John Spicer
@johnspicer3.bsky.social
GP, med eth, med ed, guitar, refugee from another place
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Bit of a critique here, of the ludicrous editor of Sunday version of@telegraph.co.uk
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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www.theguardian.com/business/202... Eminently sensible comments from @josephestiglitz.bsky.social here Maybe Trump should learn some economics?
Trump’s hypocritical new tariffs are a chance for the world to fight back | Joseph Stiglitz
The president’s pretext of stopping forced labour is only a ruse – he is trying to grab a share of global trade for the US
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Not just the abortion laws of Liechtenstein that are archaic: it’s the monarchy too it seems Other monarchies are available if needed (but they are probably not)
Liechtenstein’s archaic abortion laws need to be modernised. But a prince is standing in the way | Gabriella Alvarez-Hummel
Substantial hurdles are faced by women who have to travel abroad to access abortion, but Hereditary Prince Alois says he will veto any changes, says writer and campaigner from Liechtenstein Gabriella ...
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Bad start to the day listening to #ziayusuf on #today @reformuk.bsky.social does scrape the barrel when putting up people to speak for them
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Oh dear- @reformuk.bsky.social living up their sleazy reputation evidently
‘Stench of sleaze’: Farage struck deal over political return months before 2024 election, reports say
Labour chair accuses Reform of making ‘grubby pacts’ after contradictory reports emerge on timeline of events
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Interesting that @janemartinson.bsky.social has to append her excellent article with all those attributes. Is Musk v Minton Beddoes generally available?
In the battle of Elon Musk v the press, we can’t let truth be the loser | Jane Martinson
The trillionaire Tesla owner has called the editor of the Economist a ‘traitor to the west’ after a clash-filled interview. How should the media respond? asks Guardian columnist Jane Martinson
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The US public is fed up with RFK Jr. To really ‘make America healthy again’, it should look to Europe | Devi Sridhar
Americans are dying younger than Europeans, despite being the wealthiest people on the planet. Wellness fads won’t change that, says public health expert Devi Sridhar
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www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... @reformuk.bsky.social has always been dodgy Now they are proving it…
‘Reform are up to their neck in sleaze and dodgy money’; Labour hit out after Cottrell revelations – politics live
The Labour party released a statement after Robert Jenrick tried to minimise the latest revelations about donations to Reform
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Rarely heard such tosh as that emitted by #suellabraverman on #today What is this illusion of the uniparty ? Why is a @bbc interviewer is on another planet ? She’s a liability, again.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Appropriate takedown of #kemibadenoch and her vacuous policies by @rafaelbehr.bsky.social today Bit hard on our most musical ex PM though who ‘couldn’t hold a tune’ ! @theguardian.com
Suddenly the British right feels a political chill. It’s getting cold in Andy Burnham’s shadow | Rafael Behr
The Tories and Reform had it easy when Keir Starmer was self-destructing – but a new PM with ideas exposes how vacant the opposition has become, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
www.theguardian.com/environment/... Yet another reason to cancel #heathrow expansion
Heathrow expansion would take thousands of jobs from other UK regions, report finds
Airports in England and Wales are likely to lose millions of passengers if third runway goes ahead, DfT economic paper shows
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observer.co.uk/news/opinion... @xaviergreenwood.bsky.social appears outraged at the movie of Odyssey : it ‘might feel real but it’s not’ Just like the poem then ?
The spectacle of Nolan’s Odyssey does not make up for his...
By depicting Matt Damon’s classic antihero through the prism of a modern moral code, the film chooses to just entertain the audience rather than challenge it
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@saqibbhattimp.bsky.social rather snippy on #bbcaq currently He is a #tory though, so goes with the territory
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Such good writing from @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social here. As she implies we need some realism in the discussion about funding #socialcare
My generation shouldn’t be scared of a care tax – we’re paying one already | Gaby Hinsliff
Andy Burnham would need to sell it to people like me. The right will call it a ‘death tax’ – why not a service for ageing well, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Some apposite warnings from @nixonsimon.bsky.social here on @conservatives dangers to #echr
Nobody in Europe knows or cares what Kemi Badenoch thinks. That’s a big mistake | Simon Nixon
The opposition leader wants to pull the UK out of the ECHR, wrecking treaties from the Good Friday agreement to the Gibraltar deal, says economics commentator Simon Nixon
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"But then, like many others, he made the decision to abandon his previous ideals, to bury the patriotism that was once so important to him, and to become, instead, a loud, opportunistic collaborator." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Quintessential Politician of This Era
The late South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham made a mid-career turn to MAGA.
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Few things as nauseating as #honestbob whining on #today
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio... Outstanding natural history broadcasting described in @theguardian.com here Only #bbc could do this stuff, let us remind ourselves
Evolution review – with this TV miracle, David Attenborough’s successor is well and truly crowned
The new BBC documentary is so wondrous and awe-inspiring it will make you feel like a child again – and in Chris Packham, it has a presenter for the ages
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@helensalisbury.bsky.social speaks more truth here : #frailty must be a GP priority. These patients really need the #generalist for all sorts of reasons www.bmj.com/content/bmj/...
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#dannykruger alleged brain of @reformuk.bsky.social defending the indefensible on #weekinwestminster currently Even the commentator @frasernelson.bsky.social doesn't buy this crap
This woman contracted polio as a child about two years before a vaccine became available and spent much of her life in and out of an iron lung to survive. I truly can't fathom anti-vaxxers who seem happy to resurrect these diseases. people.com/the-last-us-...
Last U.S. Polio Survivor in an Iron Lung Dies After the Machine Started to Break Down and They Couldn’t Find Anyone to Repair It
Martha Ann Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient who used an iron lung to survive, died of long COVID at age 78.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... As a non football fan, I had no idea #fifa was such a disgusting organisation
The World Cup has upended the old world order – and despite Trump and Infantino, it still inspires | Simon Tisdall
Even White House interference and Fifa’s greed cannot spoil the celebrations. At last, an arena in which multiculturalism triumphs and underdogs score, says Simon Tisdall, a Guardian foreign affairs c...
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www.theguardian.com/politics/202... @mrjohncrace.bsky.social on the ramshackle outfit that is @reformuk.bsky.social Enough to make you vote for #countbinface
What a week for Daddy Nige and his dysfunctional Reform family
From disciple-in-chief Dicky Tice to Honest Bob Jenrick, Farage really does know how to pick ’em
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this is one of the many small changes Trump is making in his attempt to manipulate the midterms
Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 4w ago🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump Thursday dismissed all remaining commissioners on the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), a bipartisan federal agency created to help states administer elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @pollytoynbee.bsky.social on greed and protecting the greedy
This thinktank exposed fat cats and obscenely high pay. Guess what has happened to it? | Polly Toynbee
The High Pay Centre revealed the excesses of CEO wages. But then anti-diversity winds blew in from across the Atlantic, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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#ziayusuf not doing @reformuk.bsky.social any favours on #today #bbc just now Hectoring, evasive,defending dodgy money etc etc
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Forget @reformuk.bsky.social and #farage My money is on #countbinface !
Farage is likely to win in Clacton but can his credibility survive? | Peter Walker
While the Reform leader casts himself as the victim questions about his finances are unlikely to disappear
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www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Is #farage and @reformuk.bsky.social just too cocky about this stuff? It’s gonna accelerate his decline ….
Fraudster George Cottrell seen at numerous Reform events despite ‘no formal role’ in party
Nigel Farage urged to clarify ‘dependence’ on Cottrell, who also joined Reform leader in Abu Dhabi in December
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