Rob Barward-Symmons

Snr Research & Impact Mgr @BibleSociety
Co-director @CSMC_Durham
Associate @RidleyHall
PhD in Sociology of Religion
'Becoming Evangelical' out June 11th! Link ↓

[Rob Barward-Symmons @robsymmons]

Jumping back on to say my book 'Becoming Evangelical' from @BloomsburyRS is out soon! More info and pre-order here https://t.co/aB7LV7c9VI

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@Zonal_Marking The chaos that was Di Matteo 2012 definitely deserves an asterisk in there

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@SickosCommittee Really confident GB can snatch the ultimate 4th place here

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@scottygb A way to stop people bypassing the 2 device limit? Presumably you can have two streaming at the same time but then unlimited watching offline downloads as they wouldn't be picked up?

[Rob Barward-Symmons @robsymmons]

so I don't think there's any reason to believe that the Bible Society, in some way or another, were putting a particularly favourable light from their point of view on the data."

[Rob Barward-Symmons @robsymmons]

Prof Sir John Curtice - "I've looked at the tables that YouGov provided to the Bible Society. It's perfectly clear that the Bible Society were reliably reporting the [Quiet Revival] data that were acquired for them by YouGov [cont]

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@AlexDaugherty1 https://t.co/DKlF2N9xbt A poor US Cricket volunteer not realising the guy they were trying to teach how to bowl was one of the best bowlers of all time...

[abhi @_cricketguru]

Dale Steyn getting bowling tips from the USA staff member in New York. 😂

Steyn Gun's reaction is priceless!

[Theos @Theosthinktank]

Have young men lost their ‘herd immunity’ to Christianity?

@theosnick and @robsymmons were quoted in the Times commenting on whether Gen Z men are becoming increasingly warm towards Christianity.

Read it here: https://t.co/UumUw4VrMx

[Rob Barward-Symmons @robsymmons]

@daisycutterzine Waugh getting more centuries than matches yet still averaging below 40 is definitely up there

[Rob Barward-Symmons @robsymmons]

@tickerscricket Steve Waugh knocking off 173 100s in 159 matches and still averaging below 40 is quite some mathematical feat

[Rob Barward-Symmons @robsymmons]

@fev88262 @bensprattjourn Oh it's been a long year...

[Rob Barward-Symmons @robsymmons]

@moon_noize @FootballCliches While remaining equally earnest of course

[Rob Barward-Symmons @robsymmons]

@moon_noize @FootballCliches I mean the really excellent/insane option would be Acrobat, just rewritten to be entirely about Gallagher's transfer saga

[Rob Barward-Symmons @robsymmons]

Of course this is significant, but again this kind of reporting just brushes over the fact that no-one asked will actually be impacted by it. Three quarters of *adult* Britons support it.
It's difficult to survey children and young people, it's not difficult to say you haven't

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

Exactly this it has mass support among the public and supporters of all big parties back it - just 11% oppose. Speaking to parents in focus groups they are desperate for govt action because it’s so hard to do at individual parent level because it means your kid missing out.

[Rob Barward-Symmons @robsymmons]

@LukeTryl I will keep banging this drum but - Three quarters of *adult* Britons support it. None of these people would actually be directly affected by it, and children/young people are still Britons.

[Rob Barward-Symmons @robsymmons]

It may be from a different era of social media, but this from @zephoria remains brilliant. Young people long to just hang out offline, but adults have consistently found ways to ban it and forced them online - through necessity, not preference. https://t.co/eUScgff4iL

[Rob Barward-Symmons @robsymmons]

During austerity, 1,200 youth clubs were closed and funding was cut by 70%. Social media is a challenge, but just adding further restrictions to their lives is not the answer to addressing youth crises right now. https://t.co/Y6xpBqXCY4

[Andy Burnham @AndyBurnhamGM]

I find myself agreeing with a lot of what Kemi Badenoch is saying about children and social media. It seems to me parents would welcome a cross-party consensus around much bolder action.

[Rob Barward-Symmons @robsymmons]

It's incredibly disappointing but entirely predictable of a politician to highlight the views of parents (=adults=voters) rather than the young people themselves. But as ever they are best kept out of the conversation, because they can't possibly have anything to contribute.