Callum
@callumwalmsley.bsky.social
Chasing adventure in anyway I can find it. Hiking, travel, films and football. Political too!
Stockport, UK
Stockport, UK
Stockport trailing 0-2 at St Andrew’s… it’s alright though it appears there is an AC/DC concert happening at half time. Load of shite 😂 #StockportCounty
December 4, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Stockport trailing 0-2 at St Andrew’s… it’s alright though it appears there is an AC/DC concert happening at half time. Load of shite 😂 #StockportCounty
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Yeah this is related to what I was getting at on the blog the other day. The amount of dysfunction and waste that's been created by turning the NHS into a false assurance machine suggests there must be scope to improve things without more cash.
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Escaping the zero-sum game of paying for public services
It is an old cliché that people in the UK want European levels of public services for US levels of taxation – even if the last government achieved closer to US levels of public services for European l...
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August 29, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Yeah this is related to what I was getting at on the blog the other day. The amount of dysfunction and waste that's been created by turning the NHS into a false assurance machine suggests there must be scope to improve things without more cash.
policysketchbook.wordpress.com/2024/08/24/e...
policysketchbook.wordpress.com/2024/08/24/e...
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We honk on and on about MPs' pay and frankly the thing which makes it such a bad job is their staff budgets are tiny, they are not competitive with the voluntary sector on the political side and not competitive with anyone on the admin side.
August 22, 2024 at 2:01 PM
We honk on and on about MPs' pay and frankly the thing which makes it such a bad job is their staff budgets are tiny, they are not competitive with the voluntary sector on the political side and not competitive with anyone on the admin side.
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Alongside "who built Hadrian's wall?", another great example of knowledge falling foul of 'common understanding' is scurvy.
The Royal Navy discovered the cure for scurvy, won the Napoleonic War, humanity then lost that knowledge without realising, then got saved by two Norwegian guinea pigs 🧵 /1
The Royal Navy discovered the cure for scurvy, won the Napoleonic War, humanity then lost that knowledge without realising, then got saved by two Norwegian guinea pigs 🧵 /1
August 22, 2024 at 9:33 AM
Alongside "who built Hadrian's wall?", another great example of knowledge falling foul of 'common understanding' is scurvy.
The Royal Navy discovered the cure for scurvy, won the Napoleonic War, humanity then lost that knowledge without realising, then got saved by two Norwegian guinea pigs 🧵 /1
The Royal Navy discovered the cure for scurvy, won the Napoleonic War, humanity then lost that knowledge without realising, then got saved by two Norwegian guinea pigs 🧵 /1
Birthday hike stats:
KMs walked before turning back: 2.76 (out of 16.5)
Soggy items of clothing: 10
Blencathra Sunmits reached: 0
Cheers to 26!
KMs walked before turning back: 2.76 (out of 16.5)
Soggy items of clothing: 10
Blencathra Sunmits reached: 0
Cheers to 26!
August 15, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Birthday hike stats:
KMs walked before turning back: 2.76 (out of 16.5)
Soggy items of clothing: 10
Blencathra Sunmits reached: 0
Cheers to 26!
KMs walked before turning back: 2.76 (out of 16.5)
Soggy items of clothing: 10
Blencathra Sunmits reached: 0
Cheers to 26!
Catbells > Maiden Moor > High Spy.
First time up Catbells - followed a circular route starting at the base of Catbells before following the ridge up to Maiden Moor and High Sky.
A good route with some minor scrambling. Mostly pooch friendly, albeit for the sheep.
Old mining tunnel was cool!
First time up Catbells - followed a circular route starting at the base of Catbells before following the ridge up to Maiden Moor and High Sky.
A good route with some minor scrambling. Mostly pooch friendly, albeit for the sheep.
Old mining tunnel was cool!
August 13, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Catbells > Maiden Moor > High Spy.
First time up Catbells - followed a circular route starting at the base of Catbells before following the ridge up to Maiden Moor and High Sky.
A good route with some minor scrambling. Mostly pooch friendly, albeit for the sheep.
Old mining tunnel was cool!
First time up Catbells - followed a circular route starting at the base of Catbells before following the ridge up to Maiden Moor and High Sky.
A good route with some minor scrambling. Mostly pooch friendly, albeit for the sheep.
Old mining tunnel was cool!