Some public opinionhttps://bsky.app/profile/robjohns75.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/robjohns75.bsky.social/post/3mkufssarzc2lGarbage in, garb.... well, let's just say treat the seat predictions with extreme caution. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 10:13 +0000at://did:plc:e6g5xroeke4mkws6t4fmg575/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkufssarzc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/robjohns75.bsky.social/post/3mkpwyk736k2cTrying to remember the last time I saw the term ‘gold standard’ in this context without those inverted commas. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:e6g5xroeke4mkws6t4fmg575/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpwyk736k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/robjohns75.bsky.social/post/3mkmo7nlhgs2xThe word ‘leaning’ would soon come under severe strain. The Mirror and Mail ‘lean’ politically in roughly the same sense as the Warsaw Radio Mast now leans. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 08:22 +0000at://did:plc:e6g5xroeke4mkws6t4fmg575/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmo7nlhgs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/robjohns75.bsky.social/post/3mkapzfmxb22w🚨❗ C-🐻 🏖️ 🏫 on 🧪 in 🍻 🥼 ♎ 🆙 🕟 https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=1473524 Apr 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:e6g5xroeke4mkws6t4fmg575/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkapzfmxb22whttps://bsky.app/profile/robjohns75.bsky.social/post/3mk6paabt7s2zI will continue to post this every #WorldBookDay.23 Apr 2026 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:e6g5xroeke4mkws6t4fmg575/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6paabt7s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/robjohns75.bsky.social/post/3mk5rznvtc22vThose golden rules for polling again: 1. Avoid double-barrelled questions 2. Keep wording neutral 3. Have faintest idea about election you’re polling about [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:e6g5xroeke4mkws6t4fmg575/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5rznvtc22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/robjohns75.bsky.social/post/3mk5ikfl32k2tBusiness schooled. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 07:30 +0000at://did:plc:e6g5xroeke4mkws6t4fmg575/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5ikfl32k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/robjohns75.bsky.social/post/3mjzjmq52bk2zVery helpful stuff here. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Apr 2026 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:e6g5xroeke4mkws6t4fmg575/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzjmq52bk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/robjohns75.bsky.social/post/3mjohs2yhyc2kI was really looking forward to some hating here (ideally self-hating because let's face it we quantitative types are hard to bear at times) but I don't think it's possible because of the strange dependent variables here, which are billed as preferences but are actually just like-dislike scales. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 08:07 +0000at://did:plc:e6g5xroeke4mkws6t4fmg575/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjohs2yhyc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/robjohns75.bsky.social/post/3mjjjffkpzc22Among the many things I like about this thread, one is the reference to Lincs having “the eleven-plus” rather than having “grammar schools” or “the grammar school system”. That discursive erasure (I know!) of 75-80% of the system is such a giveaway about priorities. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2026 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:e6g5xroeke4mkws6t4fmg575/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjjffkpzc22https://bsky.app/profile/robjohns75.bsky.social/post/3mjjh64e5w22wThis tanker will take some turning around but there’s a serious wrench at the tiller here. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2026 08:12 +0000at://did:plc:e6g5xroeke4mkws6t4fmg575/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjh64e5w22whttps://bsky.app/profile/robjohns75.bsky.social/post/3mjgu6bs2qs23It’s not just on the spending side, either. There was never a better opportunity than 2024 to test — and, I think, disprove — the thesis that you can’t win an election if promising increases in direct taxation, even if it’s to pay for obvious and urgent priorities. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Apr 2026 07:27 +0000at://did:plc:e6g5xroeke4mkws6t4fmg575/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjgu6bs2qs23