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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 1h

Will UK taxpayers get their £122m back from PPE Medpro?

The high court told the company linked to Michelle Mone to pay up over the supply of defective gowns, but there appears no clear route to reclaim the funds

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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 14h

😱 news that the pathological liar who broke the Covid rules he introduced also breached the Ministerial Code he introduced

😱 doesn’t even think his own rules apply to him
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 15h

Hamas official thanks Trump for peace deal but says Blair not welcome

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Hamas praises Trump but says Tony Blair not welcome in post-war Gaza role – live

Senior Hamas official says ceasefire would not have happened without US president, but adds Palestinians have ‘bad memories’ of Blair

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Berry @berryh.bsky.social · 22h

Thoughts and prayers for everyone whose company is marking World Mental Health Day while slashing staff numbers and reducing support while the world burns 🙏

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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 1d

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P.S. if government wants ideas on alcohol licensing NICE published alcohol problem prevention guidance in 2010

The 12 recommendations are still relevant

Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 1d

www.adph.org.uk/2025/10/alco...

Alcohol licensing reforms

From a public health point of view, it's... well a little disappointing...

Its almost as if there wasn't some concern about high and rising alcohol harm and it's impact on families, UKPLC and the NHS

Alcohol licensing reforms - ADPH

www.adph.org.uk

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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 1d

www.adph.org.uk/2025/10/alco...

Alcohol licensing reforms

From a public health point of view, it's... well a little disappointing...

Its almost as if there wasn't some concern about high and rising alcohol harm and it's impact on families, UKPLC and the NHS

Alcohol licensing reforms - ADPH

www.adph.org.uk

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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 1d

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Petition: Direct the UKHSA to monitor COVID infections that occur in particular settings

Ensure that the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) monitors, and reports on, the numbers of COVID infections that occur in healthcare settings through its routine surveillance programmes, and advises o...

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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 1d

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French appeal court increases sentence of Gisèle Pelicot rapist

Husamettin Dogan loses appeal after jury at retrial finds him guilty of raping Pelicot while she was sedated

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Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social · 2d

This morning, I’ll speak with mayors from 30 cities @bloomberg.com on how we can shape markets at the local level & what tools are needed to get there.

The new report from UCL IIPP on the Public Sector Capabilities Index ➡️ buff.ly/2kqNQXy

Our work on global missions ➡️ buff.ly/ToIjhQC

Assessing Dynamic Capabilities in City Governments: Creating a Public Sector Capabilities Index

Authored by Rainer Kattel, Mariana Mazzucato, Ruth Puttick, Bec Chau, Dan Hill, Gabriella Gomez-Mont, Anna Goulden, Kwame Baafi, Manuel Maldonado Acosta, Mia Tarp, Nai Lee Kalema and Fernando Monge

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Science Magazine @science.org · 2d

DNA and historical sleuthing have traced the extinct bird’s remains to a museum in Ohio. https://scim.ag/4791YqA

Fate of the last female great auk is finally solved

DNA and historical sleuthing have traced the extinct bird’s remains to a museum in Ohio

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Peter Beal @peterpaddler.bsky.social · 2d

I found this very interesting right now

youtube.com/watch?v=vyme...

How to Spot a (Potential) Fasc!st

YouTube video by Tom Nicholas

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 2d

A great article from Rachel, who really understands the heart and soul of Dad’s work.

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 2d

1. On political gaslighting. Yesterday Jenrick defended his comments on Handsworth by lashing out at 2 pieces of work I was centrally involved with to imply it's people like me who are divisive, not him...

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 2d

Asking people to pay for goods would kill the shoplifting industry ...

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 2d

We're inviting people who've engaged with the SLCC webtool (long-covid-care.org.uk) to take part in its evaluation to help us improve the tool &make it more relevant& helpful to pw #LongCovid. This involves a short survey(10-15m)& potentially interview(if interested)
For more info: shorturl.at/ADoh0

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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

Conservative Party Conference Ventriloquist Act Goes Down Well …

“Gottle of Geer”

“Gottle of Geer”

“Who’s a racist boy then?”

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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 4d

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

an excellent contemporary telling of Wakefield

The Global Story - The disgraced UK doctor behind autism misinformation - BBC Sounds

How a British doctor created the vaccine myth behind Trump's autism announcement.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 3d

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Pay for performance might embed inequalities

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Care needed in design

Pay for performance might embed inequalities

Majeed and Molokhia provide an insightful assessment of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF).1 But their focus on administrative burdens and diminishing returns may understate a more perilous cons...

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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 3d

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

Not one word of this is written as justification for the war between the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas. The people of Gaza have suffered beyond imagination

horrified by the decisions of the Israeli government … Hamas is not some benign agent of resistance
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Two years after 7 October and the kidnap of my parents, hate is in fashion. For all our sakes, we need compassion | Sharone Lifschitz

So many were killed – yet on her release, my mother said ‘shalom’ to her captors. Let’s learn from that moment of grace, says Sharone Lifschitz, London-based film-maker and academic

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 4d

I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.

Screenshot of an Express article; it says: Robert Jenrick lists 30 'activist judges' he vows to axe in war on UK's open border

In a bold move, Robert Jenrick is set to unveil a controversial plan targeting what he calls 'activist' judges, at the Conservative Party conference.

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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 4d

You couldn’t make this 💩 up

Goody bag chocolate mis-spelling “Britain”

They missed a trick NOT having CVs with Dr Badenoch’s fake Stanford University offer

So few Tories there + she’s lied about it so often they could have had an original each

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

Tories set a low bar after misspelling Britain on conference chocolate

Misprinted wrappers pulled from Manchester goodie bags after derision on social media

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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 4d

Conservative Party Sentence Completion:

It’s not that Honest Bob *unlawful by reason of apparent bias* Jenrick is racist but …

In a functioning democracy Honest Bob would be barred from standing for public office because …

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Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in Birmingham neighbourhood

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit

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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social · 4d

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Gisèle Pelicot returns to court to face one of men convicted of raping her

The 72-year-old arrives for trial in Nîmes as Husamettin Dogan becomes only man out of 51 to appeal against conviction

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