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Philip McMinn Mitchell

@hcluganda.bsky.social
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Innovating from experience: 16yrs in East Africa, co-founding Hope Clinic Lukuli. Last 15yrs Global Fund, ICRC, Humanitarian, WHO/WHE & Gavi from Geneva. Same person on LinkedIn, same NGO on Twitter: HCLUganda.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10h
In terms of messaging, this is very positive, and a big shift from the nature-hatefest of the Starmer administration. Mind you, most tree-planting is unnecessary: I'd like to see much more emphasis on natural regeneration. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government
Exclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 15h
Proud of the CDCers who fought to get this vital info out! 30% of our workforce is gone. Heartbroken by the loss of brilliant scientists, institutional knowledge, & frankly my friends, colleagues, & mentors. An understaffed CDC harms the public & leaves the US vulnerable. Rebuilding will take years
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 22h
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Is Rejoining the European Union an option?" Lisa Nandy, "Yes of course." "And I think Andy Burnham is right to say that we've got to be honest, Brexit has not worked for us" "A lot of the public I think have come to that view as well"
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Reuters @reuters.com · 29/09/2026
Scientists studying the strongest genetic ‌risk factor for Alzheimer's disease say they have new clues to how it works and how its damaging effects on the brain could potentially be reversed. 📩 Reuters Health Rounds explains: reut.rs/4e3rtMZ
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NEWSLETTER: Genetic discovery yields clues toward reversal of Alzheimer's brain damage
Today we highlight a discovery with potentially important implications for future Alzheimer's research and treatments. We also report on an experimental Gilead therapy showing great promise ​against a...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think I'm getting the hang of this.
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Tim Thomas @timofnewbury.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Good to see that Siren Cheltenham has opened. Siren are giving out 1,000 pints of best-selling Session IPA, Lumina, for Free in-venue this week. To claim a pint, visit between 4pm & 5pm until Friday this launch week while stocks last. One per person, per day. www.sirencraftbrew.com/pages/siren-...
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Siren Cheltenham
Siren Craft Brew is a modern brewery based in Berkshire, brewing a range of craft beers and recently winning Supreme Champion Beer of Britain.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "I will not allow it to continue like this. Today I can confirm Angela Eagle will present a strengthened water bill to Parliament. The center piece of that bill will be this. The repeal of Margaret Thatcher's ideological ban on public ownership of water companies."
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 29/09/2026
Access to culture is a right, not a privilege. Keeping museums free means millions can continue to explore, learn and be inspired, regardless of their background or income. That's good for London, and good for ensuring cost is never a barrier to discovery.
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Culture secretary confirms free admission for all at England’s national museums will remain
The announcement by Lisa Nandy, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, came after recent discussions of introducing admission fees for overseas visitors
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Despite all the talk about him being 'Starmer with a Northern accent,' Andy Burnham's conference speech suggests he is set to be a very different prime minister from his predecesssor bylinetimes.com/2026/09/29/a...
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Andy Burnham's Labour Conference Speech Offers a Clear Break From the Politics of Despair
The Prime Minister's emotional and expansive speech opened the door to a genuine shift in our politics, argues Adam Bienkov
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Whenever you see Royals wearing jewels & crown don't forget their obscene wealth stems in large part from "monopoly slave trading companies set up by the Stuart monarchy during the 17th Century" "New BBC Series Finding Britain's Slave Traders with David Olusoga" www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside andy burnham's Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Chris Bryant, "I have this warning for Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch. They say they'll bin the European Convention on Human Rights" "They've clearly never read the Good Friday Agreement, or maybe they don't even care about it" "I promise you this: we will not dump the ECHR, we will stand by it"
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This two tier policing is disgraceful. It's as if there is one approach for people who helpfully film themselves committing crimes and another approach when there is insufficient evidence.
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Surely it is time for the authorities to take this Fairford terrorism case out of the hands of the police & pass it over to Nigel Farage, Richard Tice & Isabel Oakeshott etc. These people have the expertise & skills to have this all solved & explained to the public by tonight.👍
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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Grateful to Archbishop of Canterbury for her voice on humanitarian crises. When wars end, communities must be reconciled. That patient, human work of healing is often led by faith. Our common cause: protecting people, upholding principle and building conditions for lasting peace.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
💥 Well done everyone! We have now covered all 650 MPs in the UK - and some MPs have received over 100 emails from you! Keep getting family, colleagues, friends to send emails to their MP with this link —> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The fascists at the heart of Restore Britain’s campaign in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election ⭐️'This isn't guilt by association. Fascists are nominating a candidate, organising volunteers, distributing material and addressing campaigners'👇 socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...
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The fascists at the heart of Restore Britain's campaign in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election - Socialist Worker
Figures with links to the fascist British National party and Homeland party are instrumental in Restore Britain's first parliamentary campaign in London
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Israel wiped Gaza from the face of the earth.  Everyone knew exactly what they were doing!  A crime more confessed to as it happened than any other in history. A crime more documented as it happened than any other in history. There are no excuses. None at all
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: Gov. Gavin Newsom just signed a sweeping California package cracking down on public corruption, crypto fraud, ticket scams, privacy abuses and more, including a new law barring public officials from launching meme coins.
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Newsom Signs Sweeping Anti-Corruption Package Cracking Down on Meme Coins, Crypto Fraud, and Self-Dealing by Public Officials
Governor Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping package of anti-corruption and consumer protection legislation, MeidasTouch has exclusively learned, delivering one of
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Who’s ready for No Kings? We’re getting an early start on making signs! ✊💚
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"IN PICS: hundreds arrested at Palestine protest outside Labour conference" www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
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IN PICS: hundreds arrested at Palestine protest outside Labour conference
Pensioners arrested for Palestine Action signs while al-Qaeda subsidiary HTS has been de-proscribed and whitewashed by the UK and US
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Steve Cornforth @stevecornforth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a huge shadow over Burnham's effort to make #Labour look reasonable. Mass arrests for wearing T Shirts and carrying placards... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
More than 50 Palestine Action support rally protesters arrested
More than 250 protesters sat outside Labour's party conference in Liverpool to support the banned group.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Andy Burnham wants to offer access to free social care services to everyone in England, and will put his plans before voters at the next general election www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Andy Burnham proposes NHS-style social care system for England
The prime minister told the BBC that social care in England is "as unfair as American healthcare".
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Unofficial Guardian (UK) Bot @guardian-uk-rss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
UK security forces were aware of RAF Fairford suspected bomb plot, says defence secretary
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UK security forces were aware of RAF Fairford suspected bomb plot, says defence secretary
Wes Streeting indicates farmer who alerted police and said security forces had ‘dropped the ball’ only ‘had a partial picture’
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 27/09/2026
India's Cockroach Party denounces crumbling schools: 'Children are treated worse than animals'
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India's Cockroach Party denounces crumbling schools: 'Children are treated worse than animals'
Founded just a few months ago, the Cockroach Janta Party, a Gen Z-led movement, has visited several schools and conducted an audit to expose the extent of their dilapidation and unsanitary conditions. Authorities have tried everything in their power to prevent the group from carrying out these inspections.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 28/09/2026
Swiss voters reject 'total' neutrality, choosing pragmatic Atlanticism
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Swiss voters reject 'total' neutrality, choosing pragmatic Atlanticism
A far-right initiative was overwhelmingly rejected in a referendum on Sunday. Swiss voters chose to maintain a façade of neutrality aligned with the Western bloc and to continue sanctions against Russia.
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Mike @mike-0568.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'We had them under view for a long time, and we got them.' The US president is a lying tosspot. The plot was foiled by an insomniac farmer, who spotted the men and reported them to Gloucestershire police.
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Martin Rosenbaum @mrosenbaum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today is International Right to Know Day, the day on which I traditionally remind everyone that if you want to learn how to use your FOI rights more effectively, then you should buy this excellent book
Freedom of Information: A practical guidebook
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Miliband: "To the millions in this country.. who have been moved & outraged by the plight of the Palestinian people, we hear you. You were right" So scrap the proscription of Palestine Action. End all arms exports to Israel. Impose sanctions on the Israeli govt & economy.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Someone from Reform & their shrill harridan who live as tax free exiles in Dubai have been entertained by the wife of a former minister of state of a country hostile to the UK and he failed to declare it to Parliament he's elected to sit in? You couldn’t make this up" via We loathe Reform UK Ltd
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's not just that we had two wasted years under Keir Starmer - years in which, with a vast majority and quite a lot of goodwill - he could have turned this country around. On crucial issues, we had two years of spiralling backwards, towards a very dark place. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Ed Miliband to acknowledge Labour’s former stance on Palestine fell short
Foreign secretary will tell party’s conference ‘we are not here to accept the status quo but to change it’
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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why the PM could finally drop the triple lock pension pledge
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Why the PM could finally drop the triple lock pension pledge
Andy Burnham said that he would make tough decisions to fund a new national care service.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 27/09/2026
Swiss voters overwhelmingly reject far-right plan to toughen neutrality
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Swiss voters overwhelmingly reject far-right plan to toughen neutrality
Final results from the Swiss government showed over 70% of voters, and a majority in all 26 of the country's regions, rejected the plan championed by a right-wing populist party.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Absolutely fascinating to see Laura Kuenssberg interviewing Burnham, flailing to adjust her stance to a politician with a moral argument and a positive message, who stands up for his policies and answers her questions clearly. She is getting so agitated at him not playing the game by the 'rules'.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Several men have been arrested on explosives charges after a major incident was declared near RAF Fairford which hosts USAF bombers involved in attacks on Iran.
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RAF Fairford: Men held under Explosives Act in major incident
A major incident is declared and villagers have been evacuated from their homes in Whelford near RAF Fairford.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"On the Day of Solidarity with Palestinian Journalists, we won’t forget 262 journalists killed 433+ injured 50 detained 3 still missing" via Marie Todaro
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“The Venezuelan law governing oil development does not allow for 100-year deals, or anything longer than 25 years. The OSC isn’t authorized by US law, experts say, to own shares in companies. Moreover, they say, the deal as structured won’t bring new capital to Venezuela’s oil sector.” AND
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thank you so much @katiephang.bsky.social. Coming from a fearless defender of democracy & dedicated advocate for the EPSTEIN victims, this means the world to me! Wishing you continued success... Much ❤️ from your fan, Mar🐫
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.
It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
no plan,

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"We're here today to say... war criminals are not welcome in this city &.. this is bigger than just Netanyahu. This is about the fact that our govt has been funding and enabling genocide & apartheid & it has to stop" Beth Miller from Jewish Voice for Peace in New York yesterday.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
UK PM Andy Burnham has pledged in an interview for regional TV that he won’t call a General Election until one is due in 2029. “All of this speculation on an early election, I can knock that dead.”
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 26/09/2026
Harrier photos triumph for Northumberland Wildlife Trust president! President of Northumberland Wildlife Trust, Conrad Dickinson, has provided the charity with something to celebrate after winning a major photography award northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
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Harrier photos triumph for Northumberland Wildlife Trust president!
President of Northumberland Wildlife Trust, Conrad Dickinson, who is also a photographer and polar explorer has provided the charity with something to celebrate after winning a major photography award
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The Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The report examines links involving Nigel Farage, Richard Tice and other prominent party figures. Here is what it found. 👇
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Subscribe to Private Eye magazine TODAY and get the next issue delivered direct to your door. Gift subscriptions also available. ➡️ Get 26 issues for just £52. 🔗 checkout.private-eye.co.uk/SingleItem?I...
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 26/09/2026
Is it faster to jog up stairs or take them two at a time? If the world we observe is just our brain’s interpretation of the electro-chemical signals it receives from our eyes, what is the world actually like?
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Last Word: This week’s new questions | New Scientist
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today: Total Active Cases: 197 Active Voting Rights Cases: 160 Active Redistricting Cases:  37 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 78 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 82 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 29 www.democracydocket.com
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Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
LIVE at 12:45 www.youtube.com/live/d-50teA...
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Revives Trump's Voter Purge Scheme
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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