Director @RoundOurWayUK. Chair of the Economic Change Unit @NewEconomyBrief and Board Member @FutureGovForum. More present here: https://xitter.gq/t.co/buQmGmMpxe
Joined July 2009
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Looking forward to speaking at the @WGClimateChange #WalesClimateWeek conference tomorrow morning.
We'll chat about how we need to get more working class voices into the climate debate & @RoundOurWayUK's work supporting people impacted by increasing extreme weather in the UK.
Great to be at the @FutureGovForum summer reception last night.
It's a real credit to @NathanYeowell, the wider team, and associates that there was so much praise and warmth for such a young organisation and excitement about its future plans.
How did a new centre-left government falter when it tried to be ambitious on climate?
Important lessons from Germany on how things can go quickly awry and the opportunity if you get things right (esp. with older working class folk).
Sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/round-our…
"Clubs are, in their understated way, magical settings."
A great call for working class social clubs to get more recognition and support.
I am, though, a little biased... I'm the result of a relationship started in one.
@kirstyjmcneill @SMFthinktank
smf.co.uk/commentary_podcast…
Great @FutureGovForum discussion on how oppositions best prepare for government, with @Anoosh_C, @phil_tinline, Lord Maude, @ayeshahazarika & @nickmacpherson2.
The report is excellent: futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/… #IntoPower.
This is grim reading. It's hard not to worry about what this collapse in local journalism does to the strength of democracy.
Great report from the @pressgazette. pressgazette.co.uk/publisher…
Support quality journalism + read front page story feat. @RoundOurWayUK/@BASIS_org research: buy the latest @WSC_magazine this #GreenFootballWeekend.
Our research shows 40% of football fans and players have experienced games being postponed or disrupted due to extreme weather
Good to see so many papers picking-up
@RoundOurWayUK's work helping flood-hit communities show how dangerous and filthy recent floods have made their neighbourhood.
It's already bad, and many are worried about what more extreme weather climate change could bring.
“When we talk about climate change, it can often feel like a very big global issue, but it’s also having really practical consequences for people day to day.”
Great @thetimes piece today on @RoundOurWayUK research into the impact of council cuts & climate change on potholes.
Key point from @jessralston2 @ECIU_UK about the awful threat of job losses in steel at Port Talbot.
The lack of gov't industrial strategy is costing working peoples' jobs AND seeing the UK fall behind other countries.
Needlessly heartbreaking for the town if they go ahead.
Great to see widespread coverage of @BASIS_org & @RoundOurWayUK research showing the awful impact climate-driven extreme weather is having on grassroots sport
What the public thinks is important,
vs.
What MPs think the public think is important.
Fascinating chart from @ECIU_UK / @SteveAkehurst.
Another week where I'm v glad we have an independent @VictimSupport not just helping people but showing how badly victims are let down:
The cul-de-sac where crimes go unsolved
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63517665
People in the LGBTQ+ community face hatred and abuse
itv.com/walesprogrammes/arti…
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Tonight I got to watch a documentary about #TheWalkIn, profiling @hopenothate’s work that saved two lives from far-right terrorism.
Quietly, they do some of the most courageous, high impact work in the UK. If you don’t already, follow and support them and, if you can, donate.
This feels like an important time to ask whether think tanks have enough people in the room who know what it's like to live at the sharp end.
Great @POLITICOEurope coverage of @RECLAIMproject's #MissingExperts research: politico.eu/newsletter/polit…
