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Andrea @azed.bsky.social · 1d

Dear me, we are going backwards in so many aspects of life but I wasn’t expecting that!

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Andrea @azed.bsky.social · 1d

And how do those in the NHS now think Covid is spread I wonder?

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Andrea @azed.bsky.social · 1d

Wrong year. Apparently they choose in January. I’m sure he’ll get it next time as long as he carries on going as he has been. How can he not?

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Andrea @azed.bsky.social · 1d

Yes

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Andrea @azed.bsky.social · 1d

Try Pharmadoctor. Flu jab is £20 and Covid jab is £90. Still a lot but a bit cheaper than Boots

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Ben Taylor @vox-dei.bsky.social · 1d

This is pretty crucial to consider now. Imagine what happens if Farage, Badenoch or Jenrick decides to go down the same route as Trump on science.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2d

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Andrea @azed.bsky.social · 1d

I suspect there are some people for whom what you say is certainly true. Also, for others, they have no interest and do not engage except at election time

Andrea @azed.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not sure that’s right. Most people aren’t that interested in politics so they don’t listen. It’s only at election time that they start to pick up bits of information.

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Andrea @azed.bsky.social · 3d

You all have this wrong. As Liverpool is clearly England’s first city all the rest must step down a place 😀

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Andrea @azed.bsky.social · 3d

It makes me want to weep. I’m not sure it will gain many votes if that’s the aim

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Andrea @azed.bsky.social · 3d

As this article is behind a paywall can you tell us why he is leaving so soon please?

Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 3d

[coughs] www.hsj.co.uk/primary-care...

DHSC GP adviser steps down

Wes Streeting's neighbourhood health and primary care lead is stepping down, after less than a year in the role and having recently launched an implementation programme.

www.hsj.co.uk

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Andrea @azed.bsky.social · 3d

It’s good that you have cast off Twitter at last. Glad to see you here.

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Andrea @azed.bsky.social · 4d

I fear he would not be acceptable. He wants back in the EU so they would never have him, sadly

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Andrea @azed.bsky.social · 4d

Were people only give a choice of Badenoch or Jenrick? Surely there must be someone better than both of them?

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Andrea @azed.bsky.social · 4d

I would have thought the Labour Party would have been a more natural fit. The Lib Dems are probably a bit too left wing are they not?

Andrea @azed.bsky.social · 5d

Is it really that much of a secret?

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Andrea @azed.bsky.social · 7d

That would be good news

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Andrea @azed.bsky.social · 7d

Exactly this 👇

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Andrea @azed.bsky.social · 8d

Yes, good idea

Catalyst Catalyst @catalystcatalyst.bsky.social · 8d

Imagine we had a system that meant we don’t have to constantly negotiate deals with the EU; almost like some kind of symbiotic relationship, where we all act in unison…oh, yeah, a bit like being part of the EU!

#RejoinEU

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Andrea @azed.bsky.social · 8d

Love that. I just want to know why Alan Sugar hasn’t fired her yet!

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Andrea @azed.bsky.social · 9d

This is my fear. I don’t want my data anywhere near Palantir any more than it already is

DiscoElastico @discofornow.bsky.social · 9d

Palantir will almost certainly get the contract because our NHS data is already being absorbed by them - Peter Thiel is an evil man and this should be blocked before it's too late.

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Andrea @azed.bsky.social · 9d

Who is going to run the i/d scheme? I definitely hope it won’t be Palantir, which seems quite likely 😫

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 9d

Terrible news about the attack on the Manchester synagogue. Thinking of those who lost loved ones or whose loved ones are injured.
Especially to attack on Yom Kippur, such an important day in the Jewish calendar.

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Andrea @azed.bsky.social · 9d

Good decision

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 9d

Ed Miliband has vowed to "ban fracking" for good, as he drew yet another dividing line with Reform during his speech at the Labour Party conference

news.sky.com/story/labour...

Labour pledges permanent ban on fracking

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband promised to go further than the current pause, brought in amid safety concerns and public opposition. Reform Party leaders want to reintroduce fracking as a way to boost t...

news.sky.com

Andrea @azed.bsky.social · 9d

Done!

Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 9d

We asked the people around Labour conference what they thought of Keir Starmer’s proposed ID cards scheme 🪪

Tell Keir Starmer to scrap it with our simple tool ✉️
https://goodlaw.social/0c30fa