I have seen the dumb men throng to see him

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic A shocking revelation in the #PhysicianAssociates scandal - hold onto your seats

A shocking revelation today in the #PhysicianAssociates scandal

It turns out the Health Secretary is using tax payers money to pay the GMC’s costs in defending the legal action brought by @anaesunited.bsky.social to protect patient safety - an outrageous use of public money youtu.be/T-BDHQop1zk?...

Next week, Nadhim Zahawi's former libel lawyer is being prosecuted by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority for misconduct. It's a public hearing, and anyone can attend, in person or via Zoom.

A quick thread.

#Syria

Musk didn’t invent Tesla, he bought it
Musk didn’t invent SpaceX, he bought it
Musk didn’t invent Starlink, he bought it
Musk didn’t invent “X,” he bought it
Musk didn’t invent Trump, he bought him

“Migrants, illegal or legal, weren’t responsible for austerity. They weren’t responsible for Brexit. They weren’t responsible for Liz Truss’ failure. Because of populist policies in the ‘30s Hitler was elected. If we follow the same blaming of migrants we will go the same way”

#bbcqt

So it turns out they spent £715 million on sending a grand total of FOUR volunteers to Rwanda.

For comparison, this is more than you could expect to spend on building an entire brand new hospital in the UK

A remarkable stat: Heidi Alexander’s appointment as Transport Secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history.

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Stop the cuts to ScotRail ticket offices ✂️
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Petition: Commission a public inquiry into the impact of the UK exiting the European Union Given that it has stated its aim of growing the UK economy, we think the Government needs to quantify the effects of exiting the European Union as soon as possible by setting up an inquiry.

Petition: Hold a proper public inquiry into the continuing impacts and consequences of Britain exiting the European Union
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Yes

No. There was no chance of a Tory winning in my area

Yes

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It is officially Traffic Scotland Gritter Tracker season.

Please appreciate Sled Zeppelin, For Your Ice Only, Sir Andy Flurry, and many more.

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Lovely to see you back presenting

King Charles inherited £650m tax free, gets £125m a year tax free from the tax payer and has an estate worth £22bn that’s never taxed.

But he still needed a 45% pay rise.

Like if he needs a pay cut.
RP if you want the Monarchy gone.

#AbolishTheMonarchy

BREAKING: It has been revealed that instead of paying for the King's coronation, we could have paid the wages of 2,057 nurses last year. I don't know about you, but I think it was worth sending nurses to foodbanks so the rich man could play fancy dress for the day x

Glastonbury and the problems of youth Waiting for Glastonbury tickets on Sunday left me comparing the lives of today’s youth with those of 40 years ago.

Great piece from John Sturgis here about how fucking grim it is for anyone aged 18-40 nowadays.

www.spectator.co.uk/article/glas...

Neil Mackay: How much for the Coronation?! Royals aren’t parasites – they’re vampires It’s common to hear those of a republican persuasion refer to the Royal family as ‘parasites’ on the body of Britain. The comparison is apt…

‘How much for the Coronation?! The Royals aren’t parasites, they’re vampires’

The bill is in for the King’s fancy dress parade. It cost a broken country a minimum £72m

We’re not just being sucked dry, we’re total suckers putting up with this

My Herald column www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

‘Obscene’: Anger after cost of King Charles’s coronation revealed Official figures put the price of the event at £72m but anti-monarchy group Republic says the real cost is likely much more The coronation of King Charles in May 2023 cost taxpayers at least £72m, official figures have revealed. The cost of policing the…

‘Obscene’: Anger after cost of King Charles’s coronation revealed

The Politics of Farage and Reform is No Joke of a Matter – The Established Media Must Learn Its Lessons and Start Holding Them to Account The normalisation of racism and dog-whistles will only get worse if the press continues to treat Farage as an entertaining figure representing the ‘real views’ of the British people – it must stop, wr...

The Politics of Nigel Farage and Reform is No Joke of a Matter – The Established Media Must Learn Its Lessons and Start Holding Them to Account

When did Nurses last store billions of pounds off shore?

When did Nurses last crash the economy by slashing business rates and taxes?

When did Nurses last extract wealth out of public services and sell of contracts to their mates?

Don't you dare try and blame us for your greed and corruption

1/ I’ve become an unofficial evangelist for Bluesky. (I don’t work here.)

As a former dir of product mgmt @Twitter, I’m impressed w/ the innovative and courageous choices Bluesky has made.

They’ve come up with a better way to do social media.

Some have asked me how I explain this outcome.

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Tories - we’ll systematically underfund health, education, law & order & break ties with our closest/largest trading partner! People will literally die! k?

Rich ppl - fine

Labour - everything, predictably, has gone to sh*t. We’re gunna need you to pay a bit more tax. K?

Rich ppl -

Starmer under fresh pressure over Brexit as tens of thousands back calls to rejoin EU Exclusive: Sir Keir Starmer will likely see MPs debate the call in the Commons after 35,000 voters signed the petition in just three weeks

"Keir Starmer under fresh pressure over Brexit as tens of thousands back calls to rejoin EU"

This is an article about the petition, now on 35,000. You can sign here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.

I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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'Donald Trump's Election Means Reversing Brexit Is Now More Urgent Than Ever' For the sake of Britain, Europe and humanity, it’s time for us to get back with the European team, argues Mike Galsworthy

“For the sake of Britain, Europe and humanity, it’s time for us to get back with the European team”

Me for Byline Times (@bylinetimes.bsky.social) on what Trump’s election means for US-UK-EU relations.

I help people have as good a death as possible

I could watch Kemi Badenoch all day. The gulf between what she is & what she thinks she is could not be wider...