Phil Thompson

Research, evaluation and stuff. All views here are probably ill-considered and therefore my own.

[Phil Thompson @PhilGThompson]

@AaronBastani WW2 isn't relevant for the US - their own country was largely unthreatened during the war. And while the US civil war did see displacement of people, the scale of that, and the impact on large areas of the country, was not like the modern experience in Ukraine. 1812, I mean...

[Phil Thompson @PhilGThompson]

@nspmartin @MartaCuanti It was excellent - congratulations to all involved!

[Phil Thompson @PhilGThompson]

@justin_t_fisher Today is the day for it!

[Phil Thompson @PhilGThompson]

Not for the first time I find myself wondering how it can be that Martin Keown gets to commentate on football...

[Alex Bogdan @_AlexBogdan]

New report from DLUHC committee on electoral registration makes direct call for assisted registration supported by other public service providers. I discussed this on @IpsosUK podcast with @PhilGThompson from @ElectoralCommUK and Ellen Berry @JRRT1904 https://t.co/CxBRAObeNh

[Phil Thompson @PhilGThompson]

Fake news?

[Phil Thompson @PhilGThompson]

Well done, Gary Neville: "blue, billion pound, bottle jobs". Excellent.

[Phil Thompson @PhilGThompson]

With Klopp, if you want the great stuff you have to accept this as well. It is two sides of the same coin: he is a class act and a great human being which means he's also had the normal human reaction to 9+ years of all encompassing stress - take a break.

[Ipsos in the UK @Ipsos_in_the_UK]

'...it's an equalities issue as well as a scale problem.'

In the latest #PoliticsTalk episode, Ellen Berry, @PhilGThompson & @_AlexBogdan discuss why people aren't registering to vote and why this matters.

👀https://t.co/aKdyrocBub
👂https://t.co/b5QPrAq1Px

[Ipsos in the UK @Ipsos_in_the_UK]

Before the 2019 General Election @ElectoralCommUK saw 660,000 applications to register to vote on the last day before the deadline.

Why aren't people registering earlier? Find out on the new episode of Politics Talk 🎙️

👀https://t.co/aKdyrocBub
👂https://t.co/b5QPrAq1Px

[Phil Thompson @PhilGThompson]

@TobySJames @ClarkAlistairJ @ErikAsplund6 @HollyAnnGarnett @ESRC @ElectIntegrity @Int_IDEA Congrats to all involved!

[Phil Thompson @PhilGThompson]

@mattwridley I'm curious about what you think you are looking at!

[Phil Thompson @PhilGThompson]

Great example of a nice resource (lovely data-viz) that is being misinterpreted or deliberately misused (in real time!) because there is no context or commentary on the modelling, the assumptions involved and (importantly) which of the scenarios SAGE were using as most likely

[Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson]

Sage forecasts, vs actual

Free to read on The Spectator's data hub

https://t.co/Ber84OO0Um

[Phil Thompson @PhilGThompson]

@EricIdle Ethel the Frog/Piranha brothers!

[Phil Thompson @PhilGThompson]

@Baddiel Can't deny (because I don't know) what response is motivated by but other things (not to do with being Jewish) might mislead into thinking it is a 'posh' school - "300 year old badge" and, infact, "free" in particular (same energy, Eton as 'public' school). Awful stuff regardless

[Phil Thompson @PhilGThompson]

As a rule of thumb, the conclusion "[ergo] stop paying your BBC licence fee" is most likely (>95% of the time) the wrong one.

[Phil Thompson @PhilGThompson]

If either of these teams actually turn up against England next week it should be an amusing watch #FRAvRSA

[Tom Fletcher @UNReliefChief]

The scale and speed of what’s unfolding in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel is bone-chilling.

The whole region is at a tipping point.
The violence must stop.

My statement:

[Justin Fisher @justin_t_fisher]

@CraigWestwood9 @PhilGThompson

Election spending limits: we’re going to spend, spend, spend (or are we)? https://t.co/vIZ4b1p5T8 via @ConUnit_UCL