I've launched a petition to abolish the Downs Act 1861 which gives the Society of Merchant Venturers a share of the management of the Downs. The management of parks and public spaces should be down to the people and their elected representatives, not wealthy business elites. chng.it/DsNWNdhrnV
Abolish the Clifton and Durdham Downs (Bristol) Act, 1861 to Curtail Wealthy Elites' Power
Or Boris Johnstone 😂😂😂
A book must be an axe for the frozen sea within us - Kafka. (My cartoon for today’s Guardian books.)
Shortbread: the platonic ideal of a biscuit, one of the finest achievements of the Scottish Enlightenment .
Like many things in the UK it's only imagined to be a problem because there's a whole class of people who seem to think the median wage is like £100k a year and therefore objectively very well-paid national elected officials are actually somehow subjected to punishing financial hardship
Restoring trust in polarised times: Immigration in the new parliament Be the first to read British Future's latest deep dive into immigration attitudes after the General Election, with latest wave of our Ipsos migration attitudes tracking project, 2015-2024 www.britishfuture.org/publication/...
Scottish elections are, rightly, a bit different tho. The actions of the UK Gov't (particularly as they have commited to better collaboration with Scotland than the Tories) will have an impact but 2026 will mostly be a verdict on the SNP Gov't of the last 15 years. And it's under a PR system.
Signal boosting a post from one of my friends on Another Site, bc I know there may be some interested parties here. I'm happy to connect you if so. #computersky#computinghistory
Glaswegians don’t waste a second to give things a nickname. It’s not even on Google Maps, but we’ve got the Squiggly, Squinty, and now Swivelly to complete the trifecta of bridges.