Jeremy Pattison
@jeremypattison.bsky.social
HE | Sixth form colleges | formerly IfG
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This is as good as everyone says. And putting the particular party to one side, I hope it might show there is appetite to read about local government more generally and that newspapers should invest in this. I’d read a weekly column portraying a different council each week…
What happens when Reform UK takes over your local council? I’ve been keeping very close tabs on Lancashire County Council since May for this magazine piece www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Infighting, broken promises and insisting on the national anthem: what seven months of Reform UK in charge actually looks like
Nigel Farage’s party is gunning for power – so what is it like in the places where they’ve already got it? We embedded with Lancashire county council to find out what happens when rhetoric meets reali...
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is as good as everyone says. And putting the particular party to one side, I hope it might show there is appetite to read about local government more generally and that newspapers should invest in this. I’d read a weekly column portraying a different council each week…
Public service announcement:
December 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Public service announcement:
I'm sure this isn't a deliberate misrepresentation to suggest that a university doesn't set its own fees
December 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I'm sure this isn't a deliberate misrepresentation to suggest that a university doesn't set its own fees
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Beneath the #Wiltshire Medieval hilltop town of Malmesbury lies a 9ha Iron Age hillfort
Here looking east:
Now (© Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard) and then (© Athelstan Museum)
A wee thread for #HillfortsWednesday 🧵👇
Here looking east:
Now (© Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard) and then (© Athelstan Museum)
A wee thread for #HillfortsWednesday 🧵👇
December 10, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Beneath the #Wiltshire Medieval hilltop town of Malmesbury lies a 9ha Iron Age hillfort
Here looking east:
Now (© Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard) and then (© Athelstan Museum)
A wee thread for #HillfortsWednesday 🧵👇
Here looking east:
Now (© Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard) and then (© Athelstan Museum)
A wee thread for #HillfortsWednesday 🧵👇
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You can have SEND-inclusive mainstream education, or you can have Tom Bennett as your behaviour tsar. You cannot have both.
December 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
You can have SEND-inclusive mainstream education, or you can have Tom Bennett as your behaviour tsar. You cannot have both.
Gingerbread house panel
December 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Gingerbread house panel
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As an aside, kids can't take any watches into exam halls in case they're sneaky smart watches. God knows how schools are going to deal with "Smart"/Pervert Glasses
December 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
As an aside, kids can't take any watches into exam halls in case they're sneaky smart watches. God knows how schools are going to deal with "Smart"/Pervert Glasses
That's B-Aus-ball!
Apart from being out batted, out bowled and out fielded it is going great.
December 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
That's B-Aus-ball!
Anyone hear from Lord's this week about the ticket ballot?
December 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Anyone hear from Lord's this week about the ticket ballot?
Courts minister on Channel 4 News saying we should volunteer to he magistrates.
There are precisely zero magistrate vacancies south of Coventry.
There are precisely zero magistrate vacancies south of Coventry.
December 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Courts minister on Channel 4 News saying we should volunteer to he magistrates.
There are precisely zero magistrate vacancies south of Coventry.
There are precisely zero magistrate vacancies south of Coventry.
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No, welfare spending is not 'out of control'.
(There is an underlying rise in health-related benfits, but this needs sensible reform - not knee jerk cuts.)
(There is an underlying rise in health-related benfits, but this needs sensible reform - not knee jerk cuts.)
November 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
No, welfare spending is not 'out of control'.
(There is an underlying rise in health-related benfits, but this needs sensible reform - not knee jerk cuts.)
(There is an underlying rise in health-related benfits, but this needs sensible reform - not knee jerk cuts.)
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Key chart for public services
Govt is back to pencilling in undeliverable plans to hit its fiscal rules
After taking out likely funding for protected areas, other departments will have to absorb 3.3% annual real terms cuts. That includes prisons, courts, and local govt, among others
Govt is back to pencilling in undeliverable plans to hit its fiscal rules
After taking out likely funding for protected areas, other departments will have to absorb 3.3% annual real terms cuts. That includes prisons, courts, and local govt, among others
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Key chart for public services
Govt is back to pencilling in undeliverable plans to hit its fiscal rules
After taking out likely funding for protected areas, other departments will have to absorb 3.3% annual real terms cuts. That includes prisons, courts, and local govt, among others
Govt is back to pencilling in undeliverable plans to hit its fiscal rules
After taking out likely funding for protected areas, other departments will have to absorb 3.3% annual real terms cuts. That includes prisons, courts, and local govt, among others
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Budget news of international student levy at £925 flat rate, not as % of tuition fees.
This is likely better re. reducing no. coming to UK on student visas to work. Flat rate hits so-called "visa farm" HE providers offering cheaper courses, w. less impact on elite, high-fee institutions. 🧵
This is likely better re. reducing no. coming to UK on student visas to work. Flat rate hits so-called "visa farm" HE providers offering cheaper courses, w. less impact on elite, high-fee institutions. 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Budget news of international student levy at £925 flat rate, not as % of tuition fees.
This is likely better re. reducing no. coming to UK on student visas to work. Flat rate hits so-called "visa farm" HE providers offering cheaper courses, w. less impact on elite, high-fee institutions. 🧵
This is likely better re. reducing no. coming to UK on student visas to work. Flat rate hits so-called "visa farm" HE providers offering cheaper courses, w. less impact on elite, high-fee institutions. 🧵
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"having changed my mind about the OBR, my internship there has begun smoothly"
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
"having changed my mind about the OBR, my internship there has begun smoothly"
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Suggs and the boys, great bunch of lads, always said so.
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Suggs and the boys, great bunch of lads, always said so.
Had enough of the BBC Breakfastication of Budget coverage? Prefer analysis and insight to uninformed self-interest?
This is the Budget coverage for you...
This is the Budget coverage for you...
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Had enough of the BBC Breakfastication of Budget coverage? Prefer analysis and insight to uninformed self-interest?
This is the Budget coverage for you...
This is the Budget coverage for you...
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In our corner shop they have Cadbury’s Crème Eggs and it feels a bit last minute for next Easter compared to the trailing this budget has had
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
In our corner shop they have Cadbury’s Crème Eggs and it feels a bit last minute for next Easter compared to the trailing this budget has had
Fancy new sphygmomanometer at the GPs but spelling mistake on the instructions right in front of my nose added a few extra mmHg to the reading.
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Fancy new sphygmomanometer at the GPs but spelling mistake on the instructions right in front of my nose added a few extra mmHg to the reading.
Cricket Australia looking at A$3m loss from first Test.
Is England's strategy to bankrupt the opposition?
Is England's strategy to bankrupt the opposition?
Two-day Ashes Test could cost Cricket Australia millions
Travis Head's stunning take-down of England, leading to a speedy day two finish in Perth, is set to cost Cricket Australia millions in lost ticket revenue.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Cricket Australia looking at A$3m loss from first Test.
Is England's strategy to bankrupt the opposition?
Is England's strategy to bankrupt the opposition?
I'm old enough to have seen England win a Test in Australia
November 22, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I'm old enough to have seen England win a Test in Australia
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With this years Ashes beginning in the early hours of this morning, we thought we'd point you in the direction of @TheVictCommons where they explore the link between cricket and the Victorian House of Commons
historyofparliament.com/2025/11/20/c...
historyofparliament.com/2025/11/20/c...
Cricket in the Commons: a Victorian First Eleven - The History of Parliament
With the 2025 Ashes between England and Australia getting underway this week, we have a cricketing themed post from our House of Commons, 1832-1945 project.
historyofparliament.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
With this years Ashes beginning in the early hours of this morning, we thought we'd point you in the direction of @TheVictCommons where they explore the link between cricket and the Victorian House of Commons
historyofparliament.com/2025/11/20/c...
historyofparliament.com/2025/11/20/c...
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As the covid inquiry gears up for Module 9 on economic policy, @gemmatetlow.bsky.social and I have a new @ukri.org-funded @instituteforgovernment.org.uk report out on Epi-econ modelling for pandemics. We set out why govt needs to invest now 1/🧵
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
Combined epidemiological and economic modelling | Institute for Government
The pandemic showed the need for government to improve its use of modelling.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
As the covid inquiry gears up for Module 9 on economic policy, @gemmatetlow.bsky.social and I have a new @ukri.org-funded @instituteforgovernment.org.uk report out on Epi-econ modelling for pandemics. We set out why govt needs to invest now 1/🧵
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
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Hot on the heels of yesterday's Covid inquiry report on decision making, @shaina-sangha.bsky.social and I have a new report out today looking at how combined epidemiological-economic modelling could help government better prepare for future pandemics www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
Combined epidemiological and economic modelling | Institute for Government
The pandemic showed the need for government to improve its use of modelling.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Hot on the heels of yesterday's Covid inquiry report on decision making, @shaina-sangha.bsky.social and I have a new report out today looking at how combined epidemiological-economic modelling could help government better prepare for future pandemics www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
Convinced Australia will end up with a first innings lead
November 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Convinced Australia will end up with a first innings lead
Sleet is now snow
November 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Sleet is now snow