NEW Ipsos Update, featuring the latest from the US: Americans aren’t enjoying Trump’s foreign policy rollercoaster that much: his approval rating on what he’s doing internationally stands at just 34% www.ipsos.com/en/ipsos-upd...
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A total of 457 UK personnel died in the Afghanistan war supporting the US-led invasion
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NEW: Trump v2.0, One Year On. Approval ratings similar to first term. “Brand USA” takes a tumble in Canada. Cost of Living concerns still front and centre. Read the analysis here www.ipsos.com/en/global-op...
Happy #PostboxSaturday. Plan-Peisey, alt 1600m 🇫🇷
Happy #FingerpostFriday. This one from a snowy Les Arcs last week. The resort has invested in a range of new fingerposts, packed with possibilities and useful facts about walking time etc
"I think if you wanted to create a housing crisis you would have just done to the letter what we've done in Britain for the last 45 years"
@danielhewittitv.bsky.social earlier this week at our event on the the UK's growing crisis of child homelessness
Full video ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=taox...
70% of Brits support a ban on social media for under 14s - in line with the international average and up 7 points in a year www.ipsos.com/en-uk/half-b...
Good evening from Les Arcs
Dog of the day in Les Arcs
What’s happening behind our screens? Join our first KEYS webinar of the year to explore how screens shape our lives and enhance real-time engagement!
Register now 👉 https://ow.ly/Q2Rx50XTT21
Diving board klaxon at Annecy 🇫🇷 to support chrisromerlee.bsky.social’s important project
Surveying the end of the year above Les Arcs ❄️
Inflation is no longer the world's #1 worry. After dominating the global conversation for years, the economic narrative is shifting. Our What Worries the World survey shows a distinct change in public focus across 30 countries 👉 https://ow.ly/fTKi50XLt8b
In 2025, only 33% of comms leaders support the term "ESG". But sustainability continues to integrate into operations DNA.
Discover the real story in our #YearInReview report 👉 https://ow.ly/9thq50XBKAB
NEW Review of 2025, featuring trend for organisations to adopt a stance of “strategic silence” rather than speak out on controversial issues. We review public opinion midway through this “Uneasy Decade”. And take stock of both the “wonder” & “worry” of AI ipsos-insight-llc.foleon.com/yir/ipsos-ye...
Good afternoon from Boscombe Beach 🏖️
The Woodentops at the New Cross Inn 🎶 🥁
Looking west from Wapping
Bravo to Rob, Will, Paula and Tim 👏
Cley Hill, just a stone’s throw from Longleat, looking west back towards Somerset. Alt 244m 💪 🥾 🏔️
Wells Cathedral looking sharp as ever. Simon Jenkins has it in his European Champions League of Cathedrals book, giving it 5 stars, ahead of Canterbury, Exeter etc
Which era gets your vote for a better start in life?
Gen Z breaks the pattern by choosing the 2020s - just barely. Millennials, Gen X, and Boomers tilt to 1975. See the global story behind the choices in “Is Life Getting Better?” 👉https://tinyurl.com/53zt7jzd
Good evening from High Barnet
Happy #Fingerpostfriday to all. This one is from Sulzano (BS) 🇮🇹 @twigsinhair.bsky.social
A world divided: “1975 felt better” vs “2025 is an improvement.”
Drawn from the Ipsos 'Is Life Getting Better?' Global Advisor 30-country study, the split runs through how we feel, how we live and what we value.
New from me for @labourlist.bsky.social on how @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social polling shows Labour need to speak more for those that want radical change to win again.
50% of Brits want radical change but just 4% of this group trust Labour to deliver it
More here
labourlist.org/2025/11/brit...
Putin’s latest deadly attack on civilians fails to make front pages of BBC, Times, Guardian websites this evening www.bbc.com/news/article...
✏️ #InternationalStudentsDay spotlight: Mental health, education quality, and safe social media use are top concerns worldwide. Ipsos reveals what young people & parents really think 👉 ow.ly/mGLn50XszKf
NEW: A sense of nostalgia pervades our latest 30-country report. By nearly 2 to 1, people would prefer to have been born in 1975 rather than 2025 if they had the choice. Only France, Belgium and Mexico are ahead of us in the “life was better in the old days” stakes www.ipsos.com/en/is-life-g...