Why was I blocked on X by the Mayor of London’s Culture Team?

They didn’t like me drawing attention to “queer birding”

Should government accounts be able to block people on X? It’s a question I was forced to return to AGAIN after finding out I am blocked by the Mayor of London’s Culture Team.

I am also blocked by The Green Party, Islington Council (my former council) and the Labour MPs Chris Bryant and Torsten Bell, among countless others.

I believe the Culture Team account didn’t like me drawing attention to an event they advertised about “queer birding”, which is part of “Haringey Unearthed”, “a grants programme delivered as part of Haringey’s London Borough of Culture.”

So it’s only fair that I draw even more attention to this terrible programme, and the taxpayer funding involved.


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