Craig
@craig.nikolic.co.uk
NHS GP Federation CEO. Not a GP/clinician.
Ex artillery forward observer, with dodgy knees and hearing.
Favourite comment about me: "His comms style is like a brick through a window."
Ex artillery forward observer, with dodgy knees and hearing.
Favourite comment about me: "His comms style is like a brick through a window."
I don't think I go a week these days without hearing or seeing some spectacularly bad interpretations of the Provider Selection Regime within the NHS.
It's a simple thing once you get past the waffle, it's so simple that NHS England managed to get it onto two flowcharts.
Links in next post:
It's a simple thing once you get past the waffle, it's so simple that NHS England managed to get it onto two flowcharts.
Links in next post:
January 22, 2026 at 9:39 AM
I don't think I go a week these days without hearing or seeing some spectacularly bad interpretations of the Provider Selection Regime within the NHS.
It's a simple thing once you get past the waffle, it's so simple that NHS England managed to get it onto two flowcharts.
Links in next post:
It's a simple thing once you get past the waffle, it's so simple that NHS England managed to get it onto two flowcharts.
Links in next post:
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Trump shenanigans contributing to Iceland decision to hold a referendum on joining the European Union.
It will be the 11th non-EU country to apply to join.
If this continues, Britain will be almost alone in Europe in being outside the EU, isolated, poorer and weaker.
It will be the 11th non-EU country to apply to join.
If this continues, Britain will be almost alone in Europe in being outside the EU, isolated, poorer and weaker.
January 22, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Trump shenanigans contributing to Iceland decision to hold a referendum on joining the European Union.
It will be the 11th non-EU country to apply to join.
If this continues, Britain will be almost alone in Europe in being outside the EU, isolated, poorer and weaker.
It will be the 11th non-EU country to apply to join.
If this continues, Britain will be almost alone in Europe in being outside the EU, isolated, poorer and weaker.
Dear British folk. The US Republicans actively voted for this.
This is why it is not acceptable to appease the imbecilic populism of the Tory party or the active positions of Reform.
If you let the vile messages sit unchallenged, they become normalised in parties that can be elected.
This is why it is not acceptable to appease the imbecilic populism of the Tory party or the active positions of Reform.
If you let the vile messages sit unchallenged, they become normalised in parties that can be elected.
People can say they didn’t vote for this but people are liars
January 22, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Dear British folk. The US Republicans actively voted for this.
This is why it is not acceptable to appease the imbecilic populism of the Tory party or the active positions of Reform.
If you let the vile messages sit unchallenged, they become normalised in parties that can be elected.
This is why it is not acceptable to appease the imbecilic populism of the Tory party or the active positions of Reform.
If you let the vile messages sit unchallenged, they become normalised in parties that can be elected.
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not saying Trump isn't entirely with-it but he has just claimed that the current row is over control of "Iceland"
January 21, 2026 at 2:19 PM
not saying Trump isn't entirely with-it but he has just claimed that the current row is over control of "Iceland"
Even if Denmark were stupid enough to agree, it’d be forgotten within a week when the next demand would come in. No treaty lasts a week with him as that was last week’s demand.
Trump presents Europe with a choice on Greenland: “So you have a choice. You can say yes and we will be very grateful. Or you can so no…and we will remember.”
January 21, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Even if Denmark were stupid enough to agree, it’d be forgotten within a week when the next demand would come in. No treaty lasts a week with him as that was last week’s demand.
First time listening to PMQs in many months, and my first thought is that Kemi Badenoch is just awful at this.
She's so bad she makes Starmer look not good because it's hard to argue with points this obviously rubbish and provably daft.
And I think I won't bother listening again for a while.
She's so bad she makes Starmer look not good because it's hard to argue with points this obviously rubbish and provably daft.
And I think I won't bother listening again for a while.
January 21, 2026 at 12:12 PM
First time listening to PMQs in many months, and my first thought is that Kemi Badenoch is just awful at this.
She's so bad she makes Starmer look not good because it's hard to argue with points this obviously rubbish and provably daft.
And I think I won't bother listening again for a while.
She's so bad she makes Starmer look not good because it's hard to argue with points this obviously rubbish and provably daft.
And I think I won't bother listening again for a while.
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There is a lot of AI/Machine Learning being used in engineering, because it actually works, and because it is an input into a process that is repeatedly tested and verified. The polar opposite of LLMs. Which is why it is a shame the 2 terms have become conflated
January 21, 2026 at 9:58 AM
There is a lot of AI/Machine Learning being used in engineering, because it actually works, and because it is an input into a process that is repeatedly tested and verified. The polar opposite of LLMs. Which is why it is a shame the 2 terms have become conflated
The biggest winner for the populists across the world is that they convinced people that politics are binary and reductionist.
This results in single figureheads with absolutely no one else capable of competent conversation or articulation of policy in their party getting serious voting intentions.
This results in single figureheads with absolutely no one else capable of competent conversation or articulation of policy in their party getting serious voting intentions.
January 21, 2026 at 8:51 AM
The biggest winner for the populists across the world is that they convinced people that politics are binary and reductionist.
This results in single figureheads with absolutely no one else capable of competent conversation or articulation of policy in their party getting serious voting intentions.
This results in single figureheads with absolutely no one else capable of competent conversation or articulation of policy in their party getting serious voting intentions.
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Thinks are going great in AI world.
January 21, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Thinks are going great in AI world.
This is yet another reason why London is such a fantastic place.
Beavers are back in London 🦫
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
January 21, 2026 at 8:06 AM
This is yet another reason why London is such a fantastic place.
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Beavers are back in London 🦫
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
January 21, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Beavers are back in London 🦫
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
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Americans might usefully remember that the UK lost its American colonies at a time when their king was suffering serious mental illness.
January 20, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Americans might usefully remember that the UK lost its American colonies at a time when their king was suffering serious mental illness.
The orange one’s press conference improved version:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSA...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSA...
Trololo... The Full Original Version.
YouTube video by zoomadood
m.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:32 PM
The orange one’s press conference improved version:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSA...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSA...
"Hey Siri, show me someone who may not be in touch with the common person."
Bessent: "Someone, maybe your parents for their retirement have bought 5, 10, 12 homes."
January 20, 2026 at 4:51 PM
"Hey Siri, show me someone who may not be in touch with the common person."
This story is 2026 in a nutshell. "Save money on your funeral, give your body to science!"
www.thetimes.com/money/family...
www.thetimes.com/money/family...
‘I’ve saved £5,000 by donating my body to science’
With funeral costs rising, Peter Dick has decided on a cut-price death. Many other families are doing the same
www.thetimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:26 PM
This story is 2026 in a nutshell. "Save money on your funeral, give your body to science!"
www.thetimes.com/money/family...
www.thetimes.com/money/family...
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Proper soft power diplomacy in Downing Street today
January 20, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Proper soft power diplomacy in Downing Street today
Because going it alone without friends has worked so well for us in the past decade. I’m sure no one would use it against us.
I just don’t get the hype on Polanski. Is it because he’s in a field of other party leaders who are doing an astonishingly awful job?
I just don’t get the hype on Polanski. Is it because he’s in a field of other party leaders who are doing an astonishingly awful job?
EXC: Zack Polanski tells us Britain should consider closing US military bases, leave Nato and denuclearise, as he begins to flesh out the Greens’ foreign policy.
Also spells out to @pippacrerar.bsky.social and me his red lines in any coalition talks to come.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Also spells out to @pippacrerar.bsky.social and me his red lines in any coalition talks to come.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK should consider expelling US forces from British bases, says Zack Polanski
Exclusive: Green party leader advocates leaving Nato and says Britain should wean itself off its reliance on the US
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Because going it alone without friends has worked so well for us in the past decade. I’m sure no one would use it against us.
I just don’t get the hype on Polanski. Is it because he’s in a field of other party leaders who are doing an astonishingly awful job?
I just don’t get the hype on Polanski. Is it because he’s in a field of other party leaders who are doing an astonishingly awful job?
Being deployed for combat is something soldiers accept is their job, although it definitely changes the tone.
Being deployed to potentially be attacked by someone who you thought as an ally not even a year ago is something else entirely.
If this doesn't sharpen minds, nothing will.
Being deployed to potentially be attacked by someone who you thought as an ally not even a year ago is something else entirely.
If this doesn't sharpen minds, nothing will.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Being deployed for combat is something soldiers accept is their job, although it definitely changes the tone.
Being deployed to potentially be attacked by someone who you thought as an ally not even a year ago is something else entirely.
If this doesn't sharpen minds, nothing will.
Being deployed to potentially be attacked by someone who you thought as an ally not even a year ago is something else entirely.
If this doesn't sharpen minds, nothing will.
Puts Keir Starmer's statement earlier in a different light entirely.
January 19, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Puts Keir Starmer's statement earlier in a different light entirely.
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Written for now
January 19, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Written for now
Yay! My first 2027 meeting invite that isn't a recurring meeting invite.
January 19, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Yay! My first 2027 meeting invite that isn't a recurring meeting invite.
A reminder folks that Soylent Green is people! And that was so 2022. Just have your cabbage and don't complain.
January 19, 2026 at 9:49 AM
A reminder folks that Soylent Green is people! And that was so 2022. Just have your cabbage and don't complain.
My morning routine usually involves spending time reading the overnight messages.
These days it’s just relentless doom scrolling on the consequences of a very ill old man being allowed to shout at the world on the prompting of others.
These days it’s just relentless doom scrolling on the consequences of a very ill old man being allowed to shout at the world on the prompting of others.
What a week.
And it's not even 9am on a Monday morning.
And it's not even 9am on a Monday morning.
January 19, 2026 at 8:32 AM
My morning routine usually involves spending time reading the overnight messages.
These days it’s just relentless doom scrolling on the consequences of a very ill old man being allowed to shout at the world on the prompting of others.
These days it’s just relentless doom scrolling on the consequences of a very ill old man being allowed to shout at the world on the prompting of others.
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What a week.
And it's not even 9am on a Monday morning.
And it's not even 9am on a Monday morning.
January 19, 2026 at 8:10 AM
What a week.
And it's not even 9am on a Monday morning.
And it's not even 9am on a Monday morning.