Tag: United Kingdom

  • The NHS Winter Crisis

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    Brendan Barry
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    In the United Kingdom, the month of January has been less than stellar for the National Health Service, the NHS, as surgeries have been cancelled or delayed, patients left waiting in corridors, and a shortage of staff to cope with higher-than-usual demand. But another problem is the shortage of hospital beds, which compounds problems elsewhere in…

  • Labour Marches On (into Tory Housing?)

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    We have a nice little piece from the Economist today, a look at the electoral majority for London-area constituencies and how their housing prices may begin to draw out priced-out Labour votes from London proper. What I really like from the design side is the flip of the traditional choropleth density. In other words, we normally…

  • Brexit’s Impact on Irish Shipping

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    Brendan Barry
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    Today’s post is, I think, the first time I’ve featured the Politico on my blog. Politico is, I confess, a regular part of my daily media diet. But I never thought of it as a great publication for data visualisation. Maybe that is changing? Anyway, today’s post highlights an article on how the Irish shipping/logistics industry…

  • The Timeline of Leaving the European Union

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    Brendan Barry
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    So yesterday was Article 50 Day and several British media companies published graphics about the historic event. I wanted to focus on this piece from the Economist, which is a timeline of the events leading up to Article 50. But more importantly, it includes the polling data for Remain or Leave along the length of…

  • The Structure of Europe

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    Brendan Barry
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    Well today’s the day. Earlier this morning (East Coast time) the British government notified the European Council that it invoked Article 50 and is withdrawing from the European Union. So what precisely does that mean? Well, it means the structure of the ties binding Europe will be altered. How could it not when one of…

  • What Does Europe Want from Brexit?

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    Brendan Barry
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    Sorry about last week, everyone. I had some trouble with the database powering the blog here. Great week for things to go down, right? Well, either way, we’re back and it’s not like the news is stopping. This week? Brexit’s back, baby. I’m never using the word “baby” again on this blog. I have been…

  • UK Spring Budget

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    Brendan Barry
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    The British government is delivering its budget statement today. So as a teaser, the Guardian published this article with six charts to help understand where things are at. Chart-wise there is nothing radical or revolutionary here, but I have a soft spot for articles driven by data visualisation. Credit for the piece goes to the…

  • Northern Ireland Assembly Election Results

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    Brendan Barry
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    Friday was election day across Northern Ireland as voters elected their representatives for the assembly at Stormont. The headline results: the Nationalists have gained significant ground on the Unionists. The Guardian captured the tallies in this results page. Credit for the piece goes to the Guardian’s graphics department.

  • Declining British Wages

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    Brendan Barry
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    Now for the actual piece for today. We have a scatterplot from the Financial Times that looks at wage and economic growth across the OECD, focusing on the exception that is the United Kingdom. And that is not an exception in the good sense. The UK had the rare privilege of experiencing economic growth—that’s good—while…

  • UK By-election Results in Copeland and Stoke-on-Trent Central

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    Brendan Barry
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    Labour’s collapse in Copeland in particular is comically bad, but this Friday indulge me in a non-comedic post. Instead, Thursday night we had the results for the by-elections in Stoke and Copeland, two long-held Labour Party constituencies. Generally speaking in a by-election, the government of the UK can expect to see its vote share decrease…