Andy Cowper
@hpiandycowper.bsky.social
Freelance journalist: writes about health policy and politics of the English NHS in weekly column (£) ‘Cowper’s Cut’ on www.healthpolicyinsight.com.
Not wonderful www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
Ian Brown and Tim Burgess were among those to pay tribute to Mani, whose death was announced by his brother and nephew
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November 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Elon Musk’s Grok AI tells users he is fitter than LeBron James and smarter than da Vinci
Users noted that in a raft of now-deleted posts, the chatbot would frequently rank Musk top in any given field
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November 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Wonderful www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Knowing me, knowing you …aha surely it’s a certain broadcasting legend from Radio Norwich 😉
November 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Knowing me, knowing you …aha surely it’s a certain broadcasting legend from Radio Norwich 😉
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It's not that guy off DIY Disasters is it? 😊
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
It's not that guy off DIY Disasters is it? 😊
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Please tell me there is awkward dad dancing
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Please tell me there is awkward dad dancing
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OMG I cannot WAIT
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
OMG I cannot WAIT
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The keenly-awaited Health Policy Insight Christmas ad will be ‘dropping’ in the fairly near future.
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The keenly-awaited Health Policy Insight Christmas ad will be ‘dropping’ in the fairly near future.
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We are doing our best not to dismember any more journalists with bone saws www.ft.com/content/dc11...
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
We are doing our best not to dismember any more journalists with bone saws www.ft.com/content/dc11...
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Part of the problem here is they keep hiring comms people from newspapers who know how to pitch stuff to their former colleagues - but these tricks don't work anymore.
This does seem to be a relevant question. Reading the Sun and Guardina pieces side by side it is hard to believe they are describing the same policy. That kind of spin might have worked in 1990s but in a social media ecosystem where anger goes viral is is likely to generate own goals
And once again, I ask whether Ministers and No10 realise that the readership of one paper can in fact read the contents of another.
November 17, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Part of the problem here is they keep hiring comms people from newspapers who know how to pitch stuff to their former colleagues - but these tricks don't work anymore.
I’ve been going on and on and on about the bizarre healthcare-AI hyping coming from the Larry ‘Oracle’ Ellison Foundation-funded Tony Blair Institute.
Ahem: www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Ahem: www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I’ve been going on and on and on about the bizarre healthcare-AI hyping coming from the Larry ‘Oracle’ Ellison Foundation-funded Tony Blair Institute.
Ahem: www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Ahem: www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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A new episode of Everything Digital Health just dropped:
The Rise and Fall of the Faculty of Clinical Informatics - with John Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbjKKBF1gM0
For those interested, I recorded a FCI Part 1 episode a few months back with Mark Bailey https://...
The Rise and Fall of the Faculty of Clinical Informatics - with John Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbjKKBF1gM0
For those interested, I recorded a FCI Part 1 episode a few months back with Mark Bailey https://...
The Rise and Fall of the Faculty of Clinical Informatics - with John Williams
For those interested, I recorded a FCI Part 1 episode a few months back with Mark Bailey https://...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
A new episode of Everything Digital Health just dropped:
The Rise and Fall of the Faculty of Clinical Informatics - with John Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbjKKBF1gM0
For those interested, I recorded a FCI Part 1 episode a few months back with Mark Bailey https://...
The Rise and Fall of the Faculty of Clinical Informatics - with John Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbjKKBF1gM0
For those interested, I recorded a FCI Part 1 episode a few months back with Mark Bailey https://...
“I assume we’ve looked into the option of banning people from getting ill?”
November 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
“I assume we’ve looked into the option of banning people from getting ill?”
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Your timely reminder nothing that will ever top Matt Hancock reflecting on his appearance on #ImACeleb @hpiandycowper.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Your timely reminder nothing that will ever top Matt Hancock reflecting on his appearance on #ImACeleb @hpiandycowper.bsky.social
This week, Wes Streeting’s absolutely not a campaign to be the next leader of the Labour Party will be boosted by the drop of his cover version of ‘Ice Ice Baby’.
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November 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This week, Wes Streeting’s absolutely not a campaign to be the next leader of the Labour Party will be boosted by the drop of his cover version of ‘Ice Ice Baby’.
Pre-order your copy now!
Pre-order your copy now!
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[FDR stares directly into the camera]
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
[FDR stares directly into the camera]
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In essence, Trump treats anyone involved in an attack on Congress that led to the deaths of US officers as the Alte Kämpfer of his Beer Hall Putsch.
Yet another impeachable offence, of course. Not that that means anything any more.
Yet another impeachable offence, of course. Not that that means anything any more.
NEWS: President Trump has issued a *second* pardon for Jan. 6 defendant Dan Wilson.
Wilson, a militia member, remained in prison on a firearms conviction unrelated to the Capitol attack. But Trump's new pardon explicitly covers the gun charges. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Wilson, a militia member, remained in prison on a firearms conviction unrelated to the Capitol attack. But Trump's new pardon explicitly covers the gun charges. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In essence, Trump treats anyone involved in an attack on Congress that led to the deaths of US officers as the Alte Kämpfer of his Beer Hall Putsch.
Yet another impeachable offence, of course. Not that that means anything any more.
Yet another impeachable offence, of course. Not that that means anything any more.
George Ford doing an Argentina RWC group game job here
November 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
George Ford doing an Argentina RWC group game job here
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"Even with Britain’s high overall tax take, most people’s labour income is taxed lightly by international standards...Britain’s [labour tax] wedge in 2024 for a single average earner without children was 29.4%, the lowest in the G7"
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November 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"Even with Britain’s high overall tax take, most people’s labour income is taxed lightly by international standards...Britain’s [labour tax] wedge in 2024 for a single average earner without children was 29.4%, the lowest in the G7"
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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Leaked emails show Reform UK-led council backing one of their own after 'disgusting' comments about minority groups online
Leaked emails show Reform UK-led council backing one of their own after 'disgusting' comments about minority groups online | LBC
The Tories have demanded he resign immediately or be sacked by the Reform-led administration if he refuses.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Leaked emails show Reform UK-led council backing one of their own after 'disgusting' comments about minority groups online
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This is such a neglected factor. I think 'consideration set' are one of the most important things to understand in multi-party democracies. Historically, a really important one in the UK is the people who will either vote Tory, or not at all.
Turnout went down last year, as it does every time Labour come into power, because millions of conservative voters weren't sufficiently scared of the idea of Starmer as PM.
November 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is such a neglected factor. I think 'consideration set' are one of the most important things to understand in multi-party democracies. Historically, a really important one in the UK is the people who will either vote Tory, or not at all.
Slightly concerning www.ft.com/content/97e4...
Single fault at Thames Water works could imperil London’s supply
Coppermills plant, which serves up to 4mn people, underscores scale of the challenge for troubled utility
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November 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Forgive me if I'm wrong, I can't think of a single politician who campaigned hard for Brexit who has since come out and said that they think it was a mistake. Surely, in their heart of hearts, literally one or two of them must know that. So is it that they can't admit it to themselves or just to us?
November 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Forgive me if I'm wrong, I can't think of a single politician who campaigned hard for Brexit who has since come out and said that they think it was a mistake. Surely, in their heart of hearts, literally one or two of them must know that. So is it that they can't admit it to themselves or just to us?