Assuming every ethnic minority is an 'illegal migrant' about to commit a crime is clearly immoral (ie racist and xenophobic). It is also obviously innumerate, but being bad at maths is just one consequence of the rot and irrationality that corrodes brains motivated by prejudice and bigotry
04.08.2025 10:55 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
'Because they believed racist lies' may *describe* people's discriminatory (incl violent) actions
But it cannot *justifify* those actions
And ultimately, as rational moral beings, we must always justify & query ppl's *beliefs*, esp where they question some ppl's humanity or have flimsy evidence
04.08.2025 09:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Perfectly skewering the already flimsy claim that maths education has been dumbed down, that the older journalists and readers of the Times are obviously more numerate and literate than the youth of today
04.08.2025 08:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A stat from an FT article on Haiti earlier this week
73 per cent of guns recovered in crimes in the Caribbean between 2018-22 were from the US, mainly Florida, Georgia and Texas
02.08.2025 13:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Between the Times cover page of migration stats and Trump's tantrum over labour market stats, it's tempting to blame poor teaching of maths or widespread innumeracy
The more plausible driver is unethical or morally bankrupt priors, which make their brains incapable of thinking rationally
01.08.2025 18:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I have just responded but I take your point. My meaning was that even if parental love or preference for our own children is the main reason why we benefit them, some are able to do so more, and even if that is not driven by a sense of comparative advantage, that is the consequence
01.08.2025 18:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I was being a bit silly and I agree with you. I would say that there's all sorts of direct and indirect ways that middle classes benefit their children. Whether that is framed as a 'leg up' or as reasonable parental love it does give them a relative advantage over those who dont have those benefits
01.08.2025 18:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Are you suggesting that middle class candidates already have a clear pathway to being recruited in the civil service, that gives them a leg up/?
01.08.2025 10:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
Support this, both for 'why do we have a civil service internship scheme if NOT to broaden the talent pipeline for it' reasons and for 'this is going to produce some truly amazing takes' reasons.
31.07.2025 23:48 β π 344 π 49 π¬ 37 π 1
Look, Ben, but you Boris and Emma are just going to have to forego the British state pension, and pay to access the NHS no benefits are intended for you
And don't even think about voting
01.08.2025 10:05 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
There's lots of interesting data, including that the overall HE participation rate has also fallen, meaning that the gap btw FSM & non-FSM pupils has narrowed
Lowering participation for all grps isnt usually seen as a positive way to address inequalities, tho some will welcome fewer ppl going to HE
31.07.2025 10:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Widening participation in higher education, Academic year 2023/24
Annual statistics on young people's participation in higher education, including their background characteristics.
Statistics on widening participation in higher education released today by Department for Education
After years of progress, the participation rate for free school meal pupils has (v slightly) fallen for the second year in a row, to 28.9%
explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statist...
31.07.2025 10:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
A great question. And some great replies.
31.07.2025 10:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Strengthening our support to the sector: reflections from evaluation of TASO - TASO
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In our latest blog post, CEO Dr. Omar Khan (@omaromalleykhan.bsky.social) reflects on the findings from the 2019-2023 evaluation of TASO by Technopolis.
The OfS report published today provides us with key insights into the sector's needs from TASO.
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31.07.2025 09:49 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
This @today.yougov.com poll is why I'm going to become the Joker.
The US murder rate in 2024 was likely down nearly 30 percent relative to 2020 and down nearly 50 percent relative to 1990.
30.07.2025 17:35 β π 2444 π 731 π¬ 57 π 144
25. Gallup, 1939: "Do you think Americans were happier and more contented at that time (during the horse and buggy days) than they are now?"
29.07.2025 19:07 β π 17 π 6 π¬ 3 π 5
In a week I saw and heard three great American artists: Herbie Hancock, Kendrick Lamar and SZA. Unforgettable performances that inspired the audiences - here in the UK and globally
30.07.2025 08:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
More preference for 'legacies' so universities can pay Trump extortion through the 'donations' of the millionaire and billionaire parents of those undeserved applicants all in the name of merit and nondiscrimination and antielitism
29.07.2025 01:27 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Recalling the privately educated white British ppl explaining why they understood white Americans living in Allegany county where I grew up because something
Neither the white nationalist in my country of birth (US) nor the country I have lived in 29 yrs (UK) thinks I know abt or belong in either
28.07.2025 20:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
White nationalists always think they know, belong more than any ethnic minorities (no matter how long they've lived) in other countries they identify as white nationalist because well, yes, they are accurately described as and are strongly motivated as white nationalists
28.07.2025 20:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Really support this. Weβve been banging on about the importance of this community social infrastructure for a while including this recent report with @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk on how it can be measured www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/value-o...
28.07.2025 13:26 β π 41 π 12 π¬ 1 π 1
The question is awkwardly phrased and confusing but... still not good docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
28.07.2025 01:30 β π 273 π 52 π¬ 26 π 1
People keep coming up with strange justifications for this: he is just a run of the mill eugenicist who thinks the βunfitβ (which includes all these classes) should be out of sight and out of mind in institutions. There is no interest in bettering their lives or caring for themβjust the opposite.
25.07.2025 01:08 β π 83 π 25 π¬ 2 π 2
I've lived in London since 1996. In that time I have never taken seriously people who make innumerate doomy claims about life here
25.07.2025 07:45 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
It is quite a weird thought process of editors to think that anecdotal online impressions from overseas have become the best source on life in Britain!
24.07.2025 07:32 β π 205 π 12 π¬ 12 π 1
Or maybe we need new mortgage products to cover rebuild ?
22.07.2025 10:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Could govt offer to pay, say x% of the rebuild costs or pay x minus some amount to compulsory buy?
22.07.2025 10:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
I am not sure how Tokyo does it, but they apparently replace all housing every few decades, unless that's a myth
22.07.2025 10:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
I dont see an answer. If govt said, we are starting a compulsory purchase scheme for the poorest quality, that would have an effect on prices which would be about as electorally popular as the poll tax
Conversely some future owner is going to have to pay the *full* cost of replacing the structure
22.07.2025 10:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
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