Vicki Bolton

I'm here for data, policy and politics, vets (for work), Dutch things (especially cycle paths), quality of life, women & girls. Opinions my own, obviously.

[Vicki Bolton @vicbolt]

@SW_Help @SteveRobb0 What's the best way to get to Winchester from Southampton Central? I'm on the 17:05 from Waterloo getting in ???

[Vicki Bolton @vicbolt]

@SW_Help Bit late now 🤣 I've been waiting for a train which is just threatening to turn up! There was no info at Waterloo so I paid for Tube and train to get to Reading 😭

[Vicki Bolton @vicbolt]

Standing on the station platform. It's half term. Men and women are 50:50 most weeks. This week it's more like 90:10

[Vicki Bolton @vicbolt]

@soniasodha I finished my PhD aged 40 - didn't enjoy it, but loved the MSc in social statistics which preceded it. And I love being able to follow the numbers. I hope you're having fun!

[Vicki Bolton @vicbolt]

@Acertaintom Well that's what I was wondering, I suppose

[Vicki Bolton @vicbolt]

@Acertaintom Thanks Tom - I would have missed this. I wonder how Ipsos UK feel about the role of NatCen here

[Vicki Bolton @vicbolt]

Again

[Vicki Bolton @vicbolt]

Nick wtf?!!!!???

[Vicki Bolton @vicbolt]

Nick wtf?!!!!???

[Sonia Sodha @soniasodha]

Do it Joe!!! Pull the rug 😆😆😆

[Vicki Bolton @vicbolt]

.@TalkTalk I need help for my elderly neighbour. OpenReach dug up the street and cut off her phone and internet. She only has a 'brick' mobile and needs to talk to a real person to report the fault and get an engineer to come out. Can you help? This is an access issue.

[Vicki Bolton @vicbolt]

@BBCr4today re: hares and hunting... You can also hunt muntjac deer at any time - no closed season. In that case, though, they're invasive and have no set breeding season

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Don’t be suspicious, don’t be suspicious.. 😅

[Vicki Bolton @vicbolt]

I feel like @LukeTryl is describing our neighbourhood WhatsApp. It's uncanny

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

The sweet spot of policy for commanding massive public support in Britain contains three elements
1. A ban
2. Would support pensioners
3. Would protect animals/wildlife
Ban on fireworks so as not to distress elderly pets would probably do it.

[Vicki Bolton @vicbolt]

I really hope @LukeTryl is actually keeping a list - I want to see it!

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

Another one to add to the British public love a ban list, by a 3-1 margin people back banning the sale of slushies to children. Parents of young children are the most supportive.

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

Don’t say we didn’t try to warn you.

[Merryn Somerset Webb @MerrynSW]

Those interested in teen mental health (and who decide on new girl guide badges). Perhaps looking inwards is a mistake. "Unexpectedly, we found that YAM (Youth Aware of Mental Health) led to increased emotional difficulties at the long term follow up." https://t.co/SHrqRaQ0gg

[Vicki Bolton @vicbolt]

@RoyalMail when you send those "you weren't at home" emails, is there a reason you don't include an "oh yes we were" button? Just received one while I was sitting next to my front door. I have rebooked, but it's the fib that annoys. "We didn't have enough staff" would be honest

[Vicki Bolton @vicbolt]

Rotterdam seemed very good at political art when I was living in it

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Fenix, in Rotterdam, is the first museum in the world to explore migration through art. That may sound like an odd approach, but the institution manages to be accessible without being dogmatic https://t.co/MwuAIDdz4T

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Fenix, in Rotterdam, is the first museum in the world to explore migration through art. That may sound like an odd approach, but the institution manages to be accessible without being dogmatic https://t.co/MwuAIDdz4T