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John Williams

@johnhuww.bsky.social
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wine, gardens, churches and Wales will feature. Professionally interested in health and life sciences, mental health, academic clinical careers and science policy in general. I cross boundaries. @wi_john

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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 3h
“Information asymmetry in medicine has never been only about who knows more facts. It also concerns whose claims are treated as authoritative. Conversation analysis has shown that physicians and patients actively negotiate those boundaries.” www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
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Beyond Information Asymmetry in Medicine: The Changing Nature of Medical Authority and Expertise
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 3h
Grosvenor School of Modern Art: “a radical institution founded by artist Iain Macnab in 1925. At his handsome Pimlico townhouse, students captured the changing face of interwar Britain with dynamism and colour. They focused on printmaking – linocuts in particular.” www.ft.com/content/ee9a...
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Linocuts for utopia — the radical prints of the Grosvenor School
Works by the interwar British visionaries are enjoying a timely resurgence
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 3h
Is AI supercharging science? “While the average surveyed scientist reported saving almost 7 hrs per week thanks to AI…a significant amount goes on manually auditing & verifying the results of work performed by AI — what the researchers termed the “verification tax” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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The AI Shift: Is AI supercharging science?
Productivity gains in analysis are getting stuck in physical-world bottlenecks
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 4h
“Badenoch must somehow lead an intellectual political revival with a badly discredited brand and convince voters her party is the viable alternative to Labour. This means broadening support rather than spurning liberal-minded voters.” www.ft.com/content/4014...
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Burnham’s wake-up call for the right
Opponents of big-state socialism have never been more in need of a strong Conservative Party and rarely further from having one
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 4h
Helpful light
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 7h
You would think someone would have oversight of corporate bookings and adjust and publicise exhibition opening times in advance. “The British Museum has apologised to ticket holders, explaining that it had to close early because of a private event.” www.thetimes.com/article/2c85...
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British Museum turns away Bayeux Tapestry visitors for corporate event
Angry ticket holders accuse the gallery of putting corporate sponsors ahead of the public after they were shut out of the exhibition
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 8h
“As a GP, I believe that there is a much simpler failure to address: specialist ME/CFS provision remains remarkably limited. Many chronic conditions, including rheumatological and neurological illnesses, have no cure but still have specialist services” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Specialist services are vital to help people with ME/CFS | Letter
Letters: Readers respond to George Monbiot’s article about how those with myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome, have been failed by the health system
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 21h
On Instagram, Reddit, YouTube and elsewhere, people are comparing symptoms and diagnosing themselves. Psychiatrists worry the online information has encouraged them to interpret ordinary quirks, distress or personality traits as a mental disorder.
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Is it your personality or a psychological disorder? TikTok has answers.
Maladaptive daydreaming, obsessional jealousy and misophonia are now topics of study as social media trends force psychiatrists to rethink their diagnostic “bible.”
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How A.I. Anxiety Shows Up in Therapy “For those who already have a diagnosed disorder, such as generalized anxiety, the distress over A.I. may feel even more intense.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/w...
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A.I. Anxiety Is Showing Up in Therapy
Patients and providers are processing their uncertainty in real time.
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“There’s an additional — and maybe even bigger — complication or challenge of freedom. It leaves you with responsibility. If you are free to make your own choices, then only you can answer for the way they turn out. That’s a heavy burden that many people can’t bear.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/o...
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Opinion | Behold the Paragons of Rank Incompetence
Behold the paragons of rank incompetence.
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One for Hesketh and Kennedy… with your hair you’re not manly men! “Balding can be considered an expression of masculinity.. “It’s testosterone with a punch,” says Wearing, “and about as male as it gets.” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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20 fascinating facts about hair: why baldness is super-masculine – and a pubic bush could be a ‘cheating detector’
Judy Wearing has spent much of her life studying our follicles. She explains how our armpits betray our emotions, why some gentlemen really do prefer blondes and the reason we evolved to have eyebrows
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A v good thread.
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Being in the club means sometimes you won't get what you want. But guess what, being outside the club doesn't give you full freedom either. Many in Brussels are sceptical that UK politics is capable of this sort of sophisticated discussion.
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Autumn accelerates…
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An interesting proposal - “We suggest that the clinician–AI scientist should not, and cannot, replace other established roles in the current healthcare innovation ecosystem,” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The clinician–artificial intelligence scientist: a proposed career pathway in medicine
Traditionally, the clinician–scientist has played a key role in translating fundamental discoveries into clinical practice across multiple medical disciplines. As medicine enters the era of artificial...
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Will A.I. Make Your Brain Lazy? Here’s What the New Research Actually Shows. “People are increasingly worried that if we rely on chatbots for thinking, our brains will become slower and less engaged. Is A.I. making us stupider? Scientists, too, want to know.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Will A.I. Make Your Brain Lazy?
We’re starting to learn more about how the technology can change us.
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Terrific lunch today. Superb venison and two excellent wines. Many thanks to the kitchen and front of house team. Did have to gallop/stagger 😂 to make 15.32 to Cheltenham ! www.cafe-deco.co.uk
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CAFE DECO
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The crucial things Anthropic’s jumbo ‘risk factors’ won’t tell you “Is obliterating all humans a risk worth elucidating? If it happens, there will be nobody left to sue, so perhaps not.” However… giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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The crucial things Anthropic’s jumbo ‘risk factors’ won’t tell you
The real question for those considering buying stock is whether it will make money
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“if the problem you are worried about is catastrophic costs or having to sell your home to pay for care, a free personal care model would not fix that.” Quite! A successful PCM model assumes a significant degree of family and/or friend involvement. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Social care shake-up without tax rises will force houses to be sold, Burnham warned
Expert says comprehensive model for England in which all costs were covered would be £18.7bn
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What if A.D.H.D. Isn’t About Attention at All? “Evidence suggests that it really affects what psychiatrists like me call sustained engagement — an important difference in understanding how to think about the condition.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/s...
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What If A.D.H.D. Isn’t About Attention at All?
Evidence suggests that it really affects what psychiatrists like me call sustained engagement — an important difference in understanding how to think about the condition.
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A.I. Is ‘Better Informed’ Than Doctors, Kennedy Tells Industry-Backed MAHA Summit “ai can offer patients “a second opinion that is much better informed than any doctor in the country” & has the power to “free us from medical tyranny.” A view shared by some in UK?! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/h...
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A.I. Is ‘Better Informed’ Than Doctors, Kennedy Tells Industry-Backed MAHA Summit
The health secretary, Vice President JD Vance and other top officials addressed a conference sponsored by corporations, including A.I. companies and others with business before the government.
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’m a College Professor. Writing Isn’t as Important as We Think. “But what if we are mistaken in treating writing as the highest cultivation of thought? The evidence that supports this belief is thin at best.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Opinion | I’m a College Professor. Writing Isn’t as Important as We Think.
If I do not treat writing as essential for achieving thought, it is not clear why I should force my students to.
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government Your reminder that tubes in the ground do not a woodland make. The genuflecting of the charity CEOs is embarrassing ! What’s the aftercare model ?! 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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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Andy Burnham’s ‘jam tomorrow’ vision “Yet his often worryingly Old Labour speech was more a manifesto for a poll that may not happen until 2029 than an urgent action plan for the years in between.” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Andy Burnham’s ‘jam tomorrow’ vision
Speech was more a bold manifesto for the next election than an urgent action plan
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Burnham’s brave new world “Hope soon; action this decade. The promised land is now just an electoral cycle away.” “The sun'll come out Tomorrow So ya gotta hang on 'Til tomorrow Come what may Tomorrow, tomorrow! I love ya tomorrow! You're always A day Away!” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Burnham’s brave new world — just one more election away
The starting gun for the prime minister’s real revolution will not be fired till he has gone to the country
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Remarkable images … “Hubbard emphasises that she doesn’t see Berger as a collaborator, and that consent is more complex to navigate with someone with dementia – “her willingness was important, and me being respectful and responsible…” www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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‘We got naked and covered ourselves in Vaseline’: Katherine Hubbard on photographing her ailing mother
Over five years, Hubbard photographed her mother at home as her memory declined – even persuading her to make nude body prints. What does her mum think of the wrenchingly beautiful images?
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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ok - so I fall into the camp you don't like. But there is absolutely zero point UK agonising itself into a position which will fail the moment it meets the EU.. see for instance T Blair. Our options need to take account of what the EU might think and how we would persuade them its worth it
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How about considering the voters of today - in hospitality and creative industries and education and the wider services sector and the gig economy - who actually exist and are the working class we actually have rather than trying to bring back the fantasy working class voters of the past?
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Seems to be a cross-Europe view that bringing back manufacturing jobs will defeat the populists. Pity there's no evidence that you can or that it would work.
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A deeply insightful conversation “In a high-risk area like health care, safe, responsible use of AI technologies will be critical.” podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Should we worry about AI in health care? – with Neil Lawrence
Podcast Episode · The Health Foundation podcast · 29 September · 33min
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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Every time someone links to this film, I have to repost it. It's one of the most significant bits of British 20th century art. Everything about it is incredible. Groundbreaking music production by Daphne Oram. Amazing camera work by Wolfgang Suschitzky (who later filmed Get Carter).-
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Autumn brings out the best in my garden…
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oxford-Cambridge corridor ‘falling behind’ rivals “The Oxford-Cambridge “growth corridor” does not yet have the scale or depth to become a top global cluster and is falling behind” www.thetimes.com/article/ed13...
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Oxford-Cambridge corridor ‘falling behind’ rivals
A report launched at the Labour Party conference says the region’s growth remains constrained by a lack of capital, talent, infrastructure and transport
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As A.I. Accelerates, Governments Are Increasingly Being Left Behind “The gap between technology and policymaking has gotten wider than ever with artificial intelligence, leaving a global policy vacuum as A.I. models rapidly advance.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/t...
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As A.I. Accelerates, Governments Are Increasingly Being Left Behind
The gap between technology and policymaking has gotten wider than ever with artificial intelligence, leaving a global policy vacuum as A.I. models rapidly advance.
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A valid point - “ It’s weird how you aren’t allowed even to glance at your phone while driving, and yet you are allowed to have what is effectively an iPad on the dash, which you have to operate with your left hand.” www.thetimes.com/article/c14b...
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BMW M240i review — ‘Not the car I wanted but turns out it’s a gem’
‘It gives you a lovely sensation in the pit of your stomach. It’s a proper driver’s car, this’
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Llyn-y-Cau, glacial lake near summit of Cader Idris, North Wales, oil on canvas, 1774, by ‘the Welsh Claude’, Richard Wilson 1714-1782; inspired by travel to Italy & Claude Lorraine’s landscapes, he returned to Wales to paint sublime scenery; inspired Constable, Crome & Turner. Tate Britain
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Being a Doctor Will Never Be the Same After A.I. “I practice primary care.. I’m confident in my mastery over what doctors do — history-taking, reasoning, communicating. I’m less confident about my continued mastery of an ever-evolving universe of facts.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
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Opinion | Being a Doctor Will Never Be the Same After A.I.
I’m confident in my mastery over what doctors do — and less confident about my continued mastery of an ever-evolving universe of facts.
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Neshat has long been inspired by the intertwining poetry and music of the Persian mystical tradition — most famously in her 1990s photo series Women of Allah” A remarkable artist. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Shirin Neshat on her Iran war-inspired Aida: ‘You watch your family suffer from a distance, just like she does’
The artist is bringing her brooding anti-war production of Verdi to Barcelona’s Liceu, with Russian soprano Anna Netrebko in the title role
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“The DHSC needs to become the Department of Social Care Only for the next three years. The NHS has to be left to itself with its investment — the changes to pharmaceutical services & the increasing power of the NHS App will drive improvement.” 🤔 www.ft.com/content/c0cf...
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The challenge for Burnham: words are no longer enough
His speech to Labour conference must paradoxically offer more than just a promise of action
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Hayden Munro - “in-house hype man” - Burnham’s new political director, has told cabinet ministers and special advisers they must defy such cynics, & every message they send must be about how there is renewed faith in Britain.” Hallelujah! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘We will get stuff done’: Burnham seeks to banish ghosts of Starmerism at Labour conference
The PM returns to Liverpool, where he was mocked last year, with a promise that no one will be left wondering what he’s trying to do
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Autumn has arrived… the oak is changing colour.
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You’ve got to be able to plug it in ! “A huge datacentre project hailed by the UK government will miss its launch date next year and could be delayed into the mid-2030s.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Launch of UK’s ‘largest AI supercomputer’ delayed by power supply problems
Datacentre hailed by government was supposed to start operating next year but may be held back into mid-2030s
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Mother, brother and father will be laid to rest in a family grave in Abergwili tomorrow. They loved roses, a late season offering from my garden.
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Lyndsey Stonebridge @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You're going to be needing specialists in: languages, narrative, history, psychology, information, mythology, conspiracies, etc, etc. then? #humanities #socialscience
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Autumn…
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Dawn..
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Perhaps the most important insight in this piece. How do you induce change in a “stuck” system? “After 25 years as a civil servant, I can see more clearly from outside than I ever did from within that the centre of government needs re-engineering.” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Fixing Britain’s paralysed state means hard choices
After 25 years as a civil servant, I see more clearly from outside that the centre of government needs re-engineering
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hasan Piker: the Republican Party’s bogeyman A weak interview with little in the way of insight into Piker’s psyche, financial success/business model and choice of tailor! Not enabling comments an act of compassion as opposed to cowardice! www.ft.com/content/e73a...
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Hasan Piker: the Republican Party’s bogeyman
The leftwing streamer, recently banned from the UK, tells the FT why he has become US conservatives’ midterm hate figure
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“The thinkers surrounding the Burnham government share certain characteristics. They are mostly men who live in inner London, wear dark blazers over open-collared shirts, and write essays on Substack .. using phrases such as “dynamism” and “productivism”. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Labour’s last chance? The people shaping Andy Burnham’s grand plans for Britain
The long read: The new prime minister has declared he wants to end 40 years of neoliberalism. But is he really prepared to be that radical?
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Preventing doctor substitution “Our response to activity by government departments, NHS bodies, NHS employing organisations, and statutory education and training bodies, that diminish the role of doctors or impact their education and training” www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...
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Preventing doctor substitution
Our response to activity by government departments, NHS bodies, NHS employing organisations, and statutory education and training bodies, that diminish the role of doctors or impact their education an...
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