"It's about accountability. It's free speech, but it's not consequence-free."

Language matters. This is a concerted attack on some of the most vulnerable people in society. Despicable.

Heartbreaking interview on BBC Radio 5 Live with someone who lost her job, despite running over-performing team, after being off sick with long Covid symptoms for 7 weeks that later turned out to be breast cancer and becoming an "inconvenience".

A must-read Impact Magazine spotlight by Liam Kay-McClean on the importance of evidence for policymaking and how governments can improve how they make decisions.

The only comment worth making about Hancock is this, from the Guardian letters page.

Late to the party but I have now joined the ranks of 30-somethings to have been emotionally manipulated by a small blue cartoon dog

Really important article. These clinics profit from people's anxiety, with their use becoming normalised for many seeking reassurance before the 12 week scan

Concerns raised over transparency of Home Office statistics research-live.com/article/news/c… #mrx #marketresearch

.Booking.com research found that people associate 'sustainable travel' with protecting the natural environment and reducing waste, but don't make the link with overcrowding, a major challenge for many destinations #mrx

'Permacrisis' is now officially a word. Oh good. A timely read on why brands should always keep people's priorities front of mind when it comes to asking questions in the current climate 👇

A study from the MRS Representation in Research group found no cost penalty when inclusive parameters are included in samples. I spoke to Matt Reynolds to find out why 'nat rep' needs to become fully representative of the UK population #mrx research-live.com/article/featur…

From macro pressures to industry disintermediation to flexible working, the Impact Magazine team put together this feature on the key trends shaping the decade in insight, to celebrate the mag's 10-year anniversary #mrx

“There is a sense of permacrisis & the news communicates that.” Konrad Collao, Craft Increased scepticism & awareness of self care are shaping how young people think about news, qual commissioned by Reuters Institute has found. By Katie McQuater research-live.com/article/featur…

'Perhaps the widespread practice of confessing self-doubt has begun to encourage—to demand, even—repeated confessions of the very experience that the original concept was trying to dissolve.' newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

"A First Minister is never off duty," Nicola Sturgeon says, adding there is a "brutality" that takes a toll.

In the latest of our 'How I work' series, we sit down with Amy Cashman (Amy Cashman), exec MD, insights division, UK & Ireland, @Kantar, to talk about setting boundaries, delegating and inclusive hybrid meetings #mrx #ResearchLeadership research-live.com/article/featur…

The WiFi aboard this morning's Avanti West Coast service is slower and less reliable than our dial-up was in 1998. Well, lovely to start the week with a dose of nostalgia.

Journo call out: Looking for Scots aged under 35 with strong opinions on Rishi Sunak's net zero U-turn to send in some reaction asap. Pls drop me a DM ... pls give a gal a hand and rt.

To mark #StAndrewsDay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, our national Makar Kathleen Jamie has produced The People of Scotland’s Address to World Leaders. The collective poem contains lines submitted by the Scottish public expressing their concerns about conflict and the climate emergency. Kathleen reads the

.Jane Frost kicks off this year's MRS Annual Conference #MRSlive #mrx