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Cllr Dr David Nicholl

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Neurologist ;🔶 Libdem District Councillor (Avoncroft Ward). Read & share! www.bmj.com/content/393/bmj.s741 “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” - Dr. Martin Luther King

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WaterBluSky 🇺🇸 🌻 🇺🇦 @waterblusky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Cloudfare: Russian troll activity on X drops to 49%, after Ukraine strikes Yandex Russian data center. 🤖 🫤 Could this disrupt the midterms for the GOP?
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18h
Surprise, surprise. All those cross-wielding Christian Nationalists at the UK’s fascist rallies don’t actually go to church.
theguardian.com
Christian nationalism in Britain driven by people who seldom go to church, says report
Research challenges the notion that the growing visibility of crosses and other symbols reflects a revival of Christianity
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 13h
@greenlibdems.org.uk awaits www.libdems.org.uk/join
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 14h
My interview w/ BBC HW on Friday about botched #christapike execution (&the ethical grounds by which I wouldn’t have discharged from hospital UNLESS death sentence was commuted; #deathrow Pete Hegseth’s idiotic plan to live stream an execution by firing squad
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 22h
Woke up to hear the dulcet tones of a dear friend Bishop of Coventry Sophie Jelley on #r4today (My wife was in the same antenatal group…26 years ago) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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aldtu.bsky.social @aldtu.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Tory tax break for banks has cost UK public purse £6bn, says TUC buff.ly/9Y03jw5 The UK’s four largest lenders – HSBC, NatWest, Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group – have now generated £200bn in pre-tax profits over the past five years @marisharay.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @libdemdaisy.bsky.social
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Tory tax break for banks has cost UK public purse £6bn, says TUC
Exclusive: Chancellor urged to reverse Jeremy Hunt’s tax surcharge cuts to claw back billions in lost revenue
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Bit late
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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 06/10/2026
🚨The government is looking for UK alternatives to Palantir to run the NHS data platform, the FT reports. This follows a week of protests in 40+ places across England and a rally of hundreds at Palantir's London HQ. Help keep the pressue up: nopalantirinthenhs.com
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
…well and the balaclava blokes are all round scum bags bsky.app/profile/k-in...
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
At Sundays antiracism march on the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street in Brum, I had fun pointing out to those (few) who support current bunch of fascists & racists, that the RNLI rescues EVERYONE even Nazi pilots who’d crashed in the English Channel. Support rnli.org not racist thugs
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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
To the surprise of absolutely no one, but to their courage, victims of far-right figures arguing they are “protecting women and girls” from unknown and unseen particular threat from migrants are coming forward to tell their story of sexual and domestic abuse
theguardian.com
‘Bully in every way’: domestic abuse survivors say ex-partners behind far-right UK street patrols
Seven women share their stories to make people aware of patterns of violence behind anti-immigration street patrol movement
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🔴 NEW Conservative Plan to Scrap Solar Rules for New Homes Would Lock Millions Into Gas Use By @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Read below. ↓
bylinetimes.com
Conservative Plan to Scrap Solar Rules for New Homes Would Lock Millions Into Gas Use
Pledge to abolish the Future Homes Standard is branded 'a plan for poor housing and high bills' by fuel poverty campaigners, as the solar sector urges the party to think again
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Marisha Ray 🔶🔸 @marisharay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I would go even further and say that it leaves us all feeling less safe. I was horrified to read what went on at the Green conference. We need to support all communities which have survived or are surviving genocide, but not at the expense of the rights of other communities or diasporas.
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I think the ‘William Ulsterman’ sketch by Harry Enfield is the most spot on comment on the 🤪of #Drumcree youtu.be/wxpYW_w5pgo?...
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Harry Enfield as William Ulsterman
YouTube video by Neo Anderson
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
@theobserveruk.bsky.social on the dodgy supply chain of execution drugs involved in #ChristaPike case… something highlighted in Nicholl vs State of Florida (2011) @reprievehq.bsky.social lost the case. Arguments still true reprieve.org/wp-content/u...
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
@theobserveruk.bsky.social on the dodgy supply chain of execution drugs involved in #ChristaPike case… something highlighted in Nicholl vs State of Florida (2011) @reprievehq.bsky.social lost the case. Arguments still true reprieve.org/wp-content/u...
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This ‘concerned Protestant’ signed #Drumcree www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
irishnews.com
‘Concerned’ Protestants urge Orange Order to end Drumcree dispute
Talks to find solution to parading crisis end without agreement
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Sound on! 🐱⛪️
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My comments in @bmj.com on failed execution of #christapike www.bmj.com/content/395/...
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Afraid not
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Doctors’ Association UK @thedauk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"There are better ways that our taxpayers money can be spent. There are safer ways we can do it, and more ethical ways we can do it." DAUK's Dr David Nicholl on today's protests against the involvement of Palantir in the NHS.
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A message to @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social from @thedauk.bsky.social in Birmingham #Palantir software is a “bit sh**”
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A message to @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social from @thedauk.bsky.social in Birmingham #Palantir software is a “bit sh**”
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
& yet Nigel spreads misinformation
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cheers, Nigel Farage is crying now
Headline: men arrested near RAF airbase are UK citizens from London
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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Loved the Ted Lasso parody of the 'Deepthroat' Informer scene from 'All The Presidents Men' in Episode 8, right down to the glowing cigarette in the darkness. Even some of the dialog was similair. Wonder how many people's heads it went over, that film is now 50 years old.
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Homer Simpson Disappears into Bushes
ALT: Homer Simpson Disappears into Bushes
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Every cloud…😱 (though Mum never drove like this)
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Forza Horizon 4 Mini John Cooper Works Drifting
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Déjà vu? @jeremynicholl.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
bbc.co.uk
Drumcree: Orange Order march to go ahead for first time in almost 30 years after day of legal drama
The march down the mainly-nationalist Garvaghy Road, which in the 1990s sparked some of the most serious disorder in Northern Ireland's history, will go ahead after a series of courtroom challenges.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This artwork was created over the past year by a local Birmingham artist collective who wanted to bring unty from discord by repurposing the divisive Nationalist flags into a massive Brummie Reunion Jack. Suffice it to say, the inspiration for Goldship's magnificent work has not taken it well.
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Excellent 🎥 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️#Pressure
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Genuinely I wish it was AI slop, sadly not. Interview before his award in Berlin youtube.com/shorts/8Idvw...
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Peter Thiel Says Evil Is Okay
YouTube video by NowThis Impact
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Au contraire Peter Thiel…your #Palantir software helped to kill 123 kids in Iran….which is both incompetent AND evil 🤷‍♂️ www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Peter Thiel is lashing out at the pope because he is Thiel’s worst fear. Leo deals in a currency he doesn’t understand. There’s no election, no impeachment, no indictment, no deportation order, no tariff that touches him. His authority comes from somewhere Thiel has no instrument to reach.
thelettersfromleo.com
“A Useful Idiot for the Chinese Communists” — Peter Thiel Attacks Pope Leo XIV for the Third Time
The billionaire who bankrolled JD Vance’s Senate race, and whom Vance credits with reopening the door to his faith, went after the American pope again on Thursday in Berlin. The vice president has sai...
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 24/09/2026
Filmmaker Alex Gibney has shared the first trailer for 'Musk,' a two-part, four-hour deep dive into Elon Musk that Rolling Stone called “a nonfiction horror movie” following its film festival debut earlier this month. Watch ↓
rollingstone.com
Elon Musk Is in the Business of Selling Dreams in Trailer for New Doc
Filmmaker Alex Gibney has shared the first trailer for 'Musk,' a two-part, four-hour deep dive into Elon Musk.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A former staff member of Tony Blair Institute said they had serious concerns that this was “very much trading money for access”, but was instructed by a colleague not to describe it that way. ‘They were saying you have to be really careful not to make it seem as if they’re paying money for access’😬
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Gotta ❤️ @privateeyenews.bsky.social on Tom Watson hypocrisy #Palantir
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Beavering away at @centralbylines.co.uk where the 🦫 news never stops 😉
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When Elon Musk's groups spent $20M+ on Wisconsin's 2025 Supreme Court race, his involvement backfired and his candidate lost by 10 points. Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race. Would be a shame if people found out.
nbcnews.com
Elon Musk is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Republicans want to keep it that way.
One Republican involved in the Texas Senate contest called Musk’s in-your-face campaigning in Wisconsin last year “a mis
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
God this is going so well. I haven’t laughed this hard in so long!
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
OMG. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Two million likes on TikTok… and counting.
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Carole with an e @crwright.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Having lived through those years, I remember the fear many reporters faced but carried on despite all. Thank you.
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Live in US airports right now… www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
TBH if it was the Portsmouth branch…there would NOT be anyone there pronto
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Kramer's 'That's a Shame' Moment
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Did he need rescuing by the RNLI?🧐
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The only 4 constituencies where rejoining the EU wasn’t the preferred option were those of Lee Anderson, Farage, Tice and Lowe. In those 4, the top answer was ‘don’t know’. Confirming that Brexit has no real support at all. Not surprising for a total shitshow. And makes red lines seem very silly.
Independent front page. 

Voters across Britain back rejoining EU
Reversing Brexit is most popular option in 646 of 650 constituencies, finds new electoral survey of 12,000Bar chart showing
Which EU relationship respondents most wanted the Uk government to propose

EU membership 35%
Single market 6%
Customs Union 5%
Uk govt position  18/19%
Starts quo 8/9%
Don’t know 16%
Loosen ties 11%
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
‘The rules have changed’: has Russia begun to order assassinations on US soil? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
‘The rules have changed’: has Russia begun to order assassinations on US soil?
Exiled dissidents and an unsealed indictment suggest Kremlin may have abandoned longstanding taboo on attacks on its rival’s territory
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/09/2026
George Osborne ‘thought Peter Thiel’s Bayeux tapestry visit would be secret’
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George Osborne ‘thought Peter Thiel’s Bayeux tapestry visit would be secret’
British Museum chair tells Big Brue festival he thought no one would find out about the private viewing George Osborne has said he thought no one would find out about a private viewing of the Bayeux tapestry he organised for the tech billionaire Peter Thiel at the British Museum. The former chancellor, who is chair of the museum, told the Big Brue festival in Somerset that he had been on holiday when the Thiel was shown the medieval artwork. Continue reading...
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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
He did not say “from the River to the Sea” there is ZERO evidence that he did www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Macklemore defends 'Free Palestine' call after Ed Sheeran tour backlash
Some ticket buyers called for the rapper to be removed from the tour after he made the comments.
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