Jason Slade

Some sort of planning scholar, broad interests around planning, democracy, inclusion and story.

[Hallam FC @HallamFC1860]

Any excuse to revisit this banger from last season… 😮‍💨🔥

#HallamFC

[Cllr Lee Scordis @LScordis]

Hi Russell, considering I am the only Labour Councillor on the authority and I was not at the induction (as I have been here 9 years), this is a complete lie and a breach of standards @reformexposed

[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

Yes, because you now have two homes.

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

The idea that a moderately affluent family (by national standards) with two kids is going to be keen to live on a year to year basis in London’s private rental sector is obviously absurd.

Why is no major political party standing up for these people? Neither Labour or Tories.

[CrémantCommunarde #NION💙🤍🩷 @0Calamity]

Absolutely right.
I have a friend who's an infant school teacher in a S. London area that has a lot of deprivation. She takes 4 pints of milk in to school for the little ones who have "tummy ache" in the morning. She goes through the usual "have you been to the toilet?" type questions, but she knows that, overwhelmingly, their tummy ache is probably because they had no food the night before.
She asks if they'd like a piece of fruit, gives them an apple or a banana and a glass of milk. From her own pocket.
People decrying breakfasts at schools have no idea of the number of regions where children are literally going to bed with nothing to eat in the evening.
I don't give a monkey's about what you think about their parents. No child deserves to starve, no matter who their parents are or how they behave.

[Jason Slade @JasonSlayed]

In bits at them not knowing the difference between a high street and a bin alley.

[Conservatives @Conservatives]

Vote Conservative for Stronger High Streets.

[The Iain Duncan Smiths @TheIDSmiths]

Bring back capital punishment for people who are impressed by this

[Samplo Corvodina of Streatham @TreborRhurbarb]

@grok @Digvija73188705 @churnwell Have you ever been sick all over yourself @grok? Have you ever sat in a car and watched a man be sick all over himself? I thought not. You are a mere machine, you will never understand the lived experience of humans. Keep your incorrect opinions to your algorithmic self.

[Jody McIntyre @jodymcintyre_]

Tom*, a Labour member from east London, works for a major British financial institution. He informed me that a group known as “Labour YIMBY” offered the bank’s executives 1-1 meetings with high ranking ministers in exchange for cash donations to the party.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

this will be news to 80 people who died

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Holy shit.

Police just arrested a woman for protesting and saying, “This isn’t just a foreign issue, it’s our tax dollars being used to commit war crimes,” in reference to Venezuela.

If that speech is enough to put you in handcuffs, then the problem isn’t public safety.

It’s dissent.

The First Amendment doesn’t die all at once.

It gets strangled in moments like this.

[Marl Karx @BareLeft]

Another example of the perpetual victim complex of right wing politics is this genre of mournful eulogising about a world that their politics destroyed.

[C20 Society @C20Society]

BREAKING NEWS: Sheringham Town Councillors have just voted 6-5 to withdraw support for the planned demolition of their now nationally famous Bus Shelter!

A crucial victory for the local protesters who’ve staged a remarkable 8 day occupation of the shelter, and a blow for Norfolk County Council’s destructive plans.

People power for modern heritage ✊🏻

[Just Space @justspace7]

Will piling up another 1m permissions get monopoly housebuilders building? Nope.

They won’t build because no one can afford to buy - and, as a monopoly, they won’t reduce their prices.

Why not enable councils to build genuinely affordable homes, replacing the 2m sold off? Doh

[Just Space @justspace7]

So, what’s the tantrum?

He wants to stop councils refusing rotten schemes.

He wants to stop listening to advice from Sport England, the Gardens Trust and others.

He wants to allow all housing near rail stations, no matter how monstrous - where you won’t be able to kick a ball.

[Just Space @justspace7]

Steve Reed is having another tantrum.

The govt set unachievable housing targets, but housebuilding has stopped.  1m homes are approved yet remain unbuilt.

So who does he beat up? Councils.

Do councils build homes? Nope - govt financial formulas ensure they can’t.

[Hallam FC @HallamFC1860]

Full time here! Massive 3 points.

[Prof. Steve Keen @ProfSteveKeen]

I'm calling out the lie that housing is unaffordable due to "supply issues"

After analyzing data from the top 15 countries over 50+ years, I can prove it's actually banks that did this.

They've been allowed to pour unlimited mortgage money into housing markets worldwide.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁?

The younger generation pays 2.5x what baby boomers paid (inflation-adjusted).

Leave the house aside; even affording the down payment needs a savings plan.

View my analysis in the comments.

[Jason Slade @JasonSlayed]

@EdmundGriffiths The good faith reading, I guess, would be it’s really referring to bottom-up decision making rather than a top-down party structure? Obviously, easier said than done…