@dannyoswell.bsky.social
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Yes, if you provide alternatives to current transport modes, and help reduce the need to travel, it certainly does. Check out Paris. The city is transformed.
Incidentally, when you "close" a road to cars, you open it to human beings.
Incidentally, when you "close" a road to cars, you open it to human beings.
Hang on, so if more roads cause more congestion, then conversely, closing roads should relieve congestion? That doesn’t seem right to me, bearing in mind the turmoil any time there’s a road closure anywhere in the country!
June 24, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Yes, if you provide alternatives to current transport modes, and help reduce the need to travel, it certainly does. Check out Paris. The city is transformed.
Incidentally, when you "close" a road to cars, you open it to human beings.
Incidentally, when you "close" a road to cars, you open it to human beings.
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It is a law as old as the hills:
Permit agents of the state to use violence against civilians to "maintain public order", and they will use it to advance private and particular interests.
Permit agents of the state to use violence against civilians to "maintain public order", and they will use it to advance private and particular interests.
June 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM
It is a law as old as the hills:
Permit agents of the state to use violence against civilians to "maintain public order", and they will use it to advance private and particular interests.
Permit agents of the state to use violence against civilians to "maintain public order", and they will use it to advance private and particular interests.
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I'd like an apology from @marycreagh.bsky.social please. She claimed my column on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill was "deeply misleading". She failed to explain why. But it was an accurate explanation of the problems with the Bill.
Ministers should not make unsubstantiated and untrue claims.
Ministers should not make unsubstantiated and untrue claims.
Absolutely scorching letter about the Planning and Infrastructure Bill and the government's attempts to mislead us about its impacts.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Government is gaslighting us on planning bill and nature | Letter
Letter: Ben Kite says a large number of experts and organisations are concerned about the bill’s environmental impact, in response to a letter by the nature minister
www.theguardian.com
May 6, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I'd like an apology from @marycreagh.bsky.social please. She claimed my column on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill was "deeply misleading". She failed to explain why. But it was an accurate explanation of the problems with the Bill.
Ministers should not make unsubstantiated and untrue claims.
Ministers should not make unsubstantiated and untrue claims.
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Ultra-processed food increases risk cancer, heart disease & early death.
13.8% of premature deaths in England caused by UPF.
Corporations harm people - UPF, food with extra salt/sugar/fats, tobacco, sewage in rivers - for profit.
Make corporations bear the social cost of their harmful practices.
13.8% of premature deaths in England caused by UPF.
Corporations harm people - UPF, food with extra salt/sugar/fats, tobacco, sewage in rivers - for profit.
Make corporations bear the social cost of their harmful practices.
Ultra-processed food increases risk of early death, international study finds
About 14% of premature deaths in England attributable to unhealthy food, the most among surveyed countries
www.theguardian.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Ultra-processed food increases risk cancer, heart disease & early death.
13.8% of premature deaths in England caused by UPF.
Corporations harm people - UPF, food with extra salt/sugar/fats, tobacco, sewage in rivers - for profit.
Make corporations bear the social cost of their harmful practices.
13.8% of premature deaths in England caused by UPF.
Corporations harm people - UPF, food with extra salt/sugar/fats, tobacco, sewage in rivers - for profit.
Make corporations bear the social cost of their harmful practices.
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The vote share of the two biggest parties has been falling steadily for decades.
Recent polling shows it could fall below 50%. And yet we still have a voting system designed to silence all other voices.
It's time for a system update. It's time for PR.
Graphic by @tldrnews.bsky.social
Recent polling shows it could fall below 50%. And yet we still have a voting system designed to silence all other voices.
It's time for a system update. It's time for PR.
Graphic by @tldrnews.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The vote share of the two biggest parties has been falling steadily for decades.
Recent polling shows it could fall below 50%. And yet we still have a voting system designed to silence all other voices.
It's time for a system update. It's time for PR.
Graphic by @tldrnews.bsky.social
Recent polling shows it could fall below 50%. And yet we still have a voting system designed to silence all other voices.
It's time for a system update. It's time for PR.
Graphic by @tldrnews.bsky.social
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1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 6:19 AM
1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A bill banning basic income programs has passed the Texas Senate and now needs to also be passed by the House. If passed, it would join Idaho, Iowa, Arkansas, and South Dakota in such a ban. Billionaires are funding these efforts. They are afraid of UBI.
www.scottsantens.com/billionaire-...
www.scottsantens.com/billionaire-...
Bill banning Harris County's universal basic income program passes Texas Senate
Texas Sen. Paul Bettencourt, one of Uplift Harris' most vocal critics and the author of Senate Bill 2010, labeled the program "lottery socialism" in a Thursday news release.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Texas Sen. Paul Bettencourt, one of Uplift Harris' most vocal critics and the author of Senate Bill 2010, labeled the program "lottery socialism" in a Thursday news release.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Bill banning Harris County's universal basic income program passes Texas Senate
In a blow to Uplift Harris, the Texas Senate passed a bill Thursday prohibiting Harris County from providing direct financial assistance to their residents.
www.houstonchronicle.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:05 AM
A bill banning basic income programs has passed the Texas Senate and now needs to also be passed by the House. If passed, it would join Idaho, Iowa, Arkansas, and South Dakota in such a ban. Billionaires are funding these efforts. They are afraid of UBI.
www.scottsantens.com/billionaire-...
www.scottsantens.com/billionaire-...
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NatWest bank set for private ownership.
Received £45.5bn govt bailout in 2008.
Reverse socialism - Lame ducks bailed out but when profitable handed back to private sector. Why?
They could form part of industrial strategy - lending to SMEs, investment in new industries.
Received £45.5bn govt bailout in 2008.
Reverse socialism - Lame ducks bailed out but when profitable handed back to private sector. Why?
They could form part of industrial strategy - lending to SMEs, investment in new industries.
NatWest chair thanks UK taxpayers for bailout ahead of return to private ownership
Rick Haythornthwaite said bank was indebted to public for £46bn rescue package that kept it afloat in 2008
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
NatWest bank set for private ownership.
Received £45.5bn govt bailout in 2008.
Reverse socialism - Lame ducks bailed out but when profitable handed back to private sector. Why?
They could form part of industrial strategy - lending to SMEs, investment in new industries.
Received £45.5bn govt bailout in 2008.
Reverse socialism - Lame ducks bailed out but when profitable handed back to private sector. Why?
They could form part of industrial strategy - lending to SMEs, investment in new industries.
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Further to my post from yesterday on the IMF growth revisions: This chart from today's FT column by Martin Wolf.
#economy #Markets @financialtimes.com
#economy #Markets @financialtimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Further to my post from yesterday on the IMF growth revisions: This chart from today's FT column by Martin Wolf.
#economy #Markets @financialtimes.com
#economy #Markets @financialtimes.com
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🚨 BREAKING: The EU has fined Apple €500 million and Meta €200 million for breaking Europe's digital rules.
Read the developing story: ow.ly/TMEB50VG74a
Read the developing story: ow.ly/TMEB50VG74a
April 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🚨 BREAKING: The EU has fined Apple €500 million and Meta €200 million for breaking Europe's digital rules.
Read the developing story: ow.ly/TMEB50VG74a
Read the developing story: ow.ly/TMEB50VG74a
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BREAKING: Trump says it is not possible to give every person he wants to deport a trial, 'because to do so would take, without exaggeration, 200 years'.
April 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
BREAKING: Trump says it is not possible to give every person he wants to deport a trial, 'because to do so would take, without exaggeration, 200 years'.
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A Republican proposal to impose a tax hike on millionaires offers to generate about $400 billion over a decade, according to two new estimates provided to Bloomberg News
Millionaire Tax Would Generate About $400 Billion in Revenue
A Republican proposal to impose a tax hike on millionaires offers to generate about $400 billion over a decade, according to two new estimates provided to Bloomberg News, providing fresh revenue to partially offset the cost of the party’s multi-trillion-dollar tax package.
bloom.bg
April 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A Republican proposal to impose a tax hike on millionaires offers to generate about $400 billion over a decade, according to two new estimates provided to Bloomberg News
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A downright creepy afternoon note from JPM:
“.. It is VERY quiet on our desk .. I can get behind buying high volume panic, but that is not this... this is a continued flight from USD denominated assets and no measure of retail flow, mutual fund flow or prime data will tell you when / if to buy.”
“.. It is VERY quiet on our desk .. I can get behind buying high volume panic, but that is not this... this is a continued flight from USD denominated assets and no measure of retail flow, mutual fund flow or prime data will tell you when / if to buy.”
April 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A downright creepy afternoon note from JPM:
“.. It is VERY quiet on our desk .. I can get behind buying high volume panic, but that is not this... this is a continued flight from USD denominated assets and no measure of retail flow, mutual fund flow or prime data will tell you when / if to buy.”
“.. It is VERY quiet on our desk .. I can get behind buying high volume panic, but that is not this... this is a continued flight from USD denominated assets and no measure of retail flow, mutual fund flow or prime data will tell you when / if to buy.”
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Here's the latest episode of The Basic Income Show where we cover all the findings from Germany's 3-year UBI experiment. As usual, there's all kinds of positive results to dive into. Do you like charts? Cause there's lots of charts!
The Not at All Surprising Results of Germany's 3-Year UBI Experiment | The Basic Income Show
YouTube video by Scott Santens
www.youtube.com
April 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Here's the latest episode of The Basic Income Show where we cover all the findings from Germany's 3-year UBI experiment. As usual, there's all kinds of positive results to dive into. Do you like charts? Cause there's lots of charts!
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BREAKING: $1.5 trillion wiped from value of US stock market today
April 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
BREAKING: $1.5 trillion wiped from value of US stock market today
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Nigel Farage defends allowing US chlorinated chicken into UK as part of trade deal.
Farage/Reform want US style insurance-based healthcare; lower food/environmental standards, worker/consumer rights; return to gold standard, benefit cuts.
Who in their right mind wants this.
Farage/Reform want US style insurance-based healthcare; lower food/environmental standards, worker/consumer rights; return to gold standard, benefit cuts.
Who in their right mind wants this.
Nigel Farage defends allowing US chlorinated chicken into UK as part of trade deal
Reform UK leader on campaign trail as poll predicts rightwing party could be on course to win in a general election
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Nigel Farage defends allowing US chlorinated chicken into UK as part of trade deal.
Farage/Reform want US style insurance-based healthcare; lower food/environmental standards, worker/consumer rights; return to gold standard, benefit cuts.
Who in their right mind wants this.
Farage/Reform want US style insurance-based healthcare; lower food/environmental standards, worker/consumer rights; return to gold standard, benefit cuts.
Who in their right mind wants this.
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Perfect size truck; great for towing.
April 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Perfect size truck; great for towing.
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If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
April 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
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If your from America, Canada, UK or Europe you should make sure you are following @neverevertory.bsky.social!
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#FBPE #ReJoinEU #BlueCrew #NeverTrump #NeverMAGA #NeverVoteTory #NeverVoteReform
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#FBPE #ReJoinEU #BlueCrew #NeverTrump #NeverMAGA #NeverVoteTory #NeverVoteReform
April 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
If your from America, Canada, UK or Europe you should make sure you are following @neverevertory.bsky.social!
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#FBPE #ReJoinEU #BlueCrew #NeverTrump #NeverMAGA #NeverVoteTory #NeverVoteReform
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#FBPE #ReJoinEU #BlueCrew #NeverTrump #NeverMAGA #NeverVoteTory #NeverVoteReform