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Author Archives: The Demsoc Team
I’m a Social Tenant, Get Me in There
A guest post by Demsoc member Jane Zacharzewski. The Chartered Institute of Housing has predicted that 800,000 homes will be effectively put out of reach of those on housing benefit as a direct result of the government’s decision to reduce … Continue reading
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Tagged Chartered Institute of Housing, Council house, Housing Benefit, Local Housing Allowance, Newham, Public housing
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“Federal Europe now!” says Irish “no to Lisbon” campaign leader
Bit of a surprise to check out an article in Irish Independent by Declan Ganley, the leader of the “No” campaign in the two Lisbon Treaty referendums, and find it a full-throated call for the immediate creation of a federal European … Continue reading
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Oh for a democratic dictatorship
There’s a slightly odd article by Francis Fukuyama in today’s FT. His argument is that the checks and balances in the US constitution have hardened (under pressure from more ideological politics) into a situation where nothing can be done due … Continue reading
Where are the real regions?
Image via Wikipedia Interesting idea, this mapping exercise from MIT, showing the connexions between phone calls around Britain. Limited by the fact that only geographical landline numbers are covered, of course. For comparison, here’s an more economics-focused analysis of the real … Continue reading
Tagged Business and Economy, communities, localgov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, regions, Research, Telecommunications, telecoms, telephone
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Lunchtime list for December 10, 2010
Tom Steinberg: ‘The net can have real impacts, but they aren’t necessarily as sexy as we’d like them to be’ Christmas tree a bureaucratic tangle for George Osborne – Telegraph Why Facebook’s "like" button feels so good
Tagged Interesting Links, lunchtime list
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Events at the House of Cognitive Dissonance
For a kid who learned about politics in the 80s, the building on the corner of Smith Square opposite DEFRA will always be Tory Central Office. Now, however, in a strange twist of political destinies, it is the new London … Continue reading
Tagged European Commission, European Union, Events, Government, London, Smith Square
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We’ll be back shortly
We’ve had a database problem and are having to restore our site from various backups. We should be back later on today, with at least partial content, and then restoring the rest over the next few days. Sorry for any … Continue reading
Lunchtime list for October 11th
Here are the articles and web pages the Talk Issues team recommend today: A single EU seat at the IMF: state of play, pros and cons from EV –
Tagged euro, imf, Interesting Links, lunchtime list
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Lunchtime list for October 1st
Here are the articles and web pages the Talk Issues team recommend today: 500 Internal Server Error – 500 Internal Server Error Unione Europaea habet linguis XXIII (or why Google Translate is a guilty secret in Brussels) –
Tagged Brussels, EU, google, Interesting Links, lunchtime list, machinetranslation
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Media regulation: leave hyperlocal out of this
Damian Radcliffe is the author of “Here and Now – UK hyperlocal media today”. In this post he argues that at a time when media and digital regulation is under review, hyperlocal media should be left alone. This is a … Continue reading →