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David Boothroyd

@davidboothroyd.bsky.social

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Labour councillor for Westbourne ward on @citywestminster.bsky.social

David Boothroyd @davidboothroyd.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

A very troubling finding buried in the British Future report 'Understanding Anti-Muslim Hostility': very few people think there's any prejudice against atheists in Britain. There is a great deal of it, and the fact that people can't recognise it is a major concern

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David Boothroyd @davidboothroyd.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

I’m doing the last councillors’ surgery at the Stowe Centre. Thanks to PDT for hosting us for the past 10 years. From next week we will be at Maida Vale Library - same time, 11 am on Saturday

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David Boothroyd @davidboothroyd.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

And here's what happens if you flip it the other way and look at religious affiliation by ethnic group (so, eg, 69.8% of White Irish people in London are Christian)

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David Boothroyd @davidboothroyd.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Here are the London-wide figures for Ethnic group by religious affiliation (so, eg, 96.8% of all the Hindus in London are from Asian ethnic groups)

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David Boothroyd @davidboothroyd.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

It is International #AtheistDay on 23 March, and a day to be thankful of freedom of thought, liberation from repressive doctrines, and a hearty affirmation that this existence is all there is

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David Boothroyd @davidboothroyd.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Excellent news that Grand Junction, at St Mary Magdalene's Church, has got a grant from MHCLG for National Windrush Day on 22 June

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David Boothroyd @davidboothroyd.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The joys of British legislation - clause 94 of the recently introduced Planning and Infrastructure Bill:

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David Boothroyd @davidboothroyd.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Location discovery: "The Crunch" by Nigel Kneale (ATV, TX 19.1.64) was made at Hazlewood Crescent, Kensal Town. The 'Makang Embassy' was 50 Hazlewood Crescent. Most of the street is long since demolished but Our Lady of the Holy Souls RC Church survives

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David Boothroyd @davidboothroyd.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Surprise bit of local election ephemera found in today's National Archives release of MI5 files (KV 2/4742). A friend thought Kim Philby might be amused by this flyer for Conservative candidates in Prince's ward, Lambeth in 1964

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David Boothroyd @davidboothroyd.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

I know we in Labour are against one-word Ofsted judgments but it appears they had only one word for children's services in Labour-run Westminster City Council

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David Boothroyd @davidboothroyd.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

First councillor’s surgery of 2025 is open for anyone in Westbourne and north Paddington

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David Boothroyd @davidboothroyd.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Official: no blasphemy laws

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David Boothroyd @davidboothroyd.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

For fans of the 1968 Jonathan Miller version of 'Whistle and I'll Come to You', here's the actual book which Professor Parkin (Michael Hordern) reads to try to comfort his mind at about 35 minutes in. (That's the actual book used in filming, not just another copy)

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David Boothroyd @davidboothroyd.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

John Prescott's first speech at Labour Party Conference, as a delegate from the National Union of Seamen (3 October 1966)

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