And, if Jenrick went to watch Villa in 1986, he was 4 years old.
18.10.2025 10:28 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@paulconvery.bsky.social
Husband; father; Scot; Londoner; social & economic researcher; Islington Councillor; Labour since 1973.
And, if Jenrick went to watch Villa in 1986, he was 4 years old.
18.10.2025 10:28 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Like Owen Jones, Yaxley Lennon is not a journalist. Both are political activists with social media presence. That does not give either of them journalism privileges. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
16.10.2025 09:52 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Danny Thompson has died. I first saw him play live with John Martyn in 1973. His playing peppers the best recordings for over half a century. ukjazznews.com/musicians-pa...
06.10.2025 10:27 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Our normally reliable local paper, Islington Tribune, gets some facts wrong. Owen Jones is not a journalist. He is a political campaigner who writes things and does videos. He also fund raises for poltiical candidates opposed to Labour. www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/me-a...
03.10.2025 10:12 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0On their holiest day, Manchesterโs Jews face their โdarkest of momentsโ.
Our story about todayโs attack.
manchestermill.co.uk/on-their-hol...
Islington Council Leaderโs statement on todayโs atrocity in Manchester. www.islington.media/news/attack-...
02.10.2025 13:04 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0On any day this would be truly horrific. But today is Yom Kippur. This is a hate crime on an utterly shocking scale. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...
02.10.2025 12:51 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0That looks like Martineau Rd looking towards Drayton Park, is that right?
02.10.2025 08:04 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Entitled, anti-social behaviour of those Lime users is crap. We all see this. But Council has limited powers. Government is changing the law to require Lime etc to be licensed. Then we can stop this. In the meantime, Islington Cllrs pushing to start seizure of bikes left blocking pavements.
02.10.2025 07:54 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0It is perfectly OK to express solidarity with Palestine and opposition to a genocidal war without doing this. Proscribing Palestine Action is foolish and pointless but then so is getting arrested in this performative way.
29.09.2025 17:21 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Andy Burnham is making some serious unforced errors here.
25.09.2025 21:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Are out-of-work benefit claims at a record high? My new post open.substack.com/pub/inequali... , and also my take on More or Less this morning at www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
17.09.2025 11:26 โ ๐ 92 ๐ 44 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 15Unimpressed and annoyed. Last time he visited London, Marine Corps Ospreys flew repeated circuits over central London for no obvious practical security reason. Seemed more like a show of force.
17.09.2025 13:30 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I'm afraid your North London rivals have bought all the decent strikers. #AFC
16.09.2025 21:02 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Wake up North London. Trump's bloody helicopters have arrived. But they aren't providing security, they're just making a point.
16.09.2025 20:56 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0... and a Council Tax reference number
13.09.2025 17:49 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0also a passport number (both short one and the 30 digit version) and, despite having an NHS number, also a hospital number (actually more than one)
13.09.2025 17:48 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I was proud to be there today! This was a tight team. Forwards who attack. Sharp playmakers in midfield. Solid defenders holding the back.
13.09.2025 17:40 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Ashburton Grove, N7. Great expectations were not confounded. Arsenal played some of the best attacking football Iโve seen in a while.
13.09.2025 14:55 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Slight correction: In Islington there is a state funded school, St Mary Magdalene Academy where 10% of its pupils are admitted on an entrance exam which is very similar to the 11+ or common entrance exam used by private schools.
12.09.2025 15:59 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Odd detail: the former tenant says "We have children who were settled in local schools in Islington and coming up for their 11+ exams this autumn". We don't have the 11+ exam in Islington. The ILEA abolished it over 50 years ago.
12.09.2025 15:55 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0A tiny detail which is odd: the former tenants said "We have children who were settled in local schools in Islington and coming up for their 11+ exams this autumn".
We don't have the 11+ exam in Islington.
A deceased person's estate isn't a legal person and has no locus to bring a legal action, something else an attorney should know
12.09.2025 15:11 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0... also a deceased person's estate is not a legal person and therefore has no locus to bring any legal action, something else that an attorney should know.
12.09.2025 15:09 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0BBC Chris Mason desperately abusing statistics here: rate of resignations running at "one per week". Only if you measure it across the last two weeks. He's right these events are extraordinary but he's overdoing the rhetoric here.
11.09.2025 10:09 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Surely "3 strikes and out" has to apply now?
11.09.2025 09:59 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0It has happened.
11.09.2025 09:52 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Peter Mandelson is now on his 3rd strike. He cannot continue as UK ambassador. Starmer should fire him right now rather than wait days until he eventually resigns.
11.09.2025 08:41 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Stating the obvious I know but, with 399 Labour MPs, it is not arithmetically possible for 6 potential candidates to be nominated. Four is the maximum, 3 is more likely.
09.09.2025 15:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0