When I was a medical student 45 years ago, I clerked in a 13 year old girl with deep jaundice and an abdominal mass. She was Hepatitis B positive. That had led to a primary liver tumour. In a 13-year-old. She was dead within the month. Avoidable with vaccination.

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The CDC has endorsed ACIP’s decision of revoking universal access in USA to hepatitis B vaccines at birth. The policy had been in place for 34y and was changed despite no new evidence emerging of any risk of vaccination. #HealthPolicy 🧵

Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in jail for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russia influence campaign Gill was paid thousands of pounds to give TV interviews in favour of a key Putin ally and to make speeches in European Parliament, where he was an MEP

Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.

The Sociopath-In-Chief couldn't be bothered to even turn his head in the direction of a man in the midst of a medical emergency who collapsed in his office. Completely incapable of empathy, the EPSTEIN Files can't be released soon enough. 25/47

I hereby declare war on premature Christmassing. Any shop caught doing this before 1st December must be shut down and turned into affordable housing. Choose sanity. Vote Binface. (Photo dated 9th October 2025)

Fonzie was not "cool." Getting old, stuck in a shit small town, hanging around trying to impress younger lads who were literally still at school. Tragic fucking bastard.

Just make it exist first, you can make it good later.

In a previous life, Keir Starmer was in some '70s sitcom playing the role of a dithering, indecisive vicar faffing about on a bicycle.

The UK can’t run out of pounds any more than it can run out of inches or centimetres. In this response to Gary Stevenson, I explain why money is a public good, created by the state, and why it’s wrong to claim the government is broke. youtu.be/2aaKGm9zZlU?...

Why the UK can’t go broke – and why Gary Stevenson shouldn't imply it could

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Here we go again. Sensationalist headlines. Unproven causal links. And unclear migration figures based on shaky proxies. 🧵 Here’s the 2 big problems with the FT's new report… 1⃣They don’t really know how many left. 2⃣They have no idea why they left. 1/6

Wonderful old lady just called. "When I'm in M&S I don't care if it's a woman, man, trans or a furby that serves me. I just want a bra. There are bigger problems in the world. People are starving in Gaza."

The truth about the UK economy and public services youtu.be/rUXA3hsnB8g?... Can growth fix our NHS? Will a booming private sector fund schools and care homes? Rachel Reeves thinks so. I don’t. This video explains why.

The Truth About UK Economy And Public Services Revealed

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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I bet it doesn’t work

Disgusted to see this beautiful landscape ruined by wind turbines.

Every step is a choice. Every mile breaks them down. Only one walks away. #TheLongWalk — Trailer 2 out now. Only in theaters September 12.

One of the biggest problems with the world is that fools are always so sure and certain about everything and intelligent people are so full of doubts and uncertainties.

The mixed economy isn’t flashy, but it works. In a world of market failure, it’s time to rebuild the balance between state and private enterprise. youtu.be/lrQh0_BTneQ?...

Neoliberalism has broken the world: the mixed economy is the thing to fix it

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#booksky

The Phillips TV Test Screen, and what each section means. Images from Wiki

When did you ever hear the BBC stating that it must alter “story selection” and “other types of output, such as drama”, to win the trust of Green voters, or of unrepresented people on the left? All the shifts are in just one direction. bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output

The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party

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“The distance between what is said, and what is known to be true, has become an abyss…The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands - we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest.”

Happy TACO TUESDAY to all those who celebrate! #Yum 😋

This is an image of British Commandos on a approaching Sword Beach on D-Day, 6th June 1944. War is a horrific thing; these men left their loved ones to enter its hellish cauldron. Some never returned. We remember their immense bravery and sacrifices so that they should never be necessary again.

This tweet aged like milk in the sun

just in case you needed to see the bigger picture… these are all galaxies. galaxies with hundreds of BILLIONS of stars and BILLIONS even TRILLIONS of planets and this is just a small portion of the sky. there’s no way we could possibly be alone in this universe.

I regret to inform you that ackman is at it again

I thought I'd got him to stop making that hand gesture, oh well, he knows the rules #noseflag

Incredible scenes on BBC's 'Rich people make housing unaffordable' program. This was a property developers "favourite room" on a property that would make him 33 grand a year. How is this not a crime?

If Keir Starmer understood this one blog post, he could transform the UK www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06... If only Keir Starmer understood tax, he could transform the fortunes of the UK. But he doesn't, and he shows no sign of wanting to do so.

If Keir Starmer understood this one blog post he could transform the UK

As the Financial Times noted yesterday: Sir Keir Starmer has rejected calls from senior Labour figures to fill a growing fiscal hole with big tax rises, warning: “I don’t think you can tax your way to...

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