Labour councillor for Westbourne ward on @citywestminster.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.social/post/3mog2nudyoc2cA very troubling finding buried in the British Future report 'Understanding Anti-Muslim Hostility': very few people think there's any prejudice against atheists in Britain. There is a great deal of it, and the fact that people can't recognise it is a major concern16 Jun 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:qrfmnxboixh6ee2ytekfvm7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mog2nudyoc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.social/post/3mk3aurhjuk2hReally satisfying in Labour's first four years at @citywestminster.bsky.social to be able to improve Report It so residents get action on environmental problems. It's now really effective, simple and quick, not the clunky failing system inherited from the Tories: www.westminster.gov.uk/report-it https://www.westminster.gov.uk/report-it22 Apr 2026 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:qrfmnxboixh6ee2ytekfvm7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3aurhjuk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.social/post/3mjxdlwmzns27Very sad to hear that Giles Peaker @nearlylegal.bsky.social died at the weekend. He was supreme in fighting on behalf of tenants suffering poor housing, and was the brains behind the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 which @queensparkkaren.bsky.social got into law20 Apr 2026 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:qrfmnxboixh6ee2ytekfvm7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxdlwmzns27https://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.social/post/3miiudmaeus23Promoted by Connor Jones on behalf of David Boothroyd, both at 4G Shirland Mews, London, W9 3DY.02 Apr 2026 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:qrfmnxboixh6ee2ytekfvm7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3miiudmaeus23https://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.social/post/3mhooppla5c2gThe late great Vincent Hanna's report from the Fulham byelection - familiar to many Labour Party veterans as the party sent a briefing on how to run election campaigns to every CLP based on Fulham. Can it really be 40 years ago? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsG2c2NjgvM22 Mar 2026 23:20 +0000at://did:plc:qrfmnxboixh6ee2ytekfvm7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhooppla5c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.social/post/3mdvybkpe6s2iWhen Conservatives ran Westminster, most of Westmead development was going to be sold on the open market. Under a Labour council it's been delivered as a 100% affordable scheme with homes for overcrowded local families https://www.westminsterlabour.org.uk/issues/housing-and-homelessness/2026/02/02/labours-bumper-day-of-affordable-housing-delivery/02 Feb 2026 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:qrfmnxboixh6ee2ytekfvm7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdvybkpe6s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.social/post/3ma6s75th522gThe real story from @citywestminster.bsky.social: how the previous Conservative leadership set up a deal with a company in financial trouble, and how Labour stepped in to save the situation and deliver more affordable homes https://www.westminsterlabour.org.uk/issues/housing-and-homelessness/2025/12/17/labour-takes-decisive-action-after-conservative-mismanagement-of-housebuilding-contract/17 Dec 2025 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:qrfmnxboixh6ee2ytekfvm7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma6s75th522ghttps://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.social/post/3m5o4lwxnv22dWatching a 30 year old edition of 'University Challenge' - and the questions are measurably a lot easier in 1995 than they are in 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ywab0Iwd0s15 Nov 2025 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:qrfmnxboixh6ee2ytekfvm7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5o4lwxnv22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.social/post/3lsnvqcyxkc2wI’m doing the last councillors’ surgery at the Stowe Centre. Thanks to PDT for hosting us for the past 10 years. From next week we will be at Maida Vale Library - same time, 11 am on Saturday28 Jun 2025 10:04 +0000at://did:plc:qrfmnxboixh6ee2ytekfvm7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsnvqcyxkc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.social/post/3lqhf2qqpbk2qDelegates and visitors for @teamlabouruk.bsky.social Conference 2025 are being sorted out but here's a link to the unofficial conference report for 2023: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14xBxeuzTggIL70udJS-negQlPhkpselW/view?usp=share_link And for last year's conference: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lkxvICMX11KBjYpPUobAPPlImHHlI65m/view?usp=share_link31 May 2025 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:qrfmnxboixh6ee2ytekfvm7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqhf2qqpbk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.social/post/3lpbvg26ubc2uFrom the Hundred of Ossulston, wishing everyone in the county a very happy #MiddlesexDay16 May 2025 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:qrfmnxboixh6ee2ytekfvm7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpbvg26ubc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.social/post/3lp3dyhlzwc2wI've no vote, but the ten I'd put through are: Albania #ALB Azerbaijan #AZE Belgium #BEL Cyprus #CYP Netherlands #NED Norway #NOR Poland #POL San Marino #SMR Sweden #SWE Ukraine #UKR #Eurovision #Eurovision2025 #ESC202513 May 2025 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:qrfmnxboixh6ee2ytekfvm7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp3dyhlzwc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.social/post/3lp37jszync2wWhoever decided to do it, using 25pSF (film effect) on #Eurovision2025 is awful. It makes it look like a recording, not live television. Bring back 50fps interlaced13 May 2025 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:qrfmnxboixh6ee2ytekfvm7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp37jszync2whttps://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.social/post/3ln3ymlbxrs2vInteresting opening from @davehillonlondon.bsky.social in the OnLondon extra, about religion in London. One thing the Census does is allow you to look at cross-tab data, and dataset RM031 on Ethnic Group by Religion is quite interesting in London https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/RM031/editions/2021/versions/118 Apr 2025 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:qrfmnxboixh6ee2ytekfvm7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln3ymlbxrs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.social/post/3lmyu7yzbg22hGood news today that the British Newspaper Archive has added almost the entire run (1861-1891) of 'The National Reformer', Charles Bradlaugh's secularist newspaper which takes in his many battles for freedom and liberty https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/national-reformer17 Apr 2025 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:qrfmnxboixh6ee2ytekfvm7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmyu7yzbg22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.social/post/3lm2wz4iz6s2sIf Labour members didn't stay, fight to remove antisemitism, the party could've been lost. If Trade Unions left thinking Labour didn't want them, there would be no Employment Rights Bill. Loyalty to party, even if disappointing or doing profoundly disagreeable things, is underappreciated, admirable05 Apr 2025 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:qrfmnxboixh6ee2ytekfvm7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm2wz4iz6s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.social/post/3lloefpyztc2l‘Buddha did it earlier than Jesus — and did it better.’ Strongly recommend this review of Tom Holland's "Dominion" by Nicholas E. Meyer in @thefreethinkermag.bsky.social https://freethinker.co.uk/2025/03/do-as-i-say-not-as-i-do-a-review-of-dominion-by-tom-holland/#comment-38531 Mar 2025 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:qrfmnxboixh6ee2ytekfvm7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lloefpyztc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.social/post/3lllitmdex22tVery impressed by @deirdrecostiganmp.bsky.social on BBC Politics London explaining what Labour is doing to help people out of poverty, while Chris Philp boorishly repeats stale Tory gibes and shouts over her30 Mar 2025 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:qrfmnxboixh6ee2ytekfvm7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lllitmdex22thttps://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.social/post/3ll2g7wlgkc2sIt is International #AtheistDay on 23 March, and a day to be thankful of freedom of thought, liberation from repressive doctrines, and a hearty affirmation that this existence is all there is23 Mar 2025 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:qrfmnxboixh6ee2ytekfvm7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll2g7wlgkc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.social/post/3lk4rfoorxk2nExcellent news that Grand Junction, at St Mary Magdalene's Church, has got a grant from MHCLG for National Windrush Day on 22 June11 Mar 2025 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:qrfmnxboixh6ee2ytekfvm7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4rfoorxk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.social/post/3lk4ddwcgas2aThe joys of British legislation - clause 94 of the recently introduced Planning and Infrastructure Bill:11 Mar 2025 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:qrfmnxboixh6ee2ytekfvm7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4ddwcgas2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.social/post/3ljdva3q2yc25Location discovery: "The Crunch" by Nigel Kneale (ATV, TX 19.1.64) was made at Hazlewood Crescent, Kensal Town. The 'Makang Embassy' was 50 Hazlewood Crescent. Most of the street is long since demolished but Our Lady of the Holy Souls RC Church survives01 Mar 2025 21:42 +0000at://did:plc:qrfmnxboixh6ee2ytekfvm7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljdva3q2yc25https://bsky.app/profile/davidboothroyd.bsky.social/post/3lj3nng6jzs26Today's C1 judgment for Westminster Housing is a great achievement for @begumliza.bsky.social and her the whole team. Managing social housing is really difficult, not getting easier, but pulling WCC Housing out of a rut and pointing it in the right direction is outstanding https://www.gov.uk/government/news/rsh-publishes-regulatory-judgements-for-11-social-landlords26 Feb 2025 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:qrfmnxboixh6ee2ytekfvm7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj3nng6jzs26