Things that are stupid. A growing collection by David Partridge.
Systems are wasteful and cruel in ways society has decided to accept. I’d rather not accept them. This site collects the ones I’m trying to do something about.
The West provokes, encroaches, embargoes, and invades — then says it wasn’t us. A book about the pants-wetting we don’t own up to.
Punishing people for where they were born.
A 76-bedroom building sitting empty for eight years
West Rivers House, Bridport. A former youth hostel with a commercial kitchen, community café, and computer suite — left to rot while people can’t find homes. Owned by Magna Housing. Planning permission granted in 2021, allowed to lapse. Everyone points at everyone else. Nothing happens.
Referral to the Regulator of Social Housing (2 February 2026)