Jo Bayly
@bayly-jo.bsky.social
Physio | Research Fellow | Palliative | Rehab |Worthing | Sussex
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New post just out from @ldfreedman.bsky.social
"Whatever happened to the Gaza peace plan?"
With levels of violence rising again is the ceasefire doomed or can it be made to work?
(£/free trial)
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"Whatever happened to the Gaza peace plan?"
With levels of violence rising again is the ceasefire doomed or can it be made to work?
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...
What happened to the Gaza peace plan?
Getting to the next stage
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
New post just out from @ldfreedman.bsky.social
"Whatever happened to the Gaza peace plan?"
With levels of violence rising again is the ceasefire doomed or can it be made to work?
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...
"Whatever happened to the Gaza peace plan?"
With levels of violence rising again is the ceasefire doomed or can it be made to work?
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...
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"The media should stop burying their heads in the sand.”
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
Why are @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and @peterjukes.bsky.social sidelined on mainstream media? Why does this story still get avoided?
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
Why are @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and @peterjukes.bsky.social sidelined on mainstream media? Why does this story still get avoided?
December 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"The media should stop burying their heads in the sand.”
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
Why are @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and @peterjukes.bsky.social sidelined on mainstream media? Why does this story still get avoided?
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
Why are @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and @peterjukes.bsky.social sidelined on mainstream media? Why does this story still get avoided?
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It’s really simple…
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
December 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It’s really simple…
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
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The government should have acted to regulate appointments through its House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill.
Amendments to limit new peers and cap the chamber's size at 650 (the size of the Commons) were proposed, but rejected.
Change is badly needed.
constitution-unit.com/2025/07/01/1...
Amendments to limit new peers and cap the chamber's size at 650 (the size of the Commons) were proposed, but rejected.
Change is badly needed.
constitution-unit.com/2025/07/01/1...
10 reasons why the hereditary peers bill should be amended to constrain Prime Ministerial patronage and the size of the House of Lords
The government’s House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill reaches its report stage in the chamber this week – presenting a serious moment for possible amendments. Meg Russell argues that peers should…
constitution-unit.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The government should have acted to regulate appointments through its House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill.
Amendments to limit new peers and cap the chamber's size at 650 (the size of the Commons) were proposed, but rejected.
Change is badly needed.
constitution-unit.com/2025/07/01/1...
Amendments to limit new peers and cap the chamber's size at 650 (the size of the Commons) were proposed, but rejected.
Change is badly needed.
constitution-unit.com/2025/07/01/1...
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And HEEEERE it is!!
The REAL solutions to fix immigration for all - for a system we can be proud of!
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The REAL solutions to fix immigration for all - for a system we can be proud of!
bsky.app/profile/anot...
HOT OFF THE PRESS: Time for Change is here!
Sick of the constant demonisation of migrants?
Want to see an alternative plan?
Our new report by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social outlines 9 steps to a system that delivers dignity for all.
Read it here: www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...
Sick of the constant demonisation of migrants?
Want to see an alternative plan?
Our new report by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social outlines 9 steps to a system that delivers dignity for all.
Read it here: www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...
Time For Change: The evidence-based policies that can actually fix the immigration system
A new report from prominent migration expert Zoe Gardner has been enthusiastically welcomed by senior Labour backbenchers.
www.anothereurope.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
And HEEEERE it is!!
The REAL solutions to fix immigration for all - for a system we can be proud of!
bsky.app/profile/anot...
The REAL solutions to fix immigration for all - for a system we can be proud of!
bsky.app/profile/anot...
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What a repellent nation we become due to the relentless kowtowing and appeasement of the worst humans - those who define themselves by hate and so many of these media gatekeepers who carefully guard and woo the bigots
December 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
What a repellent nation we become due to the relentless kowtowing and appeasement of the worst humans - those who define themselves by hate and so many of these media gatekeepers who carefully guard and woo the bigots
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left platforms Ischenko (and fine, he deserves to be heard) while ignoring the leftists who disagree with the STW line.
Don't ignore them. This isn't about me pushing my article, but about ensuring Ukrainian left wing voices are listened to, not spoken over.
www.opendemocracy.net/en/from-fron...
Don't ignore them. This isn't about me pushing my article, but about ensuring Ukrainian left wing voices are listened to, not spoken over.
www.opendemocracy.net/en/from-fron...
How trade unions are fighting for Ukraine's future
On the bombed roof of a college in Kharkiv, we saw how trade unions support their members in times of war
www.opendemocracy.net
December 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
left platforms Ischenko (and fine, he deserves to be heard) while ignoring the leftists who disagree with the STW line.
Don't ignore them. This isn't about me pushing my article, but about ensuring Ukrainian left wing voices are listened to, not spoken over.
www.opendemocracy.net/en/from-fron...
Don't ignore them. This isn't about me pushing my article, but about ensuring Ukrainian left wing voices are listened to, not spoken over.
www.opendemocracy.net/en/from-fron...
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If it were steel works we would have a government bailout plan, yet losing thousands of jobs at unis is met with a shrug. & unlike steelworks universities were profitable when they had foreign students.
You are killing the golden goose… one of our best exports…
HOW IS THIS HELPING GROWTH?!
You are killing the golden goose… one of our best exports…
HOW IS THIS HELPING GROWTH?!
Every sympathy for University of Essex (and pressures facing them) but this is very bad news for Southend.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
Roles to be lost are part of wave of redundancy programmes across UK’s higher education sector
giftarticle.ft.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
If it were steel works we would have a government bailout plan, yet losing thousands of jobs at unis is met with a shrug. & unlike steelworks universities were profitable when they had foreign students.
You are killing the golden goose… one of our best exports…
HOW IS THIS HELPING GROWTH?!
You are killing the golden goose… one of our best exports…
HOW IS THIS HELPING GROWTH?!
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It’s now official: Trump has pardoned one of the world’s most notorious drug traffickers. Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted of drug trafficking last year in the U.S. and sentenced to 45 years in prison. 1/
December 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It’s now official: Trump has pardoned one of the world’s most notorious drug traffickers. Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted of drug trafficking last year in the U.S. and sentenced to 45 years in prison. 1/
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You re going to love the show
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
You re going to love the show
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So sad to see our flags hijacked like this, to engender division and exclusion. Absolute opposite of patriotism.
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 | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
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
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
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 8:32 PM
So sad to see our flags hijacked like this, to engender division and exclusion. Absolute opposite of patriotism.
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Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
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Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
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November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
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'The weight of the evidence has tipped heavily in favor of HPV vaccination" @hildabast.bsky.social
but we now need to deal with growing vaccine hesistancy!
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
but we now need to deal with growing vaccine hesistancy!
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
'The weight of the evidence has tipped heavily in favor of HPV vaccination" @hildabast.bsky.social
but we now need to deal with growing vaccine hesistancy!
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
but we now need to deal with growing vaccine hesistancy!
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
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There’s a ‘staggering disconnect’ between racing to see natural wonders before they vanish and ignoring the damage we cause by racing to see them.
Glacier NP is a mirror. We overwhelm what we love… and annihilate what we don’t.
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Glacier NP is a mirror. We overwhelm what we love… and annihilate what we don’t.
apple.news/AHnqFdP3zRc-...
Travelers are being warned not to visit this popular US site in 2026 — The Independent
The spot is congested, garbarge accumulates fast and wildlife there is being disturbed, according to one group
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November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
There’s a ‘staggering disconnect’ between racing to see natural wonders before they vanish and ignoring the damage we cause by racing to see them.
Glacier NP is a mirror. We overwhelm what we love… and annihilate what we don’t.
apple.news/AHnqFdP3zRc-...
Glacier NP is a mirror. We overwhelm what we love… and annihilate what we don’t.
apple.news/AHnqFdP3zRc-...
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The demand (from Prescott and others) that the BBC be held to higher standards on impartiality than others shows precisely why Ofcom's failure on GB News is so damaging.
All broadcasters must be impartial *within themselves* not have one partisan broadcaster balanced by a differently partisan one.
All broadcasters must be impartial *within themselves* not have one partisan broadcaster balanced by a differently partisan one.
November 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The demand (from Prescott and others) that the BBC be held to higher standards on impartiality than others shows precisely why Ofcom's failure on GB News is so damaging.
All broadcasters must be impartial *within themselves* not have one partisan broadcaster balanced by a differently partisan one.
All broadcasters must be impartial *within themselves* not have one partisan broadcaster balanced by a differently partisan one.
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Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study explains it: a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study explains it: a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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BREAKING: Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in prison after pleading guilty to eight charges of bribery from a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
BREAKING: Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in prison after pleading guilty to eight charges of bribery from a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
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All those people, including current government, who falsely claim migrants are to blame for failings with the NHS, along with infrastructure in general, are in for one hell of a shock with how much worse things will get with Labour's anti-immigration policies.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
All those people, including current government, who falsely claim migrants are to blame for failings with the NHS, along with infrastructure in general, are in for one hell of a shock with how much worse things will get with Labour's anti-immigration policies.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
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He’s held to zero standards, and yet he’s the highest officeholder in the land.
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
He’s held to zero standards, and yet he’s the highest officeholder in the land.
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'At a time when so many people are waiting for care, not enabling new physiotherapists who want to join the NHS to do so is a missed opportunity we can fix quickly.
'Physiotherapists are trained, motivated and ready to help.' 1/2
'Physiotherapists are trained, motivated and ready to help.' 1/2
www.csp.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
'At a time when so many people are waiting for care, not enabling new physiotherapists who want to join the NHS to do so is a missed opportunity we can fix quickly.
'Physiotherapists are trained, motivated and ready to help.' 1/2
'Physiotherapists are trained, motivated and ready to help.' 1/2
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Leading medical journal The Lancet has today published the first of 3 reports into the harms caused by Ultra Processed Foods (UPFs) like ready meals, cereals, fizzy drinks and fast food🍕🍔
You can read more here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#TheLancet #GlobalHealth
You can read more here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#TheLancet #GlobalHealth
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Leading medical journal The Lancet has today published the first of 3 reports into the harms caused by Ultra Processed Foods (UPFs) like ready meals, cereals, fizzy drinks and fast food🍕🍔
You can read more here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#TheLancet #GlobalHealth
You can read more here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#TheLancet #GlobalHealth
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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I don’t know what to say anymore other than to remind those in power that refugees are human beings with equal rights who, along with their children, deserve a safe, stable & integrated life in their communities and that what they’re breaking now with this performative cruelty can’t be fixed later.
The Labour government does not want to rule out deporting somebody once here as a refugee 16-19 years with a British-born 15 year old child
November 19, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I don’t know what to say anymore other than to remind those in power that refugees are human beings with equal rights who, along with their children, deserve a safe, stable & integrated life in their communities and that what they’re breaking now with this performative cruelty can’t be fixed later.