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Contrary to what the media say happened, the government wasn't 'told' to do anything specific by Sage, and it didn't 'ignore' them either.Sage presented a range of options, with the

*peeps head around Twitter-door*Oh, the notifications have gone quiet after the swarm of Peter Hitchens fanboys moved on. Excellent. Wonder what statistical abuses Twitter will have moved on to now...Journalists:

It has been confirmed that the EU has threatened to use a technicality to ban food movement from GB to NI, to try to force the UK to capitulate to

Italy & Spain - their healthcare systems were overwhelmed, they're not reporting deaths in the community and not reporting excess death figures yetFrance - Excess death figures 'extremely preliminary' due

Why is it important that the truth always wins? And that we rigorously fact-check accusations before jumping to conclusions?When I was at university my house-mate was accused of a crime

Even the big twitter-Remainer accounts now accept Cummings didn't break the law. They've moved on to faux-moralising about 'the spirit' or 'how it looks'The damage has been done already though.

On 23rd March, at the government briefing, the Deputy Chief Medical officer made it explicitly clear that seeking childcare while you are ill is an exceptional circumstance and is within

A quick thread looking at Germany's figures.A lot has been made of their ability to test, track and trace at the start of the outbreak - could that be why

This is how it'll play out if we make the vaccine*Hancock calls briefing, says we've created world-saving vaccine*BBC: Will you apologise for not creating it sooner?ITV: Isn't it true that

Just cut my finger preparing dinnerNot worked out how yet but I'm pretty sure it's the government's fault. Maybe @BethRigby can ask them to apologise for me #ToryCuts

Bet you anything if the UK develops a vaccine and saves the world our media will still call us pricks every day This is how it'll play out if we

I've been trying to think of an eye-catching statistic that completely fails to factor in context or variables, to demonstrate how important it is to consider the bigger picture when