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Martin McKee
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Prof of European Public Health LSHTM Co-Director European Observatory on Health Systems & Policy Member Independent SAGE Past President BMA & EUPHA Committed to 🇬🇧 rejoining 🇪🇺 https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/people/mckee.martin
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 1d
Then we have Kemi Badenoch talking complete nonsense. The ruling on the Rwanda case said, in terms, that it did NOT rely on the ECHR.
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 1d
BBC Radio 4 Today takes the political temperature in Manchester by interviewing a cross section of the population … in a golf club
Next, a representative survey of US public opinion in Mar a Lago?
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 1d
Many congratulations and good luck at a critical moment for multilateral action for global health
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 3d
Well it has happened.
The leadership of the Conservative&Unionist Party is advocating leaving the ECHR. Not reforming it, or working with other members to alter any rules.
Leave it. Like Putin’s Russia.
I can’t help wondering what those Tories who are rightly proud of 🇬🇧’s support for 🇺🇦 are thinking.
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 9d
Pleased to be invited to join @whoeurope.bsky.social new Technical Advisory Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health. Great first meeting last week. So much to discuss
www.who.int/europe/news/...
WHO/Europe launches Technical Advisory Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health
WHO/Europe has formed the Technical Advisory Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health (TAG-AI) to guide the ethical, responsible and equitable use of AI in health across the WHO European Region. Th...
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 9d
And well worth a visit (especially during the wine festival!)
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 9d
Further reading from the always insightful @snellarthur.bsky.social

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 9d
Preliminary results from the Moldovan electoral commission show the Russian stooges having done poorly. If these results continue, this is incredibly good news.

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Rezultate preliminare
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 9d
Encouraging news from Moldova. For those unfamiliar with its courageous & inspirational President, see her Lunch with FT. Now big question is stance of Alternativa (BEA) on 🇪🇺 as sometimes confused
on.ft.com/3HHWNko Moldova’s Maia Sandu: ‘They would like to remake the Soviet Union’
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Dr Louella Vaughan @drlkvaughan.bsky.social · 10d
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Dr Louella Vaughan @drlkvaughan.bsky.social · 10d
The RCP is asking Fellows to vote on key constitutional reforms, including extending the franchise.

A group of 27 Fellows tabled a motion saying reform should be slowed down + done properly.

Not enough information. Too many questions.

Our views here:

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RCP Constitutional Reforms - The Case for No (Not Yet)
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is currently asking Fellows to vote on constitutional reforms. The reforms seem relatively straightforward – widening the franchise to allow Collegiate members to...
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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 10d
What lessons can Star Wars offer us about the significance of safeguarding democracy? Jean-Noël Barrot, the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, shared his thoughts on the subject with students at Harvard’s Kennedy School.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 15d
REVEALED: bombshell evidence of the link between Tylenol and autism.
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Paul Belcher FRCP MFPH Hon 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 16d
Dear friends at #EHFG2025, could I kindly ask you to monitor #Bluesky for online comments/contributions this year, as so many of our health community have left/are leaving X/Twitter including myself, @martinmckee.bsky.social @freekspinnewijn.bsky.social @carocostongs.bsky.social etc - Thank you 🙏
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 17d
What we said at the time - I am enraged

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 17d
Strongly suspect you’re right but seems reckless to give them the excuse that they’re only enacting laws passed by previous governments (and I simply can’t grasp why we’re not adopting a fair voting system to reduce risks of extremist minority taking over)
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 18d
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 18d
A suggestion for UK Parliament. Before passing any new law, consider plausible worst case scenario for how a future Reform government would use it. Then start to review existing laws. And if you don’t, don’t complain when it all goes wrong (assuming that government hasn’t locked you all up)
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 18d
Leaving aside optics of attending at any time an event hosted by industry that does so much to create misery, transferring billions from the poor and desperate to billionaires, Rachel Reeves’ decision to do so ahead of a budget seriously questions her judgment

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Rachel Reeves due to appear at gambling lobbyist’s event amid tax review
Chancellor’s invitation criticised as ‘strange timing’ with Treasury looking at whether to raise duties on £12bn sector
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 19d
Disappointing but not surprising. Sadly, a few BBC “journalists”, like this one, are little more than note takers (an auto scribe could do better) while many others are outstanding (and courageous). And completely wrapped up in his own little bubble.
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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · 19d
Meanwhile on the dark side:
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 20d
I’ve just been quoted an economy fare that is more than the business fare on the BA website. They are worse than useless
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 20d
I know AI gets a bad name, with hallucinations and mistakes. But it can’t be worse than the two men doing a press conference in Chequers now. And even the worst versions would surely know the difference between Armenia and Albania.
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 20d
Ok, we agree that some qualitative research is poor. However, terms like p hacking indicate that it’s not alone. There’s a wider question where researchers divide. How much knowledge is universal and how much contextual. But too complex for short posts. And we may not be so far apart
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 20d
I’m not sure we are disagreeing?
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 20d
So storytelling isn’t evidence? If you mean that it’s not a substitute for quantitative data, fair enough. But quant data without context is often misleading. Many widely used variables are socially constructed. I’m sticking with mixed methods because I want my research to be useful.
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