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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

One of the highlights of Twitter before it sank into a cesspit was reading the posts of #nearlylegal. Sadly like Twitter he is no longer with us.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Halcyon days. New Parks Boys Club played on a Sunday afternoon.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Seems strange with so much happening in the world that the main item on #BBCNews for two days running is a few minor abuses of the immigration system. I wonder why?

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Seems strange with so much happening in the world that the main item on #BBCNews for two days running is a few minor abuses of the immigration system. I wonder why?

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Stiles @lakesstiles.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Especially for @tomemurtha.bsky.social and anyone else who likes Little Langdale.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Thank you. We have not visited this year so I’m missing that must beautiful of places.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Sometimes I just want to SHOUT. I told you so.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Ah! Bob in Liverpool. Thank you.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

In my speech on the need to challenge reform at the Northern Housing Festival I questioned how his right wing views influenced his time at HE.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I think it tunnelled under a six foot high wire fence.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

It was always a joy every year when our Ned awoke from hibernation. Until one year he escaped from our garden into the ground of the Convent girls school. Never to be seen again.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Ah my favourite on a #SundayMorning. A glimpse of Clerkenwell from long ago. Thank you.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

For years we were taught that the American constitution with it separation of powers was a bastion against tyranny. Trump destroyed that myth almost overnight and the world watched and did nothing.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The text of my speech at the #NorthernHousingFestival to mark my 50th year in housing in which I called upon those in social housing to do more to counter the rise in racism by challenging the racist rhetoric of Reform and others and to provide more support and help refugees and asylum seekers.

open.substack.com

It Couldn’t Happen Here.

. My speech to the Northern Housing Festival

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Sadly one of the last remaining people who inspired me to support the Civil Rights movement in America in 1960s and shaped my views on equity, inclusion and freedom has gone. A true giant then and now www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.com

Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, dies aged 84

A fixture in civil rights and Democratic politics since the 1960s, Jackson was once close to Martin Luther King Jr

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I think my point is it’s not just with hindsight. All of the studies showed a maintenance deficit was accumulating and boards chose to ignore it in a dash for growth. Tenants have said it for years but were ignored. Poor planning led to some of the issues we face today.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I made the point because some of us have been questioning the underinvestment over a number of years. As development of mostly unaffordable homes became the priority. Some prominent sector leaders finally admitted they had taken their eye off the ball.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

All of which are of course true but you forgot to mention years of underinvestment which placed tenants at risk caused a public outcry because of the work of Kwajo and others and led to changes in regulation which has forced housing associations to concentrate on existing homes and increase spending

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I didn’t know that. Andrew liked his cars.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Indeed it would. I took over from Bill as CEO of Keynote. Stewart’s father in law was not Bill but the first CEO of CCHA who Bill replaced whose name I’ve now forgotten.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Yes when Midland Heart was created he moved to Orbit for the last few years of his career. He was then chair of the Belgrade Theatre Board for a number of years.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Actually it was 1970s. The CEO of CCHA at the time was Stewart’s father in law.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I worked with him twice. Once at CCHA in 1980s and once when I became CEO of Keynote in 2001. A good guy and one of the most innovative people in the sector.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Retro fit describes me perfectly Tim.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I ran the care and repair in Liverpool when I moved to Riverside.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Andrew Harris and Stewart Ferguson were the brains behind it.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

The only other organisation that copied it was Riverside where I also worked. Not many fully understood it. An ex NatFed guy called Andrew Harris came up with the idea.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

They did and very few people understood the finances but basically a mutual for older people. Originally designed to take advantage of MIRAS.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

@Did you study at @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social during 1970s? If so you might be interested in a Reunion we are organising on 6th June in the Student Union Bar. More details here facebook.com/events/s/the...

goldsmithsuol.bsky.social

Goldsmiths, University of London (@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social)

A close-knit community, a rich academic heritage, a creative powerhouse, a thought-provoking place.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

We are thank you. Though we failed to make our annual pilgrimage to the Lakes this year. Hence no stile.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Yes I missed the competition too for the first time as I rarely visit Twitter. Thanks for this view of my favourite dale.

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Vishva and I were married 52 years ago today. The night before. The morning engagement. The registry office. The Hindu ceremony. Vishva sacrificed so much to marry me. For that I am eternally grateful. Our voyage together continues. Who knows when we will reach the far shore?

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tomemurtha @tomemurtha.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Who remembers the wonderful novel by Sue Townsend when the monarchy is deprived of its titles and sent to live on a council estate? Maybe Andrew is the first step.