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Nigel H 🎸🎸🎸🎸🥁
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Medical detective! My book - “Wrestling The Octopus” is not about octopus wrestling. Free download from - www.wrestlingtheoctopus.com

Long term relationship with IBD - Crohn’s, PVT, BAM & other annoyances but there are always guitars to cheer me up
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If you’ve ever sat, frustrated, in front of a new consultant whilst they spend 15 minutes at their computer reading through your medical file or ended up in A&E, and they are wondering where to begin, then maybe something like this might help. My medical history on a page has proved very useful
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🔴Nathan Gill, Voloshyn and the Kremlin’s European Network

The sentencing of Reform UK’s former leader in Wales to ten and a half years in prison opens the door to a broader investigation into the pro-Kremlin network infiltrating European politics, reports Peter Jukes
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Nathan Gill, Voloshyn and the Kremlin’s European Network
The sentencing of Reform UK's former leader in Wales to ten and a half years in prison should open the door to a broader investigation into the pro-Kremlin network that infiltrated European politics, ...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy

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'GDP reduced by 8%' - Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
Can't help but feel those responsible for Brexit should not, for example, be riding high in the polls with a new party...
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
@luketaylorld.bsky.social Thank you for asking a recent Parliamentary question about #bileacidmalabsorption. It is frustrating that there are so many patients suffering from this very debilitating condition but is widely ignored by health care professionals.

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#15 Understanding bile acid diarrhoea / malabsorption in IBD with Professor Julian Walters
Podcast Episode · Wrestling the Octopus (IBD) · 11/09/2025 · 33m
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November 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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We’re not alone: the whole developed world is mired in stagnation and high debt. But our borrowing costs are highest because our system cracked first and – though few people want to think about it – we are a multinational state

✏️ @paulmason.bsky.social
Farage and the moron premium
If Reform gets into power, Britain will face an immediate, devastating fiscal crisis
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November 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The BAD/BAM episode of the IBD podcast, featuring an interview with Prof. Julian Walters , has been the most downloaded by far. We suspect a good number of HCPs have been listening as it is an area that so few seem to know anything about.

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#15 Understanding bile acid diarrhoea / malabsorption in IBD with Professor Julian Walters - Wrestling the Octopus (IBD)
In Episode 15 of Wrestling the Octopus: the IBD Patient Podcast, Nigel and I cover a topic that receives not nearly as much attention as it should: Bile Acid Diarrhoea (BAD) / Bile Acid Malabsorption ...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The latest edition of our IBD podcast is now available wherever you get your podcasts from. I get a chance to run through the A to Z of my #crohns experience. Some items will be familiar to fellow #IBD patients; some I hope you will never have to experience!

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#21 Nigel’s A–Z of Crohn’s: Biopsies, Blowtorches & Burnt Bananas
Podcast Episode · Wrestling the Octopus (IBD) · 13/11/2025 · 34m
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November 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Absolute classic

Bravo
October 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Christopher Harborne is by far the largest donor to Nigel Farage he has donated £13.7m since 2019.

He lives in Thailand and owns QinetiQ defence company which makes Laser and AI weapons for the USA.

Nigel Farage is literally owned by the US Military Industrial Complex.
October 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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This is “billionaire island” fyi ⤵️
October 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
What happens when your #IBD medication has to be stopped because the side effects are too great?

Listen to Olie's story on the latest episode of the #IBD patients' podcast

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#IBD #crohns #UC
#18 When long-term stability on a Crohn's drug meets a curveball: an IBD patient's story
Podcast Episode · Wrestling the Octopus (IBD) · 10/23/2025 · 45m
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October 24, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I asked ChatGPT to draw a diagram of the gut-brain axis and it came up with this.

Luckily, if you want to know a lot more about the subject, give our interview with clinical psychologist Dr.Gita Robson a listen

#WrestlingTheOctopus #IBD

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October 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Guess who wasn’t named on the VIP list:

- Any Labour, Lib Dem, SNP, Green Party MP’s

- No other political party successfully referred a company into either of the VIP Lanes and that company then secure a contract. 🤷‍♂️

All the details can be found in my
New book: viplanebook.com 👍
VIP Lane – Byline Times Shop
Shipping 1 October Now a major TV documentary This is the story of cronyism that reached the heart of government—how Conservative Party donors and politicians gamed the system during the pandemic to t...
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October 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
15 yrs ago, on 11th Oct 2010, I was just coming round from a laparotomy, ileo-caecal excision of locally perforated Crohn’s mass/stricture and excision of an entero-enteric fistula. The surgeon's first word was "sorry", at which point I knew I had a stoma.

#IBD #crohns #GSTTnhs
October 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We will shortly be recording the next episode of our Wrestling The Octopus - IBD Podcast. The subject - "Gut Brain Axis". Looking forward to learning a lot about this important topic.

(BTW - tried it in What3Words app so you don't have to! No results)

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Wrestling the Octopus (IBD)
Medicine Podcast · Updated Weekly · Two long-term IBD patients, Rachel and Nigel, share their experiences and perspectives on living with inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative col...
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September 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
For the latest episode of "Wrestling The Octopus - the IBD Podcast" - we were joined by the Principal Gastro Dietitian at St.Thomas' Hospital. We discuss such topics as pre & pro-biotics, the role of soluble & non-soluble fibre, strictures etc.

#IBDdiet

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#16 Learning the basics of diet in IBD - with dietitian Dearbhaile O'Hanlon
Podcast Episode · Wrestling the Octopus (IBD) · 24/09/2025 · 32m
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September 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Two new blooms in our garden - this stunning rose “Super Trooper” (that really is as bright as it looks in the photo) and this passion flower

#Gardening #AutumnFlowers #BlueSkyGardening
September 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social There is a medical condition whose symptoms are very similar to #IBS but many doctors seem to be oblivious of it, #BAM. The effects can ruin one's quality of life with patients often scared to leave home. It is easily treated!!

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#15 Understanding bile acid diarrhoea / malabsorption in IBD with Professor Julian Walters
Podcast Episode · Wrestling the Octopus (IBD) · 11/09/2025 · 33m
podcasts.apple.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
There's a medical condition that affects many in the UK. Few HCPs seem to know about it. Often dismissed as #IBS. Can take years to get diagnosed - #bileacidmalabsorption. Latest episode of our #IBD Patients' podcast has been the fastest downloaded so far

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#15 Understanding bile acid diarrhoea / malabsorption in IBD with Professor Julian Walters
Podcast Episode · Wrestling the Octopus (IBD) · 09/11/2025 · 33m
podcasts.apple.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Will you be playing ConForm bingo? Quadruple points for little Schappers as he brings his own entourage - Michael, Sebastian and the lovely Corinne.
September 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social I asked Grok why Musk is getting involved in UK politics. This is part of the answer

“In summary, Musk's involvement stems from a toxic blend of personal vendettas, ideological crusades against "woke" policies, and pragmatic pushes to shield his empire from regulation.”
September 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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This too should be in the Media non-stop for a week until Nigel Farage is forced to resign.
September 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
#FreddieMercury would have been 79 today!
September 5, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Nick Robinson just asked John Curtice if the BBC giving a platform to Farage & Reform was responsible for their popularity; presumably hoping to hear the polling guru say a resounding "no".

Instead, Curtice said, "it's not just that, it's also how he uses it"

So the answer's clearly yes.

#r4today
September 5, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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