New: Many of London's post-war housing estates are damp, cramped, and cold. But, it's possible to fix that and cut London's housing shortage.

Here's how an estate renewal revolution can build half a million homes and cut London’s emissions

samdumitriu.com/p/renew-london…

Great to see Natalie Bennett sharing this clip of herself talking about how the Postcode Address File’s extortionate licensing fees stops innovative start-ups and small businesses from competing with the likes of Amazon.

youtube.com/shorts/Wgw-OOp…

Happy Birthday to Hashtag, who as you can tell from this video has a very hard life.

Just logged into Twitter for the first time in months. I’ve been away writing an exhaustive biography of Hamza Yousaf, who I characterise as a generational political force who will lead Scotland to independence.

Anyway, now to take a big gulp of Irn-Bru and check the news.

I don't really pay attention to or know anything much about Scottish politics, but as an English person I feel like from skimming the headlines I've got the gist. So here's what I think. 🧵 (1/335)

I guess one of my regular gigs just came to an end! (I was their regular technology columnist.)

So, er, now is a great time to take out a paid subscription to my Substack:
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/subscribe

He is saying this in *Saudi Arabia* during the worst moment for his people in 75 years. Now of course the usual suspects will pooh-pooh this, but a real Israeli leader—not the corrupt and divisive coward we have now—would jump on this and explore every possible opportunity.

Just logged into Twitter for the first time in months. I’ve been away writing an exhaustive biography of Hamza Yousaf, who I characterise as a generational political force who will lead Scotland to independence.

Anyway, now to take a big gulp of Irn-Bru and check the news.

I got a bit grumpy yesterday evening.

Happy Birthday to Hashtag, who as you can tell from this video has a very hard life.

This Adam Bell piece on the Climate Change Act is a brilliant read. So much expertise packed into each paragraph.

unbalancingmechanism.substack.com/p/whats-wrong-…

Ed Balls

by sheer coincidence I have taken the most East London photo ever.