David Walker

Will Oxford Street's pedestrianisation work? davehillonlondon.substack.com/p/will-oxfor...

Ça donne super envie d'investir ...sauf que le capitalisme n'a jamais été l'acme de rationalité newsletter.liberation.fr/m/view/20013...

New post: Today we have the second part of our very candid interview with Tony Radakin, who ran the UK armed forced 2021-2025. He talks about how we got into a mess over defence spending, why John Healey resigned, and how to fix military procurement. samf.substack.com/p/whitehall-...

Good panels, well organised, but hard to avoid déjà vu - especially on moving health towards prevention, away from the NHS as now constituted as a sickness service. What happened to Wes Streeting's three shifts ? nsmg.live/event/future...

My advice for Burnham’s first budget? Hit the banks – and hit them hard | Polly Toynbee

@pollytoynbee.bsky.social argues a bank tax would be highly appropriate in forthcoming #budget given the billions it cost us to bail them out in 2008, which they have barely begun to repay, well said! #budget #banks #tax www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My experience, too. But a) notable gap between human and physical (buildings) dimensions; b) more blood tests in GP surgeries rather than specialised centres?

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I’m delighted to see England captain and Londoner Harry Kane crowned the winner of the Ballon d’Or.

Andy Burnham’s government has privately given up on reaching Labour’s target of building 1.5mn new homes by 2029, and ministers will refer to the goal less and less, according to government figures www.ft.com/content/285a...

BBC journalist and the Daily Mail. Say no more

The river Seine at La Grande-Jatte https://www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/the-river-seine-at-la-grande-jatte-1888

@polprofsteve2024.bsky.social hi - can I get in touch with you by email? David Walker davidwlkr0@gmail.com

there’s a fine full moon above London this evening

Au Royaume-Uni, « Be ready », la campagne pour préparer la population aux cyberattaques et aux catastrophes climatiques

Farm Women at Work https://www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/farm-women-at-work-1883

The Bank of the Seine https://www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/the-bank-of-the-seine-1884

Port of Honfleur https://www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/port-of-honfleur-1886

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte -1884 https://www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/study-for-a-sunday-on-la-grande-jatte-1885

Grandcamp, Evening https://www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/grandcamp-evening-1885

« Le score est clair » : Raphaël Glucksmann signe une victoire nette malgré les divisions du centre gauche

Circus Sideshow https://www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/circus-sideshow-1888

Latest podcast: Is Kemi Badenoch the leader who is returning to the past? podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

Study for 'A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte' https://www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/study-for-a-sunday-afternoon-on-the-island-of-la-grande-jatte-1884

Landscape at Saint-Ouen https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437657

The Mower https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/459116

Hampton court palace

Sir Tony Blair’s think-tank has offered companies networking opportunities at political party conferences as part of a $25,000-a-year membership scheme, raising questions about the influence of big business on policy discussions. www.ft.com/content/1ca9...

Port of Honfleur https://www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/port-of-honfleur-1886

Study for "Bathers at Asnieres" https://www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/study-for-bathers-at-asnieres-1883

Absolutely right. Mr Burnham must run Britain just like Sir Jim Ratcliffe has run Manchester United. Like Britain, ManU was once a proud global giant. But like the UK, the club had entered a lengthy period of stagnation. Since Ratcliffe took over at Man Utd this once proud club has oh wait

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890). The Church at Auvers (1890, oil on canvas).

Vincent van Gogh "Wheatfield with Cypresses" (September 1889) Oil on canvas | 72.1 × 90.9 cm. (28.4 × 35.8 in). National Gallery, London. #ArtSky #VanGogh

John Everett Millias (1829-1896) Autumn Leaves, 1855-56. Oil on canvas. #PreRaphaelite

in the interest of annoying everyone, can I say that Lime bike riders madly running red lights are bad *but so are pedestrians with headphones wandering out into the road*

BIG NEWS for any pedestrians fuming at e-bike riders Lime have permanently banned a rider caught cycling on the pavement. City of London police says:

Just putting this out there for all the people in my mentions who are very upset I have dared to mention cyclists ignoring red lights

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 https://www.artic.edu/artworks/27992/

Charing Cross Road pavement near Tottenham Court Road station late yesterday morning.

Brighton beach today

Brighton, late evening

TRIBUNE. Funérailles d’Etat de Ratko Mladic : l’Occident ne peut pas feindre la surprise La glorification du criminel de guerre n’est pas récente, mais le résultat d’une politique de réhabilitation d’anciens récits nationalistes

Study with Figures. Study for 'La Grande Jatte' https://www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/study-with-figures-study-for-la-grande-jatte-1885

The scene in the theater https://www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/the-scene-in-the-theater

100 years ago, the Northern line extension to Morden transformed south London, connecting communities and unlocking growth. Today we celebrate Charles Holden’s stations and their enduring legacy. Join Londoners in discovering the history, architecture and stories behind these remarkable places:

Public officials in the UK are *servants* -- and will do what extremists ask www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thames

commuter, south bank

"Viel entscheidender (als Zuwanderung) waren offenbar Themen wie soziale Sicherheit, Frieden in Europa und die Wirtschaftspolitik." Frieden, geliefert von V.Putin! p.dw.com/p/5LvRP