Mark Malik 🌐

Mathematician, Economist, Accountant.
Maker of models, creator of charts, and builder of bridges.
Still searching for that horizon.
⬛⬜🟥 Boing boing! 💙🤍

[The Spectator @spectator]

Keir Starmer has entered what might be described as the peak delusion period of what remains of his time in Downing Street. There was fresh evidence of the Prime Minister's all-consuming divorce from political reality in his latest comments about Andy Burnham, who is widely predicted to win the Makerfield by-election today, and then go on to launch a leadership challenge to turf the PM out of Downing Street.

Anyone and everyone knows all this and more, except Starmer apparently, who called Burnham "a great asset" and said he deserved "a big role in government". What is Starmer smoking? The only big role in government that Burnham wants is Starmer's job in Number 10. That's the whole point of Burnham's return to Westminster. Any attempt to pretend otherwise merely invites mockery.

✍️ Jawad Iqbal

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[Rushi @rushicrypto]

Greenland is now asking Trump to invade, hoping to secure a deal similar to the one Iran got.

[Mark Malik 🌐 @MarkMalik_2]

Cringe af

[Beth Rigby @BethRigby]

UPDATE: As per @MENnewsdesk, I’m told that Burnham will NOT accept a place in Starmer’s cabinet after the PM told me earlier today he wanted Burnham in the tent

[Dr Chris Burden 🐺 @WulfrunianChris]

Under 16s messaging each other on Excel post the social media ban.

[Next Gen Tories @NextGenTories]

The Party is changing. NGT is growing faster than ever before.

Join us: https://t.co/rtSWoyhhaP

[Fred de Fossard @defossardf]

YouTube has lowered the barriers to entry for everyone to learn about the world and pursue their hobbies. From playing the guitar to discovering history by stumbling upon documentaries made by enthusiastic amateurs. Shutting children off from the world will be utterly miserable.

[Duncan Stott 🏗️🔰🇺🇦 @DuncanStott]

Fiscal drag affects all taxpayers, not just pensioners. There's no good reason to treat working-age taxpayers like we're second class.

[Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot]

One MP says of the potential ban on social media for under 18s past 8.30pm:

"Are we giving votes to 16 year olds but banning them from watching the election results on YouTube?"

[Marcus Walker @WalkerMarcus]

It is literally insane simultaneously to think that 16 and 17 year olds are mature enough to vote but not mature enough to look at Instagram at 8:30pm. This is comically absurd.

[James Heale @JAHeale]

After losing the 1945 election, a Yugoslav woman reportedly cried, "Poor Mr Churchill, what's going to happen to him now? Is he going to be shot?" On hearing this, Churchill replied, "They've reserved for me a far worse fate than that. I am to be the Leader of the Opposition."

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

Every other politician making irresponsible Waspi promises has reversed course after being elected.

Burnham's reverse ferret was well ahead of schedule. Respect.

[Tom Forth @thomasforth]

"Brexit is a game of who blinks first, and we've cut our eyelids off" > Arlene Foster with the most metal political quote of all time from a few years back. Still an absolute banger and a turn of phrase I think only the cauldron of Northern Ireland could truly perfect.

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

Complaining about nightlife when you *checks notes* choose to live in Soho is like living in South Kensington and complaining about the museums.

Or moving to Hackney and grumbling about creatives. Living in Richmond and hating green space. 

It's all getting a bit silly, isn't it?

[David Gauke @DavidGauke]

Of all the demands for additional public spending, this is surely one of the least deserving. If he’s caving in on this, God help us.

[Mark Malik 🌐 @MarkMalik_2]

FFS

[Financial Times @FT]

Burnham pledges to back pension campaigners claiming billions https://t.co/r3ijBk0zYv

[Mark Malik 🌐 @MarkMalik_2]

@s8mb I once bumped into Keir Starmer in the quiet coach of a Pendolino. I laughed that he'd spent about the same on his coffee and sandwich as the First Class supplement was that night

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

Few tax increases are so modest in fiscal terms, while having so large an impact on people's lives.

There will also be knock-on effects: the housing market, the labour market, and the economy. But for me, the main problem with stamp duty is that it makes people miserable.

[Wild Clips @JCFights]

Some guy was riding his motorcycle when out of nowhere a Deer showed up and started beating the living daylights out of him. If this wasn't recorded, no one would believe you 😭

[Mark Malik 🌐 @MarkMalik_2]

"If there exists a unique ranking method that satisfies all criteria, use that ranking. If not, choose the ranking that satisfies all criteria and is produced by the most methods."

3/3

[Mark Malik 🌐 @MarkMalik_2]

I would gather all MSP's ranked preferences in a spreadsheet and give Claude this prompt:

"Provide an aggregate ranking using each of these criteria:
- D'Hondt
- Borda
- IRV
- Quasilinear, linear
- Quasilinear, inverse
- Quasilinear, exponential decay...

1/3

[Andy Wightman @andywightman]

@conor_matchett There is no requirement to use D’Hondt in the standing orders. Parliament should vote against the Bureau motion this afternoon and agree a more balanced apportionment of places with no party having both convenor and deputy convenor from same party

[Mark Malik 🌐 @MarkMalik_2]

"Evaluate each method against Pareto Efficiency, Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives, and 1st and Second place being different parties...

2/3