Is this my imagination or is the disabled parking sign some subtle leftist propaganda? When you approach them from a certain direction there is a definite hammer and sickle quality to the shape. Clearly these spaces are part of a dangerous socialist plot to collectivise all of our parking spaces.
Occupy activists at Finsbury Square are finding the St Paul’s refugees difficult. Evening Standard The New York Times explains Londoners. good luck with that. Cycling grants for all! Well, you have to apply to TfL obviously. The Guardian’s Dave Hill wants help putting together a truly London manifesto. HS2 means […]
Things are moving along in Hackney in the attempt to set up a People’s Supermarket. London Underground spots a ‘satirical magazine’ at their local tube. In Croydon the libraries are under threat. Check out the Upper Norwood Library Campaign. If you’re looking forward to London’s Overthrow China Mielville’s photo essay […]
You don’t see many of these around – a reverse tricycle with a large box in the front for the dog of means. Pretty neat way to travel in style. I believe these come from Denmark, the home of all civilised things. How else do people get their dogs around […]
Londonist reports that Boris says that Ken wants to kiss Hugo Chavez. As the new routemaster was launched the Sack Boris campaign took to the streets with a bus of their own. The BBC says Johnson is still in favour of driverless trains despite a near miss only averted by […]
There’s an incongruous tower in North London. Londoneer investigates. East London Lines says teenage pregnancy is decreasing in East London. There a by-election in Spitalfields, Trial by Jeory considers the implications. Richard Osley wins the picture of the day award, from Kentish Town. We could see bike boxes in one […]
Nick Cohen has his say on Livingstone. Brian Paddick has caught the attention of London Feminist. Londonist looks at the battle of Mayoral biographies. Meanwhile At war with the motorist thinks about cyclists and infrastructure. Cyclists in the city report on Labour’s cycle summit. We’re getting mixed messages on the […]
Hope you’re enjoying your weekend; As we watched the Occupy eviction at St Paul’s the nearby “Bank of ideas” was also cleared. The next day they bulldozed it. Talking of evictions Loving Dalston has the scoop on Hackney squatters getting evicted. Left wing fantasy writer China Meiville has written an elegant New York […]
Passing by the building works behind St Pancras I peeked through the fence and was surprised to see a long pipe pumping out smoke. The air was quite sweet and I did wonder whether it was perfume designed to mask something less fruity… anyone know what these pipes that leak […]
Are the police investigating TfL for corporate manslaughter? The Times. At Liberal Conspiracy Dave Osler is gearing up to disrupt the Olympics. They are offering free home energy audits in Hillingdon. West Londoner. Broken Barnet on the library that refused to die. Meanwhile Lewisham activists reclaim empty homes for the […]
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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