I wish I really understood this stuff.

Where are you? Cruzcampo would once have given it away, but these days it’s in Waitrose.

I have been Eveyding Methods my whole life. Thought I always thought it was spelt “evading”.

The fact she married you presumably means she enjoys this sort of thing. (Very much to her credit if so.) Does she tell you interesting things in return?

And I suspect there was more general evidence of such connections prior to that which scientific advisors might have cited at the time. (I.e. behavioural/social sciences are sciences, but - with bizarre exception of economics - are consistently given low status by government scientific culture.)

Quite. The claim that the behaviour of law-makers/leaders affects the credibility of/compliance with laws/leadership is a straightforwardly empirical one, and therefore a scientific matter. I wonder if there’s any evidence… 🤔 (in the way there isn’t for ‘behavioural fatigue’.)

Could not agree more. And don’t claim you’re fixing a divide by pandering to one extreme.

I think this is also good advice because you don’t need any training or qualification to do this. It’s strange that those of us (like me) who lack training often feel we can’t do the one thing we actually can. We’re so culturally fixated on destinations that we’ve forgotten how to travel together.

Any inkling yet of whether it will apply retrospectively to those who already have asylum? Desperately concerned about what this will mean for our (unofficial) son. Can’t imagine the agony it’s causing others.

Additional tip: do not carry blocks of homemade membrillo (looks how I imagine plastic explosive looks) wrapped in tin foil.

Qualitative research isn't a consolation prize for when we can't get 'real' numbers. It's a different way of knowing; one that captures complexity, context, and meaning that statistics alone cannot provide.

Typographical tracking. Smart. Also a bit creepy. :)

I am so glad that, when I was prompted by a PC-UK campaign to speak to my GP, he introduced me to the evidence and let me make a more informed decision.