Philip (Flip) Marsh

Royal Society urged to expel Elon Musk as fellows sign open letter More than 1,700 academics complain about X owner’s behaviour, citing his ‘assault on scientific research’

Pressure is growing on the Royal Society to expel Elon Musk from its fellowship after more than a thousand scientists signed an open letter expressing dismay at its lack of action on the matter

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Nigel Farage Says He Is 'Open to Anything' When It Comes to Replacing NHS With 'Insurance-Based Model' It's the latest hint that Reform UK would privatise the NHS

🔴Nigel Farage Says He Is ‘Open to Anything’ When It Comes to Replacing NHS With ‘Insurance-Based Model’

It’s the latest hint that Reform UK would privatise the NHS

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Heaven help us

Angles matter.

Rat-infested prison that may never reopen pays Prince William’s Duchy £1.5m a year HMP Dartmoor, which closed in August over toxic gas fears, has 24 years left on its lease

This is ridiculous. Rat infested prison that may never reopen pays Prince William’s Duchy £1.5m a year

HMP Dartmoor, which closed in August over toxic gas fears, has 24 years left on its lease
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The People’s March in Washington 👏

Sounds like a plan

Let’s be clear.
Donald Trump isn’t interested in a better world… he’s interested in a better world for Donald Trump.
The next four years will be about him settling scores and creating a world in his own image. The man doesn’t have an altruistic bone in his body.
Get ready for ugly!

Those who follow me know I’ve been calling out lies & challenging misinformation for many years. But even at its worst I’ve never known it this bad. I know many are feeling hopeless right now. But that’s what they want - to wear you down & make you give up. Don’t let them. We can beat this, TOGETHER

Vauxhall owner plans to shut Luton van factory, putting 1,100 jobs at risk Stellantis says it will shift production from Bedfordshire to plant at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire * Business live – latest updates The owner of Vauxhall has announced that it plans to close its van factory at Luton, in a decision that will put 1,100…

Vauxhall owner plans to shut Luton van factory, putting 1,100 jobs at risk

That’s not good news for Luton.

Thoughts with all those affected.

“I think the [winter fuel payment] means testing was too tight..to set it at pensioners who have annual income of less than £11,400 is too tight”

Martin Lewis says the winter fuel payment should have been extended to those pensioners with around “£20,000-25,000” annual income

Under the guise of defending free speech, Musk has turned X into one of the most restrictive, deceptive and manipulative platforms on the internet.

He promised to make X a source of truth. He was called out by his own AI for being one of the most prolific amplifiers of misinformation.

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If you go to a Wicked showing and start singing they should be allowed to beat you with popcorn bags. Them babies came to hear Ariana Grande and Cynthia Eviro, not Pam from the community theater troupe. GROW UP.

Rejoin Erasmus – let a new generation rebuild broken bridges The UK should once again ‘embrace Erasmus’. With the Turing scheme replacement, individuals are missing out and the UK is less well-off

Rejoin Erasmus – let a new generation rebuild broken bridges

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Post by Hannah Riley: women died because they received no life saving care as they were having miscarriages in Georgia and the state responded by simply eradicating the committee that investigated deaths of pregnant women.

Do you see what they’re doing? Tell me you do.

Who is ‘Posh George’? Meet the Aristocrat and Convicted Fraudster Close to Nigel Farage George Cottrell was Farage's Chief of Staff until he was found guilty of wire fraud in 2017. He's now returned to the Reform leader's side as an advisor

🔴Who is ‘Posh George’? Meet the Aristocrat and Convicted Fraudster Close to Nigel Farage

George Cottrell was Farage’s Chief of Staff until he was found guilty of wire fraud in 2017. He’s now returned to the Reform leader’s side as an advisor

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Reform MP James McMurdock 'Lied' to Voters, Former Colleague Alleges James McMurdock's LinkedIn profile and Reform Party UK bio details "roles at prestigious institutions" - a former colleague tells a very different story

🔴Under Fire Reform MP James McMurdock ‘Lied’ to Voters, Former Colleague Alleges

James McMurdock’s LinkedIn profile and Reform Party UK bio details “roles at prestigious institutions” but a former colleague tells a very different story

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Nigel Farage and an 'Extraordinary Lack of Curiosity' from UK Government and Intelligence Services Over Possible Russian Interference in Brexit "It did strike me as ridiculous that, given the overt nationalism of the Leave.EU campaign, it was involved in discussions with representatives of the Russian Government"

🔴Nigel Farage and an ‘Extraordinary Lack of Curiosity’ from Intelligence Services Over Possible Russian Interference in Brexit 

“It did strike me as ridiculous that, given the overt nationalism of the Leave.EU campaign, it was involved in discussions with representatives of the Russian Government”

More Than a Million Pallets of Unusable Covid PPE Costing £8 Billion Have So Far Gone Up in Smoke Billions of pounds were spent on unusable protective equipment, with priority contracts handed to associates of Conservative ministers

🔴More Than a Million Pallets of Unusable Covid PPE Costing £8 Billion Have So Far Gone up in Smoke

Billions of pounds were spent on unusable protective equipment, with priority contracts handed to associates of Conservative ministers

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I still don’t understand why Labour is cutting the winter fuel payments back in this stark manner

No problem at all with wealthy pensioners (I’m almost at that age now) who don’t need it not receiving it obviously

But for only those on Pension Credit to receive it .. is wrong

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic 🚨Important update on the physician associates scandal

🚨Health Secretary Wes Streeting has now ordered a review of what physician associates do in the NHS amid growing alarm in the medical profession about patient safety👏

If you are not familiar with this scandal watch this report

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Word of the Day is ‘gwenders’, from old Cornish dialect: a disagreeable tingling in the extremities (or no sensation at all) due to extreme cold.

The always terrific @vicderbyshire.bsky.social puts Jeremy Clarkson firmly in his place

Wow

BREAKING: The vast majority of farms will not be affected” says Environment Secretary Steve Reed adding it's only right the wealthiest landowners "pay their fair share”

Based on recent scuttlebutt, it appears the Trump Crime Syndicate isn't confident they can suppress the Matt Gaetz Ethics report.

They're now focused on pressuring the Senate to ignore it and confirm him anyway.