New survey design experiments by YouGov's Patrick English demonstrate the the importance of question framing to properly measuring public opinion See the results on leading questions and acquiescence bias in the next tweets 👇 yougov.co.uk/topics/politic…

Here's where I'm currently at on the map of places to get a drink (non-club, for free) in London late (earliest closure 2am). I'll keep adding when I can be bothered to look! Up to 109. google.com/maps/d/u/0/edi…

Tomorrow marks the 7th anniversary of the EU referendum. To mark it, we've done some polling with Public First (thanks to Rachel Wolf and team and to Sophie Stowers for putting these graphics together). You can find details here: ukandeu.ac.uk/research-paper… 1/8

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🔎THE GLASS FAMINE🔎 I think you’ll find this story from #materialworld pretty 🤯 It’s about how a simple substance changed the world. About how decisions taken centuries ago still shape our lives. It begins with one of the most extraordinary moments in modern military history 🧵

🚨My ESCoE report is out! Based on YouGov survey. Understanding of economy is good on interest rates & inflation, less so on GDP & economic inactivity. How not to communicate: “falling inflation”, “avoiding a recession”, “tight lab market”. Blog: escoe.ac.uk/falling-inflat…

Friends Daniel (left) and Smudge drink cider at Cleethorpes bus station. They are waiting to see if any good-looking girls arrive in town for the day (2001)

Just hired a 21yo for their first job. What basic professional advice do they need? Here's what I tell all my new staff, but perhaps you can add. I'll start small. 1/ Use an online calendar. Have a foolproof system of reminders, so you never forget a deadline or obligation.

When AI Is Trained on AI-Generated Data, Strange Things Start to Happen futurism.com/ai-trained-ai-…

Top 10 A-level subjects 1994 vs 2023 1. English … Maths 2. Soc Sci … Psychology 3. Maths… Biology 4. Gen Stud Chemistry 5. Biology … History 6. Geog… Sociology 7. History … Business Studies 8. Chem … Art 9. physics Economics 10. Art … Physics

Another statistic which looked highly dubious to me. The current situation in the Middle East is likely to reduce Muslim support but by 65%? Such a swing would be unprecedented. So I did a quick google on "Muslim Census poll" and...

NEW: Generative AI is already taking white collar jobs An ingenious study by Xiang Hui Oren Reshef zhou Yu looked at what happened on a huge online freelancing platform after ChatGPT launched last year. The answer? Freelancers got fewer jobs, and earned much less

Wanted to do a proper thread on this excellent chart. I think it's a v important issue that receives hardly any attention from policy makers. The idea of a mid-life dip in wellbeing is a pretty common finding - but what causes it and what to do about it is a bit of an enigma...

So the UK govt has just dropped a 'generative AI framework' for public service delivery. A few interesting things buried in this which may hint at the direction of UK from a policy/delivery side 1/5 🧵

Very proud of the Insight and Service Design team here at Health and Safety Executive. A lot of hard work went into this over several years. Huge thank you also to the other teams at HSE who apply the findings and turn this into change in the real world.

🚨📣This morning we’ve published Whitehall Monitor 2024 – the 11th edition of Institute for Government’s data-driven assessment of the civil service. A chart-heavy🧵of the top areas of analysis from this year’s report... instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/wh…

📢 NEWS📢 (Just over) 48 hours on from the announcement, the pre-campaign wave of the British Election Study Internet Panel is in the field! Keep watching this space for analysis and insights in the run-up to July 4th

What are the biggest ‘vote moving’ policies for voters right now - and what are the characteristics they most prioritise a Prime Minister having? Bit of a unusual experiment for Persuasion UK on dividing lines. I think it’s vaguely interesting, anyway. 🧵

Congratulations to the Health and Safety Executive Insight & Service Design team for winning ‘In-house team of the year’ at the MRS & Research-live.com Awards 2024! It was awarded for outstanding work which has helped transform their organisation 👏 This is #GovernmentSocialResarch