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I wish people would stop sticking the word ‘passport’ next to every mad data idea they have.

So far we’ve had: Building passports Green building passports Retrofit passports Materials passports Homeowner passports Landlord passports Rental passports Tenant passports The only consistent thing about any of them is that none could reasonably be described as a ‘passport’.

Apart from describing official travel documents the definition of a passport is normally two things: - issued by an officially recognised body (normally at national level). - gives the holder access to some officially recognised benefit or status

Oh FFS!

So #CanalHomes and #RoundHouses in the same tweet!

Article in The Negotiator today about a floating housing development

There are quite a few of these ‘Lengthman’s Round Houses’ left on the UK canal network

Including quite a batch on the Thames & Severn Canal:

The one at Coates featured in a beautiful painting by Andy Lovell (Andy Lovell).

And another ‘passport’ appears.

Trellick Tower, Erno Goldfinger's 31 storey apartment block on Golborne Road, North Kensington, was officially opened OTD in 1972. Built for the G.L.C. as part of the Cheltenham estate, it was listed in 1998. Read more on its design and history here buff.ly/MoEc1RH

Why we create MVPs and test the hell out of them:

Do you think anyone in MHCLG has seen this?

James Lucas Fun fact: Baldwin Street, located in Dunedin, New Zealand 🇳🇿, is the steepest residential street in the world, according to Guinness World Records.

Geography Host James Lucas That is the house where Sheryl Sandberg wrote ‘Lean In’.

I look forward to the reign of King George VII. With any luck, he'll sweep away the wretched political and lanyard class, restore the divine right of kings, and commence war with France. Just what this country needs. It's got to be better than what we have now.