Dr Richard Simpson

So intelligence agencies warn government of likely actions by an organisation which amount to terrorism. Government does nothing and terrorism occurs. Media blame government for inaction
Gov proscribed Palestine Action on advice
Media whips up public
Public protest and get arrested
Gov. cant win

grateful as ever to the National for highlighting the important and impactful work @theseislands.bsky.social is doing to inform the constitutional debate - if you would like to support our ongoing efforts, you can donate to these Islands here > www.these-islands.co.uk/funding/d5/

female alert! $9 million of contraceptives for women abroad are destroyed by administration that loathes women. Experts say women will die. Women at home are being threatened by the loss of their Voting Rights while a woman who sexually assaulted girls is being treated to a country club prison.

Scots carers waiting twice as long for key benefit as people living in England - Daily Record EXCLUSIVE: Average processing times for Carer Support Payment have jumped to over 50 days.

EXC: Scots Scots carers waiting twice as long for key benefit as people living in England under SNP Government.

www.dailyrecord.co.u...

Health experts urge ban on school materials backed by food, drink and gambling firms Exclusive: Education secretary told sponsored resources misrepresent evidence about diets, alcohol and betting

In an open letter to the Education Secretary @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social, we’ve called for the government to end the influence of the alcohol, gambling, and junk food industries in our schools.

Children should be protected from industry misinformation.

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Positive news 💙 Families from Scotland’s islands visiting a loved one in prison can now apply for up to £200 a year towards travel for 2 visits.
For more info & to apply, click here 👉 sps-additional-support.form.service.justice.gov.uk

Need to have an added tax on advertising and a ban on freebies
Like alcohol the industry makes most profits from a minority of heavier users

The alcohol, gambling and junk food industries have no place providing educational materials to schools.

58 leading academics and orgs have urged Education Secretary @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to follow Ireland’s lead in removing these materials from classrooms.

As Prof Chris van Tulleken states:

As this gains plaudits, it's worth noting that the UK Government took this step last September.

Glasgow domestic is waste sent to Spain as part of SNP council recycling drive - Daily Record EXCLUSIVE: The cost to Glasgow Council of transporting and treating waste in other parts of the UK and overseas comes to nearly £13m.

EXC: Glasgow's domestic waste is being sent to Spain as part of the SNP council's drive to boost recycling.

www.dailyrecord.co.u...

This meeting between Trump and Putin to agree to cave up Ukraine without Ukraine agreeing is rewarding Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
It could be Trumps Camberalin Munich moment when appeasing Hitler led on to WW11.
Putin has form Chechnya Georgia Crimea Donetsk and Ukraine again

STACC Blantyre, working with St Andrew’s Clinics for Children of Scotland, has provided 30 much-needed hospital mattresses to Ndirande Health Centre’s maternity unit. This comes after a June 2024 visit revealed that expectant mothers were giving birth on worn-out bedding due to resource shortages.

Shouldn’t this read: ‘Council tax to be reshaped to help poorer areas’? Exactly what a Labour government should do.

Our @independentsage.bsky.social report from March this year:

Preventable Diseases, Preventable Tragedies: Why Vaccines are Essential.

Some of us are doctors who are old enough to remember watching children die (in the UK) of diseases that are now preventable.

independentsage.org/wp-content/u...

Millionaire Tory Chris Philp says the solution to asylum seekers trying to work is to cancel their asylum application and to leave the ECHR.
As he goes home to privileged comfort, is he proud to have spent another day clamouring to deny the most vulnerable any dignity or control over their lives?

Eating chips regularly raises risk of type 2 diabetes by 20%, study finds Baking, boiling or mashing potatoes raises risk by 5% and replacing with whole grains lowers risk significantly

There is an *association* between eating chips regularly and developing diabetes. The authors acknowledge their study design cannot demonstrate causality. Shall we stop doing food frequency survey research and instead study how to address obesogenic environments?

www.theguardian.com/food/2025/au...

People working in health, social work, and social care in Scotland - have you completed our eLearning module on the AWI Act?

If you work with people aged 16+ and want to develop knowledge of rights-based practice, you can access the eLearning on Turas: learn.nes.nhs.scot/73785

Gordon Brown warns child poverty in Scotland is getting 'worse everyday' as he calls for UK Government action - Daily Record The former prime minister is demanding Rachel Reeves taxes gambling companies to pay for the scrapping of the two-child cap on benefits.

Another powerful intervention from Gordon Brown.

The current Labour Government gives the impression of not caring as much about child poverty as the Blair/Brown administrations.

www.dailyrecord.co.u...

Gotta love how Adams, Cuomo (and NYPD), peddle the fear of insecurity

This week in Geneva, 170+ countries are meeting to agree the world’s first treaty to end plastic pollution.

Scientists say we need bold action to protect people and the planet.

We’ve been reporting on how plastic pollution is harming Scotland’s seas, wildlife and people 🧵

Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth pulls down website over accusations of pro-SNP bias - Daily Record EXCLUSIVE: Complaints have been made about the taxpayer-funded websites of Jenny Gilruth and Shona Robison.

EXC: Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth's publicly-funded website has been pulled down after a complaint was made about SNP propaganda.

It was put "under maintenance" after I emailed the SNP.

Pro-SNP material has also vanished from Shona Robison's site.

www.dailyrecord.co.u...

Just announced: the UK's most famous libel firm, Carter-Ruck, is being prosecuted before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal for recklessly enabling a $4bn fraud

It's astonishing how reckless Carter-Ruck was - likely causing $$$ more to be lost to fraudsters

The full story:

Wes Streeting warned alcohol measures ‘are not sufficient’ to stop harm The Government has recently set out its 10-year plan to improve the health of the nation.

Government plans to tackle alcohol deaths “are not sufficient to address the scale and complexity of harm”

Academics, medics and charities from around the country have urged ministers to take “ambitious” action to tackle the “scale of the current crisis”

www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home...

Twenty seven people who donated £50m in total to the last Tory government were given seats in House of Lords. And some still argue against an elected second chamber.

The Lancet Countdown on health and plastics Plastics are a grave, growing, and under-recognised danger to human and planetary health. Plastics cause disease and death from infancy to old age and are responsible for health-related economic losse...

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

If you think FaRage has the answers, you don’t understand the problem. Migrants in boats represent 4% of all migration to UK. You should get some perspective. We need migration. It’s good for our country. Don’t get conned by FaRage.

BBC repeatedly contrasts people who arrive in the UK after crossing the Channel in small boats - an irregular/illegal journey - with others who might arrive here by a legal route.

If there had been a legal route for the last few years, there would have been no small boat gangs.

#bbcpm

What the fuck is ‘stand by my socialist principles’ Jeremy Corbyn doing writing in The Torygraph and why is the Torygraph listening?

I’ll tell you why. He’s doing a piece slagging off Angela Rayner (Labours most popular minister) and the Telegraph are lapping it up.

Sickening hypocrisy by both.

The PM and Lisa Nandy are committing £88 million of investment to support youth clubs and schools to offer more extracurricular activity

The package features £22.5 million in new funding for schools to offer access to activities like sport, art, music and volunteering.

Better with Labour 👍

Massive wind and solar generation on Great Britain's electricity grid right now.

Some flexible electricity tariffs have plummeted accordingly.

www.energydashboard.co.uk/live