#England

Andrew Neil

afneil

Fascinating FT stats comparing excess deaths from start global pandemic. FT regards current deaths, all causes, v average of deaths in previous years (= excess deaths) as decent proxy for

Oliver Johnson

BristOliver

By my reckoning there are 38 local authorities in England and Wales alone that are below 10 cases per 100k per week, so even Independent SAGE think schools there should

Marc Owen Jones

marcowenjones

1/ [Thread]Let's Fact check @defundbbc. The #DefundtheBBC is a dis/misinformation operation (doesn't mean Russian), I mean there are repeated falsehoods that either indicate malice, overwhelming ignorance or selective bias. The

Richard Morkel

Richie_Morkel

A thread... In light of Tawanda Muyeye winning Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year and possibly qualifying for England here is a list of Zimbabwean sportsmen that

Alexis Hall 🦄

quicunquevult

I think the reason English people like Hamilton so much is that we don’t have that kind of story about the founding figures of national mythology. I mean, an equivalent

Dr Francis Young

DrFrancisYoung

Great news for fans of the Latin BCP (Liber Precum Publicarum)! From this Sunday (26 April) I shall be broadcasting a weekly service of sung Latin Matins according to the

Freya C

Spdrcstl

Is it any surprise England is doing so badly at virus containment when Health & Safety has been the butt of a million jokes for years. I've never sat through

Isabella Kwai

BellaKwai

With outdoor dining reopening on Monday in England, I bring you breaking news updates tonight from The Kentish Belle, one of the first pubs patrons can order a drink at

aaomcic

aaomcic

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/10/leap-of-faith-ancient-britons-viewed-hares-chickens-as-gods-easter?CMP=share_btn_tw; This factual English values at Easter time English worship fertility phallic symbols proving there is nothing such as b

Ruth Dixon

ruth_dixon

1/4 A short thread where I try to disentangle the @DHSCgovuk testing numbers. Data is from a csv linked here https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public. Pillar 1 tests are mostly tests done in hospitals.

Eric Matheny🎙

EricMMatheny

If we as a country need to have this cultural reckoning; this come to Jesus moment about our history, then it cannot be revised, edited, or watered down to suit

Lucy HunterBlackburn

LucyHunterB

Hard to over-state what an astonishing step this is. An "export cap" is absolutely new in the internal UK movement of students./https://twitter.com/SeonagM/status/1266661542403149824 Practical effect hard to predict: if the cap

micalanthe

cafemicaela

it’s been years and there are COUNTLESS things to hate that terf for but i’m still so mad at how shoddy and indeed deeply racist her work on the other

Luis Miguel Echegaray

lmechegaray

The term is dated, xenophobic and most importantly ignorant because I’m willing to bet you’ve never been outside of your condo to even know the world around you but I

stonewalluk

stonewalluk

URGENTProgress on trans equality in the UK is under threat. Misinformation continues to spread, so we wanted to share some stats that show what life is like for trans people

Rob Davies

ByRobDavies

If pubs really are going to be the focus of a new Covid crackdown, including a 10pm curfew, the industry is going to feel that's very unfair. Here's why:-[THREAD] Figures