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He thinks Nadhim Zahawi's YouGov polls are credible
UN Secretary-General António Guterres invites Roser to internal retreats attended by the heads of the UN institutions to speak about his global development research ourworldindata.org/max-un-slides
2024 , Daily Mail
"Michael Ancram dies aged 79: Former Tory chairman's family reveal Scots MP passed away after a 'short illness' as tributes pour in for the 'first-rate politician and gentleman'...
Mr Ancram, known formally as the 13th Marquess of Lothian, held the role under Iain Duncan Smith and Michael Howard for five years in the early 2000s...".. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
"New Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay posted on X: 'I am sorry to hear of the passing of Michael Ancram who was a first-rate politician and a gentleman. The thoughts of all in the Scottish Conservatives are with his wife and family.'"
"The movie "Copycat" (1995) features a copycat serial killer who is a white male, and the film also highlights that a significant percentage of real-life serial killers are also white males, aged 20-35. This detail is part of the movie's premise"🎶
The study finds no credible evidence for a far-right stereotype that has spread widely in the media, writes Dr Ella Cockbain (UCL Security & Crime Science) in an article co-authored with Dr Waqas Tufail for The Guardian."..
A powerful modern racial myth has been exploded. What started as a far-right trope had migrated into the mainstream, meeting little resistance along the way. In 2011, the Times and its chief investigative reporter, Andrew Norfolk, claimed
Grok : "The 2020 UK Home Office study on grooming gangs found no clear evidence linking ethnicity to offending, citing poor data collection. Critics, including Priti Patel, called it flawed for downplaying cultural factors" 🤔 ucl.ac.uk/news/2020/dec/…
2017
"Patel’s summer tripincluding a reported visit to an Israeli field hospital in the occupied Golan Heights, which could have taken place only with both Israeli military and political clearance."🤔 theguardian.com/politics/2017/…
Hollywood Reporter
"CAA List of “Underperforming Writers” Now Under Court Spotlight
In a trial slated to start later this year, a jury will determine the use of lists by the agency in a lawsuit from writer John Musero...
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"In September 2016, a list circulated at CAA that placed John Musero, a scribe on The Newsroom who was picked up by the agency two years prior, among a group of “underperforming writers.” He had an active writing job and didn’t know about the list,..🎶 hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…