Reposted by Kath fowlerDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026We'll have a full analysis of the Conservatives' proposed inheritance tax cuts tomorrow. But, for now, three charts. 1. Who would benefit from the cuts? 1318896
Reposted by Kath fowlerDan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The PCR positivity map is out. Adjusted national positivity in England is up to 9.3%. We're still waiting for this week's Scottish data. I'll update the thread when it's out. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/6 37935
Reposted by Kath fowlerGaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's as if Andy Burnham had been injected with a truth drug. Brexit has done more harm than good, so let's try other options. Triple lock has to go, social care will be reformed if it kills us, double or quits...it's absolutely working in the hall, in the emotion of the moment. But outside it? 2696
Reposted by Kath fowlerKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5976862144
Reposted by Kath fowlerJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026What does a sniper position at Memorial Circle actually defend against? Not China. Not a submarine. Not a missile. It overlooks a bridge, a traffic circle, and the front door of the National Mall. Those are places where Americans march. www.jackhopkinsnow.com 1201114974944
Kath fowler @kathfow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Bbc News said it was to make up for pension - if he had continued in role he would have had a larger pension pot 120
Reposted by Kath fowlerSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026New PISA data out England is now top ten in all three areas (reading, maths, science) and the second highest performing country outside of east Asia (after Estonia). This is a huge public policy success. 451038253
Kath fowler @kathfow.bsky.social · 26/08/2026You can walk from Hampstead tube station but it’s a good 20/30 mins uphill at the start 010
Reposted by Kath fowlerScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/08/2026According to ERA5 global sea surface temperatures have set a new all time record. This is likely the warmest sea surface temperatures have been in at least the last 125,000 years. What’s more concerning is this will likely rise further in the coming months. 15379199
Reposted by Kath fowlerGareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 14/08/2026this is important to add 13898243
Reposted by Kath fowlerTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I suspect there's something to this (by @iandunt.bsky.social: iandunt.substack.com/p/clacton-by...) 1411131
Kath fowler @kathfow.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I’m interested in whether the students with such wide knowledge were more likely to go to public schools- what do you think? 100
Kath fowler @kathfow.bsky.social · 31/07/2026At a school I taught at a teacher confiscated an air rifle when a pupil brought it in, then returned it at break time , when said pupil went out and shot a fellow pupil . This was 1990s. Union advised teacher to leave . 000
Kath fowler @kathfow.bsky.social · 29/07/2026But there is an issue of lots of school leavers wanting to do apprenticeships and not enough available 000
Reposted by Kath fowlerPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Some fine detective work here 35513
Reposted by Kath fowlerTrish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Thanks Adam. Good lesson on T here. theconversation.com/more-testost...theconversation.comMore testosterone won’t make a better soldier or a tougher man – aggression and strength drive T levels, not the other way aroundDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth is requiring service members to screen for low testosterone levels. Ironically, the military lifestyle itself is more likely to lower T levels. 35118
Reposted by Kath fowlerMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 20/07/2026oh so a while back I used to run these fun interviews with MPs for Parliament's in-house magazine - did one with John Healey, which I really enjoyed at the time, and you may like also: www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art... 1130132
Kath fowler @kathfow.bsky.social · 20/07/2026His children are in their twenties so not that surprising 010
Reposted by Kath fowlerCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface 11188452999
Reposted by Kath fowlerPlashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Congratulations to the government on saving 2700 jobs by nationalising British Steel. Now, about the 18,000 university jobs lost in the last 18 months, with more coming… 15996386
Reposted by Kath fowlerAshfromEnfield @ashfromenfield.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Haaland is Pure Class,not just as a Player but as a Person.Former teammates at B.Dortmund Erling Haaland has said the only thing that surprises him about the "unbelievable" Jude Bellingham is the amount of criticism he receives -- insisting the England midfielder is "one of the best in the world." 10777821558
Reposted by Kath fowlerThe War Monitor @warmonitor.net · 12/07/2026The CDC stopped monitoring the parasite now linked to widespread outbreaks of severe diarrhea across the country about a year ago. Surveillance of Cyclospora, Campylobacter, Listeria, Shigella, Vibrio, and Yersinia was also discontinued. 2219595
Reposted by Kath fowlerSoumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 08/07/2026Already banned at nursery! 722546
Kath fowler @kathfow.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Given that a lot of financial info is emerging re Farage (&Reform?) does that imply someone is leaking detail for some reason? 0150
Reposted by Kath fowlerRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 07/07/2026Calling a by-election over the sovereign right of every MP to take secret gifts from a convicted criminal. What a time to be alive. 8739581164
Reposted by Kath fowlerRuth Fox @ruthfox.bsky.social · 07/07/2026🧵 Amid all the speculation about Nigel Farage's 2pm statement, it's worth noting paragraph 40 of the Procedural Protocol to the MPs' Code of Conduct. If he announces he's resigning and seeking a by-election, that would not automatically end the investigation into whether he breached the Code in... 42971400
Kath fowler @kathfow.bsky.social · 07/07/2026But it doesn’t wipe it clean - if re-elected the investigations continue 0150
Reposted by Kath fowlerChris Meder @evcurvefuturist.com · 27/06/2026🚨 China just became the first country in history to surpass 4 TW of installed electricity capacity. • 4.01 TW total capacity • 62% non-fossil • 61% renewable • ~1.5% nuclear • 32% coal (down from 61% in 2010) China's electricity system is now roughly 1.7× larger than the US and EU combined. 511128390
Reposted by Kath fowlerMartin Stanley @ukcivilservant.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Current civil servants: Can you help improve UK policy-making? ukcivilservant.substack.com/p/please-sha... (Please repost if you are followed by civil servants.)ukcivilservant.substack.comPlease Share your Experience of Practical Policy MakingMany of you may remember my Substack from June last year introducing Dr Laura Hilger’s fascinating research on social policy design practice in Whitehall. 127
Reposted by Kath fowlerRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Prime Day reminder that Amazon... -Helps fuel ICE's deportations -Gave $1M to Trump's inauguration -Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump -Shelled out $75M for the Melania doc -Donated to Trump's ballroom -Wants to reboot The Apprentice w/ Don Jr 842080992
Kath fowler @kathfow.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Can you change the title of your latest podcast? Spelling issue ! 010
Reposted by Kath fowlerMáirtín Ó Loċlainn @mr--mo.eurosky.social · 19/06/2026Something else you might have missed then, 47 subpoenas, just because…. www.bostonherald.com/2026/06/06/t... 13310
Reposted by Kath fowlerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/06/2026"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?" 468320866924
Reposted by Kath fowlerderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16/06/2026RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter 1441382347414
Kath fowler @kathfow.bsky.social · 13/06/2026In Basingstoke they are outside the hospital among other places - I always think it is to intimidate the many staff there who have come from overseas or who are not white. It’s a form of bullying. And someone has put in a lot of money to get them put up all over the country- who funds this? 010
Kath fowler @kathfow.bsky.social · 12/06/2026This is very interesting - the detail behind the story from actual experts. Sobering too. 000
Kath fowler @kathfow.bsky.social · 07/06/2026It also keeps cars cool during the day rather than being too hot when you go home ! 040
Kath fowler @kathfow.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Yes his body language was very noticeable, and avoided eye contact 190
Reposted by Kath fowlerJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 03/06/2026You can: 1) Contact your senators and reps, especially in coastal states. 2) Urge scientific societies and advocacy groups to speak out and mobilize their members. 3) Write op eds, posts, threads, etc. explaining what the OOI actually does and why it matters. 4) Share articles like this:eos.orgTrump Administration to Remove Hundreds of Deep-Ocean Observation Instruments, Dismantling $368 Million Program - EosThe Trump administration’s National Science Foundation (NSF) has begun dismantling the infrastructure of a $368 million deep-ocean observing program critical to monitoring marine ecosystems, global cu... 4202118
Reposted by Kath fowlerBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Israel now occupies more of Lebanon than Russia occupies of Ukraine. But of course that's a 'good' invasion. So there is silence. 812179888
Kath fowler @kathfow.bsky.social · 30/05/2026It’s a pain that often they only suit one age group eg if the 2 yo is safe then the 6yo is bored , no concept of families having a range of ages … 120