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LDN Weekly – Issue 336 – 17 October 2024 – Summitry
SUMMITRY
What do Thomas Tuchel, Rachel Reeves and a London council Chief Executive have in common? Well, all three have near-impossible jobs. Tuchel carries the weight of history as England chase that elusive second World Cup.
LDN Weekly – Issue 335 – 11 October 2024 – The 100 Days Reset Moment
THE 100 DAYS RESET MOMENT
Ever since President Franklin D. Roosevelt launched a 100-day blitz against the Great Depression, the performance of all new governments is judged at the first three months milestone.
LDN Weekly – Issue 334 – 04 October 2024 – Purgatory Central
PURGATORY CENTRAL
Let’s get something out of the way – Euston station is a disgrace on pretty much every level. Woefully inadequate for the needs of a 21st century transport system, with few passengers emerging from the ordeal – and ordeal is the right word – with anything positive to say.
LDN Weekly – Issue 333 – 26 September 2024 – From Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
FROM LIVERPOOL LIME STREET TO BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET
Flat. Wet. Dreary. It’s fair to say that party goers and the LCA team were not blessed by the Liverpudlian weather at this year’s Labour Conference.
LDN Weekly – Issue 332 – 20 September 2024 – Merseybeats, Oxford Street and Standard Toil
MERSEYBEATS, OXFORD STREET AND STANDARD TOIL
Strictly Come Dancing back on TV and the arrival of party conference season are two sure-fire signs that summer is disappearing fast and autumn is arriving. This weekend, the Labour faithful gather up in Liverpool - the first time in power since 2009.
LDN Weekly – Issue 331 – 12 September 2024 – Nights Are Getting Colder
NIGHTS ARE GETTING COLDER
There’s a chill in the air as the excitement from the election of a new Government fades into the mist. Keir Starmer’s to-do list appears endless, under strain from a number of unsolved issues and new headaches. As Parliament winds down (again) for a busy conference season, you’d be forgiven for wondering when the bad news stops and when we’ll be whisked away to sunlit uplands.
LDN Weekly – Issue 330 – 05 September 2024 – Grenfell Tower Inquiry
GRENFELL TOWER INQUIRY - PHASE TWO REPORT
The most striking words from the Chair of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Sir Martin Moore-Bick this week were that the 72 deaths were ‘all avoidable’ and that the residents of Grenfell had been ‘badly failed’ through ‘incompetence’ in some cases, and ‘dishonesty and greed’ in others.
LDN Weekly – Issue 329 – 22 August 2024 – A New Era
A NEW ERA
From today, LDN will land in your inboxes a day later than previously. Our aim with this modest shift in our schedule is to fall in line more with the political week, which we think allows a more complete review of the happenings of the previous days. Hopefully you agree – as ever, we value your feedback, so do get in touch.
LDN Weekly – Issue 328 – 07 August 2024 – End of the Honeymoon?
END OF THE HONEYMOON?
It’s a mark of our political system that Keir Starmer was swept into 10 Downing Street with such ruthless speed, and the past month has flown by with little let up in the pace for the new government.
LDN Weekly – Issue 327 – 31 July 2024 – Reeves and Mortar
REEVES AND MORTAR
Exhausted MPs are slowly drifting away from Westminster to recharge their batteries, but the Government didn’t let up in the last few days before summer recess to push ahead on the housebuilding and development front.
LDN Weekly – Issue 326 – 25 July 2024 – Euston We Have Several Problems
EUSTON WE HAVE SEVERAL PROBLEMS
Earlier this week, the NAO published their latest report on HS2.
For anyone interested in major infrastructure projects and associated development, the report makes for very grim reading, especially for the many residents and businesses living close to Euston station. The summary is only nine pages long. But if you haven’t been up there to look around, it really is a depressing site.
LDN Weekly – Issue 325 – 17 July 2024 – 40 Bills
40 BILLS
British politics loves an eponymous legacy. Amendments (see Dubs, Rooker-Wise) formulas (see Barnett), political party funding (see Short, Cranborne) and then there are good old conventions, on which our constitution relies heavily. Lord Salisbury (or to give him his full title, the Third Marquess of Salisbury) lent his name to one such convention which might well become rather critical to Keir Starmer’s government in the coming months.