Leon Black
@drleonblack.bsky.social
Professor of Infrastructure Materials at the University of Leeds.
Posting about materials, resilience, circular economy, green stuff, and whatever else I stumble on that I find interesting.
No DMs, unless they're size 12 cherry reds.
Posting about materials, resilience, circular economy, green stuff, and whatever else I stumble on that I find interesting.
No DMs, unless they're size 12 cherry reds.
I've had a couple, but they're typically tacked onto the end of surveys asking "of which of the following cheese brands do you have a positive impression?"
9 times out of 10 I give up on those surveys before im half way through.
9 times out of 10 I give up on those surveys before im half way through.
November 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I've had a couple, but they're typically tacked onto the end of surveys asking "of which of the following cheese brands do you have a positive impression?"
9 times out of 10 I give up on those surveys before im half way through.
9 times out of 10 I give up on those surveys before im half way through.
So drops under Starmer are due to the Tories, while increases in immigration were all Blair's fault.
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
So drops under Starmer are due to the Tories, while increases in immigration were all Blair's fault.
Reposted by Leon Black
According to a lot of the commentators, poverty was only invented when VAT on private schools was announced
November 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
According to a lot of the commentators, poverty was only invented when VAT on private schools was announced
Dear Mumsnet,
Anecdote is not the singular of data.
Anecdote is not the singular of data.
November 27, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Dear Mumsnet,
Anecdote is not the singular of data.
Anecdote is not the singular of data.
Lifting 350,000 children out of poverty isn't fallout
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Lifting 350,000 children out of poverty isn't fallout
8 additional days of sitting contradicts your original screenshot that the government was bypassing the House of Lords.
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
8 additional days of sitting contradicts your original screenshot that the government was bypassing the House of Lords.
Christ, that's bad.
November 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Christ, that's bad.
The Tories in 2017.
November 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The Tories in 2017.
Reposted by Leon Black
And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.