Paul Sandham
@sandypuke.bsky.social
Having been accused of being ‘virtually anonymous’ by a respondent accusing me of making Twitter arguments (🤷♂️):
I’m a retired hospital pharmacist in Yorkshire. My wife was a GP so we think we have a little insight into health care.
Probably a bit woke.
I’m a retired hospital pharmacist in Yorkshire. My wife was a GP so we think we have a little insight into health care.
Probably a bit woke.
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“Labour are total bastards. They’ve caused all the problems of the past 2000 years.
Just paraphrasing UK media, including BBC
Does anyone remember this kind of coverage of Tories, when, for 14 yrs, they were lying through their teeth, directing untold billions of public money to their friends etc?
Just paraphrasing UK media, including BBC
Does anyone remember this kind of coverage of Tories, when, for 14 yrs, they were lying through their teeth, directing untold billions of public money to their friends etc?
December 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
“Labour are total bastards. They’ve caused all the problems of the past 2000 years.
Just paraphrasing UK media, including BBC
Does anyone remember this kind of coverage of Tories, when, for 14 yrs, they were lying through their teeth, directing untold billions of public money to their friends etc?
Just paraphrasing UK media, including BBC
Does anyone remember this kind of coverage of Tories, when, for 14 yrs, they were lying through their teeth, directing untold billions of public money to their friends etc?
Bout right, that.
November 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Bout right, that.
Yeah, but, you know, erm….
Imagine all cars were electric, and then one Volkswagen engineer comes up with another idea …
#EMobility
#EMobility
November 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Yeah, but, you know, erm….
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
@tillathenun.bsky.social Do you have any advice as to where I can find a reliable EV charger installer? I've checked the .Gov and Checkatrade recommendations and there is no local overlap!!
I have a charger installed by an electrician but it occasionally trips out and I would like it checking over.
I have a charger installed by an electrician but it occasionally trips out and I would like it checking over.
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
@tillathenun.bsky.social Do you have any advice as to where I can find a reliable EV charger installer? I've checked the .Gov and Checkatrade recommendations and there is no local overlap!!
I have a charger installed by an electrician but it occasionally trips out and I would like it checking over.
I have a charger installed by an electrician but it occasionally trips out and I would like it checking over.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I never said these things. At least not intentionally to hurt. And any way I didn’t do these things 49yr ago. And all those who think I did are not correctly remembering things I didn’t say, however hurtful they were.
Or weren’t. 49 yr ago.
I never said these things. At least not intentionally to hurt. And any way I didn’t do these things 49yr ago. And all those who think I did are not correctly remembering things I didn’t say, however hurtful they were.
Or weren’t. 49 yr ago.
Nigel Farage responds to racism claims saying he never ‘tried to hurt anybody’
Reform leader denies racist or antisemitic behaviour ‘with intent’ at school, but says he can’t remember everything from 49 years ago
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I never said these things. At least not intentionally to hurt. And any way I didn’t do these things 49yr ago. And all those who think I did are not correctly remembering things I didn’t say, however hurtful they were.
Or weren’t. 49 yr ago.
I never said these things. At least not intentionally to hurt. And any way I didn’t do these things 49yr ago. And all those who think I did are not correctly remembering things I didn’t say, however hurtful they were.
Or weren’t. 49 yr ago.
“record numbers of overseas-trained doctors are quitting the UK, leaving the NHS at risk of huge gaps in its workforce, with hostility towards migrants blamed for the exodus.”
Those who blame ‘immigrants’ for their issues with the NHS are going to get even more cross, aren’t they?
Thanks Nige….
Those who blame ‘immigrants’ for their issues with the NHS are going to get even more cross, aren’t they?
Thanks Nige….
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations |
Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
“record numbers of overseas-trained doctors are quitting the UK, leaving the NHS at risk of huge gaps in its workforce, with hostility towards migrants blamed for the exodus.”
Those who blame ‘immigrants’ for their issues with the NHS are going to get even more cross, aren’t they?
Thanks Nige….
Those who blame ‘immigrants’ for their issues with the NHS are going to get even more cross, aren’t they?
Thanks Nige….
Oh crikey! Who’d have imagined that…..?
Ryan Bridge key figure behind the Raise the Colours movement is being pursued for an eight-year sentence in Spain over claims of fraud and membership of a criminal group according to The Mirror
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Flag campaign chief praised by Tommy Robinson facing jail over ‘holiday scam’
Ryan Bridge, ringleader of the Raise the Colours movement heralded by ex-EDL leader Tommy Robinson, is being pursued for an eight-year sentence in Spain
www.mirror.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Oh crikey! Who’d have imagined that…..?
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Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
History will not judge RFK Jr kindly.
Kennedy is more unashamed than ever as he admits he directed the disinformation on the MMR vaccine to be posted on the CDC website. He wants to equate fraudulent studies with over 40 peer reviewed studies showing NO link between Autism and the MMR 🧵 #PublicHealth
Robert F Kennedy Jr instructed CDC to change stance on vaccines and autism
US health secretary said he told agency to update website to claim the fact vaccines do not cause autism is not evidence based
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
History will not judge RFK Jr kindly.
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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if a Trump speaks at a podium and no one is there to hear, does it make a sound that makes sense?
November 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
if a Trump speaks at a podium and no one is there to hear, does it make a sound that makes sense?
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you'd see a similar thing if you looked at the acceptance of claims, or the percentage of the population who are refugees (less than 1%, below the world average)
the uk is a normal-to-ungenerous country when it comes to helping those fleeing war or persecution
the uk is a normal-to-ungenerous country when it comes to helping those fleeing war or persecution
November 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
you'd see a similar thing if you looked at the acceptance of claims, or the percentage of the population who are refugees (less than 1%, below the world average)
the uk is a normal-to-ungenerous country when it comes to helping those fleeing war or persecution
the uk is a normal-to-ungenerous country when it comes to helping those fleeing war or persecution
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Labour is enabling Farage’s agenda by trading principles for soundbites.
Rules and controls are necessary - but rules without humanity corrode trust and fuel division.
The measure of a civilised country is not how many people it turns away but how it treats the most vulnerable.
Rules and controls are necessary - but rules without humanity corrode trust and fuel division.
The measure of a civilised country is not how many people it turns away but how it treats the most vulnerable.
November 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Labour is enabling Farage’s agenda by trading principles for soundbites.
Rules and controls are necessary - but rules without humanity corrode trust and fuel division.
The measure of a civilised country is not how many people it turns away but how it treats the most vulnerable.
Rules and controls are necessary - but rules without humanity corrode trust and fuel division.
The measure of a civilised country is not how many people it turns away but how it treats the most vulnerable.
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“How many refugees have been granted asylum in the UK?”
Most people overestimate the number - by a lot. With far-right figures spreading misinformation, it’s hard for the public to know the truth.
Watch the video to see just how wide the gap is between perception and reality.
Most people overestimate the number - by a lot. With far-right figures spreading misinformation, it’s hard for the public to know the truth.
Watch the video to see just how wide the gap is between perception and reality.
November 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“How many refugees have been granted asylum in the UK?”
Most people overestimate the number - by a lot. With far-right figures spreading misinformation, it’s hard for the public to know the truth.
Watch the video to see just how wide the gap is between perception and reality.
Most people overestimate the number - by a lot. With far-right figures spreading misinformation, it’s hard for the public to know the truth.
Watch the video to see just how wide the gap is between perception and reality.
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No-one seems to recall that the Tory proposal wasn't for a processing centre in Rwanda, or for deportations of failed asylum seekers there, but for asylum seekers arriving in the UK to be sent to Rwanda and then treated as applicants for asylum *in Rwanda*. That's a huge difference.
November 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
No-one seems to recall that the Tory proposal wasn't for a processing centre in Rwanda, or for deportations of failed asylum seekers there, but for asylum seekers arriving in the UK to be sent to Rwanda and then treated as applicants for asylum *in Rwanda*. That's a huge difference.
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100% right. There is so much about this whole BBC saga that is simply mad but Lewis is right that the Corporation now has the chance to take a stand for something important. It should take that opportunity.
Have written for the New Statesman about why, if he will not accept an apology, the BBC should welcome a Trump lawsuit. They should show guts and fight it because impartially matters and if they don't, they will have tacitly accepted a rewritten history.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
Trump's attack can rescue the BBC
The BBC should use the threat of legal action to strike a blow for press freedom
www.newstatesman.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
100% right. There is so much about this whole BBC saga that is simply mad but Lewis is right that the Corporation now has the chance to take a stand for something important. It should take that opportunity.
Trump says that the BBC ‘changed the words that came out of my mouth’.
They didn’t.
That’s a misrepresentation of the facts.
They didn’t even change the sentiment.
They did omit a reference to ‘peaceful’ action. But that, whilst there, was not representative of the whole tenor of the speech.
They didn’t.
That’s a misrepresentation of the facts.
They didn’t even change the sentiment.
They did omit a reference to ‘peaceful’ action. But that, whilst there, was not representative of the whole tenor of the speech.
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Trump says that the BBC ‘changed the words that came out of my mouth’.
They didn’t.
That’s a misrepresentation of the facts.
They didn’t even change the sentiment.
They did omit a reference to ‘peaceful’ action. But that, whilst there, was not representative of the whole tenor of the speech.
They didn’t.
That’s a misrepresentation of the facts.
They didn’t even change the sentiment.
They did omit a reference to ‘peaceful’ action. But that, whilst there, was not representative of the whole tenor of the speech.
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I try to avoid politics on here, I prefer it to be a nice place to chill and have a bit of fun but this is just 😙
November 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I try to avoid politics on here, I prefer it to be a nice place to chill and have a bit of fun but this is just 😙
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I’m surprised JD Vance has left this tweet and reply up.
November 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I’m surprised JD Vance has left this tweet and reply up.
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In a world without the BBC, how will we know what is true and what is truly haplening in the world?
Our only source of information (misinformatio) will be the billionaire-owned media.
The BBC has been gravely damaged by 14 years of the Tories.
But we desperately need it to be functioning properly
Our only source of information (misinformatio) will be the billionaire-owned media.
The BBC has been gravely damaged by 14 years of the Tories.
But we desperately need it to be functioning properly
Or, translated:
“We didn’t punch down on or vilify trans people sufficiently for the Telegraph’s liking.”
How many years away are we from having a “both sides” factor when discussing gay people, I wonder?
“We didn’t punch down on or vilify trans people sufficiently for the Telegraph’s liking.”
How many years away are we from having a “both sides” factor when discussing gay people, I wonder?
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
In a world without the BBC, how will we know what is true and what is truly haplening in the world?
Our only source of information (misinformatio) will be the billionaire-owned media.
The BBC has been gravely damaged by 14 years of the Tories.
But we desperately need it to be functioning properly
Our only source of information (misinformatio) will be the billionaire-owned media.
The BBC has been gravely damaged by 14 years of the Tories.
But we desperately need it to be functioning properly
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"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off
Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
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Thank you Mrs Thatcher. We are still suffering because of you.
"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off
Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Thank you Mrs Thatcher. We are still suffering because of you.