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Dr Lesley Choucri

@lchoucs.bsky.social
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Been a midwife for 45 years! Now Volunteering with NHS. Enjoying being a Teyta to Zachary & Lydia.Thankfully we have Labour in charge!

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Liam Byrne MP @liambyrnemp.bsky.social · 19h
Did you catch the PM’s speech yesterday? He set out practical help for people today - and was clear about the big calls that need to be made in the months ahead. Here are 5 key takeaways:
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nohostages.bsky.social @nohostages.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's reasonable to ask "How can a social care cost £200k a year when support workers earn £13 an hour?" @mrjamesob.bsky.social I checked the audited accounts of three of the UK's largest non-profit learning-disability care providers. About 82% of their spending goes on staff. @lbc.co.uk #lbc 1/
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you could take a minute to read this and, if it takes your fancy, then re-post it… I’d be so grateful. 🙏🏻 I’m doing my utmost to #SaveSquareChapelArts for the good people of Halifax & far beyond, and I need all the help you lovely lot can give me. Thank you! x www.canncomms.co.uk/post/actor-a...
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Actor and long-standing Patron, Reece Dinsdale fronts new campaign to save Halifax’s Square Chapel Arts Centre
Photo credit: Reece Dinsdale in the cinema/studio space at Square Chapel (photo by Ant Robling)Reece Dinsdale leads Square Chapel rescue mission: “It’s time to bring it home”Award-Winning Actor, Write...
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AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The cogs are still turning in my attempt to put #SquareChapelArts (Halifax) back on its feet. 🙏🏻 I’m flabbergasted by the offers of support & levels of backing I’m receiving. What sort of society are we if we fail to champion the arts & culture? Thanks, you good people. Stay tuned!
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 16/09/2026
@pimlicat.bsky.social, CEO of Best for Britain, on Politics Live: "We have Mark Carney saying trade with the EU is a strategic asset at a time when we can't rely on the US in the way that we thought we can, and we've got all of these other pressures."
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Dr Lesley Choucri @lchoucs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
At least we have seen good energy and work rate this evening . YNWA ❤️
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I have more meetings in Halifax today. 🤞 I’m doing all I can to save this place for the Arts and the good people of West Yorkshire… and even further afield. In saving such places, we ALL win! 🙏🏻 Please RT. Thank you. #SaveSquareChapelArts #Halifax
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Dr Lesley Choucri @lchoucs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Well done LFC 💯 for team effort and performance. Two fabulous goals. We’re at Anfield on Saturday Can’t wait! YNWA!
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ASH TRAY The First, Popetato of Wülferhampton 📎 @thomasashman64.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This 👇
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Me, looking around the old place today. Wow… just WOW! There’s still magic in the air. 🙌 #SaveSquareChapelArts 🙏🏻 #Halifax #WatchThisSpace
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Simon Edmonds @sjsedmonds.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Really important report of a Danish study re the effect of statins reducing the risk of dementia. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Statins can reduce dementia risk by up to 15%, long-term study suggests
The cholesterol-busting drugs are more effective the earlier in life they are taken, 15-year research project indicates
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Dr Lesley Choucri @lchoucs.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Lots to be pleased about, more to do yet for @LFC. Some good individual performances within a clunky (as yet ) team. YNWA ❤️
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Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 27/08/2026
Cantona quotes King Lear, contemplates mortality, immortality, science, war and humanity’s apparently limitless capacity for self destruction. Then pauses. “I love football.” Profound, pretentious, hilarious and completely sincere. Magnifique
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Dr Lesley Choucri @lchoucs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social what a brilliant conversation on AI! Now I get why all the AI cartoons generated on FB grate on my eyes. They are the slop some of your contributors have mentioned. Surprised and scary!
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Thangam Debbonaire @thangamdebbonaire.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A truly beautiful British thing - great band (Coldstream Guards) playing 9-5 as a Dolly tribute at the changing of the guard yesterday. So many things to love about this. #DollyParton youtube.com/shorts/pNyv0...
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Coldsteam Guards tribute to Dolly Parton
YouTube video by BFBS Forces News
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 27/08/2026
"I'm staying in this weekend" is getting harder to justify. From Black on the Square to the BBC Proms, the city is bringing its A-game.
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85+ Spectacular Things To Do In London This Month: September 2026
A pickle festival, Sting on stage and Big Gay Beaver Day.
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Dr Lesley Choucri @lchoucs.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
@alibutti.bsky.social Good morning! I am very keen to read your work. Unfortunately I have no Italian language. Do you have English versions that I can access anywhere? I saw your critique of Sir Keir Starmer and the right wing in English on here so I’m hopeful you might guide me to more! Thankyou.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This is not misinformation. That's what I normally cover - something out of context, an opinion quoted as fact, or a deliberate misinterpretation... This is none of those. This is full-on disinformation. Because that is NOT from the Express. It is entirely fake😱 🧵 1/10
Lembit Opik tweet:

Burnham's big migration plan: take 4,000 stranded migrants from Ceuta, bring them to the UK and put them up in luxury hotels. Americans look at Europe in despair. 

Express Headline: Burnham's migrant, Campbell, 1,000 stranded in Ceuta to be brought to UK. The Prime Minister proposes flying thousands of stranded migrants from Spanish enclave to Britain and housing them in London hotels. 

Monk Debunked stamp on top of both
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/08/2026
This stopped me in my tracks. An independent study by @qmul.bsky.social has found that after ULEZ was introduced, children’s lungs grew faster in Central London and have now caught up with children outside of the capital. Incredible.
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Darren Jones MP @darrenpjones.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Great coffee, great food, and most importanly - second chances. The Key Cafe in Bishopston is making a real difference by creating opportunities for people leaving prison to rebuild their lives through work, routine and community. Definitely worth a visit!
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Do you want to hazard a guess at what this “jaw-dropping” list of freebies included? What luxuries asylum seekers might be being given “for free” in Thetford? Xboxes? Plasma TVs? iPhones? Ferraris? Let's take a look👀 🧵 1/22
Express headline: The jaw-dropping list of everything asylum seekers in Thetford were 'given for free'.
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Dr Lesley Choucri @lchoucs.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Just had shingles vaccine to reduce my dementia risk. (Mum has Alzheimer’s, grandma had dementia). Practice nurse was rather bemused! Direct evidence that this vaccine has a protective effect. 🤞🧠
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton
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Dr Lesley Choucri @lchoucs.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
We had a storm!
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Hey @lewisgoodall.com here is our Lancet article on Long COVID. Happy to chat. www.thelancet.com/action/showP...
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🧵On @thenewsagents.co.uk yesterday, school closures and the lab leak theory were offered as two examples of legitimate questions that were hard to ask. Both have in fact been asked constantly since 2020. But here's a thread on why I think they were wrong and dangerous on school closures 1/12
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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 31/07/2026
NEW: People eligible for NHS continuing health care (CHC) have a legal right to a personal health budget, but uptake remains low and it varies significantly across England. Rachel Hutchings says it raises important questions about how PHBs are used. www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/wh...
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What proportion of people eligible for NHS continuing health care have a personal health budget?
People eligible for NHS continuing health care have a legal right to a personal health budget, yet uptake remains low and it varies significantly across the country. With the 10-year plan aiming to do...
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winstons25.bsky.social @winstons25.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I obviously glad that the subject is front and centre again but …and it’s a big but how do you think he will solve this neweconomics.org/2025/11/priv...
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Private equity firms taking millions in profits from care sector each year, new analysis reveals
Analysis finds private companies running care services took more than £250m in profits in just three English regions over the course of three years
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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 29/07/2026
One in five women require emergency care in the year after giving birth 🚑 Our analysis of 1.6 million births in England reveals stark inequalities and shows why improving women's health means looking beyond maternity services alone. Follow the link to find out more ➡️ buff.ly/kfW13ED
Infographic on a light grey background using rows of illustrated baby icons to represent 1.6 million births analysed. Headline reads: “We analysed… 1.6 million births”. Below, five outlined person icons are shown, with one highlighted in orange. Headline reads: “we found…” followed by the statistic: “1 in 5 women attend A&E in the year after giving birth”. The graphic highlights that analysis of 1.6 million births found that one in five women attend A&E within a year of childbirth.
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... We must NEVER become like America! ( Please Clacton - vote for Binface)
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Three speeches on a single day signaled a dying American democracy | Robert Shpiner
Stephen Miller warned of a leftwing ‘cancer’ threatening civilization. As a critical care doctor, I have a response to his diagnosis
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I've been rummaging through Keir Starmer's last acts in office, including many that got totally buried This (rather big list) is from his last week in power: bylinetimes.com/2026/07/22/f...
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From Steel Nationalisation to Plug-In Solar: Keir Starmer’s Final Acts in Government
The outgoing PM sneaked a lot of significant announcements out just before he left office
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Carol Hedges @riotgrandma.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻 He scrubs up well!!! Mind you, Even with a bin On his head he has a gazillion times more charisma than that nasty waste of oxygen! #clacton #coundBinface
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Parsing Farage’s démarche farce. A day earlier than usual, new post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog on what little Brexit news there is but mainly on Farage's 'resignation' and the deeper issues of defining democracy and of cryptocurrencies: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/pars...
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Antonia Bance MP @antoniabance.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Reform Sandwell have CHOSEN to take away the holiday food vouchers that Sandwell Labour kept in 2025-6 and budgeted for in 2026-7 That’s families on free school meals expecting help *this summer* who now won’t get it. Shameful.
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Noah Law MP @noahlawmp.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
My letter to FIFA President Gianni Infantino regarding Jarell Quansah's red card and the importance of the international rules-based order. Congratulations to England on their stunning win! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 06/07/2026
Geebeebies guy gets his arse handed to him in a sling when he tries to troll a green energy expert.
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Sarah Krienen M.A. @sarah-krienen.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The in-laws visited CERN and brought gifts for baby back. Guess my 2 month old will learn about particle physics. (To be clear, the book is full of bright, high contrast illustrations so it's actually super interesting to him)
A white square picture book with yellow, blue, grey and green dots on the cover. The title reads "Particle Physics for Babies. By Dr. Louie Corpe"
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James Alexander @jmsalxdr.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
In just 2 years Labour has achieved far more for the country and ordinary people than the Tories did during their 14 long years in power.
TWO YEARS OF A
LABOUR GOVERNMENT
Delivered record public services investment
Biggest rise to national minimum wage ever
On track to cut NHS waiting times at the fastest rate in history
Net migration fallen by 82% Knife crime is down by 10%
Asylum backlog has been slashed by 46%
£150 off energy bills
Cost of childcare cut, saving working families an average of £8000 a year per child
Lifting half a million children out of poverty 
Renters' Rights Act
Employment Rights Act
Biggest sustained investment in our national security since the end of the Cold War
Renationalising
Britain's railways
Continued to support Ukraine against Russian aggression
Fastest growing economy in the G7 for first quarter of 2026
Six interest rate cuts since the election
Rolling out free breakfast clubs, extending free school meals and cutting school uniform costs Inflation is under control and stable, despite pressures of the Iran war Trade deals struck with the EU, the US, India, South Korea and the Gulf States
Secured £360 billion worth of private investment into our country
Frozen fuel duty, rail fares, and prescription charges Cutting the cost of family activities and days out this summer
26 Promoted by Hollie Ridley on behalf of the Labour Party, both at 20 Rushworth Street london. SEl OSS
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Maeve O'Connell @thelovelymaeve.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
@shaunlintern.bsky.social I wrote this about scapegoating of midwives, its systemic issues which are to blame not poor education of midwives... Reconsidering the term ‘Training’: Language, professional identity, and systemic accountability in European midwifery education share.google/E18NeGfKdgwE...
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Reconsidering the term ‘Training’: Language, professional identity, and systemic accountability in European midwifery education
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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The Tories spent 14 years cutting defence personnel numbers and never hit the 2.5% of GDP spending target. Now they blame Labour for not doing enough to sort out the mess they left. 🤦‍♂️ And trot out the lie about out of control welfare spending (which is near the lowest in Europe as a share of GDP).
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 28/06/2026
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has a massive problem with women, and @carolvorders.bsky.social helped expose exactly how deep it runs. No wonder they’re furious - she made them look small, cowardly and contemptuous.
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Sunday Long Read: Carol Vorderman Made Reform Look Small
One by-election exposed a wider pattern: contempt dressed as banter, grievance dressed as common sense, and "protection" offered without rights.
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Dr Lesley Choucri @lchoucs.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
‘Charisma, cruelty and chaos’ Toxic Triangle strikes again.
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Keir Starmer has changed our party and our country for the better. He brought Labour back from electoral oblivion, has restored our reputation abroad, stabilised the economy and will lift half a million children out of poverty. We owe Keir a huge debt of gratitude.
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Samantha Niblett MP @samanthaniblett.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Glad to goon Politics East Midlands this morning & stand up for our Prime Minister. If you are the silent majority that watches but doesn’t comment, and want calm over chaos, please choose RIGHT NOW to take action now and sign up to Hold the Line Campaign: ➡️ holdtheline.org.uk AND email your MP.
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Thangam Debbonaire @thangamdebbonaire.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Thanks for reposting! This 👇🏽 was round four… football/domestic violence, casting violence against women as a refugee problem, the utter rubbish re Nigel’s crypto billions - and the viciousness towards migrants - Reform playbook has to be challenged, it’s tough and we need to keep working at it.
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LaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
List for the last two days. Lots of trade news from G7 including new British jobs. Much lost in the noise around Makerfield.
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Second month in a row with inflation coming in lower than expected - with the fall last month sustained. The war in the Middle East has pushed up some prices but overall inflation in the UK has fallen this year while it has risen in other advanced economies www.ons.gov.uk/economy/infl...
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Consumer price inflation, UK - Office for National Statistics
Price indices, percentage changes, and weights for the different measures of consumer price inflation.
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