The UK is heading down a very dystopian path… and the majority of this island is gleefully cheering it on under the guise of “child safety” 🙂
Mind you, none of this would even be a topic of discussion if parents would actually parent their kids…
@hackneycouncil the state of Manor Road is getting increasingly out of hand, with two sets of temporary lights, and the diversion of 3 bus routes.
Is anything being done to ease traffic?
TL is full of stories where white ppl have attacked & in some cases killed poc to demonstrate the actual two tier society we have lived in for decades. Fatoumata Hydara & her babies were burned to death. Their killer Jamie Barrow's sentence was reduced
https://t.co/OhTNQk07SW
The IDF has been accused of horrific war crimes in Gaza by the UN Human Rights Council & Amnesty International.
It is just common sense that those involved in war crimes should be held to account.
Sorry.... "NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL WITH LESS CANNABIS"?!?!?!?!
From The Labour MP for Islington S, Finsbury & De Beauvoir? How offensive and insulting to the British Caribbean Community and the legacy of the Windrush elders. Surely this isn't a shared view, @UKLabour???
Come and beat me, I said what I said.
Grads aside… Even for the 16 and 17 year olds (esp here in London) they can’t even get retail or hospitality jobs like we used to anymore because there are gatekeepers who only hire their own community from back home 🙂
In Covid @hackneycouncil closed much-loved, v useful paddling pool which had lasted for 90yrs.
Yes, it needed a bit of a revamp possibly.
They replaced it with £0.5m far smaller ‘splash zone’ elsewhere. Which has lasted 4yrs before it’s broken (just in time for heatwave) 🤦♂️
Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed.
Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us — one of home, tradition and memory over generations.
Palantir has been granted “unlimited access” to NHS patient data.
This is the same company that is involved in mass surveillance and genocide.
We did not consent to this. Get Palantir out of our NHS, now.
Windrush victims Hetticia & Vaun have been told by the Home Office that the impact the scandal had on their lives was ‘not profound’ to the extent it was ‘likely to be irreversible’ despite losing their home, being forced to leave the country & suffering severe health issues.
Congestion Charge update. 📣
From January 2026:
Daily charge for standard vehicles becomes £18.
EV discounts via Auto Pay: £9 (vans/HGVs), £13.50 (cars).
Support remains for low-income and disabled Londoners. Current residents also keep their 90% discount.
For more details and Auto Pay registration: https://t.co/bpBnTBjhZZ