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I have opinions about the built environment. Emergency shelter, aid & justice. Trustee @WorldHabitat. Find me here: https://teapawt.net/t.co/MWjiWEkVCk

Joined March 2009
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Replying to @waitrose
@waitrose why have you stopped selling Lapsang Souchong teabags? Please bring them back!
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Really excited that this is coming to Newham, and really proud of @burohappold's team who have been working on bringing this wonderful building to fruition for many years.
Sadler’s Wells East - a new powerhouse for dance - opens February 2025 🎉 Get dance from every angle - our opening season includes everything from hip hop to ballet, bharatanatyam to rave, waacking to welding, kicking off with Our Mighty Groove 👀 sadl.rs/3RrzCzy
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As the genocide continues unabated: Humanitarian access snapshot from humanitarian INGOs in Gaza. According to OCHA, the daily volume of humanitarian aid entering Gaza has dropped by 56% since April. 284 humanitarian workers have been killed in Gaza hi-us.org/sn_uploads/documen…
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Would this article ever be written about a male candidate? Has it ever? The article even explains why the premise of the article is part of the problem. Come on @guardian @GuardianUS. Do better. theguardian.com/us-news/arti…
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There are many different low carbon cement products coming into the market in the coming years. Carbon capture and storage is one of several types. Annoyingly this article doesn't explain what they will do with the captured carbon, a critical point. theguardian.com/environment/…
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The article is right in pointing out that cement production and the embodied carbon of concrete have had a free ride. It's long overdue that embodied carbon in construction is regulated; without that the incentives to bring these new products to market just aren't sufficient.
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Why are sentences for violent disorder lower than those for peaceful protest? prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas…
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It's ten years since Littlehampton Stage by the Sea opened. Though small, I think still the project I'm most proud of - and it was really fun to work on alongside Paul Bavister from @FlanLawArch. istructe.org/structural-awar…
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Absolutely brilliant that Cindy Ngamba won bronze. An epic achievement. But I find it so depressing that to be recognised as human, as individuals, refugees have to do something so extraordinary.
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The cognitive dissonance of BBC News reporting on her success (and sort of claiming it for GB), while there are race riots in the UK in no small part because of the way media portray asylum seekers and over a decade of racist, hostile policies towards immigration really grates.
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👀👀 WTF @BBCNews
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📢Do you know the private rented sector in England and Scotland? @WorldHabitat is seeking someone to conduct comprehensive research and provide strategic insights into the affordable housing landscape in the private rented sector. Find out more 👉 bit.ly/4cZaQQj
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This is a war crime. Another one, after many before.
Israel blew up the solar powered water treatment plant in Rafah that was drilled by Canada’s CIDA & paid for by Canadian tax payers in 1999. Israel has destroyed all civilian infrastructure in Gaza. Death, destruction, displacement; that’s their plan. Their only plan.
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We are recruiting new trustees for the World Habitat board - apply to come and join me on the board of this fantastic organisation working to promote affordable, good quality housing, and to support innovation and scale up good practice around the world.
At World Habitat we find innovations that tackle the world’s major housing challenges & help make them mainstream. We've recently adopted an ambitious strategy & are using the opportunity to bring new skills & perspectives to our board. Find out more👉 bit.ly/WHTrusteeRecruitment
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Alan Duncan has always been someone of great principle, and was an excellent advocate for international development.
Former foreign office minister says collusion between 'defenders of Israeli extremism' and senior Conservatives led to probe against him. Former UK minister Alan Duncan has been cleared of allegations of antisemitism and has said that a Tory probe launched into him was an example of “underhand collusion” between “immoderate defenders of Israeli extremism” and senior Conservative figures. Duncan, a former foreign office minister, announced his exoneration at a news conference in London on Tuesday organised by the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians.
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