Some highlights from Brighton & Hove Labour Party’s first year in administration - fewer performance targets hit v the last Green-led administration (44% v 48%) - missed bin collections UP - recycling rates DOWN - more buses running late - carbon emissions UP - Fewer affordable homes delivered

Great to talk to Matthew Wright on LBC just now about drug reform. We badly need to legalise and regulate cannabis - and great to hear from the calls & supports that this has so much public support too. Also great to publically applaud the brilliant work of Anyone's Child: Families for Safer Drug Control.

Spotted at the MP mail boxes outside the House of Commons. Of all the names to get wrong…

The 404 page on the Financial Times is a work of genius

Was hoping I'd wake up and discover I was wrong, that papers were just taking their time to verify the story. These were the only Google News results this morning. This is the kind of radio silence that only a gagging order can buy you. The state gets it for free.

Utterly shameful that the UK government continues to have this sort of chummy relationship with one of the most repressive regimes on the planet.

Will Bella Sankey acknowledge and apologise for the fact that for many years Brighton & Hove Labour Party cllrs obstructed efforts to remove these 'thugs' and clean up the toxic culture and poor performance at Cityclean? This is in the report she mentions. brightonandhovenews.org/2024/08/20/cit…

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What a strange tale, as to why Chancellor was led to believe that private finance can replace public investment. Highlights influence of singular lobbyists, and the shallowness of thinking behind some crucial decisions. theguardian.com/business/artic…

Beyond disappointing - when is Labour going to start offering some vision & hope for young people? Freedom of movement was a treasured gift to be celebrated, not one to be ripped away European Movement UK ⁦Best for Britain⁩ politico.eu/article/uk-eu-…

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Who needs the AfD when you have the Bavarian interior ministry producing videos about Muslims reminiscent of Nazi propaganda x.com/baystmi/status…

Laughed out loud at this clarification on BBC News

New Fabian report recommending a watering down of worker rights for gig workers is sponsored by, errr, Evri! The jokes, they write themselves!

Devastating news for nature and for farmers 👇 The Green Party strongly opposes cutting Nature funding just when we most need investment in our struggling farmers (and #foodsecurity) AND our natural world is at tipping point The Labour Party UK Prime Minister please rethink now!

Because... it isn't?? Wierd how this article locates the problem w parents as opposed to systemic problems across the industry....

Is it party conference time *already*? It is - the Greens kick it off in Manchester tomorrow. I spoke to Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay, who explained how they plan to use their expanded Commons presence to hold a "timid" Labour government to account. theguardian.com/politics/artic…

Italian mayor bans cricket because played by Bangladeshis. Removes popular benches from town square. And complains women cover up on the beach. All to protect 'Christian values'. And the cycle lanes are mostly used by immigrants, so will they go next? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…