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Guy Dewsbury PhD

@gludge.bsky.social

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Retired researcher. PhD in Computer Science. Long COVID sufferer. Assistive technology specialist.

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · Dec 6

“When Labour came to power 18 months ago, it had the chance to reset the whole shape of the state, of taxation, and our relationship to it.

"Somehow it didn't have the confidence to do that"

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/labo...

‘Labour had the chance to reshape the country – and didn’t have the confidence to do it’ | The News Agents

Rachel Reeves second budget continues to prove a headache for the chancellor – and the Labour government, with claims she misled voters before delivery. Whether true or not, what does this latest…

www.thenewsagents.co.uk

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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · Dec 3

Really scary new data on A&Es

“Private hospitals rely on the same overstretched staff...
The answer isn’t outsourcing; it’s investing in NHS staff, services, capacity”

Wes Streeting needs to listen to @keepournhspublic.bsky.social

#OnlytheNHS can solve this

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Numbers leaving A&E without treatment triples in six years

Soaring demand has led to ‘shocking’ rise in untreated patients leaving NHS emergency departments in England, data shows

www.theguardian.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Dec 3

I accompanied my wife to Dignitas. The Lords' filibustering is an insult to all like her who have suffered | Dave Sowry

Christy faced months of bureaucratic trauma. For terminally ill people, the assisted dying bill must not create further obstacles, says campaigner Dave Sowry

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · Dec 3

It seems that Farage’s key aide and “like a son to me” George Cottrell has been frontman for Premier League billionaire’s betting syndicate, lawsuit claims. He‘s also been in the inner circle of the Brexit Party and ReFuk despite his 🇺🇸 conviction for wire fraud

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Key aide to Nigel Farage was frontman for Premier League billionaire’s betting syndicate, lawsuit claims

Exclusive: George Cottrell ‘gave control’ of gambling accounts to syndicate headed by Tony Bloom, the owner of Brighton & Hove Albion FC

www.theguardian.com

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Chypre in fog @brebis.bsky.social · Dec 3

"People living with Long COVID are using health services far more frequently than before their diagnosis, driving annual healthcare costs to more than twice their previous levels, according to a major new analysis published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine."

Study Shows Long COVID Patients Face More Than Double the Healthcare Costs After Diagnosis - Womenhealthdomain.com

People living with Long COVID are using health services far more frequently than before their diagnosis, driving annual healthcare costs to more than twice

www.womenhealthdomain.com

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · Nov 17

It's significant in that Nigel Farage has always prided himself of keeping openly far right/ethno-nationalist views out of his parties. That firewall now seems to be gone.

Guy Dewsbury PhD @gludge.bsky.social · Nov 10

The rise of Palantir and the consequences for personal and Global security. All your data belongs to us: the rise of Palantir - New Statesman share.google/nI4NVTfW8JZq...

All your data belongs to us: the rise of Palantir

A biography of the tech company’s founder Alex Karp reveals the philosophy behind its troubling conquest of the world

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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · Oct 24

Reporting this story, the same details kept appearing in police investigations around Europe: the perpetrators turned out to have been recruited and offered cash over Telegram.
European authorities are increasingly open in saying who is responsible: Russia.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

From pigs’ heads to arson plots: how Russia’s hybrid war is sowing chaos across Europe

The trail from a Normandy pig farm has helped expose Russia’s campaign of sabotage across Europe aimed at inflaming division, spreading fear and weakeing support for Ukraine

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Guy Dewsbury PhD @gludge.bsky.social · Oct 15

Land of the free where freedom of thought and expression is suppressed apnews.com/article/trum...

US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last m...

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Guy Dewsbury PhD @gludge.bsky.social · Sep 29

This is an interesting read. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Britain may already be at war with Russia, former head of MI5 says

Eliza Manningham-Buller points to extent of cyber-attacks and other hostile activity orchestrated by Moscow

www.theguardian.com

Guy Dewsbury PhD @gludge.bsky.social · Sep 28

Useful read of the day apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump's moves to consolidate power, punish enemies draw comparisons to places where democracy faded

President Donald Trump’s consolidation of power and targeting of his political opponents bring back unnerving memories for those who have watched elected leaders undermine democracies elsewhere in the...

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Guy Dewsbury PhD @gludge.bsky.social · Sep 25

Follow the money.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · Sep 23

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 18

David Letterman is right: you can't appease a tyrant.

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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · Sep 18

Isaac Asimov in 1970

Isaac Asimov said, "When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent" in his 1970 book Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Sep 18

🚨BREAKING: Rep. Ro Khanna just motioned to SUBPOENA FCC chairman Brendan Carr in the House Oversight Committee to stop the intimidation of private businesses and assault on free speech

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · Sep 18

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · Sep 15

When a fascist orders you to do something.

You don't do it, it is that simple.

They don't own you, never let them think they do.

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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · Sep 15

The misogynistic comments about Diane Abbott, the longest serving Black MP, recounted with glee by Paul Ovenden are utterly despicable.

The fact that the Party knew about this and swept it under the carpet until it was reported in the press, is unforgivable.

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · Sep 15

“In its heyday an EDL march used to get 10k - Tommy Robinson just got out of prison and inspired a protest of up to 150k.”

Far-right rhetoric is finding evermore mainstream appeal. What’s changed?

The News Agents ask @thecrimeagents.bsky.social's Andy Hughes.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · Sep 14

Don't we all.

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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · Sep 11

Nigel Farage faces questions over the funding of his Clacton house 👇

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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · Sep 11

This is precisely why Covid-19 vaccines should be available free of charge for everyone in the UK. The government not purchasing enough vaccines to make this possible is the definition of a false economy.

inews.co.uk/news/hospita...

Hospital admissions for Covid hit 10-month high

Waning immunity and rising case numbers are the main drivers of the increase in hospital admissions, scientists say

inews.co.uk

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · Sep 11

pretty wild that it so quickly became normalized that immigrants don’t have even basic free speech rights

www.axios.com/2025/09/11/c...

State Department warns immigrants not to mock Kirk's death

Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau posted the warning on Thursday.

www.axios.com

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · Sep 11

The evil that men do lives after them

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Sep 11

You can’t scrub away the truth.

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · Sep 10

No comment.

Tweet by Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11)

Guns save lives:

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · Sep 9

Exclusive

Boris Johnson approached Elon Musk on behalf of London Evening Standard owner Lebedev, we can reveal

Former PM’s private office forwarded business proposal from peer to owner of X in June 2024, the leaked files suggest

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...