Matt "Winter is here"
@mattrobb.bsky.social
Politics, Education, Strategy, LFC and FF
No conspiracists, anti-vax, QAnon etc please.
No conspiracists, anti-vax, QAnon etc please.
Here's the summary numbers
October 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Here's the summary numbers
Looks essentially flat to me over a 25 year period: what am I missing?
Data from these tables (homicides with sharp instrument) commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Data from these tables (homicides with sharp instrument) commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
September 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Looks essentially flat to me over a 25 year period: what am I missing?
Data from these tables (homicides with sharp instrument) commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Data from these tables (homicides with sharp instrument) commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
£230B pounds = ~10% of GDP 🤡
Why stop there? Why not £230 trillion pounds?
Why stop there? Why not £230 trillion pounds?
September 22, 2025 at 4:17 AM
£230B pounds = ~10% of GDP 🤡
Why stop there? Why not £230 trillion pounds?
Why stop there? Why not £230 trillion pounds?
This is the kind of 'truth' that doesn't stand up to any evidence. No wonder the fascists want to take down academia
www.start.umd.edu/publication/...
www.start.umd.edu/publication/...
September 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This is the kind of 'truth' that doesn't stand up to any evidence. No wonder the fascists want to take down academia
www.start.umd.edu/publication/...
www.start.umd.edu/publication/...
From the same document...
September 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
From the same document...
I know everyone here know about the (global) demographic crisis, but it's still getting far too little attention IMO. In terms of how dramatically it will affect us, it might well rank alongside climate change
A simple explainer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCIu...
A simple explainer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCIu...
September 8, 2025 at 8:12 AM
I know everyone here know about the (global) demographic crisis, but it's still getting far too little attention IMO. In terms of how dramatically it will affect us, it might well rank alongside climate change
A simple explainer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCIu...
A simple explainer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCIu...
The NHS is becoming less and less sustainable because of demand due to aging, not 'underfunding'
It's also just massively inefficient. Largely, but not entirely down to 2 things IMO (and I am not an expert here): misallocation of resources to acute care (which is increasingly problematic)...
It's also just massively inefficient. Largely, but not entirely down to 2 things IMO (and I am not an expert here): misallocation of resources to acute care (which is increasingly problematic)...
August 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The NHS is becoming less and less sustainable because of demand due to aging, not 'underfunding'
It's also just massively inefficient. Largely, but not entirely down to 2 things IMO (and I am not an expert here): misallocation of resources to acute care (which is increasingly problematic)...
It's also just massively inefficient. Largely, but not entirely down to 2 things IMO (and I am not an expert here): misallocation of resources to acute care (which is increasingly problematic)...
... growing between 2% and 10% per year
August 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
... growing between 2% and 10% per year
She's obviously right.
We can't possibly remain British whilst waving the flags of Australia
(Or did she just mean non-white nations?)
We can't possibly remain British whilst waving the flags of Australia
(Or did she just mean non-white nations?)
August 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
She's obviously right.
We can't possibly remain British whilst waving the flags of Australia
(Or did she just mean non-white nations?)
We can't possibly remain British whilst waving the flags of Australia
(Or did she just mean non-white nations?)
Nice. I went lighter on the forwards in the end, but the logic is clear
Good luck this year!
Good luck this year!
August 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Nice. I went lighter on the forwards in the end, but the logic is clear
Good luck this year!
Good luck this year!
...when you apply the model to actual games, only a very few have >50% chance of one team winning
August 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
...when you apply the model to actual games, only a very few have >50% chance of one team winning
Maybe it's just me not following closely enough, but there really aren't (m)any rubbish sides, nor - apart from LIV, ARS and probably MCI & CHE - any really distinctively better ones
E.g. when you show the @elevenify.bsky.social data like this it looks steep, but...
E.g. when you show the @elevenify.bsky.social data like this it looks steep, but...
August 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Maybe it's just me not following closely enough, but there really aren't (m)any rubbish sides, nor - apart from LIV, ARS and probably MCI & CHE - any really distinctively better ones
E.g. when you show the @elevenify.bsky.social data like this it looks steep, but...
E.g. when you show the @elevenify.bsky.social data like this it looks steep, but...
This is pretty much the first sentence
August 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
This is pretty much the first sentence
Which one... early BB ideal
August 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Which one... early BB ideal
The Equality and Human Rights Commission disagrees with you and I have no wish to second guess this report, nor engage with you on second-guessing it
www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/defaul...
www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/defaul...
July 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The Equality and Human Rights Commission disagrees with you and I have no wish to second guess this report, nor engage with you on second-guessing it
www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/defaul...
www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/defaul...
This is helpful, IMV
July 21, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This is helpful, IMV
However, brutally put, this is populist anger in a nutshell.
It's every whining Brexiter. It's every conspiracist Trumper. It's everyone that didn't work hard at school and who blames 'immigrants' or 'lefties' for the life they made for themselves
It's just so bloody maddening.
It's every whining Brexiter. It's every conspiracist Trumper. It's everyone that didn't work hard at school and who blames 'immigrants' or 'lefties' for the life they made for themselves
It's just so bloody maddening.
July 20, 2025 at 6:25 AM
However, brutally put, this is populist anger in a nutshell.
It's every whining Brexiter. It's every conspiracist Trumper. It's everyone that didn't work hard at school and who blames 'immigrants' or 'lefties' for the life they made for themselves
It's just so bloody maddening.
It's every whining Brexiter. It's every conspiracist Trumper. It's everyone that didn't work hard at school and who blames 'immigrants' or 'lefties' for the life they made for themselves
It's just so bloody maddening.
June 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
What this doesn't say is that Hamas used bases under hospitals. It does say they use human shields and that there are tunnels under civilian infrastructure. Both are +/- undeniable
It also says:
It also says:
June 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
What this doesn't say is that Hamas used bases under hospitals. It does say they use human shields and that there are tunnels under civilian infrastructure. Both are +/- undeniable
It also says:
It also says:
(Constant 2023 prices)
June 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
(Constant 2023 prices)