Siôn Edwards

The Royal Family own 250,000 acres including at least 12 grand palaces and large country estates.

Funny. Never seen the Telegraph get sniffy about that. Seems like more of a target.

GPs are being progressively paid less for the work they do

Example: 2019 Care home Direct Enhanced Service was £120pa to provide enhanced care, recognising the health care needs of residents

The payment in this year’s enforced contract was …£120pa

Inflation CPI should have meant £153 payment

GP UNEMPLOYMENT

No record of employment in GP practices
19% of 2018/2020
27% of 2021
31% of 2022
33% of 2023
46% of 2024

6900 qualified GP in are either back in hospitals, locums, left UK or unemployed - such a waste of training

Graphic from 2018-2025

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NHS Pension scheme increased surplus last year by £2bn - which goes back to the treasury

Still can’t afford the extra pay @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social

NHS scheme takes in more £ than it pays out £6.3bn

Liabilities are huge but income higher vs costs

www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/sites/defaul...

how long will Trump survive?

Former Tory cabinet minister David Jones joins Reform UK Ex-MP for Clwyd West says he will not stand for election and joined ‘as a private individual’

This is all you need to know about why Welsh politics needs a big shake up.
Vote @Plaid_Cymru

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Timelapse footage shows how quickly Texas flood waters rose over causeway – video Timelapse footage shows flood waters rising over a causeway in Texas and completely submerging it in the span of a few minutes

I wonder how the White House and right-wingers generally might spin the whole climate change question in relation to this.....

www.theguardian.com/us-news/vide...

Brilliance

YouTube video by ABKCOVEVO The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil (Official Lyric Video)

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YouTube video by Johnny Cash - Topic The Beast In Me

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YouTube video by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - People Ain't No Good (Official Audio)

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Things you learn
COD in the USA means - Cause of Death
- not cash on delivery!

It’s trashy and addictive

Beth “how do you feel?”
Summer “like I got hit by a truck - how do you feel?”
Beth “like I got hit by a Prius”

And the award for zero self-awareness goes to second-home owners raging about higher taxes | Gaby Hinsliff Why the anger? Doubling council tax on holiday homes in England is a sensible, revenue-raising policy, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

A well written article that really gets it.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Hamlet review – RSC’s bold seaborne concept really pushes the boat out The court of Elsinore becomes a ship of state – or a ship of fools – in Rupert Goold’s production

just found, in Luke Thallon, an actor to look out for...

www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/f...

Some in this American administration are just vile

Well, you'll discover, if you google "swindle etymology" that the English word is derived from the German. Another example of borrowing....

Understand that normally loyal Labour MPs who had never intended to break the whip are considering doing so because of the child poverty figure. Serious discontent, though majority not in danger. Conversations abound among Lab MPs trying to size up how big the rebellion might be.

Screenshot of the Atlantic Signal exchanges, including Michael Waltz saying "the first target - their top missile guy - we had positive ID of him walking into his girlfriend's building and it's now collapsed".

Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?

I’ll be on BBCR4 Today programme just after 7.30am discussing the Covid Inquiry’s extraordinary decision not to question a single PPE supplier this week - what an absolute whitewash.

Leaders of the free world stand united in London

The United States is not among them

visit Cymru next....
rcahmw.gov.uk/wp-content/u...

The Starmer offer of a state visit now a nightmare.

Good to have some principled politicians

I'm Team Zelenskyy
Slava Ukraini

#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…

There's something gravely wrong with governments' management of general practice in both England and Wales

Gift of Nelson A. Sears in memory of Mrs. Millicent A. Rogers

Gwen John, Girl with a Blue Scarf, c. 1915-20

https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135394

How can this ever be considered sensible?

The GP Practices of Barking & Dagenham saw 16% more patients in December 2024 compared to December 2023. And 50% more than December 2019.

With no more GPs or GP practices.

Date Appts
Dec-19 73,007
Dec-23 94,785
Dec-24 109,597
12m increase 14,812
12m % 15.63%
5y increase 36,590
5y % 50.12%