Jonathan Abra

Isn't the most striking thing in this story that one private school increased its A* rate from 33 8% to 90.2%? If private schools used Covid to hand out top grades like confetti, isn't that the real scandal? Imagine the outcry if it were a state school? thetimes.co.uk/article/toughe…

If they’re able to afford it, Parents should be able to pay for their children to have a private education Taxpayers should NOT have to subsidise it through a VAT exemption Both things can be right

Junior doctors start their careers on £29,384. There is not a single Conservative MP who would be prepared to do their jobs for that salary. If we’re not careful there won’t be a single junior doctor who is prepared to do so either.

The PM really does need to understand that he is now further damaging U.K. science by not immediately rejoining Horizon, presumably to placate some know-nothing fringe bloviators who know nothing about science, its value or how it’s conducted. As Lord Rees says below, it is baffling. Get on with it.

I'm losing my mind over the absurdity and environmental impact of shipping bottles of water between continents. Between continents! I got nine bottles of water from a grocery store where I live in North Carolina. Collectively they traveled 40,000 miles to reach that shelf. 🤬

This website’s owner is once again the richest person in the world. In the past 5 months, his net worth has increased by a staggering $55 billion. Don’t tell me that America’s billionaires can’t afford a wealth tax.

I wrote this in a foul mood, in which I intend to stay for the next 18 months.

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One of the best cartoons illustrating #water challenges through #history.

🔴TAX DODGER The Duke of Westminster.

@NorthumbrianH2O C2 or, at a pinch, D1 please.

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Exactly! There’s no justification for this sort of blatant mismanagement of democracy.

@WorldBankWater 🤔 much of the groundwater is abstracted from unconsolidated aquifers which then collapse as the grains are no longer supported. This ‘groundwater mining’ is unsustainable and does the opposite of building resilience e.g. nature.com/articles/s4159…

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If this was a story about a Labour PM, it would be viewed as a huge scandal

@H2ODraganSavic An uncharacteristically non-water philosophical post there, sir. I hope that your musings on impermanence don’t stem from a recent personal loss. Best wishes to you and thanks for all that you do for the planet’s water

Just a reminder that everything on Earth is temporary. Even us. Good morning all!

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