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A Bumper Update on Next Generation Covid Vaccines (No 34) - Absolutely Maybe This was always going to be a big month, with results from clinical trials of 2 vaccines, as well as 3 new…

My latest update on nextgen Covid vaccines is a whopper, in part thanks to catching up with a new vax tracker:

- Trial results for 2 vaxes
- 3 new clinical trials
- 26 preclinical reports

Highlights follow....1/2

Now @plos.org: absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/06/a...
#Covid #Covid19 #Vaccines

YouTube video by Cottereau The History of Europe: Every Year

While agreeing in the round,
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).

m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P...

1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.

Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵

England’s SEND crisis: costs, challenges and the case for reform | Institute for Fiscal Studies What are the challenges facing the special educational needs system in England, and how can the government could reform the system?

The only way to improve quality is through increases to supply-side capacity.

This could include a long-term specialist workforce plan, much better training for teachers on SEND needs, better partnerships with special schools and real accountability for outcomes [3/3]

ifs.org.uk/articles/eng...

Support for children with disabilities and special educational needs | Institute for Fiscal Studies How do trends, demographics and outcomes of children receiving support for health conditions compare across the benefits and education systems?

📗 Read @eduinlatimer.bsky.social, @lukesibieta.bsky.social and Darcey Snape's IFS Green Budget chapter, funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org, on support for children with disabilities and special educational needs here: ifs.org.uk/publications...

Watching informative video from @theifs.bsky.social on special educational needs. How much of the apparently striking increase in these has resulted from cuts to "normal" education -- fewer teachers, fewer resources etc?

“14 years of systematic underfunding and lack of investment in the NHS, has left the NHS battered and struggling to make necessary repairs. While the NHS is dealing with underfunding, it has its hands further tied behind its back by PFI." Johnbosco Nwogbo - Lead Campaigner, We Own It. Quoted in The iPaper, 27.10.2025

"78 out of 80 NHS trusts with current PFI debts have already paid back more than the initial capital invested, despite still being stuck with those contracts until 2048 in some cases. A return to private finance would be disastrous for patients."

“It would see money go out into the pockets of private shareholders that should be going toward fixing hospitals and treating patients. Itʼs time for the Government to consign private finance to the dustbin of history, instead of trying to reawaken it."

The iPaper reports the Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation saying private finance is needed to fix the NHS backlog.

But adding further debt to NHS Trusts' finances will only make matters worse.

If you agree, sign our petition: weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...

Public trust Keir Starmer far more than Farage to keep NHS free – poll - LabourList Keir Starmer is far more trusted with members of the public to keep the NHS free at the point of use than Nigel Farage

"Free at the point of use" is not the bar

People voted for this Labour government to defend patients not profits

e.g.
🏥reinstating the NHS as a fully public service
🏥saving £10 million a week by ending outsourcing
🏥ending all private finance deals

labourlist.org/2025/10/star...

„…has found that Israeli military units committed “many hundreds” of potential violations of U.S. human rights law in Gaza that would take the State Department “multiple years” to review“

Graph of how couples met from 1930-2024

Thinking about those 0.01% of couples in 1981. The true early adopters.

COVID 💉age criteria:

💉65+
Of these 9 countries, 8 recommend COVID-19 vaccination for all aged 65 and above:
✔️United States
✔️France
✔️Canada
✔️Australia
✔️New Zealand
✔️Japan
✔️Germany (technically 60+)
✔️Italy (60+)

💉75+
Only one country of these 9 recommends COVID-19 vaccination for 75 and above:
❌UK

Graphic showing a laughing Nigel Farage - above are the words Lib Dems defeat Farage's plan to undermine our Human Rights

Liberal Democrat MPs just defeated Nigel Farage’s Bill in Parliament to tear up people’s rights and withdraw from the ECHR.

Farage wants to do away with the Britain Churchill built and turn it into Trump's America. We won't let him.

Ending EU free movement a ‘disaster’ for Britain, says Green Party’s Zack Polanski The party’s new leader calls for the migration pact to be reinstated as he sets out his stall on Brexit.

The end of free movement of people with the European Union has been a “disaster” for the UK that should be urgently reversed, new Green Party leader Zack Polanski told POLITICO — in his first major intervention on EU policy.

Zack Polanski wants to renationalise Water, have a wealth tax and fully fund our NHS

Nigel Farage wants to deport innocent people, whip up racism and transfer more wealth to the super rich.

Yet Centrists are trying to make us think they are the same.

Mounting a resolute defence against the far right on immigration is necessary but not sufficient. We need aggressively pro-immigration voices - like this - in UK politics. Actively welcoming migrants is morally right and better for everyone. Make that case and put the bigots on the defensive.

Blimey! Green Party now polling in FIRST for all voters under 50 YouGov’s latest polling shows a collapse in support for Labour and the Tories, stagnation for Reform… and historic highs for the Green Party.

@yougov.co.uk latest has @greenparty.org.uk and @zackpolanski.bsky.social polling in FIRST for all voters under 50

YouTube video by Hugo Harvey Zack Polanski on His Vision for British Culture

youtu.be/1F0wk6m2-7s Zack Polanski on His Vision for British Culture
YouTube video by Hugo Harvey

#JewsAgainstGenocide ✡️

Hackney synagogue calls on Zack Polanski to suspend Green councillors who ‘rallied against Israel’ - The Jewish Chronicle An extraordinary meeting of the council, called to discuss a motion to cut all ties with ‘Israel’s genocide’, led to an ‘inflamed’ debate

My comment? I'm proud of Green councillors who are doing everything they can to bring attention to stopping the genocide.

www.thejc.com/news/uk/hack...

and now with added bar charts showing number of actions per month by domain. Clear massive growth in recent months in "violating democratic norms", "suppressing dissent", and "Nationalism"

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

Looks like the science community has found a home.
academic.oup.com/icb/article-...

BUMPER episode just recorded with @chrischirp.bsky.social on what lessons we can learn from the violent destruction of American democracy in order to protect our own - right now.

Coming first thing tomorrow. Make time for this important conversation.

There is such a thing as 'settled science' — anyone who says otherwise is trying to manipulate you How bad-faith arguments sow doubt by weaponizing scientific humility.

“Science is never settled” sounds reasonable—but it’s often a rhetorical trick to undermine consensus on issues like vaccines or climate change.
Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
www.livescience.com/...
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YouTube video by Page75 Investigates REQUIEM FOR PROTEST

On 4 October 2025, Trafalgar Square saw the Lift The Ban protest, where hundreds were arrested for showing support for Palestine Action after the government banned it under terrorism laws. 1/4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3xf...

Letter to the Chancellor - page 1

Letter to the Chancellor - page 2

The hospitality sector is under threat. Ahead of the November Budget, I have joined other MPs to urge the Chancellor to act now to protect an industry that employs millions nationwide, provides vital spaces for connection, and creates a vibrant local life here in Norwich.

Screenshot of Financial Times article with the headline: CKI calls for Thames Water renationalisation after 'high risk' creditor plan

What an absolute cluster.

Private companies in effect alleging the Thames Water bidding process is rigged. Who’d have guessed!

Ministers should just fess-up. This charade has never been about the public interest.

It was always about keeping water in private hands at any cost.

Clean, affordable water belongs to all of us. But public ownership is being blocked by misleading figures.

Can you ask the Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people, not profiteers, first?

actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

Why isn't my government in favour of public ownership of water?

I don't mince my words answering this and many of your most pressing questions on water.

Watch the full video: youtube.com/watch?v=s3Lb...

Support the campaign: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...

"You would be forgiven for thinking this amount must be based on what a person needs to get by in the UK today. That would be logical for our social security system. But you would be wrong."

🗣️ Hear from our Principal Policy Adviser @katieschmuecker.bsky.social for @bigissue.com

📢1 day to go!

What: #ScotlandDemandsBetter march & rally

Where: Edinburgh, assemble at the Scottish Parliament from 10am and then march onto The Meadows

Who: Everyone demanding a decent and dignified life free from poverty.

Why: Because change happens when we stand together and demand it