JB
@justmejb.bsky.social
Solid lefty dismayed by Labour and hostile environment.Lived exp of poverty and homelessness,never forget where I came from Immunosuppressed Living with autoimmune disease and Long Covid.
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It still isn't too late to complain about
'Can you keep a secret?'
"...a very incompetent doctor. Who's a bit Cov... Because of Covid she is a bit health-averse. So she is in a full hazmat suit and she won't go near the man to check -so she declares that he's dead." Dawn French?
'Can you keep a secret?'
"...a very incompetent doctor. Who's a bit Cov... Because of Covid she is a bit health-averse. So she is in a full hazmat suit and she won't go near the man to check -so she declares that he's dead." Dawn French?
January 18, 2026 at 6:40 PM
It still isn't too late to complain about
'Can you keep a secret?'
"...a very incompetent doctor. Who's a bit Cov... Because of Covid she is a bit health-averse. So she is in a full hazmat suit and she won't go near the man to check -so she declares that he's dead." Dawn French?
'Can you keep a secret?'
"...a very incompetent doctor. Who's a bit Cov... Because of Covid she is a bit health-averse. So she is in a full hazmat suit and she won't go near the man to check -so she declares that he's dead." Dawn French?
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"Why would you cut education support for Disabled children when you have commissioned a review on why a million young people are not in education, employment or training?"
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/governm...
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/governm...
The Government Needs to Radically Rethink it's Approach to Disability
www.disabilityrightsuk.org
January 15, 2026 at 12:59 PM
"Why would you cut education support for Disabled children when you have commissioned a review on why a million young people are not in education, employment or training?"
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/governm...
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/governm...
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It turns out that just one BIG share can change *everything* for a petition.
Please help protect vaccine access for Clinically Vulnerable people by tagging people who could amplify.
- ONLY 6 WEEKS LEFT! -
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Please help protect vaccine access for Clinically Vulnerable people by tagging people who could amplify.
- ONLY 6 WEEKS LEFT! -
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Fund NHS COVID boosters for Clinically Vulnerable people – keep covid boosters
'Protect the NHS' and 'Save Lives' by continuing to fund NHS COVID boosters for Clinically Vulnerable people, including most previously shielded as CEV, rather than limiting them to over-75s, care hom...
petition.parliament.uk
January 12, 2026 at 2:21 PM
It turns out that just one BIG share can change *everything* for a petition.
Please help protect vaccine access for Clinically Vulnerable people by tagging people who could amplify.
- ONLY 6 WEEKS LEFT! -
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Please help protect vaccine access for Clinically Vulnerable people by tagging people who could amplify.
- ONLY 6 WEEKS LEFT! -
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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New campaign urges Starmer not to diminish legal rights of Send children
New campaign urges Starmer not to diminish legal rights of Send children
Backed by actor Sally Phillips and MPs across parties, group raises concerns about overhaul of provision in England
Keir Starmer is being urged not to diminish the legal rights of children with special educational needs by a new national campaign backed by the actor Sally Phillips and a cross-party group of Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative MPs.
The group Save Our Children’s Rights claims the prime minister is “considering taking our legal rights away” as part of the government’s overhaul of special educational needs and disabilities (Send) provision in the forthcoming schools white paper for England. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:06 AM
New campaign urges Starmer not to diminish legal rights of Send children
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Feeling a bit lighter,have deactivated my Twitter account,couldn't bear it any longer,not sure why I waited so long!
January 10, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Feeling a bit lighter,have deactivated my Twitter account,couldn't bear it any longer,not sure why I waited so long!
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Have you seen the new Dawn French “comedy” series that implies that infection control is a joke?
This is a serious issue, particularly for Clinically Vulnerable people who remain at increased risk, and we are not laughing.
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This is a serious issue, particularly for Clinically Vulnerable people who remain at increased risk, and we are not laughing.
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January 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Have you seen the new Dawn French “comedy” series that implies that infection control is a joke?
This is a serious issue, particularly for Clinically Vulnerable people who remain at increased risk, and we are not laughing.
1/
This is a serious issue, particularly for Clinically Vulnerable people who remain at increased risk, and we are not laughing.
1/
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PLEASE complain to the BBC:
Can You Keep a Secret?
Series 1: Episode 1
7/1/26
This scene stigmatises Clinically Vulnerable people, misrepresents infection control as irrational, and undermines trust in healthcare.
Confirm your email.
Then reply here “complained”.
11/
www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
Can You Keep a Secret?
Series 1: Episode 1
7/1/26
This scene stigmatises Clinically Vulnerable people, misrepresents infection control as irrational, and undermines trust in healthcare.
Confirm your email.
Then reply here “complained”.
11/
www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
Make A Complaint | Contact the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
PLEASE complain to the BBC:
Can You Keep a Secret?
Series 1: Episode 1
7/1/26
This scene stigmatises Clinically Vulnerable people, misrepresents infection control as irrational, and undermines trust in healthcare.
Confirm your email.
Then reply here “complained”.
11/
www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
Can You Keep a Secret?
Series 1: Episode 1
7/1/26
This scene stigmatises Clinically Vulnerable people, misrepresents infection control as irrational, and undermines trust in healthcare.
Confirm your email.
Then reply here “complained”.
11/
www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
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We’re asking the BBC to:
• acknowledge the harm of this portrayal
• review editorial decisions around clinical vulnerability and IPC
• involve Clinically Vulnerable consultants
• stop using PPE in the context of "health anxiety"
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• acknowledge the harm of this portrayal
• review editorial decisions around clinical vulnerability and IPC
• involve Clinically Vulnerable consultants
• stop using PPE in the context of "health anxiety"
10/
January 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
We’re asking the BBC to:
• acknowledge the harm of this portrayal
• review editorial decisions around clinical vulnerability and IPC
• involve Clinically Vulnerable consultants
• stop using PPE in the context of "health anxiety"
10/
• acknowledge the harm of this portrayal
• review editorial decisions around clinical vulnerability and IPC
• involve Clinically Vulnerable consultants
• stop using PPE in the context of "health anxiety"
10/
Feeling a bit lighter,have deactivated my Twitter account,couldn't bear it any longer,not sure why I waited so long!
January 10, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Feeling a bit lighter,have deactivated my Twitter account,couldn't bear it any longer,not sure why I waited so long!
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What Nigel Farage did as a child (alleged pro-Nazi racism) is treated as a fleeting act of immature rashness. What happened to Begum as a child - exploited to leave home to be sexually abused - is apparently an irredeemable crime for which she may never atone.
“One of the lawyers, said: “It is impossible to dispute that a 15-year-old British child was in 2014-15 lured, encouraged and deceived for the purposes of sexual exploitation to leave home and travel to [IS] territory …”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
European human rights court questions UK decision to strip Shamima Begum of citizenship
Begum’s lawyers argue she was child trafficking victim when she travelled to live under IS in Syria in 2015
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
What Nigel Farage did as a child (alleged pro-Nazi racism) is treated as a fleeting act of immature rashness. What happened to Begum as a child - exploited to leave home to be sexually abused - is apparently an irredeemable crime for which she may never atone.
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It’s not a refusal to re-enter society.
It’s not shaping your life around Covid avoidance.
It’s adaptation. It’s a desire to protect health. It’s being willing to accept that things change, and masking & clean air are the way forward.
Mass death & disability is not normal
It’s not shaping your life around Covid avoidance.
It’s adaptation. It’s a desire to protect health. It’s being willing to accept that things change, and masking & clean air are the way forward.
Mass death & disability is not normal
December 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It’s not a refusal to re-enter society.
It’s not shaping your life around Covid avoidance.
It’s adaptation. It’s a desire to protect health. It’s being willing to accept that things change, and masking & clean air are the way forward.
Mass death & disability is not normal
It’s not shaping your life around Covid avoidance.
It’s adaptation. It’s a desire to protect health. It’s being willing to accept that things change, and masking & clean air are the way forward.
Mass death & disability is not normal
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What Steve said. There has never been a study in which high-quality, well-fitting masks were actually WORN that did not show a significant impact on disease transmission. Many mask studies failed to take account of post-allocation confounders (non-adherence + non-mask people choosing to mask).
So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic...
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
December 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
What Steve said. There has never been a study in which high-quality, well-fitting masks were actually WORN that did not show a significant impact on disease transmission. Many mask studies failed to take account of post-allocation confounders (non-adherence + non-mask people choosing to mask).
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A report by the Covid inquiry into political decision-making during the pandemic proves that the “horrific” and disproportionate death toll among disabled people was not inevitable but the result of treating them as an “afterthought”
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/inquiry-repo...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/inquiry-repo...
Inquiry report shows ‘horrific’ Covid death toll among disabled people was not inevitable, say DPOs
A report by the Covid inquiry into political decision-making during the pandemic proves that the “horrific” and disproportionate death toll among disabled people was not inevitable but the result o…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A report by the Covid inquiry into political decision-making during the pandemic proves that the “horrific” and disproportionate death toll among disabled people was not inevitable but the result of treating them as an “afterthought”
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/inquiry-repo...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/inquiry-repo...
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Just a reminder, as driven home by this medical study I am participating in: the expectation of people with suppressed immune systems is that they are *STILL* shielding most of the time. I am, basically. This never ended "after" Covid for some people (including me).
November 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Just a reminder, as driven home by this medical study I am participating in: the expectation of people with suppressed immune systems is that they are *STILL* shielding most of the time. I am, basically. This never ended "after" Covid for some people (including me).
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Powerful piece by @drrachelclarke.com on the COVID inquiry. Those who say it’s easy to be wise in hindsight are being utterly disingenuous. Many of us spoke out at the time, and it’s in the public record.
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Powerful piece by @drrachelclarke.com on the COVID inquiry. Those who say it’s easy to be wise in hindsight are being utterly disingenuous. Many of us spoke out at the time, and it’s in the public record.
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Just appalling. Nurses and teachers do far more valuable jobs than almost anyone earning £125k.
Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Just appalling. Nurses and teachers do far more valuable jobs than almost anyone earning £125k.
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Worth remembering as this unfolds that it was disabled people and people from ethnic minority backgrounds who disproportionately died. Tens of thousands needlessly lost their lives, many who died alone or with just an iPad. Thousands more were left with life changing Long Covid. A true scandal.
BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Worth remembering as this unfolds that it was disabled people and people from ethnic minority backgrounds who disproportionately died. Tens of thousands needlessly lost their lives, many who died alone or with just an iPad. Thousands more were left with life changing Long Covid. A true scandal.
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#LongCovid: Government failure to recognise disease as occupational is “unconscionable,” say unions
BMJ 2025; 391 doi: doi.org/10.1136/bmj.... (Published 14 November 2025)
BMJ 2025; 391 doi: doi.org/10.1136/bmj.... (Published 14 November 2025)
Long covid: Government failure to recognise disease as occupational is “unconscionable,” say unions
Long covid and severe post-covid complications must be recognised as a prescribed industrial disease for health and social care workers, health unions have said.
The BMA and the Royal College of Nurs...
doi.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
#LongCovid: Government failure to recognise disease as occupational is “unconscionable,” say unions
BMJ 2025; 391 doi: doi.org/10.1136/bmj.... (Published 14 November 2025)
BMJ 2025; 391 doi: doi.org/10.1136/bmj.... (Published 14 November 2025)
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Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
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I want to tell all students of the so-called 'rip-off degrees' named below that your critical thinking is important and makes valid contributions to culture and society
Without your skills, we wouldn't be able to unpack toxic discourses and do something about them
Without your skills, we wouldn't be able to unpack toxic discourses and do something about them
This makes me so angry. These people view all life as training for lifelong servitude/work. There's no room for interest, enjoyment, and culture in their bleak vision of education. At least she'll never be in power to see it through. Though Reform are probably worse.
October 8, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I want to tell all students of the so-called 'rip-off degrees' named below that your critical thinking is important and makes valid contributions to culture and society
Without your skills, we wouldn't be able to unpack toxic discourses and do something about them
Without your skills, we wouldn't be able to unpack toxic discourses and do something about them
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Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
September 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
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Is it really *that hard* to say that it is totally morally wrong to say to people who have come here legally, worked, paid taxes, built their lives here, contributed to Britain, that they have to fuck off now, rather than "unfunded".
Keir Starmer’s spokesperson asked for the PM's response to Nigel Farage’s plan to deport hundreds of thousands of people living and working completely legally in the UK, replies that he thinks it is “unworkable” and “unfunded”.
So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong
So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong
September 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Is it really *that hard* to say that it is totally morally wrong to say to people who have come here legally, worked, paid taxes, built their lives here, contributed to Britain, that they have to fuck off now, rather than "unfunded".
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890 people last week arrested for holding placard at Palestine Action demo.
Around 25 people arrested today in far-right demo for violently attacking the police.
Around 25 people arrested today in far-right demo for violently attacking the police.
September 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
890 people last week arrested for holding placard at Palestine Action demo.
Around 25 people arrested today in far-right demo for violently attacking the police.
Around 25 people arrested today in far-right demo for violently attacking the police.
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Expect more silence from the Royal Society in the face of their most notorious fellow advocating for the overthrow of the democratically elected government of a country he is neither a citizen nor a resident of (yet he is a fellow of their most prestigious learned society).
September 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Expect more silence from the Royal Society in the face of their most notorious fellow advocating for the overthrow of the democratically elected government of a country he is neither a citizen nor a resident of (yet he is a fellow of their most prestigious learned society).