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Luke Barratt
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Investigative reporter @sourcematerial.org | Climate change, corruption, democracy | [email protected] | He/Him
It *is* true, however, that Labour built 0 homes for social rent in their last two years in power.

It's also true that starts (i.e. homes that have been started but not completed) have increased significantly since Rahman was elected.
October 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Here are the govt figures on social rent housebuilding in the borough.

It's not quite true that 0 homes have been built for social rent during Rahman's tenure, although the numbers are very low (6 in the two years for which we have data).
October 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Just tried to sign up for Substack, didn't select any interests, and two of the first recommendations are Matt Goodwin and Nick Griffin. What on earth.

I don't support Huddersfield either but I'm less worried about impressionable people being groomed into following League One.
October 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The US military, it turns out, pays to store up to 10,000 cubic metres of military jet fuel at Killingholme.

I'm no expert, but the US military has an estimated 1,295 fighter jets at its disposal, mostly holding around 10 cubic metres of fuel, making this a pretty massive amount of fuel.

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March 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🧵Something that caught my eye in the coverage of the oil tanker collision in the North Sea was a Department of Defense agency spokesperson telling CNN that the tanker was delivering military jet fuel to Killingholme, England, a tiny village in North Lincolnshire.

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March 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
cool name for a town
February 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
me when the US federal government responds to my freedom of information request
December 13, 2024 at 10:31 AM