Paula Surridge
psurridge.bsky.social
Paula Surridge
@psurridge.bsky.social
Professor of Political Sociology, University of Bristol
British politics, elections, public opinion and (a lot of) political values.
SubStack: https://pollingsnippets.substack.com/?r=4a6d0z&utm_campaign=pub-shar
It's a great quote (if I do say so myself), and if that was a concern at 25 seats imagine it at 325....
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
He plays it for several hours a day. The batting gloves are entirely unnecessary but he says it stops him gripping too hard and makes it more realistic
November 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Oh thank you for the reminder about that one will see what highlights we can find from that - couldn't justify £30 a month for the TNT coverage when we were asleep for most of it anyway
November 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We already had the headset but it's not running via a computer it is the standalone set. It probably isn't enough to replace some winter nets, especially as he is a bowler first but he was playing every day in the summer so it keeps him happy on the days he doesn't have training.
November 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Meta quest 3 with IB cricket and a bat adapter. He'd prefer real nets time but that's expensive in winter.
November 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Cricket mad son is busy practicing anyway.
November 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
And the main competition on the left is having a 'moment' unlike they've had previously.
November 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
When students ask me about Reform and the next general election I find myself torn between 'the polling suggests they'll get 200+ seats' Vs 'where do they find 200 candidates that won't trigger by elections in the first 6 months'
November 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Even England would struggle to lose 8 wickets for 13 runs, they'd give it a good go though
November 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
This makes it worse, but I would also hate it about a figure on the left. Or even (though it seems unlikely) the 'bad boy' of the centrists.
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I can see it would also give a sense of how well the team have fielded which is often a bit hard to judge from the scoreboard alone but for post-match analysis rather than helpful in a live broadcast maybe
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It is probably just as well it won't be actively on during our launch event next week :)
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Not a *sophisticated* algorithm 😱
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Watched alot of matches in temps higher than that in England this summer but thankfully without the bugs!
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Going to need to find a clip of this, just on audio feed here. Curious what it is measuring.
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
My son would love him as a pet but a local exotics pet shop might be able to help?
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I had never heard of it until my son got to year 5 of primary school. It is such an awkward way to write, glad that once they get to Secondary noone ever mentions it again. Likewise they dont care at all that their cursive writing isn't perfect.
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM