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

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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 1d
#IGC52 Glossary of Key Terms Related to Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions @wipo.int Published on 5 November 2025. @arianna-s.bsky.social @keiwashdc.bsky.social www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/... @grahamdutfield.bsky.social

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 1d
It’s not at all clear to me how the BBC can do any kind of serious journalism if its top two bosses can be forced to quit over such an obviously confected scandal. There is no substantive error here. How can the BBC report on Trump, or Farage, or anyone else, in these circumstances?

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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 2d
Lack-of-conviction politics on full display. Don’t they realise nobody respects cowardice, especially when it’s as blatant as this?
stephenkb.bsky.social Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 5d
A lot of people I follow, reasonably but I think wrongly, think this is a “line” reflecting the government’s caution. It’s not, but because the government is so vague on so much, can’t give honest answer like “I do not follow US politics at a municipal level” and have it be believed.
sundersays.bsky.social Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 5d
Labour frontbench doesn't know what it thinks!

Try
He won the Mayoralty so congratulations to him for winning the trust of the voters. As we know, power brings responsibility and so I wish him well in taking on that public service and leadership challenge.

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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 2d
Blackmail?
politico.eu POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 4d
Britain’s biggest drugmaker says it will only greenlight plans for a £200 million Cambridge research site if ministers go further on NHS spending reforms in trade talks with the US.
Britain’s biggest drugmaker says UK’s NHS pricing offer is still not enough
U.K. officials are negotiating new pharma spending levels as part of trade talks with the Trump administration.
www.politico.eu

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 4d
Arm twisting by the US government is going to another extreme by tying funding aid to the condition of pathogen sharing. While this sharing will not be attached to condition to access medical tools that are developed from the pathogen information that countries would share.
EXCLUSIVE: US Ties Global Health Aid To Data Sharing On Pathogens – Undermining WHO Talks - Health Policy Watch
The United States (US) aims to compel countries that receive its aid to fight HIV, tuberculosis and malaria to share all information about “pathogens with
healthpolicy-watch.news

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 4d
Not only does the UK government waste vast sums of money on demonising those seeking asylum, now it appears that they are complicit in quite a number needing it in the first place. Choosing to save money over a genocide, again. #r4today

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide
Exclusive: British government adopted ‘least ambitious’ option months before RSF’s massacres in El Fasher
www.theguardian.com

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 4d
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me

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politico.eu
POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 4d
Britain’s biggest drugmaker says it will only greenlight plans for a £200 million Cambridge research site if ministers go further on NHS spending reforms in trade talks with the US.
Britain’s biggest drugmaker says UK’s NHS pricing offer is still not enough
U.K. officials are negotiating new pharma spending levels as part of trade talks with the Trump administration.
www.politico.eu

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 4d
Well, will you look at that completely expected piece of news.
The very same people who are so quick to blame migrants for all the ills of the world, are the ones posing more of a threat.
Watch likes of Goodwin try and explain this away and still blame migrants.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Far-right extremists outnumber Islamists in anti-terror programme referrals, data shows
Total referrals reach record high, with 21% being due to ‘extreme rightwing concerns’ and 10% to Islamist ideology
www.theguardian.com

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 5d
In normal circumstances the attempt by the US to extort an allied country directly and via large companies would be a major political scandal. It isn't because the US is using such mob tactics on all other countries. We all lose out.

www.politico.eu/article/us-p...
US pharma to abandon UK unless NHS pays more, says Trump’s ambassador
Britain has offered to increase the threshold at which the NHS pays firms for medicines. Pharma firms want the government to go further.
www.politico.eu

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 5d
A lot of people I follow, reasonably but I think wrongly, think this is a “line” reflecting the government’s caution. It’s not, but because the government is so vague on so much, can’t give honest answer like “I do not follow US politics at a municipal level” and have it be believed.
sundersays.bsky.social Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 5d
Labour frontbench doesn't know what it thinks!

Try
He won the Mayoralty so congratulations to him for winning the trust of the voters. As we know, power brings responsibility and so I wish him well in taking on that public service and leadership challenge.

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 6d
I’m sure Matt Goodwin will be along shortly to tell us all whether LNER Customer Service Host Samir Zitouni counts as British or not. news.sky.com/story/train-...
Train company LNER 'extremely proud' of rail worker in critical condition after mass stabbing as family call him 'hero'
The "extraordinary bravery" of the LNER worker who intervened during the train mass stabbing attack on Saturday has been hailed by his company.
news.sky.com

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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 7d
theconversation.com/earthshot-pr...
Earthshot prize’s request for a vegan menu for Prince William leaves a bitter taste in the Amazon
Western ideas of sustainability imposed on Indigenous cultures and food risk stifling what is unique and sustainable.
theconversation.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 7d
The party who claim to be patriots literally had a Reform leadership member caught red handed taking bribes from Russia.

This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.

How are Reform getting away with this?

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 7d
Nigel Farage, who has so far registered a total of £280,500 for four hours a month as a "brand ambassador" for a company selling gold bars, thinks a £10 an hour minimum wage for young people is too high bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People
The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
bylinetimes.com

Reposted by John Drury, Elizabeth Stokoe, Graham Dutfield

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 8d
Our new paper:

Science for Pandemic Preparedness: A precautionary framework

dx.doi.org/10.1111/jep....
Science for Pandemic Preparedness: A Precautionary Framework
In the early weeks of the pandemic year 2020, health agencies were slow to warn of the potential for a global health emergency while scientists waited for ‘sufficient’ evidence of human-to-human tran...
dx.doi.org

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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 8d
Not again, BBC News is a national disgrace.
mlz1962.bsky.social Mark🦢🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌍 @mlz1962.bsky.social · 8d
Why the fuuck are the BBC news asking Furhage for an opinion on the train attacks ? He will pour petrol on it and it just panders to his own agenda. Why not the Greens or Plaid or SNP? It's open propaganda on the part of the state broadcaster

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Mark🦢🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌍 @mlz1962.bsky.social · 8d
Why the fuuck are the BBC news asking Furhage for an opinion on the train attacks ? He will pour petrol on it and it just panders to his own agenda. Why not the Greens or Plaid or SNP? It's open propaganda on the part of the state broadcaster

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 9d
A Brexiter writes...

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 10d
NEW from me:

Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.

That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀

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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 10d
This is very very good.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10d
A world without Keir Starmer: Is it time to change the Labour leader? iandunt.substack.com/p/a-world-wi...
A world without Keir Starmer
Is it time to change the Labour leader?
iandunt.substack.com

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10d
Dominic Cummings pushed for Covid tech contracts to be handed to a company run by a Trump-supporting billionaire after holding a secret meeting with him alongside Boris Johnson.

Officials were lobbied to ignore official procedures and bypass ministers in order to get the contracts signed
Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
Exclusive: Boris Johnson's senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
bylinetimes.com

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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 12d
Selected Documents submitted by Member States and Observers at the WIPO IGC on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore @wipo.int @keiwashdc.bsky.social @jamielove.bsky.social @grahamdutfield.bsky.social @vivicmt.bsky.social
www.keionline.org/bn-2025-1

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 12d
Nigel Farage MP’s private member’s bill was voted down.

Good. It was dangerous and divisive. Withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights would weaken vital human rights protections for everyone.

humanists.uk/2025/10/29/h...
Humanists UK opposes Nigel Farage’s Human Rights Convention withdrawal bill
Humanists UK has condemned Reform leader Nigel Farage MP’s introduction of a private member’s bill (PMB) to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).  Earlier this year, Reform ann...
humanists.uk

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Andrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social · 12d
Tories confirm Chris Philp's bill proposing mass deportation of people with indefinite leave to remain no longer party policy - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 12d
Net migration to the UK is falling rapidly. But how far will it fall? A new, detailed estimate by @jamesbowes01.bsky.social projects net migration in 2026 will be 70K to 170K.

This will have significant consequences, both economic and political.

ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...

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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 12d
The claim that "civil war is inevitable in the UK" is better understood as an expression of the author's desire to see blood spilt on British streets.

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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 13d
So depressing. UAE-funded genocide happening in real time. I loved El Fasher when I was there in the 1980s, people always so welcoming
youranoncentral.bsky.social Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 13d
The initial death toll of the massacres in El Fasher, Sudan by the UAE backed RSF terrorists is now at 2,000 according to local sources. Satellite imagery spotted massive stains of blood all over the city. At least 80,000 people are still unaccounted for. #Sudan_War_Updates