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Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 23h

Come on #SouthernWater: cough up.

Save our Seas Deal and Walmer @sosdaw.bsky.social · 23h

Rotary Club of Deal have confirmed the 2025 Boxing Day Dip will not go ahead due to water quality. Should Southern Water donate £6k to local good causes of Deal
and Walmer as recompense?

#SouthernWater #PollutionEvents

Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 23h

YES!

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

Also, if you're "in bed with flu", it's almost certainly Covid.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 3d

Good for Michael Heseltine for telling it how it is.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 3d

“92-year-old Lord Heseltine is out of touch and deeply offensive to millions of voters.”

A Reform UK spokesperson responds to Lord Heseltine who described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'.

#Newsnight

Pharmacies facing angry patients over Covid jab confusion

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 3d

Preparing children and young people for the next pandemic means tackling child poverty and investing in our broken school estate.

Important evidence to the Covid Inquiry from Kevin Courtney on behalf of the TUC.

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Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 4d

Unsurprising.

Can anyone explain why JCVI recommendations for #covid booster this autumn different from Canada’s where 65+ & health & care staff still eligible unlike in NHS?

@cbffjuk.bsky.social
@longcovidadvoc.com

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Up to half of patients coming to some pharmacies are being turned away because they are not eligible.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 4d

So is Jenrick suggesting he forcibly moves people of colour to majority white areas to ensure our country is integrated?

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MattCBFFJUK @mattc19bffjuk.bsky.social · 6d

Our petition has almost hit 75000 signatures.

We believe Michelle Mone should not be allowed to influence decision making in the country.

Please consider signing if you support having her removed from the Lords.

www.change.org/p/strip-mich...

Sign the Petition

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 7d

Couldn’t agree more with this para from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 7d

Michelle Mone says she has ‘no wish’
to remain a Conservative peer.

But if you agree she should be removed from the House of Lords altogether, please sign & share our petition:

bsky.app/profile/cbff...

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

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Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 8d

ALL those who established & profited from VIP lane need to be brought to justice.

e.g. Gove proposed Meller Design Ltd who donated to his 2026 ldership campaign….made £13.2m profits.

In meantime, sign & share petition to remove Michelle Mone from House of Lords:

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 10d

🚨 Today the High Court ruled that a company linked to Michelle Mone must repay £122 million for faulty PPE.🚨

She still sits in the House of Lords.

She must be stripped of her peerage and removed.

Sign and share our petition 👇

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Michelle Mone accuses Rachel Reeves of inflammatory remarks over PPE ruling

Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 8d

Are we in 2025?

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Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 8d

If you agree with Rachel Reeves so-called ‘inflammatory remarks’ that Michelle Mone ‘shouldn’t be in the House of Lords’, please sign &
share our petition to strip Mone of her peerage 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

We’ve got over 60k signatures in less than 2 days.

@cbffjuk.bsky.social

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 8d

This is both pathetic and, quite frankly, distasteful from Mone www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Peer writes to PM over chancellor’s ‘vendetta’ comment after company ordered to repay £122m of Covid contract

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 8d

If you agree with Rachel Reeves that Michelle Mone ‘shouldn’t be in the House of Lords’, please sign & share our petition to strip Mone of her peerage (now over 60k signatures):

bsky.app/profile/cbff...

Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 10d

🚨 Today the High Court ruled that a company linked to Michelle Mone must repay £122 million for faulty PPE.🚨

She still sits in the House of Lords.

She must be stripped of her peerage and removed.

Sign and share our petition 👇

chng.it/XbVkG7Jrw4

Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 8d

All those who established & used VIP lane must be brought to account.

In the meantime, our petition to strip Michelle Mone of her peerage is at over 60k signatures!

Don’t be left out: please sign & share

bsky.app/profile/cbff...

Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 10d

🚨 Today the High Court ruled that a company linked to Michelle Mone must repay £122 million for faulty PPE.🚨

She still sits in the House of Lords.

She must be stripped of her peerage and removed.

Sign and share our petition 👇

chng.it/XbVkG7Jrw4

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Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 8d

Those who established & used the VIP lane should be held to account.

Covid inquiry heard evidence that the VIP lane was ‘unlawful’.

£3.8bn VIP lane contracts were for unusable PPE.

1000’s of lives lost including my mum’s, whose wonderful carers had inadequate PPE.

@cbffjuk.bsky.social

Russell Scott @russellscott1.bsky.social · 8d

No other country set up a VIP Lane during the pandemic.

No other European country came close to spending the £14billion we spent on PPE.

£10billion of PPE has been written off.

Over 1million pallets of unused PPE have now been incinerated!

£billions literally up in smoke.

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 9d

'VIP Lane' author (and producer of the 'Covid Contracts documentary) @russellscott1.bsky.social talks covid cronyism with @mrjamesob.bsky.social – just as PPE Medpro is ordered to pay £122 million for providing unusable gowns.

Read 'VIP Lane' for more: subscribe.bylinetimes.com/product/vip-...

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 8d

Now, more than ever, Londoners from all communities must stand together, show allyship to our Jewish friends and neighbours, and be united in our rejection of hatred.

In the wake of the heinous terrorist attack at Heaton Park Synagogue, I know many in London’s Jewish community will be feeling afraid. My thoughts are with the families of Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz at this terrible time.

Places of worship should be sanctuaries and safe havens for all. No one should feel scared to attend their synagogue, church, mosque, gurdwara or temple.

As we head into the weekend, there will be increased police presence in and around synagogues across the capital.

Our Jewish communities must be able to live and worship free from the fear of harassment, discrimination, intimidation, or violence. The fact they cannot do so is utterly unacceptable.

It is clear that there is much more to do to rid our society of the poison of antisemitism, and we must redouble our efforts to stamp out this vile hatred wherever it rears its ugly head.

Now, more than ever, Londoners from all communities must stand together, show allyship to our Jewish friends and neighbours, and be united in our rejection of hatred.

MAYOR OF LONDON, SADIQ KHAN

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Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 8d

Come on!
Let’s get Parliament to sit up & notice.
Please sign & share petition to have Michelle Mone removed from House of Lords 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 A company linked to Michelle Mone supplied £122 million of faulty PPE while NHS staff risked their lives.

Our petition to strip her of her peerage has already passed 60,000 signatures in just over a day.

Sign and share 👇

www.change.org/MichelleMone

Sign the Petition

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Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 8d

So if you want Michelle Mone removed from
the House of Lords, please sign & share our petition.

It’s over 60k signatures & rising - don’t be left out:

bsky.app/profile/cbff...

Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 10d

🚨 Today the High Court ruled that a company linked to Michelle Mone must repay £122 million for faulty PPE.🚨

She still sits in the House of Lords.

She must be stripped of her peerage and removed.

Sign and share our petition 👇

chng.it/XbVkG7Jrw4

Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 8d

Our petition to have Michelle Mone removed from House of Lords is over 60k signatures!

Let’s make Parliament sit up & take notice.

Don’t be left out: please sign & share:

bsky.app/profile/cbff...

Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 10d

Looks like Michelle Mone is going to have to sell that yacht

(from Feb 23)

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Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 8d

And Michelle Mone may be moaning even more when she sees that our petition to remove her from the House of Lords is now up to 45k signatures!

Don’t be left out. Please sign & share:

bsky.app/profile/cbff...

Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 10d

🚨 Today the High Court ruled that a company linked to Michelle Mone must repay £122 million for faulty PPE.🚨

She still sits in the House of Lords.

She must be stripped of her peerage and removed.

Sign and share our petition 👇

chng.it/XbVkG7Jrw4