Reposted by Gilian MacinnesJohn Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 03/10/2026We’re screwed www.esquire.com/news-politic...esquire.comA Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity. 65559274
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesAlex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It’s a badge of honour for @bylinetimes.bsky.social to be banned from Reform and Conservative conferences - like being banned by Russia or China, it says more about them, than the journalists. Also, so ironic that the parties which waffle on about freedom of speech are the most scared of it. 628297
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 02/10/2026Israeli barrier cuts off water to West Bank Palestinians before elections aje.news/hl1cc7 7130111
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 01/10/2026if true this is bonkers for a party supposedly committed to defending free speech 22386101
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 29/09/2026"More than 100 Jewish settlers went on the rampage in a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank on Monday night, torching buildings and cars, stoning Israeli security forces and preventing the return of a Palestinian family displaced by previous settler attacks." www.ft.com/content/4f56...ft.comMore than 100 Israelis go on rampage in Palestinian townJewish settlers blocked roads, set tyres ablaze and prevented the return of a Palestinian family in latest surge of violence in occupied West Bank 77950
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesMartin Wheatley @martinhwheatley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026BBC has been so often challenged about misleading usage of "e-bike" that one assumes they just don't care. Police don't have power to seize legal e-bikes so by definition those sold are illegal e-motorbikes. And, yes 🙄 police auctioning illegal items www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukE-bikes seized by police sold on at auction, BBC findsThousands of electric motorbikes are confiscated annually because they are suspected of being driven illegally or used in a crime - most are destroyed, but last year police sold at least 161. 011
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesAnna Clarke @annaclarke.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I'm certain that no council will have budgeted for its temporary accommodation costs rising by 88% in just 5 years. So they'll be needing to make cuts to other services to pay for it. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...independent.co.ukTemporary housing costs councils £8m every day in new record highOver £8m a day is being spent on emergency provision, new figures show 3126
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesPete Apps @peteapps.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Overall - it will be a familiar story to anyone who lives in a similar building. Serious questions about the risk of how long it takes us to remediate; the control of interim safety measures and what is really being offered to residents with disabilities in these buildings 084
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Surprising this story isn't getting more coverage...portsmouth.co.ukProtestors confuse Pakistan cricket team for migrants after gathering at hotelMisinformation caused groups of people to gather at The Marriott Hotel 921086480
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesRhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 08/09/2026It won’t stop these reprehensible, cowardly pieces of shit attacking the RNLI, but here is a handy link to donate rnli.org/support-us/g...rnli.orgDonate to the RNLI and help save lives at seaYour donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here. 47786440
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Fascism on the streets of Dover 2001483454
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesJess Phillips @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social · 04/09/2026For me I find the numerous "jokes" about how the millionaire could give them personally a few quid. Really undignified begging, by people eating in Claridges. 1015321
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesPaul Smith @pmsmith.bsky.social · 04/09/2026For most of the last 20 years, it has been a given that building new homes is financially viable. For reasons including regulatory burdens and more general inflation, that is no longer the case. I've explained how that impacts planning for Housing Today. www.housingtoday.co.uk/comment/the-... 023
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Stop whatever you’re doing & watch this now! Reform’s magic money tree has been bust wide open. Huge kudos to undercover reporters Verbatim via @channel4news.bsky.social youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI?... hugeyoutu.beUndercover: Exposing Reform's secret donations plotYouTube video by Channel 4 News 802530933
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 31/08/2026Israel’s Ben-Gvir storms Al-Aqsa mosque in occupied East Jerusalem aje.news/n5dvlo 75949
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesRob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 31/08/2026"I want your children's lungs to be smaller and less functional" is a bold electoral strategy. 26035401066
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesDavid Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Merseyside is nowhere near the Mersey, Tyne and Wear is landlocked and Lancashire has migrated to Cumbria. I’m so glad that we’re burning the planet so that people can do things like this. 6132
Gilian Macinnes @gilianmac.bsky.social · 17/08/2026www.ft.com/content/f6b9...ft.comFar-right Israeli minister advocates killing ‘30 to 40’ Gazans each nightItamar Ben-Gvir also calls for re-establishment of Jewish settlements in the Palestinian enclave 000
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 03/08/2026is The Monday Club making a comeback? 3214
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesSam Stafford @samuelstafford.bsky.social · 01/08/2026🚨🚨🚨 Episode 178 of 50 Shades of Planning is available now via this link or from the usual podcast platforms. Vibes and Stuff. pod.co/50-shades-of...pod.coVibes and Stuff - 50 Shades of PlanningSam Stafford was in Birmingham recently and took the opportunity whilst there to catch up with old friend of the podcast Myles Wild Smith and new friends of the podcast Mike Knott, Bart Shirm and Beth... 001
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 28/07/2026GSK to shut historic Stevenage hub as it announces £1.9bn cost-saving drive ft.trib.al/KxPgjazft.trib.alGSK to shut historic Stevenage hub as it announces £1.9bn cost-saving driveUK drugmaker hopes new Cambridge site will bolster pipelines of medicines 1115
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesChannel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Britain’s largest telescope faces closure in science cutschannel4.comBritain’s largest telescope faces closure in science cutsThe famous Joddrell Bank Observatory is reported to be facing closure. The scientific funding body that supports the eight-decade-old site in Cheshire hosting radio telescopes, is said to be consideri... 0219
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesSam Stafford @samuelstafford.bsky.social · 25/07/2026🚨🚨🚨 Episode 177 of 50 Shades of Planning is available now via this or from the usual podcast platforms. Hitting the High Notes - Richard Schofield. pod.co/50-shades-of...pod.coHitting the High Notes - Richard Schofield - 50 Shades of PlanningThis is another episode in the Hitting the High Notes series, which, if you have not listened to one before, is town planning's equivalent, nee rip off, of Desert Island Discs. During these episodes S... 021
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 25/07/2026A baby was rescued by her family after her home was set on fire by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. The attacks come as settlers and Israeli forces carry out extensive raids across Nablus. 30349243
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/07/2026What an abomination. 1252458647
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesShit Planning @planningshit.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Nothing says ‘wellbeing’ like inviting people to sit and admire the consequences of poor design! 1221237
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 24/07/2026Tory party ‘bans’ candidates who don’t back its human rights and net zero pledges ft.trib.al/6Q5KBLDft.trib.alTory party ‘bans’ candidates who don’t back its human rights and net zero pledgesChair Kevin Hollinrake says would-be MPs need to endorse leader Kemi Badenoch’s UK agenda 3239
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesSam Stafford @samuelstafford.bsky.social · 20/07/2026At the Labour Party Conference last year I said to Steve Reed that if he really wanted to ‘Build, Baby, Build’ he would make national development management policies statutory. He had no idea what I was on about. 142
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 19/07/2026This is so, so bad. She’s taken the very narrow point that domestic drilling may result in oil and gas with a slightly lower carbon footprint than some imports and extrapolated it out to make sweeping claims about UK emissions increasing that are entirely false. So deeply unserious. 16454178
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Small boats to UK now down 45% year on year to mid-July. The BBC continues to (mistakenly) tend to hypothesise a weather effect. It is neither weather nor UK govt policy. It is a change in EU-wide flows. 23352173
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesOwler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I dare Syed to say this to anyone who works in or with local government. 2175
Gilian Macinnes @gilianmac.bsky.social · 18/07/2026SEWater - We're very sorry to our customers in the T Wells area who are experiencing low pressure, intermittent supply or no water today. This is due to a technical issue at our water treatment works in the area, ..unable to pump water to properties in the TWells particularly those on higher ground.tinyurl.comAquAlerter Map by South East Water 020
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesSam Stafford @samuelstafford.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Auckland gets a mention in this @jburnmurdoch.ft.com piece about fixing the housing crisis. www.ft.com/content/8c91... Find out more about what went on there by listening to this episode of the @50shadesofplanning.bsky.social podcast. pod.co/50-shades-of... 121
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesAnthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 17/07/2026What is this if not foreign interference in UK democracy? There's an Elections Bill going through parliament. Time for an amendment. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTrump administration to grant $12m to groups founded by UK conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby YoungExclusive: Controversial grants are part of package criticised as misuse of public money to influence European politics 16238119
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesPatrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 16/07/2026So Count Binface is pledging to do everything Farage doesn’t as a MP, utter genius❗️👌🏼 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 He will👇🏼 Hold weekly constituency surgeries✅ Answer all letters and emails within 3 days✅ Spend 10 days in Clacton for every day spent abroad✅ Outside earnings will be donated to Clacton charities✅thelondoneconomic.comCount Binface goes for the jugular with Clacton pledgesCount Binface seems to have already stolen a march on Nigel Farage in the Clacton by-election by announcing some policies for the area. 22568235
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesRoyal Town Planning Institute @rtpiplanners.bsky.social · 15/07/202693% of local plans prioritise climate change – but more than a quarter lack a strategic climate policy, according to new research by the RTPI and the @thetcpa.bsky.social Read the findings: www.rtpi.org.uk/climatecrisis 022
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 14/07/2026An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer has fatally shot a motorist in Maine, the second ICE-related fatality by force this week. Protesters took to the streets of Maine, demanding accountability. 20277121
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesJules Birch @julesbirch.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Expelling the bloke who wrote a book about how to win a marginal seat seems an interesting decision 031
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 13/07/2026Israel’s military has attacked several areas across Gaza, with Palestinians filming flames and smoke rising over Gaza City. A nine-year-old girl was also killed by Israeli gunfire in central Gaza. 37607422
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesHilary Burkitt @hilaryburkitt.bsky.social · 11/07/2026I have a lot of affection for Rail magazine after it became my toddler’s magazine of choice (ahead of the more obvious options like CBeebies). Now have high hopes this signals @jim.londoncentric.media levels of future success 001
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesRichard A @richardawkward.bsky.social · 10/07/2026What, you mean he's just been pretending to be deaf? The little bastard! 1448370
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesRuth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 09/07/2026The slaughter of 16 5-year-olds and their teacher in the Dunblane Primary School, the injury of 15 more, was a cruel and senseless attack by a twisted man. This is unforgivable. 3139
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 09/07/2026🔎 From the archive: What Connects Robert Jenrick to the Gambino Crime Family and Putin's Oligarchs? — John Sweeney 🔁 Relevant again: John Sweeney 6 years ago on Jenrickbylinetimes.comWhat Connects Robert Jenrick to the Gambino Crime Family and Putin's Oligarchs?John Sweeney investigates the Minister's ties, not only to Richard Desmond and his alleged run-in with the New York Mafia, but to a law firm that worked for Vladimir Putin’s favoured oligarchs 39149
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesRussell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 08/07/2026So, there is a precedent for vetoing an MP's resignation Viscount Chelsea (Henry Cadogan) applied for the Chiltern Hundreds in 1842 The Chancellor (Goulburn) refused because, get this, Cadogan wanted to resign to obstruct an investigation for bribery h/t @fascinatorfun.bsky.social and @gazhay.com 371525758
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesPhilip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Link: barcelonasecreta.com/en/sustainab...barcelonasecreta.comGoodbye to tar: Barcelona will test pavement made from olive and pine waste to reduce emissions from construction projectsThe city council is seeking new approaches to create streets that are more sustainable and resilient to temperature fluctuations without altering the urban landscape. 05618
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Meanwhile, in the US. It just takes your breath away. *50 years* in prison for protesting. Don't imagine for one moment that we are immune to this. Already, the legislative framework is in place in the UK to enable such convictions - before we get a Trumplike PM. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comAlarm over ‘extreme’ sentences for anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorismFirst amendment groups call 50-to-100-year prison terms chilling as legal experts say sentences unusually long 731760827
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesDr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Reform UK councillors have introduced a motion to rescind King's Lynn and West Norfolk's climate emergency declaration and deprioritise decarbonisation efforts The council were going to vote on it on Thursday But the meeting has been postponed due to extreme heat 451231642
Reposted by Gilian MacinnesAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 23/06/2026A massive fire destroyed a sandal factory in Tangerang, Indonesia, after it spread to a gas storage area and caused the factory's chemicals to explode. Footage shows smoke billowing from the destruction as residents complained of respiratory issues. Police are probing the cause of the blaze. 15113