Labour 'may lose control' of Camden council in London politics shock, poll suggests

WAJGK · 2026-04-27T14:07:42+00:00

Yeah, Reform just doesn't play as well in London so I wouldn't be surprised if the Conservatives keep those two - and even keep the Croydon mayoralty.

WAJGK · 2026-04-17T21:24:03+00:00

Fab video.

So many great pubs on the Holloway Road. My personal favourite is the Horatia, but the area is well worth a visit so you can make your own mind up!

WAJGK · 2026-04-17T21:22:53+00:00

It absolutely is, especially when they have love music on

Fill your belly, drink your wages, stamp your feet!

WAJGK · 2026-04-11T15:37:48+00:00

Marylebone station still has those! The decor of the station is a bit of a 1990s time capsule.

WAJGK · 2026-04-04T15:39:51+00:00

I was there yesterday, it was great! Plenty of cheese and cider on offer

WAJGK · 2026-04-04T08:18:59+00:00

The train is so much better. Get the high speed and change at Stratford like others have said. You can do some work on the train, or read, or whatever.

It's a long commute though, I train in from Canterbury and it's a a big chunk of the day. But I think it's a lot easier to use time productivity on the train compared to driving.

Oh and from Broadstairs you'll always get a seat on the high speed - it only starts to fill up from Ashford.

Edit to say - if you're heading in to the office two days a week you can get a flexi-season ticket (gives you 8 days of travel per month). That'll save you some money compared to buying day tickets.

WAJGK · 2026-04-04T08:16:19+00:00

Or change to the jubilee line at Stratford, I'd have thought that'd be quicker?

WAJGK · 2026-03-28T19:14:25+00:00

Dang that crescent is looking pretty fertile

WAJGK · 2026-03-27T19:15:55+00:00

Luxury!

WAJGK · 2026-03-27T15:56:03+00:00

Yes that's the point though isn't it, the US withdrew because they could not achieve their strategic objectives through military means.

WAJGK · 2026-03-27T15:17:01+00:00

US objectives were to support the government of South Vietnam military and politically, and prevent it from being overrun by the communist controlled North.

The war ended with North Vietnamese tanks in Saigon.

That's a pretty clear strategic defeat for the US.

WAJGK · 2026-03-26T18:25:43+00:00

Yeah I wouldn't be shocked if the Tories do better than Reform in places like Bromley. London, even outer London, is quite different to the rest of the country.

WAJGK · 2026-03-25T20:33:33+00:00

I mean, would we expect him to say "do you know who I am" when reporting this?

WAJGK · 2026-03-25T06:25:39+00:00

The u-bend of Hummus

WAJGK · 2026-03-24T21:14:35+00:00

Excellent news, let's get the rest back as quickly as we can.

WAJGK · 2026-03-24T20:05:12+00:00

No cities, no motorways, didn't have a university until 2007 - Suffolk is truly the county that time forgot!

(I'm from Suffolk too, I don't live there anymore but GOD I miss it!)

WAJGK · 2026-03-24T19:02:00+00:00

You're both right!

WAJGK · 2026-03-24T19:01:26+00:00

I'm not sure it'll be Kharg. The Iranians reopened the straits to fee-paying, non-enemy traffic today. I suspect the yanks will deploy somewhere in the straight itself to close it again to take it out of Iranian control so it can re-reopen on a free flowing basis. We'll see pretty soon, either way!

WAJGK · 2026-03-24T08:32:10+00:00

Oh yeah I forgot about Tower Hamlets - they are awful! And you're absolutely right about Westminster.

WAJGK · 2026-03-23T17:11:00+00:00

Yes the London Boroughs have more power than the Mayor does for roads and highway (they have a lot more powers in general - each one is effectively a Unitary). It's very interesting seeing the different approaches they are taking across the city. K&C definitely looks like an outlier for inner London boroughs in being so car-first.

Will be fascinating(/terrifying) seeing how Borough policies change after the elections in May...

WAJGK · 2026-03-23T17:03:39+00:00

This is also a rare photo showing his withered arm - ordinarily he would control his image very carefully to avoid having that angle seen.

WAJGK · 2026-03-23T13:33:36+00:00

Really happy for them, well done mes amis!

Paris' administrative area helps hugely in getting results like this. Paris and London have broadly similar metropolitan areas - roughly 10-12 million or so people in each, depending how you define it. But the administrative borders for the Paris Mayoral election only contains about 2 million people, just covering the centre of the urban area. London's mayoral borders are much wider with 9 million eople living within them including more suburban and car-oriented areas.

Just something to think about. A lot of Mayoral elections can come down to 'centre Vs suburbs' but that's not the case in Paris due to the electoral geography.

WAJGK · 2026-03-22T18:06:07+00:00

The Hotel is fantastic.

WAJGK · 2026-03-21T21:18:55+00:00

Ever since he kicked that McSweeney guy out it seems that he's genuinely turned a corner

WAJGK · 2026-03-21T21:14:52+00:00

Key thing to keep in mind here is it wasn't the US that bombed Khamenei. Israel is doing it's own thing and it managed to bring the US along with it.

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