Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We need legislation to ban insurance companies and private equity from owning GP surgeries in the UK too. I had a quick google search and the situation for the NHS looks bleak. 000 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Love your content as always Farrukh, but finding the AI a bit off-putting. 060 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 29/07/2026The most middle class guardian UK news headlines ever? ( Front page no less!) ‘Oh no we may have to move the hydrangeas darling!’ ‘Its ok though my love we can go for a sauna… ‘ 000 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Watching the efforts to fight multiple simultaneous wild fires across France and the numbers of planes as well as helicopters, involved in each one. I can’t help wondering whether the UK are anything like as well prepared for this. The EU (which we are not part of) sent aircraft to support. 012 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Yes especially as it’s such strange by-election! Will that mean a greater turn out of DNV and will that work in Reform’s favour? Greens have been winning the voters that Labour have been haemorrhaging, but to really take the fight to reform maybe they need to try & reach out to the non-voters too? 100 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 16/05/2026To anyone on here new to SEND and wanting to get a feel of what’s at stake I recommend following the amazing parent Rachel Filmer of SEND Rights Alliance on Facebook. She has made these helpful materials and talks in plain terms about the way the Government have been handing this. 021 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 14/05/2026The Special Educational Needs and Disability reform proposals for education in England have been met with dismay and anger by those affected. Some say it would represent the biggest reduction in children’s rights in a generation.This table by the amazing Rachel Filmer of SENDRA explains why: 176 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Yes. Looking at this graph the Green Party could well be getting the voters that Labour are haemorrhaging and worryingly Reform are still quite stable. yougov.com/en-gb/tracke... 111 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 18/04/202650% is a very respectable turn out isn’t it? For context, it is greater than the turn out for the Welsh Parliament and way greater than the turn out for the local elections: researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CB... 100 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 15/04/2026If you like this, please see also ‘The Great Pottery Throw Down’ It’s like the baking show in format but with clay and glazes and furnaces! Even if you know nothing about pottery - it is so lovely. 010 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Reminds me of this page of our lovely picture book ‘Christmas in Exeter Street’ 140 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 10/04/2026I’m not religious, but isn’t the King also head of the Church of England.. The Pope, has taken a much more principled position: 1214 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 09/04/2026#AdoorableThursday Berkeley castle, UK #blueskyartshow #openings 021 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 02/03/2026We have UK citizens living all over the world. So the ‘defence’ of our citizens principle would let us join wars… anywhere ? 041 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 17/01/2026If you enter ‘block list’ into the main Bluesky search and then check out these accounts… heres a screenshot : 000 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 15/01/2026WARNING new culture war incoming : ‘Careful mate, that guy’s kids are getting are getting extra help at school!’ 101 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 12/01/2026ME vs Long Covid: Its complex but I think the main difference is that we know in #longcovid that the Covid virus triggered or exacerbated it. Otherwise the conditions are almost the same. Many ME &long covid patient communities & researchers are coming together. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... 010 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 03/01/2026In the UK the minimum wage is the same for all employees whatever job they do. But it’s still far too low and discriminates against young people - who can be lawfully paid a pittance. 010 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 29/09/2025I’ve done some more research and received this response from Novavax themselves. Bad news..but at least I know and can stop phoning and emailing pharmacies. (Novavax is supposed to be the best covid vaccination for people with compromised immune systems). #longcovid #pwME/cfs #vaccination 010 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Absolutely. And I wonder … If the gastroenterologist, neurologist & immunologist ever talk to each other? If a patient is ever fortunate enough to to see all three of them? ( image from www.theblindelephant.com/the_blind_el...) 030 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Interesting how other nations can be more generous. 010 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Does look like the bill proposes an increase in UC for the standard allowance but a cut and a freeze in the health element, which is for sick&disabled people. Make that make sense!? What a mess. It was such a shambles I wonder how many even knew for sure what they were voting for at the end. 110 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 18/06/2025And which ever way you look at it this graph doesn’t show anything ‘spiralling’ And even if it did…I want a government that cares and tries to help. Not one that starves its population. 182 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 21/05/2025For info, the organisation Transactual are asking people to please tell them if they are questioned, stopped or challenged using a single sex space. This will help their work and they can signpost to legal support. transactual.org.uk/equality-act... 011 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 03/05/2025And fortunately, we have law! The Public Sector Equality Duty means that Councils have to do EDI work. Theres a general duty explained here & specific duties (like setting objectives & reporting). Things they must do. Sacking particular workers wouldn’t get rid of the legal duty to do the work. 070 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 24/04/2025I’m concerned about how Labour are treating immigrants (deportations, detention camps, no safe routes); trans people (health policy as well as the court ruling) & disabled people (brutal cuts to benefits). Labour need to show leadership to stop fascism not collude with it. And break this cycle: 100 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Interesting article! Worth getting to the very end, when implications for the UK are summarised: 1181 0
Laura @laurajerramp.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Starmer ‘reading the room’ again - for goodness sake. Please don’t offer Trump anything. He already has too much: military bases in our country, surveillance of our people, and the promise of a royal welcome. Don’t back the wrong side here. Don’t sell us out! 040 0