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Alex Runswick

@alexrunswick.bsky.social
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Global health advocate, feminist, baker, parliamentary geek, board game fan.

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Alex Runswick @alexrunswick.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
How can international development meet the Makerfield Test? Here are my thoughts on what Andy Burham’s priorities should be including devolution in development. What do you think? results.org.uk/2026/07/21/w...
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What should be in the new PM’s international development in-tray? – Results UK
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Results UK @resultsuk.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
🚨Trading hunger🚨 📄Our latest report ties the prevalence of illicit financial flows in Global South countries to instances of poor nutrition... ...and highlights why the UK Government is in a unique position to stop this trend! results.org.uk/2026/04/07/p...
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Alex Runswick @alexrunswick.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
In this challenging time these photos make me happy. I’m still awed by space travel
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Alex Runswick @alexrunswick.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I’m going to this tomorrow with my @resultsuk.bsky.social friends and colleagues. Hope to see many of you there!
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Alex Runswick @alexrunswick.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The positive spin about doing more with less can’t hide the devastation that these cuts will cause. As a country we can - and must - do better than this. As advocates our job is to make sure that we do.
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Alex Runswick @alexrunswick.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Today the UK Government walked away from directly funding polio eradication, meaning that more children will be paralysed or even die from a preventable disease. It deprioritised education outside of emergency contexts meaning that more children will be denied opportunities and trapped in poverty.
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Alex Runswick @alexrunswick.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I moved into international development because I wanted know that the work I do has a direct impact on people’s lives. That makes days like today, when we learn what the cut in ODA spending to 0.3% really means, even more challenging.
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James Graham @jamesgraham.theliberati.net · 21/02/2026
tl;dr : Nick Clegg’s big idea is that the world should come together and agree to a US-led treaty, convened by Trump, to guarantee an open and free internet everywhere. He doesn’t want it to enshrine US hegemony but it should ensure the US remains “preeminent”. www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog...
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Alex Runswick @alexrunswick.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
My work has just joined BlueSky! I guess I might have to actually start posting 🤣
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Results UK @resultsuk.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
What is Results? Results is a movement of passionate, committed, everyday people. Together we use our voices to influence political decisions that will bring an end to global poverty. 📢 Head to our website to begin your journey as a campaigner! results.org.uk/become-a-cam...
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Become a campaigner – Results UK
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Aktionsbündnis gegen AIDS e.V. @actionagainstaids.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
🎥 Watch @alexrunswick.bsky.social , share why Health Equity matters and how the Global Fund supports it. #HealthEquity #communitiesareexperts #8threplenishment #GlobalFund #NoOneLeftBehind #fundinggapskill
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Alex Runswick @alexrunswick.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The place that gave us our name ❤️ naturally when I visited it was pouring with rain!
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Action for Global Health @afghnetwork.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
💬 “Gavi’s global impact is undeniable” In the wake of the UK’s £1.25 bn investment, Results UK’s @alexrunswick.bsky.social breaks down what this means for #GlobalHealth multilaterals, ODA priorities, and the children who depend on vaccines 👇 results.org.uk/2025/06/26/w...
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What does the UK’s investment in Gavi mean for international development spending? - Results UK
Yesterday, the UK Government announced a pledge of £1.25bn for Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance. This is brilliant news, but it also raises some key questions.
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Action for Global Health @afghnetwork.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
💬 “failure to fund vaccinations is to be an accomplice to murder” – Dr Christopher Kalila, MP, Zambia Read @alexrunswick.bsky.social's Bond article on why, amid a backdrop of aid cuts, a strong UK @gavi.org pledge + continued leadership on vaccines is essential. 👇 www.bond.org.uk/news/2025/06...
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The Gavi replenishment - a turning point for funding health multilaterals? | Bond
For more than two decades, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance has been one of the most cost-effective investments in global health. But following a myriad of aid cuts across the world, it is at risk. How do w...
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Action for Global Health @afghnetwork.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
As @gavi.org's replenishment looms, UK leadership stands at a crossroads: continue its proud legacy of vaccine leadership – or turn away from #GlobalHealth progress. Powerful reflections from @alexrunswick.bsky.social of Results UK on what’s at stake. 👇 www.bond.org.uk/news/2025/06...
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The Gavi replenishment - a turning point for funding health multilaterals? | Bond
For more than two decades, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance has been one of the most cost-effective investments in global health. But following a myriad of aid cuts across the world, it is at risk. How do w...
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GHA EU @ghabrussels.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
🚨 The battle for health justice: addressing rising extremism and the erosion of Human Rights 🚨 Our new paper explores how rising anti-minority movements and global disengagement imperils lives, fundamental rights and decades of progress in global health. Read the paper 👉 : tinyurl.com/46z5e5dk
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Alex Runswick @alexrunswick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
This is a very hard letter to write. Ending a relationship that has lasted over thirty years - and survived many disagreements - is difficult to do. But there is always a breaking point, and this is mine.
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Alex Runswick @alexrunswick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
It is a choice to leave the trans community to fight the bigotry of the culture wars on their own. These are not choices I am willing to be a part of.
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Alex Runswick @alexrunswick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
It is a choice to cut ODA - spending on the poorest people in the world - rather than use frozen Russian assets to fund military support for Ukraine. It is a choice to stigmatise people on benefits and not those who avoid tax.
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Alex Runswick @alexrunswick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Every government has to make difficult policy decisions and faces competing demands for public expenditure. I accept that difficult choices have to be made, but at the end of the day they are choices, and there are always alternatives.
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Alex Runswick @alexrunswick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
As a feminist who has fought not to be defined or limited by my biology, I find the abandonment of the trans community - and trans women in particular - appalling. This is not solidarity; it is scapegoating.
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Alex Runswick @alexrunswick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
As a Disabled person who understands what it is to live in a society that is not built for you, I am hurt and upset that once again we are demonising people on benefits and by further limiting personal independence payments we are confining people to their homes.
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Alex Runswick @alexrunswick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
While I welcome the scrapping of the Rwanda scheme, the continued demonisation and dehumanisation of refugees and asylum seekers in a misguided attempt at appealing to Reform voters, just allows racism to fester in our society.
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Alex Runswick @alexrunswick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I cannot reconcile myself to a Labour Party that cuts spending on Official Development Assistance - already a very small part of the UK budget - but which saves lives and keeps us all safe.
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Alex Runswick @alexrunswick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I struggle to see how the policies enacted by this Labour government live up to these values and can no longer be a member of the Labour Party.
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Alex Runswick @alexrunswick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I was taken on picket lines and protests because building a better society and standing up for other people mattered. Being a member of the Labour Party was a way of expressing solidarity and internationalism, of fighting for the rights of marginalised people.
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Alex Runswick @alexrunswick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I grew up in the Labour movement. My weekends were spent in childcare at political meetings where I made cards for political prisoners, at fundraisers for mining families struggling to survive the strike, and campaigning against apartheid.
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Alex Runswick @alexrunswick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Dear @teamlabouruk.bsky.social & @davidpintod.bsky.social I resigned my membership after more than 30 years today. Here's why I have reached my breaking point 🧵
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Action for Global Health @afghnetwork.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
📢 ICYMI: in our new blog, @alexrunswick.bsky.social of Results UK discusses the importance of immunisation and nutrition integration (INI) ⤵️
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Action for Global Health @afghnetwork.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
💬 "But alongside those fears, there is hope. Her child can be helped." Following the launch of their new briefing at #N4GParis, @alexrunswick.bsky.social of Results UK makes the case for immunisation and nutrition integration (INI). Read here 👉 actionforglobalhealth.org.uk/nutrition-an...
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Nutrition and immunisation: towards an integrated future | Action for Global Health
Alex Runswick, Head of Policy Advocacy at Results UK, makes the case for Immunisation and nutrition integration (INI).
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