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Alastair H Leyland
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Prof of Population Health Stats, Associate Director & co-Head of Inequalities Programme, MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow. Chair of EUPHA Section Council. My views.

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Alastair H Leyland @alastairleyland.bsky.social · Oct 2
New book: 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀, 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 (free to download from link.springer.com/book/10.1007...) 1/7
Health Systems, Health Services and Inequality in Population Health
This open access book shows the scientific and policy-added value of combining health systems, health services and population health research.
link.springer.com

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Alastair H Leyland @alastairleyland.bsky.social · 6d
Just listened to this episode - excellent and informative as ever. Clearly student debts should be cancelled and alternative funding sought for HE, but that got me thinking: where would the money come from? And, come to that, where does the money come from when a student loan is written off?

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 27d
A real shame if this photo went viral again today.
Trump and Farage

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Alastair H Leyland @alastairleyland.bsky.social · 27d
I am definitely thinking of (but may be misremembering) a Bavarian King featured in Martyn Rady's The Middle Kingdoms. Shame my memory doesn't match my interest!

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Alastair H Leyland @alastairleyland.bsky.social · 28d
I know it's not a poll, but Ludwig II gets my vote. Was he the one who spent huge sums of money getting dwarves jumping out of cakes?

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Alastair H Leyland @alastairleyland.bsky.social · 28d
Proud to stand together 🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇸🇪 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 🇫🇮
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump threatens 25% tariff on European allies until Denmark sells Greenland to US
President said 10% tariff on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland will begin on 1 February and increase to 25% on 1 June
www.theguardian.com

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Rajiv Sethi @rajivsethi.bsky.social · Jan 8
New post on (possible) insider trading on Polymarket

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The Venezuela Windfall
Major economic, political, and military decisions move asset prices, and those with foreknowledge of such things can make significant trading profits.
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Alastair H Leyland @alastairleyland.bsky.social · Jan 3
“The United Kingdom, as a guardian of the Nuremberg principles, has a duty to condemn the United States for this breach of international law”

When will we see the UK condemning this attack on Venezuela?

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Is there any legal justification for the US attack on Venezuela?
International law experts expect Washington to claim self-defence and face little serious pushback
www.theguardian.com

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Alastair H Leyland @alastairleyland.bsky.social · Dec 11
£3bn cut to NHS budget because of refusal to stand up to Trump
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What will be the cost of Keir Starmer’s new medicines deal with Donald Trump? British lives | Aditya Chakrabortty
More than £3bn that could have been used for UK patients will go to big pharma for its branded products, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · Dec 1
Kulldorf as Chief Scientist of ASPE
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Sanna Aaltonen @sannaaaltonen.bsky.social · Nov 28
Researcher on the month: Sanna Aaltonen www.utu.fi/en/news/news...
Researcher on the month: Sanna Aaltonen
CERLI, Centre for Research on Learning and Instruction, and CELE, Centre for Research on Lifelong Learning and Education, present one researcher each month.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · Nov 25
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.

Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise

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Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · Nov 25
Who remembers that Brexit campaign slogan from 2016? 🤔
Two red buses, one marked 'The lie' which displays the Vote Leave claim that the EU cost £350M a week that would instead be used on the NHS. Another marked 'The truth' which shows that Brexit has cost the UK £1.7bn per week in 2025.

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · Nov 23
Powerful piece by @drrachelclarke.com on the COVID inquiry. Those who say it’s easy to be wise in hindsight are being utterly disingenuous. Many of us spoke out at the time, and it’s in the public record.
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I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
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Peter MacPherson @petermacp.bsky.social · Nov 15
🚨Fully-funded PhD opportunity!🚨

Interested in researching how to improve risk prediction for people with #tuberculosis #TB and #multimorbidity?

Joint project between @uofgshw.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and @ki.se 🇸🇪, funded by UK MRC.

Details here⬇️

www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - MRC DTP in Precision Medicine - Supervisors and Projects - Projects 2026 - Projects 26 - Peter MacPherson
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · Nov 13
Have written for the New Statesman about why, if he will not accept an apology, the BBC should welcome a Trump lawsuit. They should show guts and fight it because impartially matters and if they don't, they will have tacitly accepted a rewritten history.

www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
Trump's attack can rescue the BBC
The BBC should use the threat of legal action to strike a blow for press freedom
www.newstatesman.com

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