London's population drop last year was no surprise, as London Assembly member Susan Hall commented. But it was the intended result of Conservative and Labour immigration policy, not the fault of the Mayor of London. My piece for On London on the mid-year estimates. www.onlondon.co.uk/richard-brow...
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There are many long term trends affecting population change in London. But the main factor behind the first fall in population since the pandemic last year was government immigration policy. This is what they want... this is what we get. www.onlondon.co.uk/richard-brow...
This is what they want... this is what we get. London's recent population falls are the result of central government policy.
Dave HillSee how neatly and completely @richardbrown.bsky.social dismantles the Right's gloating misrepresentations of why London's population has fallen a bit: www.onlondon.co.uk/richard-brow... #london
oh my god!!!! there's an actual answer!!!! Google Maps does hide Brighton!!!!!!! bsky.app/profile/robi...
Robin WildeI actually know the answer to this and it's slightly insane. Google pulls from Wikipedia to determine if a place is a city, town, neighbourhood, whatever. Brighton's first line describes it as a "seaside resort" so Google Maps thinks it's a neighbourhood and doesn't display it in the "city" font.
I appreciate there's a lot of performed outrage around, but I do think it's odd to say that you won't apologise because you made a mistake. Unintentional offence accounts for about 80% of my apologies. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...