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The only (and maybe last) full-time local journalist dedicated to covering Enfield, North London. Editor of Enfield Dispatch. Supporter of Ipswich Town. Also a big fan of democracy.
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Found an unexpectedly liberal mug at my parents' house.

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Excellent tally of the attack on free speech and free association so far. Continues to infuriate me how the free speech warriors have sided with this extremely censorious authoritarian www.liberalcurrents.com/brains-poiso...

submitted 16 hours ago • 2 comments

Ugh, now I have butterflies in my stomach (not anxious, just ate too many caterpillars)

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

If I buy a large portion of chip shop chips but I also get mushy peas with them, it counts as a healthy meal, right?

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Revealed: Enfield's pavement parking epidemic Last month the Dispatch invited readers to send in photos of illegal parking from across the borough – here is just some of the evidence received enfielddispatch.co.uk/revealed-enf...

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Last month I asked Dispatch readers to send in photos of any pavement or other illegal parking they spotted around Enfield. The results were staggering. When did drivers become so emboldened to believe they could park wherever they liked without consequences? enfielddispatch.co.uk/revealed-enf...

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Was just sitting on a chair next to the front door doing blueskying and a fox walked very quietly under my leg crossed over my knee then slowly walked off into the dark. Absolutely bloody amazing.

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Great, troubling scoop. The point of a public service broadcaster is that it’s NOT personalised, IMV.

submitted 3 days ago • 27 comments

Cuts to public services aren't necessary. The government could raise £24 billion a year from a wealth tax on fortunes over £10m. Demand the Chancellor tax the super rich to avoid cuts. Sign our petition with @patmillsuk.bsky.social on @38degrees.bsky.social: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Where am I?

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Another sad example of how the UK housing system extracts unfair charges. The impact on shared ownership is egregious and has a chilling effect on the market. I wouldnt touch shared ownernership leasehold with a barge pole www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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The March issue of Enfield Dispatch is now out! Our top story is the council leader's assurance there is "no danger" of the authority going bust, while we also reveal Enfield's pavement parking epidemic - with help from Dispatch readers! enfielddispatch.co.uk/download/

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If you don’t already like Zelenskyy enough: He said "fuck you bitch (suka, blyat)" to JD Vance during their argument.

submitted 9 days ago • 121 comments

🤭🤗

submitted 9 days ago • 8 comments

I support Volodymyr Zelenskyy. That’s all I want to say now.

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Conservatives lodge complaint over planning chair's Spurs tickets admission The Labour committee chair admitted she'd received free Tottenham Hotspur tickets before later voting in support of the club's Whitewebbs planning application earlier this month enfielddispatch.co.uk/?p=19067

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Enfield Council will soon be £1.5bn in debt. And now there is "significant risk" that the council's biggest investment, its Meridian Water housing project, "will not cover the cost of the outstanding borrowing". My story for Enfield Dispatch: enfielddispatch.co.uk/council-debt...

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Great news for road safety in Enfield - years of demands for new speed cameras along the A10 have finally been answered by Transport for London. It comes one year after a young woman was killed on pedestrian crossing. My story via @enfielddispatch.bsky.social: enfielddispatch.co.uk/huge-boost-f...

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Huge boost for road safety as TfL agrees to install new A10 speed cameras The move comes just over a year after a young woman was killed on a pedestrian crossing in Edmonton enfielddispatch.co.uk/huge-boost-f...

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Land value tax getting a shout-out on Newsnight with even a Times journo saying he'd support it.

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News titles from Guardian to Daily Mail unite in opposition to AI copyright grab pressgazette.co.uk/news/news-ti...

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

An ad put up at a bus stop in London today.

submitted 13 days ago • 38 comments

They don't give a damn about freedom of speech. They never did. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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Three years on, Enfield's Ukrainian Hub is still going strong The hub at Trinity Church remains a vital source of support for the many Ukrainians living in North London and beyond as the war continues enfielddispatch.co.uk/?p=18940

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Ahead of today's anniversary I visited Enfield's brilliant Ukrainian Hub to gauge the mood among its visitors. enfielddispatch.co.uk/three-years-...

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Fighting back against online disinformation How local newspapers like Enfield Dispatch are becoming even more important as social media platforms plummet to new depths enfielddispatch.co.uk/?p=18931

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This exactly. The Nazi salute has a clear meaning, and if you don’t want to communicate it, you simply will not do that. If you’re being cute about it, you’ve already crossed the line.

submitted 14 days ago • 10 comments

The Step Kid has just come home to report that one of her colleagues who loves Trump did a Nazi salute at work today. She works in a trendy hair salon. In Hackney.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

The passage of time is fucking my whole shit up

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Why bad guys win And why good guys lose jollyjournalist.medium.com/why-bad-guys...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Right, that's enough news for one day. Time to distract myself from all the horror going on everywhere right now by sitting back and watching another WW2 documentary.

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

At some point global leaders are going to have to start acknowledging that Trump's America can't be worked with. His Presidency has made neo-Nazis so emboldened that even Bardella is put off. That should be a sign to stop pretending it is business as usual. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 16 days ago • 10 comments

The richest man in the world is drugged out of his mind and in charge of the United States government. What could go wrong?

submitted 17 days ago • 11 comments

This to me is the most striking finding on the depth of UK support for Ukraine. We know there is strong support for Ukraine in general but the fact that it even persists traded off against maintaining relations with for the US is a testament to how deep that support is.

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Musk is expanding his efforts to make X official state media for the Trump administration: There is now a Head of News at X, John Stoll, who has a seat in the White House briefing room and was called upon to ask the first question today.

submitted 17 days ago • 11 comments

Does anyone ever think about that version of Hill Valley where Biff has given himself the Almanac? It pops into my head increasingly often.

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I don't think people here have forgotten the murder of Andrei Litvinenko nor the chemical weapons attack in Salisbury that killed one British citizen, left others gravely ill & recklessly risked the lives & health of hundreds.

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Seven library closures confirmed by Enfield Council – but Oakwood saved The closures are expected to save Enfield Council at least £500,000 per year while bringing in up to £3.85m in property sales enfielddispatch.co.uk/seven-librar...

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My boss has joined BlueSky, give him a follow!

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Is anyone else in the UK* getting adverts for guns now on YouTube, or has the algorithm just decided I'm a gun person? (*I'm assuming in the US it's pretty normal)

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'Save Whitewebbs' campaigners vow to continue fight against Spurs Campaigners presented a fresh show of defiance against Tottenham Hotspur and Enfield Council following the decision to approve plans for the park made last week enfielddispatch.co.uk/save-whitewe...

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