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Mel Bartley
@zetkin.bsky.social
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πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ¦”πŸ¦‘πŸŒΉπŸ•ŠEmeritus prof of medical sociology UCL. Posting on social inequality in health , work & health, commercial & political determinants of health. Relationship between research & policy. Sometimes post about badgers, trams & trains. Oublagea .. more

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Melanie Jane Bartley FBA is a medical sociologist and retired academic. She was Professor of Medical Sociology at University College London from 2001 to 2012.

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social Β· 4h
I love the single layer wild ones.

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social Β· 8h
Very hard word🧐
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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social Β· 10h
Oh, come on, it is Laura K. What else can you expect.

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social Β· 10h
A hero. Too little recognition for such people.

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social Β· 11h
Very well expressed

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social Β· 11h
So sad

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social Β· 11h
So much suffering in people's childhoods.

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Robert F @chippyman.bsky.social Β· 11h
Hundreds of thousands of Scots who were ineligible in 2021 due to age are now old enough to vote in 2026.

Younger voters in Scotland (16–24) have consistently been more supportive of progressive policies and Scottish independence than older age groups.

We need them all to register and vote in May.

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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social Β· 11h
This from @johnharris1969.bsky.social is on the money.

It's much wider too. The public realm is decaying, everything feels unloved, uncared for from local parks, to roads/pavements, community facilities, community safety. It's not working.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK’s high streets have reached a tipping point – and Reform will reap the benefits | John Harris
When even Poundland and charity shops are closing, we’re near a point of no return. But there is hope, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com

zetkin.bsky.social
Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social Β· 11h
What an informative statistic

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social Β· 11h
Old photos, old demons.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
β€˜There is one story we never tell’: will old family photos bring joy to my ailing mother – or remind us of dark secrets?
As Alzheimer’s tightens its grip, we have started making our way through the hundreds of albums in my childhood home. But some are too painful to revisit
www.theguardian.com

zetkin.bsky.social
Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social Β· 11h
We now have an economy where around 1/2 of workers need state subsidy just to have enough for rent, power & run a car. These costs are unavoidable & paid to private companies. So tax money is pouring money into these companies' offshore accounts.

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social Β· 12h
But what can govt do about relentless media pro-Reform propaganda? Very hard to get other messages out.

zetkin.bsky.social
Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social Β· 13h
Not sure if this is one reason, but I am frustrated by the lack of actual scientific progress in my own field.

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social Β· 13h
Oooohhh....nice feelingπŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social Β· 14h
Some *free* weekend reading: our special report on the Teesside regeneration scandal ‡️
privateeyenews.bsky.social Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social Β· 2d
As Tees Valley mayor Lord Houchen's defence of his deal with local businessmen crumbles, here's the Eye's recent special report on how Britain's flagship regeneration scheme secretly turned into one of the biggest giveaways of public money on record.

➑️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
Special Report: Stripped Tees
IT WAS to be the UK’s largest regeneration scheme in decades, a model for regional devolution and the flagship post-Brexit freeport. But the redevelopment of the former steelworks on the south bank of...
www.private-eye.co.uk

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social Β· 1d
Why does @bsky.app make new followers disappear after you follow back the 1st one?

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social Β· 1d
Not too bad
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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social Β· 1d
So sad to see the Swiss riders all wearing black armbands at the Basel horse show in the St Jakobshalle. Appropriate though.

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social Β· 1d
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Justin @ediparolev.bsky.social Β· 1d
β€œUruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewablesβ€”at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhereβ€”if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewablesβ€”at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social Β· 2d
Having lived in Scotland for 2 years in the 1980s, I was dismayed to read on social media 30 years later that BBC etc attack SNP just as hard as they attack any non- Tory / Reform party here in England.

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social Β· 2d
Top,bad about paywall. But if this is true, English (sic) people deserve everything that is coming to them
anthonypainter.bsky.social Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social Β· 2d
The technocratic policy package at the end of this, even if successful - tackling *illegal* immigration, improving some services, cost of living etc - won't win back many Reform voters. They are in a different cultural and ideological space altogether.

www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Only Reform voters can save Labour
A progressive coalition simply doesn't have the vote share
www.newstatesman.com

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social Β· 2d
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Scotch Whisky Truths 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @specialscot.bsky.social · 2d
There would be No Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson or Keir Starmer in an Independent Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

Just a thought...

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anthonypainter.bsky.social
Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social Β· 2d
The technocratic policy package at the end of this, even if successful - tackling *illegal* immigration, improving some services, cost of living etc - won't win back many Reform voters. They are in a different cultural and ideological space altogether.

www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Only Reform voters can save Labour
A progressive coalition simply doesn't have the vote share
www.newstatesman.com

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social Β· 2d
Ministry of Truth stuff

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social Β· 2d
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AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 2d
@privateeyenews.bsky.social

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Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social Β· 2d
Great @economist.com piece by @matthewholehouse.bsky.social on state capacity. Am convinced next election winner will be who convinces people Government can actually just *do things* & politicians aren’t powerless to make good on promises. My reframe of Reagan maxim www.economist.com/britain/2026...