2018-06-21 (Thursday)
Writing
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UK parliament demographics chart
I wondered how the ages of MPs and members of the House of Lords compared to the UK population so I made some charts.
Tweets
I made some interactive charts to compare the genders and ages of the Houses of Commons and Lords with the UK population: gyford.com/misc/uk-parlia…
More here: gyford.com/phil/writing/2…
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Liked tweets
Someone on Reddit has photoshopped art ladies into a modern office and it's just excellent.
Remember the bit in 1984 when they reduce the chocolate ration from 20g to 10g a week, and Winston has to change all the archives to make it look like it used to be 5g a week, and the loyal population stage a rally praising Big Brother for increasing the chocolate ration…? twitter.com/ivankatrump/st…
Thank you @POTUS for taking critical action ending family separation at our border. Congress must now act + find a lasting solution that is consistent with our shared values;the same values that so many come here seeking as they endeavor to create a better life for their families
Interesting use of ‘informed myself’ which I think had died out now. I like it when older English is more like the German. In this case ‘ich informiere mich’. twitter.com/samuelpepys/st…
I informed myself that there died four or five at Westminster of the plague in one alley in several houses upon Sunday last, Bell Alley, over against the Palace-gate.
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