Joe Sarling

Dogs always brighten days!

Good job this age predictor wasn't around last year...

Take *that* algorithm

Just switched over. 530-odd chase, first three batters gone for <30, now 266-4. This could be wild slogging!

Scotland v Brazil!
France v Norway!
France v Senegal!
England vs Croatia!

Train travel during short winter days

Clarity is kindness! As many others have already said, this is well worth a read. More case-making threads please from politicians of all parties. Let's debate substance.

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Love this!

It's a remarkable study - really interesting detail and charts.

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"These estimates suggest that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"

Link: www.nber.org/papers/w34459

Fun in the sun ☀️🐕🥶

Christmas decorations are starting to go up!

The Economic Impact of Brexit Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

"[Uncertainty, lower investment, and diverting management time] have potentially been more important than the effects of reduced trade with the EU, at least initially, although the ways in which Brexit affects productivity will change over time and the trade effects may well become more important."

The Economic Impact of Brexit Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

"Comparing these with contemporary forecasts – providing a rare macro example to complement the burgeoning micro- literature of social science predictions – shows that these forecasts were accurate over a 5-year horizon, but they underestimated the impact over a decade."

The Economic Impact of Brexit Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

"These large negative impacts reflect a combination of elevated uncertainty, reduced demand, diverted management time, and increased misallocation of resources from a protracted Brexit process."

"These estimates suggest that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"

Link: www.nber.org/papers/w34459

A freezing, sunny walk on an old railway line ☀️🥶

Having major French A-Level flashbacks right now

Epic! Love this 🎉🥂❤️

Sun and snow 😍

And get involved in this. @hayleylever.bsky.social is *outstanding*.

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And that does it. Final day at @gmmoving.co.uk. It's been a privilege. And an absolute blast. Now for a week off before a new adventure!

I ask as a fellow working breed dog.

Are *you* the labrador?

Commute into town ❄️🏔😍

Inactivity costing £20bn a year, says Sport England Funding agency Sport England says inactivity is costing £20bn a year as it calls for more investment in sport.

Policy & investment needs to focus creating the conditions for people to move more (whatever the activity; it really can be *anything*!) in their lives to realise this wide-ranging benefit.

This demands recognising spatial variation, encouraging plurality, and measuring system maturity.

Very excited to be receiving @birdyword.bsky.social's The Land Trap tomorrow. As a fellow land economics and policy geek it should be a proper read. I'm sure it'll build on the brilliant work of Andro Linklater's 'Owning the Earth' - my favourite history book on land to date.

"...we show that exposed municipalities [to the Tour de France] experience declines in far-right support of 0.03–0.04 standard deviations. The effect exceeds 0.1 [SDs] in recent elections and is strongest in poorer areas and in towns with high prior far-right support"

Link: osf.io/preprints/so...

This is a fascinating thread with clear walk-through.

Tl;dr - cost of living, the economy, and health are the three most important issues for people.