Amy Downing
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Associate Professor of Cancer Epidemiology, University of Leeds. Interested in data science, health inequalities, routine data, quality of life. Views my own.
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An image of the Trump-Vance presidency smashing a wrecking ball into the White House to build a monument to Dear Leader—during a government shutdown—captures 2025 pretty well
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
An image of the Trump-Vance presidency smashing a wrecking ball into the White House to build a monument to Dear Leader—during a government shutdown—captures 2025 pretty well
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On Zack Polanski’s Bold Politics podcast. Has Brexit damage gone away? No - we’re bleeding money & opportunities every day because we are structurally in a bad place now.
October 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
On Zack Polanski’s Bold Politics podcast. Has Brexit damage gone away? No - we’re bleeding money & opportunities every day because we are structurally in a bad place now.