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Something striking about the political moment we’re in: Covid is arguably biggest crisis/opportunity to reshape the political settlement and British state since the war. But neither the govt nor opposition
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Another one of the senators who Democrats hoped might withhold their vote over RBG’s seat until Election Day says that he wants process to go ahead. In 2016 Grassley said
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EXC: Senior civil servants at a govt dept have advised staff on what to do if they’re asked to work on policy which might break int law and civil service
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Clearly, the phrasing in this animation will sit uncomfortably for many, given it’s from an official govt account I’ve written before about the creeping politicisation of civil service communications which
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There's a small but significant number of students who have not been helped at all by the govt u-turn.They've neither been upgraded, or downgraded. Because they have no grade and
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What's going in universities?Have spent the day talking to vice-chancellors, admissions officers and the likePicture painted is one of confusion, some chaos and total uncertainty about the immediate futureEspecially on
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Thought experiment: there is to be a general election. Election is cancelled because of pandemic. But Electoral Comm says fear not, we have an algorithm. It takes into account the
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Earlier I i/ved Mithushan He'd be the 1st in his school to go to Oxbridge (@CaiusCollege, medicine). Perfect GCSEs. State school. Predicted 4A*. Result: 1A* 3A. He's now been told
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If you’re waking up to news about mocks, this might help youYou can see what govt is trying to do. Replace the arbitrariness of standardisation. But risk is this could
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Why didn't we lockdown earlier? (Thread)This is a subject about which theories are put forward endlesslyI wanted to explore it in more detail and teamed up with @BBCPM to do
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So much snobbery and smugness round here. Yes some people chose to go to Spain in the pandemic (once worst of first wave was over and were given green light
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BREAKING: We have a new contender for the "you couldn't write this stuff" stakesTransport Sec Grant Shapps is on holiday in Spain. He will, therefore, have to quarantine for 14
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