Peter Mandler
petermandler.bsky.social
Peter Mandler
@petermandler.bsky.social
Fellow, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
I meant that it increases the chance of Reform just replacing the Tories altogether (Reform already being farther right than the Tories).
January 15, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I get the opportunity to have a laugh, but the background is that the main national right-wing party is now going to be much more openly a far-right party than...well, ever.
January 15, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Reposted by Peter Mandler
'If he [Ian Chapman] doesn’t succeed, a future right-wing UK government may find this big, visible pot of science and research funding an all-too-tempting target, just as president Donald Trump did in the United States.'

Sadly, seriously true. But this could also happen if UKRI flourishes. 2/2
January 14, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Confidentiality, I assume. Someone else will know how far LEO was able to go and why.
January 10, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Yes, one of many reasons to regret the loss of AS.
January 10, 2026 at 10:32 AM
We do use multiple measures for Cambridge admissions - including POLAR and other postcode indicators. It would be nice if government let us access family income data but it doesn’t. (Not even for aggregate stats as Raj Chetty can do in US.)
January 10, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Would be nice if government let us link to family income (as Raj Chetty has been able to do in US) but it doesn’t.
January 10, 2026 at 10:18 AM