Robert Jenrick is to change the law so that historic statues, plaques, memorials or monuments cannot be removed without going through a formal planning process.
— Christopher Hope\U0001f4dd (@christopherhope) January 16, 2021
Twelve thousand statues are covered by the law changes.
2. In a speech last September, Jenrick complained that "the planning system is broken". Only "1% of people" had "the esoteric knowledge to navigate [its] arcane and protracted world", shutting out those "who don’t have the time to contribute to the lengthy and archaic process".
3. If campaigners make it through that process (which Jenrick himself calls "as inconsistent as it is slow") more barriers lie ahead. "I will not hesitate to use my powers as Secretary of State" to enforce the view, to "be set out in law", that statues should "almost always" stay
4. When this govt wants councils to do something - like building houses - it invariably overrides the planning system. When it wants to *stop* them doing something - like moving statues - it enforces it. This is not an attempt to democratise change. It's an attempt to obstruct it
5.If the goal were to prevent direct action against statues, blocking lawful & constitutional avenues for change would be a foolish way of doing it. As I wrote here, we need good faith mechanisms where the case for change can be argued & contested lawfully
8. Debate around public statues is not going to go away. Nor should it, for it raises profound questions about our values & the ownership of public space. So councils need to establish good-faith processes in which debate can happen - and from which meaningful change can emerge.
— Robert Saunders (@redhistorian) June 9, 2020
in my cell phone notes
I never lack inspiration because I can always go deeper into my own brain- but here’s how I set it up
(mini thread)
I’ve talked extensively about building our your vision, so have people like @FrazzleDazzzled & many others on here.
It starts there. I’ve done this maybe 10-15 times.
Literally just write out IN DEPTH what you want to be in 5 or 10 years.
Has to all be first person, past tense, affirmative, statements personal to you.
Here’s a good primer about this subject that I’ve written:
Ambition signifies internal desire.
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If you have True Desire, then you should fully believe in your capability to actualize said desire.
When you fully "BELIEVE" ("be","live") you ARE already said desire.
It may not be physical yet, but physical reality always follows..
But anyway, you have the grandiose overlaying idea of who you want to be.
Some of it may be an interest, but not in the immediate short term action plan.
You need to make a call on that. Like me, I love music. Wanna produce/create/etc
But have bigger priorities right now.
So this is where the “hive mind” comes into play.
I create a short term priority list, and systemize a scheduled process around getting done goals from that.
Did that again this morning.
