What if one of the best things about London was free? It is. Our museums and galleries welcome millions of people every year, proving that access to culture shouldn't depend on what's in your wallet. www.lbc.co.uk/article/lond...
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Профиль Vively🇪🇺British/New Zealand urban planner & university teaching fellow living and working in Auckland. Twitter refugee. Interested in most things, esp. architecture, energy, accessibility, sustainability, comedy and health. My views are my own. #FBPE
The Free Speech Unions are nasty institutions that exist in #NZpol #auspol #UKpolitics #Cdnpoli #SouthAfrica They function to protect hate speech and mis/disinformation while masquerading as the saviours of the little [bigot]. Don’t be fooled by the show. lucyham29.substack.com/p/beware-the...
Or, Ref*rm lose ANOTHER election. BBC News - Labour's Bev Craig elected Greater Manchester mayor www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I've sold data centers to Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook, and by gum, it put them on the map!
Let's talk about mayors - a 🧵 Burnham wants to give mayors across the country substantially more powers, money and responsibility. He's looking to roll out "Greater Manchester Plus" (my phrase) across England within three years. That's very fast, and very good. It needs to be done. 1/X
This morning, the market is questioning the long assumed entrepreneurial genius of Mark Zuckerberg. What if he's just an idiot? www.ft.com/content/06d9...
“Cars are the most absurd means of transport in a city,” [says Jean-Louis Missika, Paris’s deputy mayor for urbanisation]. “They are parked 95% of the time. It takes two tonnes to move someone who weighs 70kg. And the denser the city, the more absurd it is.” www.ft.com/content/882e...
#NZpol In light of this title, I'd also recommend a wander through "The Commercialisation of New Zealand" by Brian Easton. And, this from by historian Tony Simpson - commenting on the result of the first real salvo of Free Market absolutists (cheers Roger 🤬). Unfortunately nothing's changed much.
KatyaI reread this 1998 book yesterday. We have never recovered from Rogernomics and Ruthanasia, but now we're getting another dose, with Māori bashing as an extra.
The 55 member associations in UEFA approved the boycott unanimously on Thursday.
France calls out the U.S. at a UN meeting: “The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali and Russia. Isolated. And the world no longer listens to it.” U.S. representatives stormed out of the meeting. Well said France! 👏🏼🇫🇷👏🏼
Public toilets are essential to public health and should be free to use. Shameful that we can’t provide the absolute basics for hygiene and health.
Cab DavidsonPublic loos in Cambridge newly reopened coat £1 per use. I can find a bush, you're good. share.google/pIBO8ZOQs3So...
After 17 and a half years today is my last day working in the NHS. I've worked under 12 Health secretaries. Every single one made it harder for us to look after patients and pursued an agenda of privatisation and outsourcing. The NHS thrives in spite of, not because of it’s political leadership.
“Neither the Starmer government, nor Andy Burnham’s, can say it didn’t know”: former Green party leader @carolinelucas.bsky.social on the shocking climate reports the UK government didn't want you to see www.thenerve.news/p/caroline-l...
There are BIG chunks of money going to some political parties in NZ and many are linked to corporate interests. It’s not a level playing field and that is a threat to our democracy. It’s time for better rules. Sign the petition now: action.greenpeace.org.nz/petition/cle... … #nzpol
There is a flood of donation$ into the political process - a great deal of it is linked to corporations that seek to overturn enviro protections and get subsidies for pollution. Today we've called for a citizens assembly to reform electoral finance rules. Join us: greenpeace.nz/tvyip8s7
“Irish Rail have introduced new etiquette guidelines and a 100 Euro fine for those blasting out loud music and videos on their trains. Time for the UK to follow suit I reckon, before this really gets out of hand.” Bravo @liamthorp.bsky.social 🙏 www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/news-op...
Some love him, some hate him, but one thing is indisputable, #JeremyClarkson has been steadfast in his support for staying in the #EuropeanUnion - and many will sympathise with what he has said. Excellent that he is keeping the debate going. #Brexit is NOT settled. #RejoinEU
Quick reminder that labour introduced a tax transparency bill that would report on how fair our tax system is anually and the first thing luxons govt did was repeal it so that nobody would get that information.
Scientists warned us about climate change for decades, and their predictions have proved remarkably accurate. Knowledge was never the problem The failure is structural. Political and economic systems reward those who defend the status quo and punish those who challenge it.
BBC Breakfast report that on BBC Newsnight that Zack Polanski did not apologise for accepting a collab post on Instagram They don't mention the 4 times BBC Newsnight interrupted live TV to read out messages from Reform UK live on air