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Most Democratic-led states will continue to recommend the hepatitis B vaccine at birth, despite a CDC advisory panel’s vote against it. www.wired.com/story/many-s...
Many States Say They’ll Defy RFK Jr.’s Changes to Hepatitis B Vaccination
Most Democratic-led states will continue to recommend the hepatitis B vaccine at birth, despite a CDC advisory panel’s vote against it.
www.wired.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Most Democratic-led states will continue to recommend the hepatitis B vaccine at birth, despite a CDC advisory panel’s vote against it. www.wired.com/story/many-s...
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The BMA agrees to put a new government offer to resident doctors through an online survey
December 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The BMA agrees to put a new government offer to resident doctors through an online survey
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Human rights were built for hard times, not rewrites when it suits the Government.
Pushing to water down the European Convention on Human Rights on International Human Rights Day is a moral retreat, not a solution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Pushing to water down the European Convention on Human Rights on International Human Rights Day is a moral retreat, not a solution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Starmer is lobbying Europe to join him in watering down the ECHR. This illiberalism will harm us all | Steve Valdez-Symonds
The prime minister and his counterpart in Denmark want a concerted effort to weaken human rights across Europe. This isn’t pragmatism – it’s cruelty, says Steve Valdez-Symonds, refugee and migrant rig...
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Human rights were built for hard times, not rewrites when it suits the Government.
Pushing to water down the European Convention on Human Rights on International Human Rights Day is a moral retreat, not a solution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Pushing to water down the European Convention on Human Rights on International Human Rights Day is a moral retreat, not a solution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Nicolas Sarkozy opens door to Marine Le Pen and French far right on.ft.com/48y7LqB
Nicolas Sarkozy opens door to Marine Le Pen and French far right
In prison diary, former conservative French president rules out future attempts to ostracise Rassemblement National
on.ft.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Nicolas Sarkozy opens door to Marine Le Pen and French far right on.ft.com/48y7LqB
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Part 2 (10 mins) covering attacks on science, civil rights and how Trump wants to be a king.
again there will be some short versions of some of it later this week...
All based on www.trumpactiontracker.info
youtu.be/9fudutXpn08
again there will be some short versions of some of it later this week...
All based on www.trumpactiontracker.info
youtu.be/9fudutXpn08
What's happening to the CDC's views on vaccines? | Beyond the headlines
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Part 2 (10 mins) covering attacks on science, civil rights and how Trump wants to be a king.
again there will be some short versions of some of it later this week...
All based on www.trumpactiontracker.info
youtu.be/9fudutXpn08
again there will be some short versions of some of it later this week...
All based on www.trumpactiontracker.info
youtu.be/9fudutXpn08
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Jeez. All tourists - including those from Britain - will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country's border force
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
US plans to start checking all tourists' social media
The potential social media mandate being proposed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) would apply to anyone visiting, whether they require a visa or not.
news.sky.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Jeez. All tourists - including those from Britain - will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country's border force
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
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One of the things I noticed in this very long account of Nigel Farage's dealings with the US and the MAGA/Trump world is how very *male* it is. I counted 27 contemporary politicians/pundits/hangers on citied in the piece, and precisely two are women.
December 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
One of the things I noticed in this very long account of Nigel Farage's dealings with the US and the MAGA/Trump world is how very *male* it is. I counted 27 contemporary politicians/pundits/hangers on citied in the piece, and precisely two are women.
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NEW: Journalist Simon Heffer to be made a Conservative peer.
December 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
NEW: Journalist Simon Heffer to be made a Conservative peer.
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Royal Tunbridge Wells – the Kent town which has become synonymous with middle-class affluence – has not had certifiably clean, running water for 11 days now
➡#Read more: trib.al/WYApuxW
➡#Read more: trib.al/WYApuxW
December 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Royal Tunbridge Wells – the Kent town which has become synonymous with middle-class affluence – has not had certifiably clean, running water for 11 days now
➡#Read more: trib.al/WYApuxW
➡#Read more: trib.al/WYApuxW
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My latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Interviewing future medical students gave me that rare thing: hope for the NHS | Devi Sridhar
They face long hours, mediocre pay and, at worst, no job, but their optimism is astonishing – let’s support them better, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edin...
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
My latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump’s foreign policy isn’t “noninterventionism,” it is a kind of neo neo conservatism devoted to imposing authoritarian ethnonationalism abroad instead of democracy (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Trump’s foreign policy isn’t “noninterventionism,” it is a kind of neo neo conservatism devoted to imposing authoritarian ethnonationalism abroad instead of democracy (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Today I asked the former council Tory candidate, who has gone to live in Russia on an “anti-woke” visa and whose business wants others to do the same, what so attracted him to live under the kleptocratic, murderous Russian regime. This was our exchange.
youtu.be/TgqI7U33o5A?...
youtu.be/TgqI7U33o5A?...
What is Putin’s ‘anti-woke’ visa? | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Today I asked the former council Tory candidate, who has gone to live in Russia on an “anti-woke” visa and whose business wants others to do the same, what so attracted him to live under the kleptocratic, murderous Russian regime. This was our exchange.
youtu.be/TgqI7U33o5A?...
youtu.be/TgqI7U33o5A?...
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Y'days post: Labour, a supply side explanation for the rise of populism, and the growing acceptability of xenophobic discourse in the UK mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/12/labo...
Voters haven't suddenly become more xenophobic/racist. So the reason public discourse has is due to politicians + media
Voters haven't suddenly become more xenophobic/racist. So the reason public discourse has is due to politicians + media
Labour, a supply side explanation for the rise of populism, and the growing acceptability of xenophobic discourse in the UK
I never cease to be amazed at how bad Labour politicians are at politics. It may seem arrogant for an economist to say that, but it’s not ...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Y'days post: Labour, a supply side explanation for the rise of populism, and the growing acceptability of xenophobic discourse in the UK mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/12/labo...
Voters haven't suddenly become more xenophobic/racist. So the reason public discourse has is due to politicians + media
Voters haven't suddenly become more xenophobic/racist. So the reason public discourse has is due to politicians + media
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NEW
Extremism, conformity, and the problem of law
How the law can (attempt to) regulate extremism, but it can really do nothing about conformism.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/extremism-...
Extremism, conformity, and the problem of law
How the law can (attempt to) regulate extremism, but it can really do nothing about conformism.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/extremism-...
Extremism, conformity, and the problem of law
How the law can (attempt to) regulate extremism, but it can really do nothing about conformism.
emptycity.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
NEW
Extremism, conformity, and the problem of law
How the law can (attempt to) regulate extremism, but it can really do nothing about conformism.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/extremism-...
Extremism, conformity, and the problem of law
How the law can (attempt to) regulate extremism, but it can really do nothing about conformism.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/extremism-...
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Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
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NEW: The Kremlin is significantly intensifying its cognitive warfare effort to present the Russian military and economy as able to inevitably win a war of attrition against Ukraine. 🧵(1/9)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 9, 2025: isw.pub/UkrUpdate120925
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 9, 2025: isw.pub/UkrUpdate120925
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
December 10, 2025 at 3:28 AM
NEW: The Kremlin is significantly intensifying its cognitive warfare effort to present the Russian military and economy as able to inevitably win a war of attrition against Ukraine. 🧵(1/9)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 9, 2025: isw.pub/UkrUpdate120925
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 9, 2025: isw.pub/UkrUpdate120925
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
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My Times letter on why most Europeans find the new Trump doctrine hard to recognise. This is an American administration that is friendly to authoritarian Russia while seeking regime change in Europe's democracies. At least we get to decide at the ballot box whether to vote for Trumpism here.
December 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
My Times letter on why most Europeans find the new Trump doctrine hard to recognise. This is an American administration that is friendly to authoritarian Russia while seeking regime change in Europe's democracies. At least we get to decide at the ballot box whether to vote for Trumpism here.
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Two of the few remaining centre-left prime ministers in Europe (🇩🇰 & 🇬🇧) come together to write a joint op-ed on ... harder migration policy.
A sign of the times. Most noteworthy for me is the call for ECHR reform, though with little detail on how it should be changed.
A sign of the times. Most noteworthy for me is the call for ECHR reform, though with little detail on how it should be changed.
We must protect our borders to defend our democracies. Here's how
This is our strong message to our friends in Europe. Unless responsible governments reflect their citizens’ concerns, populists will win, say British PM Keir Starmer and Danish PM Mette Frederiksen
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Two of the few remaining centre-left prime ministers in Europe (🇩🇰 & 🇬🇧) come together to write a joint op-ed on ... harder migration policy.
A sign of the times. Most noteworthy for me is the call for ECHR reform, though with little detail on how it should be changed.
A sign of the times. Most noteworthy for me is the call for ECHR reform, though with little detail on how it should be changed.
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The designer of Times New Roman, Stanley Morrison, was a conscientious objector in 1916 and was imprisoned for his pacifist beliefs.
These dipshits can't even vice signal without screwing it up.
These dipshits can't even vice signal without screwing it up.
Times New Roman is an imported font, developed for London newspaper The Times in 1931. You know what American-designed font cooked up in 1994 would be perfect for this regime? Comic Sans.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
December 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The designer of Times New Roman, Stanley Morrison, was a conscientious objector in 1916 and was imprisoned for his pacifist beliefs.
These dipshits can't even vice signal without screwing it up.
These dipshits can't even vice signal without screwing it up.
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Tighter visa rules will cost UK up to £10.8bn giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Tighter visa rules will cost UK up to £10.8bn giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
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This is a significant report on UK-EU youth experience / mobility as the first to be released from either side on how the scheme outlined in May's common understanding could actually work in practice.
I'm pleased to have been involved as an adviser.
I'm pleased to have been involved as an adviser.
The UK Trade and Business Commission’s new report sets out how the UK and the EU could implement a Youth Experience Scheme.
“The report is likely to give weight to the arguments of Britain’s negotiators in talks over the deal,” writes Arj Singh.
Read: https://bit.ly/48tqyTY
“The report is likely to give weight to the arguments of Britain’s negotiators in talks over the deal,” writes Arj Singh.
Read: https://bit.ly/48tqyTY
December 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is a significant report on UK-EU youth experience / mobility as the first to be released from either side on how the scheme outlined in May's common understanding could actually work in practice.
I'm pleased to have been involved as an adviser.
I'm pleased to have been involved as an adviser.
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⚠️WARNING⚠️
'Dynamic pricing' on your weekly shop is being installed in UK supermarkets, following a US model.
Customers can buy the same product in the same shop and be charged different prices.
Find out more in my latest Substack, and please subscribe💚
substack.com/home/post/p-...
'Dynamic pricing' on your weekly shop is being installed in UK supermarkets, following a US model.
Customers can buy the same product in the same shop and be charged different prices.
Find out more in my latest Substack, and please subscribe💚
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Zonal Betrayal: How Labour is Carving Up Britain for Corporate Profiteering
From electricity to groceries to entire regions - the systematic dismantling of transparent pricing and democratic sovereignty
substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
⚠️WARNING⚠️
'Dynamic pricing' on your weekly shop is being installed in UK supermarkets, following a US model.
Customers can buy the same product in the same shop and be charged different prices.
Find out more in my latest Substack, and please subscribe💚
substack.com/home/post/p-...
'Dynamic pricing' on your weekly shop is being installed in UK supermarkets, following a US model.
Customers can buy the same product in the same shop and be charged different prices.
Find out more in my latest Substack, and please subscribe💚
substack.com/home/post/p-...