Social policy researcher @ISPHERE_HWU, trustee @ToynbeeHall. Previously @healthfdn and @MEAMCoalition. These are my views but I'll change 'em for cake.
Leeds and Scotland
Joined January 2011
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Another thirty minute mixtape for what I hope are your excellent bank holiday leisure times mixcloud.com/iamsamthomas/do…
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WIN! - A Clear Vinyl Copy of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' 'Wild God'
Cave and co's anticipated new record drops next Friday, and a copy is up for grabs in our competition.
Like and retweet this and give us a follow to be entered.
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They're saying it's the best thing to happen to Leeds since Bielsa leedscf.org.uk/new-chief-exe…
Do I know anyone who has spent time in Dublin lately? Going for a few days' downtime next week, love the place but haven't been in years so seeking tips for quiet daytime pubs and good solo dinners...
Delighted to see this lovely piece about @JumboRecords, probably the world's friendliest record shop. My favourite indulgence is nosing around in there and buying something that I've never heard of, and it usually turns out to be great. theguardian.com/music/2023/a…
This report (based on 3 years of research I led with @ISPHERE_HWU and @homelessnetscot colleagues) draws together learning from Scottish Government's investment in social enterprises focused on poverty. Here are my takeaways... bit.ly/sipreport 🧵
Three: national leadership is indispensable (and Scotland has led the way) but there is also huge potential for partnership between councils and third sector organisations to make change happen locally.
A strong list on the whole but leaving Sia off needs some explaining, to say the least. theguardian.com/culture/2022… – at Leeds, England
If I were Keir I'd move the Commons to Leeds, the Lords to Manchester and then maybe we'd get a half decent train line between them.
Will the rhetoric match up to reality? Starmer will today pledge 'biggest ever' transfer of power as Labour report outlines sweeping reform plans.
On way to Leeds 🚂 for a Starmer/Brown news conference on the report. Watch on @SkyNews this am news.sky.com/story/sir-keir-…
What a joy to start Christmas properly with @The_SundayBoys, Kate Bush and a whole lot of wassailing🎄
Somehow I'd had the good fortune not to hear the Elton John and Ed Sheeran Christmas song until it came on the radio just now. Good god, it's a real stinker isn't it?
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YOU CAN'T MAKE IT UP: my train from Leeds to Manchester to meet @Mark_J_Harper to discuss rail chaos was CANCELLED.
The platform was packed as we all waited for the next.
This misery can't go on.
Thing is, Ardern doesn't "rip him to shreds" as the video title puts it... in fact, the only thing that belittles the journalist is his own daft question. She points that out, then gets on with saying what she wants to say. – at Leeds, England
