Paul Frainer
@paolorenato.bsky.social
Anglo-Italian. 2nd Gen Immigrant. Doing #Digital in #Planning and #Government. #Strategist. #Advisor. Pensatore profondo apparentemente 🤷♂️) On a #yoga mat, playing bass or dancing. ❤️ red wine and #digital #politics, #localgov, #policy #adhd 🇮🇹🇬🇧🇪🇺
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Definitely a contender for best list of Alternative Names on a Wikipedia page
September 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Definitely a contender for best list of Alternative Names on a Wikipedia page
TGE on Place-Based Impact Investing | Paul Frainer
I have obvious bias as a contributor but this is an excellent and timely report. We also now need to provide a read across to those responsible for delivering LGPs and new spatial investment/developme...
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September 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
People who say 'I mis-spoke' when they mean 'I lied' are just worst.
'Mis-speaking' is when I say chish and fips when I mean fish and chips, or when I cycle thorugh all the kids' name (and the dog) before landing on the correct name.
What Farage did was flat out lie.
'Mis-speaking' is when I say chish and fips when I mean fish and chips, or when I cycle thorugh all the kids' name (and the dog) before landing on the correct name.
What Farage did was flat out lie.
September 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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"Nigel Farage says 'wibble'...'
Except in his case, wait until he's put the pencils up his nose then slam his face on the table.
Problem solved...
Except in his case, wait until he's put the pencils up his nose then slam his face on the table.
Problem solved...
“Nigel Farage says….” has been the headline of the decade.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
September 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
"Nigel Farage says 'wibble'...'
Except in his case, wait until he's put the pencils up his nose then slam his face on the table.
Problem solved...
Except in his case, wait until he's put the pencils up his nose then slam his face on the table.
Problem solved...
Tentatively back posting here…. Has it livened up?
snoop dogg is wearing a suit and tie and smoking a cigarette in a crowd of people .
ALT: snoop dogg is wearing a suit and tie and smoking a cigarette in a crowd of people .
media.tenor.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Tentatively back posting here…. Has it livened up?
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Wow. Farage having a new arsehole ripped out of him across the pond. This is superb.
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
September 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Wow. Farage having a new arsehole ripped out of him across the pond. This is superb.
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Anyone who believes flags can only bring people together is being totally naive.
And has clearly never set foot in Northern Ireland.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
And has clearly never set foot in Northern Ireland.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
September 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Anyone who believes flags can only bring people together is being totally naive.
And has clearly never set foot in Northern Ireland.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
And has clearly never set foot in Northern Ireland.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Useful summary here of the legal issues around hotels being used as asylum seeker accommodation and whether or not planning permission is required. commonslibrary.parliament.uk/is-planning-...
Is planning permission required to house asylum seekers in hotels?
Court cases have focused on whether using hotels to house asylum seekers constitutes a material change of use to a hostel.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk
September 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Useful summary here of the legal issues around hotels being used as asylum seeker accommodation and whether or not planning permission is required. commonslibrary.parliament.uk/is-planning-...
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The people who banned journalists go to a different school.
Democrat @raskin.house.gov excoriates Nigel Farage for banning journalists from Reform UK events:
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
September 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The people who banned journalists go to a different school.
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ICYMI: #ukhousing #socialhousingfinance
Scottish housing groups call for ‘urgent investment’ of up to £9.2bn in grant funding
A report from Scottish housing groups has called for “urgent investment” of around £8bn to £9.2bn in grant funding over the next five years
dlvr.it
September 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
ICYMI: #ukhousing #socialhousingfinance
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You can’t put a minimum income threshold for refugees if you have banned asylum seeking people from working. You can’t expect kids fleeing a warzone to have school level English.
And none of this will “stop the boats.”
You need safe routes.
Honestly, they can’t find anyway to defend this.
And none of this will “stop the boats.”
You need safe routes.
Honestly, they can’t find anyway to defend this.
September 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You can’t put a minimum income threshold for refugees if you have banned asylum seeking people from working. You can’t expect kids fleeing a warzone to have school level English.
And none of this will “stop the boats.”
You need safe routes.
Honestly, they can’t find anyway to defend this.
And none of this will “stop the boats.”
You need safe routes.
Honestly, they can’t find anyway to defend this.
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Tell me again about how nobody will ever vote for a Democratic socialist.
Earlier, the line outside the final stop to see Zohran himself! #ZcavengerHunt
August 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Tell me again about how nobody will ever vote for a Democratic socialist.
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Revealing interview with a Medway Reform councillor, in the sense that it reveals he basically has no opinions on anything other than opposing housing.
www.localauthority.news/p/we-live-re...
www.localauthority.news/p/we-live-re...
August 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Revealing interview with a Medway Reform councillor, in the sense that it reveals he basically has no opinions on anything other than opposing housing.
www.localauthority.news/p/we-live-re...
www.localauthority.news/p/we-live-re...
Our pals The Mary Wallopers have just been pulled off stage and the PA shut down at VictoriousFest in Portsmouth for taking out a 🇵🇸 flag and saying Free Palestine
Speak up against genocide in England and you're treated like a criminal
Up the Mary Wallopers 💚🤍🧡
Free Palestine!
Free the 6 counties!
Speak up against genocide in England and you're treated like a criminal
Up the Mary Wallopers 💚🤍🧡
Free Palestine!
Free the 6 counties!
August 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Union Jacks and St George’s crosses are going up on lampposts across the UK. The Daily Mail called those behind it an “army of patriots.”
But the truth is very different.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/o...
But the truth is very different.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/o...
‘Operation Raise the Colours’ Organised by Well-Known Far-Right Extremists – HOPE not hate
Union Jacks and the crosses of St George have begun to appear on lampposts up and down the UK in recent days. Much of the...
hopenothate.org.uk
August 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Union Jacks and St George’s crosses are going up on lampposts across the UK. The Daily Mail called those behind it an “army of patriots.”
But the truth is very different.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/o...
But the truth is very different.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/o...
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Israel is executing a slow motion Gaza in the West Bank.
The Western media, as ever, largely ignore it. New post:
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-plo...
The Western media, as ever, largely ignore it. New post:
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-plo...
August 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Israel is executing a slow motion Gaza in the West Bank.
The Western media, as ever, largely ignore it. New post:
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-plo...
The Western media, as ever, largely ignore it. New post:
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-plo...
Political crisis in the Netherlands. The leader of the far-right party announces withdrawal from the governing coalition due to disagreements over immigration.
For stability and governmental predictability, vote for the far right! 🙄
For stability and governmental predictability, vote for the far right! 🙄
Dutch far-right leader Wilders quits coalition, toppling government
Dutch far right leader Geert Wilders said on Tuesday his PVV party would leave the governing coalition, toppling the rightwing government.
www.reuters.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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It is indeed the case that London's economy supports those of just about everywhere else in the UK & has done for decades - not the other way round. In other news, dogs bark, cats miaow & grass is green. The point is not to deny it but to find the best ways to change it. Hurting London won't help.
May 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
It is indeed the case that London's economy supports those of just about everywhere else in the UK & has done for decades - not the other way round. In other news, dogs bark, cats miaow & grass is green. The point is not to deny it but to find the best ways to change it. Hurting London won't help.
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RBT's New Capital Consensus responds to Government Pensions Review:
Mandating pension investment in the UK is heavy-handed.
There is a better way forward: “Explain Then Comply.”
🔎 radixuk.org/opinion/rbts... #Pensions #MansionHouseAccord #ProductiveFinance #LongTermCapital
Mandating pension investment in the UK is heavy-handed.
There is a better way forward: “Explain Then Comply.”
🔎 radixuk.org/opinion/rbts... #Pensions #MansionHouseAccord #ProductiveFinance #LongTermCapital
RBT's New Capital Consensus responds to Government Pensions Review - Radix Think Tank
radixuk.org
May 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
RBT's New Capital Consensus responds to Government Pensions Review:
Mandating pension investment in the UK is heavy-handed.
There is a better way forward: “Explain Then Comply.”
🔎 radixuk.org/opinion/rbts... #Pensions #MansionHouseAccord #ProductiveFinance #LongTermCapital
Mandating pension investment in the UK is heavy-handed.
There is a better way forward: “Explain Then Comply.”
🔎 radixuk.org/opinion/rbts... #Pensions #MansionHouseAccord #ProductiveFinance #LongTermCapital
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Johns Hopkins is the largest private employer in Maryland.
March 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Johns Hopkins is the largest private employer in Maryland.
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Here’s everything you need to know about the Trump administration’s attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil — and what it may mean for other people too:
Can Trump Legally Deport Mahmoud Khalil? What About Free Speech? Here’s What Legal Experts Say
Everything you need to know about the Trump administration’s attempt to deport the Columbia student protest negotiator and what’s next.
zeteo.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Here’s everything you need to know about the Trump administration’s attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil — and what it may mean for other people too:
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A new @csis.org report that underscores the radical nature of what we are seeing in Ukraine. “The Ukrainian military’s objective is to remove warfighters from direct combat and replace them with autonomous unmanned systems” www.csis.org/analysis/ukr...
Ukraine’s Future Vision and Current Capabilities for Waging AI-Enabled Autonomous Warfare
As unmanned weapons systems reshape warfare in Ukraine, Kateryna Bondar explores advancements in AI-enabled autonomy. This report offers a comprehensive analysis of AI applications in the war and crit...
www.csis.org
March 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
A new @csis.org report that underscores the radical nature of what we are seeing in Ukraine. “The Ukrainian military’s objective is to remove warfighters from direct combat and replace them with autonomous unmanned systems” www.csis.org/analysis/ukr...
Out today from @transportfornewhomes.org.uk is the first of our reports tracking what is being built in England. We visit every site and our 38-page report is full of great photographs of what we found—good and bad—organised by themes.
www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/the-project/...
www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/the-project/...
What is being built in 2025? - Transport for New Homes
Read the new report from Transport for New Homes, What is being built in 2025? In search of the station, which reveals why the planning system needs to change.
www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk
March 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
