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Simon Atkinson
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Head of Ipsos Knowledge Centre. I live in Barnet and like cycling, skiing and Oxford United ❄️ 💛 💙
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NEW: A sense of nostalgia pervades our latest 30-country report. By nearly 2 to 1, people would prefer to have been born in 1975 rather than 2025 if they had the choice. Only France, Belgium and Mexico are ahead of us in the “life was better in the old days” stakes www.ipsos.com/en/is-life-g...
Good evening from High Barnet
November 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Happy #Fingerpostfriday to all. This one is from Sulzano (BS) 🇮🇹 @twigsinhair.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Reposted by Simon Atkinson
A world divided: “1975 felt better” vs “2025 is an improvement.”

Drawn from the Ipsos 'Is Life Getting Better?' Global Advisor 30-country study, the split runs through how we feel, how we live and what we value.
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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New from me for @labourlist.bsky.social on how @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social polling shows Labour need to speak more for those that want radical change to win again.

50% of Brits want radical change but just 4% of this group trust Labour to deliver it

More here

labourlist.org/2025/11/brit...
'Labour won being cautious - but Brits are impatient for radical change' - LabourList
Labour's manifesto promised change. But Brits aren't seeing it and are losing faith that Labour can deliver says Ipsos UK's Keiran Pedley.
labourlist.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Putin’s latest deadly attack on civilians fails to make front pages of BBC, Times, Guardian websites this evening www.bbc.com/news/article...
Russian attack on Ternopil kills 25 in one of deadliest strikes on western Ukraine - BBC News
Two blocks of flats were destroyed by cruise missiles in the city of Ternopil, Ukraine's air force says.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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✏️ #InternationalStudentsDay spotlight: Mental health, education quality, and safe social media use are top concerns worldwide. Ipsos reveals what young people & parents really think 👉 ow.ly/mGLn50XszKf
November 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
NEW: A sense of nostalgia pervades our latest 30-country report. By nearly 2 to 1, people would prefer to have been born in 1975 rather than 2025 if they had the choice. Only France, Belgium and Mexico are ahead of us in the “life was better in the old days” stakes www.ipsos.com/en/is-life-g...
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Top engineering by Thomas Telford at Smethwick (1829)
November 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Good afternoon from the Birmingham Christmas Market 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🎄
November 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
En route to West Brom. Come on you yellows! #oufc
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Inflation, unemployment climbs, extremism concerns rise… Our monthly What Worries the World survey explores the public’s top social and political issues over the past decade.
Learn more tinyurl.com/2rnpt95v
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Healthcare, future risks, advertising… Ipsos Update explores the latest research and thinking on key topics from Ipsos teams around the world 👉 tinyurl.com/sk22ky9e
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Decent autumnal colours this morning in High Barnet
November 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
NEW 🇬🇧 findings. Brits are LESS worried about crime/violence, unemployment and schools than the 30-country average www.ipsos.com/en/what-worr...
What Worries the World – October 2025
Conducted monthly in 30 countries among around 20,000 adults for over a decade, the Ipsos What Worries the World study offers an exceptional snapshot of world opinion on pressing global issues.
www.ipsos.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
NEW 🇬🇧 findings from our What Worries the World survey: 44% are concerned about immigration, the highest of 30 countries. And 23% mention the rise of extremism. This time last year it was 9% www.ipsos.com/en/what-worr...
What Worries the World – October 2025
Conducted monthly in 30 countries among around 20,000 adults for over a decade, the Ipsos What Worries the World study offers an exceptional snapshot of world opinion on pressing global issues.
www.ipsos.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Optimism is hard to find. Jobs, housing, and giving kids a good start weigh on the middle class today. What does “middle class” really mean?

Join our KEYS webinar for perspectives: freedom in the US, familismo in Mexico, understatedness in the UK 👉https://tinyurl.com/39eb7htu
October 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
One for @jonnelledge.bsky.social @lewisbaston.bsky.social. The 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (left) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 border at Brockweir/Tintern
October 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Low awareness of GLP-1s globally: only 36% across 30 countries have heard of drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound, Rybelsus, or Mounjaro.
Awareness is highest in the US (74%) and lowest in Colombia (9%).
Find out more 👉 https://ow.ly/o0BR50X8Yje
October 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
⚠️ 🇳🇴 The Musk Effect: the number of daily users of X in Norway has halved over the last couple of years www.ipsos.com/nb-no/hva-sk...
Hva skjer med X i Norge?
Mye har skjedd etter Twitter ble X. Hvordan har bruken av X endret seg i det norske markedet?
www.ipsos.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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One for all the #historians #curators etc. The most popular subject globally is….history #humanitiesmatter. And if you don’t study it you will repeat it….
October 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Untidy at times, but Oxford United stuck at it and were always competitive #QPR 0-0 #oufc
October 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Global pessimism, Reputation, American brands, Synthetic Data… Ipsos Update explores the latest research and thinking on key topics from Ipsos teams around the world. ➡️ tinyurl.com/2s4hn5kz
October 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Reposted by Simon Atkinson
NEW from @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social
what do the public think of Andy Burnham vs Keir Starmer

Burnham
Favourable 29%
Unfavourable 20%
Net +9

Starmer
Favourable 21%
Unfavourable 54%
Net -33
September 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Good evening from Bournemouth
September 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Green Day. Good morning from High Barnet 🌳
September 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM