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@rorymeakin
‘’ill-informed and under theorised’ … nya/nyan
Deportations?
If it turns out demonstrations work in Epping, the hotels policy could become almost impossible to implement; there probably aren't sufficient police resources to cover sustained protests across multiple regions. What would the alternative be - rent more housing?
Affordable housing requirements are like a gateway drug for left-NIMBYISM. You think you're just having a quick puff on the "we need more units at X% below market rate" pipe, but soon after you're injecting "supply can't solve the housing crisis" directly into your eyeballs.
867 new homes to replace a car park and shopping arcade in Peckham. Rejected by the council (and opposed by the local MP, Labour environment minister @Miatsf). standard.co.uk/news/london/pe…
Memo to public realm designers. Build the desire line first time around - save time and money later...
The starting salary for a new consultant in Australia is ~£200K a year. My salary as a registrar in Australia averaged £90-100K a year. And this is for working 10 hours less a week as a resident; with generous study budgets; and a system which fundamentally respects the role of…
The starting salary for a new consultant in Australia is ~£200K a year. My salary as a registrar in Australia averaged £90-100K a year. And this is for working 10 hours less a week as a resident; with generous study budgets; and a system which fundamentally respects the role of…
The Online Safety Act is being implemented under Labour but it’s worth remembering it was a Boris flagship policy, carried on by successors. I also found lobbying on it from a freedom of speech point hard because the usual conservative allies were its biggest cheerleaders who…
The Online “Safety” Act is one of the most perniciously stupid, short-sighted, and harmful pieces of legislation passed by Parliament. It exposes users of legal products and services to immense risk and harm. Sign the petition below 👇 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7229…
Reminded of when oofists on here thought they could cancel Badenoch because she said not all cultures are equal and for a few hours got really excited
🇬🇧 They're eating our geese 🦆🧕🏾 Migrants admitting on camera that they are taking a local goose home to eat.
If you support prohibition you are to a substantial degree implicated in the crimes committed by drug dealers
If you buy illegal drugs you are to a non-trivial degree morally implicated in the crimes committed by drug dealing gangs.
Excellent news. The entire UK population all suddenly learning about privacy and censorship resistance, almost overnight.
Just a few minutes after the Online Safety Act went into effect last night, Proton VPN signups originating in the UK surged by more than 1,400%. Unlike previous surges, this one is sustained, and is significantly higher than when France lost access to adult content.
This age verification thing is true boomer legislation. A free vpn gets you round it in three seconds.
Oh no! Parents might have to do some parenting when the state could be doing it for them
Classic BBC presenter.
Affordable housing is a scam - it's just a wealth transfer between middle class people. But this stuff is quickly radicalising me against social housing entirely. Getting to stage where we either keel it but restricted to British citizens who've lived here 18 years or abolish.
I support building homes on the Aylesham site- but they must include the right amount of social and affordable housing. With 18,000 on Southwark’s housing waiting list and thousands of kids in temporary accommodation, Berkeley’s 12% offer simply isn’t good enough.
My least yimby view: Oxford and Cambridge should stay low rise (8 storeys max and that top one only for cupolas and turrets). They should expand and densify hugely but only in medieval and classical architecture, solidifying their reputations for pre-modern charm
We can and we should. #YIMBY
This is such a cancer in the west
Somali Muslims in Ilhan Omar’s district were asked: Would you rather live under American law or Sharia law? I’m not surprised by their answers.
Good on Reem
Reem Ibrahim smirks at women caller as she bemoans the treatment of pensioners as the government threatens to get rid of the triple lock. 👇👇