American women today are 50% more likely to die in childbirth than their own mothers. Let's not mince words. The loss of reproductive freedom means more dead women. weforum.org/agenda/2018/11…

Bank of England policymaker Gertjan Vlieghe estimates Brexit cost to date at 2% of GDP compared to if UK had voted remain - £800 mln per week or about two "buses" worth

A second referendum is the best option for the UK economy . #Brexit

‘David Cameron made the referendum policy because he didn’t want to risk losing 10 or 15 seats to UKIP and look where it has got us’ This 16-year-old says the Conservative Party are responsible for Brexit. #bbcqt

Academic sexism: A dispiriting survey of women’s lot in university economics economist.com/finance-and-ec… via The Economist

"We are heading in the wrong direction very fast," Sir David Attenborough tells #wsjceocouncil explaining what he describes as a new "compulsion" to take action on climate change. "The facts are indisputable now."

Raab, Davis, Patel and that crowd are like adults dumped in total immersion in a foreign country who after three years can't do any more than point at things in shops and say 'yes?'.

Nothing quite says SOVEREIGNTY like an leader elected by 0.2% of the population shutting down government to push through something only 34% of the country got tricked into wanting by a lie on a bus.

People are living longer and putting retirement off until later, either for financial or health reasons. Yet older jobseekers often find it hardest to get work. bit.ly/2o3KLfc

"Is it possible to do an FTA in 11 months?" "Absolutely. On a completely unrelated note, here's a Mona Lisa someone smashed out in an afternoon."

No serious observer denies that human beings are making the planet warmer. The real climate debate is about how we should respond to the challenge, writes Ted Nordhaus. wsj.com/articles/ignor… via The Wall Street Journal

economist.com/node/21782690?… via wow The Economist is not pulling its punches

The NHS is relying heavily on virtual technologies to coordinate critical tasks and strategies, as Associate Director of Communications Joe McCrea explains. #insightlive

About that ‘V-shaped’ recovery on.ft.com/2Vr0dAc

No more pencils, no more books – Closing schools for covid-19 does lifelong harm and widens inequality economist.com/international/…

A refreshing counterpoint to the “thank god we didn’t join the euro” orthodoxy in 99% of UK media. (Tbf in a respected Japanese publication, but still.) ft.com/content/4fd04f…