“I believe that what
we become depends on what our parents teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.”
Umberto Eco

Our latest global study on overall country morale....

Personal responsibility for tackling climate change is waning. Check out Ipsos’ new Earth Day 2024 report for more interesting insights 👉 ipsos.com/en/earth-day-2…

'Do you think the quality of public services has got better or worse in the last five years, or has it stayed the same?'

POLL: 33-country Earth Day study now on Ipsos UK site. People are certainly worried, but the urgency for taking immediate action on climate change is not what it was ipsos.com/en-uk/earth-da…

“In America there’s a bigger market for that. There’s no market for that in Britain, beyond a hardcore of nutters… am I allowed to say nutters?” Andrew Neil on GBNews.

This is bloody good

NEW: Britons’ dissatisfaction with Rishi Sunak has hit a historic high, with 3 in 4 now saying they’re unhappy with the way he’s doing his job as Prime Minister — in line with John Major and Jeremy Corbyn’s worst in 1994 and 2019👉 ipsos.com/en-uk/rishi-su…

Prediction - landing 50 asylum seekers in Rwanda unlikely to change overall state of the parties

Happy Earth Day “We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost effective.”
Kurt Vonnegut.

This is a part of the legacy of the pandemic sadly. each of these will be someone’s family including parents.

Be nice to your parents Gen Z and Millenials - inheritance coming (just as well - but what of those without one?) via Chartbook

In support of Phil Tinline “ Death of Consensus” - great book

It’s #EarthDay2024 tomorrow - and younger men in particular and #millennials and #GenZ are most likely to think IT IS TOO LATE #climatechange

It’s #EarthDay2024 tomorrow - and younger men in particular and #millennials and #GenZ are most likely to think IT IS TOO LATE #climatechange

The residence of the 🇫🇷 ambassador in Washington DC yesterday

via ⁦⁦La Punchline de Yakovleff⁩

long awaited ukraine military aid bill passes easily in the house

Dear Charity twitter - know any good charity related lawyers? Need to have a look at The Devon and Exeter Institution thanks. B

And yet somehow 44 other presidents have managed to do their jobs without the brand new license to commit crimes that Trump is demanding for himself, claiming that no president would be able to function without it.

The sick leave culture trope is popular, scroungers etc but appears to have little basis in reality compared to every other European country…. #evidencematters (chart from Resolution Foundation )