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Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 13h

Because it’s all going so well

Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 13h

This is outstanding from @roberthutton.co.uk thecritic.co.uk/rob-whistle/

Rob whistle | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something. Some of us remember Jenrick as a chubby-cheeked fan of David Cameron fighting the...

thecritic.co.uk

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Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 14h

It’s clearly all going terribly well.

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Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 14h

[coughs] www.hsj.co.uk/primary-care...

DHSC GP adviser steps down

Wes Streeting's neighbourhood health and primary care lead is stepping down, after less than a year in the role and having recently launched an implementation programme.

www.hsj.co.uk

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Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 22h

This seems like a well-reasoned piece: www.ft.com/content/7615...

Britain needs a ‘whatever it takes’ moment

The Bank of England must acknowledge the priority of reviving investment-led growth and stop quantitative tightening

www.ft.com

Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 1d

Sam, it’s straightforward stuff, this. There are good judges, and bad judges. Like good AIDS and bad AIDS. m.youtube.com/watch?v=x_qf...

Good Aids, Bad Aids

YouTube video by Russel Tarr

m.youtube.com

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Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 1d

The SUX300 has you covered.

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Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely magnificent film. “I want a car that goes really fast, and gets really shitty gas mileage!”

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Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 1d

One must have a heart of stone not to laugh.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 1d

“I’d buy that for a dollar!”

Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 1d

I keep thinking back to the original 1987 Robocop. So much of Trump's America seems to take its script from it.

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 1d

what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 1d

He is indeed. He’s a 67 year old from PwC www.pwc.co.uk/contacts/a/a...

www.pwc.co.uk

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Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 1d

Labour’s endeavours in the health sphere since taking office make it very clear that the only think tank with any influence whatsoever is ‘Alan Milburn’ (aka A.M. Strategy find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/0598...).

A.M. STRATEGY LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK

A.M. STRATEGY LIMITED - Free company information from Companies House including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity

find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 1d

This could only be improved if they were petrol station sandwiches rather than "shop-bought".

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

A work of art

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Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 2d

Another corking piece from @roberthutton.co.uk thecritic.co.uk/if-something...

If something’s not working, you should stop it | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

“If something’s not working, you should stop it.” Say what you like about Kemi Badenoch, no one can match her when it comes to giving a straight-faced delivery of a self-undermining line.

thecritic.co.uk

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 2d

How polarised is Britain?
Some thoughts: www.ft.com/content/c7e4...

How polarised is Britain?

Behind media perceptions of a sharpening political divide is a more complicated picture

www.ft.com

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Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t worry: Wes Streeting’s NHS Imaginary Friend is on the case. Action this decade!

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 3d

The government want more coercive powers for the state against protests, and the main opposition party wants more coercive powers for the state against migrants.

Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.

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Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 3d

Part of the state people interact with the most (local government) is the most fucked, which is good as it’s easiest to solve

and yet

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THIS Institute (The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute) @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk · 6d

How might AI, data & digital tech support NHS staff & patients to enhance rather than replace the human side of care? Our goal is to produce high-quality evidence that explores the potential of AI to fit into healthcare practice. Watch our short animation: