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Something’s Wrong. What is #NuitDebout, and Why Haven’t I Heard About It?

Dave’s financials are all anybody’s talked about for the past week – meanwhile, in France (and rapidly spreading throughout Europe), hundreds of city squares have been occupied as the ‘Nuit De Bout’ movement has kicked off.

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Love Activists Brighton – is Their Patience Running Out?

All the councillors again agreed that many of the solution based proposals are not ‘in the gift’ of the council, meaning it is not in their power, that power lies with central Government.

Some councillors seemed warmer to the idea of fighting central government than others, in particular Green Cllr David Gibson, who was again the most vociferous supporter of the proposals. Labour Cllr Claire Moonan was also supportive. Nobody had a bad word to say about the proposals or the Love Activists.

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Financial Report: February 2016

invoicing the DWP for the time I spent appealing their decision to sanction me might not have been the best move…

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Love Activists Meet The Council

I’ll be livestreaming from outside Brighton Town Hall today with Love Activists Brighton, who will be delivering their petition in support of the Solution Based Proposals to End Homelessness to the full council meeting. The council will hear the Love Activists for 3 minutes and debate the proposals for 15 minutes. People will be gathering […]

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We Can’t Ignore the Homelessness Crisis Anymore

Personal Blog: 16-1-16 #NoMoreDeathsOnOurStreets Late last night, I was walking along on the phone with a friend who was worried about a homeless comrade who’s been having suicidal thoughts. Talking and walking, I passed a bloke dead or dying on the pavement. A man and a woman had stopped to help him. She was calling an […]

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Happy New Year, YOU’RE SANCTIONED!

Personal blog: NYE: 31/12/2015 So, I’ve been sanctioned. Mid November 2015, The Department for Work and Pensions via their plausibly deniable proxy, Pinnacle People had tried to put me on Mandatory Work Activity (or ‘MWA’ the latest name for workfare, the slave labour programme). They wanted me to work four, thirty hour weeks for my Job […]