Finn Brennan
@finnbrennan.bsky.social
Bad speller, believer in public transport, #ASLEF
You mean we can't rely on the market and private developers to solve the housing crises?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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‘Out of reach’: stalled newbuilds leave Labour’s social housing targets in tatters
As some families face a 200-year wait for an affordable home, what exactly has gone wrong?
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:26 AM
You mean we can't rely on the market and private developers to solve the housing crises?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The world would be a better place if Steve Reed worked zero days per week.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Business and charity leaders urge ministers to lead England’s transition to four-day week
Open letter signed by more than 100 leaders comes after local government secretary criticised a council for switching to shorter week
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October 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The world would be a better place if Steve Reed worked zero days per week.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
This is bonkers stuff. The solution to the shortage of affordable housing is not to build fewer affordable homes. This is a drive to meet targets while ignoring the actual outcome.
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London developers to be allowed to reduce percentage of affordable homes
Housing secretary and capital’s mayor draw up plans to boost housebuilding, but homelessness charities protest
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
This is bonkers stuff. The solution to the shortage of affordable housing is not to build fewer affordable homes. This is a drive to meet targets while ignoring the actual outcome.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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A reminder to London Transport workers: Prince is the one who is obsessed about staff and nominee passes.
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Another Tory defects to Reform, on the eve of the Conservative Party conference. This time it’s London Assembly member Keith Prince. He comes from Havering which is prime Reform territory. The Tories look likely to lose their entire east London heartland right out into Essex.
Top London Tory defects to Reform and 'charismatic' Nigel Farage in blow to Kemi Badenoch on eve of party conference — The Standard
London Assembly member Keith Prince says Reform ‘has a vision’ - while the Conservative party ‘is not the party I joined 49 years ago’
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October 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A reminder to London Transport workers: Prince is the one who is obsessed about staff and nominee passes.
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New analysis: "Two in three Whitehall department non-executive directors have corporate backgrounds - and only one is a trade unionist."
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REVEALED: The big polluter and arms industry bosses overseeing government departments
Two in three Whitehall department non-executive directors have corporate backgrounds - and only one is a trade unionist - analysis released ahead of Labour conference reveals.
substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:25 AM
New analysis: "Two in three Whitehall department non-executive directors have corporate backgrounds - and only one is a trade unionist."
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200 years on from the birth of the modern railway, what are the chances of Thameslink managing an entire week without a signal failure?
September 29, 2025 at 7:26 AM
200 years on from the birth of the modern railway, what are the chances of Thameslink managing an entire week without a signal failure?
Now to get them to add their photos and biometric data and job is done
Over 1 million people have signed the petition against ID cards
Add your name here:
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Add your name here:
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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
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September 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Now to get them to add their photos and biometric data and job is done
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@vmo2news.bsky.social so when I press option 4 for "if you are thinking of leaving us" the call is automatically cut off.
Which is a pretty clear message I think
Which is a pretty clear message I think
September 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
@vmo2news.bsky.social so when I press option 4 for "if you are thinking of leaving us" the call is automatically cut off.
Which is a pretty clear message I think
Which is a pretty clear message I think
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Defra's new statement about the cost of nationalising water fails to recognise
💧1/3 of water bills goes to debt and dividends
💰buying a profitable asset = you get a profitable asset
⚖️parliament can decide on appropriate compensation
@leftfootforward.bsky.social
leftfootforward.org/2025/09/gove...
💧1/3 of water bills goes to debt and dividends
💰buying a profitable asset = you get a profitable asset
⚖️parliament can decide on appropriate compensation
@leftfootforward.bsky.social
leftfootforward.org/2025/09/gove...
Government doubles down on £100 billion water nationalisation price tag – but are they coming clean on the true cost of publicly owned water?
The current cost is based on a discredited report funded by the private water companies.
leftfootforward.org
September 19, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Defra's new statement about the cost of nationalising water fails to recognise
💧1/3 of water bills goes to debt and dividends
💰buying a profitable asset = you get a profitable asset
⚖️parliament can decide on appropriate compensation
@leftfootforward.bsky.social
leftfootforward.org/2025/09/gove...
💧1/3 of water bills goes to debt and dividends
💰buying a profitable asset = you get a profitable asset
⚖️parliament can decide on appropriate compensation
@leftfootforward.bsky.social
leftfootforward.org/2025/09/gove...
Read the comments and weep. The British left will occupy itself with factional squabbles and posture politics right up until rounded up by Farage and Yaxley Lennon.
Pathetic stuff
Pathetic stuff
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September 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Read the comments and weep. The British left will occupy itself with factional squabbles and posture politics right up until rounded up by Farage and Yaxley Lennon.
Pathetic stuff
Pathetic stuff
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Completely agree. Meanwhile Tory group on London Assembly has chosen as its leader Susan Hall, who almost daily uses X to egg on the sorts of people past senior Tories would have condemned. @ellybakeram.bsky.social @generalboles.bsky.social @stephenkb.bsky.social
Completely agree. Meanwhile Tory group on London Assembly has chosen as its leader Susan Hall, who almost daily uses X to egg on the sorts of people past senior Tories would have condemned. @ellybakeram.bsky.social @generalboles.bsky.social @stephenkb.bsky.social
superb column from @stephenkb.bsky.social
“racism does not diminish through rising GDP but through the willingness of politicians to argue against it….”
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“racism does not diminish through rising GDP but through the willingness of politicians to argue against it….”
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Starmer and Badenoch are handling the far-right march all wrong
A look back to the days of Enoch Powell suggests a better model
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September 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Completely agree. Meanwhile Tory group on London Assembly has chosen as its leader Susan Hall, who almost daily uses X to egg on the sorts of people past senior Tories would have condemned. @ellybakeram.bsky.social @generalboles.bsky.social @stephenkb.bsky.social
Completely agree. Meanwhile Tory group on London Assembly has chosen as its leader Susan Hall, who almost daily uses X to egg on the sorts of people past senior Tories would have condemned. @ellybakeram.bsky.social @generalboles.bsky.social @stephenkb.bsky.social
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Tory and Lib Dem Lords are trying to water down the Employment Rights Bill. Tonight MPs can reject their changes.
Today, TUC and Labour Unions met Labour MPs to say how crucial it is to hold firm, make sure the Bill is passed intact, and that the New Deal for Working People is delivered in full.
Today, TUC and Labour Unions met Labour MPs to say how crucial it is to hold firm, make sure the Bill is passed intact, and that the New Deal for Working People is delivered in full.
September 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Tory and Lib Dem Lords are trying to water down the Employment Rights Bill. Tonight MPs can reject their changes.
Today, TUC and Labour Unions met Labour MPs to say how crucial it is to hold firm, make sure the Bill is passed intact, and that the New Deal for Working People is delivered in full.
Today, TUC and Labour Unions met Labour MPs to say how crucial it is to hold firm, make sure the Bill is passed intact, and that the New Deal for Working People is delivered in full.
The Trump administration is using the Kirk shooting like the Nazis used the Reichstag fire, pretending an individual act of terrorism is a part of conspiracy, and criminalising opposition.
September 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The Trump administration is using the Kirk shooting like the Nazis used the Reichstag fire, pretending an individual act of terrorism is a part of conspiracy, and criminalising opposition.
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A statement to the Guardian is a start, I suppose, but this does feel like maybe this is a "ffs show your face on TV" sort of a moment
September 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A statement to the Guardian is a start, I suppose, but this does feel like maybe this is a "ffs show your face on TV" sort of a moment
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When Sir Keir Starmer was elected a year ago, Labour ministers warned that their government was Britain’s last chance to see off populism. The political centre has sprung a leak even sooner than feared
Is British politics broken? Its centre is cracking
The two traditional parties of government are under siege as never before
econ.st
September 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
When Sir Keir Starmer was elected a year ago, Labour ministers warned that their government was Britain’s last chance to see off populism. The political centre has sprung a leak even sooner than feared
Labour can adopt PR for the next election.
Or not.
I suppose it depends on if we ever want to be in government again.
Or not.
I suppose it depends on if we ever want to be in government again.
5 parties on more than 12%, winner gains seat with under 30%. Results like this used to be rare, freak outliers. Now they are routine (there was a second just like this yesterday). Electoral chaos.
Newmarket East (West Suffolk) Council By-Election Result:
➡️ RFM: 29.7% (New)
🌳 CON: 25.0% (+4.1)
🔶 LDM: 17.2% (-3.1)
🌹 LAB: 15.3% (-8.3)
🌍 GRN: 12.8% (New)
No WSI (-19.2) or Ind (-16.1) as previous.
Reform GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
➡️ RFM: 29.7% (New)
🌳 CON: 25.0% (+4.1)
🔶 LDM: 17.2% (-3.1)
🌹 LAB: 15.3% (-8.3)
🌍 GRN: 12.8% (New)
No WSI (-19.2) or Ind (-16.1) as previous.
Reform GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
September 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Labour can adopt PR for the next election.
Or not.
I suppose it depends on if we ever want to be in government again.
Or not.
I suppose it depends on if we ever want to be in government again.
I guess Mandelson is now best described as "disgraced former minister and disgraced former ambassador" instead of just "disgraced former minister'
September 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I guess Mandelson is now best described as "disgraced former minister and disgraced former ambassador" instead of just "disgraced former minister'
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This is absolutely mad policy-making from the Government. Literally just promoting unhinged myths about the most vulnerable people
£9.95 a week, that’s how much people in hotels are paid in lieu of working rights.
Pathetic posturing.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Pathetic posturing.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
September 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This is absolutely mad policy-making from the Government. Literally just promoting unhinged myths about the most vulnerable people
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Today ASLEF members and supporters from far and wide are rallying in Hull.
Why? Because Hull Trains:
💥 Sacked a driver who did nothing wrong
💥 Lied to staff, our union and the public
💥 Created a situation where no driver will risk coming forward with a safety concern.
#HullTrainsStrike
Why? Because Hull Trains:
💥 Sacked a driver who did nothing wrong
💥 Lied to staff, our union and the public
💥 Created a situation where no driver will risk coming forward with a safety concern.
#HullTrainsStrike
August 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Today ASLEF members and supporters from far and wide are rallying in Hull.
Why? Because Hull Trains:
💥 Sacked a driver who did nothing wrong
💥 Lied to staff, our union and the public
💥 Created a situation where no driver will risk coming forward with a safety concern.
#HullTrainsStrike
Why? Because Hull Trains:
💥 Sacked a driver who did nothing wrong
💥 Lied to staff, our union and the public
💥 Created a situation where no driver will risk coming forward with a safety concern.
#HullTrainsStrike
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Farage owns four homes:
Family home (£1M, retained after his divorce)
Two beachside homes in Kent (via his comp. Thorn In The Side Ltd)
One investment property in Surrey (rented out)
Radio silence from media about this but uproar about Angela Rayner’s two homes & ministerial home
#NigelFarage
Family home (£1M, retained after his divorce)
Two beachside homes in Kent (via his comp. Thorn In The Side Ltd)
One investment property in Surrey (rented out)
Radio silence from media about this but uproar about Angela Rayner’s two homes & ministerial home
#NigelFarage
August 28, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Farage owns four homes:
Family home (£1M, retained after his divorce)
Two beachside homes in Kent (via his comp. Thorn In The Side Ltd)
One investment property in Surrey (rented out)
Radio silence from media about this but uproar about Angela Rayner’s two homes & ministerial home
#NigelFarage
Family home (£1M, retained after his divorce)
Two beachside homes in Kent (via his comp. Thorn In The Side Ltd)
One investment property in Surrey (rented out)
Radio silence from media about this but uproar about Angela Rayner’s two homes & ministerial home
#NigelFarage
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Incredible to see this solidarity for the #HullTrainsStrike from members of the public.
It's common sense. Hull Trains need to stop the witch hunt and start abiding by our industry's agreed safety procedures.
It's common sense. Hull Trains need to stop the witch hunt and start abiding by our industry's agreed safety procedures.
August 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Incredible to see this solidarity for the #HullTrainsStrike from members of the public.
It's common sense. Hull Trains need to stop the witch hunt and start abiding by our industry's agreed safety procedures.
It's common sense. Hull Trains need to stop the witch hunt and start abiding by our industry's agreed safety procedures.
'cause the central banks did such a great job running the economy!
Undermining the Fed to get lower rates now is like ripping the batteries out of your smoke alarm because it’s beeping. It’s quiet for a bit. Then your house burns down. Credibility anchors expectations; expectations anchor inflation.
August 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
'cause the central banks did such a great job running the economy!
Trump must be shiteing himself at the incredibly bold step of the Lib Dem leader skipping dinner.
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Trump chooses not to end the Gaza slaughter. That’s why I’ll boycott the state dinner when he meets King Charles | Ed Davey
To refuse an invitation like this goes against all my instincts, but I want to send as strong a message as I can, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Trump must be shiteing himself at the incredibly bold step of the Lib Dem leader skipping dinner.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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When is the last time either the Greens or the Lib Dems actually made the news?
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Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
August 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM
When is the last time either the Greens or the Lib Dems actually made the news?