Paul Roberts
@paulrobertsnhs.bsky.social
Long-serving NHS Trust CEO, recently retired, but still active in and around the NHS. Interested in healthcare, equality, news, politics, Ukraine, cricket (Somerset), rugby (Exeter), football (Bristol City) and life.
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The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
A Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact for the 2020s?
The co-leader of the far-right AfD, Germany's largest opposition party, has suggested that Poland is as much of a threat to his country as Russia is.
Leader of far-right AfD suggests Poland as great a threat to Germany as Russia
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November 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
A Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact for the 2020s?
It’s probably worth white men with parking tickets asking Trump to intervene now he’s run out of violent insurrectionists to pardon.
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It’s probably worth white men with parking tickets asking Trump to intervene now he’s run out of violent insurrectionists to pardon.
Streeting speaking to the NHS Providers conference. Could this be his David Brent moment?
“Um Well, there’s good news and bad news. The bad news is some of you will lose your jobs. I know. Gutting. Gutting. On a more positive note, the good news is I’ve been promoted*. So every cloud!”
*allegedly
“Um Well, there’s good news and bad news. The bad news is some of you will lose your jobs. I know. Gutting. Gutting. On a more positive note, the good news is I’ve been promoted*. So every cloud!”
*allegedly
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Streeting speaking to the NHS Providers conference. Could this be his David Brent moment?
“Um Well, there’s good news and bad news. The bad news is some of you will lose your jobs. I know. Gutting. Gutting. On a more positive note, the good news is I’ve been promoted*. So every cloud!”
*allegedly
“Um Well, there’s good news and bad news. The bad news is some of you will lose your jobs. I know. Gutting. Gutting. On a more positive note, the good news is I’ve been promoted*. So every cloud!”
*allegedly
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PM joins Health Secretary in recognising return of racism ("that frankly I thought we had dealt with decades ago" - a slightly detached tone)
My column this week is about why government needs to go beyond calling out language/rhetoric about racism + act on it
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
My column this week is about why government needs to go beyond calling out language/rhetoric about racism + act on it
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
PM joins Health Secretary in recognising return of racism ("that frankly I thought we had dealt with decades ago" - a slightly detached tone)
My column this week is about why government needs to go beyond calling out language/rhetoric about racism + act on it
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
My column this week is about why government needs to go beyond calling out language/rhetoric about racism + act on it
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Unlike Alice Thompson’s attack on Zack Polanski and the Greens, The Times appears to have closed Finkelstein’s piece to comments. I guess they know their readers!
Yes. This ludicrous phrase 'woke right' seems a fairly blatant attempt by people on the actual right to somehow associate the blatant & hideous racism they have ushered in - whether through complacency, incompetence or malice - with the people who warned it was happening.
Anti-racism is of course welcome but the nonsensical phrase “woke right” is a very clear sign that a writer as lost it
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Unlike Alice Thompson’s attack on Zack Polanski and the Greens, The Times appears to have closed Finkelstein’s piece to comments. I guess they know their readers!
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Yes. This ludicrous phrase 'woke right' seems a fairly blatant attempt by people on the actual right to somehow associate the blatant & hideous racism they have ushered in - whether through complacency, incompetence or malice - with the people who warned it was happening.
Anti-racism is of course welcome but the nonsensical phrase “woke right” is a very clear sign that a writer as lost it
"This week the woke right took to saying that people who are black aren't properly British" complains Danny Finkelstein.
No, Danny, Douglas Murray, who you patronised, promoted and admired, has been saying *exactly this* for over a decade.
archive.ph/2025.11.12-0...
No, Danny, Douglas Murray, who you patronised, promoted and admired, has been saying *exactly this* for over a decade.
archive.ph/2025.11.12-0...
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Yes. This ludicrous phrase 'woke right' seems a fairly blatant attempt by people on the actual right to somehow associate the blatant & hideous racism they have ushered in - whether through complacency, incompetence or malice - with the people who warned it was happening.
If Truth Social AI has a name, Trump will sue her.
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
If Truth Social AI has a name, Trump will sue her.
I hope the BBC ensure the film is made.
It is up to Reform whether they take part but this is an important story.
We can make up our own minds about Reforms constant dodging of media scrutiny and refusal to answer difficult questions.
It is up to Reform whether they take part but this is an important story.
We can make up our own minds about Reforms constant dodging of media scrutiny and refusal to answer difficult questions.
November 12, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I hope the BBC ensure the film is made.
It is up to Reform whether they take part but this is an important story.
We can make up our own minds about Reforms constant dodging of media scrutiny and refusal to answer difficult questions.
It is up to Reform whether they take part but this is an important story.
We can make up our own minds about Reforms constant dodging of media scrutiny and refusal to answer difficult questions.
1/x Fascinating piece by @lewisgoodall.com Real insider knowledge and very depressing. For me this was the most intellectually coherent critique of the BBC’s constant platforming of the right. Until now I have had little time for this argument…
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
1/x Fascinating piece by @lewisgoodall.com Real insider knowledge and very depressing. For me this was the most intellectually coherent critique of the BBC’s constant platforming of the right. Until now I have had little time for this argument…
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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Shuab Ganote and Peter Hyman write for Demos on their conversations with 16 yesr olds on their experiences of society, technology, gender shifts, role models & their views of the future
demos.co.uk/research/ins...
demos.co.uk/research/ins...
Inside the mind of a 16-year-old: From Andrew Tate to Bonnie Blue to Nigel Farage - what do first time voters think about social media, politics, the state of Britain and their futures?
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Shuab Ganote and Peter Hyman write for Demos on their conversations with 16 yesr olds on their experiences of society, technology, gender shifts, role models & their views of the future
demos.co.uk/research/ins...
demos.co.uk/research/ins...
Does the BBC Charter mean nothing to you? Did she die in vain?
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Does the BBC Charter mean nothing to you? Did she die in vain?
1/2 Charles Moore on the Today Programme alleges consistent BBC bias towards metropolitan progressive views. This is a consistent line from a well coordinated group on the right who are hostile to the BBC. In the memo Prescott even cites “History Reclaimed” an ideological reactionary campaign.
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
1/2 Charles Moore on the Today Programme alleges consistent BBC bias towards metropolitan progressive views. This is a consistent line from a well coordinated group on the right who are hostile to the BBC. In the memo Prescott even cites “History Reclaimed” an ideological reactionary campaign.
Predictably the Trump White House is claiming credit for Davie’s resignation. Whatever you think of Davie this is shameful for the UK and its government.
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Predictably the Trump White House is claiming credit for Davie’s resignation. Whatever you think of Davie this is shameful for the UK and its government.
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A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
November 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
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The private company Restore Trust’s attempt to take over the @nationaltrust.org.uk failed again. Will they stop now? No, because they are part of the well-funded nexus of right wing activist organisations that’s determined to control national institutions.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
Voting results from the AGM
Read about the National Trust's 2025 Annual General Meeting and the results from the day.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The private company Restore Trust’s attempt to take over the @nationaltrust.org.uk failed again. Will they stop now? No, because they are part of the well-funded nexus of right wing activist organisations that’s determined to control national institutions.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
The frightening appeasement and complacency about democracy in America from Baker is scary. Let’s see what happens in the midterms and then in three years time….
The big Democratic poll winner is… Gavin Newsom
www.thetimes.com/article/c9db...
The big Democratic poll winner is… Gavin Newsom
www.thetimes.com/article/c9db...
The big Democratic poll winner is… Gavin Newsom
Zohran Mamdani may have claimed the headlines but this week’s voting puts California and its governor centre stage
www.thetimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The frightening appeasement and complacency about democracy in America from Baker is scary. Let’s see what happens in the midterms and then in three years time….
The big Democratic poll winner is… Gavin Newsom
www.thetimes.com/article/c9db...
The big Democratic poll winner is… Gavin Newsom
www.thetimes.com/article/c9db...
A short thread about a tall story. 👇
#OnThisDay 1083 Matilda of Flanders, queen of William the Conqueror, died in Normandy. Contrary to popular myth, she was not 4’2” tall. A (short) thread:
November 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
A short thread about a tall story. 👇
It’s so sad, reading social media posts about the train atrocity, that the first thought many seem to express is whether the perpetrators match their preferred narrative: that they are black, or white, immigrants, refugees and/or British or foreign, Muslim or Christian …. not about the victims, sad.
November 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It’s so sad, reading social media posts about the train atrocity, that the first thought many seem to express is whether the perpetrators match their preferred narrative: that they are black, or white, immigrants, refugees and/or British or foreign, Muslim or Christian …. not about the victims, sad.
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NHS STAFF SURVEY. The annual NHS staff survey is open till November 20th. Contrary to rumours it is entirely confidential and can be very important in identifying key issues that need addressing Please complete it.
November 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
NHS STAFF SURVEY. The annual NHS staff survey is open till November 20th. Contrary to rumours it is entirely confidential and can be very important in identifying key issues that need addressing Please complete it.
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All credit to the changed leadership of the Trust for being so direct about the issues
NEW. PLEASE READ.
A landmark case which every NHS Board, nurse and midwife, and HR staff member should learn from. All credit to the Board for such an honest statement. And to Evonne Hunt, Chief Nurse
A landmark case which every NHS Board, nurse and midwife, and HR staff member should learn from. All credit to the Board for such an honest statement. And to Evonne Hunt, Chief Nurse
November 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
All credit to the changed leadership of the Trust for being so direct about the issues
Note (according to The Times headline), stripping Mountbatten-Windsor’s title was right to save the monarchy. Not because it was morally the least the King could do to respect the victims.
November 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Note (according to The Times headline), stripping Mountbatten-Windsor’s title was right to save the monarchy. Not because it was morally the least the King could do to respect the victims.
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If you're a member of the National Trust remember to vote for council members by midnight tonight.
Use the Quick Vote option.
Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them
Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
Use the Quick Vote option.
Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them
Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
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Welcome to the National Trust 2025 voting website, hosted by independent voting service provider Civica Election Services.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
If you're a member of the National Trust remember to vote for council members by midnight tonight.
Use the Quick Vote option.
Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them
Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
Use the Quick Vote option.
Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them
Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
Please make sure you vote in the National Trust AGM election by midnight tonight. If you want to keep Restore Trust candidates as figures of fun (see below) and not elect them as reactionary, historical revisionist decision-makers, use the quick vote mechanism to vote (which will doubly annoy them!)
If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
![[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS]
1
NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]:
Hello there
2
[A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk].
DAD:
Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids?
3
NT EMPLOYEE:
Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail!
4
MUM:
That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids?
5
NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]:
Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot!
6
NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]:
Listen - that's their call
[Calls emanating from the landscape]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
7
NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]:
They are extremely sensitive and fragile...
But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery.
8
KIDS [pointing]:
There they are!
[Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure].
[Little people noises]:
woke-woke
tut-tut
woke-woke
9
[Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]:
Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house.
[Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
10
MUM [pointing]:
What's that one doing there?
NT EMPLOYEE:
Oh, that's so sweet…
11
[We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away].
NT EMPLOYEE:
I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph…
12
[We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]:
Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE?
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October 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Please make sure you vote in the National Trust AGM election by midnight tonight. If you want to keep Restore Trust candidates as figures of fun (see below) and not elect them as reactionary, historical revisionist decision-makers, use the quick vote mechanism to vote (which will doubly annoy them!)