HeyJaredJohn Bird
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John Bird's message to Andy Burnham: You must fix rough sleeping (opens the original)
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In my pork pie hat and shades I drew comments about my appearance – something Andy Burnham is also familiar with Looking like "the lead singer in a ska revival band", John Bird delivers his thoughts on Andy Burnham's pledge in searing heat. Image: John Bird I have temporarily stolen two of the props quite ordinary-looking people trying to look meaningful use on stage – sunglasses and what’s called a pork pie hat. This was not a conscious decision but I was caught a few weeks back having to do pr
A trip home to London showed the damage gentrification has done (opens the original)
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We need a bigger and better form of social thinking than we have ever had before, writes John BIrd The shops in Fulham in the 1970s have been replaced by a plethora of estate agents. Image: George Harris / ANL / Shutterstock It was probably in the early 1970s that pictures first appeared in newspapers showing an iced-up world. These are the first imagined images I remember of a change to our environment caused by the expansion of industry. It was the result of our dependence on industrialisation
We must end rough sleeping but hostile architecture must go too (opens the original)
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Is Norwich City Council's move to end hostile architecture a sign of things to come? This anti-homeless bench in Bournemouth will hopefully soon be a thing of the past. Image: Leemclean / Bournemouth News / Shutterstock Norwich City Council, in apparent solidarity with rough sleepers, are taking away armrests from public benches so that night sleepers can stretch out more. This is an endeavour to be more supportive of those reduced to turning public spaces into temporary dormitories. For perhaps
Why Downing Street should be renamed to repair society (opens the original)
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We still haven't fixed the damage done by austerity and the shrinkage of local services Number 10 is strangely lacking in grandeur, compared with other countries' official residences. Image: Sergeant Tom Robinson RLC/MOD, OGL v1.0, wikimedia All eyes have been on No 10 Downing Street for much of the last year. This sweet street off Whitehall that backs on to St James’s Park is about possession. And whoever possesses No 10 is exalted and enlarged, as if they were permanently under a giant magnify
Burnham is following Big Issue on rough sleeping. It brings hope (opens the original)
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Big Issue's 35 years of pushing and pushing on homelessness will have paid off if the new PM makes good on his word Let’s pray Andy Burnham backs up his promising words. Image: PjrNews / Alamy Last weekend showed the World Cup at its finest. England 6-4 France was the best of best games. As a friend of mine said, why don’t we have a prize for the ‘best game’, not just the best player or team? Certainly the France-England game would have won such a prize hands down. The final was lacking in charm
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