Maya

Researcher @netpol @article11trust / @gmtenantsunion / @DivDecEcon. Views my own. she/her. Free Palestine 🍉

[The Ditch @wereontheditch]

🚨The court orders from senior British judges forbidding media coverage of lawyer Rajiv Menon KC – who’s fighting contempt of court allegations over a speech he gave while representing a Palestine Action client. Menon is fighting the allegation in the Court of Appeal.

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

The revelations in this article are shocking and unacceptable.

From Mandelson in Washington to Blair’s TBI writing NHS data policy with Oracle’s billions, to corporate lobbyists sitting on departmental boards - we are watching a state quietly repurposed to a degree not seen under any previous Labour govt - to serve the boardroom, not the public.

This is a political culture where dissent is pathologised, ideas policed, policy pre-cooked by private interests and presented as “inevitable.”

In this hollowing-out of govt, we face the danger of a politics so cowed by vested interests that it cannot stand up to them. And when that happens, it is the authoritarian right who reap the rewards.

People aren’t fooled. They can feel the country is being run for “them” not “us.” And unless Labour changes course - embracing pluralism, democracy and genuine debate - it will deliver power straight into Farage and Trump’s waiting hands.

Perhaps we’re in need of a bit of ‘Manchesterism’ - a different way of doing govt and one not afraid of giving control of public services to the very people that use and run them; Us!

[Bob Vylan @BobbyVylan]

Watching politicians and mainstream media suddenly change their rhetoric on the genocide makes me feel like I’ve truly gone crazy. Can someone please confirm that a few weeks ago they villainized us on the front pages for being against this while they were very much pro-genocide.

[laura Smith @lauraSmITH0ff]

I have been wondering why the Zionists’ stepped up use of hunger as a mass murder weapon has suddenly triggered a western outcry, but two years of pre-announced, and equally vile, mass murder via bombs and bullets did not generate the same outcry.

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[Clare Wills Harrison @AwakenedOf]

If the police knock on your door about a social media post

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1. Ask them to identify themselves (name, constable number, or warrant card) and state their reason for visiting.

2. You are not obligated to open the door or let them in unless they present a valid warrant

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[National Energy Action @NEA_UKCharity]

We're recruiting a Policy Analyst to work with the UK government and local authorities to ensure that efforts to decarbonise homes are in the best interests of our client group. Find out more and apply here: https://t.co/VscGCncSHn

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

What a reply.

[Pritchard @mg_pritchard]

@AyoCaesar very revealing about their comms strategy tbh - clearly reinforcing the "tighten the belt, be thrifty, balance the books" household budget model of macroeconomics to manufacture consent for continued austerity-lite, magically-get-growth-without-spending economic policy

[Maya @MayaCFitchett]

Some essential Christmas reading!

[Diversifying and Decolonising Economics (D-Econ) @DivDecEcon]

Our last seasonal alternative list of 2024 is out! Have a look at the selection and see what you missed. It's also a good source of gift ideas for those of you in need of last-minute inspiration!
https://t.co/fsQ4ePUswx

[National Energy Action @NEA_UKCharity]

‘The £13.2bn under the Warm Homes Plan needs to be targeted at fuel poor households in order to satisfy that [statutory Fuel Poverty] target.’ Our Policy Analyst Maya speaks at the @CommonsESNZ session on Retrofitting homes for net zero.

[National Energy Action @NEA_UKCharity]

Our Policy Analyst Maya Fitchett will be speaking this afternoon at @CommonsESNZ’s session on Retrofitting homes for net zero. Watch from 3pm. https://t.co/BA85bOIcfi

[National Energy Action @NEA_UKCharity]

Our Policy Analyst @MayaCFitchett met with @Miatsf. They discussed the government's objectives for the Warm Homes Plan, how to keep households warm this winter, what is needed to give industry the confidence to invest in the sector, and how best to protect private renters.

[Generation Rent @genrentuk]

Our Research and Policy Manager along with fellow Green Homes Group members @NEA_UKCharity @e3g and @UKGBC had a productive meeting with Minister Fahnbulleh @Miatsf today.

Over 1M renters can be lifted out of fuel poverty if energy efficiency is upgraded. We need urgent action📈

[Llwty 𐂂🦌🌹🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦 @llwtydeer]

A Thread of Suggestions from the Public from the NHS Consultation

NHS-Wetherspoons Partnership to put Pubs in Hospitals

[anxiety chronic, ass iconic @lambrinimami]

I actually need journalists and MPs to talk about the terrifying rise of “rent to rent” because people are renting properties privately from landlords and then subletting them to OUR COUNCILS as social housing and then pocketing profit

[National Energy Action @NEA_UKCharity]

At our #PRSConference our first panel includes Vanya Leslie @ReedPartnership, Emma Lewins, @sosukcharity and Conor O'Shea @genrentuk. They discuss the challenges those in the private rented sector face, including asylum seekers, students and those who are of pension age.

[National Energy Action @NEA_UKCharity]

Now at our #PRSConference a breakout session, giving delegates the chance to discuss local enforcement of private rented sector standards and what more needs to be done.

[National Energy Action @NEA_UKCharity]

The next panel discussion at our #PRSConference looks at local authorities' approaches to addressing fuel poverty. On the panel are Maya Fitchett from @NEA_UKCharity, Jean Common from @BassetlawDC, Tom Crosher from @greatermcr, and James Wood from @NRLAssociation.

[Kensa @KensaHeatPumps]

❗ Along with @NEA_UKCharity we’re calling for urgent action to protect these consumers and ensure that their systems are replaced with more modern, more efficient heating where possible.

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