Charles Tallack

personal account - for work related tweeting I use @CharlesTTHF

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Polio: Detection of virus in London is a major blow - but it has little chance of spreading widely https://t.co/IHlAAgxEOO

[COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group @COVID19actuary]

The @WHO recently reported 14.9 million excess deaths from the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. We have reviewed the calculations and while the global total is broadly consistent with other estimates, we have concerns over the figures for some countries.

https://t.co/o7de4g7rNq

[Institute for Fiscal Studies @TheIFS]

NEW: Graduates are in for a rollercoaster ride on student loan interest rates in the coming years.

Read our new briefing on what today's @ONS RPI figures mean for student loans, funded by @NuffieldFound> https://t.co/rILIVUkXHh

[Charles Tallack @ctallack]

@jackthurston The ride into St David's (from your Lost Lanes Wales book)?
It's a city!

[Charles Tallack @ctallack]

@BrineMP One thing I don't understand and perhaps you can explain. You say you oppose vaccine passports on the grounds that they don't stop you getting COVID or passing it on. But later on your speech you say you support mandatory vaccination for NHS and social care staff.

[Charles Tallack @ctallack]

@Starcourse https://t.co/VVWSZEWK7y Looking at the longer term, US GDP as a share of world GDP has been in decline + Matthew has slightly cherrypicked 1980 in his comparison...

[Charles Tallack @ctallack]

@JTilomass @BrineMP @HouseofCommons @SBGreenWinch To clarify: it WILL increase domestic flying (of course, because prices will be lower) but NOT emissions.

[Charles Tallack @ctallack]

@JTilomass @BrineMP @HouseofCommons @SBGreenWinch Seemingly paradoxically, according to the IFS, it won't
https://t.co/O4zKlT8Pcc

[Helen Miller @HelenMiller_IFS]

Air Passenger Duty changes will INCREASE FLYING….
OBR forecasts ~400k more flights per year.
But NOT UK EMISSIONS. Here’s why (reason is not obvious):
1/N
(from @StuartAdam_IFS
@TheIFS
presentation)

[Charles Tallack @ctallack]

@PickardJE The party is panicking. Identikit replies from two MPs - Winchester's and Witney's

[Charles Tallack @ctallack]

An Identikit explanation from Robert Courts MP for Witney. https://t.co/8N28z0c3n9

[Steve Brine @BrineHealth]

Vote explainer on Lords' Amendments to the Environment Bill re. Storm Overflows | Steve Brine MP https://t.co/LWglfBBUwq

[Charles Tallack @ctallack]

@BrineMP Robert Courts, Conservative MP for Witney, uses almost identical language in his explainer, including "I would be sympathetic to this point of view if we were talking about a simple, inexpensive endeavour."
https://t.co/8N28z0c3n9

[Charles Tallack @ctallack]

@uk_domain_names Just blame it on civil servants working from home...
https://t.co/2wLcVeeibu

[Charles Tallack @ctallack]

I thought we'd taken back control.

[Mail+ @DailyMailUK]

Wednesday’s @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages

[Charles Tallack @ctallack]

@PetroNicolaides @jdportes @mosey19622 Whatever it's called, it's not going to feel any different to a family
losing £20 a week.

[Charles Tallack @ctallack]

@BrineMP @politicshome Interesting piece Steve. What is the evidence that electricity prices wouldn't also be volatile? Especially as electricity supply will increasingly depend on wind which shows extreme volatility. I support move away from fossil fuels but let's not create false expectations.

[Charles Tallack @ctallack]

@policysketch My research suggests that most NASA staff aren't astronauts

[Charles Tallack @ctallack]

@topcatkeen Damn - I was hoping it was a Dino

[Charles Tallack @ctallack]

@topcatkeen What an exciting find. Did you get an answer?

[Charles Tallack @ctallack]

@DaveTheWorld Not just our experts... the foreign ones are at it too!