This is very good and such a detailed understanding of what is a somewhat odd seat it is easy to make silly generalisations about.

Version 9. New Canadian case (seen one link saying moved to hospital 14th, so presumably onset date), confirmed 14th. Fixed "2">>"3" April for Case 1. We're past the 42nd day - 6-week - of incubation since Case 1 onset. Can be as long as 8-weeks in a small percentage. Still all boat-related

BBC News - Met to send 4,000 officers to police rival London protests - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Absolutely bonkers that we've become so obsessed with 'free speech' that the police can't even ask for a ban these marches. "Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war."

Looking at early results in Halton through, left-right bloc lens and you see the right bloc is up significantly (this isn’t just Tory Ref switching). Can’t know how much is differential turnout it and how much is cross bloc switching, but likely some of both.

Check out all of the election results by ward with our ward and council-level maps over at: electionmaps.uk/le2026

The first women-specific football stadium in Europe will be built by the start of the 2030-31 WSL season at cost of £80 million in Bennett's Field, adjacent to the Amex What a day for Brighton & Hove Albion. What a day for the city #BHAFC Read: www.wearebrighton.com/newsopinion/...

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo... Thoughtful article in the Echo by @liamthorp.bsky.social . Grim reading though.

Senedd Voting Intention [MRP]: PLC: 25% | 30 Seats RFM: 25% | 28 Seats LAB: 21% | 24 Seats CON: 11% | 7 Seats GRN: 10% | 4 Seats LDM: 7% | 3 Seats Via @moreincommonuk.bsky.social, 30 Jan - 10 Apr.

Holyrood Voting Intention [MRP]: Constituency | List | Seats SNP: 33% | 29% | 56 Seats RFM: 21% | 19% | 22 Seats LAB: 18% | 16% | 17 Seats LDM: 12% | 12% | 14 Seats CON: 12% | 12% | 12 Seats GRN: 1% | 10% | 8 Seats Via @moreincommonuk.bsky.social, 4 Feb - 10 Apr.

Artemis ll captures the clearest view of moon ever. Beauty of moon. Just look at those craters and detail. Thankyou NASA 👏💙😎💫 Science and exploration still prevail

Incredible substance here from @chrischirp.bsky.social. The 2nd wave of COVID-19 in the UK was a) devastating and b) avoidable. Take time to play the clip of Prof Kevin Fong who breaks down when describing the scale of death and its impact on ICU staff. christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-uk-cov...

2026 Local Election Previews Page is now live! Let me know what other information you'd like to be added. electionmaps.uk/le2026

🚨BOOM!! 💥 YOU DID IT!!! The Petition for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party has hit 100,000 signatures! NOW LETS HAVE A DATE FOR A DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT Cc @HoCpetitions petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without an intervening period of civilisation."

Why did Japan’s birth rate drop by a fifth in 1966? The answer will startle you ourworldindata.org/data-insight...

Over a million people across the UK will be working at least part of Christmas. Thank you to everyone working to keep us healthy, safe, protected, cared for, warm, powered, watered, moving, watched over, informed, communicating, fed, and accommodated. Apologies if I've left out anyone's occupation.

Lots of flu about, but what makes a ‘winter virus’ a winter virus? My piece on seasonality, evolution and behaviour: kucharski.substack.com/p/is-covid-n...

You can read more about how the right is exploiting the uncertainty inherent in science for its own ends here: kityates.substack.com/p/why-populi...

Definitely worth paying for a flu jab this year, about £15 at pharmacies! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Covid in England is definitely on the way down, but Flu is on the way up - and over a month early. My latest substack open.substack.com/pub/christin...

Our infographic shows the number of hospitalisations and positive tests compared to last week for each virus. If you want even more detail, read the full report below. 🔎 🔗 www.gov.uk/government/s...

Excellent initiative. fanbanter.co.uk/brighton-pra...

@evanhd.bsky.social Loved the PM item about which alarm sound to wake up to. My personal goto alarm has, for a very long time, been the World Service intro "This is London" followed by "Lillibulleto"!

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🚨 NEW: Britain’s most powerful people are still 5x more likely to have been privately educated than the general population. Our brand-new research reveals that jobs in the media, business, charity, creative and public sectors remain dominated by those from private schools ⤵️🧵

Dear white van driver, we know you like to flytip. So much so, you did it 4 times in your favourite spot in Kensington. Thanks to your bad habits, our enforcement officers have your van. See you in court. Yours, Liverpool City Council #KeepLiverpoolTidy liverpool.gov.uk/.../rubbish-...

BBC News - Sir John Curtice: How Reform's capture of the Brexit vote could be enough to win an election - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

RFK Jr facing the Senate Finance Committee is the best show to come out of the USA in a long time. But don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Ok, the Metro wins the competition for best chickenpox vaccine headline!

Just finished reading "Foreign Bodies" by Simon Schama, a fantastic history of Man versus Microbe and the men and women in the vanguard of that battle. Thoroughly recommended!

🚘 NEW RESEARCH | What do people in Britain really want from transport? From safer streets to better buses, the public’s priorities are clear and they’re ready for change. Read our new research with @moreincommonuk.bsky.social ippr.org/articles/everyday-concerns-what-people-want-from-transport

Energy in Britain has gotten scarce—and thus expensive. Prices are high in absolute terms, and further above the European average than any point in at least 40 years (barring the 22/23 shock). What's behind this, and is it crimping growth? I took a look for @economist.com. (🧵)

It's the Guns. www.forkingpaths.co/p/its-the-gu...

Just finished reading "How to Expected the Unexpected" by @kityates.bsky.social Thoroughly recommended!

Interesting resource! www.gov.uk/government/s...

Travelled about 5 miles on the M6 south in the last 5 hours and still just crawling along. Awful.

Just finished reading Simon Sebag Montefiore's "The World A Family History". What a fantastic book! A majestic sweep through the nooks and crannies of human history seen through the links of families and dynasties. Thoroughly recommended.

Or levelling up by levelling down www.brexitcost.org/brexitcost.pdf

BBC News - Sir John Curtice: The map that reveals the extent of Reform's triumph - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You had ONE job, bluebell! Ah, we can't be mad when they look this good. Did you know that in the wild, white English bluebells occur once in around every 10,000 flowers?

Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47

Delighted that we'll be hosting a State Visit by Macron before one by Trump. You welcome your friends and allies first.

And the us administration now chasing journals. What is happening in the States. Students, universities, research all targeted