How taxpayers are funding their own demise. Head of Diversity & Inclusion:
@charlottecgill
| PhD Researcher in Fanny Studies: Dr Gillactica
#stayawoken
#afuera
Soho Theatre, which receives £614,582 per year in taxpayer funding, is offering two bursaries for Muslim writers from low income backgrounds.
Why not Sikhs or Christians?
Why have a bursary for a religion at all?
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If so, then the
@MayorofLondon
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Manchester is hiring a research associate in “creative maths”.
Project leaders say “the everyday mathematics of our era is that of climate-emergency, asylum seeking, and Brexit.”
Oh and it’s funded by taxpayers (AHRC/ESRC).
This is by far my favourite example of Woke Waste.
Do you know we paid for this?.. performance art, on how porcelain is a metaphor for white supremacy.
This person is going to get a PhD!
Woke Waste reaches 2,000 followers. Hello my fellow Awokens!
I've gone from feeling quite depressed about Woke Waste to energised by realising how many are fed up.
Afuera!
The British taxpayer is funding the following international students:
- a doctor in "black worldmaking practices in contemporary France"
- a professor of gay porn living in Sweden
- a Bolivian researcher decolonising Bolivian museums... in Bolivia.
More:
The PhD Diaries.
Think your life is hard? Try being a student. Mental elf 🧝♀️ update. Trigger warning: distressing scenes of Fanny Studies eco trauma.
We shouldn't be afraid to label parties like Reform UK and National Rally as far-right.
As these parties gain electoral power, racist politics and policymaking cannot become the norm 🧵👇
This is systemic racism. Dividing children up by race and deciding “Black and Global Majority” kids need a “therapeutic space” to “process the lasting effects of systemic racism”. Indoctrinating young people with “us” and “them” mindset.
“I’ve been trying to contact Camden Council about the decision-making over the QR code. I’ve left several messages trying to find out who is on this politburo and, essentially, who made this decision”.
-
@EJWoolf
Incredibly sinister from
@CamdenCouncil
I am delighted to announce that Chris Stark will be our head Head of Mission Control for Clean Power by 2030.
We are bringing together the brightest and best to deliver our national mission to cut bills and make Britain energy independent.
Welcome
@StarkClimate
to the team!
What are Sir Patrick Vallance and Peter Kyle now in charge of?
Thread🧵- on one of the most important things, if not the most important, under the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).
That is, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
When are we going to have an inquiry into why universities have run out of money? They have been given BILLIONS by taxpayers, never mind the amount they charge foreign students, yet continue to be in dire straits. Very mysterious!
'Our universities are vital engines for economic growth and opportunity for everybody throughout their lives.'
We look forward to working with
@Jacqui_Smith1
to harness the potential of our university sector for growth and opportunity.
“Diversifying and Decolonising Economics is a registered charitable organisation”
We seriously need to shut down/ investigate the Charity Register/ Commission. Far Left derangement isn’t a charitable activity!
Hackney’s Mayor talks about giving some low-income residents 100% council tax discounts while spending money on generational trauma counselling for the “Global Majority”. Here’s a crazy idea: stop spending money on ideological crap so you can decrease everyone’s council tax!
With over £50m in savings to make over the next three years, the challenges we face are greater than ever.
But, by working more collaboratively with our communities, we can together build a better Hackney.
An update from
@mayorofhackney
Caroline Woodley ⬇️
One of the 500 “book industry” representatives who backed Tilly Fitzgerald in the open letter completely overhyped by The Guardian.
Waterstones should be very scared at being called out by a man who thinks he’s a genderfluid goblin.
Islington Labour's people power in Highbury 🌹
For 14 years under a Tory government, our community has suffered.
There is an alternative — a Labour government that invests in our schools, our hospitals and our streets.
However, we cannot have a Labour government without
Ever wondered where all the money for the most insane, ridiculous woke projects is coming from? 🤡 I tracked down the journalist -
@CharlotteCGill
- who, herself, tracked down where this all started.
It's as bonkers as you imagine. Pls share/like, & watch full video in 1st
Hackney’s Mayor introduces us to the borough’s “Climate Citizens Jury”
A bit like the Hackney Mayor, I suspect we need it like a hole in the head.
#afuera
This is appalling.
The British Academy is offering "£900k over 4 years to attract internationally established scholars to work in the UK to engage in cutting edge humanities & social science research".
Look how much taxpayer money it's had.
Why aren't Brits being funded?!
"More than £3 million of taxpayers’ money has been spent in affluent foreign neighbourhoods as poor areas of Britain face funding shortages."
Good piece in Telegraph on taxpayer waste!
We are still inviting applications from overseas researchers in the social sciences and humanities for the Visiting Fellowships 2025. Awards of up to £40,000 in value are available for international and collaborative research projects. Find out more:
Today we raised the progress flag at the Civic Offices, in celebration of Pride month.
This year we're celebrating Thurrock’s first ever Pride festival, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and others.
🔗 For more info, visit:
Join us for an evening of storytelling with Monica Clarke.
Monica, former refugee and author, will be sharing her story as part of our Borough of Sanctuary Celebrations. Free event for 16 yr+
🗓️ Mon 22 July at 17:00
📍 Swiss Cottage Library
Paul Hamlyn Foundation is after arts applications that "recognise that contemporary issues such as the climate crisis, cost of living increases, housing shortages, disability rights, migration and policing are inextricably connected."
Received £163k last year from the taxpayer:
Our Head of Programme – Arts, Shoubhik Bandopadhyay, reflects on the first round of our Arts Fund and why applications made our shortlist.
Read the blog👇
NEW: The Government gave over £1 million in taxpayer funding to a professor who studied “relentless condomless penetrations, stretching of the rectal sphincter, and exchanges of all kinds of bodily fluids” and now has a grant to study gay porn in Sweden:
Dear Professor Kienzler, we do not give you taxpayer funding to spend your time politically lobbying.
If you want to be an activist, hand back your ESRC grant (and any taxpayer money from the Wellcome Trust).
.
@KingsCollegeLon
has taken issue with students who disrupted our Open Day demanding the College to take a stance in the face of Israel's war on
#Gaza
. They are vilifying instead of listening to our students and distort facts. Below my letter in response to senior management.
Islington celebrates Pride Month in June! 🏳️🌈
Thanks to Islington colleagues,
@BTPEuston
and
@LondonFire
who took part in our flag raising at the town hall this week!
Shocking piece from Guido Fawkes about Civil Service woke spending today.
Thought it worth re circulating a piece I wrote earlier in the year about a diversity recruiter The Civil Service uses - paid over £250k for this kinda stuff!
This system is unsustainable. Homelessness has rapidly increased in the UK and social housing is incredible scarce - yet Hackney Council continues to invite more people to move here, via small grants programmes:
A new small grants programme is available for organisations to run activities for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants living in Hackney
Organisations can apply for grants of up to £1000 by Monday 19 August, 5pm
Apply here:
Why are we subsidising pretty much every theatre? Nowadays it’s rare to find a theatre that doesn’t have taxpayer funding. They are mostly registered as charities, even though they aren’t, any more than a cinema is. Newsflash: theatres are meant to sell tickets and make a profit.
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Been a bit quiet for the last few days due to a wonderful weekend and busy few days, but I will soon be spoiling you with new Woke Waste! I have mountains of it. In fact, I am having a pause to sort through hundreds of screenshots on my phone. It's never ending!
“Drag Syndrome”, a “Drag collective featuring highly addictive queens & kings with Down-Syndrome” will be playing at Thurrock Pride on Saturday.
Pride is sponsored by Arts Council England (aka taxpayers) and The National Lottery Community Fund.
Thurrock Council promoting it.
Good morning my fellow Awokens 🦄
Almost 2k have followed this group since it began in May.
I get lots of messages from concerned people - many “behind enemy lines”.
Woke Waste is designed to show the mechanisms sustaining Woke. So we know how we can “dismantle” (Woke word) it
The CEO of the British Academy has warned of "the precarious state of university finances”, an “issue that urgently needs addressing". You might not realise that the British Academy received £274,493,050 in total from the taxpayer between 2019-23.
Everyone is welcome to the first ever Rochdale in Rainbows Pride parade on 13 July at 10am outside Rochdale Town Hall.
After the parade everyone can come into the Bright Hall, in the town hall for refreshments and more celebrations.
The event will close at 2pm.
Hackney Council has a Young Black People’s Mental Wealth Fund.
£10k for organisations “building mental wealth for young black people in City and Hackney”.
Unironically it asks what “an anti-racist world would look like”.
One that doesn’t decide funding by skin colour?
Last chance to apply for the Young Black People's Mental Wealth Fund. If you want to be involved in supporting young black people’s mental wealth in the City & Hackney then submit your application before midnight tonight.
Find out more here:
@hackneycvs
Not sure why Georgia Gould looks so chuffed with herself. I went to Camden earlier and it looks awful.
There’s basically a homeless encampment under this bridge - San Francisco style - and rubbish everywhere.
Last night I formally resigned as a Camden councillor.
It has been an absolute privilege to represent Kentish Town for 14 years & lead this great borough for 7 years.
I am grateful to our community who always step up to help in hard times and make Camden such a special place.
The Central for Cultural Value has blocked me.
Not sure why. It's a taxpayer funded organisation (UKRI and Arts Council England), so I have every right to see its activities.
And they've just made me more curious now.
Why is taxpayer money being used on international projects? We are a broke nation. Projects and investments in Brits/Britain please, and make sure they're a wise use of our money, thanks.
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“the humblest Party member is expected to be competent, industrious, and even intelligent within narrow limits, but it is also necessary that he should be a credulous and ignorant fanatic whose prevailing moods are fear, hatred, adulation, and orgiastic triumph”.
Nice of you to *consult people after you imposed the "Streatery":
*consult = pretending to be interested in residents' opinions when you've decided the outcome already.
Don't forget to have your say on our consultation on making the Streatery on Doric Way near Euston permanent giving you more space and options to eat outside. Consultation closes 4 August.
My granny did art when she was in a care home. Amazingly, it didn’t need a taxpayer-funded group to catch a flight to the Netherlands for some dance, woodwork and drama.
Lab Update!
In May the Lab will be travelling to the Netherlands to collaborate with the Leyden Academy on a Vitality and Ageing event at the ‘In Contact’ Festival. The festival is exploring Arts and Health, across two days, using workshops such as dance, woodwork and drama
Camden now - and its former leader of SEVEN years. Not sure what she’s so happy about. Maybe being appointed to a Labour minister? Nice surprise after turning Camden into a crack den.
Always pulling these ridiculous grins - as if there’s something to be happy about. Not the Borough she was in charge of for seven years, that’s for sure!
📢Palestinian Theatre Now
The Royal Court,
@englishpen
and
@shubbakfestival
are honoured to host a panel discussion with two theatremakers visiting from Palestine: Iman Aoun, co-founder of ASHTAR Theatre (Ramallah) and Marina Barham, General Director of Al Harah Theater (Beit
Local Policy Innovation Partnership (LPIP) Hub – Place Fellow
The LPIP Strategic Co-ordination Hub seeks to leverage expert input into the LPIP programme through a Place Fellowship programme.
Find out more and complete the form by 11 September 2024.
Southbank Centre receives £16,828,042 in annual funding from Arts Council England (aka taxpayers).
This means it can afford to put on infinite numbers of shows about race, transgenderism and every other theme that serves to alienate.
Take away subsidies and they don’t sell.
Join historian and filmmaker
@DavidOlusoga
in conversation with
@NesrineMalik
charting the story of Black British history and bringing to light overlooked narratives. Book your tickets today!
A Lambeth Council resident has told me that there's currently an 11 day wait for an appointment to register a death - despite the Government's requirement to register deaths within five days.
Meanwhile:
Woke Waste expenditure is pretty alarming. But it’s also crucial to know where we stand. Woke can be driven out of the UK - only if we defund it. Money is the oxygen of woke. And it’s often ours - taxpayers’.
Post I wrote last week about how we get rid:
If things are that dire over in Hackney, why are you giving £50k to a "Young Black People's Mental Wealth Fund"?
Aside from being divisive, isn't lack of school equipment - for every child - a more pressing issue?
What even is "mental wealth"?
🎒 Are you able to donate brand new school equipment for children starting secondary school this September?
Please help support
#HackneyYouthParliament
’s Pack to School Appeal 2024.
Items can be sent to Forest Road Youth Hub by 2 Aug.
👉 Find out more:
We've been awarded Borough of Sanctuary status 🏅
We're celebrating with a fantastic line up of free community events in our local libraries. Led by local artists, there’s something for everyone 🌎
Find your free event and more information here:
Skin Deep, which "makes space for Black creatives and creatives of colour to work towards justice through cultural production", has been commissioned by Southbank Centre & Roundhouse, among other taxpayer-funded institutions.
Divisive companies should never get taxpayer funding.