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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

“We’ve only had 114 years to do something, let our kids sort it out!”

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Every year, HMRC, by its own estimates, fails to collect 46.8 billion of tax. See webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/202606... How about hiring more people to retrieve this avoided tax before suggesting funding defence by cutting welfare to the poorest and most vulnerable? Just saying.

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Willard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I think it's absolutely mad that today there's a *national news story* about 400 oil platform workers losing their jobs, and the government being blamed. 25% of the UK TV industry lost their jobs in the last 4 years and we never hear a peep about it! Some jobs are 'real jobs' I guess.

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Andrea Suozzo @andreasuozzo.com · 15/09/2026

When my colleagues and I started digging around in CDC data on pregnancy-related deaths, we noticed something surprising: the rate of ectopic pregnancy deaths had more than doubled in recent years. Nearly 200 women died between 2020 and 2025. So we set out to learn why 🧵

A chart showing an increase in the rate of deaths after an ectopic pregnancy, normalized by the number of live births. In the three-year period starting in 2014, the rate is a little above 4 deaths per million live births. The rate rises sharply for the 2020-2022 period and continues to increase, to 9.8 deaths per million births, in 2023-2025.

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Labour's immigration policy has nothing to do with what's right for the country - its all performative cruelty to appeal to people who will never vote for them anyway

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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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Alan Stedman @alanjstedman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

What a buggers muddle! Streeting has left a pile of horse shit for someone to sort out And for those of us who said he was way out of his depth BEFORE July 2024 GE it doesn't make it sweeter just a more difficult pill to swallow myemail.constantcontact.com/Responsibili...

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Email from nhsManagers.net Failure on a grand scale View as Webpage Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email Weather IHSCM Academy of Fab' Stuff nhsManagers.net 7th Septemeb

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 07/09/2026

Happy Labor Day! “The upper class keeps all the money and pays no taxes. The middle class pays all the taxes and does all the work. The poor are just there to scare the shit out of the middle class.” - George Carlin

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

No flat projection can give an accurate representation of the surface of a sphere. If you make relative areas more equal, other distortions increase. In this case vertical (latitude) distances are increased but horizontal (longitude) not exaggerating the distance between Cairo and Dar. Sorry

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 04/09/2026

The latest data is once again showing the preliminary global sea-surface temperature at a record high. "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day, to the last syllable of recorded time; and all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

There's a debate to be had about the level of the cap, but really disappointing to see Burnham retreat from this. It's even more absurd that some trade unions are campaigning against restricting the power of billionaires and corporations to influence our politics www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors

PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour

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Jonny Brick @countrywol.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

You know how a long time ago people would just type 'this', because the box asks them 'what's happening'? Well, this. God bless Hardeep and Byline, and maybe by the end of this week The Times or the Telegraph or the Spectator or the Mail will notice some stuff. bylinetimes.com/2026/08/17/t...

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There Will Be Another Jason Arday

There is no check to fetter power when unfettered power resides in the check

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Gran Canaria is not in the Mediterranean. Just saying.

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Äpplesche 💚 @aepplesche.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

If you missed the solar eclipse, this is what it looked like: 😁

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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

There is only one European nation with fewer hospital beds per capita than the UK Sweden but they have the highest number of care home & nursing home beds 26% fewer care home beds 23% fewer nursing beds Fewer hospital beds Then people wonder why A&E is blocked

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Cost effective for government. But unless there is a suffering underclass to terrify others into accepting exploitative work conditions, how will oligarchs get richer?

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

And lack of imagination. Many people seem to struggle to believe the world could be different - better or worse. That the familiar is, and should be, eternal is at the heart of conservatism

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

'Patriot News' reporter Chris Atkins (scatatkins.bsky.social) was just kicked out of Liz Truss' CPAC conference for asking the wrong questions. So much for free speech.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I gave my usual sermon on this the other day. Non-scientists look for studies that support their hypothesis. But there are studies that show almost anything if you look hard enough. Citing one or two studies isn’t research. It’s confirmation bias.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

In this excerpt from "Keeper of the Flame" (1942) Christine Forrest (Katherine Hepburn) explains how a nation can fall to fascism: so-called patriotism, fear, racism, bigotry, hatred of others, all guided by a small group of powerful, wealthy individuals. #USA #UK #auspol youtu.be/_abRxAL3hnw?...

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Can’t disagree. Cameron / Osbourne was a national disaster

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Exactly. Wanna do something about harmful social media? Change the law so the platform's owners are classed as publishers, and become responsible for harmful / unlawful / slanderous/ offensive content. Same standards you'd apply to any print publisher. And enforce it with hefty fines.

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

This is extraordinary. Read the the account in the link. The editor in chief of the principal journal of the ADA is escorted from their national conference by police for handing out his editorial, in their journal, that criticises Trump biomedical research policy.

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Members of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) were removed by police during the organization's annual meeting on Friday as they handed out copies of an editorial criticizing Trump administration changes to U.S. biomedical research. www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

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Video: Police Tussle With Diabetes Experts at ADA Meeting

Researchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions

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Rob Blackie @robblackie.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

If the government doesn't act, there's a serious chance that Twitter rubbish leads to somebody being killed. We regulate broadcast media but Labour seems terrified to regulate broadcast social media. Why?

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

“…today the White House unveiled major changes to how federal funding is allocated & distributed. For the 1st time, they’re sharing plans to permanently & systematically move American science from a system that values evidence-based evaluations to a political patronage system.”— @chanda.blacksky.app

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It's the End of American Science As We Know It

We have 45 days to express our opposition to catastrophic changes.

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

This would be a stronger argument if 1) the results of our GEs actually reflected voters preferences and 2) the Tories had not repeatedly changed the rules themselves - eg overseas voters, ID requirements and back to FPTP for mayors etc

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Absolutely this. Back in the day when you only saw people you had chosen to follow maybe a different argument was possible but with their algorithmic feeds determining what people see, its publishing and they are responsible.

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I’ve lost faith I’m afraid. He is not going to do electoral reform and will continue Mahmoud’s immigration horror and stick to the fiscal rules so what’s the point? It’s going to be another change that isn’t change. Starmer v2 (or Sunak v3)

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 19/05/2026

How about: a) I believe the UK should rejoin the EU; but b) Neither we nor Brussels are ready for a formal negotiation; and c) EU membership would not be a panacea for our national challenges; so c) I will work to build trust and lay foundations with the EU, while advancing other priorities.

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

But for a significant proportion of people it has become a tribal identity and therefore very hard to shift. Hopefully not enough to win elections unless the progressive vote is v split. Bring on RPV

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Don’t get your hopes up. 1) ‘Keir won’t block him’ but nudge wink and the NEC might. 2) He is not a knight in shining armour. He is an opportunist well capable of changing his spots

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

AB has promised PR. The Greens should do a deal and stand aside - just this once, in the national interest etc. (so should the LDs but no chance)

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

It’s pretty clear this chaos only stops when Andy Burnham is allowed back into Parliament. It’s what most Labour members, MPs and voters want and the NEC/powers that be should just get on and make it happen asap. The alternative is Farage in No 10.

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

In significant part due to the incentivisation of aggressive pruning of the lists likely to be most affecting the elderly and vulnerable as documented by Caroline Molloy of open democracy

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Anyone think it’s a weeny bit suspicious that HMRC tell Rayner she is in the clear today? So Streeting knows he has a serious opponent if he runs

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

One problem here is that members have been given powers they should not have (like picking prime ministers) and denied powers they should (like choosing local candidates).

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

It was not a carnival of democracy watching 0.25% of the public, who no one had elected & no one could hold to account, decide whether Boris Johnson/Jeremy Hunt, or Liz Truss/Rishi Sunak should wield the highest office in 2019/22. It was a wrong turn, made with good intentions. It needs reversing.

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

This is true, though they have to be v loathed in a multi member constituency

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

A different definition of democracy might be that politicians are kicked out of power when they become unpopular but in a v proportional system a loathed centrist can be a permanent fixture of changing coalitions. All systems have an element of compromise but FPTP is absolute f@&£ery

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Yep that’s proportionality. But no system is truly proportional. The Welsh MMC system discriminates against smaller parties. The Scottish system favours a party that can dominate the constituency vote.

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The word ‘democratic’ is doing a lot of work here. The idea that more proportional is necessarily more democratic is highly contestable, though grossly un proportional is clearly bad. As for the rest I agree and would add the totally corrupt Lords

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

“It’s your bloody GDP not ours”. Woman in Newcastle heckling Cameron during the referendum campaign hit the nail on the head

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Some smaller parties might have done better. Reform would have been better contained by a majoritarian anti vote. But I agree about the big picture in the past. Next time though will be a minefield under FPTP

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Ranked Preference voting (as in Aus) keeps the MP constituency link, means every MP has the support of a majority of voters and avoids the tactical voting roulette game we are all going to face next round under FPTP. It’s also a familiar and easy fit for our political culture

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

The aim of an electoral system is not to be as close as possible to perfect proportionality. There needs to be compromise with other issues: producing effective govt. Kicking politicians out of power when the mood turns against them. Maybe excluding the most marginal wingnuts.

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Guy Baily @guybaily.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

My income is such that I would lose it all and more in tax, which would be entirely appropriate.

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