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Charlotte Barlow

@charlottebarlow.bsky.social
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Neuro Critical Care Nurse. Passionate about the NHS, equality, and the environment. Neurodivergent. Socialist. Feminist. She/her.

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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
So pleased to see @zackpolanski.bsky.social demanding the Government’s suppressed then redacted report on ecosystem collapse be published in full. People can’t prepare for what they don’t know - concealing this report is unforgivable #WildSummit
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Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full
Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Hard to think of a more deeply damaging start to Burnham’s premiership than giving green light to new oil & gas in N. Sea, if true. It won’t lower bills or lead to greater energy security but will drive an even hotter planet. What a terrible signal to give to rest of the world #ClimateVandalism
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Andy Burnham will announce plans for new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea when he becomes prime minister on Monday, the BBC has been told. The announcement will form part of a flurry of policy m...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Nigel Farage is a grifter. He always has been and he's continuing to grift. He knew he was heading towards a byelection anyway so has pulled the trigger early. The people Vs the establishment?! Reform are literally part of the establishment.
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Charlotte Barlow @charlottebarlow.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Amazing news! Cervical cancer deaths of 20-24 year olds in England down to ZERO thanks to a vaccine. BBC News - Risk of dying from cervical cancer before 30 'close to zero' after HPV vaccine rollout - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #VaccinesWork
Bar graph from BBC News (link in main text). Deaths of women aged 20 to 24 in England in each five year period. 25 in 2000-2004, 16 in 2005-2009, 27 in 2010-2014, 5 in 2015-2019, and 0 in 2020-2024. Source: Peter Sasieni, Milena Falcaro, The Lancet.
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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 27/04/2026
🚨| New RCN analysis shows demand for community mental health services has grown more than twice as fast as the nursing workforce. Now, half of community mental health nurses say patients are now frequently coming to harm because of overwhelming caseloads. (1/3)
Speech bubble with the text: "With too few staff, overwhelming caseloads and excessive admin, community mental health nursing teams are caught up in a perfect storm." Below is the name "Professor Nicola Ranger, RCN General Secretary & Chief Executive." Royal College of Nursing logo at the bottom.
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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
So much this 👇 Car dependency traps people in a promise of freedom and independence that is in reality being stuck in growing congestion while paying off huge car loans. Imagine if a fraction of spending on cars was invested in affordable, efficient and accessible public transport?
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Charlotte Barlow @charlottebarlow.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The deadline to register to vote for the 7th May UK elections is tonight (20th April) at 23:59. You can register here: www.gov.uk/register-to-...
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Register to vote
Register to vote to take part in elections in the UK. Includes how to get on the electoral register and how to update your address on the register.
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Charlotte Barlow @charlottebarlow.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I work in the NHS with many highly valued colleagues from overseas. Every day they contribute to the wellbeing and safety of our patients and communities. If you have ever worked with, or received care from Internationally Educated Nursing Staff, please raise your voice now using the link below.
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Israel and the US have launched an unprovoked and illegal attack on a sovereign nation during ongoing diplomatic negotiations. We should not allow the UK to be dragged into another American war. We must do everything possible to stop this and uphold peace in the region.
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
US and Israeli strikes on Iran are hugely dangerous: irresponsible, provocative and illegal. Starmer must call out these so-called ‘allies’ - who are acting as rogue states - and use all UK levers to uphold international law.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Pleased to see the jury make this decision. We need to have eyes wide open this is exactly why the Government wants to abolish juries. People protesting against a genocide are not the criminals here - it's the politicians who continue to provide cover. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Palestine Action protesters not guilty of defence firm burglary
The group are cleared of aggravated burglary over the alleged raid at an Elbit Systems warehouse.
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Arthur Webber 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @bernietranders.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Really great to see Zack Polanski talking about a public health approach to drugs on Kuenssberg this morning. The war on drugs failed a long time ago, it’s time to help people who need it, not criminalise them.
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Ali Riley @aliriley.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Many of my colleagues @sheffielducu.bsky.social are 'locked out' for refusing to replace teaching missed during strike. Deductions have already been taken for that action. If you have any cash spare, donations gratefully received so that branch can support members. gofund.me/9b971e2a8
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Donate to Support University of Sheffield striking staff!, organized by Mark Pendleton
I'm the branch treasurer for the University of Sheffield University and… Mark Pendleton needs your support for Support University of Sheffield striking staff!
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The BMA @bma.org.uk · 11/11/2025
"If we want to fix the NHS for patients in the future, we need to ensure that doctors we have trained are able to get jobs, while at the same time we keep the ones we do have by valuing them properly." @bma.org.uk deputy chair @redrunswick.bsky.social speaks about resident doctor strike action.
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Aliza Adi (she/her) @alizaadi.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Some people get hung up on the phrase “pregnant people” But it’s simple: cis women and girls, Trans men and boys, and Nonbinary people can all get pregnant That’s why we use “pregnant people” when fighting for abortion rights We’re advocating for everyone who needs care 👇🏼
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Zack Polanski made a good point on Peston last night that Reform, Conservative, Labour want you to ignore. If you want to reduce immigration you must increase skills training in the UK. You don't just cutoff immigration.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Tackling the cost of living crisis goes hand in hand with tackling the climate crisis. We need food security, insulated homes, and cheap renewable energy.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
The Green Party now has 124,000 members, more than the Conservative Party.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
As if they keep writing all these headlines - and our membership numbers and polling just keeps shooting up. 🚀 Now at 110,000. Over 55% increase in just one month! Lower bills. Fund NHS. Tax the super rich. Join.greenparty.org.uk
Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.Greens who want to save the world by destroying britain
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 14/10/2025
The Green surge is breaking limits! 😲 Together, we can make hope normal again! 💚
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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react... Hard to know what to say really Fortunately Sci Media Centre is on hand.... @sciencemediacentre.bsky.social
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expert reaction to media reports that the Trump administration will link paracetamol to autism | Science Media Centre
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Asylum Matters @asylummatters.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Here's a story that shouldn't have to exist. Senior MPs are spouting so many lies about newcomers to this country that we need long stories like this to correct them Find out the truth about some of the numbers you might have heard here:👇 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Headline from the Guardian newspaper that reads Disputed or debunked claims about migration and crime in the UK
As politicians face criticism for promoting misleading data, here are some claims that do not bear scrutiny
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Starmer translated: If Israel slaughters another 30,000 children I might make them wait a couple more weeks before sending them new weapons meme via Anthony Corella
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Charlotte Barlow @charlottebarlow.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
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Petition: Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza
Act to ensure deliverer of fuel, food, aid, life saving services etc. We think this shouldn't be dependant/on condition of Israeli facilitation as the Knesset voted against UNWRA access to Gaza. We th...
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UK Government Petitions @petitions.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
New petition: "Ban the sale of Israeli products until Israel ends its military actions in Gaza" Deadline 8 January 2026, created by Chris Gleed-Owen #NewPetition
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New petition: Ban the sale of Israeli products until Israel ends its military actions in Gaza
Israel has bombed Gaza, an enclave of over 2 million people, for more than 18 months. Cutting-edge military hardware is harming civilians, with thousands dead and many of the survivors starving. We believe we should act with our wallets and ban the sale of Israeli products in the UK.
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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 13/07/2025
Shame on you @telegraphnews.bsky.social for giving infamous UK anti-vaxer Aseem Malhotra a platform on the very day we learn a child has died of measles in Liverpool. You do understand, don’t you, that it’s exactly this kind of scaremongering that leaves parents so anxious & afraid? Shame on you.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
UK welfare spending "too expensive". Also UK Welfare spending, almost the lowest in Europe.
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Charlotte Barlow @charlottebarlow.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Please sign this petition to ask the government to do more to improve the lives of people with Parkinson's though improved funding and implementation of the "Parky Charter". petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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Petition: Increase funding for people with Parkinson’s and implement the "Parky Charter"
We want the government to take the decisive five steps set out in the Movers and Shakers' "Parky Charter" and to fulfil the Health Secretary’s promises.
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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 09/06/2025
Some "Gender Critical" activists tried to sue people protesting against them screening an anti trans hate film. They LOST The judgement is crazy to read as they talk about me a lot in it! The GCs tried to argue that me giving a talk about all the hate I received from GCs made them feel...
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 09/06/2025
The @freedomflotilla.bsky.social ship 'Madleen' heading for Gaza has been intercepted by Israel in international waters. We must see the immediate and unconditional release of all Madleen crew members. And we desperately need immediate and unimpeded entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza.🇵🇸
The National Article: Labour Government ‘must protect’ UK-flagged Madleen aid ship
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
14 years of Tory austerity. Labour doubling down. It's time for different choices. #BackZack
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Stop the War Coalition @stwc.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Release the Madleen crew immediately, end Israel's genocide now! Palestine Coalition statement on Israel's illigal hijacking of the #MadleenToGaza #FreePalestine #StopArmingIsrael #EndTheGenocide
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Dear Labour: the public want more social housing, NOT a blank cheque for developers to build more luxury homes that only the richest can afford.
Screenshot of a headline reading 'Poll shows voters have huge housing demand amid 'charter for greed' warning'. The subheading says: 'Polling by YouGov found people are three times more likely to want the government to build social housing than encouraging developers to build more private homes.'
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Bottom trawling tears up fragile seabed habitats & harms the life that depends on them. Today’s UK Government decision to ban it in 40+ Marine Protected Areas offers hope: a chance to let our seas recover & life return. 🌊 Let's see Marine Protected Areas live up to their name.
A dramatic aerial view of turquoise waves crashing against rugged cliffs, swirling with energy and white foam. A wild and powerful seascape, alive with motion, this is the marine world we must protect.
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Oil and gas giants have made huge profits for decades while driving the climate crisis. I'm backing the @makepolluterspay.bsky.social campaign to make the biggest polluters contribute their fair share towards tackling the crisis and protecting our communities and economy.
Carla Denyer MP stands alongside two people in front of a banner that says 'Make polluters pay for climate damage.'
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Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Today marks the start of National Blood Donor Week 🩸 The NHS continues to face its worst ever shortage of blood donors. If you have been thinking about giving blood but putting it off, now is the time. Sign up today and book an appointment: blood.co.uk
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NHS calls for 200,000 new blood donors as supplies run low
The health service issued an "amber alert" last year and stocks remain low ever since.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Remember: it’s not endorsements that count - it’s votes. If you want to stand with all the Green councillors & members who’ll be voting for me this summer, join us at join.greenparty.org.uk. Our movement is growing! 💚
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Join the Green Party
Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party with the policies needed to tackle the climate crisis.
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Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The government came to power promising to end the "moral scar" of foodbank use. Analysis out today shows that plans to slash disability benefits could force 440,000 people into relying on one.
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Benefit cuts will force nearly half a million people to turn to food banks
Food banks are already overwhelmed by demand for help. Disability benefit cuts will make it worse, the government has been warned.
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Aliza Adi (she/her) @alizaadi.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
@greenparty.org.uk's @sianberry.bsky.social and @carladenyer.bsky.social are sponsoring an EDM supporting the trans community ✊🏼 Notable that they declare that "there is no such thing as gender ideology, but that term is used to oppose acceptance of trans people" edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
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Support for the trans community - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
That this House celebrates the contribution that the trans community, binary and nonbinary, makes to the UK; recognises that transgender transition liberates trans people to be their true selves; note...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
If the NHS had a million regular donors this would help keep stocks healthy and by donating blood you would truly be one in a million - So please Book an appointment or register today - it’s so easy to do ❤️🙏👇 blood.co.uk
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 09/06/2025
Over 1,000 UK lawyers, academics & retired senior judges, including our founder Jo Maugham, say it’s time for the UK to meet its “fundamental international legal obligations by, among other things, ensuring the urgent, unconditional and unimpeded resumption of aid" to Gaza. lawyersletter.uk
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UK Judges’ and Lawyers’ Open Letter Concerning the Occupied Palestinian Territory - May 2025 - UK lawyers’ open letter concerning Gaza
Download the full letter and Legal Memorandum | View signatories London26 May 2025 We are lawyers, legal academics and former judges who are UK-based or qualified.  We write owing to our deep concern ...
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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Exploring the impact of hostile environment policies on psychological distress of ethnic minority groups in the UK buff.ly/wxowe4t 🧵 THREAD #HostileEnvironment #Immigration #ImmigrationPolicy #Brexit #Immigrants #Racism #Discrimination #Inequalities
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Any politician who wants to ban migration for care homes should be forced to wait 9 hours for the toilet. I imagine pandering to anti-immigration groups would then feel as painful and illogical as it does to disabled and older people left without care workers. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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UK care homes face ban on overseas recruitment under migration plans
Yvette Cooper to announce proposals to reduce net migration in response to growing pressure from Reform UK
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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 11/05/2025
We have a desperate shortage of care workers. This has a catastrophic effect on the NHS too. Labour’s decision to close the care worker visa scheme for overseas recruitment is appalling, kneejerk politics that - yet again - will penalise the most vulnerable. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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UK care homes face ban on overseas recruitment under migration plans
Yvette Cooper to announce proposals to reduce net migration in response to growing pressure from Reform UK
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Douglas Johnson @douglasjohnson.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
The right to protest is fundamental in a democracy. It's great to see the courts agree. Credit to @libertyhq.bsky.social for getting Suella Braverman's unlawful regulations declared to be against the law. www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
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Liberty defeats Government appeal as Court rules anti-protest laws are unlawful - Liberty
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
The Court of Appeal has this week ruled that anti-protest laws which completely ignored the will of Parliament are UNLAWFUL It has not been mentioned on a single news show this morning. If they won’t cover it let’s do it ourselves
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 16/04/2025
On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies. Solidarity 💜 goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
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Support resources for our trans friends and allies | Good Law Project
At a time when anti-trans discrimination is rife and hate crime has reached record levels, it’s important to know what support is out there for trans, non-binary or gender-questioning individuals and ...
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Government needs to instead step up and offer safe and legal routes to pull the rug from the illegal people smugglers. As it stands, many of those with legitimate asylum claims have no legitimate way of reaching the UK - this intolerable situation cannot be allowed to continue.
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