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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The pitch here seems to be, ‘we’ll build the houses and infrastructure we failed to build during the 14 years we were in government, but we’ll do it in the most damaging and lowest quality way possible’. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England

Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Simon Clarke MP was born on 28 September 1984. That's all you need to know. #r4today

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Jaz @jaz.sh · 27/09/2026

Okay so I've built a new Atlas, this time it lets you explore the conversations on Bluesky over the past 7 days graphically. It should update every ~6 hours and help you navigate the information environment that exists on here. I've learned a LOT about what people do here today... atlas.jazco.dev

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Atlas

A living map of what Bluesky is talking about: the past week's conversations, grouped into topics and regions and rebuilt every six hours.

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Sean Fitzsimons @seanfitzsimons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The income cap needs to be set at a level that helps individuals and couples whose income currently denies them the chance to buy a new home. Last time the lack of a cap distorted the new build development market, as many new builds were focussed on those who could already afford to buy a home.

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Sean Fitzsimons @seanfitzsimons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The same could be asked about Andy Burnham. Catholicism in UK is mostly associated with Irish Immigration.

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eastcroydoncommorg.bsky.social @eastcroydoncommorg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Repair Cafe 11am-1pm Saturday, 19 September in St Mary Magdalene Church Hall, Canning Road #croydon eastcroydon.org.uk/2026/09/17/r...

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Repair Cafe 11am-1pm Saturday, 19 September in St Mary Magdalene Church Hall, Canning Road #croydon

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eastcroydoncommorg.bsky.social @eastcroydoncommorg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Walk with the Addiscombe West Safer Neighbourhood Team - meet 3pm Saturday, 19 September at the Addiscombe Court Road junction with Addiscombe Road #croydon eastcroydon.org.uk/2026/09/17/w...

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Walk with the Addiscombe West Safer Neighbourhood Team – meet 3pm Saturday, 19 September at the Addiscombe Court Road junction with Addiscombe Road #croydon

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Arguably the greatest song to be recorded 4 times by 3 iterations of a band under 3 different names and in 2 languages, and then remixed once before it reached number 2 (eventually scoring a number 1 when it was covered by my mate's little brother's band a decade and a half later)

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Paula Surridge @psurridge.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

That's the woke elite for you cancelling trains with legitimate concerns

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Oh I see you are on the side of Big Hair

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"You can't be a successful dictator and design women's underclothing". "No, sir". "One or the other, not both". "Precisely, sir."

"The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you're someone. You hear them shouting 'Heil, Spode!' and you imagine it is the Voice of the People. That is where you make your bloomer. What the Voice of the People is saying is: 'Look at that frightful ass Spode swanking about in footer bags! Did you ever in your puff see such a perfect perisher?"

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Sean Fitzsimons @seanfitzsimons.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Maybe we should also look at the staffing of London schools, nearly a third of staff were born abroad. Does this cohort of teachers and support staff, many trained abroad, have a positive impact beyond filling hard to fill vacancies.

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Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The fact something as fundamental and superb as the RNLI is a charity is one of the most magical and strange things about Britain. You can support them here. rnli.org/support-us/g...

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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea

Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.

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Sean Fitzsimons @seanfitzsimons.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I hope that senior Labour Politicians read these speeches from the 1930s and act appropriately when it comes to black shirted men marching through our towns and cities.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)

You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.

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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"Drivers on residential roads in Japan have been forced to take their foot off the accelerator, after the speed limit [on 870,000km of roads] was slashed from 60km/h (37mph) to 30km/h to reduce deaths and injuries among pedestrians on narrow urban streets." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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Japan halves speed limit to 30km/h on all narrow city streets

Speed limit dropped from 60km/h for around 70% of general roads in the hope of making narrow streets of crowded cities safer

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Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"I want your children's lungs to be smaller and less functional" is a bold electoral strategy.

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Sean Fitzsimons @seanfitzsimons.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The evidence from the USA shows e-scooters are getting faster and more dangerous. UK needs tougher laws to stop the import and selling of any e-scooter that break, or can be modify to break, current speed restrictions.

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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

One thing about speeding that many drivers refuse to accept: In urban and suburban environments, speeding doesn't even get you somewhere significantly faster. You are just getting to your next red light or highway choke point faster. You are endangering other people for almost no upside.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This is good from the Government's new National Planning Policy Framework: "Development proposals should protect and enhance the network of public rights of way". The previous version spoke mainly about "maintaining" them. Ramblers and assorted wanderers will be pleased.

TR8: Public rights of way
1. Development proposals should:
a. Protect and enhance the network of public rights of way, including through suitable
diversions agreed with the highway authority; and
b. Take opportunities to extend, link or improve the quality of existing routes where this
enables one or more of the following:
i. Improved access to green spaces and the countryside;
ii. New direct and circular routes and connections between local and long-distance
footpaths, bridleways and cycle routes;
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iii. The provision of accessible, safe and convenient links to services and facilities;
and
iv. Improved connections with public transport stops and interchanges.

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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 14/08/2026

Ah. You must be on the list of "people in a national emergency that are expendable".

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Andy Cox @andy-cox.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

1,579 killed. 30,000 hurt on our roads last year — many more deaths than homicides. Pleased with the Victims’ Commissioner intervention. Road crime victims feel forgotten by the system. This is exactly why we need a Road Safety Victim Charter and lifetime bans. www.theguardian.com/law/2026/aug...

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Victims of road crime feel ‘forgotten by system’, official review finds

Many of those affected in England and Wales think offences are not treated with the seriousness they deserve, says commissioner

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Jonty Wareing @jonty.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I updated my total eclipse webcam viewer for today's eclipse! Once totality begins you'll see a live-updating umbra, so you can race to the next webcam and see the eclipse happen over and over again. jonty.github.io/2026_eclipse...

A map showing the path of the 2026 total eclipse over Iceland and Spain, with markers showing webcams and a countdown until the eclipse begins, and it hitting the first webcam.

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eastcroydoncommorg.bsky.social @eastcroydoncommorg.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Have your say about which adult social care & health projects get funded in Croydon Central West (including East Croydon) 6pm, Thursday 13 August at 89 Canterbury Road #croydon eastcroydon.org.uk/2026/08/11/h...

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Have your say about which adult social care & health projects get funded in Croydon Central West (including East Croydon) 6pm, Thursday 13 August at 89 Canterbury Road #croydon

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Politics UK @politicsuk.com · 10/08/2026

🚨 BREAKING: Andy Burnham has announced new powers to limit the spread of vape and betting shops They will now need to get planning permission and Closure Orders will double from 6 to 12 months to tackle "dodgy barber shops"

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eastcroydoncommorg.bsky.social @eastcroydoncommorg.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

View the partial eclipse of the sun with Croydon Astronomical Society 6-7.30pm Wednesday, 12 August from Addiscombe Recreation Ground, Bingham Road #croydon eastcroydon.org.uk/2026/08/10/v...

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View the partial eclipse of the sun with Croydon Astronomical Society 6-7.30pm Wednesday, 12 August from Addiscombe Recreation Ground, Bingham Road #croydon

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Sean Fitzsimons @seanfitzsimons.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Good to see design work is progressing on URW plans for Croydon Town Centre, but the increasingly rapid decline of the Town Centre shows that Unibail Redamco need to pick up pace on their regeneration plans. www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/allies-...

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Allies and Morrison shows off new visuals of huge Croydon regen plans

Allies and Morrison has released new images of its proposed Croydon town centre regeneration scheme following a second round of public consultation earlier this year

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Erik Nordman @eriknordman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Ostrom & her husband Vincent created a "workshop" at Indiana University. Their idea was to train students in the theory & practice of political economy and policy analysis as an apprentice works alongside a master carpenter. More than 50 years later it's still going strong. 2/9

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The Ostroms & Our History

For half a century, Lin and Vincent Ostrom's efforts in creating a long-lasting "workshop" have produced remarkable results and rigor.

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Sean Fitzsimons @seanfitzsimons.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Bring back the use of "perpendicular drinking". “Vertical drinking” in the night-time economy: alcohol licencing and proxies for “uncivilised” drinking bodies www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

ABSTRACT
‘Vertical drinking’ is a longstanding concept in alcohol licencing decision-making and the literature on night-time leisure. As the term implies, it concerns drinking alcohol standing up. The proposition is simple: establishments where people stand to drink are associated with less desirable clientele, more drunkenness and a greater likelihood of crime and disorder. Existing research has explored how the concept of ‘Vertical drinking’ – known historically as ‘perpendicular drinking’ – can form part of heavily classed distinctions between ‘civilised’ and ‘uncivilised’ drinking practices. By examining 40 licencing hearings in England under the Licencing Act 2003, this paper demonstrates how vertical drinking serves as a: (i) proxy for ‘uncivilised’ drinking establishments, (ii) a proxy for problematic (working class) drinking bodies, and (iii) how the legal tool of the licence targets problematic drinkers by shaping the establishment in which they drink. Assumptions about problematic drinking bodies – this ‘vertical drinker’ – inform the regulatory distinction between ‘civilised’ and ‘uncivilised’ establishments.

Taylor and Francis online article.
Vertical drinking” in the night-time economy: alcohol licencing and proxies for “uncivilised” drinking bodies
Jed Meers
Pages 722-738 | Received 27 May 2023, Accepted 04 Oct 2023, Published online: 18 Oct 2023

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Sean Fitzsimons @seanfitzsimons.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The case for improving the resilience of the Thameslink line is now much stronger. The government should allow Network Rail to fund the improvements to the Selhurst Triangle, and the rebuild of East Croydon Station. Would improve reliability of services from Cambridge & Peterborough down to Gatwick

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Sean Fitzsimons @seanfitzsimons.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Local journalism is only part of the puzzle. Strong leader models, whether at local level or regional level are not transparent nor effectively scrunised. The power imbalance between elected mayors/strong leaders is such that those whose role is to scrutinised them are essentially powerless.

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Sean Fitzsimons @seanfitzsimons.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

At Croydon Cabinet tonight, where the current Tory Mayor is promising to stabilise the Council's finances. The same promise he made in 2022. #croydonlive

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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

We're just at the end of your last ten year plan. Not gonna lie, the results ain't that great.

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I too have a 10-year plan – but unlike Burnham's, mine works

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Sean Fitzsimons @seanfitzsimons.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

@privateeyenews.bsky.social Dee Nial Column is almost believable in its skewering of Badenoch's new purity test on Net Zero for prospective candidates.

Ex-Conservative MP writes for the Eye

HI! In the light of Kemi Badenoch's announcement that she's going to undergo a purge of prospective conservative candidates who believe in Net n Zero, I would like to make the following statement:

Yes I do get rung up three times a day by solar panel manufacturers, but then again, doesn't everybody? I can only assume I foolishly filled in a questionnaire at the Chelsea Flower Show and my contact details got data-farmed by Palantir and sold to "Eco-Friendly Solutions Ltd"!

I also confess that I do indeed have a "bag for life" in the cupboard under the stairs, but can I stress that it's not my life! My ex-husband brought it home one day and asked if he could keep it and, like a fool, I relented! I have now taken the bag to a landfill, where hopefully it will hang around for the next thousand years!

I do accept that when our local Conservative chairman drove past my house he did notice that there are a number of bins out front, one of which was coloured green.

Can I just reiterate what I said in the phone call I had with him where the cleaner puts the rubbish is her business, and I have never knowingly folded cardboard, washed out jars or inspected packaging to see if it can be recycled at home or given to the Ocado man for recycling at large supermarkets!

And lastly, and strenuously, I did say "phew" on my Facebook page, with a sadface emoji and a blazing sun emoji. That "phew" did NOT imply that I believe in man-made global warming. It was a "phew" at the fact that my lawn was ruined and my sycamore had just died due to heat stress.

So that's it! The only man-made heat I'm wilting from is from the team at the Conservative Candidate Assessment Centre! Love you Guys

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Sean Fitzsimons @seanfitzsimons.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I recognise this as this piece of land is in my ward, ADW5 polling district. this area has been part of Addiscombe West Ward since 2018. For most of 20th Century this was an integral part of the Fairfield/Central Ward. See some old Croydon Maps.

1920s Ward and constituency map of Croydon.

1950s ward and constiuency Map of Croydon.

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Scott Innes @flyinginside.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Me at kick-off / Me at full-time

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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

How the trend for turning front gardens into driveways is adding to night‑time heat theconversation.com/how-the-tren...

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How the trend for turning front gardens into driveways is adding to night-time heat

There’s a growing trend to pave over front gardens.

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Sean Fitzsimons @seanfitzsimons.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Local newspapers matter. Local pride and a future pub quiz question to boot. "Dean Henderson handed first World Cup appearance for England" | Cumbria's News and Star www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/2629226...

The Whitehaven star was called into the XI by Thomas Tuchel for the bronze play-off game, which went England's way with a remarkable 6-4 win.

It meant Henderson became Cumbria's first World Cup player for 36 years, the last being Barrow's Gary Stevens who played in the 1990 tournament.

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Sean Fitzsimons @seanfitzsimons.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Leslie Arms Junction,.Addiscombe, closed due to a collision between a bus and a cyclist.Cherry Orchard Road and Lower Addiscombe Road closed. Report that is the Cyclist was taken to Croydon University Hospital but not serious.

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Sean Fitzsimons @seanfitzsimons.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Ed Miliband would be by far the best choice as Chancellor. Offers real change and competence.

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Craig Winstanley @cwinstan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Investigations into this French performance will begin tomorrow…

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