Dave Hill
@davehillonlondon.bsky.social
Publisher and editor of journalism website OnLondon.co.uk. Also does: https://davehillonlondon.substack.com/ Plus podcasts for and with The London Society, fiction and sketches as John Vane. Busy.
In the States, approval ratings for #Farage role model Trump are falling as his isolationist economic policies seem to be making matters worse and suspicions grow about dark stuff in his past: www.reuters.com/world/us/tru... Could be a lesson there for Good Old Nigel.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
In the States, approval ratings for #Farage role model Trump are falling as his isolationist economic policies seem to be making matters worse and suspicions grow about dark stuff in his past: www.reuters.com/world/us/tru... Could be a lesson there for Good Old Nigel.
Watch him squirm: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #stopfarage
Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody'
The Reform UK leader was responding to reports he made racist remarks to his peers in school in the 1970s.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Watch him squirm: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #stopfarage
Many Rivers To Cross
YouTube video by Jimmy Cliff - Topic
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November 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The UK is too dependent on the magnetism of #London but that won't be changed by trying to weaken or undermine the city. This story by @juliehamill.bsky.social illustrates the strengths and benefits that come with inflows of talent and energy from elsewhere: www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill...
Julie Hamill: Where are you going, strange little girl?
Punk politics and patchouli in a Prius - a spirited ride through the capital of contradictions
www.onlondon.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The UK is too dependent on the magnetism of #London but that won't be changed by trying to weaken or undermine the city. This story by @juliehamill.bsky.social illustrates the strengths and benefits that come with inflows of talent and energy from elsewhere: www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill...
I like this very much, and not just because it is written by one of my sons: frankiethorogood.substack.com/p/if-youre-n...
If You're Not Asking, You're Not Trying
It’s 2018. I'm standing in a boxing ring.
frankiethorogood.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I like this very much, and not just because it is written by one of my sons: frankiethorogood.substack.com/p/if-youre-n...
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Yes, there are spending multipliers etc - and yes, Kuenssberg spouted vacuous talking points.
BUT.
There is a bond market (or more generally a macro) constraint to borrowing, as there was in the 2010s - we just weren't near it then. Dodging the issue/pretending it doesn't exist isn't a policy.
BUT.
There is a bond market (or more generally a macro) constraint to borrowing, as there was in the 2010s - we just weren't near it then. Dodging the issue/pretending it doesn't exist isn't a policy.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on the importance of spending multipliers & borrowing to invest
Zack is, without doubt, a great communicator. And on him talking about democracy & the bond markets I'm reminded of Eddie Dempsey at the Durham Miners Gala when he asked "who elected the bond market?"
Zack is, without doubt, a great communicator. And on him talking about democracy & the bond markets I'm reminded of Eddie Dempsey at the Durham Miners Gala when he asked "who elected the bond market?"
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Yes, there are spending multipliers etc - and yes, Kuenssberg spouted vacuous talking points.
BUT.
There is a bond market (or more generally a macro) constraint to borrowing, as there was in the 2010s - we just weren't near it then. Dodging the issue/pretending it doesn't exist isn't a policy.
BUT.
There is a bond market (or more generally a macro) constraint to borrowing, as there was in the 2010s - we just weren't near it then. Dodging the issue/pretending it doesn't exist isn't a policy.
I like this very much, and not just because it is written by one of my daughters: thechurnal.substack.com/p/churning-a...
Churning about the fringe impulse
And learning about urge surfing
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November 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I like this very much, and not just because it is written by one of my daughters: thechurnal.substack.com/p/churning-a...
Some further items from the Nigel Farage back catalogue: www.theguardian.com/politics/202....
Farage urged to explain conspiracy theories linked to antisemitism he voiced in US media
Exclusive: The Reform UK leader discussed far-right talking points in web TV and radio appearances between 2009 and 2018
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Some further items from the Nigel Farage back catalogue: www.theguardian.com/politics/202....
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Ryan Bridge - the driving force behind the 'Raise the Flags' campaign of a few months ago - is wanted by Spain, in connection with a holiday compensation fraud
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Flag campaign chief praised by Tommy Robinson facing jail over ‘holiday scam’
Ryan Bridge, ringleader of the Raise the Colours movement heralded by ex-EDL leader Tommy Robinson, is being pursued for an eight-year sentence in Spain
www.mirror.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Ryan Bridge - the driving force behind the 'Raise the Flags' campaign of a few months ago - is wanted by Spain, in connection with a holiday compensation fraud
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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This week we celebrated:
⚡️ Bringing the first council homes to Battersea Power Station with LB Wandsworth and BPS Ltd
🏡 100 new affordable homes completed at Oval Village with Peabody and Berkeley
🏙️ Topping out 218 new homes (63 for social rent) on the Isle of Dogs with Riverside and Mount Anvil.
⚡️ Bringing the first council homes to Battersea Power Station with LB Wandsworth and BPS Ltd
🏡 100 new affordable homes completed at Oval Village with Peabody and Berkeley
🏙️ Topping out 218 new homes (63 for social rent) on the Isle of Dogs with Riverside and Mount Anvil.
November 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
This week we celebrated:
⚡️ Bringing the first council homes to Battersea Power Station with LB Wandsworth and BPS Ltd
🏡 100 new affordable homes completed at Oval Village with Peabody and Berkeley
🏙️ Topping out 218 new homes (63 for social rent) on the Isle of Dogs with Riverside and Mount Anvil.
⚡️ Bringing the first council homes to Battersea Power Station with LB Wandsworth and BPS Ltd
🏡 100 new affordable homes completed at Oval Village with Peabody and Berkeley
🏙️ Topping out 218 new homes (63 for social rent) on the Isle of Dogs with Riverside and Mount Anvil.
From the same neck of Hackney's political woods, a variation on the same theme. This is a poster which local shopkeepers are obligingly displaying. Of interest is that "initial sponsors" list doesn't include the Greens. #london
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
From the same neck of Hackney's political woods, a variation on the same theme. This is a poster which local shopkeepers are obligingly displaying. Of interest is that "initial sponsors" list doesn't include the Greens. #london
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A free post
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Orban planning
How Hungary's authoritarian leader buys influence
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November 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
A free post
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A paradox of #london is that it educates brilliantly yet employers find specific skills they need in short supply. Muniya Barua, guest for my latest #truelondon podcast, has thoughts about that. And the budget. Read, watch, listen: www.onlondon.co.uk/true-london-... @acjsissons.bsky.social
BusinessLDN's Muniya Barua on skills for a good growth city
Deputy chief exec of influential business group talks about closing the gap between what employers need and what Londoners can offer
www.onlondon.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
A paradox of #london is that it educates brilliantly yet employers find specific skills they need in short supply. Muniya Barua, guest for my latest #truelondon podcast, has thoughts about that. And the budget. Read, watch, listen: www.onlondon.co.uk/true-london-... @acjsissons.bsky.social
If this analysis is correct, it won't only be London Tories who need to define themselves against their party's national identity and policies, it will be London Labour too: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @cityhalllabour.bsky.social
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If this analysis is correct, it won't only be London Tories who need to define themselves against their party's national identity and policies, it will be London Labour too: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @cityhalllabour.bsky.social
Took this (rather hurried) pic on my West End outing last Sunday. Presumably, if Reform won control of Westminster City Council (which it won't) they would have such "woke", un-British dual language signage purged from London's Chinatown immediately. #london
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Took this (rather hurried) pic on my West End outing last Sunday. Presumably, if Reform won control of Westminster City Council (which it won't) they would have such "woke", un-British dual language signage purged from London's Chinatown immediately. #london
My multi-contributor website OnLondon now funded in full by proceeds from my twice-weekly newsletter, OnLondon Extra. News, comment, deep analysis and challenges to all forms of populism. If you don't already subscribe, try the free trial: davehillonlondon.substack.com/p/on-london-... #london
On London Extra: Looking up?
On Thamesmead, the "tourist tax" and Fair Funding. Plus the London-only Covid lockdown that nearly was, Chinese embassy set for green light, new podcast and more
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November 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
My multi-contributor website OnLondon now funded in full by proceeds from my twice-weekly newsletter, OnLondon Extra. News, comment, deep analysis and challenges to all forms of populism. If you don't already subscribe, try the free trial: davehillonlondon.substack.com/p/on-london-... #london
Anyone attracted to Andy Burnham because they feel he is "authentic" (being from the north of England) and more Left than Starmer should ponder his low tax approach to property developers in Manchester (it actually makes sense, but more left wing...?): davehillonlondon.substack.com/p/manchester...
Manchester’s low tax approach to competing with London
The northern city region's political leaders let private developers off financial contributions that counterparts in the capital expect them to make
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November 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Anyone attracted to Andy Burnham because they feel he is "authentic" (being from the north of England) and more Left than Starmer should ponder his low tax approach to property developers in Manchester (it actually makes sense, but more left wing...?): davehillonlondon.substack.com/p/manchester...
Much as I value the FT and don't want to be one of those punctuation obsessives, I wish it (and others) would desist from turning the Chancellor into a plural possessive. She is one individual, so it should be Reeves's gambit, not Reeves' gambit. I mean, no wonder the country's going to the dogs...
November 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Much as I value the FT and don't want to be one of those punctuation obsessives, I wish it (and others) would desist from turning the Chancellor into a plural possessive. She is one individual, so it should be Reeves's gambit, not Reeves' gambit. I mean, no wonder the country's going to the dogs...
A vox pop exercise given a prominent position on the BBC News website. Why? Anything, it seems, to keep the "Andy Burnham leadership ambitions" story going: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Voters react to Norwich MP's surprise offer to Andy Burnham
Clive Lewis says his comment about standing down was an answer to a
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November 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
A vox pop exercise given a prominent position on the BBC News website. Why? Anything, it seems, to keep the "Andy Burnham leadership ambitions" story going: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This leaflet came through my east #London letterbox the other day. First impression: blimey, *another* one from the Greens. But it's not. It's the Hackney far Left trying to turn May's borough elections into a referendum on the Labour gov's approach to Gaza (note Stop The War Coalition logo).
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
This leaflet came through my east #London letterbox the other day. First impression: blimey, *another* one from the Greens. But it's not. It's the Hackney far Left trying to turn May's borough elections into a referendum on the Labour gov's approach to Gaza (note Stop The War Coalition logo).
It's awful the way the ruling class keeps picking on Nigel Farage's party. I know this because Matt Goodwin said so on X/Twitter: news.sky.com/story/former...
Reform UK's former Wales leader Nathan Gill jailed for accepting pro-Russian bribes
Gill, 52, pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery between 6 December 2018 and 18 July 2019 in September.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It's awful the way the ruling class keeps picking on Nigel Farage's party. I know this because Matt Goodwin said so on X/Twitter: news.sky.com/story/former...
My latest True London podcast, with guest Muniya Barua from BusinessLDN who talks about skills shortages & how to end them, along with the Thamesmead DLR good news, the "tourism tax" & local gov Fair Funding: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T91z... #london @businessldn.bsky.social @howarddawber.bsky.social
True London: Skills for a good growth city. With Muniya Barua
YouTube video by Dave Hill On London
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November 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
My latest True London podcast, with guest Muniya Barua from BusinessLDN who talks about skills shortages & how to end them, along with the Thamesmead DLR good news, the "tourism tax" & local gov Fair Funding: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T91z... #london @businessldn.bsky.social @howarddawber.bsky.social
Trying not to sink into despair: nickcohen.substack.com/p/what-if-tr...
What if Trump hands victory to Putin?
How the West dies
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November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Trying not to sink into despair: nickcohen.substack.com/p/what-if-tr...
At #London City Hall, Mayor's Question Time is about to begin: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBB0...
London Assembly (Mayor's Question Time)
YouTube video by London Assembly
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November 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
At #London City Hall, Mayor's Question Time is about to begin: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBB0...