Michael Lawrie

Director at Ipsos UK, working on healthcare. Very much enjoy a debate. Views own

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

Just returned from a 5 day pilgrimage, walking from London to Canterbury with no money, tent, phone, or much of a plan other than to keep walking until I got there. It was a hard but peaceful & rich experience, through layers of history & miles of exquisitely beautiful nature…

[Michael Lawrie @MichaelLawrie1]

@RoryStewartUK @peterfrankopan I am the proud owner of both the earth transformed and at least one book on air fryer cooking. And, my mum got me your book for Xmas @RoryStewartUK. I should probably purchase some less popular books soon.

[Michael Lawrie @MichaelLawrie1]

@BenIpsosUK Run in the mud scene 7.1.24

[Michael Lawrie @MichaelLawrie1]

@keiranpedley No need to panic. Still a 72 pt season at this rate. Injuries will lift soon.

[Michael Lawrie @MichaelLawrie1]

Agree. Very glad this was in gcse curriculum at John Payne school 25 years ago

[Ben Curtis @DrBCCurtis]

'Dulce Et Decorum Est', by Wilfred Owen. Unflinchingly horrifying; viscerally excoriating; heartbreakingly poignant. Still the best and most powerful poem I've ever read.

[Keiran Pedley @keiranpedley]

Starting to think one of the big stories of the next election - other than the result obviously - will be a significant drop in turnout

[Michael Lawrie @MichaelLawrie1]

@JenniferTHF Interesting for election timing

[Michael Lawrie @MichaelLawrie1]

This seems your sort of thing @RobGMacfarlane

Cc. @Benris84

[21st Century City @urbanthoughts11]

'A slice of the A303'
via Nick Scott (fb)

[Michael Lawrie @MichaelLawrie1]

In the middle of a house move Ben, so this resonates!

[Ben Marshall @BenIpsosUK]

NEW @IpsosUK Issues Index - #ukhousing more salient as an issue than it has been at any point since GE19 and has returned to levels last seen pre-Covid pandemic

[Charles Tallack @CharlesTTHF]

Against a long-term trend of rising hospital admissions, policymakers have had an enduring aim of slowing their growth. So it’s remarkable that between 2019 & 2022 admissions fell by 800k (12%). A thread. 1/16

[Michael Lawrie @MichaelLawrie1]

Looks like it’s time to reread some of his masterpieces, including the road -

“Then they set out along the blacktop in the gunmetal light, shuffling through the ash, each the other's world entire.”

[Michael Lawrie @MichaelLawrie1]

Discovered this amazing poem via an @adam_tooze retweet. Know nothing of the poet. Twitter very good at this connecting thing

[Michael Lawrie @MichaelLawrie1]

This is just brilliant. Explaining current events through historical analysis is very appealing

[Helen Thompson POLIS @HelenHet20]

In this week’s These Times @TomMcTague and I discuss how China’s bid to become the world’s manufacturing and low-carbon energy superpower remade the world for the United States and Europe.

[Michael Lawrie @MichaelLawrie1]

@BenIpsosUK @TheEconomist @duncanrobinson @IpsosUK Nice one, Ben. That’s a pretty nuanced assessment of things.

[Keiran Pedley @keiranpedley]

🚨NEW from @IpsosUK / @standardnews: Labour lead at 16 🚨

Labour 44% (-5 from March)
Con 28% (+2)
Lib Dem 13% (+2)
Green 5% (nc)
Other 8% (nc)

F/W 10-16 May (changes from March)

🧵on leader ratings, hung parliament, Lab readiness and more below...

[Michael Lawrie @MichaelLawrie1]

Love the writing @barneyronay (Kane does indeed ‘chug’ these days. Well done harry - what a scoring rate and list of players you now lead

[Michael Lawrie @MichaelLawrie1]

Best football writer in the business on England’s best goal scorer. Harry Kane completes cycle of England hotshots with goals record https://t.co/ipFOtgZ1pF

[Michael Lawrie @MichaelLawrie1]

@RestIsPolitics @campbellclaret @RoryStewartUK Among the best podcast episodes I’ve heard. I respect that you both tried to reflect and not revise history, even though sometimes uncomfortable. It raises so many qs on the complexities of what was sparked in 03.
Impossible to answer these, but thanks for at least discussing.

[Michael Lawrie @MichaelLawrie1]

This is the sort of news I’m here for…. James Webb telescope detects evidence of ancient ‘universe breaker’ galaxies https://t.co/DOHsEPWEYx

[Michael Lawrie @MichaelLawrie1]

@Stockage83 We're looking at this issue at the moment - a big interest area for the main political parties, for obvious reasons