Estimated voting intention movement to/from Reform, since the 2024 GE

Estimated voting intention moves to/from Labour since the 2024 GE

Estimated voting intention movement to/from Green party, since the 2024 GE

This is an amazing chart - but it shows *relative* inequality. Because wealth has grown from 3.5 to 7 times annual GDP since 1991, the *absolute* wealth gaps are wider, and stagnant wages mean it's harder to earn your way up the ladder. So beneath the surface, still cause for concern.

Jemima Kelly@jemima.bsky.social · 2w ago

An amazing chart showing how much wealth inequality in Britain has *fallen* over the past century - taken from this Quillette piece on Channel 4's failure to fact-check the whole premise of its Gary Stevenson documentary. quillette.com/2026/07/14/g...

Frustrated with the election pundits talking as if votes only 'swing' from one party to another. I did some analysis of the results, and my modelling (based on votes only, not polls) suggests that the largest movement since 2024 local elections (by a long way) is from 'Did Not Vote' -> Reform

Where can I go to explore or exercise, away from roads? 🚗 I put together a quick tool to map areas of exercise (according to the Strava heatmap) that are not near a road. Here's an example of Winchester. (a few more in thread 🧵)

Too many people can't walk to the pub, shops, school, doctors or to see friends of family because there is no safe way to go. 7 in 10 agree we should be able to use field margins if there's no safe alternative www.theguardian.com/environment/... buildstories.slowways.org/life-or-deat...

Campaigners call for right to roam on edges of private farmland in England

Group says people in rural areas have to walk on roads without pavement, which can be very dangerous

theguardian.com

Everyone knew AI was the wrong tool for the job when it was suggested, now those who pretended it would be fine will have to try harder pretending.

Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺@katherineschof8.bsky.social · 2y ago

Gee what a surprise /s "An AI system used by UK govt to detect welfare fraud shows bias according to people’s age, disability, marital status & nationality...it incorrectly selects people from some groups more than others when recommending whom to investigate." www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

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