MD at ADAPT Real Estate. Chair at Andrews PG. Former Chair at Brighter Places HA. Visiting Fellow at UWE. Ginger, Farmer's Son and Southern-ised Lancastrian.
Joined March 2011
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James Taylor retweeted
6 Dec 2023
Devastating @UNICEF league table on changes in child poverty over 7 years up to 2021: UK in the bottom spot
Report: unicef.org/globalinsight/rep…
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James Taylor retweeted
5 Dec 2023
The reality behind this is horrible
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James Taylor retweeted
19 Nov 2023
One chart tells you everything you need to know about British politics since 2016…
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James Taylor retweeted
17 Nov 2023
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James Taylor retweeted
14 Nov 2023
The average waiting time for NHS surgery is now three health secretaries
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James Taylor retweeted
13 Nov 2023
Cleverly: 8 jobs in 7 years
Shapps: 10 jobs in 7 years
Barclay: 7 jobs in 6 years
16 housing ministers in 13 years
5 PM’s in 13 years
7 Home Secretaries
9 Foreign Secretaries
10 Environment Ministers
A strong and stable government.
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James Taylor retweeted
25 Oct 2023
The Bay Area is 7.7 million people within a 70km circle. Or 6 million people within a 50km circle.
Similar circles for England around and about Manchester have 12 million and 7 million people respectively.
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James Taylor retweeted
19 Oct 2023
Just a plot of all the objects in the universe… 🤯
from: pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/articl…
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James Taylor retweeted
17 Oct 2023
What You Need to Earn to Own a Home in 50 American Cities visualcapitalist.com/what-yo… by @VisualCap
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James Taylor retweeted
15 Oct 2023
Parliament spent over 1300 hours on legislation & scrutiny for HS2.
Yet Parliament played no role in the decision to scrap it, which was announced unilaterally by the PM at party conference.
So what does this mean for Parliament? New @HansardSociety blog
hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/h…
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James Taylor retweeted
10 Oct 2023
A parable of HS2 from Andy Haldane, formerly of the Bank of England and now FT contributing editor. A sharp critique of short-termism in this oped ft.com/content/70d1b7bf-6ef9…
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James Taylor retweeted
30 Jun 2023
🇬🇧 Britain’s bullet train 🇬🇧
In Japan, I saw the benefits high speed rail can bring - to connect communities & grow the economy
That’s why, despite the global inflationary pressures, we remain fully committed to building @HS2ltd
🇬🇧 🚄 Building it shows we believe in Britain👇
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James Taylor retweeted
22 Jun 2019
No flip-flopping from @Jeremy_Hunt on infrastructure: “I will proceed with HS2. It is absolutely vital for our country” #HasToBeHunt #Hustings
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James Taylor retweeted
4 Oct 2023
Last great Bradford station plan lasted a month. I suspect we'll get a bit longer this time. But the outcome will most probably be the same. It doesn't go to London. It won't be funded.
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James Taylor retweeted
4 Oct 2023
Remember when Rishi Sunak publicised a huge package of rail projects to help the North of England?
Was that today? No, it was November 2021.
Of course none of it actually materialised.
It's worth reading the whole thing to see what a let down it's been.
gov.uk/government/news/integ…
18 Nov 2021
This is the biggest ever public investment in Britain’s rail network with £96 billion to deliver faster and better journeys to more people across the North and the Midlands. #LevellingUp
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James Taylor retweeted
11 Feb 2020
No HS2 = no ambition for our country just when the whole world is looking at us. Now is a time to be AMBITIOUS! #GreatDecision
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4 Oct 2023
Plus, given the timing and the knowledge that power is ebbing away why not make a stand for what is right and posterity? They can’t even make a good judgement call with a self centred, cynical mindset!
4 Oct 2023
I know it’s naive, but HS2 and the clear inability of Ministers to stand true to their clearly stated opinions of what is best for the country is depressing. History will compare @Jeremy_Hunt @GregHands @grantshapps & others to the likes of Lords Carrington Howe Heseltine poorly
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4 Oct 2023
I know it’s naive, but HS2 and the clear inability of Ministers to stand true to their clearly stated opinions of what is best for the country is depressing. History will compare @Jeremy_Hunt @GregHands @grantshapps & others to the likes of Lords Carrington Howe Heseltine poorly
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