Jeremy Pattison

Two-day Ashes Test could cost Cricket Australia millions Travis Head's stunning take-down of England, leading to a speedy day two finish in Perth, is set to cost Cricket Australia millions in lost ticket revenue.

Cricket Australia looking at A$3m loss from first Test.

Is England's strategy to bankrupt the opposition?

I'm old enough to have seen England win a Test in Australia

I'm still smarting from my day 3 tickets for Headingley in 2000

Cricket in the Commons: a Victorian First Eleven - The History of Parliament With the 2025 Ashes between England and Australia getting underway this week, we have a cricketing themed post from our House of Commons, 1832-1945 project.

With this years Ashes beginning in the early hours of this morning, we thought we'd point you in the direction of @TheVictCommons where they explore the link between cricket and the Victorian House of Commons

historyofparliament.com/2025/11/20/c...

Combined epidemiological and economic modelling | Institute for Government The pandemic showed the need for government to improve its use of modelling.

As the covid inquiry gears up for Module 9 on economic policy, @gemmatetlow.bsky.social and I have a new @ukri.org-funded @instituteforgovernment.org.uk report out on Epi-econ modelling for pandemics. We set out why govt needs to invest now 1/🧵
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...

Yes, and sunk without trace.

It stemmed from a vibe that too many exam boards drove down standards. Seemed a strange position when the orthodoxy of a market requires competition.

Combined epidemiological and economic modelling | Institute for Government The pandemic showed the need for government to improve its use of modelling.

Hot on the heels of yesterday's Covid inquiry report on decision making, @shaina-sangha.bsky.social and I have a new report out today looking at how combined epidemiological-economic modelling could help government better prepare for future pandemics www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...

Convinced Australia will end up with a first innings lead

No economics in the MB BS

Am slow on the uptake but has just dawned on me that the franchise model that was the future of qualifications at launch of T-levels has been abandoned with V-levels.

Yep, single brick and this one has a neighbour whose piano skill deteriorates with practice.

Sleet is now snow

The tax return calculates taxable income as after pension contributions so maybe.

I note from the chart that many people saw the start of HICB charge was £50,100 so kept the extra £99.

Need a rest?

Or just extra pension contributions.

Telegraph circulation was higher

YouTube video by The New Yorker When a Crackdown Involving the I.R.A. Backfired, Comically | “The Ban” | The New Yorker Documentary

Starts at 11:50ish

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Final planning permission has been granted for the development of the first phase of the National Cricket Centre on the Sport Ireland Campus.

Read: bit.ly/3LzsUrh

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That came back in 2020-21.

True

Am reminded of HG Nelson's insightful analysis: "if it wasn't for rugby league, half these boys would be in prison"

See also the Charles Dickens pub in Gatwick North Terminal

Social proof?

Just imagine the products getting smaller and more unpleasant to meet the price point.

Andrew allowed to keep Falklands medal despite losing royal and military titles King Charles has agreed to his brother retaining South Atlantic medal for service during 1982 conflict

No mention of his 'Good Conduct' medal. The second additional clasp will have been awarded in 2014, several years after the conviction of his friend.

Autumn budget 2025 | Institute for Government On Wednesday 26 November, Rachel Reeves will deliver her second budget as chancellor.

There are only three weeks to go until Rachel Reeves delivers her second budget as chancellor.

Follow our autumn budget 2025 page for our analysis of the current fiscal context facing the chancellor and how Reeves should approach tax policy making www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/autumn-budge...

That's it, I think. The argument was never settled just the counter-position crowded out. Look on my reforms, ye mighty, and despair

PISA is the only comparison in town, but it suffers validity and reliability issues and measures a slither of what we're teaching.

Lots of languages spoken but few polyglots, and fewer willing to teach. We struggle to recruit for the biggest 3, and the range of smaller-entry MFLs was slashed at the last reform wave.

There's a supply-side factor with German - it's increasingly hard to find the teachers.

Many schools have dropped it entirely. My sixth form college did so when the feeder schools did and our teacher retired.

Do we have the skillbase to deliver this at scale?