Jasneet Samrai
@jasneetsamrai.bsky.social
Deputy Director of Centre Think Tank.
Also works in health public affairs.
All views are my own.
Also works in health public affairs.
All views are my own.
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Jasneet Samrai
@jasneetsamrai.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Hi all! I’ve just joined Bluesky- so a quick tweet about me.
🌸 I am deputy director of @centrethinktank.co.uk and in oversee policy + internal decisionmaking.
🩺 I also work in health public affairs in the charity sector.
✈️ In my free time, I love to travel and explore the world.
🌸 I am deputy director of @centrethinktank.co.uk and in oversee policy + internal decisionmaking.
🩺 I also work in health public affairs in the charity sector.
✈️ In my free time, I love to travel and explore the world.
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A remarkable stat: Heidi Alexander’s appointment as Transport Secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history.
November 29, 2024 at 1:52 PM
A remarkable stat: Heidi Alexander’s appointment as Transport Secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history.
So proud to see this bill go through!
Congratulations to our friends @dignityindying.org.uk- we’re now a step closer to people having greater choice at the end of their life.
Centre will now start working on our submission to the bill committee- so if anyone wants to talk on this, let me know.
Congratulations to our friends @dignityindying.org.uk- we’re now a step closer to people having greater choice at the end of their life.
Centre will now start working on our submission to the bill committee- so if anyone wants to talk on this, let me know.
The assisted dying bill has passed its first major hurdle in the House of Commons.
This is a step towards greater choice at the end of life.
@dignityindying.org.uk
This is a step towards greater choice at the end of life.
@dignityindying.org.uk
November 29, 2024 at 2:38 PM
So proud to see this bill go through!
Congratulations to our friends @dignityindying.org.uk- we’re now a step closer to people having greater choice at the end of their life.
Centre will now start working on our submission to the bill committee- so if anyone wants to talk on this, let me know.
Congratulations to our friends @dignityindying.org.uk- we’re now a step closer to people having greater choice at the end of their life.
Centre will now start working on our submission to the bill committee- so if anyone wants to talk on this, let me know.
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The assisted dying bill has passed its first major hurdle in the House of Commons.
This is a step towards greater choice at the end of life.
@dignityindying.org.uk
This is a step towards greater choice at the end of life.
@dignityindying.org.uk
November 29, 2024 at 2:31 PM
The assisted dying bill has passed its first major hurdle in the House of Commons.
This is a step towards greater choice at the end of life.
@dignityindying.org.uk
This is a step towards greater choice at the end of life.
@dignityindying.org.uk
Is it just me or has there not been a @politico.com London newsletter today 🥺
November 27, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Is it just me or has there not been a @politico.com London newsletter today 🥺
So happy to see this :)
UK parliament Justice Committee launches new inquiry into rehabilitation and resettlement
Written submissions by by January 10, 2025
committees.parliament.uk/committee/10...
Written submissions by by January 10, 2025
committees.parliament.uk/committee/10...
Justice Committee launches new inquiry into rehabilitation and resettlement - Committees - UK Parliament
The Justice Committee is today (Tuesday, 26 November) launching its first new inquiry of the Parliament entitled ‘Rehabilitation and resettlement: ending the cycle of reoffending’.
committees.parliament.uk
November 27, 2024 at 8:14 AM
So happy to see this :)
Whilst this is good news, I’d also like to see government focus on the health of spiking, and how we can increase the capacity of spiking tests/supporting victims.
I was spiked in the Parliamentary bar last year, which shows more police presence isn’t everything.
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3190832...
I was spiked in the Parliamentary bar last year, which shows more police presence isn’t everything.
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3190832...
Major drink-spiking crackdown as it will become specific criminal offence
DRINK-spiking is to become a specific criminal offence, with predators more likely to be jailed, PM Sir Keir Starmer will announce today. The aim is to simplify the current system where spiking com…
www.thesun.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Whilst this is good news, I’d also like to see government focus on the health of spiking, and how we can increase the capacity of spiking tests/supporting victims.
I was spiked in the Parliamentary bar last year, which shows more police presence isn’t everything.
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3190832...
I was spiked in the Parliamentary bar last year, which shows more police presence isn’t everything.
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3190832...
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Some MPs opposed to assisted dying bill have raised questions on drafting & whether it is sufficiently watertight. Turns out it was drafted by Dame Elizabeth Gardiner, who retired this year after almost a decade as first parliamentary counsel, govt's top legislative drafter.
November 20, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Some MPs opposed to assisted dying bill have raised questions on drafting & whether it is sufficiently watertight. Turns out it was drafted by Dame Elizabeth Gardiner, who retired this year after almost a decade as first parliamentary counsel, govt's top legislative drafter.
Happy health and social care select committee oral evidence day for all of my other health nerds 🙈
November 20, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Happy health and social care select committee oral evidence day for all of my other health nerds 🙈
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🚨 LAUNCHING TODAY 🚨
Nearly two years ago, @tortoisemedia.bsky.social unveiled the Westminster Accounts, a free tool designed to give people greater understanding of the money that flows through parliament.
Now, with Peer Review, we take on another arcane part of our system - the House of Lords
Nearly two years ago, @tortoisemedia.bsky.social unveiled the Westminster Accounts, a free tool designed to give people greater understanding of the money that flows through parliament.
Now, with Peer Review, we take on another arcane part of our system - the House of Lords
November 20, 2024 at 7:25 AM
🚨 LAUNCHING TODAY 🚨
Nearly two years ago, @tortoisemedia.bsky.social unveiled the Westminster Accounts, a free tool designed to give people greater understanding of the money that flows through parliament.
Now, with Peer Review, we take on another arcane part of our system - the House of Lords
Nearly two years ago, @tortoisemedia.bsky.social unveiled the Westminster Accounts, a free tool designed to give people greater understanding of the money that flows through parliament.
Now, with Peer Review, we take on another arcane part of our system - the House of Lords
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Excellent column. Public engagement could have been better but the politicians involved can be proud of spending political capital to save lives.
“Evidence-based policy does work, but you have to own it, explain it and stay the course. It costs political capital, and politicians need to be brave”
“Evidence-based policy does work, but you have to own it, explain it and stay the course. It costs political capital, and politicians need to be brave”
I decided to write about 20mph for my Guardian column.
It shows that evidence based policy making does work, but if you get the messaging wrong, you leave the field open for another culture war battle.
It shows that evidence based policy making does work, but if you get the messaging wrong, you leave the field open for another culture war battle.
Wales’s 20mph speed limit saves lives and money. So why has it become a culture-war battlefield? | Will Hayward
November 19, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Excellent column. Public engagement could have been better but the politicians involved can be proud of spending political capital to save lives.
“Evidence-based policy does work, but you have to own it, explain it and stay the course. It costs political capital, and politicians need to be brave”
“Evidence-based policy does work, but you have to own it, explain it and stay the course. It costs political capital, and politicians need to be brave”
There’s one of young me that’s super cringe- so don’t listen to that one 😭
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November 19, 2024 at 1:54 PM
There’s one of young me that’s super cringe- so don’t listen to that one 😭
Using Bluesky for the most important questions, but is it snowing anywhere? If so, *cries in Hertfordshire*
November 19, 2024 at 9:49 AM
Using Bluesky for the most important questions, but is it snowing anywhere? If so, *cries in Hertfordshire*
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Yesterday, there was a major change in the criminal justice system that’s largely sneaked under the radar: the doubling of magistrates’ court sentencing powers. What does that actually mean, and is it good or bad?
November 19, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Yesterday, there was a major change in the criminal justice system that’s largely sneaked under the radar: the doubling of magistrates’ court sentencing powers. What does that actually mean, and is it good or bad?
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I love how starter packs have reduced in scope as they’ve proliferated a few weeks ago it was like “Members of NATO” and now it’s “boys only on the third table from the left of the right hand window in my GCSE history class”
November 18, 2024 at 9:32 PM
I love how starter packs have reduced in scope as they’ve proliferated a few weeks ago it was like “Members of NATO” and now it’s “boys only on the third table from the left of the right hand window in my GCSE history class”
Exciting to see that assisting dying could feasibly be passed by this Parliament.
There’s some detail that needs to be worked out by the department of health and chief medical officer, which is laid out in the bills provisions, so it’ll be interesting to see how the process works if enacted.
There’s some detail that needs to be worked out by the department of health and chief medical officer, which is laid out in the bills provisions, so it’ll be interesting to see how the process works if enacted.
Labour List calculate that publicly declared Labour MPs are in favour of the assisted dying bill by 2 to 1, despite concerns raised by several cabinet members.
Interesting analysis on the bill’s chances of passing second reading, which still seems v possible.
labourlist.org/2024/11/assi...
Interesting analysis on the bill’s chances of passing second reading, which still seems v possible.
labourlist.org/2024/11/assi...
November 18, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Exciting to see that assisting dying could feasibly be passed by this Parliament.
There’s some detail that needs to be worked out by the department of health and chief medical officer, which is laid out in the bills provisions, so it’ll be interesting to see how the process works if enacted.
There’s some detail that needs to be worked out by the department of health and chief medical officer, which is laid out in the bills provisions, so it’ll be interesting to see how the process works if enacted.
Love all these starter packs, but also my feed so cluttered already 😭
Bluesky feels very chaotic- wondering how this will play out in the long term!
Bluesky feels very chaotic- wondering how this will play out in the long term!
November 18, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Love all these starter packs, but also my feed so cluttered already 😭
Bluesky feels very chaotic- wondering how this will play out in the long term!
Bluesky feels very chaotic- wondering how this will play out in the long term!
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Would read a novel about a writer who gets included in a Starter Pack with a load of other writers he considers inferior.
November 18, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Would read a novel about a writer who gets included in a Starter Pack with a load of other writers he considers inferior.
Mustard is 🤢
How do you dare turning your backs on “British sandwich classics like ham and mustard and cheese and onion in favour of 'fancy' fillings like avocado, olives and continental cheese” ?!?!
November 18, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Mustard is 🤢
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I’m seeing more people from different political camps on here and other platforms now.
Which is great.
As I said to @zoecrowther.bsky.social, this shouldn’t be an echo chamber, we need to have good arguments, not foul ones. www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Which is great.
As I said to @zoecrowther.bsky.social, this shouldn’t be an echo chamber, we need to have good arguments, not foul ones. www.politicshome.com/news/article...
MPs Approach 'Tipping Point' To Move Away From Elon Musk's X
A growing number of MPs are weighing up whether to leave social media website X and move to alternative platforms, with some encouraging the Govern...
www.politicshome.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:20 AM
I’m seeing more people from different political camps on here and other platforms now.
Which is great.
As I said to @zoecrowther.bsky.social, this shouldn’t be an echo chamber, we need to have good arguments, not foul ones. www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Which is great.
As I said to @zoecrowther.bsky.social, this shouldn’t be an echo chamber, we need to have good arguments, not foul ones. www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Hi all! I’ve just joined Bluesky- so a quick tweet about me.
🌸 I am deputy director of @centrethinktank.co.uk and in oversee policy + internal decisionmaking.
🩺 I also work in health public affairs in the charity sector.
✈️ In my free time, I love to travel and explore the world.
🌸 I am deputy director of @centrethinktank.co.uk and in oversee policy + internal decisionmaking.
🩺 I also work in health public affairs in the charity sector.
✈️ In my free time, I love to travel and explore the world.
November 18, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Hi all! I’ve just joined Bluesky- so a quick tweet about me.
🌸 I am deputy director of @centrethinktank.co.uk and in oversee policy + internal decisionmaking.
🩺 I also work in health public affairs in the charity sector.
✈️ In my free time, I love to travel and explore the world.
🌸 I am deputy director of @centrethinktank.co.uk and in oversee policy + internal decisionmaking.
🩺 I also work in health public affairs in the charity sector.
✈️ In my free time, I love to travel and explore the world.