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Guy Dewsbury PhD

@gludge.bsky.social

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Retired researcher. PhD in Computer Science. Long COVID sufferer. Assistive technology specialist.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 10h

🔴Nigel Farage Advisor Tied to Russian Oil Profits Via Orban-Backed Influence Operation

The man in charge of developing Reform’s plans for Government sits on the board of an organisation whose funding is tied to Russian oil money

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Nigel Farage Advisor Tied to Russian Oil Profits Via Orban-Backed Influence Operation

The man in charge of developing Reform's plans for Government sits on the board of an organisation whose funding is tied to Russian oil money

bylinetimes.com

Guy Dewsbury PhD @gludge.bsky.social · 11h

I've just signed up to the We Own It email newsletter - they're campaigning for public ownership of public services.

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Open letter to Wes Streeting: release your messages with your private healthcare donors

The public has a right to know that health policy is not driven by quid pro quo relationships.

weownit.org.uk

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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 12h

Wes Streeting released his whatsapp messages with Mandelson

We've written to him asking him to also release messages with private health donors (who benefit from NHS privatisation)

@goodlawproject.bsky.social found he is 60%+ funded by private healthcare

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Open letter to Wes Streeting: release your messages with your private healthcare donors

The public has a right to know that health policy is not driven by quid pro quo relationships.

weownit.org.uk

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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 12h

The problem with these Palantir deals is not primarily data security.

It's the fact we are creating single points of failure in the NHS, armed forces, and police. Palantir has massive leverage over essential information and logistics systems. A bad idea....

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

NHS deal with AI firm Palantir called into question after officials’ concerns revealed

Exclusive: in 2025 briefing to Wes Streeting, officials warned reputation of tech firm behind US ICE operations would hinder rollout of data system in UK

www.theguardian.com

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 13h

The U.S. is reorienting its foreign funding program to export MAGA ideology to Europe.

And a growing set of far-right and conservative think tanks are lining up to take Washington’s money.

The MAGA-friendly European think tanks Trump wants to fund

The Heritage Foundation identified European groups for U.S. backing.

www.politico.eu

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14h

The hospital waiting list in England has dropped to its lowest level in nearly three years.

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NHS waiting list at lowest level in three years

Backlog drops below 7.3m for first time since 2023 in England, but concern over long A&E waits.

www.bbc.co.uk

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

One of the reasons you shouldn't use AI is because the 4 biggest companies are.

xAI, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft.

Owned by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

Families of nurses and carers have said they fear being torn apart under an immigration crackdown by the government condemned as “an act of economic vandalism”

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Nurses’ families fear being torn apart in UK immigration crackdown, survey says

Exclusive: Most people in charity’s study say they worry about being separated from relatives under Mahmood plans

www.theguardian.com

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

Trump's attempts to undermine democracy are deeply concerning.

"Is American democracy staring death in the face? It’s certainly spluttering up blood, limping around the room and shouting incoherent slurs at everyone nearby."

Will Trump even allow an election?

The President is manoeuvring to delegitimise the November midterms

www.newstatesman.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Walz: "The federal government needs to pay for what they broke here. There's going to be accountability on things that happened, but one of them is the incredible and immense cost borne by the people of this state. The federal government needs to be responsible."

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

Once you understand that Capitalism is about theft of resources, exploitation of workers and extortion of consumers who have no choice but to purchase the essential goods you have monopolised.

It will stop surprising you that all the richest people are all the most evil people.

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Rebel with a Cause @rebelwithacause2.bsky.social · 1d

Epstein survivors raise their hands to signal they've been ignored by Trump's DOJ as AG Pam Bondi refuses to look at them

(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 2d

Ken Murphy is Tesco’s UK CEO and the highest paid supermarket boss.

He gets £9,930,000 a year, but is registered to pay tax in the Republic of Ireland.

Yet today he complains about his workers wages being too high.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2d

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.

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Disillusioned With Conservatives @neverevertory.bsky.social · 4d

Reform keeps saying that the NHS being unsustainable without a shift towards insurance-based healthcare.

When they talk about insurance-based healthcare, it is not pointing us towards the European model.

It is pointing us towards the American one, while pretending the two are equivalent.

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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 4d

Labour’s Director of Communications, Tim Allan, has stepped down.

Yes. Like you, I am shocked to hear that Labour actually had a Director of Communications.

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Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 4d

Excl: In 2024, two Russians set up a new carbon fibre in Armenia, called Rydena.

Both men had previously worked for Umatex, a division of the Russian state nuclear giant Rosatom. Umatex has been named by US and UK authorities as a "critical" supplier to the Russian war machine. [1/3]

Experts sound alarm over UK exports to firm linked to Russian war machine

Exclusive: Multimillion-pound contract raises concerns about controls designed to prevent firms unwittingly aiding destruction of Ukraine, specialists say

www.theguardian.com

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · Dec 6

“When Labour came to power 18 months ago, it had the chance to reset the whole shape of the state, of taxation, and our relationship to it.

"Somehow it didn't have the confidence to do that"

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/labo...

‘Labour had the chance to reshape the country – and didn’t have the confidence to do it’ | The News Agents

Rachel Reeves second budget continues to prove a headache for the chancellor – and the Labour government, with claims she misled voters before delivery. Whether true or not, what does this latest…

www.thenewsagents.co.uk

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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · Dec 3

Really scary new data on A&Es

“Private hospitals rely on the same overstretched staff...
The answer isn’t outsourcing; it’s investing in NHS staff, services, capacity”

Wes Streeting needs to listen to @keepournhspublic.bsky.social

#OnlytheNHS can solve this

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Numbers leaving A&E without treatment triples in six years

Soaring demand has led to ‘shocking’ rise in untreated patients leaving NHS emergency departments in England, data shows

www.theguardian.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Dec 3

I accompanied my wife to Dignitas. The Lords' filibustering is an insult to all like her who have suffered | Dave Sowry

Christy faced months of bureaucratic trauma. For terminally ill people, the assisted dying bill must not create further obstacles, says campaigner Dave Sowry

www.theguardian.com

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · Dec 3

It seems that Farage’s key aide and “like a son to me” George Cottrell has been frontman for Premier League billionaire’s betting syndicate, lawsuit claims. He‘s also been in the inner circle of the Brexit Party and ReFuk despite his 🇺🇸 conviction for wire fraud

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Key aide to Nigel Farage was frontman for Premier League billionaire’s betting syndicate, lawsuit claims

Exclusive: George Cottrell ‘gave control’ of gambling accounts to syndicate headed by Tony Bloom, the owner of Brighton & Hove Albion FC

www.theguardian.com

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Chypre in fog @brebis.bsky.social · Dec 3

"People living with Long COVID are using health services far more frequently than before their diagnosis, driving annual healthcare costs to more than twice their previous levels, according to a major new analysis published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine."

Study Shows Long COVID Patients Face More Than Double the Healthcare Costs After Diagnosis - Womenhealthdomain.com

People living with Long COVID are using health services far more frequently than before their diagnosis, driving annual healthcare costs to more than twice

www.womenhealthdomain.com

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · Nov 17

It's significant in that Nigel Farage has always prided himself of keeping openly far right/ethno-nationalist views out of his parties. That firewall now seems to be gone.

Guy Dewsbury PhD @gludge.bsky.social · Nov 10

The rise of Palantir and the consequences for personal and Global security. All your data belongs to us: the rise of Palantir - New Statesman share.google/nI4NVTfW8JZq...

All your data belongs to us: the rise of Palantir

A biography of the tech company’s founder Alex Karp reveals the philosophy behind its troubling conquest of the world

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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · Oct 24

Reporting this story, the same details kept appearing in police investigations around Europe: the perpetrators turned out to have been recruited and offered cash over Telegram.
European authorities are increasingly open in saying who is responsible: Russia.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...