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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
My take on the Leng review. Still some confusion as PAs can't make diagnoses but can see patients after triage - which is not diagnosis bmj.com/cgi/content/...
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Helen Salisbury: Physician assistant roles in general practice after the Leng review
After some delay, Gillian Leng’s report on physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs) in the NHS was published on 16 July.1 Her remit was to look at the safety and effectiveness of th...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Page 343, Water Commission report: " ... provide the water regulator with additional discretion over enforcement in defined circumstances, allowing them to defer or waive fines and penalties". Oh dear - No penalties for dumping sewage, unplugged leaks. That will worry the bosses, won't it.
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Steve Hyndside @stevehyndside.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
I've been really humbled about how many people have volunteered their time to contribute to @fightingdirty.bsky.social (which is itself a labour of love of @georgiaes.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social and myself). More exciting news coming soon - stay tuned.
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Matthew Champion @matthewchampion.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
when Elon Musk started recruiting for DOGE last November, he said the work would be “tedious” and “compensation is zero" now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
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Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
“Our objective must be a just and lasting peace that respects international law, including the prohibition of annexation of territory through the use of force. Let me, emphasize, peace does not and must not mean submission” Elina Valtonen Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland 👏
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Prime Minister Keir Starmer 👏
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Absolutely @deborahmeaden.bsky.social 👏
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
“You are not only fighting for your freedom but also for all of Europe’s” Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson time.com/7263291/zele...
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World Leaders React: Zelensky and Trump Oval Office Showdown
“You are not only fighting for your freedom but also for all of Europe’s,” Sweden's Prime Minister said to Zelensky.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Keir Starmer told Zelenskyy after he hugged him on Downing Street: "As you heard from the cheers in the street outside, you have the full backing of the United Kingdom. That is the people of the UK coming out to demonstrate how much they support you the the people of Ukraine" 👏
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Donald… you’ve have made America sign up with Russia... At one point, that would have been considered the act of a traitor. How do you defend this betrayal of your allies to the American people? If you think Canada is going to break right now, you’re in for a big shock.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Given that the Trump people did nothing to induce Russia to end the war, it’s fair to conclude that the whole idea of pursuing peace was just a pretext to renew relations with Russia.
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Misha DC (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 @mishadc.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Yes, as an American it was humiliating to watch these immoral narcissists humiliate themselves trying to bully brave, beloved Zelenskyy who fights for his people. I don’t have enough words for my rage and heartbreak. For my Ukrainian family members, for all of Ukraine, for America and the world.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 01/03/2025
"69% of Republican voters say Russia is the aggressor and 83% disapprove of Putin" www.wsj.com/opinion/most...
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Opinion | Most Trump Supporters Also Back Ukraine
Our poll found that 69% of Republican voters say Russia is the aggressor and 83% disapprove of Putin.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
It's been obvious since January 6 that he was an enemy of the USA, the UK & the whole of the free world. Everybody still in his camp understands this as completely as everybody against it. They just prioritise personal interest over the national & international. And they know it. They all know it.
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Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
A state visit doesn't just mean that Trump comes to the UK for talks or whatever. It means a literal parade in his honour. It means a banquet with the royals. It is one of the highest honours we have to give. After what we saw yesterday, it must not be allowed to happen.
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Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit
Stop Trump Coalition
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 01/03/2025
Wouldn’t it be lovely if the UK were part of some large multinational, political, cooperative, economically-linked, tariff-free union right now, instead of having to hope for a one-sided, gaslighting trade deal with a dishonourable orange toddler soiling themselves on live TV to please their owner?
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
“We will continue to stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes because this is the struggle of a democratic nation versus an authoritarian regime led by Vladimir Putin who clearly has imperialistic designs not just on Ukraine but throughout that region” Anthony Albanese Prime Minister of Australia👏
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
“At some point we will probably have to leave the ECHR” says Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch today Joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the European Convention on Human Rights is a VERY VERY BAD IDEA - THIS IS WHY youtu.be/y1A2-eNFsmw?...
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Joining Russia & Belarus as only European countries outside ECHR is a VERY VERY BAD IDEA-THIS IS WHY
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Trump’s numbers on US & European aid to Ukraine are completely fabricated — Europe has given more to Ukraine and the US hasn’t reached anywhere near $350 billion.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
“The occupant of the Oval Office – the leader of the free world – seems happier to side with the brutal tyrant Putin than to support America’s allies. It feels like we have fallen through the looking glass” Sir Ed Davey www.independent.co.uk/voices/ed-da...
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Why I support The Independent’s campaign to oppose Donald Trump’s attack on democracy
Keir Starmer must stand up on behalf of Britain in the face of Trump’s attempt to dismantle the post-Second World War security architecture of our continent, writes Sir Ed Davey
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
This is real. And I have never seen the competence, morals, standards and communication strategy of any government collapse so fast.
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Julien Hoez @julienhoez.eu · 22/02/2025
Starlink should be banned from European markets on national security grounds. Anything requiring Starlink should be shut out of the European market, and sanctions should be considered against all relevant actors. kyivindependent.com/us-threatens...
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US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine won't sign minerals deal, sources tell Reuters
The U.S. first raised the prospect of shutting off Starlink service after Zelensky rejected the deal presented on Feb. 12. Starlink terminals are critical in securing Ukraine's battlefield communicati...
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 22/02/2025
Donald Trump promised to let Elon Musk self-police his conflicts of interest. The result? Those investigating his companies have been fired. Cases against his companies have been dismissed. The corrupt self-dealing is staggering.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
The notion that Ukraine should have held elections when a large chunk of its population were under enemy control and it has troops at the front line… …is so farcical that I’m surprised Russia had the balls to push it. That Trump didn’t comprehend the simple dynamics of it… less so. 💁🏻‍♂️
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
so then it's not a cost-cutting team, is it
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/02/2025
she is right
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
To be fair - we should probably put NATO into administration and drive Europe to fill the defence space... ...a *complete* reversal of the previous dynamic, I am fully aware, but actually a huge opportunity for Europe (manufacturing, R&D, hard power, cybersecurity, procurement cohesion, etc, etc).
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“US now least reliable partner in NATO”, says MP Stephen Gethins
“The democracies of the world must work together”
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Esher and Walton European Movement @ew4europe.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
It couldn't be clearer that the US will not help to defend Europe. We must stand together.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
I’ve said it once before, but it bears repeating now…
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NO OBEYANCE IN ADVANCE @kafearless.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
True.🤬🤬🤬
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Savantfoxt @savantfoxt.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
'If you tax the rich they will leave' is an admission that the rich are mercenary and predatory, that we are held hostage by them. Tax the self-serving rich who feed on our country like vampires, tax their assets, their income, and close every kind of tax evasion and avoidance loophole.
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Ukraine’s right to independence and territorial integrity must be absolute. Any peace deal must recognise this. The international community should not concede to aggression and we must not allow Putin’s violence to be rewarded.
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Stephen Gethins @stephengethins.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
After Trump’s inauguration we as Europeans need to get real about security and the UK needs to get over itself on Brexit - www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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Why Europe needs a military to match its economic might
Scotland and the UK should heed the warning from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Europe can no longer maintain a ‘bystander’ mentality about its own security
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
New report finds penal populism has broken Britain’s prisons Lazy “tough on crime” rhetoric has led to a crisis of overcrowding Let’s now put party politics aside & work together to end one of the most cruel & monumental injustices of the past half century - the #IPPscandal
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 18/02/2025
Is Musk demanding the data held by the Social Security Administration in order to make it more efficient? Unlikely. Here's a better explanation: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in America
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
“We are facing a once in a generation moment for the collective security of our continent. This is the time for us all to step up” Prime Minister Keir Starmer
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Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
This is what happens if democratic states know that hybrid warfare is going on, but decide to look the other way until there is a full-scale invasion. There is a reason why Russia Today UK was launched in 2014, months after the annexation of Crimea.
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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Excellent by @gideonrachman.bsky.social In short, we need to stop thinking about the US as an ally. Which means a lot of the assumptions we’ve grown up with no longer hold. www.ft.com/content/11f1...
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Vance’s real warning to Europe
Europeans need to reduce their dangerous dependence on an adversarial America
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/02/2025
The Oval Office meeting convened by President Trump sought to figure out a way to eliminate roadblocks to the planned merger of the PGA Tour and Saudi-backed LIV Golf. His participation was a brazen conflict of interest, former prosecutors and ethics lawyers say — one of a series in recent weeks.
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Trump Pushes Business Interests in Golf, Mideast and New York as Conflicts Abound
Norms recognized for decades in Washington by both parties no longer appear to apply to the Trump White House, former prosecutors and ethics lawyers say.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/02/2025
Tom Homan confirms on Fox News that he's asked the DOJ to investigate AOC
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Laura K @cakeylaura.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Thank god, because this is no longer just a sensible idea. It’s rapidly becoming an absolute necessity. We have an active enemy on our collective eastern border, and we need to wake up about the fact we’re sitting here with our pants down right now.
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 13/02/2025
Nicola Sturgeon speaks out! "Indicating that the Prime Minister and Chancellor Rachel Reeves had been strongly pro-EU in the past, Sturgeon said: “If Sir Keir and Chancellor Rachel Reeves listened to former versions of themselves, they would know how wrong they are.” #EU #Independence #Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Nicola Sturgeon says Starmer and Reeves “wrong” on Europe -
“Falling for Trump and Farage – a road to ruin”
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
"Research by scientists from the RSPB and University of Cambridge... ...has found that UK solar farms managed for nature could benefit birds, including threatened species like Corn Buntings, Greenfinches, Yellowhammers, and Linnets." 💚
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New research: birdlife soars on nature-friendly solar farms
Nature-friendly solar farms in East Anglia support more bird species than arable land, boosting biodiversity
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The government is busy - but the work is not being reported. From banning toxic pesticides to funding green jobs, here are 20 things that happened last week.
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Government is busy: but the media are not telling you
Despite what the press tells us, the government is very busy, often doing popular things. But you wouldn’t know it from the press coverage
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 17/02/2025
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Liberty and Justice for All @libertyjustice.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Thank you for making the distinction who is really the problem. It's not the majority of Americans (AKA: "U.S.") it's those who have taken over in a coup. We need our allies help to do all they can directly against the interest of those now in charge.
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EleriTudor @eleritudor.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
It is already relevant to each and every community.We just have to convince them of that!
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Martin Ott @martinott1.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Absolutely this ⬇️
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Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Tell me again about this administration's commitment to the First Amendment?
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