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#NHS
Is this the system we want for the UK?
Do our doctors want to be rich so much that they'll let the system be screwed over for extortionate profit?
Can YOU afford private insurance?
Would you qualify? Could you afford the excesses?
Do we want to be another MAGA state?
Fuck no.
Is this the system we want for the UK?
Do our doctors want to be rich so much that they'll let the system be screwed over for extortionate profit?
Can YOU afford private insurance?
Would you qualify? Could you afford the excesses?
Do we want to be another MAGA state?
Fuck no.
She paid hundreds of thousands for life-saving open-heart surgery and only avoided bankruptcy because she had solid insurance.
For anyone without coverage or savings, the same surgery could ruin them or cost their life.
That’s how broken this system is.
#TrumpInflationCrisis
For anyone without coverage or savings, the same surgery could ruin them or cost their life.
That’s how broken this system is.
#TrumpInflationCrisis
December 10, 2025 at 6:28 AM
#NHS
Is this the system we want for the UK?
Do our doctors want to be rich so much that they'll let the system be screwed over for extortionate profit?
Can YOU afford private insurance?
Would you qualify? Could you afford the excesses?
Do we want to be another MAGA state?
Fuck no.
Is this the system we want for the UK?
Do our doctors want to be rich so much that they'll let the system be screwed over for extortionate profit?
Can YOU afford private insurance?
Would you qualify? Could you afford the excesses?
Do we want to be another MAGA state?
Fuck no.
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NEW | The countdown of this year’s most contemptible columns continues…
The 25 Worst Columns of 2025, Part Two: Bullies cosplaying as victims, monarchy fan fiction, and the never-ending search for the 'good' Tory...
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-25-wor...
The 25 Worst Columns of 2025, Part Two: Bullies cosplaying as victims, monarchy fan fiction, and the never-ending search for the 'good' Tory...
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-25-wor...
The 25 Worst Columns of 2025, Part Two: Bullies cosplaying as victims, monarchy fan fiction, and the never-ending search for the 'good' Tory...
Our annual look at the commentariat's most contemptuous content continues.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
NEW | The countdown of this year’s most contemptible columns continues…
The 25 Worst Columns of 2025, Part Two: Bullies cosplaying as victims, monarchy fan fiction, and the never-ending search for the 'good' Tory...
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-25-wor...
The 25 Worst Columns of 2025, Part Two: Bullies cosplaying as victims, monarchy fan fiction, and the never-ending search for the 'good' Tory...
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-25-wor...
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"there's a new serif in town"
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
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"there's a new serif in town"
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When I wrote the Commission’s position on the conversion practices petition that went before the Scottish Parliament’s EHRCJ Committee she removed a reference to a position articulated by the UN’s independent expert on sexual orientation and gender identity on the grounds the UN ‘is a lobby group’.
December 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
When I wrote the Commission’s position on the conversion practices petition that went before the Scottish Parliament’s EHRCJ Committee she removed a reference to a position articulated by the UN’s independent expert on sexual orientation and gender identity on the grounds the UN ‘is a lobby group’.
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Would anyone like my ticket to tonight's Daphne Oram night at the Barbican from 7.30pm? Sadly I can't go; any reasonable offer fine, DM for details, thanks
December 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Would anyone like my ticket to tonight's Daphne Oram night at the Barbican from 7.30pm? Sadly I can't go; any reasonable offer fine, DM for details, thanks
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From this infinite monkey, I offer a heart and a mind that is open to so many possibilities of what it is to be human, hopefully other members of the gang will feel similarly #translivesmatter #lgbtq
December 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
From this infinite monkey, I offer a heart and a mind that is open to so many possibilities of what it is to be human, hopefully other members of the gang will feel similarly #translivesmatter #lgbtq
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Lobbyist / ex Tory MP Ben Howlett has been done by an undercover sting. As ever, the most revealing thing is how very very cheap it is buy access in British media/politics — and especially how Howlett controls one of the biggest UK pol Twitter accounts!
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
December 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Lobbyist / ex Tory MP Ben Howlett has been done by an undercover sting. As ever, the most revealing thing is how very very cheap it is buy access in British media/politics — and especially how Howlett controls one of the biggest UK pol Twitter accounts!
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
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I volunteer with a London youth club that does amazing things on a budget with low overheads.
This week we're running a matched funding campaign. For every £1 donated the club gets £2.
And if you donate any amount, I'll give you a free month of London Centric.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
This week we're running a matched funding campaign. For every £1 donated the club gets £2.
And if you donate any amount, I'll give you a free month of London Centric.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Westminster House Youth Club Christmas Appeal – Big Give
We're a busy youth club providing after-school opportunities, support, and education to young people in south east London. We've got …
donate.biggive.org
December 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I volunteer with a London youth club that does amazing things on a budget with low overheads.
This week we're running a matched funding campaign. For every £1 donated the club gets £2.
And if you donate any amount, I'll give you a free month of London Centric.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
This week we're running a matched funding campaign. For every £1 donated the club gets £2.
And if you donate any amount, I'll give you a free month of London Centric.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
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Make sure Ryanair get more than £100 worth of bad publicity over this. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
Ryanair expects me to take the financial hit for helping others
As a doctor I stepped in to tend to an elderly passenger … but it won’t waive £100 transfer fee to rebook
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Make sure Ryanair get more than £100 worth of bad publicity over this. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
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From yesterday: “The rule of law is under threat in the UK” says House of Lords Constitution Committee | Sonia Lenegan
"The rule of law is under threat in the UK" says House of Lords Constitution Committee - Free Movement
The House of Lords Constitution Committee has published a report looking at the state of the rule of law in the UK and concluding that it is "under threat".
freemovement.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
From yesterday: “The rule of law is under threat in the UK” says House of Lords Constitution Committee | Sonia Lenegan
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Thank you, @joshbabarinde.bsky.social for pressing the government on today's appalling leaked EHRC proposals. It is both sickening and predictable that they should leak on Transgender Day of Remembrance. Thank you for committing the @libdems.org.uk to standing up for our rights.
November 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Thank you, @joshbabarinde.bsky.social for pressing the government on today's appalling leaked EHRC proposals. It is both sickening and predictable that they should leak on Transgender Day of Remembrance. Thank you for committing the @libdems.org.uk to standing up for our rights.
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I suspect they're delaying it because its mental and unworkable - and is clearly aimed at the exclusion of trans, and gender conforming people, from society.
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I suspect they're delaying it because its mental and unworkable - and is clearly aimed at the exclusion of trans, and gender conforming people, from society.
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The real danger we face is that if Trump mounts a military coup, he may not need many troops, since local police like this across the country may readily join his effort and suppress any local uprisings against it.
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The real danger we face is that if Trump mounts a military coup, he may not need many troops, since local police like this across the country may readily join his effort and suppress any local uprisings against it.
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A classic
November 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
A classic
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Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Hen Harrier ‘Susie’, whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries
If ever there was an example demonstrating the high level of persecution faced by Hen Harriers on UK grouse moors, the lack of consequences for the offenders, and the lack of justice for the victim…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
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This man was trafficked into Britain, in ways which the government would now use to make him subject to deportation. According to a leading political pundit, he brought with him ancestral violence, which means that he *and his British-born children* should be expelled.
This man.
This man.
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This man was trafficked into Britain, in ways which the government would now use to make him subject to deportation. According to a leading political pundit, he brought with him ancestral violence, which means that he *and his British-born children* should be expelled.
This man.
This man.
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Hello @support.bsky.team
I heard from Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social that her account was suspended.
Can you please look into this and reinstate her account? She’s a published author and scholar on authoritarianism. Her presence here is valuable.
cc:
@jay.bsky.team
@aaron.bsky.team
I heard from Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social that her account was suspended.
Can you please look into this and reinstate her account? She’s a published author and scholar on authoritarianism. Her presence here is valuable.
cc:
@jay.bsky.team
@aaron.bsky.team
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Hello @support.bsky.team
I heard from Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social that her account was suspended.
Can you please look into this and reinstate her account? She’s a published author and scholar on authoritarianism. Her presence here is valuable.
cc:
@jay.bsky.team
@aaron.bsky.team
I heard from Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social that her account was suspended.
Can you please look into this and reinstate her account? She’s a published author and scholar on authoritarianism. Her presence here is valuable.
cc:
@jay.bsky.team
@aaron.bsky.team
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Unconscious bias?
Conscious bias?
All I know is that the BBC website editor today chose the picture on the left to illustrate immigration reform, not the picture on the right (Which is the way that 98% of immigrants arrive in UK)
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Conscious bias?
All I know is that the BBC website editor today chose the picture on the left to illustrate immigration reform, not the picture on the right (Which is the way that 98% of immigrants arrive in UK)
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Unconscious bias?
Conscious bias?
All I know is that the BBC website editor today chose the picture on the left to illustrate immigration reform, not the picture on the right (Which is the way that 98% of immigrants arrive in UK)
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Conscious bias?
All I know is that the BBC website editor today chose the picture on the left to illustrate immigration reform, not the picture on the right (Which is the way that 98% of immigrants arrive in UK)
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
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Right now if the BBC announced Alex Jones as the next DG, I'd have no idea which one.
November 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Right now if the BBC announced Alex Jones as the next DG, I'd have no idea which one.
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A poem for Elon Musk #empathy #humanity @humanists.uk #love @amnestyuk.bsky.social @hopenothate.org.uk @nionwomen.bsky.social #poetry #poem
November 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A poem for Elon Musk #empathy #humanity @humanists.uk #love @amnestyuk.bsky.social @hopenothate.org.uk @nionwomen.bsky.social #poetry #poem