Beth West
@westbethwest.bsky.social
Passionate about how we combine clever infrastructure and the built environment to build communities, improve lives and help save the planet.
Born Michigander, adopted Londoner.
Born Michigander, adopted Londoner.
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My first column for Building Magazine is out!
www.building.co.uk/comment/if-i... If I were the chancellor… (or how to finance infrastructure when there’s not enough money) | Comment | Building
www.building.co.uk/comment/if-i... If I were the chancellor… (or how to finance infrastructure when there’s not enough money) | Comment | Building
If I were the chancellor… (or how to finance infrastructure when there’s not enough money)
Bold action will be required if the government is to deliver on its eagerly anticipated infrastructure strategy. Some kind of public-private partnership could well be the best way forward, writes Beth West
www.building.co.uk
June 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
My first column for Building Magazine is out!
www.building.co.uk/comment/if-i... If I were the chancellor… (or how to finance infrastructure when there’s not enough money) | Comment | Building
www.building.co.uk/comment/if-i... If I were the chancellor… (or how to finance infrastructure when there’s not enough money) | Comment | Building
Be the ants, my protesting friends. Be the ants.
Spoiler alert for those not familiar with the Pixar classic a bug’s life, the ants win.
youtube.com/shorts/xuo6T...
Spoiler alert for those not familiar with the Pixar classic a bug’s life, the ants win.
youtube.com/shorts/xuo6T...
Hopper’s Speech | A Bug’s Life
YouTube video by GO
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April 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Be the ants, my protesting friends. Be the ants.
Spoiler alert for those not familiar with the Pixar classic a bug’s life, the ants win.
youtube.com/shorts/xuo6T...
Spoiler alert for those not familiar with the Pixar classic a bug’s life, the ants win.
youtube.com/shorts/xuo6T...
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Make this go viral!
Her husband’s life was put at risk by the Signal texts.
Her husband’s life was put at risk by the Signal texts.
March 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Make this go viral!
Her husband’s life was put at risk by the Signal texts.
Her husband’s life was put at risk by the Signal texts.
Donald Trump’s approach to Ukraine is a test for Europe’s ability to adapt to a world of great power politics. To pass it, Europe should reach out to China.
Europe must take the gamble and engage with China on Ukraine
Trump’s approach to Ukraine is a test for Europe’s ability to adapt to a world of great power politics. To pass it, Europe should reach out to China.
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March 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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The EU wasn’t formed to screw anyone. Quite the opposite. It was formed to maintain peace, to build respect among our nations, to create free and fair trade, and to strengthen our transatlantic friendship. As simple as that. 🇪🇺🇺🇸
February 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The EU wasn’t formed to screw anyone. Quite the opposite. It was formed to maintain peace, to build respect among our nations, to create free and fair trade, and to strengthen our transatlantic friendship. As simple as that. 🇪🇺🇺🇸
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What hurts this administration?
Local harms - hold rallies, not protests, in areas where people are harmed by Trumpism.
The market - drive divestment. Especially of Tesla. But any accommodating corporation.
26 OR BUST - secure the election, get candidates, drive turnout.
Force the budget.
Local harms - hold rallies, not protests, in areas where people are harmed by Trumpism.
The market - drive divestment. Especially of Tesla. But any accommodating corporation.
26 OR BUST - secure the election, get candidates, drive turnout.
Force the budget.
February 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
What hurts this administration?
Local harms - hold rallies, not protests, in areas where people are harmed by Trumpism.
The market - drive divestment. Especially of Tesla. But any accommodating corporation.
26 OR BUST - secure the election, get candidates, drive turnout.
Force the budget.
Local harms - hold rallies, not protests, in areas where people are harmed by Trumpism.
The market - drive divestment. Especially of Tesla. But any accommodating corporation.
26 OR BUST - secure the election, get candidates, drive turnout.
Force the budget.
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Maybe hating on dick bosses is the great unifier, the thing that brings all Americans together.
February 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Maybe hating on dick bosses is the great unifier, the thing that brings all Americans together.
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Elon, I hate to break it to you but you aren’t my boss. I answer to the people of Minnesota.
But since you bring it up, I spent last week fighting to stop tax breaks for billionaires like you, paid for by defunding health care for moms and babies
But since you bring it up, I spent last week fighting to stop tax breaks for billionaires like you, paid for by defunding health care for moms and babies
February 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Elon, I hate to break it to you but you aren’t my boss. I answer to the people of Minnesota.
But since you bring it up, I spent last week fighting to stop tax breaks for billionaires like you, paid for by defunding health care for moms and babies
But since you bring it up, I spent last week fighting to stop tax breaks for billionaires like you, paid for by defunding health care for moms and babies
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Primary Source: 10 U.S. Code § 152 - Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff : appointment; grade and rank
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10 U.S. Code § 152 - Chairman: appointment; grade and rank
www.law.cornell.edu
February 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Primary Source: 10 U.S. Code § 152 - Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff : appointment; grade and rank
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
Great review of how books can change history - back when the US were the good guys and getting banned books into the hands of Poles:
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
The CIA smuggled the Guardian into the eastern bloc during the cold war
The US agency sent the Guardian Weekly alongside 10m books including titles by Orwell and Solzhenitsyn by truck, yacht, balloon and in travellers’ luggage
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Great review of how books can change history - back when the US were the good guys and getting banned books into the hands of Poles:
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...