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Akash Paun

@AkashPaun

Programme Director @instituteforgov / Devolution / Constitution / Government

London Katılım Ekim 2011
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Akash Paun
Akash Paun@AkashPaun·
I don't normally post personal things but... For our final day of homeschooling yesterday, my son (8) and I watched and discussed the famous MLK speech. And then he had to write his own with no help (except I told him "gonna" is not a real word). Here it is ❤️
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Akash Paun@AkashPaun·
@SocraticScribe Is the optical illusion the like, dislike, comment and share button? I got tricked by that 😀
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Bluntly Put Philosopher (BPP)
Bluntly Put Philosopher (BPP)@SocraticScribe·
Your eyes swear this shape is real… but physics says it shouldn’t exist. This impossible ring plays with perspective, angles, and depth, forcing your brain to invent what can’t survive in 3D.
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Akash Paun
Akash Paun@AkashPaun·
@edudissenter @BrianDellaTorre Thanks. Yes that's true - under Michael Gove there were a set of reforms that do seem to have paid off in terms of improving English educational outcomes
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Dissident Teacher
Dissident Teacher@edudissenter·
Imagine standardized exit exams for each high school subject. This is what England does. Everyone knows whether or not the student learned. Contrast with our high school diplomas.
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Akash Paun@AkashPaun·
@edudissenter @BrianDellaTorre Which reforms do you mean? A-Levels and GCSEs (previously O-Levels) have been around for decades. I took mine in the 1990s, my parents in the 1960s. (But I do agree with your original point, having standard tests across the country is important, esp for university admissions).
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Dissident Teacher@edudissenter·
@BrianDellaTorre The reforms are just starting to show results. There probably will be economic gains as these smarter kids enter the workforce.
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Akash Paun
Akash Paun@AkashPaun·
@PolitlcsUK Can they do Mint/Chamomile etc Tea next? Slightly differently, Chai Tea is an awful name given it means Tea Tea.
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Politics UK
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK·
🚨 NEW: The Supreme Court has ruled that oat milk can no longer be called milk
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John Rentoul
John Rentoul@JohnRentoul·
Awkward to have a first sec of state *and* a deputy PM, which happened only with William Hague and Nick Clegg 2010-15 in coalition govt
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Dawn Butler ✊🏾💙
Dawn Butler ✊🏾💙@DawnButlerBrent·
On Monday I was honoured to host the launch of the @LondonAssembly new report on devolution, Trusting London to Deliver. A valuable discussion about how we strengthen our city and ensure Londoners’ voices are heard. 🌆
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Dsarker Baldur
Dsarker Baldur@dsarkerbaldur·
@gunsnrosesgirl3 The frog will never escape. For it to climb 3 metres, it must first climb 2 metres, for it to climb 2 it must first climb 1, then .5, .25, .1, .00000000000000000(etc)1. Hence it will need to take infinite actions in each day, which a frog cannot do. It cannot leave.
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The New Reformer
The New Reformer@The_NewReformer·
🗣️ @Towler on local government reorganisation at the Institute for Government fringe event: ‘We feel comfortable with counties, the mayors, we’re not really comfortable with… It has become very very confusing for the average punter’. #RUK25
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Akash Paun
Akash Paun@AkashPaun·
@KiwiOnTheSticks It's actually a "moo" point, because it's like a cow's opinion. It doesn't matter. It's moo.
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Kiwi 🥝✨@KiwiOnTheSticks·
It’s “unkempt”, not “unkept” It’s “piqued” your interest, not “peaked” your interest It’s “a part of” or “apart from”, not “apart of” It’s “to each his own”, not “to each is own” It’s “moot” point, not “mute” point
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Akash Paun
Akash Paun@AkashPaun·
@paul_e10 @HasAhmed_ And that includes 4 tellers, 4 Speakers, Sinn Fein (don't take their seats), and SNP (don't vote on non-Scottish bills). Real number is 23 or 24 depending how you account for one person who voted both ways
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Akash Paun
Akash Paun@AkashPaun·
@HasAhmed_ @thomas_718 I don't disagree, but your figure of 148 is not correct and I'm not sure what it's based on x.com/AkashPaun/stat…
Akash Paun@AkashPaun

@HasAhmed_ That number is wrong. 313 votes in favour and 291 against. So 604 total. + 4 tellers = 608. + Speaker and 3 Deputies = 612. + 7 Sinn Fein (don't take their seats) = 619. + 9 SNP (don't vote on non-Scottish bills) = 628. That makes only 22 abstentions out of 650 MPs in total.

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Akash Paun
Akash Paun@AkashPaun·
@HasAhmed_ Correction - I had not spotted also that one MP voted both ways (as an active abstention) x.com/GrantRafferty/…
Grant Rafferty@GrantRafferty

@Kat_Says_Stuff @HasAhmed_ For Clarity SNP dont vote on English/Welsh matters like this nor do the deputy speaker nor speaker. So its 15 Labour, 5 Conservatives, 2 Lib Dems, and 1 Social Democratic & Labour voter + Wendy Chamberlain doing the double vote abstain. So total real abstains is 24 MPs.

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Akash Paun
Akash Paun@AkashPaun·
@HasAhmed_ That number is wrong. 313 votes in favour and 291 against. So 604 total. + 4 tellers = 608. + Speaker and 3 Deputies = 612. + 7 Sinn Fein (don't take their seats) = 619. + 9 SNP (don't vote on non-Scottish bills) = 628. That makes only 22 abstentions out of 650 MPs in total.
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Akash Paun
Akash Paun@AkashPaun·
@GrantRafferty @Kat_Says_Stuff @HasAhmed_ Well it's to show they showed up, considered the issue and actively abstained. Which you might still think is a cop-out but it's different from just not being there at all
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Grant Rafferty
Grant Rafferty@GrantRafferty·
@Kat_Says_Stuff @HasAhmed_ For Clarity SNP dont vote on English/Welsh matters like this nor do the deputy speaker nor speaker. So its 15 Labour, 5 Conservatives, 2 Lib Dems, and 1 Social Democratic & Labour voter + Wendy Chamberlain doing the double vote abstain. So total real abstains is 24 MPs.
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Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University
Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University@CenterforCities·
What makes for effective mayoral leadership? Bloomberg Center for Cities Director Jorrit de Jong discussed how new mayors can use their platform to bring benefits to their regions at an event hosted by the @instituteforgov with Deputy Director @Emma_Norris & @AkashPaun, Programme Director for Devolution. “With the most complex urban problems, you are always going to have to navigate multi-jurisdictional issues,” De Jong said. “Local governments are closest to the residents and the closest to the problem. So, even if they don't have full authority, mayors are in a unique position to lead problem-solving efforts that require collaboration.” Watch the discussion here: bit.ly/3YQRWWM.
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Angus Robertson
Angus Robertson@AngusRobertson·
So the UK Government has just reached a 12 year deal on the devolved issue of fishing without any recourse, involvement or approval of Scottish Government and other Devolved Administrations. It follows cancellation of last three EFRA inter ministerial meetings by UK government.
Pippa Crerar@PippaCrerar

Confirmed: EU-reset deal is now done. Key stumbling block overnight was fishing rights & EU pressure to link with SPS. They’ve agreed: 🐟EU access to UK fishing grounds extended until 2038 with UK side arguing annual renegotiations didn’t suit anybody. 🐟 no link between fishing & SPS which means no time limit on duration of checks on sales of food, animal & other agric products

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