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I am a 6th November refugee from Twitter fleeing the malevolent Musk. I come seeking information and entertainment without the rancour - as Roy Jenkins might have said.
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Sir Michael Marmot evidences Tories’ “malicious” 14year disinvestment in the NHS. George Osborne underfunded NHS to claw back the cost of saving banks. Sunak was one of the team who broke those banks. Patients still pay for his profits - with their lives. The obscenely wealthy must make restitution.
December 4, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Sir Michael Marmot evidences Tories’ “malicious” 14year disinvestment in the NHS. George Osborne underfunded NHS to claw back the cost of saving banks. Sunak was one of the team who broke those banks. Patients still pay for his profits - with their lives. The obscenely wealthy must make restitution.
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I turn on my TV and a TV presenter is asking a Govt minister why they are talking about rolling out free childcare when the big issue is asylum hotels. This is objectively insane.
September 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I turn on my TV and a TV presenter is asking a Govt minister why they are talking about rolling out free childcare when the big issue is asylum hotels. This is objectively insane.
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The headline here should say:
"Number of private schools increases by 35 - showing fears of an exodus to be unfounded".
(The increase is mentioned way down the article.)
www.thetimes.com/article/19ef...
"Number of private schools increases by 35 - showing fears of an exodus to be unfounded".
(The increase is mentioned way down the article.)
www.thetimes.com/article/19ef...
More than fifty private schools shut since Labour put VAT on fees
Department for Education defends ending tax breaks for independent institutions, after parents lost a legal battle at the High Court this year — view map
www.thetimes.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The headline here should say:
"Number of private schools increases by 35 - showing fears of an exodus to be unfounded".
(The increase is mentioned way down the article.)
www.thetimes.com/article/19ef...
"Number of private schools increases by 35 - showing fears of an exodus to be unfounded".
(The increase is mentioned way down the article.)
www.thetimes.com/article/19ef...
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There may come a day when the BBC puts on air one of the other 29,999 headteachers currently estimated to be working in UK schools, but that day is not today
June 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
There may come a day when the BBC puts on air one of the other 29,999 headteachers currently estimated to be working in UK schools, but that day is not today
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I can't express how bleak and horrifying it is that the prospect of starving 2 million people, half of whom are children, is only undesired because of the "practical" implications
May 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I can't express how bleak and horrifying it is that the prospect of starving 2 million people, half of whom are children, is only undesired because of the "practical" implications
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The hysterical reaction of certain commentators to today’s UK-EU agreement is something to behold.
The “surrender” of using e-gates when you go on holiday. The contempt for the “will of the people” of making education abroad more accessible. Rigorous debate is good. This nonsense is a waste of time.
The “surrender” of using e-gates when you go on holiday. The contempt for the “will of the people” of making education abroad more accessible. Rigorous debate is good. This nonsense is a waste of time.
May 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The hysterical reaction of certain commentators to today’s UK-EU agreement is something to behold.
The “surrender” of using e-gates when you go on holiday. The contempt for the “will of the people” of making education abroad more accessible. Rigorous debate is good. This nonsense is a waste of time.
The “surrender” of using e-gates when you go on holiday. The contempt for the “will of the people” of making education abroad more accessible. Rigorous debate is good. This nonsense is a waste of time.
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In some ways the UK fishing industry was symbolic of the insanity of Brexit. It’s an industry that relies on European markets, on European labour and on European cooperation, but imagines itself in a nostalgic world of the 50s, independent and buccaneering.
May 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM
In some ways the UK fishing industry was symbolic of the insanity of Brexit. It’s an industry that relies on European markets, on European labour and on European cooperation, but imagines itself in a nostalgic world of the 50s, independent and buccaneering.
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What immigrants from all over the world have done for this country is tremendous.
“Incalculable”, even.
🇬🇧♥️🌎
“Incalculable”, even.
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May 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
What immigrants from all over the world have done for this country is tremendous.
“Incalculable”, even.
🇬🇧♥️🌎
“Incalculable”, even.
🇬🇧♥️🌎
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"On the doorstep people don’t make a distinction between graduate visas & small boats"
This is:
a) objectively wrong (plenty of polling evidence)
b) suggests utter contempt for electorate's thought processes
c) is a dreadful way to make policy
Otherwise fine
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This is:
a) objectively wrong (plenty of polling evidence)
b) suggests utter contempt for electorate's thought processes
c) is a dreadful way to make policy
Otherwise fine
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
April 29, 2025 at 6:57 AM
"On the doorstep people don’t make a distinction between graduate visas & small boats"
This is:
a) objectively wrong (plenty of polling evidence)
b) suggests utter contempt for electorate's thought processes
c) is a dreadful way to make policy
Otherwise fine
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This is:
a) objectively wrong (plenty of polling evidence)
b) suggests utter contempt for electorate's thought processes
c) is a dreadful way to make policy
Otherwise fine
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The GMC is supposed to uphold standards in medicine - to ensure patients are safe.
Yet on the matter of PAs, it's doing the precise opposite - to the disgust of doctors like me who expect better from the medical regulator.
You can read my view here:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...
Yet on the matter of PAs, it's doing the precise opposite - to the disgust of doctors like me who expect better from the medical regulator.
You can read my view here:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...
Why Britain's doctors are in revolt
To save the NHS money, the General Medical Council has been pushing the use of physician associates in place of qualified doctors—and putting patients...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The GMC is supposed to uphold standards in medicine - to ensure patients are safe.
Yet on the matter of PAs, it's doing the precise opposite - to the disgust of doctors like me who expect better from the medical regulator.
You can read my view here:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...
Yet on the matter of PAs, it's doing the precise opposite - to the disgust of doctors like me who expect better from the medical regulator.
You can read my view here:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...
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The GMC feared the Royal College of Physicians' new guidance would reduce PAs' employability.
So... they lobbied the college to dilute it.
This, frankly, is like OFCOM urging Thames Water to put more effort into filling our rivers with effluent.
It's an astonishing, abject regulatory failure.
So... they lobbied the college to dilute it.
This, frankly, is like OFCOM urging Thames Water to put more effort into filling our rivers with effluent.
It's an astonishing, abject regulatory failure.
January 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The GMC feared the Royal College of Physicians' new guidance would reduce PAs' employability.
So... they lobbied the college to dilute it.
This, frankly, is like OFCOM urging Thames Water to put more effort into filling our rivers with effluent.
It's an astonishing, abject regulatory failure.
So... they lobbied the college to dilute it.
This, frankly, is like OFCOM urging Thames Water to put more effort into filling our rivers with effluent.
It's an astonishing, abject regulatory failure.
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Is there really nothing to which the GMC won't stoop to ensure physician associates can work as doctors, despite having no medical degree?
This extraordinary piece reveals how the GMC tried to dilute new royal college rules preventing PAs from seeing patients solo. 🧵
This extraordinary piece reveals how the GMC tried to dilute new royal college rules preventing PAs from seeing patients solo. 🧵
January 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Is there really nothing to which the GMC won't stoop to ensure physician associates can work as doctors, despite having no medical degree?
This extraordinary piece reveals how the GMC tried to dilute new royal college rules preventing PAs from seeing patients solo. 🧵
This extraordinary piece reveals how the GMC tried to dilute new royal college rules preventing PAs from seeing patients solo. 🧵
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Louella is a TOP PICK for Clinical VP of the Royal College of Physicians of London. #TimeForChange
Throwing my hat in the ring for RCP Clinical Vice President!
Great to see so many excellent people putting themselves forward.
Fellows, don't forget to get out and VOTE!
Great to see so many excellent people putting themselves forward.
Fellows, don't forget to get out and VOTE!
February 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Louella is a TOP PICK for Clinical VP of the Royal College of Physicians of London. #TimeForChange
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Powerful manifesto from PRCP candidate Dr Asif Qasim. TL;DR: the RCP (London) urgently needs new leadership after its shameful fall from grace last year. Governance, finances, training, attn to Members’ and Fellows’ concerns all need an overhaul. Cometh the hour etc.
www.linkedin.com/posts/asif-q...
www.linkedin.com/posts/asif-q...
Asif Qasim on LinkedIn: #voiceofphysicians #timeforchange
It's my honour to stand for election as President of the Royal College of Physicians - at a critical time for the RCP that may determine how physicians…
www.linkedin.com
March 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Powerful manifesto from PRCP candidate Dr Asif Qasim. TL;DR: the RCP (London) urgently needs new leadership after its shameful fall from grace last year. Governance, finances, training, attn to Members’ and Fellows’ concerns all need an overhaul. Cometh the hour etc.
www.linkedin.com/posts/asif-q...
www.linkedin.com/posts/asif-q...
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Strongly support Dr Asif Qasim: FRCPs don’t forget to vote and help him restore the college’s tarnished reputation…
Powerful manifesto from PRCP candidate Dr Asif Qasim. TL;DR: the RCP (London) urgently needs new leadership after its shameful fall from grace last year. Governance, finances, training, attn to Members’ and Fellows’ concerns all need an overhaul. Cometh the hour etc.
www.linkedin.com/posts/asif-q...
www.linkedin.com/posts/asif-q...
Asif Qasim on LinkedIn: #voiceofphysicians #timeforchange
It's my honour to stand for election as President of the Royal College of Physicians - at a critical time for the RCP that may determine how physicians…
www.linkedin.com
March 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Strongly support Dr Asif Qasim: FRCPs don’t forget to vote and help him restore the college’s tarnished reputation…
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BREAKING: Trump shuts off intelligence to Ukraine, cutting off data for drones, air attacks, and air defense
This is a clear and direct violation of the Budapest Memorandum of 1994 - in which US gave security guarantee to Ukraine in exchange for Ukraine giving up nukes and ships
This is a clear and direct violation of the Budapest Memorandum of 1994 - in which US gave security guarantee to Ukraine in exchange for Ukraine giving up nukes and ships
March 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM
BREAKING: Trump shuts off intelligence to Ukraine, cutting off data for drones, air attacks, and air defense
This is a clear and direct violation of the Budapest Memorandum of 1994 - in which US gave security guarantee to Ukraine in exchange for Ukraine giving up nukes and ships
This is a clear and direct violation of the Budapest Memorandum of 1994 - in which US gave security guarantee to Ukraine in exchange for Ukraine giving up nukes and ships
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OBR publishes supplementarly analysis of fiscal impact of migration.
Confirms earlier analysis :
- the "average migrant" [in their data] earns slightly *more* than the UK average
- the "average migrant" makes a more +ve fiscal contribution than average resident
obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
Confirms earlier analysis :
- the "average migrant" [in their data] earns slightly *more* than the UK average
- the "average migrant" makes a more +ve fiscal contribution than average resident
obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
March 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
OBR publishes supplementarly analysis of fiscal impact of migration.
Confirms earlier analysis :
- the "average migrant" [in their data] earns slightly *more* than the UK average
- the "average migrant" makes a more +ve fiscal contribution than average resident
obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
Confirms earlier analysis :
- the "average migrant" [in their data] earns slightly *more* than the UK average
- the "average migrant" makes a more +ve fiscal contribution than average resident
obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
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(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
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The decline of the Today programme is really damaging for Radio 4 as a whole. Once you leave it in the morning you often forget to go back after 9am, so my previous daily routine, where it would be on pretty much permanently throughout the day, is hard to maintain.
March 4, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The decline of the Today programme is really damaging for Radio 4 as a whole. Once you leave it in the morning you often forget to go back after 9am, so my previous daily routine, where it would be on pretty much permanently throughout the day, is hard to maintain.
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That’s how you write a headline, people.
February 19, 2025 at 5:29 AM
That’s how you write a headline, people.
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Voters are sick of the corrosive influence of big money in politics. This government must now step up and stop foreign donations. Add your name to our letter. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/163937/...
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Voters are sick of the corrosive influence of big money in politics. This government must now step up and stop foreign donations. Add your name to our letter.
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January 12, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Voters are sick of the corrosive influence of big money in politics. This government must now step up and stop foreign donations. Add your name to our letter. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/163937/...
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Excellent from Ian Dunt.
BBC needs to return to journalism and abandon its supine ‘both-sidesism’ false balance (and replace Chris Mason).
Excellent from Ian Dunt.
BBC needs to return to journalism and abandon its supine ‘both-sidesism’ false balance (and replace Chris Mason).
A little bit of hope after a terrible week
A survival guide to the next four years.
iandunt.substack.com
January 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
iandunt.substack.com/p/a-little-b...
Excellent from Ian Dunt.
BBC needs to return to journalism and abandon its supine ‘both-sidesism’ false balance (and replace Chris Mason).
Excellent from Ian Dunt.
BBC needs to return to journalism and abandon its supine ‘both-sidesism’ false balance (and replace Chris Mason).