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Retired GP. Woke and proud to be. Empathy for fellow humans. Passionate about the NHS #BLM #FBPE #Rejoin🦋🦋🦋
What is so important to the ultra-rich that they must seize and destroy the world's resources, hold down wages and crush organised labour, capture politics to reduce the tax they pay, fund the far right to stifle democracy? Here's an answer. A Hermes Birkin 35 Diamond Bag. On sale for £449,555.68
Can any of my learned folk here make sense of what is written on the chalk board?
The fallout from the collapse of this glacier - a torrent of mud surging down the valley - killed hundreds of people. Gone, in a flash. Those people were wiped out by anthropogenic climate change. Our governments are simply not responding quickly enough to this disaster which is already upon us.
Nahel Belgherze@wxnb.bsky.social · 12h agoAn incredibly well-timed Landsat 9 pass captured the effects of yesterday’s catastrophic glacier collapse near the Nepal–Tibet border. The event was so massive that it was detected by seismometers around the world.
Our rapid disillusionment with political leaders is treated by much of the media as some kind of pathology. But what I see is these leaders backtracking on their promises, dashing people's hopes and serving the ultra-rich ahead of the rest of the population. Why wouldn't we be disillusioned?
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · yesterdaySo the ultra-rich will continue to own our politics, and our country. Disappointing to say the least. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Great piece from @rafaelbehr.bsky.social, which explains in a much more sophisticated way what I was trying to get at in a post a couple of weeks ago about an equally good piece by @philipstephens.bsky.social (bsky.app/profile/chri...)
Rafael Behr@rafaelbehr.bsky.social · yesterdayUS global power was built on alliances. Trump is burning them all and now he is running out of diplomatic (and ballistic) ammunition www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I'm so bored with this. If Burnham, like Starmer, thinks Labour's 'red lines' are unmoveable for political reasons then, ok, I understand that. But to then keep pretending there is some 'ambitious' deal possible that will discernibly increase UK growth is just absurd. www.ft.com/content/4ec5...
Andy Burnham pledges to ‘take pressure off’ business ahead of October Budget
Prime minister tells the FT that he will not tax wealth creators out of the UK but stresses need for social responsibility
ft.com
So the ultra-rich will continue to own our politics, and our country. Disappointing to say the least. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
theguardian.com
We’re going to hear about how everyone loved Dolly, and that feels true. But it’s good to remember, and to her credit, that she was attacked for her AIDS activism, her vaccine advocacy, her LGBTQ+ support and even, more recently, for her reading initiatives. She ALWAYS stood firm when it mattered.
“Its 2017 report on the impact of Brexit warned that the UK would need to invest in skilled workers in the construction industry, but that has failed to happen.” How Brexit and dumb-arse “red lines” continue to stop us in our tracks and stifle growth. Mad. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit skills crisis puts Burnham’s council house building pledge under threat
Exclusive: A lack of skilled workers and the impact of millions not being able to work here since Brexit means more than 200,000 EU workers have left the industry
independent.co.uk
90% of England’s water industry owned by foreign investors, often holed up in tax havens. Customers treated as cash cows £88.4bn paid in dividends since privatisation 1 trillion litres of water a year, 20% of household supply, lost to leaks. 41trn lost since privatisation. Investment neglected.
The case for nationalisation of water companies
England’s privatised water companies are leaders of predatory practices. In 1989, the industry was privatised for £7.6bn and had no debts. It joined Chile and a few US states&...
leftfootforward.org
I mean… this is a painful watch. Here we are, Brexit Britain, in our not-so-splendid isolation, being battered on trade, less secure, less reliable, less trusted… just so much less… Canada wants in and we still can’t admit what arrogant, clueless fools we were for throwing it all away.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoMark Carney: "This fall we will begin intense discussions with the European Union, the world's second-largest economy, to build a much stronger and deeper economic and security partnership"
‘£30 billion lost’: Six major studies confirm Brexit’s HUGE toll on UK economy In 10 days' time, MPs will be summoned to debate the economic impact of Brexit. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
'£30 billion lost': Six major studies confirm Brexit's HUGE toll on UK economy
In 10 days' time, MPs will be summoned to debate the economic impact of Brexit. Let's hope they all have a good read of this...
thelondoneconomic.com
"International borders cannot be changed by force” Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, says the UK will continue to support Ukraine at an independence day ceremony in Kyiv
Brexit increased shortages of doctors, nurses in England: Study www.pharmacy.biz/brexit-docto...
Brexit increased shortages of doctors, nurses in England: Study
The JAMA Health Forum study said the decline in EU-origin health care worker immigration was partially offset by an influx from non-EU countries, but vacancies continue to rise
pharmacy.biz
Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding Aerial footage of an estate in Somerset has revealed the benefits of rewilding land in the face of extreme weather brought about by the climate crisis. The area of the National Trust’s Holnicote estate where rivers have been returned to their natural courses and wetlands have been restored have remained green and lush during the five heatwaves across the summer. In contrast, the surrounding countryside has become parched and brown. Continue reading...
theguardian.com
It’s already a grotesque feeding frenzy of bile and vitriol. Now the Jason Arday story has run its course, the haters can focus on tearing these two to shreds. Way over the top, way off the charts, fanatical hatred. What a sick society.
Alex Hall Hall@alexhh.bsky.social · 7d agoI think it’s big mistake for H and M to return; not because I think they should be shunned, or outcast, but because they and their kids will face an unbearable deluge of abuse. It’s shameful, disgusting and abhorrent, how they are hounded. The haters will kill them. www.bbc.com/news/article...
I've added my name to the open letter calling for a public inquiry into the tragic death of Professor Jason Arday. Will you join me? goodlaw.social/625453
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
goodlaw.social
Remember nose-picker, Iain Dullwit Smith, cheering on thugs in his constituency for vandalising ULEZ cameras? What an idiot. Always on the wrong side of history. Whereas Khan and ULEZ got it right. And put children’s health first. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
11 days ago Jason Arday resigned, saying he was at his limits. The press wrote 188 more articles. 9 days later Jason Arday was found dead. Enough is enough: Demand an urgent inquiry into the role the media had on his death: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
Sign the petition: demand an inquiry into the culture of the press after Jason Arday's death!
Tragically, Professor Jason Arday has died after a vicious and deeply personal campaign of press attacks over the last few weeks. The Government must urgently launch an inquiry into the culture and b...
you.38degrees.org.uk
What is the right-wing vision for a world where immigrants have been deported and public services cut? Care and other services would dry up. The return of living in squalor for those beyond working age? The workhouse? The pauper’s grave?
I think it's key to understanding their worldview that they imagine a world not *without* immigrants, but one in which immigrants' inferiority is permanently asserted and they become a subservient caste. All these people worship the Gulf States.
Jo Wolff@jowolff.bsky.social · 2w agoWhat is the right-wing vision for a world where immigrants have been deported and public services cut? Care and other services would dry up. The return of living in squalor for those beyond working age? The workhouse? The pauper’s grave?
Good piece in capturing some of the ways that Arday became both a symbol and a pawn within what Goodall calls "the ceaseless, airless, brainless culture war".
Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · last wk.Jason Arday and the tragic moral panic machine New piece from me goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/jason-arda...
Disabled people in England will be able to travel by bus for free at any time of day from April 2027. Work and Pensions minister Lillian Greenwood tells #BBCBreakfast it's believed about one million people could benefit from the change
Hundreds of thousands of children would be tipped into poverty and destitution under plans unveiled by Reform UK to slash £50bn a year from the UK benefits bill, campaigners have warned www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Huge number of children would fall into poverty under Reform’s benefits plans, say campaigners
Party wants to cut £50bn from UK welfare bill but charity says proposals would cause ‘horrific levels of destitution’
theguardian.com
Good piece, especially in challenging the line coming from some journalists that all that was going on was justifiable scrutiny. Scrutiny was, amply, justified, but what happened went went way, way beyond that. It's not an either/or of hush-up/accountability. observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
What happened to Jason Arday shows that, for some people, Black achievement will always be suspect
The media frenzy around Jason Arday, who died on Friday, betrays a dark obsession with clicks, views and the culture wars
observer.co.uk
It’s time we sorted out the press. Constant misinformation to protect their donors and fossil fuels is destroying lives and our planet. The Government must step up and stop being cowardly.
What an ironic headline. Hounded in the last weeks of his life, suddenly, “tributes” are pouring in, after his death. A victim of the culture wars between left and right - exploited by both to score points against each other. Sickening. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Tributes paid to Jason Arday after former Cambridge professor’s death
Andy Burnham calls for reflection after ‘a tragedy on so many levels’ in comments echoed by London mayor Sadiq Khan
theguardian.com
My latest, on how the British/global media hounded Jason Arday to death. “Given the history of white media’s key role in terror against Black people, at what point do we call such actions of journalism outlets digital terror campaigns? “ karenattiah.substack.com/p/jason-arda...
Jason Arday's Death and the Age of Digital Racial Terror
What Jason Arday's death by media mob says about the old machinery of anti-Black terror in the algorithmic age.
karenattiah.substack.com
