David Oliver
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NHS Acute Hosp Dr 37 y. GER/GIM. Ex DH Nat Clin Dir. Lapsed Academic. Policy Think Tanker. Ex BGS/RCP Pres/VP Med Journalism. Byline: @BMJ_latest. Columns: health press newspapers. @mjauk Manc-in-South. MCFC. Craic, Schlock, Sharing, Learning, Friends
But "Laughing" already *does* rhyme with "Faffing" Since when has it been "Faaahfing?" www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/a...
No smut, no swearing, wrong-feet wellies and a silly hat: the gentle comedy world of Jimmy Cricket
Having cut his teeth in the holiday camps of the north, the comic bestrode 80s TV with his unthreatening brand of fun, being knighted by the pope in 2015• Jimmy Cricket, comedian known for his ‘And th...
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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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Ceuta was a carnival of anti-migrant content for hateful opportunists on the right – and a lesson for the left | Jonathan Liew
It was framed as a perfect storm because nativists dearly wanted it to be. Looking on, progressives failed to meet the moment too, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
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Good article but refusing formal rather than informal (family) care is hardly "taboo". I and my colleagues see people week in week out who quite openly do just this. I'd say the bigger taboo (in some cultures) is families admitting they can't/won't do it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What if older people refuse help outside the family? This is the taboo that could wreck care reform | Emily Kenway
Many fear losing their independence if they agree to care workers looking after them. Any social care review must take this on board, says Emily Kenway, a social policy doctoral researcher
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'Northern Ireland upbringing shaped my non-tribal politics' - new Manchester mayor. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Bev Craig: 'Northern Ireland upbringing shaped my non-tribal politics'
The Labour politician grew up in Greenisland outside Belfast before moving to Manchester for university.
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Happy to report that the water temperatures have been declining over the past week, dropping us below critical bleaching temps of 30.5C (86.9F) 🌡️📉🥰🪸🌈🌈🐠🐠🪸 #rainbowparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #coralbleaching #coralcitycamera
Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "
It's raining! Not heavily, and it doesn't look as if it'll last long, but it's actually bloody raining. When someone living in South Wales gets excited about rain, you know the climate emergency is real.
And now, a little Vivaldi. Michel Tirabosco, a renowned pan flute player, collaborating with Raphaël Froissart. He is a professor at the Geneva Conservatory. Born with physical differences, he began playing the pan flute at 7 and has achieved international recognition for his skill. #streetmusic
"Dear Diary The launch of our scheme to use the Royal Navy to stop small boats has gone exactly to plan. It is so patently absurd that it is all anyone can talk about, providing the perfect distraction from all our dodgy financial dealings"
I have a similar experience And a similar bubble (only with Health and Social Care and Healthcare Research and fellow Man City fans added in) But also agree that whilst a far more pleasant place than X it does not have the same reach People on X use being on Blue Sky as some kind of insult
Felicity Hannah@felicityhannah.bsky.social · yesterdayI really like my Bluesky bubble because I have mostly recreated my Twitter bubble of journo and thinktank tweeps. However, it is a fun place to post for me - not a professionally valuable place. It needs to become more mainstream to be useful that way. And maybe others don’t want that - but I do.
Ofc she doesn't. She has the IQ of a satsuma.
Pawel Swidlicki@pswidlicki.bsky.social · yesterdayDoes she realise Dunkirk wouldn't have even been possible if French forces had surrendered as opposed to fighting a rearguard action which allowed the BEF to assemble in Dunkirk and the evacuation flotilla to be formed?
Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media
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After five brutal years of Taliban rule, Afghan women and girls need our help – and I have a plan | Gordon Brown
Even in the face of appalling repression, girls yearn to fulfil their educational potential. We must set up a global fund to help them, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown
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What lessons can the NHS learn from international experience? On 26 November, join us to hear about major challenges facing health systems internationally, the policy responses in other countries, and to discuss what lessons they hold for policy and practice in England. Register to join online⬇️
Register now | Common challenges and policy responses: international lessons for the NHS
The NHS in England is under huge pressure. Health needs are growing as more people live longer and with major health conditions. Staff are under significant strain. Funding increases are modest by historic standards and productivity remains below pre-pandemic levels.
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New #BMJResearch: Among patients with tumour lysis syndrome, early rasburicase treatment was associated with about one third lower risk of acute kidney injury requiring kidney replacement therapy or death compared with delayed or no treatment https://bit.ly/4hJ0Hfv
Early treatment with rasburicase and risk of kidney replacement therapy and death in adults with tumour lysis syndrome: emulated target trial
Objectives To examine the association between early rasburicase treatment and acute kidney injury requiring kidney replacement therapy or death among patients with tumour lysis syndrome (TLS). Design...
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🟡 From This Month’s Magazine: The Casino Republic Matt Gallagher explores how the American Dream’s next evolution is selling a ‘permanent underclass’ a route out of a rat race they won’t ever win Read the full story below.
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🟡 From This Month’s Magazine Yes, Androids Do Dream of Electric Sheep By @peterjukes.bsky.social Peter Jukes explores how the hallucinations of AI reveal that machines can never match the power of the human unconscious
Yes, Androids Do Dream of Electric Sheep
Peter Jukes explores how the hallucinations of AI reveal that machines can never match the power of the human unconscious
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📌 ICYMI @nafeez.bsky.social The accountancy firm that administers George Cottrell’s Montenegro company, has invested in a property development with the alleged ringleader of the country’s largest money laundering cartel
Nigel Farage Funder George Cottrell’s Accountant Co-Invested With Russia-Linked Indicted Cocaine Trafficker
The accountancy firm that administers George Cottrell’s Montenegro company, has invested in a property development with the alleged ringleader of the country’s largest money laundering cartel
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Reform Council Leader’s Firm Advised £95 Million Project Which His Own Council Is a Partner In Cllr Paul Mackings' consultancy has advised on the South Tyneside College… https://bylinetimes.com/2026/08/04/reform-council-leaders-firm-advised-95-million-project-which-his-own-council-is-a-partner-in/
Reform Council Leader’s Firm Advised £95 Million Project Which His Own Council Is a Partner In
Cllr Paul Mackings' consultancy has advised on the South Tyneside College relocation since 2021 and his firm gave £111,000 to Reform UK weeks before he stood as a candidate
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🔴 NEW Reform Council Leader’s Firm Advised £95 Million Project Which His Own Council Is a Partner In By @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Read below. ↓
Reform Council Leader’s Firm Advised £95 Million Project Which His Own Council Is a Partner In
Cllr Paul Mackings' consultancy has advised on the South Tyneside College relocation since 2021 and his firm gave £111,000 to Reform UK weeks before he stood as a candidate
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Never underestimate the stupidity of humans. People will still say they didn’t see it.
New bus gate signage 'positive step' but 'proper enforcement' still needed
New signs have been put in place at the North Western Avenue bus gate in Watford, following an eight-year campaign led by councillor Asif Khan.
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