Graham Dutfield

@grahamdutfield.bsky.social

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Once a geographer, avid practitioner of slow scholarship, Leeds Uni prof, philhellene, mountains, coasts & islands, teaches intellectual property & justice, health, food, biodiversity. Time to take the money out of politics. Living in safe South London .. more

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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 4d

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Why raising NHS spending on new drugs by 25% is the wrong decision – health economist’s view

Giving ministers more power over NHS drug pricing could reshape how public money is spent on health.

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Lennart Jonasson @lennson.bsky.social · 5d

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 5d

“It’s potentially the biggest political scandal of this century”

As MPs force Keir Starmer to publish files about Peter Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador Skys Beth Rigby provides a detailed summary of how we got here

Reposted by Diane Coyle, Jonathan Portes, Steve Peers , and 5 more Diane Coyle, Jonathan Portes, Steve Peers, Tim Bale, Leigh Sparks, Lesley A. Hall, Graham Dutfield, Catriona Seth

Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 6d

Excellent article but stark reminder that for all the perceptions of universities as ivory towers for elites, they are actually vital hubs in towns n cities supporting local businesses and providing key services as well as education….

‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?

When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 8d

Why isn't this a major news story?

Churchwarden linked to
foreign-born billionaire is
behind £200k Reform gift
The man whose firm made the donations will
not discuss where the money came from, nor
his ties to wealthy Farage allies who may not
hold citizenship

Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall Editor
Saturday January 31 2026, 8.00pm, The Sunday Times

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A churchwarden from Potters Bar who works
for the family of a highly secretive,
Kazakhstan-born billionaire can be revealed as
the man behind £200,000 of donations to
Reform UK.,

John Richard Simpson is a 59-year-old

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 11d

Trump - only I can go to China. Ego as strategy. Ego as commentary. Chaos as outcome.

Rest of the world just has to get on balancing the US, China, Europe etc. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Trump says ‘very dangerous’ for UK to do business with China, after Starmer hails progress in Beijing

US president warns Keir Starmer over closer ties with China during British PM’s trip to secure lower tariffs and better access to Chinese market

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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 12d

Small-scale farmers produce more of the rich world’s food than previously thought – new study
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Small-scale farmers produce more of the rich world’s food than previously thought – new study

The prevailing narrative that feeding the world is the preserve of industrial agriculture is based on flawed logic.

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Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Graham Dutfield, Pauline Stafford

Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 12d

Refreshing to see a rhetorical device often used by anti-migration politicians flipped by @alanbeattie.bsky.social "More people attend English League Two football matches to watch the likes of Accrington Stanley and Crawley Town in an average week than arrived by small boat in the whole of 2025."

The abandonment of Labour’s moral crusade

The UK is taking a cynical but fruitless turn to the reactionary and insular on aid, immigration and trade

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 13d

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 17d

An Africa country being used in Kennedy's apparent determination for people to die from preventable infections www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Guinea-Bissau suspends US-funded vaccine trial as African scientists question its motives

Officials at the US Department of Health and Human Services, which awarded funding for the controversial study, say it will proceed as planned.

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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 17d

The disturbingly long reach of Kennedy's dangerous anti-vax crusade www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

HHS Gave a $1.6 Million Grant to a Controversial Vaccine Study. These Emails Show How That Happened

Two Danish researchers faced accusations of “questionable research practices” as RFK Jr.’s top appointees made their study a “funding priority.”

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 18d

Once again, these people aren't "patriots". They hate their own countries and have built an entire career out of attacking them, while cheering on any foreign leader who does the same

Reposted by Gerald Friedman, Graham Dutfield, Olivier Mannoni , and 1 more Gerald Friedman, Graham Dutfield, Olivier Mannoni, Rose Gilroy

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18d

Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 18d

The initial letter of support from the US on the founding of the WHO pointed out that infectious diseases know no borders. I wonder what has changed.

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 18d

The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization.

This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.

United States Completes WHO Withdrawal
WASHINGTON — January 22, 2026 — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of State today announced the United States’ completion of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) due to the organization's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states.

Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 19d

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Oldest cave painting could rewrite origins of human creativity

A stencilled outline of a hand found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is the world's oldest known cave painting, researchers say.

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 19d

So it was Badenoch *personally* who stabbed Britain in the back during the Greenland crisis! Simply unbelievable. Ought to be a resignation matter.
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How Badenoch’s meeting with Mike Johnson led to Trump’s Chagos deal rant

A brief encounter set off a chain of events that culminated in a public rebuff to the US president from Keir Starmer

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Koningwoning @koningwoning.bsky.social · 20d

If the UK media now do not apply equal harsh measures to Nigel Farage than they did to Angela Raynor, then they are complicit in
a) a Mysoginist narrative where men are forgiven and women 'should have known better' and
b) are actively saying they are okay with Farage in charge.

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 21d

The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21d

Q: Did you invite Putin to be on the Board of Peace?

TRUMP: Yeah. He's been invited

Q: Thoughts on Macron saying he won't join?

TRUMP: Did he say that? Nobody wants him bc he's going to be out of office very soon. If they feel hostile, I'll put a 200% tariff on his wines & champagnes & he'll join

Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 22d

A lot of us feel this way.

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 22d

I think it would be quite nice for me to be able to wake up in the morning and think about my plans for the day, and more broadly about my own little life, instead of immediately having to ponder the overnight actions of The Guy Over There

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 22d

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 22d

Never forget: never let anyone else forget either.

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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 23d

Watching GB News or reading the Telegraph you realise there is a slice of right-wing opinion that would happily betray this country.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 24d

Oh.
www.timeout.com/london/news/...

London is officially the most powerful city in the world right now

And it’s not just because of the cast of Industry.

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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 25d

The same people who spent the last 4 years arguing that Russian expansionism is not a problem, and that Ukraine being invaded was the fault of the West, are now arguing the US must take Greenland by force to stop… Russian expansionism.

It is astonishing how dumb their supporters are.