neilmcrowther
@neilmcrowther.bsky.social
Social change, social care, social life.
Now this is exceptionally great, as the very best ‘b-sides’ always are youtu.be/Gklsx_UmI0I?...
Saint Etienne - Remember Me (2025)
YouTube video by Rodrigo Valenzuela
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February 14, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Now this is exceptionally great, as the very best ‘b-sides’ always are youtu.be/Gklsx_UmI0I?...
Hello Sunshine, come into my life…. 🌞
February 14, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Hello Sunshine, come into my life…. 🌞
Sorry, but this is getting silly. It’s a private members Bill not a government Bill, addressing a complex and gravely important issue, which also has considerable resource implications. The Lords is scrutinising in the way often only the Lords does. And we should be thankful
A petition has been started by assisted dying campaigner Sophie Blake - who has incurable secondary breast cancer - to stop the Lords from frustrating bills approved by MPs.
Peers are currently debating the assisted dying bill at a snail’s pace.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
Peers are currently debating the assisted dying bill at a snail’s pace.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
Petition: Act to ensure Bills backed by MPs & public can complete all stages in Parliament
We want the Government to do everything in its power to ensure that when bills are supported by MPs & the public, they have the time to complete all their stages in Parliament. We believe this is impo...
petition.parliament.uk
February 13, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Sorry, but this is getting silly. It’s a private members Bill not a government Bill, addressing a complex and gravely important issue, which also has considerable resource implications. The Lords is scrutinising in the way often only the Lords does. And we should be thankful
A battalion of daffodils, massing for their spring invasion. Helmets off.
February 11, 2026 at 9:18 AM
A battalion of daffodils, massing for their spring invasion. Helmets off.
Whoa, just watch the first episode of BBC’s new Lord of the Flies adaptation. Beautiful and also so so so unsettling. I mean we know that already, but talk about creeping dread…
February 8, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Whoa, just watch the first episode of BBC’s new Lord of the Flies adaptation. Beautiful and also so so so unsettling. I mean we know that already, but talk about creeping dread…
On Avanti to Manchester, which had to stop outside Stafford for 20 minutes while a Jack Russell was rescued from the tracks. Said Jack Russell was then driven by the train to Stafford station and back into the arms of its worried owner. Humanity prevails.
February 6, 2026 at 2:32 PM
On Avanti to Manchester, which had to stop outside Stafford for 20 minutes while a Jack Russell was rescued from the tracks. Said Jack Russell was then driven by the train to Stafford station and back into the arms of its worried owner. Humanity prevails.
How did I ever miss this? So so good www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Things You Should Have Done - Series 1: 1. Learn to Drive
Dependent pest and 'stay-at-home-daughter' Chi is suddenly forced to fend for herself when her parents die in a car crash. She’s left a list of 'Things You Should Have Done.'
www.bbc.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 11:30 PM
How did I ever miss this? So so good www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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This is booking up fast - almost 200 people attending so far! If you're thinking of coming & haven't booked yet then do so soon.
@nihrarcs.bsky.social @arceastofengland.bsky.social @arc-southlondon.bsky.social @penarc.bsky.social @elspethma.bsky.social #PPI #PublicInvolvement #InvolveYoungPeople
@nihrarcs.bsky.social @arceastofengland.bsky.social @arc-southlondon.bsky.social @penarc.bsky.social @elspethma.bsky.social #PPI #PublicInvolvement #InvolveYoungPeople
📣 @nihrarcs.bsky.social #PPI webinar: Evaluating #PublicInvolvement with children & young people 🌟17/2/26
Presenters incl me, @helenabnett.bsky.social & @hertsypag.bsky.social + hosted by @skourkos.bsky.social & @elspethma.bsky.social
Info & booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/involving-...
Presenters incl me, @helenabnett.bsky.social & @hertsypag.bsky.social + hosted by @skourkos.bsky.social & @elspethma.bsky.social
Info & booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/involving-...
February 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
This is booking up fast - almost 200 people attending so far! If you're thinking of coming & haven't booked yet then do so soon.
@nihrarcs.bsky.social @arceastofengland.bsky.social @arc-southlondon.bsky.social @penarc.bsky.social @elspethma.bsky.social #PPI #PublicInvolvement #InvolveYoungPeople
@nihrarcs.bsky.social @arceastofengland.bsky.social @arc-southlondon.bsky.social @penarc.bsky.social @elspethma.bsky.social #PPI #PublicInvolvement #InvolveYoungPeople
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oh I've written about this before! one of the big problems with people developing those assumptions is also that they become entirely unable to then engage with normies who represent like.....98% of the population, and whose beliefs are formed on a much more case-by-case basis
The problem with social media is that you’re only allowed to hold opinions in batches. If you believe X and Y, you must also believe Z, which is atmospherically similar to X and Y and believed by all the same people.
If you don’t do this, everyone hates you. It makes actual thinking impossible.
If you don’t do this, everyone hates you. It makes actual thinking impossible.
February 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM
oh I've written about this before! one of the big problems with people developing those assumptions is also that they become entirely unable to then engage with normies who represent like.....98% of the population, and whose beliefs are formed on a much more case-by-case basis
If you follow the present logic of some Ministers and senior advisers like Milburn, it’s the act of deeming children eligible for support such as via SEND or DLA that predicts poverty in adulthood (‘a lifetime on benefits’). The support is cast as the ‘structural barrier’
Disabled people have a poverty rate 8 percentage points higher than people with no disability.
🗣️ Hear Lead Analyst @datataha.bsky.social set out some of the additional structural barriers that disabled people face, and why the government must increase their support. 👇
🗣️ Hear Lead Analyst @datataha.bsky.social set out some of the additional structural barriers that disabled people face, and why the government must increase their support. 👇
February 3, 2026 at 8:17 AM
If you follow the present logic of some Ministers and senior advisers like Milburn, it’s the act of deeming children eligible for support such as via SEND or DLA that predicts poverty in adulthood (‘a lifetime on benefits’). The support is cast as the ‘structural barrier’
Excellent thread 👇
The accusation that the Lords are “obstructing democracy” by supporters of the assisted dying bill is a ridiculous one that shows up the flaws in this process that have been there from the very beginning – which have repeatedly been covered up by heated rhetoric (1/?)
February 1, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Excellent thread 👇
Up & out early to run from Bermondsey to Battersea Park where I had the most delicious bacon bap (well, ciabatta. They don’t do baps in Battersea, which is a shame cos it could be called a Battersea Bap). Anyway, has made me want to run to Battersea every Sunday.
February 1, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Up & out early to run from Bermondsey to Battersea Park where I had the most delicious bacon bap (well, ciabatta. They don’t do baps in Battersea, which is a shame cos it could be called a Battersea Bap). Anyway, has made me want to run to Battersea every Sunday.
It’s been a week and I’m still marvelling at this while wondering if you can actually survive on your own toenails?
January 31, 2026 at 4:08 PM
It’s been a week and I’m still marvelling at this while wondering if you can actually survive on your own toenails?
Crocuses or croci?
January 31, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Crocuses or croci?
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Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
As someone owning a leasehold flat, I don't feel at a practical level that Ground Rent is the real issue for most. It's uncappable runaway service charges that presents the bigger threat.
January 27, 2026 at 1:57 PM
As someone owning a leasehold flat, I don't feel at a practical level that Ground Rent is the real issue for most. It's uncappable runaway service charges that presents the bigger threat.
Been invited to speak to a group in Scotland about how social care is framed (or the framing of social care can be influenced) during elections this week. It got me thinking.... so I've written a blogpost.
Staying off the battlefield
makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/s...
Staying off the battlefield
makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/s...
Staying off the battlefield
‘general election campaigns are where plans for social care go to die’ – Wes Streeting I’ve been ask to contribute to a discussion this week, ahead of next years Scottish el…
makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Been invited to speak to a group in Scotland about how social care is framed (or the framing of social care can be influenced) during elections this week. It got me thinking.... so I've written a blogpost.
Staying off the battlefield
makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/s...
Staying off the battlefield
makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/s...
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On Alan Milburn's ignorant and unproductive comments about personal independence payment, SEND and their impact on young people not in employment, education or training
Anxious Alan
makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/a...
Anxious Alan
makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/a...
Anxious Alan
In the late 2000s, when I was Disability Programme Director at the Equality and Human Rights Commission, I was invited to delivery a talk in Rome to talk about disability rights, and the relevance …
makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:24 PM
On Alan Milburn's ignorant and unproductive comments about personal independence payment, SEND and their impact on young people not in employment, education or training
Anxious Alan
makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/a...
Anxious Alan
makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/a...
On Alan Milburn's ignorant and unproductive comments about personal independence payment, SEND and their impact on young people not in employment, education or training
Anxious Alan
makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/a...
Anxious Alan
makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/a...
Anxious Alan
In the late 2000s, when I was Disability Programme Director at the Equality and Human Rights Commission, I was invited to delivery a talk in Rome to talk about disability rights, and the relevance …
makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:24 PM
On Alan Milburn's ignorant and unproductive comments about personal independence payment, SEND and their impact on young people not in employment, education or training
Anxious Alan
makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/a...
Anxious Alan
makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/a...
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Holy shit. We're back on the moral crusade against people who live with mental ill health revival wagon. Once every ten years like an ancient curse. 'it's our moral duty to make people already struggling feel much worse for their own good. Activate the reserve workforce for jobs that aren't there!'
January 23, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Holy shit. We're back on the moral crusade against people who live with mental ill health revival wagon. Once every ten years like an ancient curse. 'it's our moral duty to make people already struggling feel much worse for their own good. Activate the reserve workforce for jobs that aren't there!'
Spring starting to…. Spring. 🌞
January 24, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Spring starting to…. Spring. 🌞
PIP helps people to go to work, it doesn’t lock people out of jobs. makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com/2025/03/12/p...
January 24, 2026 at 8:39 AM
PIP helps people to go to work, it doesn’t lock people out of jobs. makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com/2025/03/12/p...
I don’t know why I’m doing it, but watching Trump’s speech at Davos & really there’s nothing else to say but the man’s a total c—t.
January 21, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I don’t know why I’m doing it, but watching Trump’s speech at Davos & really there’s nothing else to say but the man’s a total c—t.
Avoiding the costs of delay: new (longish) read on how narrative change could help achieve the shift to early action and prevention in adult social care (and beyond) open.substack.com/pub/socialca...
Avoiding the costs of delay
What role might narrative change play in building support and momentum behind 'early action and prevention' in adult social care and beyond?
open.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Avoiding the costs of delay: new (longish) read on how narrative change could help achieve the shift to early action and prevention in adult social care (and beyond) open.substack.com/pub/socialca...