Bazball swansong?

Det kommer hjem!

It was 2 ready meals and a tub of olives.

Latest from me and @hannahkeenan.bsky.social for @instituteforgovernment.org.uk Burnham might be mulling breaking up the Treasury. He’s right to want to reform the centre, but no.10 and cabinet office should be his focus. HMT reorg would be a distraction and would not fix underlying problems

Beer snakes are back!

The Australians looking very smart here in their canary yellow

Shamefully no mention of his namecheck in Carter's seminal Sheriff Fatman.

YouGov very much on the pulse of modern Britain

The same employers who witter on about young people lacking the basic social skills, see nothing wrong with not bothering to tell job applicants that they have not been successful. www.ft.com/content/2af1...

Not once, but twice

www.maptap.gg May 28 3🤮 3🤮 0🤮 0😭 0🤮 Final score: -782

No, not yet.

This is a complete joke. What is the point of a T-level if you can complete the entire 'work placement' at home or in college without ever setting foot in a workplace? Makes a mockery of the entire programme in a shameless attempt to prop up numbers.

Echoes of Tom King here

Spain's wins were in 1968 and 1969...

DofE groups out on the downs, arguing amongst themselves.

www.maptap.gg May 13 98🎯 99🎯 100🎯 99🎯 100🎯 Final score: 994 The end of geography.

Naano-technology

Happy A-level eve to all those affected

If the first rule in politics is learn to count, the second is read the rules.

I am reminded of Elmer the elephant by the Birmingham political map of 2026 though the quite positive patchwork of harmony message of that storybook may be challenging to emulate in city local politics

A voté

Today's afternoon stroll

Not an island.

First outdoor nets of the year.

Olly Robbins is in front of the foreign affairs committee in an hour's time to give his side of the Mandelson vetting story. He is expected to say he followed the rules but here are the 5 things I'm looking for: 🧵

It's going to be even worse the next time they appoint Peter Mandelson

Doing a webinar with my very great @instituteforgovernment.org.uk colleagues tomorrow (Tues) lunchtime to try and unpack some of this post Starmer and Robbins statements - do sign up!

With the Peter Mandelson appointment as UK ambassador to the US back in the headlines, it's worth understanding how the UK government's national security vetting system actually works. Our explainer sets out the process: www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/go...

The Artemis crew prepared for the communications blackout by trying to get a 5G data connection at Waterloo in the evening rush hour.

This morning's tank of diesel cost me more than my first car.

Who hasn't done something like this? I remember ordering a whole trailer of frozen doughnuts rather than the pallet I needed Took months to get through them

Hyperbowl @channel4news.bsky.social

Another charity - @taso.org.uk publishes results on something that didn't work - whether learning analytics could help find students with low wellbeing, and whether they could be nudged by an email. Fantastic that they are publishing the null result www.impactsimplified.co.uk/blog/two-yea...

14 mins late is the worst of all Delay Repay outcomes

It is completely mad that the government is expelling high flying Sudanese students from British universities - from a scheme that is explicitly aimed at the future leaders of countries.

One factor in the rapid rise of petrol prices is the govt's Fuel Finder data. Real time price data is useful to retailers as well as consumers. It used to take a day to get competitor prices and another to change at forecourts. The new system has halved this lag.

Isn't that Brian May?

@samfr.bsky.social Congrats on your FAcSS

A reminder that 'Building Schools for the Future' was cancelled long before it reached Surrey. Now hoping CIF bids for gaffer tape are accepted.

If you've never heard Gibraltarians talk, start here. Features Priti Patel and Suella Braverman.

Of course, in the alternative universe where @andyburnham.bsky.social easily won the #GortonAndDenton #Byelection for @labouruk.bsky.social, we'd still be having the #Starmer discussion this morning.

We're developing recommendations for central government to support better coordination in the SEND system. Have a read of the comment if you'd like a taste of some of the issues we'll be thinking about, and if you have any thoughts please get in touch!

There was a lot more than SEND to yesterday's Schools White Paper. I'm very interested in a new approach to measuring disadvantage and the long-awaited focus on MAT quality.