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#Minnesota Dead cat distraction www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
CBS News report on ICE officer’s injuries drew ‘huge internal concern’
Anonymously sourced report that Jonathan Ross ‘suffered internal bleeding’ after killing Renee Good faced skepticism inside CBS newsroom
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January 16, 2026 at 10:25 AM
#Minnesota Dead cat distraction www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
#Greens #MMT The most fundamental question of our time " Why can commercial banks legally create money but not local councils or NHS trusts?" moneyontheleft.org/2025/12/20/z...
Zack Polanski’s Bold Politics Requires an Even Bolder Economic Vision: The Case for Democratic Public Finance
by Rob Hawkes The Green Party of England and Wales is attracting new members in unprecedented numbers and achieving polling percentages that would have seemed impossible a year ago. However, tensio…
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January 16, 2026 at 10:20 AM
#Greens #MMT The most fundamental question of our time " Why can commercial banks legally create money but not local councils or NHS trusts?" moneyontheleft.org/2025/12/20/z...
#London #AI #Employment "The problem, it said, was that companies were “over-automating roles due to AI hype”, which, it said, may lead to costly reversals and reputational damage in the future." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Sadiq Khan to urge ministers to act over ‘colossal’ impact of AI on London jobs
In Mansion House speech, mayor will talk of opportunities technology offers but highlight mass unemployment risk
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January 15, 2026 at 6:32 PM
#London #AI #Employment "The problem, it said, was that companies were “over-automating roles due to AI hype”, which, it said, may lead to costly reversals and reputational damage in the future." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social @labouruk.bsky.social “The internet-based phone systems, for example, just don’t work when something like this happens. People don’t even know if help is coming.” Keep the analogue telephone system running. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘People don’t even know if help is coming’: Cornish villagers frustrated by lack of help after Storm Goretti
Trees still block roads and scores of people remain without power or water almost a week on from storm
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January 14, 2026 at 10:35 AM
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social @labouruk.bsky.social “The internet-based phone systems, for example, just don’t work when something like this happens. People don’t even know if help is coming.” Keep the analogue telephone system running. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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The only insight that the Blind Buffoon ever had was that people care about the places that they live. The fixation of ministers with metro mayors, reorganising local government into bigger units, and their continuing unwillingness to fund local government properly is an ongoing gift to Reform.
Latest from me, on an eternally overlooked, sniffed-at issue that is politically huge www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK’s high streets have reached a tipping point – and Reform will reap the benefits | John Harris
When even Poundland and charity shops are closing, we’re near a point of no return. But there is hope, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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January 11, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The only insight that the Blind Buffoon ever had was that people care about the places that they live. The fixation of ministers with metro mayors, reorganising local government into bigger units, and their continuing unwillingness to fund local government properly is an ongoing gift to Reform.
@orla-hegarty.bsky.social I think of you everytime I come across the (saved) comment from the Guardian years ago
December 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
@orla-hegarty.bsky.social I think of you everytime I come across the (saved) comment from the Guardian years ago
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They are right. When Milton Keynes was started there were already pressures from (Labour) ministers to do mostly homes for owner-occupation. It fell to me to do forecasts to demonstrate how essential it was to have 50% low public rent. Proud of that
December 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
They are right. When Milton Keynes was started there were already pressures from (Labour) ministers to do mostly homes for owner-occupation. It fell to me to do forecasts to demonstrate how essential it was to have 50% low public rent. Proud of that
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Well there might be a reason for that and that might even be related to RTB. Telegraph concerned that taxpayers are funding social housing but seemingly unconcerned that taxpayers funded RTB by selling public assets at less than market prices
December 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Well there might be a reason for that and that might even be related to RTB. Telegraph concerned that taxpayers are funding social housing but seemingly unconcerned that taxpayers funded RTB by selling public assets at less than market prices
#Housing #Sydney #Australia Class, assets, property. An academic paper journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Class in the 21st century: Asset inflation and the new logic of inequality - Lisa Adkins, Melinda Cooper, Martijn Konings, 2021
What becomes of class when residential property prices in major cities around the world accrue more income in a year than the average wage worker? This paper in...
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December 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
#Housing #Sydney #Australia Class, assets, property. An academic paper journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#CouncilHousing Two wonderful letters. Nothing will change but they're still worth reading. #TomMurtha www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
The slow death of social housing – and its original purpose | Letters
Letters: Guardian readers respond to a report by the homelessness charity Crisis and our editorial
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December 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
#CouncilHousing Two wonderful letters. Nothing will change but they're still worth reading. #TomMurtha www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
#Europe #Housing (Aus?) Shrug. Yes we know but nobody wants to build it. 🤷🤷♂️🤷♀️ www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Europe’s housing costs akin to ‘new pandemic’, warns Barcelona mayor
Jaume Collboni and 16 other city leaders urge EU to unleash billions in funding as it prepares to tackle crisis
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December 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
#Europe #Housing (Aus?) Shrug. Yes we know but nobody wants to build it. 🤷🤷♂️🤷♀️ www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
True. They discovered children were being killed and injured by cars.
Cycling wasn’t a “thing” in the Netherlands until the 70’s despite being flat a lot earlier than that. Perhaps it isn’t geography that makes people cycle.
December 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
True. They discovered children were being killed and injured by cars.
#1984 "It emerged last year that RMG was forced to remove two digital billboards supplied by the 30Seconds Group from the Grade II*-listed Park Hill flats in Sheffield after objections from residents." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UK campaigners condemn ‘creepy’ digital billboards that can track viewers’ responses
Tech company has installed the advertising screens in hundreds of apartment blocks across 20 British cities
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December 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
#1984 "It emerged last year that RMG was forced to remove two digital billboards supplied by the 30Seconds Group from the Grade II*-listed Park Hill flats in Sheffield after objections from residents." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
#Housing more of the same without actually building new council housing ... at least Kirstie Allsop has got the idea ... build pubs and shops and community centres on new estates, not just houses www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Housing Britain - Available now
Available episodes of Housing Britain
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December 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
#Housing more of the same without actually building new council housing ... at least Kirstie Allsop has got the idea ... build pubs and shops and community centres on new estates, not just houses www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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When Callaghan became PM helped by Bernard Donahue & others in Number 10 he crafted a particular identity for himself to make an impact on the public. And it worked - he was more popular than Thatcher. That was 50 years ago and is light years ahead of the current steam age operation.
December 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
When Callaghan became PM helped by Bernard Donahue & others in Number 10 he crafted a particular identity for himself to make an impact on the public. And it worked - he was more popular than Thatcher. That was 50 years ago and is light years ahead of the current steam age operation.
#Erasmus #EU @teamlabouruk.bsky.social are working very hard to reconstitute important elements of our former membership of the EU without actually disrespecting the 2016 result. It's a good thing but a pity they won't go full out for rejoining with a second ref. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK-EU youth mobility scheme could let tens of thousands live and work abroad
Ministers want to secure deal by end of 2026 as part of a broader reset of Britain’s relationship with Europe
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December 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
#Erasmus #EU @teamlabouruk.bsky.social are working very hard to reconstitute important elements of our former membership of the EU without actually disrespecting the 2016 result. It's a good thing but a pity they won't go full out for rejoining with a second ref. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#TrellickTower a short clip illustrating the joy of 360 degree windows. #AragonTwr on #Pepys used to have windows like this but they were changed. I'm with the architect all the way www.leb.org.uk/Trellick/tre... - towers are not for families with small children, obviously
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December 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
#TrellickTower a short clip illustrating the joy of 360 degree windows. #AragonTwr on #Pepys used to have windows like this but they were changed. I'm with the architect all the way www.leb.org.uk/Trellick/tre... - towers are not for families with small children, obviously
#PostWarBritain #Housing I've been repairing the broken links on the film page, which have degraded over the past few years. Now with only a couple to go, the page is fit for use again. singleaspect.org.uk?page_id=2755
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November 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
#PostWarBritain #Housing I've been repairing the broken links on the film page, which have degraded over the past few years. Now with only a couple to go, the page is fit for use again. singleaspect.org.uk?page_id=2755