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@jim.londoncentric.media
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Journalist. Editor of @londoncentric.media, a modern news outlet covering London in the old-fashioned way: www.londoncentric.media jim@londoncentric.media

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 7h
Look, let's just say I don't think hints on Instagram are the 'connection' any of us are after.
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 8h
Guys I think they might just finish the task with between 35 and 15 seconds left on the clock. #celebritytraitors
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 8h
Just incredibly silly television, stupidly proper lineup, with an edit this good imagine how great footage much was cut. #celebritytraitors
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 9h
Broadcast TV! I’d forgotten what it’s like to watch broadcast TV!
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 11h
Ahhhh a lovely balmy evening cycling around London in a T-shirt in…. October.
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 19h
As the famous Al Capone saying goes, "you eventually get the mafia by focussing on their failure to make the monthly NICs payments to HMRC Cumbernauld".
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Good piece this on the runners and riders to be the Mayor of London in 2028.
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Who wants to be mayor of London?
When will Sadiq Khan make his decision? • Who wants the job? • Why is a candidate promising cheap gym membership?
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 30/09/2026
On the one hand, Michael Gove and Nicola Sturgeon managing to give Russia an excuse to threaten nuclear war over a TV programme. On the other, big triumph for Sky's PR team. www.ft.com/content/1bb7...
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 30/09/2026
This is an outrageous use of taxpayers money, they should be subscribing to niche paywalled local newsletters instead.
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James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Very funny how Wes Streeting’s statement that the local farmer only had a “partial picture” read like “the intelligence services were all over this plot already” and could now be anything from that to “oh wow you’ll never guess what they found in the vans and I really wish I could tell you”.
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 28/09/2026
Releasing the five people arrested by the airbase on bail after 24 hours is so weird, would be fantastic if it turns out they were just up to no good on an unrelated minor jape and accidentally created an international security story.
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 28/09/2026
Carly responded to a Bluesky post two years ago when I was in a panic and needed someone to do some really basic photoshop. Instead she came up with illustrations that shaped how the publication looked. Do send her more work if you need actual talented human illustration.
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 28/09/2026
Alex Challoner, who runs a PR firm, is standing for the Tory London mayor job. His policies: *Make it easier for developers to build *VAT cut for gyms to support men's mental health *Uniformed police at tube stations to stop fare dodging *VAT rebate on microbreweries to bring down the cost of a pint
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 28/09/2026
My favourite bit of Liverpool city centre is the 1980s suburban bungalow housing estate in the middle of it.
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Sam Jeffers @worklesshard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So, massively speculating, but it sounds as if they were waiting and watching, but a farmer coming home from a party called in the local plod, who jumped into something they weren't meant to be aware of. Quite Slow Horsey.
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 28/09/2026
How many Lime bikes are there in London? www.londoncentric.media/p/london-arm...
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 27/09/2026
Does anyone know any Kurdish freelance journalists based in the UK?
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 25/09/2026
I don't know enough about sports journalism and who's sourced with who to know who is briefing this to Ornstein and why. But oooofph. www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...
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Manchester City found guilty on almost all Premier League charges relating to financial breaches (Gift Article)
City were charged by the Premier League in February 2023.
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 23/09/2026
A thing I would write about if I wrote about media: The rise of the semi-pro Facebook news creator. Last year's algo changes deprioritised things you follow/friends. Now my feed is just turbocharged with random activists/angry people/auditors who create grabby content and earn a few £100 a month.
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 23/09/2026
Dale Vince failed to buy the Observer so he's taken a stake in the Camden New Journal instead. news.sky.com/story/labour...
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Labour donor Vince rescues London newspapers two years after Observer bid
The multimillionaire entrepreneur Dale Vince is injecting funding into titles including the Camden New Journal as he seeks to build a significant presence in the British media industry, Sky News learn...
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Polly Smythe @pollysmythe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Great to see the FT picking up @londoncentric.media's story on the curious sale of Nick Candy's mansion to Suneil Setiya www.ft.com/content/1ca6...
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Labour MPs call for end to loophole that trimmed billionaire’s tax bill by £18mn
Quadrature Capital’s Suneil Setiya would have been liable for higher rate of stamp duty had he not bought five flats together with London mansion
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Chris Cook @chriscook.news · 21/09/2026
A big new story from us: a big new leak means that we can put numbers on the scale of A7 -- the Kremlin's huge money-laundering machine. $6.9bn laundered through the international banking system via SWIFT, with $1.1bn sent to StanChart alone. www.ft.com/content/3848...
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Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks
FT finds thousands of Russian payments handled by Standard Chartered, Citigroup and other international groups in vast leak from inside fintech A7
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 22/09/2026
London’s most expensive house, the Reform UK Treasurer, Holly Valance, one of Labour’s biggest donors, a £265m sale, and a curious loophole we’ve uncovered that could slash the taxes earned from elite London properties. London Centric x Dan Neidle collab. www.londoncentric.media/p/londons-mo...
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London’s most expensive house, Reform UK’s treasurer, and a massively reduced tax bill
A £265m mansion in the heart of the Chelsea • Sold by billionaire Nick Candy and his ex-wife Holly Valance • Bought by a Labour-donating hedge fund boss • Why was the tax bill so small?
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 19/09/2026
It’s a £41k job now that’s alright.
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 19/09/2026
Just fantastic party distribution, how did the Conservatives achieve that, a real big effort to do that.
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 18/09/2026
I spend my week crossing london on a bike and increasingly that means cycling alongside Wayve/Waymo robotaxis. it’s uncomfortable. they give you so much space, don’t do a close pass while accelerating as lights go red. So unnerving if you cycle on assumption everyone’s mental and wants to kill you.
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 18/09/2026
If you go down to 100 Wardour Street in Soho today, you can look through the windows at what is possibly a work of art, or possibly a rare chance for the public to come face to face with landlord tax reduction strategy. www.londoncentric.media/i/216000620/...
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 15/09/2026
The problem with complaining about the radicalisation effect of the Facebook algorithm and how it's now based on serving up content out of nowhere is... god damn, sometimes it really DOES know exactly what content you want to consume.
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 14/09/2026
I'd misclassified Rupert Lowe as a Twitter thing. But he's now *really* gaming Facebook's new algorithm with a mixture of 'remigration' and 'who remembers' memes. Crazy levels of engagement and he's all over the feed of every boomer I know regardless of their politics. www.facebook.com/rupertlowemep
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 14/09/2026
What will be the long term effect of the transition to electric vehicles on guerilla conflict.
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ændra. @aendra.com · 13/09/2026
This is utterly fascinating
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 12/09/2026
Christopher Harborne explains why he’s just become the second £36m Reform donor (although I think his is £1m/month?): the need to adapt to climate change, the risk of AI taking over, and the threat of nuclear war. www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/edb741d...
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 12/09/2026
Both Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne were born in Sheffield. I think that's the REAL question people should be asking. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
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James Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reading this has made my week.
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 12/09/2026
I’ve been OBSESSED with the Shard apartments for at least a decade. Priced at up to £50m. Visible across London. Empty since 2012. Unsellable. No pictures online. Now London Centric has found out what’s happened to them - and the first pic of the interior. www.londoncentric.media/p/the-shard-...
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‘Airbnb for sheikhs’: The first look inside the Shard’s £50m apartments that won’t sell
Ten “cursed” apartments have sat empty since 2012 • The Qatari state can’t find buyers • The local council has approved plans to turn them into short-term lets at up to £18,000 per week
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 11/09/2026
Has Andy Burnham made a public statement on the mackerel swap-out scandal yet?
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 11/09/2026
If economists spent any time on the only leading economic indicator that matters (posts on r/UKPersonalFinance) they’d have seen months ago just how many British IT workers and academics are getting insane AI-related pay rises.
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Bron Maher @bronmaher.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Scoop: Marina Hyde is leaving The Guardian.
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Top Guardian Columnist Marina Hyde to Leave Paper After 26 Years
One of The Guardian’s most popular columnists, Marina Hyde, is leaving after 26 years at the paper.
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 09/09/2026
Thought this was a really roundabout headline way of saying she’s now on TalkTV, which seems a bit low budget even for her. But she’s actually moving to … Mike Graham’s post-cancellation YouTube channel?
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Callum May @callummay.co.uk · 09/09/2026
This is probably the Pakistan U19 side who are currently playing down the road at Arundel Castle. www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/politic...
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Protestors confuse Pakistan cricket team for migrants after gathering at hotel
Misinformation caused groups of people to gather at The Marriott Hotel
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 09/09/2026
The race for London's scammiest address is on! We found one building is responsible for a quarter of all trading standards complaints in Islington. Another in Camden is close behind — but weirdly is where Andy Burnham registered his new company. Read: www.londoncentric.media/i/214696641/...
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 09/09/2026
Out: wild swimming In: wild shitting
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Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It's finally happened: the improved quality of machine transcription and the greater ability to extract value from unlabelled data means "your tech is eavesdropping on you for marketing purposes" has crossed from "false conspiracy theory" to "true and concerning" www.theverge.com/tech/991190/...
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LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby
Gamers Nexus comes for LG again.
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I’m now told that the six Camden councillors who nominated Hamza Chowdhury actually support Polanski and only did so to generate debate/a contest. They’re seemingly not pleased at being billed as backing him, or about his statement calling Polanski a carpetbagger.
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 07/09/2026
Reposting for the Monday lunchtime crowd and for the decent discussion in the comments of the piece!
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 07/09/2026
Obviously politics blah blah but much more fun to learn about the rival Boney Ms on tour, I love a classic band where there's about 16 different rival versions playing regional theatres each claiming authenticity thanks to the blessing of the original drummer.
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Amrk @amrk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Well if nothing else an introductory pitch where he says Sadiq did an adequate job, refuses to say Brexit was good and tries to take credit for ULEZ suggests this is not going to be a Badenochist mayoral run
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 06/09/2026
James Cleverly makes his introductory pitch to London Centric readers on why he should be mayor... whether Brexit was good for London... whether the capital really is a crime-ridden hellhole... and whether he wrote his message to Londoners using ChatGPT... www.londoncentric.media/p/james-clev...
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Can James Cleverly convince you to elect him as mayor?
The would-be Tory mayoral candidate makes his opening pitch to London Centric readers.
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 06/09/2026
It’s really weird reading weird supposedly pro small business stories when you run a small business. This paperwork is not what bothers you! It’s a minor annoyance! It’s the taxes on hiring young staff, the cliff edges, and the sense your fellow small companies aren’t paying any tax at all.
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 04/09/2026
I’ve posted some absolute rubbish this morning due to basic reading comprehension failures. Apologies!
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