Andrew Wilson
@arwvet.bsky.social
Retired vet, has chaired several charities since, mostly supporting refugees and asylum seekers. IPF patient, which is a bit of a bugger. Trying to play the cello and play string quartets.
Makes sense!
If we are really worried about the pressure put on the NHS by flu then shouldn’t we have offered the flu vaccine to more people for free?
Super flu' wave hits hospitals in England with no peak yet
Numbers in hospital rise by more than 50% in a week as NHS faces 'worst-case scenario'.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Makes sense!
Spot on.
You can’t tell if someone is disabled just by looking at them.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Spot on.
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The Doctor is right and correct
Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The Doctor is right and correct
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Just another of those days when I hate this government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Just another of those days when I hate this government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Hey Labour
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Hey Labour
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
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Analysis of Mahmood's trailed announcements can come on Monday. For now, just feel the need to say that the elements made public are morally degenerate, vindictive, and indefensible. They will achieve nothing other than cruelty and the further legitimation of fascism in the UK.
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Analysis of Mahmood's trailed announcements can come on Monday. For now, just feel the need to say that the elements made public are morally degenerate, vindictive, and indefensible. They will achieve nothing other than cruelty and the further legitimation of fascism in the UK.
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I hate this policy so much. It's simply morally wrong.
I wrote this a few months ago about how emotional it was seeing a refugee I once hosted get his citizenship and, finally, be safe and welcomed.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
I wrote this a few months ago about how emotional it was seeing a refugee I once hosted get his citizenship and, finally, be safe and welcomed.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
November 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I hate this policy so much. It's simply morally wrong.
I wrote this a few months ago about how emotional it was seeing a refugee I once hosted get his citizenship and, finally, be safe and welcomed.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
I wrote this a few months ago about how emotional it was seeing a refugee I once hosted get his citizenship and, finally, be safe and welcomed.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
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And do take heed of Stewart Lee's adjuration to all National Trust members - vote vote vote to keep Restore Trust Out.
October 30, 2025 at 6:55 AM
And do take heed of Stewart Lee's adjuration to all National Trust members - vote vote vote to keep Restore Trust Out.
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One ironic thing here is that I know of several cases where asylum seekers were punished for volunteering because that was too close to "work" and the Home Office wasn't having it.
September 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
One ironic thing here is that I know of several cases where asylum seekers were punished for volunteering because that was too close to "work" and the Home Office wasn't having it.
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British Independent MP Adnan Hussain said he refuses to apologise for speaking out against Gaza genocide. He emphasized that for two years, screens have been filled daily with harrowing images of children —massacred, maimed, and starving.
July 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
British Independent MP Adnan Hussain said he refuses to apologise for speaking out against Gaza genocide. He emphasized that for two years, screens have been filled daily with harrowing images of children —massacred, maimed, and starving.
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"I think a time is coming where a lot of people are going to be answerable to this, and complicity is something that will come to many."
July 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"I think a time is coming where a lot of people are going to be answerable to this, and complicity is something that will come to many."
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In case you missed it ...
These cuts to welfare due to Austerity 2.0 wouldn't even be on the table if we hadn't left the EU and the Single Market. The Brexit madness is costing us lost revenue, lost taxes, lost funding, lost investment, and so much more!
#SingleMarketNow 🇬🇧🇪🇺
These cuts to welfare due to Austerity 2.0 wouldn't even be on the table if we hadn't left the EU and the Single Market. The Brexit madness is costing us lost revenue, lost taxes, lost funding, lost investment, and so much more!
#SingleMarketNow 🇬🇧🇪🇺
July 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
In case you missed it ...
These cuts to welfare due to Austerity 2.0 wouldn't even be on the table if we hadn't left the EU and the Single Market. The Brexit madness is costing us lost revenue, lost taxes, lost funding, lost investment, and so much more!
#SingleMarketNow 🇬🇧🇪🇺
These cuts to welfare due to Austerity 2.0 wouldn't even be on the table if we hadn't left the EU and the Single Market. The Brexit madness is costing us lost revenue, lost taxes, lost funding, lost investment, and so much more!
#SingleMarketNow 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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I support Palestine Action.
I hate all forms of violence.
I wish no harm on anyone.
I just want a kinder, fairer, greener world.
Apparently this makes me a terrorist.
But I am the opposite of a terrorist.
I hate all forms of violence.
I wish no harm on anyone.
I just want a kinder, fairer, greener world.
Apparently this makes me a terrorist.
But I am the opposite of a terrorist.
July 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I support Palestine Action.
I hate all forms of violence.
I wish no harm on anyone.
I just want a kinder, fairer, greener world.
Apparently this makes me a terrorist.
But I am the opposite of a terrorist.
I hate all forms of violence.
I wish no harm on anyone.
I just want a kinder, fairer, greener world.
Apparently this makes me a terrorist.
But I am the opposite of a terrorist.
Help!😳
Reform UK’s man in charge of Nottinghamshire’s economy hasn’t met key partners and can’t explain his priorities. £640m budget. £42k salary. No idea what he’s doing 🤷❌
Credit: @nottstv.bsky.social. Read the full article here: nottstv.com/new-reform-e...
Credit: @nottstv.bsky.social. Read the full article here: nottstv.com/new-reform-e...
June 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Help!😳
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Listen to this great American. This nation is privileged to have a man of this character in the United States Senate. Thank you @padilla.senate.gov. We stand with you.
June 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Listen to this great American. This nation is privileged to have a man of this character in the United States Senate. Thank you @padilla.senate.gov. We stand with you.
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Remembering Joseph Haydn, who died on 31 May 1809. Since October I’ve been thrilled to start almost every day with a Haydn work. First it was the Symphonies, now we are on the Quartets. It’s been a life-enhancing process.
May 31, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Remembering Joseph Haydn, who died on 31 May 1809. Since October I’ve been thrilled to start almost every day with a Haydn work. First it was the Symphonies, now we are on the Quartets. It’s been a life-enhancing process.
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“I'm sick and tired of coming back to this chamber asking the same questions, getting the same answers when war crime after war crime is being committed and when a genocide is taking place.... we need more than words. Words aren’t enough!”
May 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
“I'm sick and tired of coming back to this chamber asking the same questions, getting the same answers when war crime after war crime is being committed and when a genocide is taking place.... we need more than words. Words aren’t enough!”
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The Israeli govt says:
“There is no hunger in Gaza”
UN tells us 14,000 babies at risk of death from malnourishment
Can our press now stop quoting the Israeli Govt’s line as anything but naked lies and propaganda?
“There is no hunger in Gaza”
UN tells us 14,000 babies at risk of death from malnourishment
Can our press now stop quoting the Israeli Govt’s line as anything but naked lies and propaganda?
May 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The Israeli govt says:
“There is no hunger in Gaza”
UN tells us 14,000 babies at risk of death from malnourishment
Can our press now stop quoting the Israeli Govt’s line as anything but naked lies and propaganda?
“There is no hunger in Gaza”
UN tells us 14,000 babies at risk of death from malnourishment
Can our press now stop quoting the Israeli Govt’s line as anything but naked lies and propaganda?
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Genocidal maniacs like Netanyahu can’t commit war crimes without help.
They’ve been sold arms, by allies like Britain (yes, including Labour) to kill and torture civilians for 19 months.
The horrifying inaction of those who know better, as the bodies piled up, is indefensible and contemptible.
They’ve been sold arms, by allies like Britain (yes, including Labour) to kill and torture civilians for 19 months.
The horrifying inaction of those who know better, as the bodies piled up, is indefensible and contemptible.
May 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Genocidal maniacs like Netanyahu can’t commit war crimes without help.
They’ve been sold arms, by allies like Britain (yes, including Labour) to kill and torture civilians for 19 months.
The horrifying inaction of those who know better, as the bodies piled up, is indefensible and contemptible.
They’ve been sold arms, by allies like Britain (yes, including Labour) to kill and torture civilians for 19 months.
The horrifying inaction of those who know better, as the bodies piled up, is indefensible and contemptible.
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This won't have much impact on net migration, but will hinder integration, promote "churn", and increase hardship.
Mean-spirited, unnecessary, and unpopular.
www.ft.com/content/f844...
Mean-spirited, unnecessary, and unpopular.
www.ft.com/content/f844...
Migrants will have to spend decade in UK before applying to stay
Government to also end visas for care workers as part of immigration clampdown
www.ft.com
May 12, 2025 at 6:35 AM
This won't have much impact on net migration, but will hinder integration, promote "churn", and increase hardship.
Mean-spirited, unnecessary, and unpopular.
www.ft.com/content/f844...
Mean-spirited, unnecessary, and unpopular.
www.ft.com/content/f844...
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After weeks of media attacks on #NetZero, we learn in one day that 1000 new jobs will be created at a second giga-factory in Sunderland, that plans for 4.7GW of offshore wind have been advanced by the Crown Estate, & Ed Miliband approves a 400MW solar farm.
Result? Zero column inches.
Result? Zero column inches.
May 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
After weeks of media attacks on #NetZero, we learn in one day that 1000 new jobs will be created at a second giga-factory in Sunderland, that plans for 4.7GW of offshore wind have been advanced by the Crown Estate, & Ed Miliband approves a 400MW solar farm.
Result? Zero column inches.
Result? Zero column inches.
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Ok .. if I was Starmer I would adopt PR, I would adopt Levenson 2 and I would rejoin the EU .
May 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Ok .. if I was Starmer I would adopt PR, I would adopt Levenson 2 and I would rejoin the EU .
Seems to apply in the UK, too
I've said this a million times, but I'll say it again: it is truly striking how many Democratic politicians, pundits, and commentators have internalized the idea that the right shapes public opinion and it is the job of the left to respond to it.
May 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Seems to apply in the UK, too
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Labour losing Runcorn was avoidable and as much a result of our party’s failures as Reform’s rise.
Now, we need to learn the right lessons, not double down on the same mistakes.
Cutting disability benefits and scrapping the Winter Fuel Allowance made voters abandon us. [1/3]
Now, we need to learn the right lessons, not double down on the same mistakes.
Cutting disability benefits and scrapping the Winter Fuel Allowance made voters abandon us. [1/3]
May 2, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Labour losing Runcorn was avoidable and as much a result of our party’s failures as Reform’s rise.
Now, we need to learn the right lessons, not double down on the same mistakes.
Cutting disability benefits and scrapping the Winter Fuel Allowance made voters abandon us. [1/3]
Now, we need to learn the right lessons, not double down on the same mistakes.
Cutting disability benefits and scrapping the Winter Fuel Allowance made voters abandon us. [1/3]
Hear, hear!
There is a really key point in this interview with Zoe where she's asked why more cruelty won't stop immigration. Her answer is absolutely accurate:
"Why because in these circumstances migration is life" (not doing so being death).
Cruelty is no deterant. It's just cruelty.
"Why because in these circumstances migration is life" (not doing so being death).
Cruelty is no deterant. It's just cruelty.
Mainstream radio presenters like Vanessa Feltz are perfectly happy to contribute, in their own small way, to the rise of the extreme far right.
Her interview with me on LBC just now was chock full of lies. Calls herself a journalist.
Really I wonder how they sleep at night.
Her interview with me on LBC just now was chock full of lies. Calls herself a journalist.
Really I wonder how they sleep at night.
May 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Hear, hear!