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@oa_robinson

He/Him | Opinionated twink (dumb) | High-Speed Train Enjoyer | Housebuilding Shill | Broad Front Leftist in Labour | Like/RT =/= Endorsement 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸🌹

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James Medlock@jdcmedlock·
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Despotic Inroad
Despotic Inroad@DespoticInroad·
Here’s what actually happened after the 1945 Labour government: 35yrs of unparalleled improvements in living standards on a social-democratic basis, with mass social housebuilding, full employment, energy independence, consistent real wage growth, and national ownership of core industries. We can only wish for such an inheritance today. But that Britain has been sold by the pound to satisfy the kind of false economies & financial short-termism inherent in Tom’s market liberal ideology. If trade unions were the culprit for Britain as the “sick man of Europe”, then we need to explain why Franco-German competitors grew FASTER during the trente glorieuses/German economic miracle with HIGHER union militancy + powerful Communist municipalities/regional gov. in France + deeply embedded labour representation on works councils etc. in W. Germany.
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Tom Harwood@tomhfh

Britain went from superpower to sick man of Europe in the space of a single generation, largely thanks to decisions made in one single parliamentary term 1945-1950. We destroyed our competitiveness and gave the whip hand to unions that prioritised retaining existing jobs over creating new ones. Companies didn’t die overnight. But as international competitors innovated - eg cutting jobs in one area and growing them in another, adding more technology or automation, becoming more efficient. British firms could do none of that. Held to ransom by union barons that didn’t care for the growth or success of the company, only for their own remuneration. At the expense of the growth of the company. One by one our industries died, some staggering on as zombies reliant on state subsidy to survive. When the subsidy stopped they were finally put out of their misery. How anyone could look at the postwar consensus and think that’s what we need now is genuinely baffling. A one way road to ruin.

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Aleksandar Djokic (Александар Джокич)
Aleksandar Djokic (Александар Джокич)@polidemitolog·
Decarbonization was always Europe's key interest since it diminishes Europe's dependency on foreign suppliers. The process was intentionally slowed down over the previous decades both through the pressure coming from Washington and Moscow, and through European national leaders who appeased these two centers of power.
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Go Rider
Go Rider@GoRider_Iseine·
On This Day in Transit 📅 | Did you know? 📍3 April, 2007, the experimental train V150 in France set a world speed record for conventional rail at 574.8 km/h. This achievement pushed the boundaries of high-speed rail technology. #HighSpeedRail #GoRider #RailHistory
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City Aesthetics ⛩
City Aesthetics ⛩@cityaestheticss·
This is what a neighborhood street could look like
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Pedro Sánchez
Pedro Sánchez@sanchezcastejon·
El Gobierno de España condena la pena de muerte contra palestinos que acaba de aprobar el parlamento de Israel. Se trata de una medida asimétrica que no se aplicaría a los israelíes que cometieran los mismos delitos. Mismo crimen, distinta pena. Eso no es justicia. Es un paso más hacia el apartheid. El mundo no puede callar.
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Oliver@oa_robinson·
@The_Clermontian Cameron is in contention for the worst PM in British history, up there with Eden, Baldwin and Lord North. He set the stage for everything we're suffering now. The anaemic growth, the depleted state capacity, the degenerated infrastructure, the international decline. All of it.
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The Clermontian
The Clermontian@The_Clermontian·
Who was the 'least bad' PM of the last twenty years? Probably Cameron?
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@j_zeisweiss @bankertobuilder Wow, a walkable neighbourhood in such an unlikely place. Truly, there is nothing that Urban Planner cannot do when they put their minds to it!
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Mason Home Builder
Mason Home Builder@bankertobuilder·
This is a commuter’s dream We built these homes directly on the main interstate The instant you leave your driveway, you’re already on the highway headed to work We’ve cut commute times down by several minutes for all our new residents
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@InclusiveBuild @DuncanStott @MassiveTom You are fantastically uninformed about land use, food supply, energy supply and housing supply, and therefore wrong about everything you're saying. These aren't actually arguments, of course, they're just psychological crutches to explain away a selfish "I've got mine" attitude.
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Duncan Stott 🏗️🔰🇺🇦
Duncan Stott 🏗️🔰🇺🇦@DuncanStott·
One of the most extreme examples of unaffordability in the whole country, but they just don't care. NIMBYs continue to suck the lifeblood out of our country.
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Neil Hudson@DrNeilHudson

🌳 A proposal has been submitted for 150 houses in #TheydonBois on #GreenBelt. Green Belt protects the nature of our precious village. I will continue to do everything I can working with community groups & residents to oppose this development & to stand up for our community. 🌳

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