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mwhipp.bsky.social @mwhipp.bsky.social · Jul 26

All such lovely people defending great British culture 🙄

mwhipp.bsky.social @mwhipp.bsky.social · Jul 5

I remember standing on a garden wall, at the top of a hill in south London watching the light show when Jean Michelle Jarre dud his show in the Royal Victoria dock in the late 80s.

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mwhipp.bsky.social @mwhipp.bsky.social · Jun 9

This is beyond satire and making my head hurt.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · Jun 9

This is Kona. He is doing his daily affirmations. 12/10 powerful stuff (IG: wildontherun)

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mwhipp.bsky.social @mwhipp.bsky.social · Jun 8

I just hope dog owners will keep their pups on leads anywhere near them. Otherwise we could have a Greenwich version of Fenton.

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Adam Drummond @adamdrummond.bsky.social · Apr 28

This is by far the most comprehensive analysis of who Labour is losing votes to and what makes them tick. Really worth your time to read the full report.

Steve Akehurst @steveakehurst.bsky.social · Apr 28

NEW: Who are the voters Labour risks losing to Reform?

How might Lab unite them with the rest of its election winning coalition? How might Reform win them over?

Some big new research out today with @persuasionuk.bsky.social as featured by @greenmirandahere.bsky.social in today's FT 🧵👇

Getting to know 'Reform curious Labour voters'

exploring the attitudes, demography and values of Reform curious Labour voters and the coalitional dilemmas they lose

persuasionuk.org

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Apr 27

Black ex-prison officer says he has flashbacks after extreme racist abuse at Kent jail

Exclusive: Uzo Mbonu describes being targeted and ‘completely isolated’ by colleagues at HMP Swaleside A black former prison officer has said he suffers flashbacks and nightmares after colleagues in a high-security jail subjected him to extreme racist abuse and managers failed to support him. Nigerian-born Uzo Mbonu said he felt he was picked on and ostracised by other officers at HMP Swaleside in Kent because he did not have a British accent, did not understand the jokes his colleagues made, and challenged things he felt were going wrong. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Layla Moran MP 🔶🕊️ @laylamoran.bsky.social · Apr 10

The French government has announced they could recognise a Palestinian State in June this year.

The UK should prepare to stay in lock step. It’s time.

France could recognise Palestinian state ‘in June’, says Emmanuel Macron – Middle East crisis live

Israeli minister says plan is ‘prize for terror’ as French president says ‘we must move towards recognition’ and process could start at UN conference in June

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mwhipp.bsky.social @mwhipp.bsky.social · Apr 1

Ah, Dexys.

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mwhipp.bsky.social @mwhipp.bsky.social · Apr 1

I have some much loved relatives over there, I guess I won't be visiting them again for a while. 😥

mwhipp.bsky.social @mwhipp.bsky.social · Apr 1

a woman in a floral shirt is laughing with the fox logo in the background

ALT: a woman in a floral shirt is laughing with the fox logo in the background

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mwhipp.bsky.social @mwhipp.bsky.social · Apr 1

Early support saves lives and money.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

NHS billions wasted as bipolar patients left ‘forgotten and failed’

Exclusive data shows how neglect of this common mental health condition costs the UK nearly £10bn a year.

www.bbc.com

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Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @patrickopatrick.bsky.social · Mar 25

Alright so what clown did this❓👇🏼👇🏼🤷🏼‍♂️

Image is a photoshopped article article about the US intelligence chief facing a grilling, where the headline has been changed to Read US intelligence Chiefs, the world’s biggest oxymoron ..

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mwhipp.bsky.social @mwhipp.bsky.social · Mar 25

@drladesmith.bsky.social good question and answer session this morning, thanks. BTW, I was one of the last people in the UK to have the smallpox vaccine. Was going on a school trip to Switzerland, someone in a lab here (in the UK)caught it, so we needed the vaccine to enter Switzerland.

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mwhipp.bsky.social @mwhipp.bsky.social · Mar 21

Brilliant to start the day and end the week.

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Bipolar Life @bipolarlife-uk.bsky.social · Mar 21

Breakfast tune - it's been a long week

The Clash - Should I stay or should I go?

youtu.be/e7tWqyM3r-g?...

The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go (Remastered)

YouTube video by theclashVEVO

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The Royal College of Psychiatrists @rcpsych.bsky.social · Mar 19

“Reforms to the welfare system must be focused on supporting people to join and remain in the job market without penalising those who may never be able to work” - RCPsych President @drladesmith.bsky.social on the government’s welfare reforms.

Read more below:
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...

"These reforms should not simply be one-size fits all" President Lade Smith CBE comments on welfare reforms

President Lade Smith CBE has commented on the announcement on welfare reform by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

www.rcpsych.ac.uk

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mwhipp.bsky.social @mwhipp.bsky.social · Mar 20

At the Bethlem last week, Seni Lewis training. Feeling humbled meeting the staff, always amazed at how they do their jobs with the pressures they face. It was my first visit to the Bethlem in a while; got to meet up with @raj_psyc. Always good to have a chat. And of course Arlo

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · Mar 20

This is absolutely hilarious.

Russell Brand shares fake redacted file claiming that Penelope Keith shot JFK.

Clearly didn't read it.

Mind you, it's no madder than some of the other theories.

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The Royal College of Psychiatrists @rcpsych.bsky.social · Mar 5

🚨 NEW: The RCPsych has identified plans that would result in funding cuts for children and young people’s eating disorder services in more than half of areas across England.

We're calling for the creation of a national strategy for eating disorders in England.
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...

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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · Mar 6

Spotted in Canada…

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mwhipp.bsky.social @mwhipp.bsky.social · Jan 27

Thanks for the first laugh out loud of the day.

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · Jan 26

I like the Beatles a lot, don't get me wrong. But this is the kind of song you play 24 hours a day to an enemy spy in a CIA cell.

Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · Jan 26

Robert Peston • @Peston
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Kemi Badenoch just told @bbclaurak that Yellow Submarine is her favourite Beatles song. Another answer few of us saw coming

Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford over a typewriter in All The President’s Men

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Jan 26

Vaccines do not cause autism.

Keep saying things that have been demonstrated by robust science and are the subject or organised disinformation. Don’t just ignore the attempts to brainwash.

#academicsky

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · Jan 27

Anglian Water passed thousands of pollution tests at sewage plants that weren’t carried out.

That's what happens when companies self certify.

Sewage dumping under stated.

Will get worse, regulators required to promote growth i.e. keep quiet, fewer fines.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Anglian Water passed thousands of pollution tests at sewage plants that weren’t carried out

Analysis by campaign group finds utility company had highest rate of ‘no-flow’ samples of any water and sewerage firm in 2024

www.theguardian.com

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