Richard Olszewski
@richardolszewski.bsky.social
Leader of Camden Council.
Labour and Cooperative councillor for Fortune Green ward
Labour and Cooperative councillor for Fortune Green ward
Labour delivers change by passing Renters’ Rights Act.
New protections for private tenants:
✅Ending no-fault evictions & bidding wars
✅Max 1 month’s rent upfront
Great to be on @bbc5live to discuss Camden’s support for private renters: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (from 2:14:45)
New protections for private tenants:
✅Ending no-fault evictions & bidding wars
✅Max 1 month’s rent upfront
Great to be on @bbc5live to discuss Camden’s support for private renters: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (from 2:14:45)
October 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Labour delivers change by passing Renters’ Rights Act.
New protections for private tenants:
✅Ending no-fault evictions & bidding wars
✅Max 1 month’s rent upfront
Great to be on @bbc5live to discuss Camden’s support for private renters: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (from 2:14:45)
New protections for private tenants:
✅Ending no-fault evictions & bidding wars
✅Max 1 month’s rent upfront
Great to be on @bbc5live to discuss Camden’s support for private renters: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (from 2:14:45)
Calling #LabourParty members: are you #backingBridget?
Voting for Labour Deputy Leader closes tomorrow at noon.
Don't let your ballot paper sit on the mantlepiece, ie your inbox*.
So. don't delay. Vote today. Vote #BridgetPhillipson.
*Check for e-mail from labourelections@cesvotes.com
Voting for Labour Deputy Leader closes tomorrow at noon.
Don't let your ballot paper sit on the mantlepiece, ie your inbox*.
So. don't delay. Vote today. Vote #BridgetPhillipson.
*Check for e-mail from labourelections@cesvotes.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Calling #LabourParty members: are you #backingBridget?
Voting for Labour Deputy Leader closes tomorrow at noon.
Don't let your ballot paper sit on the mantlepiece, ie your inbox*.
So. don't delay. Vote today. Vote #BridgetPhillipson.
*Check for e-mail from labourelections@cesvotes.com
Voting for Labour Deputy Leader closes tomorrow at noon.
Don't let your ballot paper sit on the mantlepiece, ie your inbox*.
So. don't delay. Vote today. Vote #BridgetPhillipson.
*Check for e-mail from labourelections@cesvotes.com
Great to see trees being planted on a Sunday morning on Gray's Inn Road; part of Camden's work to plant 600 trees a year.
Thanks to Camden Labour's commitment to tackling climate change, we are on course for a quarter of Camden having tree cover. 🌳🌳
#LabourDeliveringOnASunday
Thanks to Camden Labour's commitment to tackling climate change, we are on course for a quarter of Camden having tree cover. 🌳🌳
#LabourDeliveringOnASunday
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Great to see trees being planted on a Sunday morning on Gray's Inn Road; part of Camden's work to plant 600 trees a year.
Thanks to Camden Labour's commitment to tackling climate change, we are on course for a quarter of Camden having tree cover. 🌳🌳
#LabourDeliveringOnASunday
Thanks to Camden Labour's commitment to tackling climate change, we are on course for a quarter of Camden having tree cover. 🌳🌳
#LabourDeliveringOnASunday
Great to be on the #LabourDoorstep in Fortune Green with my co-councillor, Lorna Greenwood, London Assembly Member, Anne Clarke and Mark Guthrie.
Good conversations about estate improvements, tackling crime, and taking up case work for individuals.
Good conversations about estate improvements, tackling crime, and taking up case work for individuals.
October 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Great to be on the #LabourDoorstep in Fortune Green with my co-councillor, Lorna Greenwood, London Assembly Member, Anne Clarke and Mark Guthrie.
Good conversations about estate improvements, tackling crime, and taking up case work for individuals.
Good conversations about estate improvements, tackling crime, and taking up case work for individuals.
Great news that our Labour government is giving #Camden nearly £700,000 additional funding to help tackle homelessness.
Our share of #Labour marking #WorldHomelessnessDay by providing councils nationwide with extra £84 million to boost #homelessness prevention.
Labour making a difference.
Our share of #Labour marking #WorldHomelessnessDay by providing councils nationwide with extra £84 million to boost #homelessness prevention.
Labour making a difference.
October 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Great news that our Labour government is giving #Camden nearly £700,000 additional funding to help tackle homelessness.
Our share of #Labour marking #WorldHomelessnessDay by providing councils nationwide with extra £84 million to boost #homelessness prevention.
Labour making a difference.
Our share of #Labour marking #WorldHomelessnessDay by providing councils nationwide with extra £84 million to boost #homelessness prevention.
Labour making a difference.
Delighted to have voted for Bridget Phillipson as Labour's next deputy leader.
Someone who will focus on campaigning, policy, delivery, organisation and electoral preparedness. The true purpose of Labour's deputy leader.
#BridgetPhillipson #LabourDeputyLeader
Someone who will focus on campaigning, policy, delivery, organisation and electoral preparedness. The true purpose of Labour's deputy leader.
#BridgetPhillipson #LabourDeputyLeader
October 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Delighted to have voted for Bridget Phillipson as Labour's next deputy leader.
Someone who will focus on campaigning, policy, delivery, organisation and electoral preparedness. The true purpose of Labour's deputy leader.
#BridgetPhillipson #LabourDeputyLeader
Someone who will focus on campaigning, policy, delivery, organisation and electoral preparedness. The true purpose of Labour's deputy leader.
#BridgetPhillipson #LabourDeputyLeader
Daily Telegraph running a nasty story attacking Camden’s support for refugees and asylum seekers, with truly vile comments from national and Camden Tories.
Not repeating the story but here is my response:
Not repeating the story but here is my response:
September 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Daily Telegraph running a nasty story attacking Camden’s support for refugees and asylum seekers, with truly vile comments from national and Camden Tories.
Not repeating the story but here is my response:
Not repeating the story but here is my response:
And in case you’re wondering, the revolving restaurant does still revolve…
July 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
And in case you’re wondering, the revolving restaurant does still revolve…
Some great old telecoms kit in the BT Tower, which will find their way into museums and elsewhere in the public domain, I’m sure.
July 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Some great old telecoms kit in the BT Tower, which will find their way into museums and elsewhere in the public domain, I’m sure.
Starting at the top.
First meeting of the day in Camden’s tallest building.
Good to meet #BTTower new owners, MCR Hotels, for site visit and to hear their plans for its future. A great opportunity to open this London icon to public, to support local economy and community.
First meeting of the day in Camden’s tallest building.
Good to meet #BTTower new owners, MCR Hotels, for site visit and to hear their plans for its future. A great opportunity to open this London icon to public, to support local economy and community.
July 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Starting at the top.
First meeting of the day in Camden’s tallest building.
Good to meet #BTTower new owners, MCR Hotels, for site visit and to hear their plans for its future. A great opportunity to open this London icon to public, to support local economy and community.
First meeting of the day in Camden’s tallest building.
Good to meet #BTTower new owners, MCR Hotels, for site visit and to hear their plans for its future. A great opportunity to open this London icon to public, to support local economy and community.
A great @CamdenLabour team out this evening, with our West Hampstead by-election candidate, Francesca Reynolds (@CescaReynolds).
Lots of doorstep conversations on schools, transport, the need for new affordable housing.
#VoteLabour 28 August
Lots of doorstep conversations on schools, transport, the need for new affordable housing.
#VoteLabour 28 August
July 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A great @CamdenLabour team out this evening, with our West Hampstead by-election candidate, Francesca Reynolds (@CescaReynolds).
Lots of doorstep conversations on schools, transport, the need for new affordable housing.
#VoteLabour 28 August
Lots of doorstep conversations on schools, transport, the need for new affordable housing.
#VoteLabour 28 August
At #LGAConf25, delighted to put pen to canvas to confirm @CamdenCouncil joining the Cooperative Councils Innovation Network.
All the sweeter to sign up as Camden’s first official Labour and Coop Party Leader.
#OurCoopDifference
All the sweeter to sign up as Camden’s first official Labour and Coop Party Leader.
#OurCoopDifference
July 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
At #LGAConf25, delighted to put pen to canvas to confirm @CamdenCouncil joining the Cooperative Councils Innovation Network.
All the sweeter to sign up as Camden’s first official Labour and Coop Party Leader.
#OurCoopDifference
All the sweeter to sign up as Camden’s first official Labour and Coop Party Leader.
#OurCoopDifference
Great to be at Glastonbury…Street party!
Huge thanks to all the organisers for putting on such a fabulous community event.
Huge thanks to all the organisers for putting on such a fabulous community event.
June 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Great to be at Glastonbury…Street party!
Huge thanks to all the organisers for putting on such a fabulous community event.
Huge thanks to all the organisers for putting on such a fabulous community event.
A perfect sunny day on the #LabourDoorstep in Gospel Oak with @MarcusBoyland, @LarraineRevah, Matt Sudlow and Ffion.
Listening to residents in the Isokon Building and surrounding streets, discussing action on crime, our high-performing schools and supporting cycling.
Listening to residents in the Isokon Building and surrounding streets, discussing action on crime, our high-performing schools and supporting cycling.
May 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
A perfect sunny day on the #LabourDoorstep in Gospel Oak with @MarcusBoyland, @LarraineRevah, Matt Sudlow and Ffion.
Listening to residents in the Isokon Building and surrounding streets, discussing action on crime, our high-performing schools and supporting cycling.
Listening to residents in the Isokon Building and surrounding streets, discussing action on crime, our high-performing schools and supporting cycling.
In addition to celebrating #VEDay80, today is personally poignant, as it is the 80th anniversary of the US Army liberating Mauthausen concentration camp in central Austria, where my father was a prisoner.
Always thankful for the men and women who gave so much to liberate us all from Nazi tyranny.
Always thankful for the men and women who gave so much to liberate us all from Nazi tyranny.
May 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
In addition to celebrating #VEDay80, today is personally poignant, as it is the 80th anniversary of the US Army liberating Mauthausen concentration camp in central Austria, where my father was a prisoner.
Always thankful for the men and women who gave so much to liberate us all from Nazi tyranny.
Always thankful for the men and women who gave so much to liberate us all from Nazi tyranny.
What a top team!
Out this evening on the #LabourDoorstep in Fortune Green w/ @LornaLGreenwood, @EddieHanson, @CescaReynolds and @suleiman_osman1.
Good discussions with residents on traffic calming, the water industry, and Camden children’s and adult services rated ’Outstanding’.
Out this evening on the #LabourDoorstep in Fortune Green w/ @LornaLGreenwood, @EddieHanson, @CescaReynolds and @suleiman_osman1.
Good discussions with residents on traffic calming, the water industry, and Camden children’s and adult services rated ’Outstanding’.
April 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
What a top team!
Out this evening on the #LabourDoorstep in Fortune Green w/ @LornaLGreenwood, @EddieHanson, @CescaReynolds and @suleiman_osman1.
Good discussions with residents on traffic calming, the water industry, and Camden children’s and adult services rated ’Outstanding’.
Out this evening on the #LabourDoorstep in Fortune Green w/ @LornaLGreenwood, @EddieHanson, @CescaReynolds and @suleiman_osman1.
Good discussions with residents on traffic calming, the water industry, and Camden children’s and adult services rated ’Outstanding’.
John was a legendary figure in Camden politics over four decades. A great mentor to me as a young councillor and a source of fond memories.
He gave Camden financial stability while driving radical action on housing and left us a fine legacy.
He gave Camden financial stability while driving radical action on housing and left us a fine legacy.
April 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
John was a legendary figure in Camden politics over four decades. A great mentor to me as a young councillor and a source of fond memories.
He gave Camden financial stability while driving radical action on housing and left us a fine legacy.
He gave Camden financial stability while driving radical action on housing and left us a fine legacy.
I don’t normally take photos of service covers but good to see @CelticFC immortalised on the streets of Highgate. 😄
April 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I don’t normally take photos of service covers but good to see @CelticFC immortalised on the streets of Highgate. 😄
Great to be on the #Labourdoorstep in Highgate this evening with ward councillor, Anna Wright, and a top @camdenlabour.bsky.social team, including councillor Tricia Leman and the fab, Angela Mason.
April 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Great to be on the #Labourdoorstep in Highgate this evening with ward councillor, Anna Wright, and a top @camdenlabour.bsky.social team, including councillor Tricia Leman and the fab, Angela Mason.
Happy 60th birthday, London Borough of Camden!
Here are the minutes of the very first meeting of Camden Council on 1 April 1965. A pleasure to have worked in later years, with two great @camdenlabour.bsky.social figures who were present that day, Roger Robinson and long-serving Leader, Roy Shaw.
Here are the minutes of the very first meeting of Camden Council on 1 April 1965. A pleasure to have worked in later years, with two great @camdenlabour.bsky.social figures who were present that day, Roger Robinson and long-serving Leader, Roy Shaw.
April 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Happy 60th birthday, London Borough of Camden!
Here are the minutes of the very first meeting of Camden Council on 1 April 1965. A pleasure to have worked in later years, with two great @camdenlabour.bsky.social figures who were present that day, Roger Robinson and long-serving Leader, Roy Shaw.
Here are the minutes of the very first meeting of Camden Council on 1 April 1965. A pleasure to have worked in later years, with two great @camdenlabour.bsky.social figures who were present that day, Roger Robinson and long-serving Leader, Roy Shaw.
A pleasure to address @LondonCoop Party annual conference as Camden’s first 'Labour and Cooperative' Leader.
Talking about Camden’s work to promote community cohesion, suport food coops & how #cooperative values inform what we do, from Camden Learning to our missions.
#londonmutualmissions
Talking about Camden’s work to promote community cohesion, suport food coops & how #cooperative values inform what we do, from Camden Learning to our missions.
#londonmutualmissions
March 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A pleasure to address @LondonCoop Party annual conference as Camden’s first 'Labour and Cooperative' Leader.
Talking about Camden’s work to promote community cohesion, suport food coops & how #cooperative values inform what we do, from Camden Learning to our missions.
#londonmutualmissions
Talking about Camden’s work to promote community cohesion, suport food coops & how #cooperative values inform what we do, from Camden Learning to our missions.
#londonmutualmissions
Great on the #LabourDoorstep today in West Hampstead w/ this fab team of @CamdenLabour councillors and local Labour members.
Huge recognition for the local LABOUR councillors, Sharon Hardwick and Nazma Rahman, supporting residents. Not a single mention of Tory councillors.
Huge recognition for the local LABOUR councillors, Sharon Hardwick and Nazma Rahman, supporting residents. Not a single mention of Tory councillors.
March 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Great on the #LabourDoorstep today in West Hampstead w/ this fab team of @CamdenLabour councillors and local Labour members.
Huge recognition for the local LABOUR councillors, Sharon Hardwick and Nazma Rahman, supporting residents. Not a single mention of Tory councillors.
Huge recognition for the local LABOUR councillors, Sharon Hardwick and Nazma Rahman, supporting residents. Not a single mention of Tory councillors.
A great @CamdenLabour support squad also out with Pat Callaghan this morning in #CamdenTown ward; leafleting and chatting to residents in Juniper Crescent, and Gilbeys Yard.
H/T Camden Town Cllr, Richard Cotton, Julian, Matt Sudlow, Simon Lickert and Kilburn councillor, Robert Thompson.
H/T Camden Town Cllr, Richard Cotton, Julian, Matt Sudlow, Simon Lickert and Kilburn councillor, Robert Thompson.
March 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A great @CamdenLabour support squad also out with Pat Callaghan this morning in #CamdenTown ward; leafleting and chatting to residents in Juniper Crescent, and Gilbeys Yard.
H/T Camden Town Cllr, Richard Cotton, Julian, Matt Sudlow, Simon Lickert and Kilburn councillor, Robert Thompson.
H/T Camden Town Cllr, Richard Cotton, Julian, Matt Sudlow, Simon Lickert and Kilburn councillor, Robert Thompson.
Great to be out on #InternationalWomensDay with the redoubtable, Pat Callaghan, #CamdenTown councillor and council Deputy Leader; spreading the word on @CamdenLabour’s cost of living support, a vital lifeline for many women in Camden.
#IWD2025 #CamdenWomen
#IWD2025 #CamdenWomen
March 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Great to be out on #InternationalWomensDay with the redoubtable, Pat Callaghan, #CamdenTown councillor and council Deputy Leader; spreading the word on @CamdenLabour’s cost of living support, a vital lifeline for many women in Camden.
#IWD2025 #CamdenWomen
#IWD2025 #CamdenWomen
⚖️ A budget that works for everyone!
🏡 More affordable homes
👶 Better support for young people
💰 Investment in public services
📢 Backing local businesses & communities
Labour is delivering real change in Camden. #LabourDelivers #CamdenBudget2025
🏡 More affordable homes
👶 Better support for young people
💰 Investment in public services
📢 Backing local businesses & communities
Labour is delivering real change in Camden. #LabourDelivers #CamdenBudget2025
March 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
⚖️ A budget that works for everyone!
🏡 More affordable homes
👶 Better support for young people
💰 Investment in public services
📢 Backing local businesses & communities
Labour is delivering real change in Camden. #LabourDelivers #CamdenBudget2025
🏡 More affordable homes
👶 Better support for young people
💰 Investment in public services
📢 Backing local businesses & communities
Labour is delivering real change in Camden. #LabourDelivers #CamdenBudget2025