Jo Bayly

Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.

If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.

As we get more reports of ICE thugs detaining Americans, it should be noted that Timothy Snyder made it crystal clear from the onset of ICE raids that NO ONE would be safe.

People tell ICE: "I'm an American." They illegally detain us anyway.

Bc WE already let them erode due process for immigrants.

A collage of photos and paintings. The photos are of Galerie 16 in Chef Boutonne (in France) and the paintings are two landscapes that I am currently displaying here as part of an exhibition.

I am delighted to be part of this exhibition in 79110 Chef-Boutonne with 8 other artists. It runs until 3 November 2025 and is a preview of the artists who'll be exhibiting next year at GALERIE 16 in the heart of the town.

The government hasn’t announced ‘one of the harshest crackdowns’ UK drivers have ever seen – Full Fact A government spokesperson confirmed claims circulating on social media about driving rules are “untrue” and that no new “crackdown” has been announced.

Videos shared online are making false claims about the government launching “one of the harshest crackdowns UK drivers have ever seen” this month.

The government hasn’t announced the changes described in the videos, and they appear to use fake audio of the Prime Minister.

On the Reform problem, Labour faces a serious strategic dilemma Labour has long been divided. But these are not normal times, and arguments between factions may hand power to Farage

Labour isn’t just divided – it’s strategically trapped.

This analysis dissects the factions, the panic, and the threat reshaping British politics.

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Lobbying in the Shadows: A Comparative Analysis of Government Lobbyist Registers | Milbank Quarterly nformation about lobbying is crucial to alert the public about undue influence in government decision making. Yet, government disclosures of lobbying activities are rare internationally and vary consi...

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study empirically demonstrates the hidden nature of lobbying internationally.
Lack of transparency presents a risk that vested interests may undermine public health policymaking without anyone knowing
efforts needed to strengthen political transparency measures.

Summary of ‘The Postmortal’ by Drew Magary: A Detailed Synopsis Table of Contents Introduction Synopsis of The Postmortal Alternative Book Cover Characters Key Takeaways Spoilers FAQs about The Postmortal Reviews About the

Sounds good. This book was also great on this theme newbookrecommendation.com/summary-of-t... but founds like Eve Smith has taken a different approach. Looking forward ti reading it!

Save the children, lose the billionaires.

£22bn of water bill hikes will go to private investors - not cleaning up rivers Investors will see their returns from water bills double over the next five years

Imagine borrowing someone’s credit card, spending it on yourself.. then charging them for the privilege.

That’s the scam of privatised water.

Households foot the bill for upgrades, but £22bn will go to investors and creditors.

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'Hydrotherapy isn’t a luxury — it’s a lifeline for many people with long-term pain, disability or chronic conditions'.

Ash James speaks to ITV News about how this impacts patients, causing their health to deteriorate and widening health inequality.

#RightToRehab

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

I often say that reporting on sex testing in sports is like reporting on a really twisted, 100 year game of wack-a-mole where we see the same things happen over and over. This is a great example. (A short thread, if you'll indulge me.)

“Meta’s complicity in the genocide in Gaza is not less than Israeli war crimes.”

Meta suspended Palestinian poet @mosababutoha.bsky.social’s account a day after he won a Pulitzer Prize, as he risks his life to get stories out, he tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social

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A fair price to the public for water nationalisation | Letter Letter: The government is wrong on the cost of bringing water back into public ownership, write Prof Becky Malby, Dr Kate Bayliss, Prof Frances Cleaver and Prof Ewan McGaughey

Excellent letter from experts from the People's Commission contesting the Government's figures on bringing water back into public ownership.

The appropriate value would actually be closer to zero.

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Too hard. I’m not ready to accept there’s nothing to be done. Feels like boycotts & sanctions haven’t been given a chance, especially when Israelis opposed to Netanyahu are asking for them. Not convinced China could fill gaps cutting cultural & trade ties with UK & Europe would leave for Israelis.

How do you manage living with that knowledge, that world powers are powerless? And that therefore we are also powerless?

NHS: A neighbourhood health system Is it time to move from sickness management to health creation

NHS: A neighbourhood health system

Is it time to move from sickness management to health creation

By Mike Chitty

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk

This is a wild thing to say when you're literally introducing a biological glass ceiling...

Fuck DOGE.

The image shows the 17th century painting “Landscape with Windmills near Haarlem” by the Dutch painter Jacob van Ruisdael.

Disgusted to see this beautiful landscape ruined by wind turbines.

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Geographic inequalities in premature mortality
Exploring the role of socioeconomic factors and ethnicity

Helpful analysis
(But no surprises)

TLDR =
non communicable diseases, and their risk factors
the answer is structural policy focused on those

Skegness, one of your absolute finest people right here. Buy her a drink whenever you see her.

There is a dangerous disconnect: on Gaza, politics no longer speaks for the people | Gaby Hinsliff The government now faces a daunting task to show that society’s concerns can be reflected. It will need to do better than this, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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Governments must bring whatever maximal pressure is available to them to end this starvation and dehumanisation.

this must go far further than strongly worded statements or hand wringing.

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Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead | George Monbiot Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why.
This week's column:
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I’m witnessing the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s children – why is the world letting it happen? | Nick Maynard A permanent ceasefire, the free and safe flow of aid, and the lifting of the blockade are needed now – all could be achieved with political will, says UK surgeon Nick Maynard

"Every day I watch patients deteriorate and die, not from their injuries, but because they are too malnourished to survive surgery. The surgical repairs that we carry out fall to pieces, patients get terrible infections, then they die." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ian Hislop calls arrest of man holding Private Eye cartoon at Gaza protest ‘mind-boggling’ Jon Farley arrested under Terrorism Act at Leeds demonstration for holding sign making joke about Palestine Action ban The terror arrest of a man for holding up a Private Eye cartoon during a protest at the weekend was “mind-boggling”, the magazine’s editor, Ian Hislop, has said, as the retired teacher called for an apology from police. Jon Farley was picked up by police at a silent demonstration in Leeds on Saturday, which he described as a “pretty terrifying and upsetting experience”, for holding a sign that made a joke about the government’s proscription of the group Palestine Action from the last issue of the fortnightly satirical magazine. Continue reading...

Ian Hislop calls arrest of man holding Private Eye cartoon at Gaza protest ‘mind-boggling’

In just 3 HOURS, 91 MPs have joined my call on the major social media companies to take serious action to combat the appalling racism and misogyny directed at Jess Carter that they have allowed to be espoused on their platforms

They need to act. Here is our call on them to do so