Patricia Brayden
@patriciabrayden.bsky.social
Recently retired Consultant in Palliative Medicine, working out what to do next, but currently enjoying having more time to travel, read, walk and cook, while trying not to get too upset about politics. Sto imparando l’italiano
The rush to speculate that asylum seekers are responsible for every crime in the news is a sort of opportunistic informational terrorism. Until it’s disproved it stokes fear and hatred. When it is disproved there are no adverse consequences and they know that they only have to be lucky once.
To be fair, you honestly can’t say that Enid Blyton isn’t prepared to move with the times.
The Times - which has v much joined in the rightwing clamour to reduce immigration - now reporting that Mahmood’s “success” has cost the economy £4- to £7Bn. Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all. There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.
Damage control: me on Trump-Burnham meeting (translated version) "Trump is increasingly delusional and disconnected from reality. Unfortunately, since the US political system and Constitution are in crisis, we in Europe must manage the situation as best we can." www.adnkronos.com/internaziona...
Burnham-Trump, oggi incontro a New York: i temi sul tavolo e l'analisi
Portes (King's College) analizza il primo incontro in presenza tra i due leader a New York
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RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at Sea
The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions.
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Well that was unexpected #emergencyalert #don’tstartfires ‼️🚨
“No one has the moral authority to sell what they merely hold in trust for the next generation.” Well said UEFA 👏
Nadine Batchelor-Hunt@nadinebh.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis statement by UEFA on FIFA attempting to sell off the World Cup gave me goosebumps, what a statement - the beautiful game deserves no less “As so long as Europe has a voice, it will never be for sale.”
"And the prime minister's car just driving up the Mall now, all four wheels on the ground, propelled possibly by an internal combustion engine, Keir Starmer and Lady Victoria no doubt in the back, continuing to respirate and draw oxygen into their lungs, on this unusually sunny..."
The only entertaining thing about this halftime ‘entertainment’ is the comments on here #WorldCupFinal
Many reasons to love the ebullient and talented Kylian Mbappe. This is top of my list.
Brett Coughlin@coughlinbrett.bsky.social · 3mo agoKylian Mbappé #WorldCup
He doesn’t think FIFA is corrupt enough so he’s challenging Infantino?
Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · 3mo agoNEW: Nigel Farage to give statement on “my future in public life” at 2pm
UEFA: "We express our disbelief at such an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision" FIFA and Infantino's brazen corruption has made a complete mockery of the best sporting competition in the world Absolutely shamelessly pathetic
Has FIFA told us what the final score in Monday’s USA v Belgium game is going to be yet?
Taking a wicket immediately after receiving a standing ovation for your retirement is the most Ben Stokes thing ever. England Cricket legend. We will miss him so much.
Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
++BREAKING++ Leading climate scientists in the UK have written to senior editors in broadcast media - and OFCOM and IPSO: "To express our concern about recent media coverage of extreme weather, climate change and net-zero and to urge you…to inform public audiences of the scientific links"
So nice to see politicians who want to improve lives, not get rich
Barack Obama@barackobama.bsky.social · 4mo agoMichelle and I loved reading to this bright group of kids today! We hope this new Chicago Public Library branch at the Obama Presidential Center will be a place where folks come to read, check out books, and connect with one another for years to come.
Today is World Refugee Day. Here’s a poem called ‘Refugees’.
