Peter Dick (@pdick10) profile picture

Sometime civil servant, public health. Too many interests, too many unread books: history of art, complex systems, various areas of science & public policy.

West Yorkshire, UK
Joined September 2014
Photo by Peter Dick (@pdick10)Photo by Peter Dick (@pdick10)Photo by Peter Dick (@pdick10)Photo by Peter Dick (@pdick10)Photo by Peter Dick (@pdick10)Photo by Peter Dick (@pdick10)Photo by Peter Dick (@pdick10)Photo by Peter Dick (@pdick10)Photo by Peter Dick (@pdick10)Photo by Peter Dick (@pdick10)
Singing on the Boulevard Beaumarchais
2
13
1
71
47,933
You don’t actually have to do anything to bring inflation down. When the step increase in gas prices falls out of the back of the inflation calculation, inflation will fall anyway. Entirely predictable, but you are setting yourself up to take credit for it.
1
4
12
715
I’ve worked in A&E for 22 years & seen nothing like this before. The NHS is in a critical state. We need urgent action for sake of our staff & patients. @SteveBarclay @RishiSunak we need you to listen to those who know what’s happening. To get them to listen, pls retweet
657
12,995
386
15,989
1,923,222
You are 200 miles away!
Heathrow is a gateway to Yorkshire, flying over 100,000 passengers to and from the region each year. As the UK’s 2025 City of Culture, Bradford's cultural economy will continue to benefit from Heathrow’s global connectivity. Read our full report below ⬇️

1
Gov.uk scam text messages are out in circulation. DO NOT CLICK that link!! The energy rebate scheme from the Government is automatic. Ignore, report, delete #scam #fraud #take5 #AgainstScams #westyorkshire #actionfraud
3
18
3
Boris Johnson: Do not cancel the ONS COVID tracking survey - Sign the Petition! chng.it/NTHy992f via @UKChange
“Unless we provide safe routes we are complicit with the people smugglers.” Yet again, our immoral English government heaps shame upon our nation.
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard brilliantly eviscerates government claims about refugees yesterday in #HouseofLords The facts, stark and clear. Full transcript here ⬇️ bit.ly/3xqvYL1 #RefugeesWelcome #Migrants
2
7
Why didn't Boris Johnson sack Matt Hancock? @bbcnickrobinson asks Justice Secretary Robert Buckland #R4Today bbc.in/3hsvnRN
208
171
101
442
How, when less than half the UK population has the two doses needed to protect against the Delta variant, does continuing as we are arrest exponential growth? A clue: it doesn't.
16
133
4
688
Replying to @mrjamesob
Also, everyone seems to have missed the fact that Johnson threatened to do exactly the same thing 2 weeks ago. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/…
77
897
102
3,345
Replying to @realDonaldTrump
Let’s make this clear: Mail-in voting is the EXACT SAME THING as absentee voting in EVERY STATE Trump wants to suppress the vote. We can't let him.
34
13
1
200
We've been made aware that face coverings for babies and very young children are available for sale in England. Children under the age of three should NOT wear face coverings, as they could cause choking or suffocation.
50
1,005
124
659
Hannah, @FryRsquared can you get the BBC to extend the availability of your pandemic programme on iplayer?
Maths can predict the spread of viral infections such as Flu & Coronavirus? In Nov 2017 Julia Gog's prescient @OxUniMaths Public Lecture did just that. The lecture also features her work on the BBC4 Pandemic prog with @FryRsquared youtube.com/watch?v=4grniCh1… bbc.co.uk/programmes/p059y0p…
2
4
What about the Queen's speech, debate on that and the new session parliament? Was HMQ just a prop to help Johnson get to where he wanted?
PM putting down motion for a general election to be voted on on Monday, to take place on 12th December - No 10's gambit is that if Labour agrees, then they will timetable Brexit bill again with time for scrutiny until 6th November when they want to dissolve Parliament
Peter Dick retweeted
WATCH LIVE: Trump holds bilateral meeting with Finland's president teapawt.org/i/broadcasts/1ynJOwmQg…
36
30
5
15