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Dec 18, 2023 ā€¢ 11 tweets ā€¢ 4 min read ā€¢ Read on X
This isn't just good leaflet copy, this is why politics matters and different parties aren't all "just the same".

Here's a collection of similarly devastating graphs

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Food bank usage.

I can remember when food banks weren't a major part of public discourse.

I can now name about 10 organisations delivering similar services in Oxford alone.

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Largest reduction in real living standards since ONS records began in the 1950s

(3/11)

Average weekly earnings compared to pre-2008 trend

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UK public spending as percentage of GDP. Is it any wonder _nothing_ works in the UK now?

(5/11)

Lots of inequality ones, let's start with straightforward Gini coefficient, not good.

(These are all from )

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Regional inequality (7/11) Image
Inter-generational inequality, through the lens of home ownership (8/11) Image
Health inequality, though the lens of the postcode lottery of cancer survival (9/11)

This is the most awful one. Average height of five-year old boys 1990-2020.

Politics matters and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

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50% of large infrastructure projects in the UK ends up in court, adding around 18 months & costing the taxpayer millions

This walking & cycling bridge in Oxford is one of these projects.

The judicial review just found in favour of the bridge so let me walk you through it šŸ§µ Image
This project funded by Homes England as infrastructure the enables either housing or economic growth (or both in this case).

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It got planning permission in March 2024, was called in the got through a planning review committee in April 2024.

Then in July 2024 a local community group (called Friends of Grandpont Nature Park) submitted a judicial review against the planning process (3/) Image
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