ralphaverbuch

Usually in the UK or Ireland - but (almost) always online. Mastodon @[email protected]

[ralphaverbuch @ralphaverbuch]

This is not ok.

[ralphaverbuch @ralphaverbuch]

@SpotifyCares @spotify sat in a restaurant in #Nice listening to AI generated musical slop. Spotify stop destroying music. Support real artists & pay royalties. #AImusic #fake #aislop

[SaveSelfCatering @SaveSCScotland]

@scotgov @Edinburgh_CC @ASSCnews @timminchin Perhaps worst of all is the explosion in unlicensed & unsafe black market accommodation that is a disaster waiting to happen. Licensing was supposed to protect visitors but it has so far done the opposite. #SaveSC @ASSCnews /4

[SaveSelfCatering @SaveSCScotland]

@scotgov @Edinburgh_CC @ASSCnews Hotels during festival are just not suitable for performers or families. There is a genuine need & requirement for diverse accommodation & the short-sighted actions of @edinburgh_CC has made a tough situation far worse for our festivals. /3 #SaveSC @timminchin

[SaveSelfCatering @SaveSCScotland]

@scotgov @Edinburgh_CC @ASSCnews Full-time self-catering makes up less than 1% of all city residences, a tiny fraction compared to student accommodation. Meanwhile brownfield goes to new student flats & yet more hotels. /2

[SaveSelfCatering @SaveSCScotland]

The cause of unaffordable festival digs is the cack-handed efforts of @scotgov & @Edinburgh_CC that has reduced supply to performers & visitors alike. Council's scapegoating <2k self-catering units & axing them at every opportunity. /1 https://t.co/A41ugI0OGZ #SaveSC @ASSCnews

[ralphaverbuch @ralphaverbuch]

@EdinInquirer your piece on the Old Town BID... Need to treat it with a lot of caution as it has the smell of snake oil being peddled as panacea. https://t.co/w5CPKlHhNK

[ralphaverbuch @ralphaverbuch]

@ETAG_UK https://t.co/LRB16jWxfw

[ralphaverbuch @ralphaverbuch]

@EdinInquirer your piece on the Old Town BID... Need to treat it with a lot of caution as it has the smell of snake oil being peddled as panacea. https://t.co/w5CPKlHhNK

[Tax Justice UK @TaxJusticeUK]

Billionaire wealth has gotten wild. Maybe it’s because the richest are all over the party donor list, but nowhere to be seen on the Tax List... #RichList2026

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[ralphaverbuch @ralphaverbuch]

@FSB_GarryC I'd really like to know the views of @ETAG_UK @EdinChamber & @st_alliance as well as @SLTAssociation & @ASSCnews ... Is this a wonderful new idea or second hand snake oil being sold as a new panacea for Edinburgh's ills? /10

[ralphaverbuch @ralphaverbuch]

@FSB_GarryC It had a mixed record of success, ultimately facing backlash before dissolving in 2018." We still have a manadatory levy today but it's just another tax in all but name - a tourist tax. Lets make sure it's not just more subsidy and jobs-creation for the sake of it this time. /9