Charles Albert on the first ascent of L'Ombre du Voyageur, just outside Geneva in France 🇫🇷.
Originally graded V17/9A, it was later downgraded to V14/8B+ thanks to climbing shoes & knee pads. The original method remains impressive to watch in the modern climbing era.
This is the wrong decision.
We will not tolerate antisemitism on our streets.
The role of the police is to ensure all football fans can enjoy the game, without fear of violence or intimidation.
https://t.co/8aBeqE4qbA
The @guardian article gives no compelling reason Biobank data shouldn't be shared, and indeed it remains anonymised. Suprisingly sinophobic take from Guardian.
In response to a recent Guardian article about why approved researchers in China can access our data, we've provided some additional information for our participants, including how we follow Government guidance on who can use UK Biobank.
Please read: https://t.co/SfZElphDAd
Extremely depressing that people in the UK don't see the value of overseas aid. Massively supports Ukraine already, and humanitarian and health aid is vital and shouldn't be cut.
65% of Britons support the government's plan to increase defence spending by cutting overseas aid
Support: 65%
Oppose: 20%
By party voted for in 2024
Reform UK: 91% support
Conservative: 83%
Lib Dem: 62%
Labour: 61%
Yesterday, Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressional mandated. They've saved millions of lives. 🧵
The only way that the conservatives will ever be in government again is by moving back to the centre and rejecting the fantasies of the Faragist right. But it will be a painful fight with many party members who will insist that moderation prudence and realism is “wet”!
The only way that the conservatives will ever be in government again is by moving back to the centre and rejecting the fantasies of the Faragist right. But it will be a painful fight with many party members who will insist that moderation prudence and realism is “wet”!
My piece in @TheAtlantic on why centrism offers a change of direction from the trends in global politics and why it’s the best way forward.
https://t.co/YibbexaCny
Global evidence of the value of health visitors (called PH nurses in Japan)‼️
I am often asked if HVs are a relic from the past & no longer needed?
When the greatest threats to health are preventable disease, they are ahead of the game & needed more than ever👇@wesstreeting
Quick thread on the Astra Zeneca (AZ) covid vaccine since it's been in the news today.
TLDR there isn't a new "smoking gun", the AZ vax was one of first and cheapest, it saved millions of lives globally, there are better vax out there now, adapted to new variants 1/9
My letter in the Times has generated a lot of interest so I thought it might help if I described the time line for reaching this frame of mind. I attach a copy of the letter and then run through a series of tweets to tell the story.
You really would think that the state of this site would outweigh shameless indulgence. Alas.
So, it’s with sincere apologies in advance for clogging any timelines, some random sporting bits of 2023 …
An enjoyably snarky letter in today's issue, by the Rational Evaluation of Nomenclature and Agreement based on Logic (RENAL) Group, naturally.
https://t.co/h72NkyQERm
“Right now, Israelis & Palestinians in Gaza alike are the victims of Hamas. So every question you might have about humanitarian issues, you should direct to Hamas.” Fmr. Israeli Prime Minister @yairlapid spoke to me from the Knesset, before an air raid siren ended our interview.
NEW: I’m not sure people fully appreciate how dire the US life expectancy / mortality situation has got.
My column: https://t.co/dBIhT9eZLv
And some utterly damning charts.
1) at *every* point on the income distribution, Americans live shorter lives than the English.