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Communications. Former journalist and editor who set up and ran the data journalism teams for the New Statesman Media Group and Reach/Trinity Mirror.
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How just 639 people could have stopped a Tory election majority - and 207,000 could win one for Labour

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By David Ottewell, Dan Bloom Verified
| AOL UK Verified
With politicians in full foghorn mode and a yawning gap in the polls, it's easy to think your vote is worthless. But don't lose hope in the general election - because in theory, just 639 people could stop a Tory majority. The incredible figure is the minimum number of voters who could have created a hung Parliament in 2015 by switching their votes from the Conservatives to Labour. It sounds like it should be impossible. After all, the Tories won 11.3million votes, nearly 2million more than Labour.
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Governance of public library services: how philosophical approaches to a public service impact on practice

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By David Ottewell
| strath.ac.uk
Challenges for public libraries faced since the turn of the millennium has seen the period dubbed a volatile time for their history (Goulding, 2006, p.3). One of the key challenges faced by public services is how the governance regimes they must work under view those services from the point of view of prevailing political philosophy.
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Global death total set to top 300,000

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By David Ottewell
| citymetric.com
Good morning. Public Health England has approved the UK’s first coronavirus antibody test kit. Antibody tests will be crucial in determining who has previously had the virus, and up until now, the government had not found a reliable kit. Now, ministers are negotiating with the Swiss company Roche to buy millions of units and potentially roll them out nationwide, the Telegraph reports.
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