Centre for Urban Research on Austerity (CURA). Used to blog at https://teapaw.org/t.co/MBQBrzbb4m. We were killed by austerity in 2022.
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Cities and Austerity (Deceased) retweeted
One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days!
Wow!
What a thing to claim!
And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it.
Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄
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ALT Photo after Jason's final marathon taken from his archived blog showing Jason surrounded by supporters in orange charity t-shirts
Cities and Austerity (Deceased) retweeted
After the death of Jason Arday, Will Self asks what happens when newspapers, platforms, editors and audiences become components in a machine nobody admits to controlling.
The public interest is not the same thing as the public being interested.
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For the attention of all readers but particularly those in the USA'S culture wars
Britain DOES NOT HAVE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.
I repeat: Britain DOES NOT HAVE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.
(It probably should. But it doesn't)
"EDI" which you call 'DEI' has NO legal force.
Cities and Austerity (Deceased) retweeted
I didn't go after him. And I can assure you, I have gone after pleny of those academic elites in my day. Your nasty prejudices are exactly the sort of divisive attitudes that made any serious holding to account of elites - whoever they are - such a toxic minefield
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If your immediate reaction to a man’s death is to try to use it to make a political point and further your own argument, whatever that argument is, take a breath and don’t. Contrary to popular belief not everything has to be a political football and we don’t have to have a partisan “hot take” on everything, especially not something as tragic as this.
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Labour, Tories, Lib Dems and Greens: I demand you stand down in Clacton. I will be a unity candidate and pledge to build at least one affordable house.
Nigel Farage says he wants The People versus the Establishment. So be it.
Leave him to me.
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🔥 Superb article
De Montfort was meant to be an “anchor institution” and “civic university” working for the “benefit of local people and the prosperity of our places”.
But its executives have raided it and in 2-3 years claimed £278K in their own luxury expenses.
centralbylines.co.uk/news/ed…
Cities and Austerity (Deceased) retweeted
Just received a copy of this excellent book edited by @AriannaGi & @JoanieWillett Looking forward to reading it! 📚 🤓❤️
Cities and Austerity (Deceased) retweeted
Anyone wondered why #BBC current affairs programs only have people on who are middle class and/or from London its because they wont pay ordinary people for their time/expertise. After negotiating my expenses for 2 things (I travelled from Notts) I'm waiting for £80 2 months +
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I'm asking a serious question here .@PoliceScotland who has put this together and where is your evidence infact how have you even come to this conclusion that poor white working class men have a 'hate monster' I'm asking this has an academic as Dr Mckenzie.
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In case this wasn’t sufficiently clear after almost 15 years of austerity:
allowing councils to sell assets *will not* help addressing the huge crisis #localgov is going through - it will just make it worse.
Exclusive from us this morning. The government is quietly advancing plans for a major loosening of council budget rules to allow them to sell assets en masse to avert a wave of bankruptcies
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Enough. Local government needs a long term plan for recovery, reset and renewal.
Plugging funding gaps is a short term fix, our whole system of local resourcing needs a complete overhaul.
My new @themjcouk column…
bit.ly/3uG01l6
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Crisis in higher education: a survey @SoundingsJourn @LW_Books democratic-left.scot/post/in… / @ucu @ProfJSDavies @gbuttars @AdamPolitics @AriannaGi @SimmsMelanie @CURA2015 @UCUScotland @ucuedinburgh @anne_matie @StrathclydeUCU @TUG_SNP @SGPTradeUnion @rosiehampton_ @elliebgomersall
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Happy to see that the article with @BegoAramayona is out. Thanks to @CURA2015 for working as an incubator of ideas. journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful….
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Yesterday at @INLOGOV we presented this volume edited by me and @AdrianBua on what happens when social and grassroots movements reinvent the participatory deliberative toolbox to reclaim the state - what we call democracy-driven governance routledge.com/Reclaiming-Par…
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📣STRIKE ACTION CALLED📣
Due to our VC’s refusal to back down from 50% continuous wage deductions, notice has been served of 9 days of action.
This can be stopped at any time. We welcome meaningful negotiation
Full Statement 👉 tinyurl.com/mshn3bfd
#ucuRISING @ucu
Cities and Austerity (Deceased) retweeted
In a great workshop ‘Making Critical Urban Knowledges for Just Futures’ organised by @ProfJSDavies team at DMU - Jessica Parish here on settler colonialism and gentrification 👏
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China on track to generate three times more power from wind turbines and solar panels than government targeted. China’s solar and wind energy sector will reach 3.3 terawatts (TW) by 2030.
#renewables #china
reneweconomy.com.au/china-on…
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It all started with this ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com… - see if it answers some of your questions :)
