#ENGLAND

Prof. Christina Pagel

chrischirp

THREAD: quick overview of where we are COVID wise in the UK from today's @IndependentSage briefing (you can watch me give it here too if you want https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyjSG8Js-KI) 1/9 While

Dr Jenner’s House

DrJennersHouse

What did we do before vaccines? A thread Smallpox was one of history's most feared diseases, a killer and a mutilator. Its most severe form had a mortality rate of

Aaron Sojourner

aaronsojourner

The president inherited strong job-growth trends, coasted off it, and tried to take credit for it.His talking points do not match reality.#NoFool Same story with the unemployment rate. This chicken

Nick Turner

NewsyNick

I’m concerned by this anti-urbanism streak, so it’s worth remembering:1. New York City is better than any suburb.2. San Francisco is better than any suburb.3. Chicago is better than any

Louis Allday

Louis_Allday

Cuba's achievements continue to stagger me. This British Medical Journal article on its health system for children is so inspiring & shows clearly how the Cuban system in its entirety

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russiastits

hetalia characters and what monsters they’d drink | a thread ★ most of them wouldn’t even drink it probably sike maybe the white zero calorie one for england—-

Fuad Alakbarov ⁠⁠

DrAlakbarov

This isn't the Third Reich. This is Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists, in the 1930s.To his circle of fervent recruits, he was “Jack King” – the

Socialism with Welsh characteristics.

WelshSocialism

Can I just say that Wales is poor in relative terms because of capitalism, not inherently because of the union. The issue lies in how wedded the UK is to

Prof. Christina Pagel

chrischirp

THREAD on new Variant of Concern (VOC), B.1.617.2: PHE released its report on B.1.617.2. It has loads of info - some quite disturbing. I'll try to go through the key

Richard Murphy

RichardJMurphy

There is one very clear message from this week’s elections. It is that politically the UK is in a very confused state. This needs some discussion. A thread follows..... Scotland

George Peretz QC

GeorgePeretzQC

I don’t think that it’s a question of the “left” having forgotten basic principles. But there is an important point buried in @giles_fraser’s piece about the way in which those

John Ferry

JohnFerry18

While I respect people changing position on this issue, in either direction, I do think McGregor is failing to see the bigger picture and makes one crucial fundamental analytical error

GeorgeJulian

GeorgeJulian

Thread 1/12Somehow managed to finish reading the review into the Leder review into Oliver McGowan's death last night. It's here if anyone would like to https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Independent-Review-into-Th

Nigel Marriott

MarriottNigel

When is a #COVID19 trend real or not?If real, do we need to reimpose restrictions in area X?Answering this is not easy especially when a wrong answer leads to false

Ed Conway

EdConwaySky

Today on #CampaignCheck we're looking at the NHS (almost certainly not for the last time) and specifically this claim from Boris Johnson: "we're investing massively in the NHS, the biggest

Ralph Lucas

LordLucasCD

I asked: To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have for the police in England and Wales to follow the reported approach of Police Scotland of recording