Connor James Ibbetson

Senior Special Projects Journalist @telegraph 📊
Formerly @yougov
Words @timesredbox @thetimes @guardian

Alumni @cityjournalism

Tweets are my opinion etc.

[Connor James Ibbetson @ConnorIbbetson]

Some personal news (for the few people left who haven't been subjected to me talking about our wedding non-stop for the past few months)

[Connor James Ibbetson @ConnorIbbetson]

My wife has endometriosis and varicose veins.

The most productive appointment she's had as wwhen where I came and read out a list of things she had written down to the doctor on her behalf.

Most other appointments she was told also she was 'too young' for her symptoms

[Vacha @TVachaW]

Yesterday, girlfriend asked me to come into a GPs appointment with her to witness the level of gaslighting she gets from doctors.

She reported standard symptoms of sleep apnea, and asked if there were tests for this.

He said it’s *impossible* to get sleep apnea if you are under 40 and not clinically obese.

Proceeded to say it she almost certainly just has an anxiety disorder (despite no anxiety symptoms during the day).

Then proceeded to prescribe her a relatively high dose of SSRIs and insisted she see a psychiatrist.

His whole tone throughout was of mild irritation at having to deal with her.

It honestly felt like being in some Victorian clinic and witnessing a woman with epilepsy being diagnosed with hysteria or something.

[Meike Eijsberg @meikeeijsberg]

Are you healthy for your age?👶🧑🧓

We spoke to experts and put together five tools, each assessing a different metric of your health: weight, diet, exercise, alcohol and smoking.

With @marihallal and @rachelmatth3ws

So, how do you measure up?

https://t.co/jaHoK0TDzF

1/13

[Meike Eijsberg @meikeeijsberg]

☀️NEW: Find out how healthy the bird population is in your garden 🐦🦆🦜🦉

With @ConnorIbbetson and Miles Barriball-Saw

https://t.co/jQEZpcufIr

1/3

[Ben Butcher @bienbutcher]

🚨 If Keir Starmer wanted to prove that a new approach to small boats would pay dividends, the first few months of 2025 have not helped.

So far, there have been 6,642 crossings - far higher than this time last year.

@the_one_n_ollie + @charleshymas

https://t.co/JwIqzAAWlf

[Ben Butcher @bienbutcher]

🤓 It's the time of year when resident nerd @ConnorIbbetson takes a crack at the GCHQ Christmas quiz.

See if you can solve it!

https://t.co/DQ0qHNtxIy

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

🔴 We have entered a new drone age – one in which machines can acquire targets and kill of their own accord ...

This is how I used one to assassinate my boss ⬇️
https://t.co/y1coVNsXum

@ascottgeddes | @PaulNuki | @ConnorIbbetson

[Arthur Scott-Geddes @ascottgeddes]

A little while ago I was given one of the weirder assignments of my journalistic career so far - travel to Munich and stage an assassination with an AI drone.
@PaulNuki, the commissioning editor, was surprised to learn we made him the target.

[Meike Eijsberg @meikeeijsberg]

This is fantastic !

https://t.co/S7IvXm2Ucq

Come for a silly intro, stay for an in-depth analysis with great visual storytelling 👏@ascottgeddes @ConnorIbbetson

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

🎙️The Telegraph’s Ukraine: The Latest podcast, launched by the late David Knowles, has won a leading media award.

Find out more here ⬇️
https://t.co/YqHoOBqMU3

[Francis Dearnley @FrancisDearnley]

Thank you @EditorsUK for naming @Telegraph's 'Ukraine: The Latest' their 'Podcast of the Year.'

It was a happy but bittersweet moment, as @DomNicholls and I felt someone was missing up there on stage.

David, wherever you are: this one's for you.

[Meike Eijsberg @meikeeijsberg]

I want to do a US election recap of our tiny data journalism team’s achievements 🇺🇸

We're only 3 people (@bienbutcher, @the_one_n_ollie, me) but we’ve delivered some important&hard hitting stories that not everyone was covering.

And let’s not forget the many visuals📈📉

🧵⬇️

[Ben Butcher @bienbutcher]

💰Working-people were saved the worst of the budget tax raid, but this budget saw a near record jump in tax.

Use our calculators to see the impact on:

💷 Capital Gains Tax
💀 Inheritance Tax
🏠 Stamp duty
👨‍💼 Employer NI

- via @the_one_n_ollie

https://t.co/OnxpxELtRK

[Connor James Ibbetson @ConnorIbbetson]

A few snaps from a fab weekend in the Austrian Alps

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@ameliargh Ah, its good to know other people also have the "is this really what we are spending our finite resources on" existential crisis in the shops.

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@johnsweeneyroar This has got 'great book' written all over it?

[Connor James Ibbetson @ConnorIbbetson]

Fantastic read from @lararhiannonw on sustainability in the wedding industry, beautiful art style and direction too 👇

Totally not bias by our wedding name-drop of course.

[Lara Williams @lararhiannonw]

Weddings aren't a big contributor to climate change.

But they're a fascinating lens to look at how our consumer choices stack up in terms of carbon emissions: No other single day comes with the same amount of pressure and expectation to buy stuff https://t.co/Sq2WTgzeb2

[Ben Butcher @bienbutcher]

🚨🖥️ Between now and election day, our brilliant data science team will be plugging in the latest polling and projecting it nationally - giving us a sense of where the election is going.

Their first forecast:
🟥 Labour: 446
🟦 Cons: 86

https://t.co/jjXR2IfaYJ

[Ben Butcher @bienbutcher]

📅🥱 It has been extraordinarily busy couple of weeks for the @Telegraph data team as we approach the election!

We're a relatively small team of just 3 data journos so don't always have the time to share our successes - so here are some things we've achieved over the past week: