Roger Harding

Shane Williams: "I wouldn't have made it in this era." YouTube video by Beyond The Breakdown

The podcast is available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgVg... / podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b... / open.spotify.com/show/2d96pJL...

Huge congrats to everyone who has made this happen, especially my Co-Director @sofiejenkinson.bsky.social. It is our passion at Round Our Way to show that you can talk about important issues without being dry and wonky, and spotlight working class communities without being condescending or dreary.

A review in the Telegraph of the Beyond the Breakdown podcast calling it charming and noting how it dives into the Welsh rugby scene, interviewing the players that shape it and visiting local clubs.

Great to see such a brilliant response to the new Richard Parks / @roundourwayuk.bsky.social podcast Beyond the Breakdown.

Mr Blobby patriotism Over recent weeks I have found myself thinking about the country we live in, what it feels like and what I like, and love, about it. I guess I found myself thinking about this because of the summer w...

"We turn toward other people when they need it and take the piss out of them when they don’t."

The unofficial British motto of us at our best. Fab piece by @sofiejenkinson.bsky.social:

renewal.org.uk/blog/mr-blob...

Excellent research from @steveakehurst.bsky.social / @persuasionuk.bsky.social. Well worth reading if you want to understand the dynamics underpinning this week's local elections.

I used to worry politicians were setting up the public for disappointment with their overly-optimistic "green jobs" promises. Now I realise, the public just isn't really buying it anyway. www.ft.com/content/2d00...

*toots the updates horn* seems like as good a time as any to say that I am now Co-Director of @RoundOurWayUK.bsky.social with @RogerH.bsky.social. So, if anyone wants to know more about who we are, what we do or just wants to catch up, drop me a line on sofie@roundourway.org.

Looking forward to speaking at the Welsh Government's #WalesClimateWeek conference tomorrow morning.

We'll chat about how we need to get more working class voices into the climate debate and @roundourway.bsky.social's work supporting people impacted by increasing extreme weather in the UK.

Exclusive: Helen MacNamara named chair of progressive think tank The former top civil servant will join the Future Governance Forum, which has close links to No 10.

Excellent to have Helen
MacNamara joining the @futuregovforum.bsky.social team as Chair. The programme and track record of work Nathan and colleagues are building is really exciting.

www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

In case useful to others, here is a starter pack of some UK journalists who tend to cover politics (who I've spotted on here): go.bsky.app/FyYJsot

(With apologies to those missed/mischaracterised, and that I can't stop the list creator being on there)

Calling all folk with an interest in UK public policy: I’ve created a starter pack of think tankers, policy analysts & commentators active on @bsky.app go.bsky.app/LtNiL1o

It's heartbreaking to see the damage floods are wreaking on homes, livelihoods and now people's health.

People should not have to put up with disgusting filth flowing into their streets and parks. Good to see people Round Our Way has worked with on ITV News at 10.

www.itv.com/news/2024-01...

Good to see so many papers picking-up
@roundourway.bsky.social's work helping flood-hit communities show how dangerous and filthy recent floods have made their neighbourhood.

It's already bad, and many are worried about what more extreme weather climate change could bring.

Pothole reports hit a five-year high in 2023 Climate change will worsen potholes but scientists hope new technology will help make them a thing of the past.

"Potholes are the bane of many of our lives ..." says Roger Harding, director of Round Our Way.

"The weather extremes that climate change brings are sadly creating many more of them at a time when cuts mean repairs are already not keeping up."

www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...

How climate change has pushed up the cost of Christmas dinner Analysis finds that climate change has been the biggest driver of Christmas dinner inflation in 2023

Out today: new ECIU / @roundourway.bsky.social analysis showing how climate's impact on farming feeds the spiralling food prices we're all paying in the shops.

inews.co.uk/news/environ...

Of course working-class people care about the climate crisis: they emit the least, but will suffer m... The implications of policy are felt very differently depending on how well-off you are. Politicians need to recognise this, says Roger Harding, founding director of Round our Way

It may not be the number one issue, but we shouldn't be surprised that climate change concerns many working class people. It's why the Government rowing back on action isn't shifting the polls.

Great to talk about Round Our Way’s work in today's Guardian.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...