Robert Royston
@robertroyston.bsky.social
Sleep Scientist, serious cyclist, vinyl junkie, parish councillor & Green
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Don't call it a 'super flu' - but the NHS is right to be worried this winter | Devi Sridhar
Don't call it a 'super flu' - but the NHS is right to be worried this winter | Devi Sridhar
An early flu season, a new variant and poor takeup of vaccines leave the already vulnerable health service in a dangerous position, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh
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December 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Don't call it a 'super flu' - but the NHS is right to be worried this winter | Devi Sridhar
@profdevisridhar.bsky.social making a very important analysis of the “super flu” NHS crisis. Admissions costs £thousands, while the flu vaccine is cheap in comparison. Planning and implementing health strategies can save money and bed space. Spend to Save with NHS funding with result in saving.
Don't call it a 'super flu' – but the NHS is right to be worried this winter | Devi Sridhar
An early flu season, a new variant and poor takeup of vaccines leave the already vulnerable health service in a dangerous position, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the Univers...
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
@profdevisridhar.bsky.social making a very important analysis of the “super flu” NHS crisis. Admissions costs £thousands, while the flu vaccine is cheap in comparison. Planning and implementing health strategies can save money and bed space. Spend to Save with NHS funding with result in saving.
Not intellectual enough! Kettle calling Labour black 🚝
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Why it’s ridiculous to call our new train system 'Great' British Rail | Martin Kettle
The name originated during the period of Boris Johnson boosterism. People no longer want Brexit triumphalism, but things that actually work, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
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December 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Not intellectual enough! Kettle calling Labour black 🚝
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Accountancy chief who hit cyclist is cleared over his death www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
This is why the use of a jury should be abandoned.
This is why the use of a jury should be abandoned.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Accountancy chief who hit cyclist is cleared over his death www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
This is why the use of a jury should be abandoned.
This is why the use of a jury should be abandoned.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Trump v Europe. Knobhead fleece prize
Trump v Europe. Knobhead fleece prize
December 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Trump v Europe. Knobhead fleece prize
Trump v Europe. Knobhead fleece prize
I have been keen to reduce jury requirements, replaced with legal expert panels/judges in the majority of cases. Unsure what @greenparty.org.uk position with this?
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Justice secretary wants most jury trials scrapped
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I have been keen to reduce jury requirements, replaced with legal expert panels/judges in the majority of cases. Unsure what @greenparty.org.uk position with this?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Great news. Fingers crossed, it will happen
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
Reselling tickets for profit to be outlawed in UK government crackdown
Touts, and ordinary consumers, will no longer be able to charge anything more than price at which they bought ticket
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November 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Great news. Fingers crossed, it will happen
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
🔨 hit the nail on the head.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Wes Streeting accused of ‘chaotic and incoherent approach’ to NHS reform
Exclusive: thinktank report finds health secretary has failed to improve productivity, with the health service unlikely to meet its targets
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November 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🔨 hit the nail on the head.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
NO, NO, NO! Just get rid of standing charge and put a small increase in energy unit cost. This will help reduce costs for low energy users and increase costs for high energy users. And financially support the important green levies.
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Reeves considers cut to green levies in effort to reduce cost of energy bills
Exclusive: Chancellor hopes to save up to £170 from average bill but industry insiders say move would be ‘disastrous’
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November 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
NO, NO, NO! Just get rid of standing charge and put a small increase in energy unit cost. This will help reduce costs for low energy users and increase costs for high energy users. And financially support the important green levies.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Do you know what? It IS working. It hasn't caused tailbacks, quite the opposite actually. More importantly it's saved the lives of at least a dozen kids. Reform are actually campaigning for the return of more deaths and injuries. Absolutely bonkers.
October 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Do you know what? It IS working. It hasn't caused tailbacks, quite the opposite actually. More importantly it's saved the lives of at least a dozen kids. Reform are actually campaigning for the return of more deaths and injuries. Absolutely bonkers.
Hedge Fund Managers - 28% tax!!!! Go for them NOW @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
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Rachel Reeves says those with broadest shoulders should pay fair share of tax
Chancellor adds she wants to ‘get the balance right’ and not deter wealthy people from making the UK their home
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October 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Hedge Fund Managers - 28% tax!!!! Go for them NOW @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social PAINFUL! And you can’t get a word in😠
October 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social PAINFUL! And you can’t get a word in😠
NoBell Fleece Award goes to the @telegraphnews.bsky.social this year, for their huge effort in denigrating those in London on bicycles this week.
October 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
NoBell Fleece Award goes to the @telegraphnews.bsky.social this year, for their huge effort in denigrating those in London on bicycles this week.
More days off sick from work then!!!!!!!!
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www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Pubs to stay open until early hours in move to boost UK growth
Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help ailing hospitality sector but health experts criticise move
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October 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
More days off sick from work then!!!!!!!!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Keep supporting Tunbridge Wells Forum www.twforum.co.uk - a great (and small) live music venue in Kent, UK
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‘The live music bedrock has vanished’: gig venue closures from Oxford to Birmingham
In UK cities full of musicians, the fast-shrinking nightlife scene is leaving artists with nowhere to play. We asked how it is affecting our readers
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September 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Keep supporting Tunbridge Wells Forum www.twforum.co.uk - a great (and small) live music venue in Kent, UK
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
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Do you think these MP donations should be allowed? ……………
August 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Do you think these MP donations should be allowed? ……………
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Not a single person died on Helsinki’s roads in the last year.
An impressive achievement which shows cities across the world that road traffic deaths are not inevitable.
www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finl... Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year - Helsinki Times
An impressive achievement which shows cities across the world that road traffic deaths are not inevitable.
www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finl... Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year - Helsinki Times
Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year
Helsinki has completed 12 months without a single traffic fatality, a milestone credited to lower speed limits, safer infrastructure, and years of consistent planning, officials say.
www.helsinkitimes.fi
July 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Not a single person died on Helsinki’s roads in the last year.
An impressive achievement which shows cities across the world that road traffic deaths are not inevitable.
www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finl... Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year - Helsinki Times
An impressive achievement which shows cities across the world that road traffic deaths are not inevitable.
www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finl... Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year - Helsinki Times