#Eurostat

Benedict Evans

benedictevans

Still playing with Eurostat ecommerce data, and still not very happy with it. Including mail order (which is 25-50% of this data!) masks the real growth in ecommerce, and using

Joel Smalley

RealJoelSmalley

Do interventions control the spread of SARS-CoV-2? If you believe that, I think you might have a hard time explaining why every European country from Germany and Switzerland to the

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thelightdiedout

Estou bem disposto então vou ensinar ao Diogo segurança interna.Ser o 3° país no Peace Index significa que somos seguros em medidas como a estabilidade política, coesão, conformismo e ausência

Matthias Luecke

mLuecke_Kiel

1/nSome years back, nearly all political parties in thought could reasonably receive 200,000 refugees per year. For some, this was an upper limit; for others, a lower limit

Sarah O'Connor

sarahoconnor_

It follows that if the UK govt (& Brexiteers) really want to "wean the country off" low-paid migrants, pay and conditions will have to go up a lot. Robots can't

Post-Liberal Pete 🇬🇧

post_liberal

Refugees in ,largely from Muslim-majority countries, with a mental disorder much less likely to attempt suicide than -born individuals with a mental disorder. One is tempted to invoke Durkheim here

Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ

sankrant

When recommending a policy of empowering students in their language, I get frantic cries of "what about the student from Punjab living in Chennai, from Bihar in Bangalore etc."I want

Andrew Heald

andyheald

Yesterday @guardianeco & @newscientist ran this story based on a @nresearchnews article - alarming headlines based on "satellite data". No-one involved in these stories or research seems to have checked

James Franey

jamesfraney

Welcome to #PlanetMEP."We have to take public transport. Is that the protection that you think we are worthy of?"A German MEP whines he can no longer claim his daily allowances,

Post-Liberal Pete 🇬🇧

post_liberal

‘The suicide rate among divorced adults is more than three times that of married adults, while the suicide rate among singles is 1.5 to 2 times the rate among those

JustRight Scotland

justrightscot

THREAD. Some home truths and perspective on the negative #refugee media stories and alarming UK Government rhetoric on this issue. Some numbers and facts below to prove point, but let's

Sarah O'Connor

sarahoconnor_

Are Brits "too lazy" to do the jobs migrant workers do, like fruit picking? Are farmers "too unpatriotic" to hire them? No and no. Let's start by looking at how

Dr Radosveta Vassileva; #Ostavka

radosveta_vass

1. #Bulgaria/n #economy 101! #Thread#Borissov's government is proud that in 2018, #GDP growth was 3.2%, but how impressive is this and should you be impressed too? 2. #Bulgaria has the

Andrew Flood 👨🏻‍💻📝🕺

andrewflood

The right wing suggest we can let people die of #Covid19 in order to 'save the economy'. But countries like Sweden that took that route did as bad if not

Cultured Mongrel

culturedmongrel

Fishing and The Arts:The much discussed them and us divide between the fishing industry and the creative sector feels like such a needless false equivalence it’s making me burst.A thread...

Gerard Brady

GerardBrady100

A couple of thoughts on vaccination rate comparisons:Early in the rollout there will be a lot of variation. We are in law of small numbers territory, days matter. There are

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