@steve-krikler.bsky.social
Retired surgeon. Passionate about the NHS. Travelled a bit, people everywhere have similar needs, often let down by their ‘leaders’.
At last.
We should never have allowed this harmful effect of Brexit.
We should never have allowed this harmful effect of Brexit.
EXCL: The UK is hoping to secure an agreement within weeks to rejoin the EU’s flagship student mobility programme, as part of a drive to pursue closer relations with Brussels after a setback on defence @ecourea.bsky.social & @kiranstacey.bsky.social report www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK aims to secure agreement to rejoin Erasmus student exchange scheme
Britain quit EU programme after Brexit, when Boris Johnson claimed it did not offer good value for money
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:57 AM
At last.
We should never have allowed this harmful effect of Brexit.
We should never have allowed this harmful effect of Brexit.
A rare phenomenon, a thinking, honest politician. This is what a statesman looks like.
Great (video) interview with Dominic Grieve. 👇
Dominic Grieve has a lot to say
Europe, security, the state of the Tory Party
westenglandbylines.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
A rare phenomenon, a thinking, honest politician. This is what a statesman looks like.
I’ve signed.
Have you?
Have you?
🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I’ve signed.
Have you?
Have you?
Immigration has very little to do with the social and political problems in our society.
This article is clear as to why.
Social media and some mainstream media have magnified the malignant rhetoric of the far right to creat a very false impression. Please look at the data.
This article is clear as to why.
Social media and some mainstream media have magnified the malignant rhetoric of the far right to creat a very false impression. Please look at the data.
Are the UK's problems caused by immigration? Don't think so. Here I channel the spirit of, of all people, the great Age of Enlightenment explorer and scientist Alexander von Humboldt, on whom I am forming quite a crush...
timharford.com/2025/10/the-...
timharford.com/2025/10/the-...
The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration
In 1799, the German adventurer-scientist Alexander von Humboldt set out on what would prove to be a five-year exploration of South America. Young, independently wealthy and almost absurdly energeti…
timharford.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Immigration has very little to do with the social and political problems in our society.
This article is clear as to why.
Social media and some mainstream media have magnified the malignant rhetoric of the far right to creat a very false impression. Please look at the data.
This article is clear as to why.
Social media and some mainstream media have magnified the malignant rhetoric of the far right to creat a very false impression. Please look at the data.
So Netanyahu played politics to find favour with Trump. How many thousands of Palestinians died as a result? How many of the hostages would still be alive if a cease fire had been agreed a year ago?
Gershon Baskin says he got the plan on to the president’s desk but then learnt the Israelis were waiting for a change of administration in Washington
Biden and Netanyahu were offered same deal a year ago, says negotiator
Gershon Baskin says he got the plan on to the president’s desk but then learnt the Israelis were waiting for a change of administration in Washington
www.thetimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
So Netanyahu played politics to find favour with Trump. How many thousands of Palestinians died as a result? How many of the hostages would still be alive if a cease fire had been agreed a year ago?
Looks like a clear but non-confrontational way to respond.
Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴🏴🏴🇬🇧
October 7, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Looks like a clear but non-confrontational way to respond.
More enlightening information.
Under UK law, a company can make £200m+ in sales and still hide its profit & loss by calling itself “small”.
That’s how PPE Medpro kept its finances secret.
A short thread on one of Britain’s daftest loopholes, the 1970s EU compromise that created it — and how to fix it.
That’s how PPE Medpro kept its finances secret.
A short thread on one of Britain’s daftest loopholes, the 1970s EU compromise that created it — and how to fix it.
October 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
More enlightening information.
Important thread.
Please read!
Please read!
🔴NEW🔴
Thread 🧵
@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...
bylinetimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Important thread.
Please read!
Please read!
Wow, this thread raises serious concerns about integrity and (dis)honesty. Read it, then lobby your MP to push for criminal proceedings.
Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone's company, PPE Medpro, has just been ordered to refund the Government £122m from a PPE contract.
There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...
Thread:
There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...
Thread:
October 2, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Wow, this thread raises serious concerns about integrity and (dis)honesty. Read it, then lobby your MP to push for criminal proceedings.
Harrowingly accurate piece of satire.
As usual.
As usual.
EXCLUSIVE: The Papua New Guinea Courier's UK correspondent on Nigel Farage bringing the UK media to heil
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
The Papua New Guinea Courier on Nigel Farage bringing the UK media to heil
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September 26, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Harrowingly accurate piece of satire.
As usual.
As usual.
Bolsonaro had a lot in common with Trump. Populist leaders, aggressive politics, inability to acknowledge electoral defeat. Trump’s attack on Capitol led to six deaths. As far as I know, no one actually died in Bolsonaro’s attempted coup, though assassination was part of his plan. It is a sad …
A majority of Brazil's Supreme Court judges have voted to convict former President Jair Bolsonaro of plotting to overturn the 2022 election. https://cnn.it/3VIY1Cn
September 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Bolsonaro had a lot in common with Trump. Populist leaders, aggressive politics, inability to acknowledge electoral defeat. Trump’s attack on Capitol led to six deaths. As far as I know, no one actually died in Bolsonaro’s attempted coup, though assassination was part of his plan. It is a sad …
Excoriating as ever
The PNG Courier overseas edition on mini-roundabouts
(And Yvette Cooper's bunting)
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
(And Yvette Cooper's bunting)
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
The PNG Courier overseas edition on mini-roundabouts
And Yvette Cooper's bunting
open.substack.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Excoriating as ever
A sensible thread.
The Government is doing its best at the moment to imply it has no problem with the ethnonationalism now rearing its ugly head. And I don't understand why. 1/5
September 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A sensible thread.
Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. But they won’t act unless we demand it. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...
Great Yarmouth to Host Britain’s Biggest White Power Concert in Years – HOPE not hate
Great Yarmouth is set to host the largest white power music gig held in the UK for at least 10 years, HOPE not hate can...
hopenothate.org.uk
August 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. But they won’t act unless we demand it. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...
Some experience of reality here. A thread that should be widely disseminated.
Taken from Facebook
Two years ago I stayed two nights, by accident, in a former hotel in the process of converting to an asylum hostel. Heres my story and what I learned: I was needed on a job with work at a site just outside Coventry at very short notice 1/
Two years ago I stayed two nights, by accident, in a former hotel in the process of converting to an asylum hostel. Heres my story and what I learned: I was needed on a job with work at a site just outside Coventry at very short notice 1/
August 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Some experience of reality here. A thread that should be widely disseminated.
I have just finished reading #BabysBreath which is @russincheshire ‘s first novel.
It is pacy and gripping from the outset, with multiple unexpected twists and turns. A remarkable story all the more so for being the first novel and written by a man in England.
It is pacy and gripping from the outset, with multiple unexpected twists and turns. A remarkable story all the more so for being the first novel and written by a man in England.
August 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I have just finished reading #BabysBreath which is @russincheshire ‘s first novel.
It is pacy and gripping from the outset, with multiple unexpected twists and turns. A remarkable story all the more so for being the first novel and written by a man in England.
It is pacy and gripping from the outset, with multiple unexpected twists and turns. A remarkable story all the more so for being the first novel and written by a man in England.
Absolutely spot on.
“President Zelensky could end the war immediately” by surrendering, accepting all his troops died in vain and setting the stage for the next Russian attack.
Putin could end the war immediately by cancelling all military action.
“President Zelensky could end the war immediately” by surrendering, accepting all his troops died in vain and setting the stage for the next Russian attack.
Putin could end the war immediately by cancelling all military action.
Trump blaming the victim, as usual. How about “President Putin of Russia can end the war with Ukraine almost immediately if he wants to”? Unlike Trump, some of us do remember how the war started - with Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea & his acts of aggression in the Donbas.
Absolutely any war can always be ended "almost instantly" if you want - for this it is enough to simply capitulate. In fact, Trump directly accuses Ukraine of not capitulating.
August 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Absolutely spot on.
“President Zelensky could end the war immediately” by surrendering, accepting all his troops died in vain and setting the stage for the next Russian attack.
Putin could end the war immediately by cancelling all military action.
“President Zelensky could end the war immediately” by surrendering, accepting all his troops died in vain and setting the stage for the next Russian attack.
Putin could end the war immediately by cancelling all military action.
Johnson was obviously unfit for office before he was PM, and events proved this. Farage is also obviously unfit for office, professional journalists must not repeat their mistakes.
“Whatever happens, the damage that has already been done by the constant media indulgence of Farage and his divisive, inflammatory and outright racist views will take many years for this country to recover from.”
Yes. A disgraceful, unforgivable failure.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-dog...
Yes. A disgraceful, unforgivable failure.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-dog...
August 6, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Johnson was obviously unfit for office before he was PM, and events proved this. Farage is also obviously unfit for office, professional journalists must not repeat their mistakes.
It’s a fast, gripping start which pulled me in and left me wanting to read on.
Big news. I'm self-publishing my first novel, Baby's Breath.
After my last two publishers went bust, I’ve decided to bet on myself (and on you).
Read Chapter One now, and apply to become an Advance Reader and get a free copy. Limited to 200
#BabysBreath
www.babysbreath.co.uk
After my last two publishers went bust, I’ve decided to bet on myself (and on you).
Read Chapter One now, and apply to become an Advance Reader and get a free copy. Limited to 200
#BabysBreath
www.babysbreath.co.uk
Baby's Breath - A Psychological Thriller by Russell Jones
Survival is only the beginning.
www.babysbreath.co.uk
August 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
It’s a fast, gripping start which pulled me in and left me wanting to read on.
Surprise surprise.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is under investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog for a potential breach of MPs' rules on financial interests
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage investigated by standards watchdog
It relates to a possible breach of rules requiring MPs to register financial interests within 28 days.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Surprise surprise.
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If you want to see Michelle Mone kicked out of the House of Lords and arrested until she pays the £232,000,000 she owes give this a RT.
If you want Rishi Sunak's involvement in the £14,900,000,000 PPE Fraud he covered up investigated, LIKE.
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August 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
If you want to see Michelle Mone kicked out of the House of Lords and arrested until she pays the £232,000,000 she owes give this a RT.
If you want Rishi Sunak's involvement in the £14,900,000,000 PPE Fraud he covered up investigated, LIKE.
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I can almost hear Nigel’s dulcet tones as he responds to the question.
As you say, another @mrhenrymorris.substack.com masterpiece of biting satire.
As you say, another @mrhenrymorris.substack.com masterpiece of biting satire.
July 30, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I can almost hear Nigel’s dulcet tones as he responds to the question.
As you say, another @mrhenrymorris.substack.com masterpiece of biting satire.
As you say, another @mrhenrymorris.substack.com masterpiece of biting satire.
This absolutely hits the nail on the head.
Not everything that counts can be counted.
Not everything that can be counted, counts.
Not everything that counts can be counted.
Not everything that can be counted, counts.
✍️ Resisting the tyranny of the measurable
How metrics and numbers have come to rule our lives, and what we lose sight of in the process
By Mike Chitty
@mikechitty.bsky.social
How metrics and numbers have come to rule our lives, and what we lose sight of in the process
By Mike Chitty
@mikechitty.bsky.social
Resisting the tyranny of the measurable
How metrics and numbers have come to rule our lives, and what we lose sight of in the pro-cess
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This absolutely hits the nail on the head.
Not everything that counts can be counted.
Not everything that can be counted, counts.
Not everything that counts can be counted.
Not everything that can be counted, counts.
A long but well-argued piece.
I hope Keir Starmer reads it.
I hope Keir Starmer reads it.
"To meet an ever more radical right halfway, the Labour Party has had to take on much, much more illiberal positions than anything countenanced previously." Moderation can become appeasement, and appeasement can become affirmation. A warning from the UK:
When Moderation Becomes Appeasement
If your chief goal is to find a middle ground with the far right on social issues, you’ll end up condoning its values—just ask Keir Starmer.
www.thebulwark.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:23 AM
A long but well-argued piece.
I hope Keir Starmer reads it.
I hope Keir Starmer reads it.
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The ECHR is vital - and we're campaigning to save it.
Please do sign this petition to get on board with our activities (at European Movement UK).
👉 www.europeanmovement.co.uk/echr-petition
Please do sign this petition to get on board with our activities (at European Movement UK).
👉 www.europeanmovement.co.uk/echr-petition
Act now to protect the UK's place in the ECHR
Sign the European Movement UK's petition now if you agree: Britain must remain in the ECHR
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July 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The ECHR is vital - and we're campaigning to save it.
Please do sign this petition to get on board with our activities (at European Movement UK).
👉 www.europeanmovement.co.uk/echr-petition
Please do sign this petition to get on board with our activities (at European Movement UK).
👉 www.europeanmovement.co.uk/echr-petition