#Policies

Robbie Gibb

RobbieGibb

When we do emerge from this crisis how can Britain begin to rebuild its damaged economy and who will foot the bill? Austerity will not be the price of this

Fiona Conlon

FionaConlon4

Someone just shared this w me. It seems to be going viral globally because we are all desperate for hopeful predictions but it's based on completely unsound epidemiology and is

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

Quick thread. Warning: not super exciting.1. In the course of our reporting on Trafalgar Group—part of the due diligence we often do while entering polls—we've learned that some of their

Clem Fandango

ScotiaIndyref2

In 1988 a Scottish constitutional committee issued A Claim of Right for Scotland. The title of the document explicitly referred to earlier claims issued in 1689 (opposition to the arbitrary

50ShadesOfJay

htownchoirboy

Ok, for people such as this one who don't like the Green party because they want to increase social support, here are a few friendly thoughts: 1/n#nzpol#GreenParty#equality https://twitter.com/HandsMegan/status/1283509993312972801 First

Kevin L. Matthews II, M.S.

BuildingBread

I don’t really think y'all are ready to have the racial wealth gap conversation. Primarily because we still have so many people that feel that if it’s not raining in

Trinh

Trinhnomics

Good morning! It's Friday today & just want to say have a great weekend as it's looking like it'll be glorious in HK. Below is @Trinhnomics latest for the @CarnegieEndow

The Bern Identity

bern_identity

Thread/1/ Berners, I know a lot of you look to me for comfort with pep talks but tbh today I don't have it. But what I do have is acknowledgement

Alice Pannier

AlicePannier

My latest piece for @WarOnTheRocks on the strategic choices facing #UK defence policy https://warontherocks.com/2020/08/strategic-suspense-british-foreign-and-defense-policy-at-a-crossroads/2020 is a momentus year... 1/8 1) last stretch of

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

Very interesting new preprint by Eran Bendavid and colleagues reports seroprevalence estimates from Santa Clara county. Great to have seroprevalence work start to emerge, but I'd be skeptical of the

Ed Yong

edyong209

It has been too long since I’ve done this, but here are some great pandemic-related pieces from the last month or so, from people whose work I respect. If you’ve

whizzing fizbees

whizzing_fizbee

There are so many people out there criticizing the @WTUTeacher staff as lazy and unwilling to work. That’s simply not true. Let’s clarify what we mean when we say #OnlyWhenItsSafe

Matthew Klein

MattKleinOnline

A little later than usual, but as always here’s today’s #DistrictOfTheDay. West Virginia’s 3rd district is about as conservative as they come – at least socially. But it’s hard to

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sta4evr

As the migrant children crisis continues, a new investigation is shedding light on the horrific conditions that children in the encampments are subjected to, including teenage girls on their period being forced

Jay Bookman

jaysbookman

Bob Corker, canceled. Jeff Flake, canceled. John Kasich, canceled. Paul Ryan, canceled. John Boehner, canceled. Mitt Romney, canceled. George W. Bush, canceled. Jeff Sessions, canceled. Others -- Cruz, Rubio, etc.

Outlander Material Culture

MaterialClan

There are so many parallels b/w Outlander & the protests happening rn, w/ key differences re: who got to become white. A thread.The British justify torturing & disfiguring Jamie because