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Londoner, town planner, urbanist, artist, equality activist and more

Joined May 2010
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.@anthonyjoshua ahead of your fight in Saudi Arabia, will you speak up for Abdullah and Mohammed? They're two young men facing the death penalty. They were 14 and 15 years old when they were arrested and tortured.  Speaking up could help save their lives. #JoshuaUsyk2
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Don’t let the government change the definition of refugee and dodge it’s duties - no one chooses to be a refugee and the UK can and should help refugees more amnesty.org.uk/blogs/campaig…
I’m delighted to be speaking at the @HomesEngland conference on Wednesday with the excellent Cany Ash @ashsakula @ben_derbyshire and David Birkbeck @DesignForHomes. If you are attending do come along.
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Prime Minister @LeeHsienLoong, Singapore has shown it cares about people with intellectual disabilities. Naga is one of those people - and his condition seems worse than ever. Please will you spare his life? #SaveNagaenthran
.@MasagosZ, your office has made great strides to build an inclusive Singapore. You have the power to save the life of a young man named Naga, who has intellectual disabilities. Please will you spare Naga the noose? #SaveNagaenthran
I've just made a gift to @RESCUE_UK to support people in crisis. Donate today: bit.ly/2jEqtV5 rescue-uk.org/donate#.YSkkUo…
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Welcome to the Wild West planning system which will land on 01/09/2020 #permitteddevelopment
Happy to be taking forward this scheme with architects RCKA
We are delighted to be working with a new client on an emerging residential scheme in Waltham Forest. This lovely sketch by @QuincyHaynes1 captures the vision for the shared courtyard, with exciting landscape proposals by Studio ONB complimenting existing mature lime trees.
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Lessons from George Floyd & the UK Criminal Justice System - free Eventbrite event tonigh (1/7/20) buff.ly/2BQeWNP
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.@BorisJohnson we have not forgotten that you are suppressing the truth about foreign interference. When will you #ReleaseTheRussiaReport?
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A good question
Today Priti Patel said "there's no such thing as dabbling in drugs, these are serious offences". Last summer, 7 out of 11 Tory leadership hopefuls, including Boris Johnson, admitted they dabbled in drugs. Why is it one rule for Cabinet members and another for my constituents?
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Help us plan the future of the Selby Centre
> Do you use the Selby Centre? > Are you a Haringey resident who wants us to provide more things for you? Tell us your view and help us shape the future of our Community Centre. Survey here > forms.gle/uD3HhnLawfzrjqRn9
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You can make a difference to the future of black, Asian and ethnic minority males and females - Mentoring Training Day | Black Training and Enterprise Group buff.ly/2QuVf2Z
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No mention of town planners .... phew!
New!!! - politicians regain their crown as the least trusted profession in Britain. #nurses are most trusted!!!
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Good to be working with @we_made_that on the Selby Centre Study wemadethat.co.uk/journal/vie…
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We’re proud to say that our CEO @bharatmehta18 has been named one of London’s most influential people in @EveningStandard #Progress1000 list in the Activists: Philanthropy category as he oversees our mission to tackle #poverty & #inequality in the capital bit.ly/357u4ke
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Seema Manchanda retweeted
"Racism to me is like gravity. You know, there is a position that is correct & there is a position that is incorrect" Comedian Nish Kumar tells #Newsnight following the BBC's decision to partly uphold a complaint against Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty More: 2230 | @BBCTwo
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Seema Manchanda retweeted
“Racism is a fundamental ideology that removes the humanity of people because of their race. It is not an opinion..with two sides that is up for debate. If the BBC take that stance it will find that people of colour will not be able to fulfill their professional role in the BBC” – at Islington, London
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