"True statecraft is manifest when, in difficult times, we uphold high principles and think of the long-term common good" Francis. Laudato Si. Para 178

My first Substack piece is here - it is about Alan Partridge, happiness and politics (with a little inspiration from my old friend Cicero) https://t.co/RB2ZJh8mG0

Always disappointing when we need to send one of these.

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This “study” looks serious. It has an abstract, authors, even affiliations. But read it carefully - it’s pure satire. And it brilliantly exposes one of the biggest flaws in bad science: confusing correlation with causation. “Over 90% of autistic children consumed breast milk or

Closing the gap in early deaths in #Wales. In the third in a series of blogs on mortality trends research by the Health Foundation, I explore geographic inequalities in early deaths in Wales, and consider actions needed #publichealth https://t.co/moVNrH6C4C @HealthFdn

But...but....

1/ 🚨 RFK Jr. just claimed that teenage boys today have sperm and testosterone levels like 65-year-olds. The clip went viral. The science? Nowhere to be found. Let’s fact-check this fertility fear-bait. #ScienceMatters #PublicHealth @IntegralAnswers

Under-reported story of the day? Covid vaccine may trigger immune response in cancer patients https://t.co/sp1rzHSe21

Research shows that patients who got COVID vaccine before starting cancer immunotherapy lived significantly longer. https://t.co/c8dZKRPraO via @statnews

@ScottAdamsSays Imagine you’re watching two groups of patients with advanced lung cancer. Both get immunotherapy. One group also got a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine near the start. What happened? The vaccinated group lived longer. Median survival went from ~20 months to ~37 months. For melanoma,

Cancer patients who got a COVID vaccine lived much longer https://t.co/Nz5FX9pyMg

A culture that tolerates and elevates pseudoscience will be at odds with the health of its citizens.

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Just landed in Derry from Heathrow with @FlyLoganair incredibly friendly cabin crew, tartan, shortbread and tea on flight. Fantastic all round. That was a dream

How does policy change really happen? 🤔💭 This brief unpacks the inner workings of policymaking and why change may—or may not—occur. Explore 10 theories that guide advocacy and policy change efforts: https://t.co/aKqciT7Qxh

After 8 billion doses (yes 8 BILLION, not a typo) Covid vaccines are at this point one of the most tested medical interventions in history and one of the safest ever

It takes a brief Google to discover that the graffiti exhibition in Canterbury cathedral is temporary and that the graffiti will be removed when it's over. Not that you could possibly know this from the hundreds of posts from the permanently outraged.

Does this trigger you? If so (and I admit it does trigger me slightly) then you'll get a sense of a debate which has had such a profound impact on British history for over a thousand years; what kind of art we put in our churches. Long 🧵