1/11 A message to @Keir_Starmer - @UKLabour needs to focus on a 'Fair Play' programme. A simple message about fairness across society, not wonky sound bites like 'levelling up'. Here is the 'Fair Play' programme...
2/11 Placing people from all cultures, 'classes' & walks of life in office, so we have a representative democracy...
3/11 Focussing the economy on sustainability, skills & connectivity. Incentivising young people to grow their own creative & sustainable businesses with small grants...
4/11 Giving local authorities development grants to repurpose empty high street shops and providing affordable housing (buy/rent) for young people & those on low incomes...
5/11 Dismantling the corrupt awards system & its links to empire & creating a new process of rewarding people for civic & civil achievements that uphold communities...
6/11 Bringing the NHS & elderly care into one joined up programme, paid from taxes that guarantee every older person a basic standard of life...
7/11 Creating a new vocational pathway for young people from age 13-16, helping them acquire 'skills for life' that give them entry to good jobs...
8/11 Taxing non-domiciled businesses (Amazon etc) to create regeneration funds for local towns & cities...
9/11 Renewing our links with Europe, opening up sensible trade, travel, holidays & cultural exchange...
10/11 Developing an integrated long term infrastructure for transport that streams towards a carbon free future, with targets and rewards...
11/11 Granting Scotland an independence vote, because they did not vote for #Brexit ... what do you think @Keir_Starmer ?
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Machine Learning: Feature - The North Will Rise Again. The North of England has an incredible historical connection with the industrial growth of Britain. Why does Boris Johnson's 'levelling up' seem so empty, yet still attract Northern voters?
If we go back to the looms & cotton spinners of the early industrial revolution, mechanised approaches increased productivity exponentially. Great cities, such as Manchester, grew around the shift from cottage industry in the county of Lancashire, to full scale production plants.
This economic jump was not unrelated to Britain's expanding empire & ability to import cotton; itself driven by the slave trade. From our history lessons, we will know that contingent growth of the railways & evolution of steam trains made England into a connected country.
2/10 Logistics with #COVIDー19 & people being displaced was tricky. It meant more organisation & planning. So, we went for this 1|2|2. 3 Zoom days & 2 physical days. The presentations on day 1 went very well & the artists presented their work, guest talk by @MarcusRomer
3/10 Mtg in Coventry for real was amazing for all of us, for many their first adventure out. Some ppl had been impacted by Covid. We went in search of the River Sherbourne that lies beneath Cov. Outdoor talk by @ryanhughes2@CovBiennial totally worked alongside watercolours...