Paul Frainer

Definitely a contender for best list of Alternative Names on a Wikipedia page

TGE on Place-Based Impact Investing | Paul Frainer I have obvious bias as a contributor but this is an excellent and timely report. We also now need to provide a read across to those responsible for delivering LGPs and new spatial investment/developme...

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"Nigel Farage says 'wibble'...'
Except in his case, wait until he's put the pencils up his nose then slam his face on the table.
Problem solved...

snoop dogg is wearing a suit and tie and smoking a cigarette in a crowd of people . ALT: snoop dogg is wearing a suit and tie and smoking a cigarette in a crowd of people .

Tentatively back posting here…. Has it livened up?

Wow. Farage having a new arsehole ripped out of him across the pond. This is superb.

Anyone who believes flags can only bring people together is being totally naive.

And has clearly never set foot in Northern Ireland.

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Is planning permission required to house asylum seekers in hotels? Court cases have focused on whether using hotels to house asylum seekers constitutes a material change of use to a hostel.

Useful summary here of the legal issues around hotels being used as asylum seeker accommodation and whether or not planning permission is required. commonslibrary.parliament.uk/is-planning-...

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The people who banned journalists go to a different school.

Scottish housing groups call for ‘urgent investment’ of up to £9.2bn in grant funding A report from Scottish housing groups has called for “urgent investment” of around £8bn to £9.2bn in grant funding over the next five years

ICYMI: #ukhousing #socialhousingfinance

Palantir… unfortunately 😔

You can’t put a minimum income threshold for refugees if you have banned asylum seeking people from working. You can’t expect kids fleeing a warzone to have school level English.

And none of this will “stop the boats.”

You need safe routes.

Honestly, they can’t find anyway to defend this.

Tell me again about how nobody will ever vote for a Democratic socialist.

Revealing interview with a Medway Reform councillor, in the sense that it reveals he basically has no opinions on anything other than opposing housing.

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‘Operation Raise the Colours’ Organised by Well-Known Far-Right Extremists – HOPE not hate Union Jacks and the crosses of St George have begun to appear on lampposts up and down the UK in recent days. Much of the...

Union Jacks and St George’s crosses are going up on lampposts across the UK. The Daily Mail called those behind it an “army of patriots.”

But the truth is very different.

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Israel is executing a slow motion Gaza in the West Bank.

The Western media, as ever, largely ignore it. New post:

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It is indeed the case that London's economy supports those of just about everywhere else in the UK & has done for decades - not the other way round. In other news, dogs bark, cats miaow & grass is green. The point is not to deny it but to find the best ways to change it. Hurting London won't help.

RBT's New Capital Consensus responds to Government Pensions Review:

Mandating pension investment in the UK is heavy-handed.
There is a better way forward: “Explain Then Comply.”

🔎 radixuk.org/opinion/rbts... #Pensions #MansionHouseAccord #ProductiveFinance #LongTermCapital

Breaking News: Johns Hopkins University, a leader in scientific research, said it would eliminate more than 2,000 workers because of federal budget cuts.

Johns Hopkins is the largest private employer in Maryland.

Can Trump Legally Deport Mahmoud Khalil? What About Free Speech? Here’s What Legal Experts Say Everything you need to know about the Trump administration’s attempt to deport the Columbia student protest negotiator and what’s next.

Here’s everything you need to know about the Trump administration’s attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil — and what it may mean for other people too:

Ukraine’s Future Vision and Current Capabilities for Waging AI-Enabled Autonomous Warfare As unmanned weapons systems reshape warfare in Ukraine, Kateryna Bondar explores advancements in AI-enabled autonomy. This report offers a comprehensive analysis of AI applications in the war and crit...

A new ⁦ @csis.org ‬⁩report that underscores the radical nature of what we are seeing in Ukraine. “The Ukrainian military’s objective is to remove warfighters from direct combat and replace them with autonomous unmanned systems” www.csis.org/analysis/ukr...

A British Trump tribute act could snatch power in the UK Without a constitution for protection, British politics is vulnerable to its own version of extremism

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...

Trump Brings a Day of Historic Shame for the United States Over the course of a single contentious meeting, the president departs the world stage and cedes the century to Russia and China.

We’ll be able to trace it all to this disgraceful moment, this day of historic shame for the United States. We’ve changed teams.

Why music should be 💯 integrated into all kitchens…

#PWD ♿️♾️ are targeted for violence, abuse, bullying & murder at a much higher rate than non-disabled folks. We are also misdiagnosed & mistreated by those in the healthcare community.

#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticVoices #GimpOnAMission