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submitted 11 days ago • 654 comments

Such an important & timely piece of research interrogating the evidence base for the safety of physician associates in the NHS. (TL:DR worryingly thin with widespread & significant gaps.) Thank you, @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social #LengReview www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/workfor...

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

When will Govt learn you can’t out-Reform Reform - you end up simply legitimising their toxic narrative. To see off populists, Labour needs to invest in public services & local communities, making a real difference to people’s lives - levy a wealth tax & use it to improve people’s lives now

submitted 20 days ago • 164 comments

A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people. Sound efficient? HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social

submitted 32 days ago • 31 comments

Despite what they tell you, no matter how hard they try, the film clip doesn’t lie…

submitted 35 days ago • 48 comments

Can the government instead try to be world beating, world leader, world’s number one, world’s best, world’s greatest, in healthcare, improve welfare state and other social responsibilities?

submitted 42 days ago • 3 comments

Britain's economy is tanking again. I wonder if it's because people have no money. Maybe instead of transferring wealth into the accounts of billionaires, who then funnel it into property and offshore accounts, we should try to increase the wealth of workers? Maybe? I dunno.

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

Curse of Private Equity PE has devoured water companies, transport systems, communications networks, power providers, schools/hospitals through the PFI scheme. Govts are handing GP surgeries, dental services & the NHS to it. Result will be the same. Govts serve money not people. archive.ph/N5eKT

submitted 54 days ago • 43 comments

Yes, I’m afraid it’s true sir, they have belittled the honours given too political giants like Williamson, Mone, and Coffey, by bestowing a knighthood on that fellow Sadiq Khan. Nepotism sir, no doubt about it.

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

Since 1980 over $20tn of Oil and Gas has been removed from the UK. And I say removed because you got sweet FA. This is because Margaret Thatcher sold it to her mates so the profits could go the billionaires and not to you We should be richer than Norway, instead we are in debt

submitted 59 days ago • 35 comments

I need to repost this. Watching mayhem unfold in US courtesy of Elon Musk, he shd not be allowed anywhere near British politics. But, it’s also the broader principle- hostile foreign actors shd not be able to fund British parties of any political persuasion. In US, foreign contributions are banned.

submitted 63 days ago • 5 comments

They are laughing at us. Yorkshire Water CEO defends plans to increase bills by 41% after collecting £371,000 bonus. Bonus for what - dumping sewage, paying dividends, increasing debt, financial engineering, neglecting investment, fleecing customers? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 68 days ago • 73 comments

Goldman Sachs analysts : The money men saying the quiet part out loud Curing patients may not be a sufficiently profitable enterprise for biotech companies. Chronic disease is a far more beneficial business model www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...

submitted 69 days ago • 742 comments

Conservative MPs Want to Scrap Workers’ Rights to Paid Holiday & Annual Leave. If they get their way and we leave the ECHR, this will definitely happen bylinetimes.com/2024/12/17/c...

submitted 70 days ago • 5 comments

EU documents leaked over the weekend show that Brussels is preparing to drive a hard bargain if Starmer really wants a reset: The EU’s demands include a fishing and youth mobility deal as well as UK adoption of EU laws and UK recognition of the ECJ. The EU holds all the cards www.byteseu.com/563634/

submitted 72 days ago • 4 comments

Public anger over water bill rises is justified, says UK environment secretary. Soft words can't hide govt policy failure. Profit motive is the real cause of the crisis. Govt won't nationalise, can't end crisis. Profiteering, sewage dumping will continue. www.theguardian.com/money/2024/d...

submitted 72 days ago • 19 comments

Shared this earlier - knocked it into a more shareable format. Feel free to nick it and share it.

submitted 74 days ago • 11 comments

If Labour had been better with their comms, talking more about inheritance tax changes affecting "landowners" as opposed to "farmers", then nobody, beyond the minority of very large landowners actually affected in real terms by the change, would be sitting on a tractor protesting in London. #r4today

submitted 75 days ago • 20 comments

We don’t need a reset or a strengthening of ties… we need this government to give its head a wobble and then get down on bended knee and plead with the EU to take us back! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 78 days ago • 56 comments

Private healthcare is lobbying Wes Streeting to sign a new PFI deal with them. Time is running out to ask Wes Streeting to say NO. Please add your name to this petition now. #NoNewPFI weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Dear 🇬🇧, Your govt is ignoring the pleas of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine to save lives this winter. Please share to make @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social listen. Demand an urgent meeting with @rcem.bsky.social now. #SOSNHS

submitted 81 days ago • 2 comments

Worried about #ElonMusk buying his way into UK politics? Think we need to take money out of our democracy? Help #DemocracyForSale's people-powered plan to #SafeguardDemocracy by taking this short survey: democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard Please share. Thanks!

submitted 82 days ago • 127 comments

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England water firms push for higher shareholder returns. NO. They picked customer pockets for years, paid high dividends, neglected investment. They charged for sewage disposal, dumped it in rivers. Customers due a refund. Let them go bust. Nationalise. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

submitted 83 days ago • 55 comments

“Yes, it’s a genocide. And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent.” - Amos Goldberg, Israeli Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Location: Parliament Square, London. Read full statement below)

submitted 83 days ago • 38 comments

In 1970 the UK and Norway were roughly equal, almost no debt, and owned all their Public Services. Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt. While Norway still owns everything and has the equivilant per person of £10tn. That's how privatisation 'works'.

submitted 85 days ago • 116 comments

Shouldn't it be possible to have better palliative care AND less protracted dying?

submitted 88 days ago • 13 comments

It’s a bit chilly this morning..

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

Cheer up, there are so many kind people around. It’s not all bad. It’s just that kind people don’t shout.

submitted 92 days ago • 4 comments

What have I been saying for the last 5 years? Deregulated SEZs and Freports are the gateways to privatising the UK. BlackRock will privatise Britain – our housing, education, health, nature and green energy – with our taxpayer money as sweetener. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 95 days ago • 118 comments