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EU pays 14M€ to find out why birth rates are collapsing even in countries that did everything "right"?
The 6-year ERC Synergy Grant, EU top research award, went to BIOSFER, led by Mikko Myrskylä at the Max Planck Institute in Rostock.
Here is what they have found so far. 🧵1/19
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Don’t think our off-air conversations are supposed to be broadcast…
But in this case
Given I was up against Reform’s George Finch
…I’ll make an exception
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MPs including @JamesCleverly and @DavidLammy are to back a move for "Black English" and "Asian English" to be added to the census - an anomaly they say must be corrected.
The push is being spearheaded by @JoshBabarinde - and a counter to some Reform UK claims about Englishness.
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Decades of debate. Now it's finally done we reap immediate economic benefits. There are hundreds more projects like this. Democracy isn't just talking, it needs far more doing.
There's been an increase in visitors and spending on Oxford Street since traffic was banned there, according to City Hall data. More on @BBCLondonNews
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British salmon stripped of organic status thetimes.com/uk/environment/…
Valais (Switzerland) taxpayers deciding if they want to continue to subsidise an airport for private jet users..
worldradio.ch/news/bitesize-…
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Twenty years on from the Stern Review, the economic case for climate action is stronger than ever, but emissions are still rising.
My new piece with @LordStern1 sets out five lessons for the next 20 years: blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp…
The right punishment for the FA to give Manchester City for their cheating is for them to be forcibly merged into Manchester United.
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A #solar and #battery programme in #Oxfordshire delivers £386,000 in gross energy savings across over 300 homes – but critically, this involves no upfront investment. Results recorded through Oxfordshire County Council showed that households saved on average £1,150. After paying a monthly subscription, the average household is still more than £400 a year better off. The findings, from home energy solutions brand Metis, demonstrate the potential of subscription-based solar and battery storage to reduce household energy costs by removing the heavy initial investment.
energylivenews.com/2026/11/0…
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“There are political repressions taking place. Now they’ve reached us.” Journalist and Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov tells me how the Russian authorities have “strangled” Russia’s most prominent independent newspaper. Novaya Gazeta is closing down. #ReadingRussia
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This is Milan, 40 years apart.
We are not America.
We don't need giant billboards covering our historic city centres.
European cities are not advertising spaces. They are our shared cultural heritage.
And some things are worth protecting.
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🚜 Food & climate are the same story.
How we farm drives climate change & climate change is driving what we can grow.
British farmers need to produce healthy, climate-resilient food
#Farming #FoodSecurity
actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
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The Danish government wants to ban a fast-growing breed known as “turbo chickens,” setting up another clash with the farm sector over animal welfare.
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One of the real constants in British public opinion is that people think that it matters not just for Ukraine but for the UK that Ukraine defeats Russia, which spans voters of all parties and so no surprise the Government leaned into further support in the Budget
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The government's latest farming cock-up is a great example of a wider problem: everyone agrees it's a disaster, and everyone is sure it's not their fault. thecritic.co.uk/the-meaning-…
ALT Why, Tory MP Sarah Bool asked, had the government decided to do it this way? “You’ll appreciate that it was before my time in the department,” Morgan explained. It wasn’t his fault, he’d only got there in June. “But I’m very keen to learn lessons from this year,” he added brightly, which will be a huge comfort to farmers. Alistair Carmichael, the Committee chair, looked at Morgan in the way that a bull might look at a rambler who had entered its field determined to exercise their right to roam. Had Morgan been told in advance that the scheme was likely to be oversubscribed? “I very much understood the level of demand,” Morgan said. “That’s why we communicated via the DEFRA blog.” And if farmers weren’t checking in on the DEFRA blog five times a day, that was their stupid fault. “Lessons have to be learned,” Morgan said again. It’s not clear who by. Learning lessons isn’t his job. Carmichael pawed the ground and began cantering towards the hapless minister. “The decision to carry on w
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The World Health Organisation says that antibiotic resistance is a major and urgent global health threat. In 2024 the #ScottishSalmon industry underreported their antibiotic use by 63%. We do not want a Tasmanian situation in Scotland. #OffTheTable
theguardian.com/australia-ne…
