Westminster City Council have granted permission for the demolition of this 1929 Art Deco building in the Soho Conservation Area. Regretable.

My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation. Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.

🚨Sir Ian McKellen is quoting Thomas More, writing in 1517 during anti-immigrant riots in London 🔥 when terrified foreigners were dragged from their homes and blamed for every social ill. More asked the mob a simple question: “What would you do, if you were the stranger?” 500

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A small tourist tax is an excellent idea. It could raise much needed cash but the money should come direct to the local councils so we can use it for extra security, street cleaning, public realm improvements etc.

Hi @Nigel_Farage, you’re quiet. Piggy.

@reformexposed @jriekemann @Nigel_Farage

We can reveal only 2 people work on noise at DEFRA, the Government department with overall responsibility for noise policy. And neither of them is full-time. More people work in a small branch of Café Nero. This shows contempt for the millions disturbed by noise each year.

In Summer 2025, “Switzerland expanded its own ‘quiet time’ rules, which run from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., to specifically target #noise from loud vehicle exhausts. Drivers have been warned they could face ~$12,000 fines if driving in popular tourist hotspots during those hours.”

And “Germany is not the only European country to have introduced quiet hours. In France, the law states that people should make no #noise between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., and nothing above ‘ambient noise’ for a prolonged period outside these times.” We’re the outliers, not them.

In an effort to regulate #noisepollution, Germany has introduced “Ruhezeit” — ‘quiet time’ — on Sundays, an agreed-upon period in which neighborhoods across the country are expected to adhere to guidelines that “allow residents to enjoy peace and quiet.”

Just a thought @BBCNews and @SkyNews ..... why aren't your investigative journalists doing this?

So close...! Could you share and help get the petition up to 80k? We need fair, independent press regulation to protect ordinary people from abuse and restore trust in the press. #BetterMediaBill #TheHack https://t.co/cznDl3Xp2F

Definitely worth a retweet… Twice.

Isn't there one whistleblower among the British journalists They are similarly spineless over Leveson 2

‘The threat couldn’t be more urgent and imminent. Yet here we are, still putting our head in the sand.’ @carolecadwalla says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.

wcc routinely measure 90dB in the west end

[Translation]: “A noisy society is a sick society. The WHO sets the maximum level of environmental [ambient] #noise even lower: At 53 dB(A) during the day, and 45 dB(A) at night to avoid disturbances — and the consequent impact on #publichealth — and to ensure quality #sleep.” 🙉

This could be interesting.

“Excessively loud vehicles don’t just disrupt our peace and quiet — they can also lower property values, increase #airpollution, and burden police with rising #noise complaints and enforcement costs.” — PA legislators co-sponsoring their state's SLEEP Act

Zack Polanski, "Reform UK's Zia Yusuf was full of b*llocks and I think it was important to call that out on #BBCQT" "What has become clear about Reform UK, they're a bunch of cowards" "Ever since Thursday night Reform UK have repeatedly attacked me online, including an