BBC More or Less @BBCMoreOrLess
The BBC's More or Less: Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news, and everyday life. bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00… Joined August 2011-
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Does the Russian government really spend 40% of its budget on the military? bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0h…
Ultramarathons: are women faster than men? @TimHarford and @lucyproctor investigate the claim that when running a race that's 195 miles long, women are faster than men. 🎧 More or Less on @BBCSounds. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
Is funding for schools in England at a record high ‘whatever way you look at it,’ as Education Secretary Gillian Keegan told BBC Breakfast? A More or Less thread.🧵1/9
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@StuartMcGinley @stevepowerdj @tonysheps @garyparkerradio Wishing you all the very best for the future - will miss Wave 105 a lot - the music and the presentation is first class - if it ain't broke why fix it = hope to listen to those leaving on other stations in the future
Could @BBCMoreOrLess fact-check the number of gavels used in the English justice system?
Ministers must stop trying to take credit for falling prisoner reoffending rates. This misrepresentation of the statistics was explored by @BBCMoreOrLess here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
I'd not seen this amazing response from Neil Armstrong to a moon-landing truther. Brilliant. futilitycloset.com/2023/09/30/gro…
Made my broadcast debut this morning on @BBCRadio4 discussing social housing with minister Rachel Maclean. Starts around 40 seconds in. Thank you for having me on @BBCMoreOrLess bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Excited to have one line in this piece.
Does Busted's hit song Year 3000 have some dodgy maths in it? More or Less investigates. Listen to @TimHarford and @robeastaway on @BBCSounds now. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…
@BBCMoreOrLess thank you for answering the question I’d had for years - how many greats should Busted have sung to make it an accurate account of meeting a neighbour’s granddaughter in the year 3000! So glad someone asked you! Not just me has these silly thoughts!
Thought the @BBCMoreOrLess cow klaxon would be my lasting radio legacy, but I think today's re-edit of Busted's Year 3000 to include the correct number of 'greats' will stand the test of time. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
@BBCMoreOrLess is one of those @BBCRadio4 programmes that never fails to make you stop what your doing and make you listen. Today the scale of deaths of workers from the Caribbean building the Panama Canal was a part of history I knew nothing about - brutal and compelling
Some great, great, great reporting on the important issues this morning. @BBCMoreOrLess - You're pretty fine.
Today on @BBCMoreOrLess, Dr Zoë Venables joined @TimHarford to shed light on our latest skin cancer statistics, which show this is the most common type of cancer in England. 📻 Listen here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
@BBCMoreOrLess Since the Busted song "Year 3000" assumes the existence of time travel, surely all bets are off concerning gaps between the generations. It's possible that the g-g-g-granddaughter has herself travelled in time. She might even meet her own distant descendants
I've been being fed this promoted tweet for six weeks now. In all that time, it's given me a 404 message. Dread to think what would be happening if the Telegraph digital desk were working from home as well.
Our writer explains why the WFH evangelists were wrong - and lays bare home working's effect on the economy.
🚨 Some personal news 🚨 This autumn I'm excited to become economics commentator @FinancialTimes writing a weekly newsletter on central banks and my regular economics column There's more Delighted to have been appointed an honorary professor of practice @UCLPolicyLab 1/
@BBCMoreOrLess Here's an English version
Train pricing is broken in this country and the fact that an automated algorithm can save me £100 by hacking it is insane. Who does this serve?
🚗 Are heavier electric cars really posing a risk to infrastructure such as bridges and car parks?
Back on your radios this morning, talking about how the Lib Dem claim that 120 people a day last year died while waiting for an ambulance in England is wholly unreliable. @BBCMoreOrLess on @BBCRadio4 at 9am.
Food prices - the complex picture and some immediate actions - the full 35 min debate available via the link below AND our friends at @BBCMoreOrLess are about to look at UK/EU shopping baskets in their programme now @BBCRadio4 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…
I am on today's More or Less talking about NHS waiting lists with @JoCasserly and @TimHarford You can read all of our @TheIFS analysis on NHS waiting lists here: ifs.org.uk/collections/nh… And you can listen to the full episode here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
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