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Brigitte Scammell

@scammell.bsky.social
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Emeritus Professor Orthopaedic Surgery. NHS > 40 years. Work in clinical education and for a charity for homeless people. All views my own.

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Julia Curlee @juliacurlee.bsky.social · 10h
“If they don’t attack us—kill our children, we won’t attack their diesel.” - Volodymr Zelenskyy The leader of a democratic nation shouldn’t have to beg America to not fund the war killing its children. The time is long past to choose good over evil. We should be ashamed of our leaders.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 09/10/2026
This is 100% the right move. No one should have to suffer the indignity of damp, mould or other hazards in their homes. The government has my full backing on this.
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Government launches consultation on extending Awaab’s Law to private sector and temporary accommodation
The government has launched a consultation on extending Awaab’s Law to temporary accommodation and the private rented sector.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I couldn't agree more 👇
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Terrence Williams 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 🇩🇰 🏳️‍🌈🇫🇷 @terrencewilliams.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Brigitte Scammell @scammell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
👀 Remarkable success for diversity, women and immigration. Congratulations www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Labour fends off Green party to win Holborn and St Pancras byelection
Victory by Sagal Abdi-Wali in north London seat will be a relief for Andy Burnham in high-stakes battle for the left of British politics
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Not that anyone needs a reminder but this man has the nuclear codes. Far too many people will just shrug this off or find some way to justify it. But Trump is unwell, incoherent, and a danger to us all.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Seriously 💥
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Brigitte Scammell @scammell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What the ????
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 25/06/2026
This is Richard. He's sometimes accused of not being a real dog because of his weird paws and inability to bark. Thinks his pack would say otherwise. 12/10 for all (IG: richardandtheguardians)
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Richest 1% of Britons owns more wealth than the bottom 70% of the population combined. 50 richest families hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population combined. The concentration of wealth in fewer hands has not provided the necessary economic stimulus. Need redistribution.
leftfootforward.org
This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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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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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is what a real president sounds like 👇👇👇
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Moon perfectly suspended in the rainbow.Captured during a rare clear winter morning over Scotland.
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Now a 4th person has tragically died of measles in Pennsylvania this time an 18y old who developed encephalomyelitis, a rare a but severe complication of measles. 🧵🧪
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Fourth measles-associated death reported in Pennsylvania
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Over the five years following a sexual assault, victims’ employment falls by 6 percentage points and annual earnings decline... These effects persist for at least a decade and correspond to a 15% decline in employment, 17% earnings loss, and 28% rise in anti-depressant use"
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El Howieson @elhowieson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Jack Boot @jackboot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The sad part about having a pet is watching something that feels like your child grow up, then old and then begin to fade. The nice part for a pet is getting to live a good life then leave the world with their moms and dads still with them, taking care of them.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
19thnews.org
Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Really is amazing how many Reform and UKIP elected officials have been arrested over years. So unlucky.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What happened A study published in JAMA Network Open found that immunization against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) reduced 97% of intensive care admissions in infected infants.
sinapti.ca
RSV vaccination reduced ICU admissions in babies by 97% - Sinaptica
What happened A study published in JAMA Network Open found that immunization against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) reduced 97% of intensive care admissions
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CommonSense @comminsense.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
He’s in the Epstein files 38k times. And every day the media ignore it, they become more complicit.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 15/09/2026
Another year of putting London’s children first.
Graphic showing Mayor of London Sadiq Khan having lunch with three schoolchildren in a school dining hall. Khan, seated on the left, is smiling and raising his hand to high-five a girl in a purple school uniform. The lower half of the graphic has a bright yellow background with large black text reading, “Back to school. Back to free school meals.” Smaller text reads, “Because in a city as rich as ours, no child should go hungry.” The Mayor of London logo appears in the bottom right.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 15/09/2026
Tell me again that climate change is a hoax.
Chart showing global annual temperature abnormalities between 1880 and 2024
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This runner spent a year plotting GPS routes so his 687 miles would trace a dancing figure on the map, a technique called GPS art.
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"Women are TOO EMOTIONAL to be president!!!!!"
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A true hero 💔👇
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them."
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Brigitte Scammell @scammell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Wordle 1,910 2/6 🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 10/09/2026
This is not a regulatory problem. It is a moral crisis. Children in care should never be treated as opportunities for profit Children's care should be about children's needs, not financial returns Add your name to end profit in children's care: vist.ly/5hxf5
Screenshot of a Guardian headline that says "Councils pay more than £125m a year placing vulnerable children in illegal care homes in England Exclusive: Booming industry of businesses profit from shortage of beds for most at-risk children"
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 09/09/2026
As long as I am Mayor, I will continue funding free school meals for children in London’s state primary schools. No child should go hungry at school. No family should have to choose between putting food on the table and making ends meet. 🧵
Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, sits between two schoolchildren in school uniforms at a cafeteria table, with meals and blue cups in front of them. The school cafeteria serving area is visible in the background.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Sign the thank-you letter to RNLI for rescuing people at sea. act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...
act.38degrees.org.uk
An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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Brigitte Scammell @scammell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know these thugs do not speak for the rest of us. Add your name?
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 10/09/2026
A dark blizzard of disinformation is warping the public’s perception of our great city. But we know the truth: our homicide rate is lower than every major US city, neighbourhood crimes are down and we’ve been ranked #1 city in the world 11 years in a row. My piece for The Times.
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We must fight back against troll army’s lies about London
There is a dark blizzard of disinformation online, where our capital is described as a lawless dystopia in decline — this couldn’t be further from the truth
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 09/09/2026
RNLI volunteers put themselves in harm’s way to save lives. They should never face abuse or threats for doing so. That includes the crews based on the Thames, who respond to hundreds of incidents every year. They deserve to be thanked, not attacked.
bbc.co.uk
Abuse of RNLI volunteers 'wholly unacceptable', chief says
Peter Sparkes says there has been "deliberate misinformation" spread about the charity.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Spire - a private hospital that NHS patients are sent to - is now owned by private equity This is dangerous for patients. Do we want to be like the US, where the care you get depends on whether it is profitable for private equity? Invest and build up our NHS and stop NHS privatisation now
Screenshot of a Guadian headline "UK’s biggest private hospital firm Spire agrees £1bn takeover by hedge fund Toscafund, founded by City figure known as ‘the Rottweiler’, signs deal amid fears over creeping privatisation of NHS"
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Studies show that watching a beaver eating cabbage lowers stress levels by 15% so enjoy 😊
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Kasey Jones @nikitairoh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 06/09/2026
The government says they are looking to change the law to make it easy to take water into public hands The truth is that the water companies have already done enough to be taken over UNDER CURRENT LAWS
A tweet by Lord Prem Sikka: "We’re prepared to change the Insolvency law to reform water industry, says Angela Eagle.  That's a distraction.  Companies have over 1,200 criminal convictions.  Ministers can revoke their licence, place them in administration, followed by nationalisation."A tweet by We Own It "Lord Sikka is right.   Ofwat literally fined Thames Water last year for contravening its license conditions.  What more does the government want to see? Thames Water has done more than enough to warrant being brought into public hands under current laws?"
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 04/09/2026
Allowing private equity opportunities to treat vulnerable children as cash cows is a moral atrocity @andreaegangs.bsky.social is such a powerful voice calling this out It is time for change. Add your name to our petition calling for an end to profits in children's care: vist.ly/5h9na
Quote from Unison GS, Andrea Egan: "In my experience as a residential support worker and children’s registered social worker,... vulnerable young people are frequently allocated to care placements that are hundreds of miles away from their families, education provision and social networks. The system is failing these vulnerable kids, who have become the new cash cow for unscrupulous business opportunists.  The government has announced tougher measures against dodgy providers and introduced caps on profits – but it has essentially accepted an ongoing role for profit-making companies in childcare and foster homes. That’s not good enough. Anyone who cares about vulnerable children should be opposed to private equity and landlords being anywhere near children’s homes. "
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