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[LendLocal @LendLocalUK]

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[LendLocal @LendLocalUK]

I'd argue that one of the pandemic's few upsides has been the privilege of regular insights from thinkers like Prof. Pagel - very low-profile part of pre-2020 culture, regrettably.

A new type of public intellectual? Committed to justice & public good, & also rooted in science...

[Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social @chrischirp]

THREAD: I keep being asked when we can go "back to normal" or "like it was before". My personal thoughts:

We've added a new disease to our population, more infectious and more severe than flu.

The world pre 2020 no longer exists - we may want it to, but it just doesn't. 1/13

[LendLocal @LendLocalUK]

Hey @Twitter, this account has less than average interest in either Celtic or Newcastle United. Yet you persist in highlighting tweets about them to me - day after day after day...

How about taking your 'See less often' function a bit more seriously?! #ceaseanddesist

[LendLocal @LendLocalUK]

@rachela_hall @eribbans @guardiannews Long Reads is a great thing entirely worth crediting!

[LendLocal @LendLocalUK]

Not entirely sure the Grauniad *has* saved 'quite a bit of face' with its internal note at the bottom of a piece on arrangements for the monarch's death here...

https://t.co/fpNDCqJ4cy @rachela_hall @eribbans @guardiannews

[LendLocal @LendLocalUK]

'The state can & must do better for these children' @JolyonMaugham @GoodLawProject

Challenging @CambsCC, @DerbyCC, @Essex_CC, @SurreyNews & @WSCCNews, as well as @GavinWilliamson...

https://t.co/dEPPcZa3VO @CrowdJustice

[LendLocal @LendLocalUK]

cc @CycleBath @awjre

[Henk Swarttouw @copenhenken]

Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities https://t.co/fEfH7yyG4j via @ConversationUK

[LendLocal @LendLocalUK]

#opentribes #ProgressiveAlliance

[Neal Lawson @Neal_Compass]

To beat the Tories, we must first join forces to beat the electoral system ⁦@CarolineLucas⁩ ⁦@LaylaMoran⁩ and ⁦@labourlewis⁩ Lewis show the way to a #ProgressiveAlliance ⁦@CompassOffice⁩ https://t.co/MNnR00waXN

[LendLocal @LendLocalUK]

cc @MatthewBrownLab @jcullinane86 @MarkDrakeford @MetroMayorSteve @SadiqKhan @paul4citymayor

@nmcinroy

[Green Bonds UK @GreenBondsUK]

Surely time to link up the growing #communitywealthbuilding movement & @AbundanceInv @_DrMarkDavis 'Community Municipal Investments'?!

CMIs the perfect vehicle to mobilise local capital to help fund municipal #JustTransition & #NetZero strategies...

https://t.co/ITCXr5AbII

[LendLocal @LendLocalUK]

Struggling to see this as a very representative picture of modern England (or Wales), @ECB_cricket @englandcricket...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #ENGvNZ 🇳🇿

[LendLocal @LendLocalUK]

cc @TheProgAlliance

[LendLocal @LendLocalUK]

Significant that, given even the faint proportionality of Supplementary Vote, WECA voters found a way to mobilise the west's anti-Tory majority through second prefs - despite no signal from the progressive parties...

@Labour4PR @MakeVotesMatter @UnlockDemocracy @electoralreform

[LendLocal @LendLocalUK]

One question on the WECA mayoral election: where did @Samuel4WECA's 13,000 second preference votes come from?

Hard to imagine many @bristoljerome voters viewing a Tory as their next best option. So the bulk must have been from @StephenRW01's turnout - perhaps the more elderly?

[LendLocal @LendLocalUK]

cc @CompassOffice @Neal_Compass

[LendLocal @LendLocalUK]

H/t @awjre

[LendLocal @LendLocalUK]

'not only are they splitting the anti-Tory vote in the 1st round, they are also splitting [it] in the 2nd round & it seems 3 opposition parties do not understand this'

Outstanding (if depressing) @MarriottNigel analysis of today's WECA Mayor election...

https://t.co/la5cslx0SU

[LendLocal @LendLocalUK]

'By rights, [@Samuel4WECA] should not be winning but the 3 parties opposing do not seem to understand the subtleties of the Supplementary Vote (SV) used in this election & they will end up splitting their votes to their detriment...'

cc @StephenRW01 @sandyhruthven @votedannorris

[LendLocal @LendLocalUK]

Welcome reminder that it's not all #phonehacking & copy-pasting press releases...

[Tom Walker @tomwalkr]

The Post Office Horizon story is a rare example of real investigative journalism – the kind that takes over a decade. One starting point: https://t.co/Ni1JhbxQ5S

[LendLocal @LendLocalUK]

'For Your Future', Strathclyde Pension Fund?!

cc @GlasgowCC @LeaderGCC @argyllandbute @CreativeScots @EastAyrshire @EDCouncil @EastRenCouncil @fire_scot @inverclyde @nlcpeople @North_Ayrshire @RenCouncil @ScotPolAuth @scottish_water @southayrshire @WDCouncil @LAPFForum

@FoEScot

[Green Bonds UK @GreenBondsUK]

Sort it out, UK councils! Grotesque that 75% have declared climate emergencies & yet still have a collective £9.9bn invested in fossil fuel stocks via LA pension funds...

& as for Strathclyde's £500m🤦‍♂️

https://t.co/EpiG8ywNdz @UKDivest @FoEScot @Friends_Earth @PlatformLondon

[LendLocal @LendLocalUK]

cc @GreenBathNES...

[Green Bonds UK @GreenBondsUK]

Come on, @bathnes! Absurd to have declared a climate emergency back in 2019 (https://t.co/sMbEETdNlY) & yet still have over £100m invested in fossil fuel stocks two years later...

& no apparent plan to alter the Avon pension fund's holdings...

https://t.co/6RqUfl4Uav @UKDivest