Built Environment professional living in Bristol. I design, review and write about places. Views my own
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@jeremycorbyn The press accuses you of being unclear etc. You should say that no one can claim they have a workable solution THAT will be acceptable by a House majority. So one needs to remain open and flexible at this stage and work with MPs and the public
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Crazy that @BorisJohnson is making mars bars jokes about a no deal brexit whilst the other 72% of us, who don't have family money to fall back on, are actually worring sick about a recession and job losses.
@ExperianExperts I continue to get a page saying "unexpected error has occurred" after I log in. What can you do about it? I need my credit report asap!!!
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The problem with child obesity in Bristol starts at nursery and primary schools - almost all offer pudding every day with lunch and some again with tea. Children shouldn't have cake and sweets every day...what's wrong with fruit? @BristolHealthP @BristolCouncil
So much attention has been paid recently to the design of affordable housing solutions - concrete pipes is the latest one - that one forgets the main issue: the cost of land...#AffordableHousing
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12 Feb 2018
Win tenders through underbidding, then try to claw back the difference through spurious post-contract claims. This is what happens when you prioritise cost over quality: nobody wins. x.com/buildingnews/status/96…
12 Feb 2018
Carillion was hoping to recover more than £250m in claims by the time it went bust - Business recovery plan warned that it would lose over £300m on nine problem jobs ow.ly/loDK50gsCf9
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How do you build a healthy city? Copenhagen reveals its secrets
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28 Jan 2018
Making transit free (or at least cheaper) is not an uncommon strategy to combat air pollution. But does it work? trib.al/NnJhrTb
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23 Jan 2018
Goodbye, top-down city governance. Say hello to "The New Localism" trib.al/Hgkzr9m
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It’s not just Carillion. The whole privatisation myth has been exposed | Polly Toynbee theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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12 Jan 2018
#privatisation - cutting the pay & condition of workers & quality of services, pumping public money into private hands, and socialising the losses & risks #Carillion theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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The potential colapse of #Carillion should be a reminder to us all that the private sector is not as efficient and successul at running services and contracts as some want us to believe!
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‘A tipping point’: women writers pledge to boycott gender biased books after very male anthology theguardian.com/books/2018/j…
#CatherineDeneuve must be suffering from Stockholm Syndrome. How fustrating, no wonder things don't change for women. #MeToo
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5 Trends Shaping Landscape Architecture in 2018: land8.com/5-trends-shaping-l… #landarch @JonathonGeels
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7 Jan 2018
Brilliant letter by @BBCCarrie & a tragedy for the @BBC to lose such a talented China Editor #equalpay buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/a…
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Using innovation as a reality check on red tape in Detroit cui.aspeninstitute.org/innov…
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6 Jan 2018
5 Emerging Careers in Architecture Technology to Look Out for in 2018 and Beyond bit.ly/2CwV0Lq
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