@pamigo.bsky.social
Reposted
The single most British conversation in the history of human civilization, in my judgment, took place on the Upper Nile in 1899, when starving explorer Ewart Grogan stumbled out of the bush www.futilitycloset.com/2025/09/12/s...
Stiff Upper Lip - Futility Closet
During the Battle of Waterloo, a cannon shot struck the right leg of Henry Paget, Second Earl of Uxbridge, prompting this quintessentially British exchange: Uxbridge: By God, sir, I’ve lost my leg!…
www.futilitycloset.com
September 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The single most British conversation in the history of human civilization, in my judgment, took place on the Upper Nile in 1899, when starving explorer Ewart Grogan stumbled out of the bush www.futilitycloset.com/2025/09/12/s...
Reposted
The Parliamentary Petition on Service Charges is live!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Please help end the misery for hundreds of thousands of tenants & residents who are financially abused by landlords, & managing agents.
We urge everyone to sign and share. ⏬⏬⏬
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Please help end the misery for hundreds of thousands of tenants & residents who are financially abused by landlords, & managing agents.
We urge everyone to sign and share. ⏬⏬⏬
Petition: Create a new body to regulate landlord and freeholder service charges
We want the Government to create a new body that is empowered to monitor and regulate private, council, and housing association service charges, and impose meaningful penalties for unfair, inaccurate,...
petition.parliament.uk
December 19, 2024 at 4:25 PM
The Parliamentary Petition on Service Charges is live!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Please help end the misery for hundreds of thousands of tenants & residents who are financially abused by landlords, & managing agents.
We urge everyone to sign and share. ⏬⏬⏬
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Please help end the misery for hundreds of thousands of tenants & residents who are financially abused by landlords, & managing agents.
We urge everyone to sign and share. ⏬⏬⏬
Reposted
Such important reporting. I don’t understand why this isn’t on the front page/headline news on every form of media every day. There are a whole cohort of children whose life chances are being impacted before our eyes and it’s like everyone in power can’t see it happening.
My piece in today’s Guardian, ahead of the release of our new documentary podcast series The Trapped on Monday.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Homes left to rot and families left to rot in them: that's social housing in Britain | Daniel Hewitt
I’ve spent years investigating this problem – and I’ve been horrified by what I’ve found. Labour, address this scandal now, says journalist Daniel Hewitt
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Such important reporting. I don’t understand why this isn’t on the front page/headline news on every form of media every day. There are a whole cohort of children whose life chances are being impacted before our eyes and it’s like everyone in power can’t see it happening.