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Louise, Prof/Dr

@louiselocock.bsky.social

Mostly retired qualitative health services researcher, linguist, europhile, cat lover. Other animals welcome. Mostly in Oxford, occasionally in Aberdeen I block if you have no bio or posts She/her https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8109-1930

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Louise, Prof/Dr@louiselocock.bsky.social · 4h ago

Interesting media analysis on rural and coastal cancer inequalities pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42378953/

Media representations of rural and coastal cancer inequalities in the UK: A 10-year retrospective place-based analysis - PubMed

Place-based inequalities in cancer care are well documented across the UK and internationally, yet the extent to which mainstream media represents these disparities remains unclear. This study provide...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Louise, Prof/Dr@louiselocock.bsky.social · 11h ago

'The Conservative leader said what Joshua Bonehill-Paine did in the past was “appalling and abhorrent” and he should not be given a “national platform”. But she said it was fine for him to become a councillor because they only deal with things like “parking and putting out bins”.'

Patrick Andelic@pkandelic.bsky.social · 11h ago

“We’re allowing this former neo-Nazi to stand but only because local councillor is a fake job that we don’t respect.” Lol, top work, exceptional strategery.

Louise, Prof/Dr@louiselocock.bsky.social · yesterday

If anyone is still in doubt as to just how nasty the Raise The Colours campaign had been, see this. I am mighty glad that @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social has succeeded in taking legal action to stop them.

Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · yesterday

Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

Flags on the Abingdon Road
Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · yesterday

Trains from Oxford to Didcot and Paddington are being disrupted due to leaves on the line, except in this case the leaves are still attached to the tree. One line is still passable, but Network Rail warns disruption will be long-lasting since “the trunk has become entangled in lineside equipment”.

David Thompson@djt1million.bsky.social · 2d ago

I'm coming to the conclusion that there is something fundamentally wrong with all of the Tech Bros. They talk of BlueSky being a 'bubble', its users find it a safe haven for civilised discussion yet that is somehow not allowed, it doesn't feed the outrage machine they make their $$$'s from I guess.

Sean Jones KC@seanjones.org · yesterday

Paul on point as usual. I’ve seen this over and over since I got online in 1991. A conferencing platform/blog site/social medium turns away from trying to serve its users and decides to get a different user base instead and then, presto hey, the goose bleeds out.

Paul Bernal@paulbernal.bsky.social · 2d ago

The new CEO of Bluesky wants to change Bluesky from being a leftist bubble. The thing is, there’s nothing wrong with being a leftist bubble: the idea that everything has to be all-encompassing and suitable for everyone is a trap. 🧵 1/4

@teawithflorence.bsky.social · 3d ago

This is awful and just such an unforced error and so petty. The department made the mistake, they just need to suck it up and regularise the person's situation. You can't mess with people's lives like this. EU citizens in UK get letters telling them post-Brexit residency rights were given ‘in error’

EU citizens in UK get letters telling them post-Brexit residency rights were given ‘in error’

After years of building lives in UK, potentially thousands of EU citizens could be told they have no right to remain

theguardian.com

Sarah Murphy@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 4d ago

It just keeps on coming… Farage struck deal to return as leader long before Sunak called surprise 2024 vote, so his claim that he wasn’t involved in politics when he got his £5million “gift” is, of course, another grubby lie. The man is garbage. Grifting, lying, cheating garbage. (Sunday Times)

Farage struck deal to return as leader long before election Reform chief had insisted he was not involved in politics until Sunak called surprise 2024 vote Extracts; Nigel Farage struck a secret deal to return as Reform UK leader months before the general election. Farage negotiated the pact with Richard Tice, then the leader, in March and April 2024. George Cottrell, the convicted fraudster who had been secretly bankrolling Farage, supervised the discussions. Under the terms of the deal, Reform agreed to repay or write off more than £1 million in outstand ing loans it had taken from Tice's company upon Farage becoming leader. The deal was first presented by Farage and Cottrell to the party's treasurer in mid-May. Its existence undermines the Reform leader's claim that he had no intention until June 2024 of returning to politics. Farage has used this to defend his failure to declare donations made to him in the year before he was elected as an MP, which triggered two parliamentary investigations. Last night, Reform sources acknowledged the existence of the deal but insisted it had been drafted for if, not when, Farage became leader. Asked why he would have signed such an agreement if he had no intention of returning as leader, they said it kept his options open. They said Farage had assumed he would focus his energies on campaigning for Donald Trump in that year's US presidential election. Farage has claimed repeatedly that he did not need to declare a £5 million gift from the crypto--billionaire Christopher Harborne or in-kind benefits from Cottrell, as he was a media personality at the time. MPs must declare any benefit in any way connected to their "political activities" received in the 12 months before their election. He told the "anti-woke" Trigger-nometry podcast last month: "At that period of my life, from 2021 to the third of June 2024, I was a broadcaster… I was somebody that promoted financial market products, I was an influencer, I wasn't in politics."
The Bear@bearlypolitics.co.uk · 4d ago

Oh no. Wealthy people who only wanted to live here because they weren’t paying the same tax as everyone else are leaving because they might have to pay the same tax as everyone else. How will I cope with this turn of events? Anyway. 💅

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@paulcamislairy.bsky.social · 4d ago

Privatisation does not work, that UEFA know this but no UK government in 40 years has worked it out is staggering.

Isabel Rogers@isabelrogers.bsky.social · 6d ago

Can't be the first to say this, but (and yay UEFA - brilliant) this works equally well if you swap out "football" for maybe "water" or "a stable climate". Look at me being the revolutionary socialist. "No one has the moral authority to sell what they merely hold in trust for the next generation."

The moment external investors acquire ownership interests in FIFA competitions, football changes forever. Commercial return becomes a permanent obligation. Investor expectations become a daily pressure. From that moment onwards, every decision on the international calendar, every decision on competition formats and every decision shaping the future of football is no longer driven by what best serves the game, but by what best serves shareholders. This model has no place in world football. Football's future cannot be dictated by the expectations of those whose first duty is to maximise financial return. Nor can the interests of national associations, leagues, clubs, players and supporters become subordinate to investor returns. Football cannot mortgage its future for financial gain. Europe's position is clear. We will never lend this model our legitimacy. No one has the moral authority to sell what they merely hold in trust for the next generation.
Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 5d ago

Notably Reform only got just over half the second prefs from Tories and Restore. Labour got almost three quarters of second prefs from Greens/Libs. Right more split than left.

Louise, Prof/Dr@louiselocock.bsky.social · 5d ago

This would suggest that some Tories must have lent their second vote preference to Labour. (I'm assuming that most Greens and Lib Dems would have done so, but that still falls short of Bev Craig's eventual 66.3%)

Election Maps UK@electionmaps.uk · 5d ago

Greater Manchester Mayoral By-Election Result: 🌹 Craig | LAB: 47.2% ➡️ Astley | RFM: 21.0% 🌍 Coggins | GRN: 12.2% ◼️ West | RES: 8.7% 🌳 Eckersley | CON: 7.7% 🔶 Kilpatrick | LDM: 2.2% 🙋 Farmer | Ind: 0.6% 2nd Round: 🌹 Craig | LAB: 66.3% ➡️ Astley | RFM: 33.7% Labour HOLD.