MariaD
@drmariad.bsky.social
Professor of Health Policy.
Proud Irish European. Feminist & anti Tory. #FBPE.
Get Brexit Undone. I stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦
Proud Irish European. Feminist & anti Tory. #FBPE.
Get Brexit Undone. I stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦
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Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes | Mark Cunliffe
Keep out: what flags mean to community NHS workers
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes
centralbylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes | Mark Cunliffe
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Brexit: “Brutal economic realities are prompting a shift in Labour’s tone on Europe. But will it dare tell the whole truth about Britain’s predicament?” - Good question @rafaelbehr.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her Brexit bind may be the biggest of all | Rafael Behr
Brutal economic realities are prompting a shift in Labour’s tone on Europe. But will it dare tell the whole truth about Britain’s predicament, asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Brexit: “Brutal economic realities are prompting a shift in Labour’s tone on Europe. But will it dare tell the whole truth about Britain’s predicament?” - Good question @rafaelbehr.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... This #Farage ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... This #Farage ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
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‘I can categorically say that stories being told about me from 50 years ago are not true’
- a statement from Nigel Farage tonight on claims he racially abused fellow school pupils
That firm denial tonight is different to what he said in interview with BBC Wales Political Editor Gareth Lewis 👇
- a statement from Nigel Farage tonight on claims he racially abused fellow school pupils
That firm denial tonight is different to what he said in interview with BBC Wales Political Editor Gareth Lewis 👇
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
‘I can categorically say that stories being told about me from 50 years ago are not true’
- a statement from Nigel Farage tonight on claims he racially abused fellow school pupils
That firm denial tonight is different to what he said in interview with BBC Wales Political Editor Gareth Lewis 👇
- a statement from Nigel Farage tonight on claims he racially abused fellow school pupils
That firm denial tonight is different to what he said in interview with BBC Wales Political Editor Gareth Lewis 👇
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the price of populism
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
the price of populism
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Not just students saying it, teachers have said it in the past as well. Channel 4 article from 2013 with a note saying he was “a fascist, but that was no reason why he would not make a good prefect,” www.channel4.com/news/nigel-f...
Nigel Farage schooldays letter reveals concerns over fascism
Channel 4 News obtains a letter about Ukip leader Nigel Farage, from his days as a schoolboy, in which teachers are quoted as accusing him of being "racist" and "fascist".
www.channel4.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Not just students saying it, teachers have said it in the past as well. Channel 4 article from 2013 with a note saying he was “a fascist, but that was no reason why he would not make a good prefect,” www.channel4.com/news/nigel-f...
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The mainstream media have been concerned with the politics, policies, and propaganda of Donald Trump’s terms in office, but have virtually ignored the central question of his presidency: Is Trump psychologically fit to be president of the United States and commander in chief?
November 26, 2025 at 6:23 AM
The mainstream media have been concerned with the politics, policies, and propaganda of Donald Trump’s terms in office, but have virtually ignored the central question of his presidency: Is Trump psychologically fit to be president of the United States and commander in chief?
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"David Lammy is considering scrapping trial by jury, an ancient right that's said to date back to the Magna Carta 800 years ago"
Labour laying the ground work for a far right government to build on #GMB
Labour laying the ground work for a far right government to build on #GMB
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
"David Lammy is considering scrapping trial by jury, an ancient right that's said to date back to the Magna Carta 800 years ago"
Labour laying the ground work for a far right government to build on #GMB
Labour laying the ground work for a far right government to build on #GMB
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During the Bosnian War, tourists were paying up to $90,000 to hunt and shoot civilians for fun, like a human safari. The countries that these tourists come from are alleged to have come from Italy, Canada, USA, Russia, and Belgium. Italy has opened an investigation.
November 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
During the Bosnian War, tourists were paying up to $90,000 to hunt and shoot civilians for fun, like a human safari. The countries that these tourists come from are alleged to have come from Italy, Canada, USA, Russia, and Belgium. Italy has opened an investigation.
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Why hasn’t the Board of Deputies denounced Farage?
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Why hasn’t the Board of Deputies denounced Farage?
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[I apologise in advance]. Fifteen years of prime ministerial travel ruined me for the real world. Planes held for you if there was traffic on the M25. No safety rules. When I flew on a real plane after a couple of years, I caused an incident because I'd forgotten you can't stand up on landing.
The one time I got to travel on a Prime Ministerial plane, the thing that sticks in my mind is that it turns out to be entirely OK to stand around chatting over a glass of champagne *while taxying to the runway*, so long as you sit down for the actual take-off. Any safety announcement? Forget it.
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
[I apologise in advance]. Fifteen years of prime ministerial travel ruined me for the real world. Planes held for you if there was traffic on the M25. No safety rules. When I flew on a real plane after a couple of years, I caused an incident because I'd forgotten you can't stand up on landing.
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Hello, have you got a copy of "How to racially abuse people so they feel all warm & cuddly afterwards" by Nigel Farage ?
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Hello, have you got a copy of "How to racially abuse people so they feel all warm & cuddly afterwards" by Nigel Farage ?
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"Most Reform UK voters don’t object to green policies, so who is its climate crisis denialism designed to serve?"
Why Reform UK hates net zero … follow the money!
Most Reform UK voters don’t object to green policies, so who is its climate crisis denialism designed to serve?
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"Most Reform UK voters don’t object to green policies, so who is its climate crisis denialism designed to serve?"
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PROJECT FEAR!
🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
PROJECT FEAR!
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This seems bad...
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This seems bad...
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Here's the transcript. When I say ‘we had a convicted reality star’, you can add ‘who now rules as the most openly corrupt president in American history’ in your head.
downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith...
downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith...
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Here's the transcript. When I say ‘we had a convicted reality star’, you can add ‘who now rules as the most openly corrupt president in American history’ in your head.
downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith...
downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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European shares inch higher, led by banks after upbeat forecasts
European shares inch higher, led by banks after upbeat forecasts
Iseq index advances 1.8%, led by AIB and Bank of Ireland
www.irishtimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
European shares inch higher, led by banks after upbeat forecasts
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This is a hugely important story. I wrote about its consequences already in "Road to Unfreedom" and we know much more now. If we want to be a democracy we have to create structures of factuality rather than selling our future to the loudest yeller in another country.
Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is a hugely important story. I wrote about its consequences already in "Road to Unfreedom" and we know much more now. If we want to be a democracy we have to create structures of factuality rather than selling our future to the loudest yeller in another country.
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Here was Robbie Gibb's "hugely impartial" take on the BBC, before he joined the board, as written in the Daily Mail
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Here was Robbie Gibb's "hugely impartial" take on the BBC, before he joined the board, as written in the Daily Mail
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Robbie Gibb says he was approached to join the Jewish Chronicle board by "an elderly Jewish person...funder...um philanthropist". Hasn't said his name yet. But it is a big issue as lots of progressive writers quit shortly after, saying it had become an ideological tool.
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Robbie Gibb says he was approached to join the Jewish Chronicle board by "an elderly Jewish person...funder...um philanthropist". Hasn't said his name yet. But it is a big issue as lots of progressive writers quit shortly after, saying it had become an ideological tool.
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BBC board member Robbie Gibb, whose previous jobs have included being Conservative communications director to Theresa May, and helping to set up GB News, tells MPs that he is "hugely impartial"
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
BBC board member Robbie Gibb, whose previous jobs have included being Conservative communications director to Theresa May, and helping to set up GB News, tells MPs that he is "hugely impartial"
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🇪🇺 Is Europe really secure if its democracies are weakening — from within and at its borders?
Corina Stratulat and Johannes Greubel argue that enlargement and democratic resilience are now the same test.
Europe can’t afford to fail either one 👇
www.epc.eu/publication/...
Corina Stratulat and Johannes Greubel argue that enlargement and democratic resilience are now the same test.
Europe can’t afford to fail either one 👇
www.epc.eu/publication/...
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🇪🇺 Is Europe really secure if its democracies are weakening — from within and at its borders?
Corina Stratulat and Johannes Greubel argue that enlargement and democratic resilience are now the same test.
Europe can’t afford to fail either one 👇
www.epc.eu/publication/...
Corina Stratulat and Johannes Greubel argue that enlargement and democratic resilience are now the same test.
Europe can’t afford to fail either one 👇
www.epc.eu/publication/...
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Reeves expected to reveal cut in UK growth forecasts for next 5 yrs.
Can't get sustained economic growth:
16m live in poverty.
24m live below socially acceptable living standards.
Real average wage unchanged since 2008.
4.5m get less than living wage.
Regressive taxation.
Profiteering unchecked.
Can't get sustained economic growth:
16m live in poverty.
24m live below socially acceptable living standards.
Real average wage unchanged since 2008.
4.5m get less than living wage.
Regressive taxation.
Profiteering unchecked.
Reeves expected to reveal cut in growth forecasts for next five years in budget
OBR has reportedly downgraded predictions after review that blames lack of investment under Tories
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Reeves expected to reveal cut in UK growth forecasts for next 5 yrs.
Can't get sustained economic growth:
16m live in poverty.
24m live below socially acceptable living standards.
Real average wage unchanged since 2008.
4.5m get less than living wage.
Regressive taxation.
Profiteering unchecked.
Can't get sustained economic growth:
16m live in poverty.
24m live below socially acceptable living standards.
Real average wage unchanged since 2008.
4.5m get less than living wage.
Regressive taxation.
Profiteering unchecked.