Jeremy Pattison
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HE | Sixth form colleges | formerly IfG
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Hetan Shah
5 days ago
People living in England and Wales are much less likely to be victims of theft than in the 1990s
ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
#BrokenBritain
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M&S have been doing this for a few years now.
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Edtech update - the school has realised that half the kids are using an AI app for their maths homework app and now all must record their workings in ink in an exercise book. School has not yet realised the AI app shows all the workings to be copied down.
5 days ago
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Jill Rutter
7 days ago
If the MPs who signed the pro-WASPI letter to
@patmcfaddenmp.bsky.social
can't think of a better use for taxpayer money, they should not be in Parliament. The Ombudsman recommendation would spend ÂŁÂŁÂŁ and satisfy noone. Should have taken a harder line 2 years ago.
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Lost count of the number of ministers (and a mayor) that have said today that "we need the best team on the pitch" and it is for the local members to select the candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election.
10 days ago
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Lucy Powell, opening the Fabian conference: trying to out-Reform Reform is not going to work
10 days ago
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This is fun.
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Ulrike Franke
13 days ago
We will need to talk about US presence in Europe. And it would be good if we Europeans drove the discussion and didnât wait for the other shoe to drop.
www.reuters.com/world/us-cut...
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US to cut roughly 200 NATO positions, sources say
The move could intensify concerns in Europe about Washington's commitment to the alliance.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-cut-roughly-200-nato-positions-sources-say-2026-01-20/
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Alex Thomas
14 days ago
Hill: talk to a Greenlander or a Dane. Some are thinking of leaving, others are prepared to fight Compares US and NATO to USSR invading Warsaw Pact members
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Robin Wigglesworth
14 days ago
The Norwegian government is staying fairly quiet for now, but as a sign of the shifting vibe here the former head of Norwayâs armed forces has come out and called the US a âneo-fascist banana republicâ and a âhostile great power without normsâ.
www.dn.no/politikk/tid...
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Tidligere forsvarssjef om Trumps USA: â Neo-fascistisk bananrepublikk (+)
Tidligere forsvarssjef Sverre Diesen mener USA er blitt «en normlÞs og fiendtlig innstilt stormakt», og advarer samtidig mot Ä feste vÄr lit til Europa. Harald Sunde mener det haster med en plan B.
https://www.dn.no/politikk/tidligere-forsvarssjef-om-trumps-usa-neo-fascistisk-bananrepublikk/2-1-1930052
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dag
16 days ago
"It is the most shattering experience of a US Presidentâs life when one morning he awakes and quite reasonably says to himself 'I will never defeat the Dane.' âWhen that moment comes, one's ambition ceases."
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Where does 50% of ÂŁ99.99 = ÂŁ34.99? That's Sports Direct maths.
17 days ago
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According to BBC News, a bipartisan congressional delegation is visiting Greenland "to lower the temperature"
18 days ago
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Polly Mackenzie
18 days ago
This week's piece includes my quiet fantasy about Robert Jenrick. Can you guess what it is?
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/what-if-yo...
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What if your enemies arenât evil?
The lazy pattern of political thinking that slows progress
https://howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/what-if-your-enemies-arent-evil
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Is James Landale sporting a Bath Rugby hat in his report from Norway this evening?
18 days ago
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Totally Danish: "both LĂžkke and Motzfeldt have a cigarette after the meeting"
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LIVE: Storpolitisk drama mellem USA, Danmark og GrĂžnland
FĂ„ seneste nyt om kampen om GrĂžnlands fremtid her.
https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/groenland/live-storpolitisk-drama-mellem-usa-danmark-og-groenland
20 days ago
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Norway famous for low-tax
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24 days ago
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Camden
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24 days ago
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More public service and productivity improvement. It seemed remarkable that we were developing online exams but sticking to paper certificates. This will make enrollment of new 6th form students far less complicated.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Government modernises exam records with new app
Every year 11 student in England to be able to see their GCSE exam results on a new app from summer 2026.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-modernises-exam-records-with-new-app
26 days ago
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Helen Barrett
26 days ago
This is interesting because when I went for my first Covid vaccination, Farage arrived and pushed straight to the front of the queue.
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Shaina Sangha
28 days ago
New year, new comment piece, same problems. I've written for
@instituteforgovernment.org.uk
on what the covid inquiry is revealing about (poor) govt info sharing during the pandemic and what needs to be in place for the next crisis. HMT does not come off well...
tinyurl.com/muhtm2r8
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The latest Covid Inquiry evidence exposes the damage caused by poor government information sharing | Institute for Government
Government departments must do more to prepare for the next crisis.
https://tinyurl.com/muhtm2r8
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New passport arrived yesterday. Whole process took only 7 days - half of which was time at Royal Mail. Unrecognisable from the experience of this public service from two renewals ago.
27 days ago
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John Bull
29 days ago
Not even the prompts. If you are a Twitter user in the UK and Twitter sticks a Grok CSAM image in your feed for WHATEVER reason, well congrats your device just downloaded child porn. And you are legally responsible for that.
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Remembering the time I complained to Royal Mail about there always being a car parked in the customer disabled space at the sorting office despite there being no customers inside. The same car. They dealt with it by removing the disabled customer space.
about 1 month ago
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General Boles
about 1 month ago
âand in other news, President Trump has ordered the bombing of Venezuelaâ âCaracas?â ânot according to his doctorsâ
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Thord Are Iversen
about 1 month ago
I think Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr StĂžre gave a good New Years speech this evening. A few excerpts here from the English version, link below:
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Tim Bale
about 1 month ago
Wonder whether this will come up in Theresa May's conversation on violence against women and girls with Queen Camilla on the Today Programme? Not holding my breath.
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Theresa May defends Boycott's knighthood despite his assault conviction
The former PM said she thought her honours list was "appropriate", and revealed she is considering writing her memoirs.
https://news.sky.com/story/theresa-may-defends-boycotts-knighthood-despite-his-assault-conviction-11823976
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Had a passport photo taken this morning. Barely recognise the person in the picture. Now with a Tony Blair stary scary eye. Fortunately the children laughed at it so much I'm not considering it a faithful representation.
about 1 month ago
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There's apparently a celebrity wedding in Bath this afternoon. Bells have stopped so we can better hear the car horns. Traffic is fucked, as is getting a data connection.
about 1 month ago
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Afternoon walk
about 1 month ago
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I'm old enough to have seen England win a Test in Australia
2 months ago
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Father Christmas was left out a bottle of Chimay Bleue this year, and it is wonderful.
about 1 month ago
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Pepperkakehuset earlier
about 1 month ago
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This might explain some of the incredible discounts at e.g. Sainsbury's this Xmas
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Scottish whisky market slides into supply glut amid falling sales and US tariffs
Global sales fall by 3% in third consecutive year of decline as distilleries scale back production or expand storage
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/dec/23/scottish-whisky-market-scale-back-production-falling-sales-us-tariffs
about 1 month ago
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Steffen Hope
about 2 months ago
Another beer post for the evening: In 1241, Pope Gregory IX informed Archbishop Sigurd Eindridesson (r.1231-52) that children who are baptised in beer can not be considered to have been properly baptised.
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Surprised they can afford to turn custom away.
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âYouâre barred!â: Labourâs battle with pubs promises a new year headache
A protest barring MPs from pubs is exposing deeper tensions between politicians and the communities they represent
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2025/dec/21/pubs-bar-politicians-business-rates-backlash-rural-communities
about 1 month ago
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There's a lot to unpack here. It is revealing that he sees the Center as a building rather than an institution.
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about 2 months ago
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Hetan Shah
about 2 months ago
This is as good as everyone says. And putting the particular party to one side, I hope it might show there is appetite to read about local government more generally and that newspapers should invest in this. Iâd read a weekly column portraying a different council each weekâŠ
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Public service announcement:
about 2 months ago
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I'm sure this isn't a deliberate misrepresentation to suggest that a university doesn't set its own fees
about 2 months ago
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Durotriges Dig
about 2 months ago
Beneath the
#Wiltshire
Medieval hilltop town of Malmesbury lies a 9ha Iron Age hillfort Here looking east: Now (© Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard) and then (© Athelstan Museum) A wee thread for
#HillfortsWednesday
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Gingerbread house panel
about 2 months ago
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Katie Martin
about 2 months ago
As an aside, kids can't take any watches into exam halls in case they're sneaky smart watches. God knows how schools are going to deal with "Smart"/Pervert Glasses
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That's B-Aus-ball!
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about 2 months ago
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Anyone hear from Lord's this week about the ticket ballot?
about 2 months ago
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Courts minister on Channel 4 News saying we should volunteer to he magistrates. There are precisely zero magistrate vacancies south of Coventry.
2 months ago
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Carsten Jung
2 months ago
No, welfare spending is not 'out of control'. (There is an underlying rise in health-related benfits, but this needs sensible reform - not knee jerk cuts.)
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Stuart Hoddinott
2 months ago
Key chart for public services Govt is back to pencilling in undeliverable plans to hit its fiscal rules After taking out likely funding for protected areas, other departments will have to absorb 3.3% annual real terms cuts. That includes prisons, courts, and local govt, among others
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Shaina Sangha
2 months ago
Budget news of international student levy at ÂŁ925 flat rate, not as % of tuition fees. This is likely better re. reducing no. coming to UK on student visas to work. Flat rate hits so-called "visa farm" HE providers offering cheaper courses, w. less impact on elite, high-fee institutions. đ§”
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