Richard Leeming

Mr Blobby patriotism Over recent weeks I have found myself thinking about the country we live in, what it feels like and what I like, and love, about it. I guess I found myself thinking about this because of the summer w...

At a time when patriotism can feel as as contested as ever, this is a bloody lovely ode to so much of what we love about Britain from @sofiejenkinson.bsky.social in @renewaljournal.bsky.social.

Well worth a read 👉 renewal.org.uk/blog/mr-blob...

Where does the arms race on the right to demonise anyone who’s family haven’t been living in England since William the Conqueror end?

Play is instinctive, natural, and essential. But it’s being eroded.

❌ 800 playgrounds closed in the last decade
❌ 2 million children live >10 mins from one
❌ In Bournemouth East, only 35% of children live within reach of a play area

This is the key point. Canvassing in Dulwich this morning I encountered a couple of people whose opinions had been strongly shaped by far-right Facebook groups…

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

Watched HIGNFY last night and that ‘joke’ stood out enough for me to google Euan Blair’s company… took me 10 seconds to find that it wasn’t true…

Article reads: Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

As a result people are living longer in better health…

This is fantastic news and a strong testament to @london.gov.uk’s leadership and vision for cleaner air in #London. It demonstrates that effective policy truly makes a difference! Thank you, Sir Sadiq. Other cities and countries should look to London as a global leader in reducing #AirPollution.

Well there needs to be an informed conversation about it? I suspect the lack of right is because few politicians and fewer journalists have the faintest idea about how this works.

Yes, Are Richard Leeming and RM Leeming the same person? Which Richard Leeming is (among other things) a Southwark Cllr and which an actor who appears in the west end? What happens if you attach one Richard Leeming’s medical records to another Richard Leeming’s identity?

This is an incredibly sensible and informed thread about the digital identity proposal. *only last week* I went to an interesting presentation about entity matching across government. It’s *HARD*. I‘ve worked on data projects matching entities in different scenarios. It’s *hard*

I was a reporter at the local radio station in Bradford when he was council leader - he was appalling back then- everything he did in government undermined councils

US: homicide rate per million - 68 people London - homicide rate per million - 9.8 Pics of Trump and Khan

Sadiq Khan's team on Trump's comments about London crime

The homicide rate in the US is seven times that of London

Graphic with the headline “London is the greatest city in the world” set against a bright view of the River Thames with the Shard, Tower Bridge and the city skyline. The text celebrates what makes London special: regularly voted the number one city in the world, incredible diversity with over 300 languages spoken, world-class transport, world leader in finance tech and life sciences, best museums and galleries many free to visit, world-leading nightlife, food sport and music for every taste, host to the world’s best sporting events, home to seven Premier League clubs, globally-ranked universities, a city where you can be yourself and love who you love, and a place for everyone.

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.

Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐

Spoke to an acquaintance last week, Spanish man with a young family running a successful business. Told me he’s closing it down and moving back to Spain.

Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%

Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%

Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.

As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

Honestly, the big trick Jim’s managed with London Centric (which sounds and is obvious and yet is missed *all the time*) is this: it’s fun to read.

It’s interesting, or a bit outrageous, or scintillating. Not worthy or a chore. “Make the product good” shouldn’t be groundbreaking, AND YET…

My last job at the BBC was in the digital archive team, since then I’ve mostly been working on projects that expand access to heritage, so this is very sad

While I understand the BBC’s imperative to provide balance in stories, at times it can feel completely ludicrous. Data vs one person’s entirely anecdotal opinion isn’t balance.

Kemi Badenoch refusing to acknowledge that Tommy Robinson is "far-right", now on LBC, and refusing to condemn Elon Musk's words. In fact she says what Musk said *isn't* incitement. So what would be incitement then? How violent would his words have to be before he was deemed a threat to this country?

My 12 year son’s latest (recent & welcome!) obsession is to explore London by bike.

Ironic that this evening after I attended #carspreading conference organised by @cleancitiescampaign.org he should be nearly run off the road by an arrogant SUV driver.

He’s fine, I’m fuming…

Really stimulating day at the #carspreading conversation. Too much to summarise here, but I now have an earworm of Adam and the Ants’ Cartrouble …

Stop talking about wealth taxes — make these reforms instead Any sane discussion of changes that both right and left could agree on is being crowded out by tax populism

on.ft.com/3I6b7GR Stop talking about wealth taxes — make these reforms instead (this is by the excellent Dan Neidle - but I reckon there’s only a slim chance of sensible decisions like these)

Also. FAO Daily Telegraph: this is the Penshaw Monument, not the Pembroke Monument. Penshaw is in the North East of England. Pembroke is in West Wales. They’re about 350 miles apart.

Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, "If President Trump was living in Brazil and had done what he did at the capitol, he would be on trial here too"

"Because here the law applies to everyone"

Telegraph headline feels inflammatory - there's no tearing, just careful removal of a flag from a grade 1 listed historic monument that belongs to the nation.

And no, @ellybakeram.bsky.social, absolutely nobody is saying that all trips should be made by all people by cycle.

Go and have a chat with people who actually understand policy and design. That's not Hill.

Oh wow. Another amazing adventure… these ares my favourite things on social media.

It’s a real test of Ofcom. Is the Online Safety Act worth anything, other than handing huge amounts of our data to American porn companies and banning kids from Wikipedia?

Here’s some actual online harm.