Earlier this year, I had the honour of being asked to be a TEDx speaker at the #FutureX event @TEDxYouthBGT. Super excited to share it with you! Please enjoy + RT away - there's the odd lesson in there from the road... Tom Hanks Gary Sinise #BeMoreForrest ted.com/talks/rob_pope…

ONS, breaches, + teachers: THREAD Today I reported an ONS breach to the UK Statistics Authority. Two breaches in fact: one regarding an “ad hoc” analysis on education staff in part 9 of the 6 Nov ONS covid survey pilot, and one for a related 3 Nov government leak. 1/

4. And how do I disprove this torrent of attacks when there are no images from inside our hospitals right now? 5. Why why why NHS England Matt Hancock Department of Health and Social Care are you not SHOWING the public how grave things are? 6. Do you not understand how lethal the misinformation is?

12. So I am going to appeal directly (again(, and with the most heartfelt sincerity, to NHS England Matt Hancock Department of Health and Social Care: 13. Let the cameras in. Counter the misinformation with facts. Fact matter. Show the public. Please.

16. If I could, I would beg you a hundred times more. I don't know how to plead more clearly - but this plea, I know, comes from many more frontline staff. 17. Lastly, and above all, to the public: please please please stay home. Trust us. You do not want to catch Covid. Ends/

important thread from a frontline doctor

Please cover this as much as possible. This *is* happening & for whatever reason medics are being told to stay quiet, journalists not allowed in hospitals. The worst thing is pressure on London hospitals only going to grow for at least a week or two & more if tier 4 not enough.

John Roberts As far as I can work out, when the DfE speak of school safety, they exclusively mean “likelihood of not directly killing boatloads of children” ...which is somehow a less useful definition of school safety for people trying to avoid catastrophic levels of community transmission.

One day, for one particular good reason, I decided to go for a run.  Oxfam Oxfam Festivals Glastonbury Festival uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-dis…

BBC Glastonbury Glasto Fest Feed The Glasto Thingy Gl⛺️stobation 💦 Glastopia GlastoWatch @GlastovsCovid Poetry&Words Coldplay - because I expect them to be there! 👌

Robert Pope (Robert Pope) to run from Liverpool to Glastonbury Festival's Worthy Farm to raise money for Oxfam - The elite distance runner will set off from Paul McCartney's childhood home and try to run 300km from there to Worthy Farm... 🏃glastofestfeed.com/news/robert-po…

There's only one road Scousers like to tread more than the road to Wembley Stadium and that's the one to Glastonbury Festival - I know you've got my back #Liverpool! uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-dis…

It wouldn't be Glastonbury Festival without it raining all day would it?! Is that a tear being shed? No, just a raindrop on my cheek. #TheLongAndWindingRoad uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-dis…

Onto Southportparkrun! 3/24 done! #parkrun24+ WWF UK Peace Direct #BecomingForrest

To Kew and Kew Woods (Southport) - parkrun! 4/24 done! Came 36th and getting quicker. Silly Robla. #parkrun24+ parkrun UK parkrun Ireland WWF UK Peace Direct #BecomingForrest

Tawd Valley next. Whatcha got? 5/24 done! #parkrun24+ parkrun UK parkrun Ireland WWF UK Peace Direct #BecomingForrest

Tawd Valley had a pace bike! Bring it on you iron men and women of Crosbyparkrun! 6/24 done! Just a touch behind schedule with inter-run big drives... #parkrun24+ parkrun UK parkrun Ireland WWF UK Peace Direct #BecomingForrest

Princes Parkdone! Now...HOME - CroxtethHall parkrun 8/24 down...ON SCHEDULE! #parkrun24+ parkrun UK parkrun Ireland WWF UK Peace Direct #BecomingForrest

Delighted to support our very own Forest Gump aka Robert Pope today on his latest challenge #parkrun24 thanks to everyone supporting along the way, whether thats supporting, driving between places or running or indeed all 3! HarperNorth parkrun UK #becomingforest #5daystogo

10/10... Or 10/24 actually! Great turn out at sthelensparkrun! Inbound to Knowsley parkrun... #parkrun24+ parkrun UK parkrun Ireland WWF UK Peace Direct #BecomingForrest