Graeme Hodgson

What if we dropped the jargon and talked like humans?

Resources, videos, and thoughts on language.
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Kwasi Kwarteng to speak at event for firm that helps super-rich pay less tax Former chancellor who devised disastrous 2022 mini-budget hired for Nomad Capitalist’s conference

Former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has been billed as a keynote speaker at the annual conference of advisory firm Nomad Capitalist, which offers services to help the global super-rich pay less tax (by migrating, effectively). H/t Politico
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

More on Ryan Coogan the Reform UK Mayoral candidate for Peterborough & Cambridge.

Seems he’s been blocking people for asking for detail on his claim that he was responsible for the solution to MRSA.

I should have made more AOCs.

Bennett Institute for Public Policy Annual Conference 2025 Join experts to explore public policy solutions for a turbulent world. Tickets are available to attend in person or online.

The Bennett Institute Annual Conference 2025 is about to start and it’s a full house here at Churchill College with 100s more delegates joining online. There’s still time to register to watch online: bit.ly/3XKk6lp #BennettInst

This should be good! (Here in the room at Churchill College, Cambridge).

Success of Tiger Pass and New Services in Cambridgeshire Stay updated on the progress of bus reform in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough with new services, passenger-focused initiatives, and early work on bus franchising.

Significant improvements have already been made to buses. The Tiger Pass, introduced in May 2024 to provide £1 fares for under-25s, has proved a major success, with nearly 40,000 cards issued and more than 800,000 journeys taken so far.
www.cambsnews.co.uk/news/update-...

Juxtaposed pics of SpaceX and Gestapo boots (very similar)

www.whiteribbon.org.uk #WhiteRibbonCampaign against Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence

YouTube video by Alonso Gurmendi Emilia Perez, I'm Still Here, and Authoritarianism

In yesterday’s stream I argued that Western audiences should watch Brazil’s Oscar-Winning film “I’m Still Here” not as an exotic film about Global South dictatorships, but as a cautionary tale about the rise of Western authoritarianism and where things can end up youtu.be/PEkfHWaEiis?...

Promise made. Promise kept. 🚑

Labour has delivered 2 million extra NHS appointments in just five months - seven months ahead of schedule ✅

Where are workers now, three years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? For decades, Ukraine’s coal miners have been the backbone of the nation’s energy sector, fueling homes, industries and progress with their labour. But today, their struggle is not only for fair wages ...

UKRAINE: Where are workers now, three years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? www.industriall-union.org/where-are-wo...

WTAF?

Who’s the ‘real villain’ here?👇

Who should be paying all those taxes, anyway?!

Simple answer here: BEZOS!

80% of crimes are driven by poverty, if the people weren't poor they wouldn't commit the crime.

Billionaires are the biggest cause of poverty.

Therefore billionaires cause 80% of crime.

Tempted to just refer to POTUS at this point as PUI.
(Putin’s Useful Idiot).

According to figures released by Kyiv, U.N. statistics, and open-source data published by BBC Russia, the total death toll of Ukrainian and Russian soldiers, as well as Ukrainian civilians stands at 148,359 as of Feb. 13. ->>

Trump said “millions and millions” have been killed in Ukraine (because of Zelensky). ->>

In 1923 Adolf Hitler incited an insurrection against the German government.

He was tried, given a slap on the wrist, and became a convicted felon. Despite being treated charitably by the judge, Hitler claimed the trial was political persecution and successfully portrayed himself as a victim of /1

Learning from the Inside Out by @wendylansdown on Bluesky I don’t think of myself as a Systems Thinker, it sounds a bit academic.  I’m more of a practical person. I learn by doing stuff – experiment, listen alongside coll…

I've written a new blog! Thinking about how we listen and learn and get stuff done together... neighbourhoodcares.wordpress.com/2025/02/14/l... @tobylowe.bsky.social @carolineslocock.bsky.social @gh72.bsky.social @ojgarling.bsky.social

For all the noise Reform UK makes and the client journos hyping their every word, what have they actually achieved? Just a bunch of bootlicking hacks giving Farage free PR while he scams gullible voters. All that outrage, all those headlines - still, Starmer beats everyone 😅 #ukpolitics

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Drinking the blood of my enemies! 🤣
(aka Gregg’s Tomato Soup)

Time to recognise paramedics as an official emergency service Paramedics face immense stress yet lack official emergency service recognition. It’s time for fair rights, benefits and retirement protections.

🚑 Time to recognise paramedics as an official emergency service

Paramedics face immense stress yet lack official emergency service recognition. It’s time for fair rights, benefits and retirement protections

By Brian McDaid

@brianamcdaid.bsky.social

Local public health services given £200 million boost Local communities to receive funding for family and school nurses, sexual health clinics and other public health services.

Local public health services are receiving a £200m funding boost thanks to a 5.4% increase in the Public Health Grant.

The extra funding supports the government's Plan for Change - specifically the focus on shifting health care from hospitals to the community and from sickness to prevention.

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Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Leaves Millions Without HIV Treatment

Two weeks into President Trump’s sweeping freeze on foreign aid, H.I.V. groups abroad have not received any funding, jeopardizing the health of more than 20 million people, including 500,000 children. Subsequent waivers from the…

Donald Trump announced that he would like the US to "take over" the Gaza Strip. He said Palestinians could be resettled elsewhere – aka ethnic cleansing.

Labour MPs were vocal in their outrage over Trump's comments, saying Palestinians want to return to their home in Gaza.