Kirklees R-Value for Covid19 infections is 1.22 #COVID19

With 4 members of the Govt's SAGE committee expressing concerns over the easing of Lockdown it is perplexing to see the Kirklees Labour Cabinet showing no leadership and simply falling in line with Govt calls to open Primary schools on June 1st.

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Here is info released today about the dramatic rises in #COVID19 rates in #Kirklees. Please retweet this information People really need to understand how serious this is & act accordingly. The vaccine could be months away and in the meantime the risk remains.

New Study. When you include national populist parties in government their voters become more satisfied with democracy. #newstudy #nationalpopulism

Sure, if there is one takeaway from the near end of democratic rule in the US, the unfolding economic disaster that is Brexit or 100000s of COVID deaths in countries with populist governments - let alone our everyday lives - it is that media are really not worth studying.

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A few thoughts on the European Super League fiasco theconversation.com/three-things-t… via The Conversation

Please tell me Number 12 was 'Universities should be free to distribute staff questionnaires without being forced to consult academics in their own institutions who are experts in survey design" One (along with the Q earlier in the thread) for Bad Survey Question

England football fandom’s struggle with its own image | Cornel Sandvoss theconversation.com/england-footba…

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An article in which the universities minister embraces the market ('students are consumers) and explains that she got into politics because she believes that market isn't working. theguardian.com/education/2022…

The Commissioner couldn’t tell me whether officers engaged with those who broke lockdown laws at the Downing Street parties. If people begin to think the law isn't enforced equally, the police will struggle to retain the public consent that enables them to do their jobs.

I’m not saying Michael Gove struggled to find things to put in his 'Levelling Up’ white paper, but he’s devoted three pages to the history of Jericho, Rome and Renaissance Europe.

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