Paul Convery
@paulconvery.bsky.social
Husband; father; Scot; Londoner; social & economic researcher; Islington Councillor; Labour since 1973.
Yesterday Badenoch said the Chancellor lied about the public finances being in a bad way. So, is Badenoch saying the public finances are actually in great shape then?
December 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Yesterday Badenoch said the Chancellor lied about the public finances being in a bad way. So, is Badenoch saying the public finances are actually in great shape then?
Although “profits are reinvested in NHS services” it’s annoying to see UCLH advertising private healthcare for people with health insurance. It’s queue-jumping and it ultimately hollows-out public healthcare.
November 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Although “profits are reinvested in NHS services” it’s annoying to see UCLH advertising private healthcare for people with health insurance. It’s queue-jumping and it ultimately hollows-out public healthcare.
Cally community activist David Lear has died
The Cally community and Councillors have expressed shock and sadness at the sudden death of the local campaigning journalist, David Lear, on Saturday 15th November. David lived on Centurian Close and collapsed whilst recording events outside HMP…
The Cally community and Councillors have expressed shock and sadness at the sudden death of the local campaigning journalist, David Lear, on Saturday 15th November. David lived on Centurian Close and collapsed whilst recording events outside HMP…
Cally community activist David Lear has died
The Cally community and Councillors have expressed shock and sadness at the sudden death of the local campaigning journalist, David Lear, on Saturday 15th November. David lived on Centurian Close and collapsed whilst recording events outside HMP Pentonville where a demonstration of pro-Palestinian campaigners had encountered a small counter protest. Friends say that David collapsed after seeing a young woman assaulted by a counter protestor and David attempted to video record the perpetrator. He suffered a heart attack and could not be resuscitated despite the efforts of police officers and paramedics.
callylabourcouncillors.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Cally community activist David Lear has died
The Cally community and Councillors have expressed shock and sadness at the sudden death of the local campaigning journalist, David Lear, on Saturday 15th November. David lived on Centurian Close and collapsed whilst recording events outside HMP…
The Cally community and Councillors have expressed shock and sadness at the sudden death of the local campaigning journalist, David Lear, on Saturday 15th November. David lived on Centurian Close and collapsed whilst recording events outside HMP…
Oooh, he’s upped the damages. Now could be $5 billion. Five billion dollars!Stupid. He has no reputation. BBC should offer $500 charitable cause donation.
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president told reporters on Air Force One that he will take legal action against the broadcaster and will call Sir Keir Starmer over the weekend.
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Oooh, he’s upped the damages. Now could be $5 billion. Five billion dollars!Stupid. He has no reputation. BBC should offer $500 charitable cause donation.
BBC gets it right. Calls Trump's bluff. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation
Lawyers for the US president have threatened to sue the corporation for $1bn (£759m).
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
BBC gets it right. Calls Trump's bluff. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The BBC has already said sorry. Should have added “if that programme hurt your feelings”. Thereafter, defend the libel action. Florida defamation bar is set very high (they like free speech). And 1 billion dollars is a laughable damages claim. Failing that offer to settle for $500 to a US charity.
Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump.
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
November 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The BBC has already said sorry. Should have added “if that programme hurt your feelings”. Thereafter, defend the libel action. Florida defamation bar is set very high (they like free speech). And 1 billion dollars is a laughable damages claim. Failing that offer to settle for $500 to a US charity.
This is an awful reflection how bad things are becoming. After decades of safety and peace, Sikhs now facing racially aggravated violent and sexual attacks.
‘The fear is real’: how Midlands attacks have changed Sikh women’s daily lives
‘The fear is real’: how Midlands attacks have changed Sikh women’s daily lives
Many women are afraid to go out, particularly on their own, after religiously aggravated rapes and assaults
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This is an awful reflection how bad things are becoming. After decades of safety and peace, Sikhs now facing racially aggravated violent and sexual attacks.
Ed Davey is right. But his argument might carry more weight if he quit “X” himself. I did so, over a year ago.
Elon Musk is deliberately using his platform to poison our politics and divide our country.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
November 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Ed Davey is right. But his argument might carry more weight if he quit “X” himself. I did so, over a year ago.
A quieter day than most so time for a lunchtime pint and pie in the Crown, Cloudesley Rd
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A quieter day than most so time for a lunchtime pint and pie in the Crown, Cloudesley Rd
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If you haven't yet read @lewisbaston.bsky.social on a north #London council by-election of some significance that took place last week, find five minutes to do it now. Strong signs of one of the various ways in which the capital's political winds are blowing: www.onlondon.co.uk/lewis-baston...
Lewis Baston: Tories hold off Reform UK in Barnet by-election
It was a comfortable but not a commanding Hendon by-election win and suggests May's borough battle could be close
www.onlondon.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
If you haven't yet read @lewisbaston.bsky.social on a north #London council by-election of some significance that took place last week, find five minutes to do it now. Strong signs of one of the various ways in which the capital's political winds are blowing: www.onlondon.co.uk/lewis-baston...
In 2014, 5 out of 6 asylum claims were determined within 6 months. By 2023, only 1 in 6 decisions were made within 6 months. That’s why thousands of asylum seekers are being held in limbo, warehoused in hotels
This hotels saga isn’t really about asylum seekers: it’s a window on to a far bigger scandal | Gaby Hinsliff
This hotels saga isn’t really about asylum seekers: it’s a window on to a far bigger scandal | Gaby Hinsliff
A blistering new report tells a tale of billions wasted and vulnerable people left traumatised, while companies profit from a blundering state, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
In 2014, 5 out of 6 asylum claims were determined within 6 months. By 2023, only 1 in 6 decisions were made within 6 months. That’s why thousands of asylum seekers are being held in limbo, warehoused in hotels
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Wonderful morning at Cally ward partnership talking with residents & hearing from our valued voluntary and community sector. Always love seeing brilliant Nicky Ludgate from Help On Your Doorstep. Cllrs @paulconvery.bsky.social, Una O'Halloran & I had a lovely time. Thanks to all who joined the fun!
October 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Wonderful morning at Cally ward partnership talking with residents & hearing from our valued voluntary and community sector. Always love seeing brilliant Nicky Ludgate from Help On Your Doorstep. Cllrs @paulconvery.bsky.social, Una O'Halloran & I had a lovely time. Thanks to all who joined the fun!
Like Owen Jones, Yaxley Lennon is not a journalist. Both are political activists with social media presence. That does not give either of them journalism privileges. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tommy Robinson refused to give police phone Pin to protect 'journalistic material'
The far-right activist was charged under the Terrorism Act over an incident at the Channel Tunnel in July 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Like Owen Jones, Yaxley Lennon is not a journalist. Both are political activists with social media presence. That does not give either of them journalism privileges. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Danny Thompson has died. I first saw him play live with John Martyn in 1973. His playing peppers the best recordings for over half a century. ukjazznews.com/musicians-pa...
Musicians pay tribute to Danny Thompson (1939-2025) - UK Jazz News
The news broke yesterday of the death of Danny Thompson on Tuesday 23 September. The offical statement says: “Legendary acoustic bass player Danny Thompson died peacefully yesterday at his home in…
ukjazznews.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Danny Thompson has died. I first saw him play live with John Martyn in 1973. His playing peppers the best recordings for over half a century. ukjazznews.com/musicians-pa...
Our normally reliable local paper, Islington Tribune, gets some facts wrong. Owen Jones is not a journalist. He is a political campaigner who writes things and does videos. He also fund raises for poltiical candidates opposed to Labour. www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/me-a...
Me and Mr Jones: Row over ‘doorstep interviews’ as journalist has his pass taken away
MP Thornberry labels questioning of her ‘bullying’ with an ‘element of misogyny’
www.islingtontribune.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Our normally reliable local paper, Islington Tribune, gets some facts wrong. Owen Jones is not a journalist. He is a political campaigner who writes things and does videos. He also fund raises for poltiical candidates opposed to Labour. www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/me-a...
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On their holiest day, Manchester’s Jews face their ‘darkest of moments’.
Our story about today’s attack.
manchestermill.co.uk/on-their-hol...
Our story about today’s attack.
manchestermill.co.uk/on-their-hol...
On their holiest day, Manchester’s Jews face their ‘darkest of moments’
Amid fasting and prayer, terror comes to Crumpsall
manchestermill.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
On their holiest day, Manchester’s Jews face their ‘darkest of moments’.
Our story about today’s attack.
manchestermill.co.uk/on-their-hol...
Our story about today’s attack.
manchestermill.co.uk/on-their-hol...
Islington Council Leader’s statement on today’s atrocity in Manchester. www.islington.media/news/attack-...
Attack at Manchester synagogue – Leader’s statement | Islington Council News
The Leader of Islington Council has condemned today’s (Thursday, 2 October) attack outside the Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester.
www.islington.media
October 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Islington Council Leader’s statement on today’s atrocity in Manchester. www.islington.media/news/attack-...
On any day this would be truly horrific. But today is Yom Kippur. This is a hate crime on an utterly shocking scale. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...
Two dead in Manchester synagogue attack, with suspect also believed killed - police
The suspect was shot by police, who say his condition cannot be confirmed due to
www.bbc.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
On any day this would be truly horrific. But today is Yom Kippur. This is a hate crime on an utterly shocking scale. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...
Andy Burnham is making some serious unforced errors here.
Labour’s internal warfare breaks open as Starmer and ministers criticise Andy Burnham
Labour’s internal warfare breaks open as Starmer and ministers criticise Andy Burnham
Starmer understood to be furious at Greater Manchester mayor’s admission that he would seek to challenge for the leadership
Labour’s internal warfare broke into the open on Thursday as Keir Starmer and several cabinet ministers criticised Andy Burnham over his comments dismissing the bond markets.
Senior Labour figures compared the Greater Manchester mayor’s attitude to the cavalier approach taken by former Conservative prime minister Liz Truss in a sign of how low relations between No 10 and Burnham have plunged. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Andy Burnham is making some serious unforced errors here.
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Are out-of-work benefit claims at a record high? My new post open.substack.com/pub/inequali... , and also my take on More or Less this morning at www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Are out-of-work benefit claims at a record high?
The official statistics are wildly misleading - I've now made some new estimates that show just how wrong they are
open.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Are out-of-work benefit claims at a record high? My new post open.substack.com/pub/inequali... , and also my take on More or Less this morning at www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Wake up North London. Trump's bloody helicopters have arrived. But they aren't providing security, they're just making a point.
September 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Wake up North London. Trump's bloody helicopters have arrived. But they aren't providing security, they're just making a point.
Ashburton Grove, N7. Great expectations were not confounded. Arsenal played some of the best attacking football I’ve seen in a while.
September 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Ashburton Grove, N7. Great expectations were not confounded. Arsenal played some of the best attacking football I’ve seen in a while.
... also a deceased person's estate is not a legal person and therefore has no locus to bring any legal action, something else that an attorney should know.
He pinned this tweet over there, too. He’s so proud of his practiced stupidity.
mike lee allegedly went to law school and passed the bar. aside from stephen king's claim being true, a dead person's estate can't sue for defamation, on account of the fact that a dead person can't suffer an injury to their reputation, because they are dead.
September 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
... also a deceased person's estate is not a legal person and therefore has no locus to bring any legal action, something else that an attorney should know.
BBC Chris Mason desperately abusing statistics here: rate of resignations running at "one per week". Only if you measure it across the last two weeks. He's right these events are extraordinary but he's overdoing the rhetoric here.
September 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
BBC Chris Mason desperately abusing statistics here: rate of resignations running at "one per week". Only if you measure it across the last two weeks. He's right these events are extraordinary but he's overdoing the rhetoric here.