Last year I was commissioned by the UK ministry of housing to write a report on the demand side-drivers of the housing affordability crisis. After some election-related delays, here it is. (1/13) ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publi…

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A long day but I’m so proud & happy to have stood alongside my Guardian & Observer colleagues to fight for what we believe in: liberal journalism free from corporate interest. 500+ journalists giving up almost a week’s pay just to be heard while the Guardian sits on a 1.3bn

Don't let banks write their own rules actionnetwork.org/fundraising/th…

📢Open Letter: Democratise to Fight the Right With far-right threats rising globally, it's time for bold reforms to strengthen communities & democracy. We're calling for a Community Resilience Czar to lead the charge. Add your voice to protect our future. Sign now:

Public media doesn't need vacuous "viewers' champions", it needs genuine democratisation that puts the public in charge over and above political delegates. Ideas like this are as big a threat to the BBC's future as commercialisation and funding cuts were under the last gov.

When you’ve got 5 party’s with over 10% of the vote in a two party system you get electoral chaos - small movements lead to huge changes in seats. We need PR. ⁦Compass⁩ ⁦Make Votes Matter⁩ ⁦Unlock Democracy⁩ ⁦⁦Electoral Reform Society⁩

There is a progressive majority in the country - if only ⁦The Labour Party⁩ would build an alliance from it and for it ⁦Prospect⁩ ⁦Compass⁩ prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/69038…

Yesterday, we revealed shocking polling showing that Reform UK could win up to 169 seats if a General Election were held today. That should worry all of us. But let’s talk about who is actually voting for them, and why. 🧵👇

"Labour recognises the standards system has been broken & we have a plan to clean up politics." - Angela Rayner, July 2023 We're over 200 days into this government. Where is the Ethics & Integrity Commission they promised? Sign the petition 👇 secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/166123/pe…

Tell Keir Starmer: Invest in our NHS, not the private sector! keepournhspublic.com/petition-inves…

Big profits by Banks without having to lift a finger! This should be the focus of The Labour Party reforms, not going after pensioners or the disabled! Via Positive Money UK 🦋 @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/vXm0S1U…

Private water companies have been dumping sewage and letting infrastructure crumble for over 30 years. Sign the petition to bring water into public ownership! We Own It weownit.org.uk/act-now/lets-b…

Fuckity bye. RIP, the Guardian-Observer 1993-2025. It wasn't a natural death. The biggest journalistic bloodletting in a generation. Rest in power ✊ open.substack.com/pub/broligarch…

Really? At what point can we hear the sound of prison doors slamming and the keys being thrown away?

What should terrify Labour strategist in Runcorn is that the Green vote went up - even though Green voters knew this might let Reform in. Labour is simply not progressive enough to win even tactical support ⁦Compass⁩

The latest YouGov MRP poll is WILD. 140 MPs elected on less than 30% of the vote, including 1 on just 23.5%. An average winning share of just 35%. Only 17 MPs would represent a majority of their voters. Without electoral reform, Parliament risks a serious crisis of legitimacy.

England’s reservoirs at lowest level for a decade, experts call for hosepipe bans. No new reservoirs built since 1989. Over a trillion litres a year lost to leaks. Water companies paid out £85bn in dividends. No regulator/Govt had a national plan. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Thames Water hosepipe ban for 1.1m people across Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire. No new reservoirs built since 1989. TW loses 592m litres of water a day to leaks Neglected investment Dumps sewage. Bonuses for execs, misery for people. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Water firms across the country are announcing hosepipe bans. All while: - 3 billion litres of water are wasted daily through leaks. - Not a single major reservoir has been built since privatisation. Time for public ownership: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-be…