Guy Baily
@guybaily.bsky.social
Interested in health politics, global health and left politics generally. KONP. Retired infectious diseases physician. London
(also second rate bird photography)
(also second rate bird photography)
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This is the chart in question
February 17, 2026 at 11:42 AM
This is the chart in question
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I am pleased the Government has done another u turn.
Attempting to cancel elections, on top of scrapping jury trials, mandatory ID cards, criminalising peaceful protest and harassment of journalists is part of a disturbing authoritarian trend of this caretaker Prime Minister.
Attempting to cancel elections, on top of scrapping jury trials, mandatory ID cards, criminalising peaceful protest and harassment of journalists is part of a disturbing authoritarian trend of this caretaker Prime Minister.
Breaking: UK government is confirming it’s dropped plans to delay local elections at 30 English councils
February 16, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I am pleased the Government has done another u turn.
Attempting to cancel elections, on top of scrapping jury trials, mandatory ID cards, criminalising peaceful protest and harassment of journalists is part of a disturbing authoritarian trend of this caretaker Prime Minister.
Attempting to cancel elections, on top of scrapping jury trials, mandatory ID cards, criminalising peaceful protest and harassment of journalists is part of a disturbing authoritarian trend of this caretaker Prime Minister.
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The return of measles will mean the return of SSPE.
If you don't know what that is, read this. www.voicesforvaccines.org/what-measles...
If you don't know what that is, read this. www.voicesforvaccines.org/what-measles...
What Measles Did to My Family
My mom always told me that measles was what made my sister sick. I was 8 when she finally explained the whole thing.
www.voicesforvaccines.org
December 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The return of measles will mean the return of SSPE.
If you don't know what that is, read this. www.voicesforvaccines.org/what-measles...
If you don't know what that is, read this. www.voicesforvaccines.org/what-measles...
All of this 🔽
A large lab majority should have been a generational chance to do important stuff. It was a 'change election. What we got was timidity and staying inside the Tory defined tramlines of economic policy
A large lab majority should have been a generational chance to do important stuff. It was a 'change election. What we got was timidity and staying inside the Tory defined tramlines of economic policy
1. Many here seem bemused by the anger and disappointment this government attracts. Please bear with me while I try to explain it.
Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned.
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Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned.
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Is our Government Complicit in Genocide?
The Genocide Convention imposes obligations on states and individuals not just to punish the crime of genocide but to actively prevent it. Two years into the war in Gaza and over 20 months since th…
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February 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM
All of this 🔽
A large lab majority should have been a generational chance to do important stuff. It was a 'change election. What we got was timidity and staying inside the Tory defined tramlines of economic policy
A large lab majority should have been a generational chance to do important stuff. It was a 'change election. What we got was timidity and staying inside the Tory defined tramlines of economic policy
This is so on point 🔽
this is vicious and correct www.economist.com/britain/2026...
February 5, 2026 at 2:13 PM
This is so on point 🔽
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Baffling, really, that a government created, & until recently run, with such heavy influence from this man, (albeit often through proxies like McSweeney) should find itself at record lows of mistrust, dislike and unpopularity, I really can’t explain it
(2) Mandelson was a director of the main "People's Vote" organisation, but at the time his lobbying firm, Global Counsel, was advising corporate clients how to deal with Brexit, which he said was inevitable : Under Mandelson this was not an honest campaign www.vice.com/en/article/p...
Peter Mandelson Calls for a 'People's Vote' While Telling Potential Clients Brexit Can't Be Stopped
A conflict of interest?
www.vice.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Baffling, really, that a government created, & until recently run, with such heavy influence from this man, (albeit often through proxies like McSweeney) should find itself at record lows of mistrust, dislike and unpopularity, I really can’t explain it
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February 4, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
February 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
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'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:31 AM
'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
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Douglas Alexander claims on R4 that the rule used to block Burnham’s candidacy has been in place “for several years”, and isn't challenged by Nick Robinson. Lazy, when everyone who’s paying attention (such as the FT journos 👇) knows the rule was put in place a year ago, precisely to stop Burnham.
And it's is IMO just right *in of itself* to go 'no, you can't skip out halfway through your mandate', but let's not pretend that Labour made this rule change out of a high-minded commitment to not disappointing the voters rather than going 'oh, creating this loophole sure is helpful'. Come on.
January 26, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Douglas Alexander claims on R4 that the rule used to block Burnham’s candidacy has been in place “for several years”, and isn't challenged by Nick Robinson. Lazy, when everyone who’s paying attention (such as the FT journos 👇) knows the rule was put in place a year ago, precisely to stop Burnham.
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Honestly boycotting the World Cup would be the most effective and probably the least disruptive of all of the options available to Europe. I’m not sure how you can send teams and fans to contribute to a spectacle designed entirely to celebrate a guy trying to invade your territory.
January 19, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Honestly boycotting the World Cup would be the most effective and probably the least disruptive of all of the options available to Europe. I’m not sure how you can send teams and fans to contribute to a spectacle designed entirely to celebrate a guy trying to invade your territory.
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“Trump is acting like an international gangster”
Ed Davey
Ed Davey
January 19, 2026 at 8:25 PM
“Trump is acting like an international gangster”
Ed Davey
Ed Davey
The USA is no longer a liberal democracy. It has diverged so sharply from cultural values still held in Europe that we cant now think of the USA as our partner. Its not just Trump, or Greenland. It is now a very different place. Homophobia and intolerance are rising. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | Americans Are Turning Against Gay People
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:15 PM
The USA is no longer a liberal democracy. It has diverged so sharply from cultural values still held in Europe that we cant now think of the USA as our partner. Its not just Trump, or Greenland. It is now a very different place. Homophobia and intolerance are rising. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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"What struck me most was how they've turned the right-wing argument about UBI on its head. Rather than disincentivising work, as critics claim, they show that UBI actually removes perverse disincentives in the current system. It eliminates the fear of losing benefits…"
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social
Podcast: UBI and the Common Sense Policy Group
Universal basic income (UBI) is often dismissed as unaffordable, unrealistic, or politically impossible. But the conversation I had recently with Howard Reed and Elliott Johnson of the Common Sense Po...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
January 15, 2026 at 4:09 PM
"What struck me most was how they've turned the right-wing argument about UBI on its head. Rather than disincentivising work, as critics claim, they show that UBI actually removes perverse disincentives in the current system. It eliminates the fear of losing benefits…"
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social
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Liebe Medien, ich kann die Schlagzeile "Keine Einigung zwischen USA und Dänemark" nicht mehr sehen. Wenn ein Bewaffneter eine Bank stürmt, titelt ihr doch auch nicht: "Räuber und Kassiererin finden keinen Konsens über Geldübergabe." Hört auf, imperiale Aggression als normale Diplomatie zu framen.
January 15, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Liebe Medien, ich kann die Schlagzeile "Keine Einigung zwischen USA und Dänemark" nicht mehr sehen. Wenn ein Bewaffneter eine Bank stürmt, titelt ihr doch auch nicht: "Räuber und Kassiererin finden keinen Konsens über Geldübergabe." Hört auf, imperiale Aggression als normale Diplomatie zu framen.
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The central tenet of the US gun lobby is that citizens must have the right to bear arms as the ultimate safeguard against an authoritarianism government.
So, where are you, guys?
Or was that another made-up reason to keep the bucks rolling in for the gun industry?
So, where are you, guys?
Or was that another made-up reason to keep the bucks rolling in for the gun industry?
January 10, 2026 at 11:29 AM
The central tenet of the US gun lobby is that citizens must have the right to bear arms as the ultimate safeguard against an authoritarianism government.
So, where are you, guys?
Or was that another made-up reason to keep the bucks rolling in for the gun industry?
So, where are you, guys?
Or was that another made-up reason to keep the bucks rolling in for the gun industry?
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I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
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How’s this Nobel Peace Prize thing coming along?
January 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM
How’s this Nobel Peace Prize thing coming along?
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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My letter in the Financial Times today.
Don't insult cockroaches by comparing them to the dodgy companies fueled by private equity
#Biodiversity #FinancialSector
Don't insult cockroaches by comparing them to the dodgy companies fueled by private equity
#Biodiversity #FinancialSector
December 31, 2025 at 11:26 AM
My letter in the Financial Times today.
Don't insult cockroaches by comparing them to the dodgy companies fueled by private equity
#Biodiversity #FinancialSector
Don't insult cockroaches by comparing them to the dodgy companies fueled by private equity
#Biodiversity #FinancialSector
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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A year of reasons why Ofwat should just say NO to Thames Water's outrageous deal - being allowed to pollute our water for 15 years.
MARCH: Thames Water & Ofwat both scaremongering in the press about the cost of taking TW into public ownership.
But here's the truth.
#OFWATsayNO vist.ly/4jbqu
MARCH: Thames Water & Ofwat both scaremongering in the press about the cost of taking TW into public ownership.
But here's the truth.
#OFWATsayNO vist.ly/4jbqu
December 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
A year of reasons why Ofwat should just say NO to Thames Water's outrageous deal - being allowed to pollute our water for 15 years.
MARCH: Thames Water & Ofwat both scaremongering in the press about the cost of taking TW into public ownership.
But here's the truth.
#OFWATsayNO vist.ly/4jbqu
MARCH: Thames Water & Ofwat both scaremongering in the press about the cost of taking TW into public ownership.
But here's the truth.
#OFWATsayNO vist.ly/4jbqu
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Your 'doom quote' for today:
"It may seem impossible to imagine that a technologically advanced society would choose, in essence, to destroy itself, but that is what we are now in the process of doing."
www.bloomsbury.com/us/field-not...
"It may seem impossible to imagine that a technologically advanced society would choose, in essence, to destroy itself, but that is what we are now in the process of doing."
www.bloomsbury.com/us/field-not...
Field Notes from a Catastrophe
A new edition of the book that launched Elizabeth Kolbert's career as an environmental writer-updated with three new chapters, making it, yet again, "irrep…
www.bloomsbury.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Your 'doom quote' for today:
"It may seem impossible to imagine that a technologically advanced society would choose, in essence, to destroy itself, but that is what we are now in the process of doing."
www.bloomsbury.com/us/field-not...
"It may seem impossible to imagine that a technologically advanced society would choose, in essence, to destroy itself, but that is what we are now in the process of doing."
www.bloomsbury.com/us/field-not...