Dr Kate Cushing
@drkatecushing.bsky.social
Doctor, scientist, mum, cat slave.
Public Governor Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Trust
Long Covid & CCH.
Love Northumberland/Newcastle, owls/wildlife/books/art/music/politics/EU
Wrote Little Orange Book 4 parents of babies & small kids.
Green Party member
Public Governor Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Trust
Long Covid & CCH.
Love Northumberland/Newcastle, owls/wildlife/books/art/music/politics/EU
Wrote Little Orange Book 4 parents of babies & small kids.
Green Party member
Watching BBC#DIYSOS - very moving & inspiring building wonderful facilities for Joshua Trust charity.
#BBCChildrenInNeed
Definitely worth supporting!
#BBCChildrenInNeed
Definitely worth supporting!
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media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Watching BBC#DIYSOS - very moving & inspiring building wonderful facilities for Joshua Trust charity.
#BBCChildrenInNeed
Definitely worth supporting!
#BBCChildrenInNeed
Definitely worth supporting!
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Trump received $16m for a perfectly normal edit of a Harris interview. He wants $1bn from the BBC because they omitted a gap between two short clips.
But his most profitable edit came from the producers of The Apprentice. Their impressive skill allowed him to come across as a decent man.
But his most profitable edit came from the producers of The Apprentice. Their impressive skill allowed him to come across as a decent man.
November 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Trump received $16m for a perfectly normal edit of a Harris interview. He wants $1bn from the BBC because they omitted a gap between two short clips.
But his most profitable edit came from the producers of The Apprentice. Their impressive skill allowed him to come across as a decent man.
But his most profitable edit came from the producers of The Apprentice. Their impressive skill allowed him to come across as a decent man.
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Extremes such as all administrators are bad or all administrators are essential is not helpful. The truth lies somewhere between and should be focused on ability, effectiveness and how well NHS administration (in this case) supports medical staff and patients.
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Extremes such as all administrators are bad or all administrators are essential is not helpful. The truth lies somewhere between and should be focused on ability, effectiveness and how well NHS administration (in this case) supports medical staff and patients.
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This person was infected with COVID twice and recovered. A 3rd infection brought manageable long COVID symptoms, but they were still able to work. After a 4th infection a few months ago, they haven’t recovered at all — showing how repeated infections can cause severe, lasting damage.
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 AM
This person was infected with COVID twice and recovered. A 3rd infection brought manageable long COVID symptoms, but they were still able to work. After a 4th infection a few months ago, they haven’t recovered at all — showing how repeated infections can cause severe, lasting damage.
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Voters want both: homes built and wildlife protected.
MPs should listen to the public, not a false "nature vs growth" narrative.
If nature loses at this stage, it will be because they chose not to protect it.
Tell your MP to back nature: action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/... 📢
MPs should listen to the public, not a false "nature vs growth" narrative.
If nature loses at this stage, it will be because they chose not to protect it.
Tell your MP to back nature: action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/... 📢
Help stop the Planning and Infrastructure Bill tearing up nature protections
I've just emailed my MP and asked them to vote to protect nature in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Voters want both: homes built and wildlife protected.
MPs should listen to the public, not a false "nature vs growth" narrative.
If nature loses at this stage, it will be because they chose not to protect it.
Tell your MP to back nature: action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/... 📢
MPs should listen to the public, not a false "nature vs growth" narrative.
If nature loses at this stage, it will be because they chose not to protect it.
Tell your MP to back nature: action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/... 📢
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The Planning Bill is back in Parliament today.‼️
From the start, it’s been controversial: risking damage to precious wildlife and habitats.
Peers reduced some of those risks.
Now MPs get to vote: keep those protections, or strip them out.
From the start, it’s been controversial: risking damage to precious wildlife and habitats.
Peers reduced some of those risks.
Now MPs get to vote: keep those protections, or strip them out.
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The Planning Bill is back in Parliament today.‼️
From the start, it’s been controversial: risking damage to precious wildlife and habitats.
Peers reduced some of those risks.
Now MPs get to vote: keep those protections, or strip them out.
From the start, it’s been controversial: risking damage to precious wildlife and habitats.
Peers reduced some of those risks.
Now MPs get to vote: keep those protections, or strip them out.
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Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions.
A new survey reveals negative attitudes to Reform UK Ltd
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions
centralbylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions.
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"Every so often, a book comes along that articulates exactly what our country needs. This is one," says @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Interested? Hope to see you at brilliant Bookmarks, Nov 21. Free!
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authors@Bookmarks: Natalie Bennett | Change Everything
Former leader of the Green Party Natalie Bennett discusses her guide for to a fairer, greener future
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November 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"Every so often, a book comes along that articulates exactly what our country needs. This is one," says @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Interested? Hope to see you at brilliant Bookmarks, Nov 21. Free!
@camdengreenparty.bsky.social @islingtongreens.bsky.social
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Practical amendments to provide safe and legal routes for refugees to reach the UK, and process the backlog of applications for asylum were voted on in the #HouseofLords tonight.
Sadly, you can probably guess what happened
Sadly, you can probably guess what happened
November 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Practical amendments to provide safe and legal routes for refugees to reach the UK, and process the backlog of applications for asylum were voted on in the #HouseofLords tonight.
Sadly, you can probably guess what happened
Sadly, you can probably guess what happened
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New YouGov poll, once again illustrating that Reform supporters are like no one else.
How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
New YouGov poll, once again illustrating that Reform supporters are like no one else.
How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
The flowers are lovely- but Pete, - you misunderstood my comment- about seeing later flowering- I wasn’t saying it was a good thing!
Why not ask me what I meant if you needed clarification?
Why not ask me what I meant if you needed clarification?
November 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The flowers are lovely- but Pete, - you misunderstood my comment- about seeing later flowering- I wasn’t saying it was a good thing!
Why not ask me what I meant if you needed clarification?
Why not ask me what I meant if you needed clarification?
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The flowers are lovely- but Pete- you misunderstood my comment- about seeing later flowering- I wasn’t saying it was a good thing!
Why not ask me what I meant if you needed clarification?
Why not ask me what I meant if you needed clarification?
November 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The flowers are lovely- but Pete- you misunderstood my comment- about seeing later flowering- I wasn’t saying it was a good thing!
Why not ask me what I meant if you needed clarification?
Why not ask me what I meant if you needed clarification?
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A real president does this.
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A real president does this.
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
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‘REPORT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY’: Trump threatens to replace absent air traffic controllers with ‘true Patriots’
‘REPORT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY’: Trump threatens to replace absent air traffic controllers with ‘true Patriots’
But he promises $10,000 bonuses to controllers who have shown up without fail during the more-than-monthlong shutdown.
dlvr.it
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
‘REPORT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY’: Trump threatens to replace absent air traffic controllers with ‘true Patriots’
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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Rather than feed the starving poor, this pervert is tripling his net worth. THE BBC must NOT Fall victim to this Fascist Regime.
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Rather than feed the starving poor, this pervert is tripling his net worth. THE BBC must NOT Fall victim to this Fascist Regime.
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Breaking News: President Trump threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion for a Jan. 6 documentary that his lawyer claimed made “disparaging” edits to his speech.
Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary
A lawyer for the president said the BBC’s editing of a speech Mr. Trump gave on Jan. 6 was “defamatory.” The broadcaster on Monday apologized for an “error in judgment.”
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Breaking News: President Trump threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion for a Jan. 6 documentary that his lawyer claimed made “disparaging” edits to his speech.
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Our entire political conversation - under a labour government - has taken a huge shift to the right.
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
EXCLUSIVE: Zack Polanski and Jeremy Corbyn slam Rupert Lowe’s ‘utterly repulsive’, and ‘deeply un-British’ social media comments
'Beyond disgusting'
leftfootforward.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Our entire political conversation - under a labour government - has taken a huge shift to the right.
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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Nice to see this exclusive report in the Guardian, breaking the news that I reported 3 years ago in "The Decade In Tory" (one of dozens of lucrative, mostly wasted COVID contracts via direct connection to senior Tories).
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Revealed: the billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on site
Special report: Uniserve was paid £1.4bn for Covid contracts that included supply of £178.5m in never-used equipment
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Nice to see this exclusive report in the Guardian, breaking the news that I reported 3 years ago in "The Decade In Tory" (one of dozens of lucrative, mostly wasted COVID contracts via direct connection to senior Tories).
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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This is the most abysmal, pathetic thing. The BBC head resigning because the corporation is not supine *enough* to the far-right.
🔴 Breaking I Davie faced mounting criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump
➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
November 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is the most abysmal, pathetic thing. The BBC head resigning because the corporation is not supine *enough* to the far-right.
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Edinburgh O'Clock - 3 minutes to every hour. - we run fast so you don't miss your train.
A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin
@tomduffinphotos.bsky.social.
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A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin
@tomduffinphotos.bsky.social.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Edinburgh O'Clock - 3 minutes to every hour. - we run fast so you don't miss your train.
A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin
@tomduffinphotos.bsky.social.
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A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin
@tomduffinphotos.bsky.social.
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