Hannah
@policyhannah.bsky.social
Policy, research, and public affairs in population health.
Passionate about social, economic, health, and disability justice.
💚 Socialist 🌹 trade unionist ✊ metalhead 🤘 (she/her)
Passionate about social, economic, health, and disability justice.
💚 Socialist 🌹 trade unionist ✊ metalhead 🤘 (she/her)
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Imagine being one of Reform's 8 MPs and not being invited into a cabinet that lacks a health, defence or foreign affairs shadow
Reform’s new shadow cabinet team:
Leader: Nigel Farage
Chancellor: Robert Jenrick
Home: Zia Yusuf
Business, Trade & Energy: Richard Tice
Education & Skills: Suella Braverman
Chief Whip: Lee Anderson
Leader: Nigel Farage
Chancellor: Robert Jenrick
Home: Zia Yusuf
Business, Trade & Energy: Richard Tice
Education & Skills: Suella Braverman
Chief Whip: Lee Anderson
February 17, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Imagine being one of Reform's 8 MPs and not being invited into a cabinet that lacks a health, defence or foreign affairs shadow
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Blimey. Looks like Matt Goodwin, who seems to think the Handmaid's Tale is an instruction manual, is in the pay of an Orban think tank, funded by Russian oil money.
Orbán’s pay cheques: Reform candidate fuelled by profits from Russian oil
The Reform candidate at this month’s byelection claims he wants to put Britain first, but is he still on the payroll of Viktor Orbán’s far-right propaganda unit?
goodlaw.social
February 16, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Blimey. Looks like Matt Goodwin, who seems to think the Handmaid's Tale is an instruction manual, is in the pay of an Orban think tank, funded by Russian oil money.
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Oh absolutely not, nope, nope. No.
Meta is putting a "Name Tag" feature in Ray-Bans - facial recognition through the glasses' camera. You look at someone, AI tells you who they are.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
February 16, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Oh absolutely not, nope, nope. No.
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A reminder that if you live in England or Wales & were born between 1970-1990 – or even before 1970 – you can help protect your community by getting the MMR vaccine free from your NHS GP now. I did last year. www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
February 15, 2026 at 8:30 AM
A reminder that if you live in England or Wales & were born between 1970-1990 – or even before 1970 – you can help protect your community by getting the MMR vaccine free from your NHS GP now. I did last year. www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
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“Penalise” those women who don’t have enough babies. FFS
As a woman would you really vote for this, Reform commanding Women what to do with their own bodies.
February 16, 2026 at 10:23 AM
“Penalise” those women who don’t have enough babies. FFS
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Five years ago @ashoncrawley.bsky.social posted a thing about care that feels really timely again. www.facebook.com/ashon/posts/...
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Five years ago @ashoncrawley.bsky.social posted a thing about care that feels really timely again. www.facebook.com/ashon/posts/...
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We're told all the time there's no fucking magic money tree to invest in public spending and yet these pricks are throwing away money hand over fist on actively making everything worse, hurting free speech, expanding genocide, fucking our healthcare and privacy.
February 13, 2026 at 11:38 AM
We're told all the time there's no fucking magic money tree to invest in public spending and yet these pricks are throwing away money hand over fist on actively making everything worse, hurting free speech, expanding genocide, fucking our healthcare and privacy.
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BREAKING⚡️The High Court has just ruled that the government's draconian ban of Palestine Action was unlawful. This is a massive blow to the Home Office’s authoritarian approach. They need to stop criminalising people protesting a genocide and start ending the UK's complicity
February 13, 2026 at 11:09 AM
BREAKING⚡️The High Court has just ruled that the government's draconian ban of Palestine Action was unlawful. This is a massive blow to the Home Office’s authoritarian approach. They need to stop criminalising people protesting a genocide and start ending the UK's complicity
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Wow!
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Wow!
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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The Government consultation on 'earned settlement' closes at midnight tonight. It takes ~10 minutes to respond to.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
@praxisprojects.bsky.social have a useful resource to help respond to the consultation 👇
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
www.gov.uk/government/c...
@praxisprojects.bsky.social have a useful resource to help respond to the consultation 👇
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
Consultation — Praxis for Migrants and Refugees
www.praxis.org.uk
February 12, 2026 at 12:55 PM
The Government consultation on 'earned settlement' closes at midnight tonight. It takes ~10 minutes to respond to.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
@praxisprojects.bsky.social have a useful resource to help respond to the consultation 👇
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
www.gov.uk/government/c...
@praxisprojects.bsky.social have a useful resource to help respond to the consultation 👇
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
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Do please respond to this consultation and push back on the government's sickening proposals to fuck up the security of our colleagues, neighbours carers and friends. Closes tonight. www.gov.uk/government/c...
Earned settlement
The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.
www.gov.uk
February 12, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Do please respond to this consultation and push back on the government's sickening proposals to fuck up the security of our colleagues, neighbours carers and friends. Closes tonight. www.gov.uk/government/c...
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pure elite capture - the uk just folded to a hardline anti-trans campaign pushed by a tiny number of people
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight
An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.
www.thepinknews.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:23 PM
pure elite capture - the uk just folded to a hardline anti-trans campaign pushed by a tiny number of people
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
The Government consultation on 'earned settlement' closes at midnight tonight. It takes ~10 minutes to respond to.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
@praxisprojects.bsky.social have a useful resource to help respond to the consultation 👇
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
www.gov.uk/government/c...
@praxisprojects.bsky.social have a useful resource to help respond to the consultation 👇
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
Consultation — Praxis for Migrants and Refugees
www.praxis.org.uk
February 12, 2026 at 12:55 PM
The Government consultation on 'earned settlement' closes at midnight tonight. It takes ~10 minutes to respond to.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
@praxisprojects.bsky.social have a useful resource to help respond to the consultation 👇
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
www.gov.uk/government/c...
@praxisprojects.bsky.social have a useful resource to help respond to the consultation 👇
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
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In the UK, around 56% of daily energy intake now comes from ultra processed foods.
This is just one of many worrying statistics from our new report on poor diets, and its health impacts. Read more about the report, and our recommendations for change:
www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...
This is just one of many worrying statistics from our new report on poor diets, and its health impacts. Read more about the report, and our recommendations for change:
www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...
Crucial action is needed to improve our food environment
Government must progress and expand policies to address poor diet and access to healthy food in this country, writes David Strain
www.bma.org.uk
February 12, 2026 at 9:59 AM
In the UK, around 56% of daily energy intake now comes from ultra processed foods.
This is just one of many worrying statistics from our new report on poor diets, and its health impacts. Read more about the report, and our recommendations for change:
www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...
This is just one of many worrying statistics from our new report on poor diets, and its health impacts. Read more about the report, and our recommendations for change:
www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...
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I just completed this consultation. I’m disgusted at the extreme and punitive changes being proposed and I am also incensed at the grossly punitive and divisive way the consultation itself is structured /-/ questions focus either on how much should we further punish migrants,
The UK government is proposing radical and punitive changes to settlement rules. This is settlement, not citizenship. The consultation is open until 12 February; please respond to it and oppose these evil proposals. Amnesty have a good guide: www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/gu...
Guidance for responding to 'A Fairer Pathway to Settlement' consultation
We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
www.amnesty.org.uk
February 10, 2026 at 2:06 PM
I just completed this consultation. I’m disgusted at the extreme and punitive changes being proposed and I am also incensed at the grossly punitive and divisive way the consultation itself is structured /-/ questions focus either on how much should we further punish migrants,
The Government consolation on 'Earned Settlement' closes tonight at midnight.
If you have 10 minutes, I'd encourage you to fill it out and challenge plans which would make settlement harder for people, undermine integration, and punish refugees 👇
www.gov.uk/government/c...
If you have 10 minutes, I'd encourage you to fill it out and challenge plans which would make settlement harder for people, undermine integration, and punish refugees 👇
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Earned settlement
The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.
www.gov.uk
February 11, 2026 at 10:17 AM
The Government consolation on 'Earned Settlement' closes tonight at midnight.
If you have 10 minutes, I'd encourage you to fill it out and challenge plans which would make settlement harder for people, undermine integration, and punish refugees 👇
www.gov.uk/government/c...
If you have 10 minutes, I'd encourage you to fill it out and challenge plans which would make settlement harder for people, undermine integration, and punish refugees 👇
www.gov.uk/government/c...
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Wes Streeting is right… Israel is committing war crimes against Palestinians.
What is damning is that @wesstreeting-mp.bsky.social is part of a government that has continued business as usual with Israel despite its war crimes and genocide in Gaza.
What is damning is that @wesstreeting-mp.bsky.social is part of a government that has continued business as usual with Israel despite its war crimes and genocide in Gaza.
February 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Wes Streeting is right… Israel is committing war crimes against Palestinians.
What is damning is that @wesstreeting-mp.bsky.social is part of a government that has continued business as usual with Israel despite its war crimes and genocide in Gaza.
What is damning is that @wesstreeting-mp.bsky.social is part of a government that has continued business as usual with Israel despite its war crimes and genocide in Gaza.
This tweet reads exactly like a teenage girl's 2009 Facebook post 💀
Breaking news: man who could end world hunger and make serious roads into contesting climate change but instead chooses to make porn-AI accessible and cheerlead for fascists can’t work out why he’s not happy. 🧐
February 10, 2026 at 2:21 PM
This tweet reads exactly like a teenage girl's 2009 Facebook post 💀
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Wes Streeting has admitted that Israel is committing war crimes.
In doing so, he has admitted that his government has broken the law.
The government is legally obliged not to sell combat aircraft components to states committing war crimes.
In doing so, he has admitted that his government has broken the law.
The government is legally obliged not to sell combat aircraft components to states committing war crimes.
Wes Streeting privately said Israel committing war crimes, backed sanctions on 'rogue state'
The British health secretary privately admitted last year that the Israeli government 'talks the language of ethnic cleansing'
www.middleeasteye.net
February 10, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Wes Streeting has admitted that Israel is committing war crimes.
In doing so, he has admitted that his government has broken the law.
The government is legally obliged not to sell combat aircraft components to states committing war crimes.
In doing so, he has admitted that his government has broken the law.
The government is legally obliged not to sell combat aircraft components to states committing war crimes.
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The law on universities and free speech prevents speakers from being *disinvited after they have been invited*. It does not require universities to provide a platform to whoever demands one.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
February 10, 2026 at 10:31 AM
The law on universities and free speech prevents speakers from being *disinvited after they have been invited*. It does not require universities to provide a platform to whoever demands one.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
Happy #HeartsUnion Week! ❤️
"Because the truth is simple: when unions do well, working people do well - and when working people thrive, Britain becomes a fairer, kinder place for us all."
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social
www.tuc.org.uk/join-a-union 👈
"Because the truth is simple: when unions do well, working people do well - and when working people thrive, Britain becomes a fairer, kinder place for us all."
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social
www.tuc.org.uk/join-a-union 👈
February 9, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Happy #HeartsUnion Week! ❤️
"Because the truth is simple: when unions do well, working people do well - and when working people thrive, Britain becomes a fairer, kinder place for us all."
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social
www.tuc.org.uk/join-a-union 👈
"Because the truth is simple: when unions do well, working people do well - and when working people thrive, Britain becomes a fairer, kinder place for us all."
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social
www.tuc.org.uk/join-a-union 👈
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Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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February 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Big news! @bma.org.uk now advising doctors not to engage with Palantir's NHS data platform! They say there must be a "complete break from Palantir technologies in the NHS", due to the company's track record, e.g. with ICE, and the risk to patient trust. www.bmj.com/content/392/...
February 6, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Big news! @bma.org.uk now advising doctors not to engage with Palantir's NHS data platform! They say there must be a "complete break from Palantir technologies in the NHS", due to the company's track record, e.g. with ICE, and the risk to patient trust. www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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February 8, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Well, I hate this. #SixNations2026 #ENGvWAL
February 7, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Well, I hate this. #SixNations2026 #ENGvWAL