alex j clark
@alexjclark.bsky.social
interactive journalist @theguardian.com also writing @londonspy.bsky.social
email me at alex.j.clark@theguardian.com
email me at alex.j.clark@theguardian.com
blimey
data source: Press Association for 2025, Open Council Data for historic
data source: Press Association for 2025, Open Council Data for historic
May 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
blimey
data source: Press Association for 2025, Open Council Data for historic
data source: Press Association for 2025, Open Council Data for historic
impossible to tell he’s just recovered from an extreme bout of diarrhoea
August 15, 2024 at 10:29 AM
impossible to tell he’s just recovered from an extreme bout of diarrhoea
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The employment rate could well be significantly higher than official data suggests. If so, there are implications for interest rates, productivity, an 80% employment target (& a post pandemic narrative).
Important new note by Resolution Foundation.
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
Important new note by Resolution Foundation.
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
August 13, 2024 at 6:43 PM
The employment rate could well be significantly higher than official data suggests. If so, there are implications for interest rates, productivity, an 80% employment target (& a post pandemic narrative).
Important new note by Resolution Foundation.
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
Important new note by Resolution Foundation.
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
this ain't a platform til he's here y'all
August 14, 2024 at 12:03 PM
this ain't a platform til he's here y'all
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WaPo examines religious “diversity” across the country and then defines "diversity" as different flavors of Christian
“The most religious, and religiously diverse, places in America”
wapo.st/4dHYITH
“The most religious, and religiously diverse, places in America”
wapo.st/4dHYITH
August 11, 2024 at 10:27 PM
WaPo examines religious “diversity” across the country and then defines "diversity" as different flavors of Christian
“The most religious, and religiously diverse, places in America”
wapo.st/4dHYITH
“The most religious, and religiously diverse, places in America”
wapo.st/4dHYITH
dece listen 👍
did not realise the cap and its impacts are a slow burn
only children born after 2017 affected
so has taken time to be felt more widely
open.spotify.com/episode/6Py0...
did not realise the cap and its impacts are a slow burn
only children born after 2017 affected
so has taken time to be felt more widely
open.spotify.com/episode/6Py0...
The two-child welfare limit: why won’t Labour scrap the cap?
Episode · Today in Focus · Tom Clark and Janet Arinaitwe on the politics behind the two-child welfare cap and the impact it has on some of Britain’s poorest families. Help support our independent jour...
open.spotify.com
August 12, 2024 at 10:59 AM
dece listen 👍
did not realise the cap and its impacts are a slow burn
only children born after 2017 affected
so has taken time to be felt more widely
open.spotify.com/episode/6Py0...
did not realise the cap and its impacts are a slow burn
only children born after 2017 affected
so has taken time to be felt more widely
open.spotify.com/episode/6Py0...
late stage humanity
August 11, 2024 at 9:52 PM
late stage humanity
lush afternoon in stokey
August 11, 2024 at 3:49 PM
lush afternoon in stokey
great stats — hottest Tube lines, according to TfL data
🔵 Victoria: 28.2C
🔴 Central: 26.7C
🟤 Bakerloo: 26.0C
what's mad: the Vicky line's average temp has increased by more than 6C in past decade
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🔵 Victoria: 28.2C
🔴 Central: 26.7C
🟤 Bakerloo: 26.0C
what's mad: the Vicky line's average temp has increased by more than 6C in past decade
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Victoria line hottest on London Underground
The Victoria line is the hottest on the London Underground, data from Transport for London shows.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 11, 2024 at 11:29 AM
great stats — hottest Tube lines, according to TfL data
🔵 Victoria: 28.2C
🔴 Central: 26.7C
🟤 Bakerloo: 26.0C
what's mad: the Vicky line's average temp has increased by more than 6C in past decade
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🔵 Victoria: 28.2C
🔴 Central: 26.7C
🟤 Bakerloo: 26.0C
what's mad: the Vicky line's average temp has increased by more than 6C in past decade
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Finally given recent interventions worth saying that Elon Musk's approval rating is underwater. 17% of the public have a positive opinion and 48% a negative one, while 31% of have a positive opinion Keir Starmer and 38% negative - an net score some 23 points higher than Musk's.
August 11, 2024 at 10:09 AM
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🧵What do the public think about the riots and those taking part in them? A reflection of legitimate concerns Or the actions of far right thugs? I've written for @FT today on new More in Common polling and focus group research into Britain & the riots www.ft.com/content/4645...
August 11, 2024 at 9:15 AM
🧵What do the public think about the riots and those taking part in them? A reflection of legitimate concerns Or the actions of far right thugs? I've written for @FT today on new More in Common polling and focus group research into Britain & the riots www.ft.com/content/4645...
shaken by this london rental listing — is that a CRT TV?!
August 10, 2024 at 8:49 PM
shaken by this london rental listing — is that a CRT TV?!
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Imagine doing 80 on the freeway and then seeing this
August 10, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Imagine doing 80 on the freeway and then seeing this
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Asked the cashier at McDonald’s why the flag was at half mast and she said “Grimace died” and then she started crying
August 10, 2024 at 3:34 AM
Asked the cashier at McDonald’s why the flag was at half mast and she said “Grimace died” and then she started crying
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Tim Walz, Dreamcast enthusiast. The election is over dnyuz.com/2024/08/09/t...
August 9, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Tim Walz, Dreamcast enthusiast. The election is over dnyuz.com/2024/08/09/t...
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If you’re looking for UK MPs on here so far I’ve found @antoniabance.bsky.social @charlotte2153.bsky.social @pollybillington.bsky.social @chriscurtis94.bsky.social @torstenbell.bsky.social @kerrymp.bsky.social @simonlightwoodmp.bsky.social @jeremycorbynmp.bsky.social (not all active but a start..)
August 8, 2024 at 4:57 PM
If you’re looking for UK MPs on here so far I’ve found @antoniabance.bsky.social @charlotte2153.bsky.social @pollybillington.bsky.social @chriscurtis94.bsky.social @torstenbell.bsky.social @kerrymp.bsky.social @simonlightwoodmp.bsky.social @jeremycorbynmp.bsky.social (not all active but a start..)
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shaggy sneaking off to the kitchen to make a big ass sandwich while the rest of mystery inc is investigating the haunted house
August 10, 2024 at 4:16 PM
shaggy sneaking off to the kitchen to make a big ass sandwich while the rest of mystery inc is investigating the haunted house
bruh went on reddit to escape X cesspool and 💀
August 10, 2024 at 6:58 PM
bruh went on reddit to escape X cesspool and 💀
my deep dive into fasc & anti fasc this week in london www.thelondonspy.co.uk/p/there-aint...
“There ain't no f***ing demo in Walthamstow. It's just madness, bruv”
How the far right weaponised uncertainty in London
www.thelondonspy.co.uk
August 10, 2024 at 6:54 PM
my deep dive into fasc & anti fasc this week in london www.thelondonspy.co.uk/p/there-aint...
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Tears, denials and excuses: a week in court amid far-right riots in England
Tears, denials and excuses: a week in court amid far-right riots in England
More than 150 people in north of England have appeared in court over riots, from 20-year-olds with their mums to OAPs
www.theguardian.com
August 9, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Tears, denials and excuses: a week in court amid far-right riots in England