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Carole Bruce @cabruce.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you Robert

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Robert Saunders (aka McMullen) @roberthmcmullen.bsky.social · 14h

As you may know, the big DWP BPS push against people with ME/CFS and other conditions began under New Labour. Mansel Aylward was highly influential along with SW. Detailed account here: mecentraal.wordpress.com/2021/08/22/s...

Structural dimensions of the biopsychosocial model

Following feedback, I have written a summary of the series of four blogposts looking at structural (essentially, socio-political) dimensions of the biopsychosocial (BPS) model. The full series of b…

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Carole Bruce @cabruce.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you so much for continuing to support us ME people with such clear, strong and compassionate reporting. I have been bedridden for 32 years, my daughter for 39 years. We have had no treatment offered, simply left to rot in our beds. We spent a lot of money on ‘alternative’ approaches, no help

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20h

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Let's make hope normal again.

youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA?...

Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales

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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 1d

You should be angry at private companies making massive profits from our taxes to house the most desperate people in appalling conditions... And NOT the people forced to live in them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper

Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 3d

She was arrested for holding a sign reading:

“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”

How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 2d

It breaks my mind that two British political parties have seen scenes like this and decided to try and replicate it in Britain. Thuggary, lawlessness, state brutality. Farage and Badenoch decided they liked the look of it.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Carole Bruce @cabruce.bsky.social · 3d

The current policy is obviously not working as a deterrent it’s simply splitting the country ever deeper and making it harder for Jews and everyone else to feel safe with this endless rhetoric. Draconian measures will only inflame the situation. Hard to believe that this isn’t the plan.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3d

Just when you thought Keir Starmer's Labour Party couldn't get more illiberal, or more like the Tories...
"Change", my left foot.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

www.theguardian.com

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Carole Bruce @cabruce.bsky.social · 3d

The current policy is obviously not working as a deterrent it’s simply splitting the country ever deeper and making it harder for Jews and everyone else to feel safe with this endless rhetoric. Draconian measures will only inflame the situation. Hard to believe that this isn’t the plan.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 5d

Zack Polanski’s response to the Manchester terror attack has been a masterclass in mature statesmanship.

Soulful, human, eloquent, empathetic, nuanced, confident and focused on healing.

And bold. It has shone in contrast to so much weaponising or ill thought through commentary.

Thank you Zack. 💪

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5d

"I'm here to talk about what others won’t. To tell the truth about what makes our country great and what makes it not so great. While others thrive on creating scapegoats, I am here to tell you a different story."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski

Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski

www.theguardian.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 5d

Zack Polanski saying what every politician should be saying,

"It's problematic to weaponise the synagogue attack to silence protest in this country against the genocide in Gaza"

"These are separate things and we should condemn them both"

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 8d

Since privatisation England's water companies paid £88.4bn in dividends.

90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.

90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.

Public ownership would make a difference.

If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership

Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.

leftfootforward.org

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12d

“Let’s call it for what it is: bullshit. The truth is, politicians have talked about little else but immigration for decades and in the most dehumanising ways.

Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.”

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

UK faces ‘battle for the soul’ of the country, says Starmer amid Reform threat

In a rallying cry to progressives around the world, the Prime Minister said allies must stop the ‘politics of predatory grievance’.

www.independent.co.uk

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 11d

How is this not front page news?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery

Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

www.bbc.co.uk

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12d

1. I've long contended that austerity doesn't save money. It merely transfers costs from one group (the very rich, who would otherwise pay more tax) to others. Last night was a powerful reminder of that. Before I go further, I should say I’m fine. Just a black eye, cuts & bruises, no serious harm. 🧵

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Tom Baldwin @tombaldwin66.bsky.social · 12d

This is a very important story in the context of Nigel Farage’s publicly expressed - if apparently unconnected - admiration for Putin and other links with a regime that only wants to harm our country.

Ex-Reform UK Wales leader Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges

Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 14d

Mrs R: "There was a woman on the ward today who didn't want to take paracetamol. We've had to explain that we're not giving it to her because she's got a fever and we want her to feel better, but because she's got a fever and if we don't get her temperature down then her baby is going to die."

LBC @lbc.co.uk · 14d

"We were told thalidomide was a safe drug and it wasn't..."

Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14d

I guess we should thank Donald Trump for making the relationship between fossil fuels and fascism explicit.

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Carole Bruce @cabruce.bsky.social · 14d

The fact that people are now genuinely afraid of openly laughing at him in the US because they fear the consequences is extremely worrying.

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 15d

It is possible to cherish the BBC as an institution while also saying that BBC News is failing very badly, day after day, in its duty to inform and that it always fails in a right-wing direction. It desperately needs to recover its integrity

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 16d

For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR.

This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16d

On LBC today, I discussed the government's announcement of a second runway at Gatwick Airport and its rumoured decision to allow new oil and gas extraction. Is this Trump’s doing, Shelagh Fogarty asked me? No, it's worse than that.
youtu.be/rGI_bbSDh5o?...

'Keir Starmer turns against the eco-warriors'

YouTube video by LBC

youtu.be

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15d

A month ago, the famine in Gaza, deliberately created by the Israeli government, was officially confirmed by UN agencies. Since then, there has been an eerie silence in the media here, with far fewer reports than there were before. But it hasn't ended. On the contrary, it has intensified.

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