Nearly two weeks have passed since Londoners woke to the news that Grenfell Tower was on fire. That time has been filled with an overpowering quantity of news, opinion and social media exchanges. Some has been measured […]
Cries from Labour politicians, including Jeremy Corbyn, for unoccupied residential properties in Royal Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) to be requisitioned for the use of survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have touched a chord and […]
The horrifying fire in the Grenfell Tower in North Kensington that, as I write, has claimed the lives of six Londoners* and counting is already prompting a range of responses. Sadiq Khan has said that all the answers […]
The Conservative Party’s net loss of five London constituencies in Thursday’s general election has underlined what a sorry state it is in in the capital. Most of its defeats were half-expected or at least half-plausible. But to be […]
As the capital recoils from another jihadist murder strike and the full range of emotions surge, it is helpful to keep a cool, strong grip on the difference between conspiracy theories and reality. That is part of the […]
BBC London’s Karl Mercer has set out some big numbers about the National Health Service in London: Each year 60 million GP consultations take place, roughly 165,000 a day. Nearly £18bn is spent on the NHS […]
Let’s talk about Greenwich and Woolwich. Because we shouldn’t need to talk about Greenwich and Woolwich, but reports from the doorstep suggest we do. Labour canvassers in this solid Labour seat tell of people saying […]
Back in the early 1990s, when my eldest children were very young, London’s state schools were widely seen as disastrous. That was unfair because not all of them were bad, but the truth is that many were. […]
Along with the shock, the disbelief and the helpless, inadequate sympathy with those hurt, desperately worried, traumatised and so savagely bereaved by the bombing of Manchester Arena comes the familiar need for explanations. Where does the […]
This column is written Rachel Holdsworth, whose fine, witty writing on London politics, housing issues and more used to regularly grace Londonist. She’s now a freelance writer and editor. So much for devolution. The Conservative manifesto […]
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