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Interested and curious about our internal spaces, about who we are and why we are the way we are. Oh, and wasn’t Ingrid the most beautiful woman ever?

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America First?

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

One misconception I also want to address: the dreadful US performance does not disappear if you “adjust for race”.

This is way way overstated.

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

The pockets of both countries where life expectancy has been falling are overwhelmingly white [working class], and the most diverse parts have seen the biggest increases.

Contrast diverse (and hardly affluent) inner-city London Newham with Middlesbrough, Boston, Lincoln.

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American death:

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

Here’s the column again https://t.co/IzrpsWntE9

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And we really cannot go on living like this:

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

And here’s a piece I did last year looking at how the US’s life expectancy deficit would look if drugs, guns, road deaths or obesity could be magicked away

https://t.co/CcTlCYzuMd

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Time for real change America. We literally cannot go on living like this:

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: income inequality in US & UK is so wide that while the richest are very well off, the poorest have a worse standard of living than the poorest in countries like Slovenia https://t.co/gtHvhNsnuT

Essentially, US & UK are poor societies with some very rich people.

A thread:

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@acgrayling Not really. His polling figures etc are awful. They do that to all SNP leaders. They are a proxy for the will of the Scots.

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@FloraSCooper Yes

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@sonjaeftimovska Awwwww he’s such a nice man…

[Pantherprism @lemondrizzly]

@RogersHistory @FloraSCooper I blame the government for not allowing teachers to reprimand appropriately anymore. Kids run riot at school, beat the crap out of each other, threaten teachers. None of this happened when I was a kid! Bring back the cane, it never harmed anything more than pride and ass

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@wileyoldfox @RogersHistory @FloraSCooper Ok… we’ll just ignore the deaths then.

[Jamie Lewis @jamielewis75]

@RogersHistory @FloraSCooper Who monitors & scrutinies ofsted?

[David John Healey @Dave4Caergwrle]

@RogersHistory @FloraSCooper A bold response to a system that is now brought into question. In addition teachers should boycott applying for posts as Ofsted Inspectors.

[Tom Rogers @RogersHistory]

Thanks @FloraSCooper for sharing this from the sister of Ruth Perry. Abolish OFSTED. If you ain't comfortable with that, help to strip them of all this power they have accumulated. Above all, do something!

[Paul Garvey. @PaulGarvey4]

On the back of this heartbreaking tweet, is this possible to pile the pressure on Ofsted?

Many HTs are appalled at what happened to Ruth Perry. If you get an inspection next week and you feel strongly enough and very brave…1/2

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The utter inadequacy of OFSTED

[Mr Allington 🎓🙋🏼‍♂️ @MrAllington]

If there is anything that demonstrates why Ofsted categories MUST end it has to be this. What a loss Ruth Perry surely was to eduction but, above all, to her family. Ruth’s sister’s words are utterly heartbreaking. This simply cannot go on.

Full clip:

https://t.co/eyLBw4XlsL

[Geoff and Margaret @RetirementTales]

I wrote a Tweet about banners last year. I'll share it again.

If you want to diplay a banner on your school, use it to share quotes from pupils, parents or visitors. Use it to celebrate an achievement or your uniqueness!

But don't use it to simply share an Ofsted grading...

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Grant an inquiry of the Ofsted inspection at Caversham Primary School - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/X1ctZOABJ6 via @UKChange

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Time for Headteachers and Trust leaders to boycott OFSTED

[Alison Wright PR @alisonwrightpr]

We call on headteachers (with the support of teaching unions) to:

Boycott Ofsted until a thorough, independent review has been conducted and changes implemented
@Ofstednews #ripruthperry #reformofsted

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And another one dead: OFSTED- the greatest danger to safeguarding in England.

[Sian Griffiths @SianGriffiths6]

NEW: ‘My headmistress sister killed herself because of an Ofsted report.’
Ruth Perry, 53, a mum of two, died after her school was downgraded from outstanding to inadequate.
Time to reform Ofsted? Thank you Julia for speaking to me @thetimes @bphillipsonMP https://t.co/foRhyollMY

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Why OFSTED must go. Headteacher’s death by suicide following one of their many flawed inspections just a list of facts on a report…

[Siobhan Collingwood @SiobhanHead]

Surely this is our professions Spartacus or Lineker moment. Time for headteachers to stand in unity and refuse to take part in OFSTED. If all headteacher inspectors refused to continue in the role this cruel system would collapse