Michael Birtwhistle
@salfordmh.bsky.social
Consultant Community and Rehabilitation Psychiatrist. Rides bicycles. Politically engaged. Likes a good discussion. http://mas.to/@SalfordMH just in case. And here.
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Ramsbottom is the land of flying dustbins today - feels like a direct hit of Storm Claudia!
Contemplating sleeping downstairs to avoid roof tile/water calamity…
Contemplating sleeping downstairs to avoid roof tile/water calamity…
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Ramsbottom is the land of flying dustbins today - feels like a direct hit of Storm Claudia!
Contemplating sleeping downstairs to avoid roof tile/water calamity…
Contemplating sleeping downstairs to avoid roof tile/water calamity…
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These were cancelled this morning is a double u-turn just doing policy doughnuts in a car park?
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
These were cancelled this morning is a double u-turn just doing policy doughnuts in a car park?
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What we know is that the Chancellor was modelling over 100 different measures to see the impact and consequences.
Modelling them doesn't mean they were actively considering them. It means they were getting the full picture that any decent Chancellor would do.
Now just wait for Budget Day.
Modelling them doesn't mean they were actively considering them. It means they were getting the full picture that any decent Chancellor would do.
Now just wait for Budget Day.
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 AM
What we know is that the Chancellor was modelling over 100 different measures to see the impact and consequences.
Modelling them doesn't mean they were actively considering them. It means they were getting the full picture that any decent Chancellor would do.
Now just wait for Budget Day.
Modelling them doesn't mean they were actively considering them. It means they were getting the full picture that any decent Chancellor would do.
Now just wait for Budget Day.
This Bond Market nonsense is economic incompetence. Plans are either good or not on their own merits, & shouldn't be tied to speculative & volatile metrics.
The first thing to do is to make provisions to take them out of the equation by changing the structures/feedback that rely on them.
The first thing to do is to make provisions to take them out of the equation by changing the structures/feedback that rely on them.
Two things seem to be true this morning -
1/ That the politics of breaking the manifesto pledge was too difficult
2/ Reeves has received much more optimistic forecasts, likely to he wage growth and inflation related
The combination means they can reverse their plans
1/ That the politics of breaking the manifesto pledge was too difficult
2/ Reeves has received much more optimistic forecasts, likely to he wage growth and inflation related
The combination means they can reverse their plans
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This Bond Market nonsense is economic incompetence. Plans are either good or not on their own merits, & shouldn't be tied to speculative & volatile metrics.
The first thing to do is to make provisions to take them out of the equation by changing the structures/feedback that rely on them.
The first thing to do is to make provisions to take them out of the equation by changing the structures/feedback that rely on them.
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Situated in what was the former hamlet of Norton Lees, a tiny village surrounded by the fields of the Derbyshire countryside, with Sheffield a small town some two miles away is the Bishops House. Dating to around the mid 16th century with later rebuilding and extensions, the
November 14, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Situated in what was the former hamlet of Norton Lees, a tiny village surrounded by the fields of the Derbyshire countryside, with Sheffield a small town some two miles away is the Bishops House. Dating to around the mid 16th century with later rebuilding and extensions, the
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Salford City Council has approved Matt Brook Architects’ £1.3 billion Regent Park masterplan, including what is set to be the UK’s tallest tower outside of London
Matt Brook gets go-ahead for £1.3bn super-tall Salford scheme
Matt Brook gets go-ahead for £1.3bn super-tall Salford scheme
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Salford City Council has approved Matt Brook Architects’ £1.3 billion Regent Park masterplan, including what is set to be the UK’s tallest tower outside of London
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"This isn't a competition", I say first before anyone else says it.
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"This isn't a competition", I say first before anyone else says it.
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Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment
Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
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The "we're definitely not four transphobic landlords in a trench coat with Jeremy Corbyn sat on top" trench coat is raising a lot of questions already answered by our unnaturally long trench coat
I now call to order the first meeting of the ancient mystic society of No Zarahs
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The "we're definitely not four transphobic landlords in a trench coat with Jeremy Corbyn sat on top" trench coat is raising a lot of questions already answered by our unnaturally long trench coat
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What the actual fuck have I just read
If you don’t know, an Italian journalist has revealed he has evidence that wealthy people from multiple countries paid money to Bosnian Serb forces in the 1990s so these people could shoot Bosnians during the siege of Sarajevo.
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
What the actual fuck have I just read
Hey guys, you know the cream we put between the charcoal to make it edible? We've added charcoal to that too! Surprise!
oh wow that’s crazy
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Hey guys, you know the cream we put between the charcoal to make it edible? We've added charcoal to that too! Surprise!
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The most helpful phrase of 2025 👇
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The most helpful phrase of 2025 👇
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“Right, thinking hats on, what can we f*ck up today?”
“Hmm I don’t think we have f*cked up heat pumps properly yet?”
“genius, I’m writing that down”
“Best Budget Ever!”
[high fives]
“Hmm I don’t think we have f*cked up heat pumps properly yet?”
“genius, I’m writing that down”
“Best Budget Ever!”
[high fives]
November 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“Right, thinking hats on, what can we f*ck up today?”
“Hmm I don’t think we have f*cked up heat pumps properly yet?”
“genius, I’m writing that down”
“Best Budget Ever!”
[high fives]
“Hmm I don’t think we have f*cked up heat pumps properly yet?”
“genius, I’m writing that down”
“Best Budget Ever!”
[high fives]
*trying to scroll past your conversation when it bores me*
*right clicking you on the forehead to look up the meaning of the word you just used*
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
*trying to scroll past your conversation when it bores me*
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Note to everyone else: it's easier to do this *before* they fuck with you.
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Note to everyone else: it's easier to do this *before* they fuck with you.
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You have to applaud this level of Christmas market shameless capitalism.
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
You have to applaud this level of Christmas market shameless capitalism.
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and turning it around for labour means being a normal govt that polls in the 40s, where reform could never dream of reaching. they *could* do that. but i don't think they will. my expectations are just really low for even the decent labour MPs.
November 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
and turning it around for labour means being a normal govt that polls in the 40s, where reform could never dream of reaching. they *could* do that. but i don't think they will. my expectations are just really low for even the decent labour MPs.
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I've signed this cross party letter with many other politicians and leaders across civil society.
The Labour Government is making a disastrous mistake with nuclear weapons expansion - this will not make us any safer.
The opposite is true - more info below 👇🏼
@cnduk.bsky.social
The Labour Government is making a disastrous mistake with nuclear weapons expansion - this will not make us any safer.
The opposite is true - more info below 👇🏼
@cnduk.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I've signed this cross party letter with many other politicians and leaders across civil society.
The Labour Government is making a disastrous mistake with nuclear weapons expansion - this will not make us any safer.
The opposite is true - more info below 👇🏼
@cnduk.bsky.social
The Labour Government is making a disastrous mistake with nuclear weapons expansion - this will not make us any safer.
The opposite is true - more info below 👇🏼
@cnduk.bsky.social
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It remains quite funny that, as the Tories regale us with their fourth female leader, and their second of colour, the Labour Party is still punching itself in the face over which hideously bland white man might save them.
New face, same problems: replacing Keir Starmer with Wes Streeting will do nothing to help Labour | Zoe Williams
New face, same problems: replacing Keir Starmer with Wes Streeting will do nothing to help Labour | Zoe Williams
Both share a fixation with process over project and have an absence of values, which can only result in a trail of broken promises, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
It remains quite funny that, as the Tories regale us with their fourth female leader, and their second of colour, the Labour Party is still punching itself in the face over which hideously bland white man might save them.
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Every single time! Epstein will write:
"porsecters h4arrsed me w/ sbuopenas al bcuase tr4ificing myners .due porcess much???no"
and then there's, like, the former president of a university or white house counsel or something replying:
"You're totally right, and also I love you with all my heart."
"porsecters h4arrsed me w/ sbuopenas al bcuase tr4ificing myners .due porcess much???no"
and then there's, like, the former president of a university or white house counsel or something replying:
"You're totally right, and also I love you with all my heart."
November 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Every single time! Epstein will write:
"porsecters h4arrsed me w/ sbuopenas al bcuase tr4ificing myners .due porcess much???no"
and then there's, like, the former president of a university or white house counsel or something replying:
"You're totally right, and also I love you with all my heart."
"porsecters h4arrsed me w/ sbuopenas al bcuase tr4ificing myners .due porcess much???no"
and then there's, like, the former president of a university or white house counsel or something replying:
"You're totally right, and also I love you with all my heart."
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“No, Charles, because it would be incest, and you need to meet a girl your own age: Now eat your chicken nipples- NUGGETS”
October 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“No, Charles, because it would be incest, and you need to meet a girl your own age: Now eat your chicken nipples- NUGGETS”
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Charles Amos’ family are so posh they have a fish fork, a dessert fork and a fork especially for jabbing him with if he gets too close to his sister
October 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Charles Amos’ family are so posh they have a fish fork, a dessert fork and a fork especially for jabbing him with if he gets too close to his sister
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What a headline
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
What a headline
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