I initially thought he was the witch

Q: why are you sharing a platform with him?
He’s not fit the wipe the floor ahead of where you walk.

I’m assuming a certain company hasn’t paid enough to a certain individual.
Q: is my assumption completely baseless?

This is going in tomorrow’s lecture to new students at UCL. Thanks @resfoundation.bsky.social

You mean Ivanhoe…
as in “Ivanhoe about that”

Excellent thread
I just wished more MSM did good research such as this to de-bunk the myths.

Split was roughly 55% for; 30% against
All RW media for with only Guardian of MSM against
Con 100% for; LibDem 100% against
Lab backbench split with those against led by Jeremy Corbyn
I was against - Wilson’s theory not to be 1st Lab PM to take this country to war - RW press would never forget

Hold on to that feelin’?
Or
Livin’ in a lonely world?

I guess… a racist?

As an illustration, I just debated a young "thinktank researcher" who said the fall in white British % was concerning, not for racist reasons, because we wanted to think that people we passed in the street had a "familial connection" to the country.

Seriously, who the fuck thinks like this???

I thought the sending off was harsh, esp in a pre-season friendly

Well, they’re correct “we’re not the same”
If comparing 2mins + 58mins to 2hrs, I wonder what they are doing for the other 60mins

I guess maths & / or knowledge are not their strong suit
So, we are not the same

Disagree with PP at #8, esp given those at 9, 10, 11, and 12
Rest is all a matter of opinion on order
I think I’d have replaced PP with Jim Davidson

20mph limits in London linked to sharp fall in road injuries and deaths, new report finds A new study published by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that the introduction of 20mph speed limits and zones on local authority-managed roads in London between 1989 and 2013 led to significant…

Study on London 20 mph limits shows:
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%

etsc.eu/20mph-limits...

Not wearing helmets
Was that because no cars could inflict damage on them?

I did a business BTec 85 to 87
Our finance teacher said all of you now do work that in some way use computers. In the future that interaction will only grow and in 10, 15, 20 yrs you’ll be left wondering how we ever managed to do what we did
And your skills will need to evolve as they do

I remember 20yrs ago on a Sat night my brother asked me to look around and say what I saw
What I saw was people of my age
I remember the 80s 90s it was full of young people - where were they?
And that’s my point: nothing was done to give the young opportunities.
To me: result of an experiment

Glad your kids stayed
I left for south in 00, post Plant; Derby; York; Scunthorpe, with post York a struggle to find decent career for a degree equivalent qualified person
middle brother stayed & even though better qualified has struggled (career earnings 50% mine)
Youngest never came back post uni

Vs 1980 and 1990 would be good
With the other aspect needed median wages
The above industries in 1980 paid close to national median, would be surprised if the lead industries today do

The 1990s were horrific for decent employment, esp post grads with decent degrees. Always felt like never recovered

It could be my experience of living through it and believing no one could be this stupid to do this
Rightly or wrongly I assume Thatcher had a “plan” and that might have just been along the lines of “it will survive on its own, doesn’t need our help, it will evolve into something”
Seemed calculated

So: pre Thatcher biggest employment industries would be:
Coal
Rail
Glass
Farming machinery

Post Thatcher:
NHS
Council

Pre vs post for the latter probably didn’t change much
Which means nothing replaced the former with the only “investment” in the town coming via EU

That’s a social experiment

Having left 25+yrs ago & parents died in last few yrs I’ve not been around the town much since pre Covid
I do believe the place was a social experiment in the 80s to see how a place would survive once all means of employment vanished, so I can see how people believe any hype when all hope seems gone

I suspected my home town of Doncaster would be first
~25yrs ago went no overall control with BNP as largest group…. It didn’t last long

A very well known and respected journalist has always described this as a chemical attack on Salisbury, and was done to send a message.
Q: what heads of what major British section of govt are based in Salisbury (clue: they use a “plain”)
Answer that and you can see it was sending a message

Your dad is v talented
Reminds me of Xmas’ of old when my dad (a talented artist, but long gone) would take pictures of Tom&Jerry and draw Xmas scenes mimicking them - in 40mins he’d turn out 6 or 7
Unfortunately the talent has skipped at least one generation
Treasure them!

V good spot
I don’t think I’ve seen him use it before
It is someone else writing it

Disagree
it’s not communism, it’s totalitarianism

In August if you offered me the ending position of being above both THFC & MUFC I’d have snapped your hand off, but we’ve been disappointing.

As a non-lawyer, I’ve loved the above❤️
I hope you do similar next time 12 Angry Men is on
thank-you

I much rather money is spent removing the two child cap than giving pensioners the winter fuel allowance back - as the majority of them worked in the 80s and had lower taxes financed by a reduced State OAP. What did they spend that extra money on? My guess is it wasn’t an additional pension.

A perfect illustration of democracy…