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danwilsoncraw.bsky.social
Deputy chief exec at Generation Rent
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Ooh, benefits of Lime Bikes? Tell me more! Oh, just for landlords then

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I scored 50 out of 50 points on Dateline, @TheEconomist history game! 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯 Can you also get four (educated) guesses absolutely bang on? economist.com/dateline

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NIMBY hyperbole of the week

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New data on house prices and rents are out today – so let’s have a look at what’s going on in the housing market!

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"While the final day at the Oval in 2005 brought a high of 7.4 million viewers, the corresponding figure four years later dropped to 1.92 million...The first Test at Edgbaston [in 2023], a genuine classic won by a nerveless Pat Cummins, attracted a peak TV audience of 2.12 million on Sky."

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A big thing that's missing from the coverage of fishing rights and the EU is what difference any of this makes for UK consumers. It's: Fisheries declare a betrayal Others note that fishing is a tiny part of our economy But nothing about what this means for availability/price of fish on the shelves

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Racism while trying to find a home is a major issue for ethnic minority renters. A Daily Mirror article explains how a Black renter got more offers using a white man's photo, despite no other changes. Read more below⤵️ www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

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Bad housing is devastating for our mental health. New ONS data finds people with moderate to severe symptoms of depression are about 3x more likely to be worrying about their housing/living conditions than those with no or mild symptoms www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

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wife: how was guarding the two paths today, honey? guard: [looking away] fine wife: did something happen? guard: [tearing up] no wife: would the other guard tell me something happened?

submitted 6 days ago • 72 comments

Really important way of looking at the data - I'd also point out that folk in the South East spend more on average on transport because so many commute into London

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Cost of living update from middle class Newcastle: there was a time, not so long ago, when, if Taylor's Rich Italian (top shelf) was on offer, it would be gone by late on a Sunday afternoon. Now it's Sainsbury's own-brand Italian Roast (bottom shelf) that's getting cleared out instead

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British politics has had a few Sliding Doors moments over recent decades but the biggest one doesn't get much of an airing, because it's so morbid: the time Farage was nearly killed in a plane crash in 2010. Anyway, @duncanrobinson.bsky.social sets that right www.economist.com/britain/2025...

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Finally some payback for all the anti-tank missiles we sent Ukraine

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"Because it polls well" was never a good defence of the two-child limit: a policy which continues to drive up child poverty. But if you talk about removing the limit as a way of helping to give children the best possible start in life, most people agree it should go.

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This is bad news for those thinking about how to hold Labour's 2024 coalition together. The Greens are now more popular among those voters than Labour itself.

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Cannot be an accident that Kawasaki is calling its headless horse robot Corleo (though Khartoum would be truer to The Godfather)

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When landlords break the law, renters usually rely on the council to step in. But for some offences, tenants can claim back rent themselves. New @genrentuk research finds that tenants win cases against landlords just as much as councils. But new reforms fail to build on this.🧵

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When landlords break the law, renters usually rely on the council to step in. But for some offences, tenants can claim back rent themselves. New @genrentuk research finds that tenants win cases against landlords just as much as councils. But new reforms fail to build on this.🧵

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When tackling criminal landlords, renters play as much of a role as councils, our new research finds. The Renters' Rights Bill risks letting criminal landlords escape justice, but the House of Lords has a chance to fix that tomorrow. Read more ⬇️ www.generationrent.org/2025/05/13/m...

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Devastating loss of faith in Duolingo this morning. Dunno what to believe any more

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

So much of London's green belt is near the public transport network, doing very little for nature, and could be providing much needed homes. It's fantastic news that the Mayor is taking steps to get building on that land - bravo!

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"We're talking about what looks pretty in our capital. It does not look pretty to see children in temporary accommodation right now." Our Chief Executive @bentwomeyuk.bsky.social was LIVE on BBC RADIO LONDON reacting to @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social's proposal to build on parts of the green belt.

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Take me to the Sistine We can go conclave Up and down St Peter's We've got souls to save I really want to Come preachin' with you You'll be my American Pope, American Pope

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