Melanie Berman

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a software ceo got caught in 4k on the jumbotron with the company’s chief people officer at a coldplay concert

Coroner warns about NHS physician associates after misdiagnosis and death of woman Pauline Marking, suffering severe stomach issues, diagnosed in hospital with nosebleed and sent home by PA A coroner has warned about the role of physician associates in NHS hospitals after a woman with severe abdominal problems was wrongly diagnosed as…

Coroner warns about NHS physician associates after misdiagnosis and death of woman

Research claims EU deal will fuel growth — and Labour is listening A report says Britain can mend some of the economic damage of Brexit without crossing the red lines set by Keir Starmer

The UK can secure significant growth of 1.7% - 2.2% through a policy of deep alignment with the EU on goods and services, while staying within Starmer's red lines.
This is the approach to push for: peak ambition within the constraints Labour has set.

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Every time I see Angela Rayner she goes up in my estimation! 😆
Laura Kuenssberg: "Do you deny calling someone in the Royal Family a nonce?"
😂
#bbclaurak

Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.

The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
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Record investment to protect thousands of UK homes and businesses A record £2.65 billion will be committed to build or maintain up to 1,000 flood defences, protecting more than 66,000 properties.

After years of neglect, Labour announce a record investment of £2.65bn to build new flood defence and maintain existing ones.

Over 1000 projects will be helped, protecting 66,000 homes from flooding.

It won't fix everything over night, but it's a step in the right direction to undo Tory damage.

Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia will tomorrow permanently disconnect from Russia’s power grid.

Russia can no longer use energy as a tool of blackmail.

This is a victory for freedom and European unity.

Exactly this.

Just 2% of Musk's wealth could feed the very poorest and most desperate people in the world.

He could use his money to do extraordinary things - and could go down in history as a hero.

Instead he has deliberately chosen to be an evil, villainous dick

Haven’t found all the political commentators you used to follow on Twitter?

We made a list for you

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Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out.

This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.

Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."

front page of NYT today

A private citizen, with the backing of the President, illegally shut down a major government agency over the weekend and it is not on the front page of this morning's New York Times

@peterbakernyt.bsky.social

Trump's 'plans' to shut down USAID will erode American influence in increasingly dangerous world It seems members of Trump's team - and the president himself - share a visceral dislike for the US government's international aid and development arm.

Trump's 'plans' to shut down
USAID will erode American influence in increasingly dangerous world

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Trump is a thug, a bully and a gangster. This is what statesmanship looks like: doing what's necessary to protect your country's interests, but keeping open the hand of friendship and hoping for a day when the US will return to its senses.

Labour’s Challenging Start — Freewheeling Labour’s got off to a difficult start. Despite a good DfT ministerial team, transport outcomes are being undermined by policies made elsewhere.

Outstanding assessment of the first six months of the Labour government here by Thomas Ableman (@freewheeling.info)

www.freewheeling.info/blog/labour-...

@thewallywalton.bsky.social it's nicer here. Carol vorderman has a load of good lists of people you can follow if you so desire x

Israel and Hamas reach Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal

Man Who Lost Home To LA Wildfires Has Emotional Reunion With Dog He Feared Had Perished Oh, thank goodness!

Thank goodness ❤️

Tone deaf, these two and no awareness outside of their narrow worlds whatsoever. They're well suited.

Interesting read, thanks

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.

I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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I liked and admired Gordon Brown. He has integrity and financial acumen. A good man.

Kemi Badenoch's Refusal to Distance Herself From Elon Musk is an Act of Moral Cowardice The Conservative Party leader's refusal to criticise the X owner's dangerous misinformation campaign against the UK should exclude her from ever returning to high office

🔴Kemi Badenoch’s Refusal to Distance Herself From Elon Musk is an Act of Moral Cowardice

The Conservative Party leader’s refusal to criticise the X owner’s dangerous misinformation campaign against the UK should exclude her from ever returning to high office, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social

Alabama mom hit by truck, then shot in Bourbon Street attack: 'It's just so disturbing' A night of revelry was coming to a close for Alexis Scott-Windham and her friends in the early hours of New Year's Eve after they came from Mobile, Alabama to

An Alabama mom hit by the Bourbon Street attacker's truck then shot in the attack, who still has a bullet lodged in her foot, told a @nolanews.bsky.social reporter that the Amazon warehouse where she works denied her request for a leave of absence.

So Suella Braverman's husband Rael Braverman (proudly "Anti-Woke" in his bio = attitude of a spoiled little 7 year old🙄)

..has DELETED his tweet saying he's bought SEVERAL Reform memberships!

What a delightful couple!!!

The far right in all their muddy antics eh?

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The American oligarchy is back, and it’s out of control It’s the third time in the nation’s history that a small group of hyper-wealthy people have gained political power over the rest of us. Here’s what we must do.

Today the great divide is not between left and right. It’s between democracy and oligarchy.

Let me explain.

‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down Exclusive: EU countries will share laboratory capacity but UK rules mean products cannot be tested abroad

Eau.
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There’s no such thing as working productively with MAGA nihilists like Elon, Vivek and RFK, Jr. They want to bring down our Republic. Don’t normalize them by pointing out a few of their good ideas.

You can’t play nice with the leopards. Let them into your house and they will eat your face.