Patrick Barlow
@patrick-barlow.bsky.social
Not the actor, the other one
#OtD 5 Aug 1964 the US began bombing North Vietnam in Operation Pierce Arrow, after "intelligence" reported a North Vietnamese attack on US ships. These reports were false. In our podcast episode, Noam Chomsky explains the geopolitics of the Vietnam war: workingclasshistory.com/2018/10/31/e...
11:15am yesterday, our village. Are these the first migrants from Ceuta to reach Dorset? A number of young lads in Cub Scout uniforms leapt out of a minibus & invaded Jill’s shop. They had no idea what Apple Cobbler was and taunted Simple Sally with their woggles. Deport. Now.
Lee Anderson showing his tender side: “Here’s 30p son, treat yourself to a slap up meal.”
If English isn't a doctor's first language then they are required by the GMC to have an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) of at least 7.5/10 in order to be registered. NMC and HCPC require 7/10, so once again they're creating an problem that doesn't even exist
Burnham's donors have a history of racism and support for Israel. Behind the faux outrage of the Zionist lobby, the new Prime Minister is seen as a safe bet.
Burnham's donors have a history of spouting Zionist racism
Burnham's donors have a history of racism and support for Israel. Behind the faux outrage of the Zionist lobby, the new Prime Minister is seen as a safe bet.
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This morning I was joined by a firefighter, a medic, a former soldier and Chris Packham to call on the government to act now. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Zack Polanski demands fossil fuel giants pay for firefighting helicopters
The Green Party leader says the companies are ‘profiting from fuelling these infernos’
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The Palestinian Prisoners' Media Office reports that imprisoned physician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital, recently suffered multiple fractures after being brutally assaulted by Israeli prison guards at Rakevet Prison. Source: Quds news network
"Grocers are already bringing in more products from abroad because of the poor conditions at home" But the time is coming - soon - when countries will hold onto their own And the UK imports getting on for half its food www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Farmers warn shoppers face smaller and more expensive vegetables due to hot weather
This year's harvest could be the worst on record due to the exceptionally dry spring and summer.
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Spaghetti with Chard, Chilli and Anchovies was Recipe Of The Day on Monday and I failed to let you know. What a nincompoop! I’m making up for it now, as it’s just too good to miss. www.nigella.com/recipes/spag...
Spaghetti With Chard, Chilli and Anchovies
This is the very first recipe in Cook, Eat, Repeat, and one I return to regularly. There is just something about the contrast between the semolina-sweet spaghetti, minerally chard, and the saline dept...
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After yesterday's infographic, this seemed the next obvious one to write. I used AI tools when writing this post, including a spell checker. I also used 50 years of experience writing about these issues. The drawing was the smallest part of all that, and I had no budget to do it any other way.
TIGERS INTERNATIONAL HONOURS BOARD: No. 11 Ken Wood was the 11th player to represent Leicester in international rugby. Although never playing for England, he was capped twice on the 1910 Lions tour to South Africa.
Graves. Mosques. Beehives. Greenhouses. This is the destruction left behind by Israeli settlers after one week of attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. 🤬🇮🇱♾️🤬🇮🇱♾️😢
UK harvest on track for historic lows after drought and heatwaves desiccate crops – new analysis 2026 likely to be one of the 5 worst harvests since 1984 4 out of 5 of worst harvests on record occurred this decade after periods of extreme weather made worse by climate change
Morning all Smoke-Stack, Slaithwaite, Yorkshire, England. Photographer Michael Kenna, 1984.
Today over 3500 GPs will have qualified to join the workforce There is a huge problem, there aren’t enough jobs, the DHSC & NHSE are failing to fix GP employment They have cut GP practice funding by 20% in 10yrs @andyburnham.bsky.social @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social your issue to fix now
New old sayings about the weather The new Private Eye is out now.
Released 60yrs ago today — one of the greatest Albums ever made. THE BEATLES REVOLVER (1966)
In other news, Labour plan to water down net zero targets.
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21h agoWe need to act now.
For many years, this hawthorn grew alone in an open landscape. Now a young species-rich rainforest ecosystem is building all around. Nature loss isn't inevitable: it *can* be reversed, through rewilding.
Pretending that the Navy taking back migrants would be a humanitarian mission and therefore legal, is a bit like pretending that a £5 million bribe is nothing to do with politics and therefore doesn't need to be declared.
Dennis Waterman, Queen of England (18 July 1553 - 17 November 1558)
A&E handles approximately 70,000 cases a day GPs have increased capacity by 200,000 more appts per day since the pandemic to 1.5million The relative numbers are crazy Yet this is done with a reduction in funding Hospitals have been made inefficient by cuts in capacity No beds no flow
Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · yesterday#OtD 4 Aug 1792 radical Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was born. His most famous poem, penned after the Peterloo massacre, ends: "Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number! Shake your chains to earth like dew... Ye are many—they are few!" workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e15-...
If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.
Nostalgic Things@nostalgicthing.bsky.social · 21h agoIf you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.
If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.
RyoXilla@ryoxilla.bsky.social · 21h agoIf you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.
