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Simon Hawthorn

@simon.insanity.tube

Public transport major infrastructure sponsor (for my sins), mountain walker and lapsed archer, ex-charity director, Autistic & ADHD. Unreformed kayaker. Atypical podcaster. Democracy author. Might try and do some more travel soon! He/They 🏳️‍🌈

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Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social · 4w ago

Swathes of UK economy are owned by foreign investors. No tax is deducted from billions paid to them in dividends. USA, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden have a dividend withholding tax for foreign investors. UK could do the same, generate billions. Why are super-rich privileged?

Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions

Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...

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Georgia Harper@mindtheflap.bsky.social · 4w ago

With the final report of the autism, ADHD and mental health review expected soon, here's a reminder of what their interim report actually said. We, as a community, helped bury this by giving all our attention to a misleading Times headline on publication day instead. Let's not do that again.

Rosie (she/her)@airfriedrosie.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Remember Streeting's review into whether young people are being overdiagnosed with ADHD, autism, and mental health issues? Well, the interim report is out, and there's a reason the media are silent on it (spoiler: it proves what a lot of us have been saying all along)

In others, notably ADHD and autism, rising diagnoses and referrals appear to exceed changes in underlying epidemiological prevalence and are likely to reflect a combination of: improved recognition changing help-seeking behaviour institutional incentives pressures within existing service pathways Across both ADHD and autism, best currently available population-based estimates remain relatively stable, while administrative diagnoses, self-identification and recorded service demand have increased substantially. In autism, the evidence also points to particularly rapid growth in identified need within educational systems, including increasing identification among girls and among young people without learning disability.
The Empty City@davidallengreen.bsky.social · last mo.

Political party opposed to the European Convention on Human Rights minded to rely on the European Convention on Human Rights before the the European Court of Human Rights.

Andrew Cutting@andrewcutting.coe.int · last mo.

Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick says Reform UK is prepared to take the government to the European Court of Human Rights, reports the Daily Mail👇 🔗 www.dailymail.com/news/article... The European Convention on Human Rights protects us all.

Simon Hawthorn@simon.insanity.tube · last mo.

A slower start to today - we may have stayed up until the early hours - and I headed into Basel for coffee and a wander around. On my way in I stopped to see this old city gate with the huge wooden doors still in situ. This is St. Johanns-Tor, one of three remaining medieval city gates.

St. Johanns-Tor a medieval tower and gateway Tower and clock Tower and gateway Big wooden door
Freda Wallace She/Ra@missfreda.bsky.social · last mo.

The polling company JL Partners featured in tonights Channel 4 News Exposé on Reform is the same one used by Sex Matters and LGB Alliance . JLP are linked to American Christian investors that hope to shape UK policy.

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Simon Hawthorn@simon.insanity.tube · last mo.

Another day and another trip. Starting from Basel St Johann again, a quick TER up to Basel SBB - coffee acquired - and aboard the IC763 towards Chur. A Giruno this morning, it's a Stadler SMILE set. I've done this route as far as Landquart quite recently (to Burning Mountain) so it feels familiar.

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