After Kamala Harris' nomination, I talked to a bunch of journalists about our meta-analysis on race/gender in candidate experiments. With the exception of 1 brave journalist, everyone called me off. I've never been called off by so many journalists. A 🧵on why I think that is.

My The Guardian analysis: Millions wasted, lives blighted: time to put an end to the carer’s allowance scandal theguardian.com/society/articl…

Personal news, as they say… I’m honoured and excited to be appointed Chief Executive of the Nuffield Foundation (starting in January 2025). It’s such an important institution with a vital mission, great team & huge role to play in the years ahead. nuffieldfoundation.org/news/gavin-kel…

Excellent event hosted by Demos on new priorities for public services and reform. Consensus that reform needs proper investment and should be both localised, citizen-centred and prevention-focused.

So classy. So Andy. A new bio, summarised in three words

Carole Malone When police officers are being assaulted and communities are losing Citizens’ Advice services, a good question to ask yourself before posting might be: am I helping here?

We strongly condemn the racist and Islamophobic attacks on asylum seekers and community members following the tragic events in Southport. We stand in solidarity with migrant and minoritized communities who have faced direct harm or who feel less safe in their daily lives.

A song for Elon Musk about his platform and his pathetic recent forays into UK politics. (And anyone who liked The Kids from Fame - the parody song is Desdemona) If we get booted from Twitter for it, do follow us somewhere here: linktr.ee/marshfamilyson….

Trop de commentateurs dans les médias disent que #Paris2024 est terminé. Nous n’en sommes qu’à la première partie. Les @Paralympiques arrivent.

AKA the one in which Barack Obama recommends the brilliant 'Of Boys and Men' by Richard V. Reeves 📢💡👏

📢 Final call: we The Robertson Trust are seeking a new Chair after Mark Batho's retirement at the end of the year. See what's involved to steer our work on poverty and trauma in Scotland via our microsite with Green Park and apply by 11.59pm tomorrow! 👇 therobertsontrust.org.uk/news-and-blogs…

Please join us in welcoming Professor Angela O’Hagan on her first day as our new Chair. Angela will lead the Commission in delivering our new Strategic Plan & on our vision for a Scotland where human rights are respected & understood, & where there is justice when things go

Good. Extending the Household Support Fund is absolutely the right thing to do. But we need to work towards a proper plan to address hardship, with a social security system that does what it is meant to do - helping people to afford the essentials.

Very pleased to see the front cover for my book of short stories abut life as a special advisor. Book out mid September. Look out for more info!

Anyone want to connect over on the *other platform that tends to behave the way (pro) social media should?* I'm at jimmccormick.bsky.social #MrBlueSky

For those asking, the ‘fierce backlash last night’ entailed two information requests to our press office. One from the Daily Mail and one from the Daily Telegraph. Please remember to vote in this year’s National Trust AGM.

The human communications approach of people like Celia Richardson and her team are one of the few reasons left to cling onto this site. Pushback with authenticity and humour.