/med...
tfl.gov.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Removing the congestion charge discount for electric vehicles (EVs) has been planned and communicated since 2018.
tfl.gov.uk/info-for/med...
tfl.gov.uk/info-for/med...
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Is it fair that public transport fare payers see annual increases in ticket prices, while costs for people driving remain static?
November 8, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Is it fair that public transport fare payers see annual increases in ticket prices, while costs for people driving remain static?
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This isn't just poverty of aspiration, it is incompetence. www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
UK transport secretary says full electrification of railways ‘not affordable right now’
Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2
www.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This isn't just poverty of aspiration, it is incompetence. www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
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At the Autumn Budget, the government are considering more private finance in our NHS.
The legacy of private finance under PFI:
😡 £80bn price tag for just £13bn actual investment
😡Some hospitals spending more on PFI debts than on medicine
Join us on Tues 18th Nov to say no to new PFI
The legacy of private finance under PFI:
😡 £80bn price tag for just £13bn actual investment
😡Some hospitals spending more on PFI debts than on medicine
Join us on Tues 18th Nov to say no to new PFI
Tell Rachel Reeves, NO new PFI in our NHS - demonstration
Eventbrite - We Own It presents Tell Rachel Reeves, NO new PFI in our NHS - demonstration - Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 1 Horse Guards Rd, London, England. Find event and ticket information.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
At the Autumn Budget, the government are considering more private finance in our NHS.
The legacy of private finance under PFI:
😡 £80bn price tag for just £13bn actual investment
😡Some hospitals spending more on PFI debts than on medicine
Join us on Tues 18th Nov to say no to new PFI
The legacy of private finance under PFI:
😡 £80bn price tag for just £13bn actual investment
😡Some hospitals spending more on PFI debts than on medicine
Join us on Tues 18th Nov to say no to new PFI
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Whitehall’s Banqueting House, one of the few survivors of the vast Palace of Whitehall, is about to reopen to the public for a few open days following over a year of restoration work.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tic...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tic...
Tickets Alert: Banqueting House is reopening to the public
Whitehall’s Banqueting House, one of the few survivors of the vast Palace of Whitehall, is about to reopen to the public for a few open days following over a year of restoration work.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Whitehall’s Banqueting House, one of the few survivors of the vast Palace of Whitehall, is about to reopen to the public for a few open days following over a year of restoration work.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tic...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tic...
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Our NHS can’t wait — and neither can we.
💙Donate to our Crowdfunder today and help fund research that holds politicians accountable before the autumn budget.
💌 Can you pls also tag 5 friends who care about the NHS? Every voice counts!
👉 bit.ly/NHSandBudget
💙Donate to our Crowdfunder today and help fund research that holds politicians accountable before the autumn budget.
💌 Can you pls also tag 5 friends who care about the NHS? Every voice counts!
👉 bit.ly/NHSandBudget
November 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Our NHS can’t wait — and neither can we.
💙Donate to our Crowdfunder today and help fund research that holds politicians accountable before the autumn budget.
💌 Can you pls also tag 5 friends who care about the NHS? Every voice counts!
👉 bit.ly/NHSandBudget
💙Donate to our Crowdfunder today and help fund research that holds politicians accountable before the autumn budget.
💌 Can you pls also tag 5 friends who care about the NHS? Every voice counts!
👉 bit.ly/NHSandBudget
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk