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A quick update on this - the report has now been changed, without public acknowledgement, in the middle of the night. Kaufmann has not acknowledged the change or the original
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Two things can be true at once: 1. There is an issue with hostility some academics have faced on some issues2. Another academic who himself uses threats of legal action
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One of the authors of the Policy Exchange report on academic free speech thinks it is "ridiculous" to expect him to accurately portray an incident at Cardiff University in his
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Maybe, maybe not. Case for: Votes Lab has won since 2010, & particularly 2015, tend to be younger, more socially liberal, more concerned about environment & (crucially) have much lower
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So, one more set of thoughts on Labour and patriotism. Last one for now, I promise. I think there are some interesting underlying similarities between Labour's patriotism headache and the
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Nerd trivia: The inauguration of Joe Biden means the beginning of the fifth period of time with 6 living Presidents. Four of the five periods have come since 1993: 1993-4:
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Three problems with Richard Burgon's contribution to the whole patriotism/flags debate - which was (1) voters who like flags and patriotism have their own party - the Conservative party (2)
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I've been very positive about the UK's vaccine rollout, which has been outstanding. But the successes this month only serve to throw into sharper relief the failures of last month,
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Copium again. This arg, which seems to be the go-to talking point for EU types defending their failure, relies on the idea that supply of the vaccines is fixed. But
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Lots of people in my replies saying "Germany is playing safe" "Germany isn't taking risks". But if you have millions of doses of a vaccine, which you *aren't* giving to
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One of two things will now happen in the next few weeks, as surveillance data on millions of U.K. over 65s already vaccinated with AZ jab emerges: 1. An almighty
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Which is more troubling - that this new member of the House of Lords does not understand that the issue with schools is mixing of kids, not vaccination of teachers?
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