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linkhttps://environment.leeds.ac.uk/economics-policy-sustainability/staff/12593/dr-richard-barnthaler calendar_today26-08-2022 14:21:46

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Beth Stratford (@beth_stratford) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Many MPs urged gov't to include rent controls in Renters Rights Bill last week (see t.ly/VZ79-) But Matthew Pennycook MP & Angela Rayner argued rent controls wld reduce supply of homes Short🧵w/ data to show this risk is small & can be mitigated, and benefits outweigh costs

Many MPs urged gov't to include rent controls in Renters Rights Bill last week (see t.ly/VZ79-)
But <a href="/mtpennycook/">Matthew Pennycook MP</a> &amp; <a href="/AngelaRayner/">Angela Rayner</a> argued rent controls wld reduce supply of homes

Short🧵w/ data to show this risk is small &amp; can be mitigated, and benefits outweigh costs
NEF (@nef) 's Twitter Profile Photo

✈️NEW RESEARCH ✈️ We need to fly less to stop climate breakdown. But excessive flying is dominated by the well-off. In Western Europe, the richer you are, the more likely you are to fly three or more times a year. It’s the wealthiest who need to reduce their flying the most.

✈️NEW RESEARCH ✈️ We need to fly less to stop climate breakdown. But excessive flying is dominated by the well-off. In Western Europe, the richer you are, the more likely you are to fly three or more times a year. It’s the wealthiest who need to reduce their flying the most.
@rbaernthaler.bsky.social (@rbarnthaler) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It is inexplicable how people are rightly outraged when faced with brutal colonial histories such as the Belgian Congo but continue to keep their mouths shut in the face of Israel’s genocidal settlement colonial project right before our eyes. Western liberalism is sickening.

Julia Steinberger (@jksteinberger) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The scenes from Jabalia on twitter are unbearable. To see this mass extermination live without being able to stop it is unbearable. What is far worse is no mention of it in media. The NYTimes is particularly heinous: "Fighting rages" during a mass extermination. How.

The scenes from Jabalia on twitter are unbearable. To see this mass extermination live without being able to stop it is unbearable.
What is far worse is no mention of it in media. 
The NYTimes is particularly heinous: "Fighting rages" during a mass extermination. How.
Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Despite 187 nations voting against it, the U.S. and Israel were the only nations supporting the embargo of Cuba, featured in today’s Chartbook Top Links. Sign up for more here: tinyurl.com/s2jfsa5t.

Despite 187 nations voting against it, the U.S. and Israel were the only nations supporting the embargo of Cuba, featured in today’s Chartbook Top Links. Sign up for more here: tinyurl.com/s2jfsa5t.
Assal Rad (@assalrad) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Watch this report from Jonathan Rugman to get a glimpse of the horror and devastation in Gaza. Look at how many children you see. “Israel is pounding northern Gaza…In the meantime, the world watches from a distance. But it cannot say it didn’t see this, it cannot say it didn’t know.”

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@franceskalbs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I am deeply disappointed that various western governments and diplomats appear to have been misled by spurious, recycled allegations against me, just as I prepare to present my latest report to the #UNGA next week. I am profoundly committed to human rights for all people - how

Middle East Monitor (@middleeastmnt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

UN: Israel’s starvation of Gaza started before 7 October 2023 UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, told the General Assembly on 18 October 2024 that Israel's violations of Palestinian rights in Gaza began well before 7 October 2023. 'Israel controlled

Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This Bloomberg report is a stark reminder: we cannot rely on capital to achieve green transition. Capital is not investing enough in green energy because it's not as profitable as fossil fuels. The solution? We need a public finance strategy and fast. bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

Daniela Gabor (@danielagabor) 's Twitter Profile Photo

one sobering thing about being at the UN is the constant reminder of how much the US resists processes where the level playing field is not structurally already skewed in their favour (as in Bretton Woods institutions)

Bernie Sanders (@berniesanders) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them. While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they’re right.

It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them.

While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change.

And they’re right.
Krystal Ball (@krystalball) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dems have spent the past 8 years destroying the one movement that could have saved them. Bernie's class first populism won over exactly the type of voters (Latinos, working class, bros, Joe Rogan!) that Dems now repel. dropsitenews.com/p/bernie-would…

@rbaernthaler.bsky.social (@rbarnthaler) 's Twitter Profile Photo

‘Trump may well be a “threat to democracy,” but the notion is deeply laughable in the mouths of his political opponents who have worked for their entire careers, with great success, to consolidate their own power and destroy the remnants of democracy.’ logosjournal.com/article/democr…

David (@zero_4) 's Twitter Profile Photo

George Monbiot: “I’m not going to take lessons in climate from someone from Policy Exchange which is funded by the oil industry” David Goodhart (Policy Exchange): “It isn’t” GM: “I can demonstrate that it is” DG: “Anyway, that’s not what we’re here to discuss” #PoliticsLive

Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today, my independent colleague Ayoub Khan MP asked the PM for his definition of genocide. His response — which shows a blatant disregard for Palestinian suffering and international law — is disgraceful. We will keep demanding: stop the genocide in Gaza.