Nicholas Theobald
@nicktd.bsky.social
Semi-retired medic #sexualhealth #infectiousdisease #primarycare part-time oboist and cellist, co-owner narrowboat #canals and co-parent of #whippet. #Hammersmith #London #Brexitstinks
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Pure evil.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Pure evil.
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The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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"Labour must fix the asylum system - but I have two very real concerns with Mahmood's plans"
My op-ed in LBC on the Government's asylum plan
t.co/06PtJfT4NJ
My op-ed in LBC on the Government's asylum plan
t.co/06PtJfT4NJ
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/labour-fix-asylum-system-real-concerns-opinion-5HjdN4X_2
t.co
November 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"Labour must fix the asylum system - but I have two very real concerns with Mahmood's plans"
My op-ed in LBC on the Government's asylum plan
t.co/06PtJfT4NJ
My op-ed in LBC on the Government's asylum plan
t.co/06PtJfT4NJ
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The root cause of the small boats challenge is Brexit.
Read my article in the New Statesman on the real political dividing line on border control between Labour and Reform, and my thoughts on how we restore it.
#asylum #immigration #ECHR
t.co/Cbh3ogqH7g
Read my article in the New Statesman on the real political dividing line on border control between Labour and Reform, and my thoughts on how we restore it.
#asylum #immigration #ECHR
t.co/Cbh3ogqH7g
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/these-are-farages-boats-we-must-not-let-him-off-the-hook
t.co
November 21, 2025 at 10:29 AM
The root cause of the small boats challenge is Brexit.
Read my article in the New Statesman on the real political dividing line on border control between Labour and Reform, and my thoughts on how we restore it.
#asylum #immigration #ECHR
t.co/Cbh3ogqH7g
Read my article in the New Statesman on the real political dividing line on border control between Labour and Reform, and my thoughts on how we restore it.
#asylum #immigration #ECHR
t.co/Cbh3ogqH7g
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Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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What a shocking waste of opportunity this government has proved to be.
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS failing to cut waiting times as promised in recovery plan, report warns
Public accounts committee finds Labour’s progress ‘appears to have stalled’ despite billions of pounds in investment
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:26 AM
What a shocking waste of opportunity this government has proved to be.
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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6/ Full version of "If the UK leaves key international agreements, it will be a blow for health, justice, and accountability" available here:
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If the UK leaves key international agreements, it will be a blow for health, justice, and accountability
Domestic law alone can’t ensure continuity and accountability. International agreements are our last line of defence, writes Martin McKee
International agreements to which the UK is a signatory, suc...
bmj.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
6/ Full version of "If the UK leaves key international agreements, it will be a blow for health, justice, and accountability" available here:
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A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reactionary, ill-thought-through politics typified the previous lot, especially Johnson.
I still do a double take reading this to remember we have a Labour government.
Stop crapping yourselves about the Reform eejits, govern properly, fairly, and humanely, and reverse this right wing panick ffs!
I still do a double take reading this to remember we have a Labour government.
Stop crapping yourselves about the Reform eejits, govern properly, fairly, and humanely, and reverse this right wing panick ffs!
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Reactionary, ill-thought-through politics typified the previous lot, especially Johnson.
I still do a double take reading this to remember we have a Labour government.
Stop crapping yourselves about the Reform eejits, govern properly, fairly, and humanely, and reverse this right wing panick ffs!
I still do a double take reading this to remember we have a Labour government.
Stop crapping yourselves about the Reform eejits, govern properly, fairly, and humanely, and reverse this right wing panick ffs!
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so excited to share our article in @nature.com Immunology on the many challenges of climate change has for our immune function, infection susceptibility and disease and the need for new ways to research this. Will do a thread later! 🧪 @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social
The role of ecoimmunology in tackling the emerging threats of climate change and the exposome
Nature Immunology - Climate change creates a multitude of challenges over the human life-course, influencing our exposomes and shaping immune function — requiring researchers to consider...
urldefense.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
so excited to share our article in @nature.com Immunology on the many challenges of climate change has for our immune function, infection susceptibility and disease and the need for new ways to research this. Will do a thread later! 🧪 @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social
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Discussing impact of US withdrawal from global structures at European Public Health Conference in Helsinki. A reminder that Donald Trump’s policies will likely kill millions of people while our sycophantic leaders grovel at his feet
November 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Discussing impact of US withdrawal from global structures at European Public Health Conference in Helsinki. A reminder that Donald Trump’s policies will likely kill millions of people while our sycophantic leaders grovel at his feet
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Seven peers, 587 amendments to the #AssistedDyingBill between them. This volume of amendments is not about improving the Bill, it’s about blocking it – a deliberate attempt to derail a compassionate, popular reform that the public overwhelmingly support.
humanists.uk/2025/11/14/s...
humanists.uk/2025/11/14/s...
Seven Assisted Dying Bill opponents table 587 amendments between them
Today, members of the House of Lords will debate the Terminally Ill Adults Bill for the first sitting of Committee Stage. Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, Baroness Grey-Thompson, Lord Carlile of Berriew,…
humanists.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Seven peers, 587 amendments to the #AssistedDyingBill between them. This volume of amendments is not about improving the Bill, it’s about blocking it – a deliberate attempt to derail a compassionate, popular reform that the public overwhelmingly support.
humanists.uk/2025/11/14/s...
humanists.uk/2025/11/14/s...
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"The hard truth about underfunding palliative care is that people who are at their most vulnerable – the dying – suffer more pain, more indignity, less choice & less autonomy than they might have."
Incredibly, only 30% of hospice care is NHS funded.
Pls read my piece in today’s @theguardian.com.
Incredibly, only 30% of hospice care is NHS funded.
Pls read my piece in today’s @theguardian.com.
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"The hard truth about underfunding palliative care is that people who are at their most vulnerable – the dying – suffer more pain, more indignity, less choice & less autonomy than they might have."
Incredibly, only 30% of hospice care is NHS funded.
Pls read my piece in today’s @theguardian.com.
Incredibly, only 30% of hospice care is NHS funded.
Pls read my piece in today’s @theguardian.com.
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I'm not sure if others have noticed this, but interesting that one of the Prescott criticisms of the BBC is based on those of the 'History Reclaimed' group, which is also associated with the 'Restore Trust' group's attacks on & so far unsuccessful attempts to take control of the National Trust. 1/3
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I'm not sure if others have noticed this, but interesting that one of the Prescott criticisms of the BBC is based on those of the 'History Reclaimed' group, which is also associated with the 'Restore Trust' group's attacks on & so far unsuccessful attempts to take control of the National Trust. 1/3
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◾ >9 years since Tees Valley voted for supposed benefits of Brexit
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
Houchen’s deprivation failure exposed – official
Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Nice to see this exclusive report in the Guardian, breaking the news that I reported 3 years ago in "The Decade In Tory" (one of dozens of lucrative, mostly wasted COVID contracts via direct connection to senior Tories).
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Revealed: the billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on site
Special report: Uniserve was paid £1.4bn for Covid contracts that included supply of £178.5m in never-used equipment
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Nice to see this exclusive report in the Guardian, breaking the news that I reported 3 years ago in "The Decade In Tory" (one of dozens of lucrative, mostly wasted COVID contracts via direct connection to senior Tories).
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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My interview with Dr. Susan Monarez, former CDC Director, who was fired for doing her job, standing up for public health and science. Learn about her resilience and optimism.
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erictopol.substack.com/p/dr-susan-m...
Dr. Susan Monarez—Former CDC Director, First Live Interview
An American hero for standing up for science and public health
erictopol.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
My interview with Dr. Susan Monarez, former CDC Director, who was fired for doing her job, standing up for public health and science. Learn about her resilience and optimism.
erictopol.substack.com/p/dr-susan-m...
erictopol.substack.com/p/dr-susan-m...
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If this is true and U.K. Government really is planning to cut its contribution to the Global Fund, at a time when Trump’s action will cause deaths on a massive scale, it is moral bankruptcy.
@friendseurope.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@friendseurope.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cutting aid for disease fund would be moral failure, Labour MPs tell Starmer
UK expected to reduce contribution to Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria by 20%
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
If this is true and U.K. Government really is planning to cut its contribution to the Global Fund, at a time when Trump’s action will cause deaths on a massive scale, it is moral bankruptcy.
@friendseurope.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@friendseurope.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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My new series - Empire With David Olusoga - starts 9pm on BBC Two. Whole series on @bbciplayer.bsky.social from tonight.
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
My new series - Empire With David Olusoga - starts 9pm on BBC Two. Whole series on @bbciplayer.bsky.social from tonight.