Dave Adamson
@daveadamson.bsky.social
Recovering academic, social housing practitioner, proud old school left winger and socialist and still bloody angry. First sixty years in Wales now in Adelaide.
In Dublin for the International Festival of Social Housing and to launch the Global Charter for Housing Equality. Get in touch if you are interested in solving the global housing crisis.
housingequitycharter.org
housingequitycharter.org
Global Housing Charter
Join us in addressing the global housing crisis by advocating for housing equality and the right to a home for everyone, everywhere.
housingequitycharter.org
June 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
In Dublin for the International Festival of Social Housing and to launch the Global Charter for Housing Equality. Get in touch if you are interested in solving the global housing crisis.
housingequitycharter.org
housingequitycharter.org
How do we counter the tsunami of lies and disinformation. Latest e.g. Sky uses photo of Musk that completely erases his ‘unfortunate gesture’ at inauguration. Doesn’t matter what it was now as for millions of X followers and Sky viewers it didn’t happen anyway. We all saw it and it did!
January 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
How do we counter the tsunami of lies and disinformation. Latest e.g. Sky uses photo of Musk that completely erases his ‘unfortunate gesture’ at inauguration. Doesn’t matter what it was now as for millions of X followers and Sky viewers it didn’t happen anyway. We all saw it and it did!
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Reform making much hay about membership numbers, and think they will dominate the news in 25.
The big parties have to realise why, and the why is that many people feel left behind and not listened to. They have been failed for whatever reason. Cons and lab have to own that.
The big parties have to realise why, and the why is that many people feel left behind and not listened to. They have been failed for whatever reason. Cons and lab have to own that.
December 27, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Reform making much hay about membership numbers, and think they will dominate the news in 25.
The big parties have to realise why, and the why is that many people feel left behind and not listened to. They have been failed for whatever reason. Cons and lab have to own that.
The big parties have to realise why, and the why is that many people feel left behind and not listened to. They have been failed for whatever reason. Cons and lab have to own that.
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Not sure if Neil is on here. But he is spot on in this article again
UK government plans to 'fix the foundations' is focused on a neoliberal prognosis, with a financial-friendly orthodoxy as regards macro fiscal and economic conditions for growth.
www.themj.co.uk/resilience-f...
UK government plans to 'fix the foundations' is focused on a neoliberal prognosis, with a financial-friendly orthodoxy as regards macro fiscal and economic conditions for growth.
www.themj.co.uk/resilience-f...
Only resilience will fix the foundations
The new Government has pledged to ‘fix the foundations' of the country for the long-term by boosting economic growth with reforms to energy and planning.
Budget...
www.themj.co.uk
December 17, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Not sure if Neil is on here. But he is spot on in this article again
UK government plans to 'fix the foundations' is focused on a neoliberal prognosis, with a financial-friendly orthodoxy as regards macro fiscal and economic conditions for growth.
www.themj.co.uk/resilience-f...
UK government plans to 'fix the foundations' is focused on a neoliberal prognosis, with a financial-friendly orthodoxy as regards macro fiscal and economic conditions for growth.
www.themj.co.uk/resilience-f...
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This is very good from John Harris - and of course, the simple emotional language of the Right suits the social media algorithms
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour’s big relaunch won’t solve its biggest problem: this government doesn’t speak human | John Harris
Farage and Trump are winning because they understand the politics of emotion, while Labour is lost in numbers and statistics, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:34 AM
This is very good from John Harris - and of course, the simple emotional language of the Right suits the social media algorithms
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Enjoying a very mellow Melbourne Sunday afternoon on the south Bank. Very mellow busker outside the bar. Perfect 51st wedding anniversary.
November 24, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Enjoying a very mellow Melbourne Sunday afternoon on the south Bank. Very mellow busker outside the bar. Perfect 51st wedding anniversary.
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Loss of one of the last great working class Labour politicians. He was the powerhouse of the Blair years domestic policy agenda. Often underestimated and even ridiculed because of his W/C background his Urban regeneration policies did so much good.
Loss of one of the last great working class Labour politicians. He was the powerhouse of the Blair years domestic policy agenda. Often underestimated and even ridiculed because of his W/C background his Urban regeneration policies did so much good.
November 21, 2024 at 6:44 AM
www.bbc.com/news/live/ce...
Loss of one of the last great working class Labour politicians. He was the powerhouse of the Blair years domestic policy agenda. Often underestimated and even ridiculed because of his W/C background his Urban regeneration policies did so much good.
Loss of one of the last great working class Labour politicians. He was the powerhouse of the Blair years domestic policy agenda. Often underestimated and even ridiculed because of his W/C background his Urban regeneration policies did so much good.
Refreshing change to dump X and join Bluesky. No vitriol, hate speech, conspiracy theories, general abuse etc etc. can it last before the far right realise.
November 15, 2024 at 5:37 AM
Refreshing change to dump X and join Bluesky. No vitriol, hate speech, conspiracy theories, general abuse etc etc. can it last before the far right realise.
So closed my X accounts today. Finally admitted to myself my progressive, liberal, socialist, Marxist and woke tweets were not turning the tide of authoritarian and racist crap now dominating X
November 14, 2024 at 4:24 AM
So closed my X accounts today. Finally admitted to myself my progressive, liberal, socialist, Marxist and woke tweets were not turning the tide of authoritarian and racist crap now dominating X
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,126,787!
November 14, 2024 at 2:26 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,126,787!