On Khamenei's birthday no less... Oh that's priceless! Gift-wrapped missiles for his birthday.

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Today is International Epilepsy Day.
Sending love and support to everybody in the world with this condition.

#InternationalEpilepsyDay #Epilepsy #Epilepsy Day

Quite an interesting analysis.

Pouria Hadjibagheri Meaghan Kall Professor Chris Whitty Such well deserved praise Pouria Hadjibagheri. Congratulations for producing such a trusted product, developed in the open with public debate on improvements. I chaired CIPFA North East event on Friday with a session on data visualisation where the dashboard was heralded as great practice.

I really wasn't surprised to hear they didn't seek advice on that scheme. That's in part because - no matter how I look at it - I still can't imagine any reputable scientist thinking that it was a good idea to actively encourage gatherings of that nature.

#Newsnight 1030pm

• tax cuts ‘are coming’ says PM. Does that mean overall tax burden will come down anytime soon? We’lll talk to Kate Bell of TUC & Cons MP Tobias Ellwood
• covid inquiry: Sir Patrick Vallance’s evidence -with the Pouria Hadjibagheri - behind the covid dashboard 1/2

I was delighted to receive my MBE from HRH the Princess Royal, who truly astonished me by her knowledge of my work.
The actual honour for me, however, was the opportunity to serve alongside a team of true professionals, each and every one of whom deserve and share this award.

My April 2023 talk at MQ & DATAMIND - HDR UK Hub for Mental Health Research #DataScience meeting in London on “Open data in a pandemic: challenges of producing a national data platform”.