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Same as @thomasforth on X. Gone back to Twitter for now. Quality filter, locations in bios, and polls pls. Leeds, Yorkshire, UK.
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@jacktindale.bsky.social thinking of u.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

us government went from telling miners “learn to code” to telling coders “learn to mine” in less than ten years

submitted 53 days ago • 127 comments

I read the new @labourtogether.bsky.social report --- Nation Rebalanced --- and I thought it was excellent. You can read it too, starting here. The foreword is a bit partisan, but the main report is much more,..... 😎,..... balanced. www.labourtogether.uk/all-reports/...

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

We're getting on with building The National Data Library here in Leeds. We've had huge interest and support from the private and public sector and it's growing fast. Learn more and join in! datalibrary.uk

submitted 55 days ago • 2 comments

Hi @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social -- I've seen this graph by "Bank of America Global Research" apparently. So not complete jokers. But the data,..... looks a bit jokery to me. Does the UK *really* have non tariff barriers so much higher than France?! What do you think?

submitted 61 days ago • 3 comments

I read 14 reports and blog posts on the idea of the UK government setting up a National Data Library. The equivalent of a 300 page book. And then I wrote up what I think in 2000 words. So if that's the kind of thing you like reading,... tomforth.co.uk/nationaldata...

submitted 77 days ago • 2 comments

I read 14 reports and blog posts on the idea of the UK government setting up a National Data Library. The equivalent of a 300 page book. And then I wrote up what I think in 2000 words. So if that's the kind of thing you like reading,... tomforth.co.uk/nationaldata...

submitted 77 days ago • 2 comments

"Why are North England's politicians repeating the myth that investing in the North is worse value for money than investing in the South?" > I wrote a thing. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think it's something a bit more tactical. tomforth.co.uk/northerntran...

submitted 83 days ago • 4 comments

"Why are North England's politicians repeating the myth that investing in the North is worse value for money than investing in the South?" > I wrote a thing. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think it's something a bit more tactical. tomforth.co.uk/northerntran...

submitted 83 days ago • 4 comments

1/ Go to Nomisweb. 2/ Select ASHE > workplace > annual pay > full-time > median > regions. 3/ Go to ONS, get CPIH deflator. Adjust for inflation. 4/ Set starting year at 100 for all regions. 5/ Draw graph (with bad X axis). Label Scotland. Polite "WTF?!" as the title. . . Have a nice weekend.

submitted 89 days ago • 1 comment

Well. Good that places are thinking more seriously about raising their own revenues rather than hanging on for HMT to send some money. Devolution only works with increased fiscal autonomy.

submitted 91 days ago • 2 comments

Did a capitalism. www.oxfordeconomics.com/resource/oxf...

submitted 97 days ago • 6 comments

There'll be many words and maps about how badly Germany has done at integrating its East since reunification. Here's the other side of it --- how well East Germany has done since reunification and how much better off it is than North England today. tomforth.co.uk/humancapital/

submitted 101 days ago • 4 comments

Yes it’s me, talking about halo effects from the BBC’s move to Salford. Details below 👇

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

"New Year Honours: Are top honours winners too posh and too southern?" > staggering stats, as they are pretty much every year. Recipients of top honours hugely skewed towards South East England. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 115 days ago • 4 comments

There he goes. Storming through doors. We tried to hold him back but he’d taken a drink and was in full DEBATE ME mode

submitted 118 days ago • 0 comments

Friends fear he's been snooping around.

submitted 118 days ago • 0 comments

🎒↗️🐈 -- we at The Data City are announcing a big partnership with Oxford Economics to help power the future of economic forecasting around the world. We're here at their Global Economic Outlook Conference 2025 to hear about how some traditional economic measures are losing power.

submitted 119 days ago • 0 comments

I read and listened to the feedback on my "Why the North is Poor" piece and I've transitioned to train beers brewed in countries with much higher productivity (+60% this one).

submitted 120 days ago • 3 comments