Tracy Doucét
@tracydoucet.bsky.social
Rants about #Brexit #Politics #Justice #NHS. Founder of Innov8. Former NHS Chairman but too #leftie for the Tories.
I’m outraged that Gaie Delap is being punished for the incompetence of the MoJ and their private “tagging” suppliers.
What kind of Country imprisons 78 year woman for protesting against climate change and then can’t release her because it can’t get its act together.
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What kind of Country imprisons 78 year woman for protesting against climate change and then can’t release her because it can’t get its act together.
apple.news/Ai1xrRT4cTli...
Just Stop Oil protester, 78, has jail term extended after no suitable tag found — The Guardian
Exclusive: Gaie Delap told she will have to serve 20 more days that correspond to period of time at home after recall
apple.news
January 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I’m outraged that Gaie Delap is being punished for the incompetence of the MoJ and their private “tagging” suppliers.
What kind of Country imprisons 78 year woman for protesting against climate change and then can’t release her because it can’t get its act together.
apple.news/Ai1xrRT4cTli...
What kind of Country imprisons 78 year woman for protesting against climate change and then can’t release her because it can’t get its act together.
apple.news/Ai1xrRT4cTli...
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Dominic Cummings is reportedly advising Elon Musk on his interventions in British politics. Chimes with what I have heard recently of Cummings' interest in harnessing big tech to launch a challenger movement in the UK.
Elon Musk and Dominic Cummings 'in plot to sabotage UK politics'
Boris Johnson's former No 10 adviser is planning a new 'StartUp Party' which he hopes will smash the traditional Westminster system and is understood to be communicating with Mr Musk on WhatsApp.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Dominic Cummings is reportedly advising Elon Musk on his interventions in British politics. Chimes with what I have heard recently of Cummings' interest in harnessing big tech to launch a challenger movement in the UK.
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We've crossed a very, very dangerous threshold. The combined forces of ignorance, disinformation, hate, and extreme wealth have seized power and are twisting the global agenda.
Decent people need to step up and counter it all, or things are simply going to descend into the pit of hell.
Decent people need to step up and counter it all, or things are simply going to descend into the pit of hell.
January 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
We've crossed a very, very dangerous threshold. The combined forces of ignorance, disinformation, hate, and extreme wealth have seized power and are twisting the global agenda.
Decent people need to step up and counter it all, or things are simply going to descend into the pit of hell.
Decent people need to step up and counter it all, or things are simply going to descend into the pit of hell.
Whatever your political views David Davis deserves huge respect for his determination to seek a judicial review in the #LucyLetby case. 👏
It was (and remains) a hugely emotive and complex case, but truth and justice matter.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
It was (and remains) a hugely emotive and complex case, but truth and justice matter.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Lucy Letby retrial needed after ‘clear miscarriage of justice’, says David Davis
MP tells parliament he believes justice has not been done after hearing experts’ concerns over former nurse’s murder convictions
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Whatever your political views David Davis deserves huge respect for his determination to seek a judicial review in the #LucyLetby case. 👏
It was (and remains) a hugely emotive and complex case, but truth and justice matter.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
It was (and remains) a hugely emotive and complex case, but truth and justice matter.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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It is not just that Musk is attempting to 'influence' democratic politics in the UK & elsewhere. Above all, he is attempting, with success, to cause disruption & chaos: instilling a sense the game - of media; politics; truth - has changed. It has. And it accelerates faster than we can all keep up...
The Psycho-Social-Techno Politics of ‘MAGA’ Trumps Democracy – And the Liberal Left Has No Answer
Donald Trump’s second victory in the United States is a warning sign to democracies everywhere of the centrality of emotions – and their manipulation – in the new politics of gross inequality and psyc...
bylinetimes.com
January 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
It is not just that Musk is attempting to 'influence' democratic politics in the UK & elsewhere. Above all, he is attempting, with success, to cause disruption & chaos: instilling a sense the game - of media; politics; truth - has changed. It has. And it accelerates faster than we can all keep up...
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Musk calls for Tommy Robinson to be freed from prison and attacks Starmer over Oldham child sex abuse gang...
Given Musk's prominence and access to power, his continued interventions surely require a robust response at some point from the Government. With the Reform/Farage link, Musk isn't marginal
Given Musk's prominence and access to power, his continued interventions surely require a robust response at some point from the Government. With the Reform/Farage link, Musk isn't marginal
Elon Musk calls for Tommy Robinson to be freed from prison
The Tesla founder accused Sir Keir Starmer of failing to prosecute Oldham grooming gangs and called for another election in Britain
www.thetimes.com
January 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Musk calls for Tommy Robinson to be freed from prison and attacks Starmer over Oldham child sex abuse gang...
Given Musk's prominence and access to power, his continued interventions surely require a robust response at some point from the Government. With the Reform/Farage link, Musk isn't marginal
Given Musk's prominence and access to power, his continued interventions surely require a robust response at some point from the Government. With the Reform/Farage link, Musk isn't marginal
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Stanley Baldwin in 1931
Re the Mail and Express
"The papers conducted by Lord Rothermere and Lord Beaverbrook are not newspapers in the ordinary sense of the word. They are engines of propaganda for the desires, personal wishes, likes and dislikes of two men"
Plus ca Change
Re the Mail and Express
"The papers conducted by Lord Rothermere and Lord Beaverbrook are not newspapers in the ordinary sense of the word. They are engines of propaganda for the desires, personal wishes, likes and dislikes of two men"
Plus ca Change
December 29, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Stanley Baldwin in 1931
Re the Mail and Express
"The papers conducted by Lord Rothermere and Lord Beaverbrook are not newspapers in the ordinary sense of the word. They are engines of propaganda for the desires, personal wishes, likes and dislikes of two men"
Plus ca Change
Re the Mail and Express
"The papers conducted by Lord Rothermere and Lord Beaverbrook are not newspapers in the ordinary sense of the word. They are engines of propaganda for the desires, personal wishes, likes and dislikes of two men"
Plus ca Change
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The irony is thick here.
December 24, 2024 at 9:37 PM
The irony is thick here.
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“Clement Attlee said: ‘Charity is a cold grey loveless thing. If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim’. As we hurtle into 2025, perhaps it is time our society edged towards such progress.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Welcome to Britain’s Victorian Christmas, where volunteers in Santa hats fulfil the basic functions of the state | Frances Ryan
There is something inescapably bleak about a nation that relies on charity appeals to fix its social and economic problems, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2024 at 10:12 AM
“Clement Attlee said: ‘Charity is a cold grey loveless thing. If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim’. As we hurtle into 2025, perhaps it is time our society edged towards such progress.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A fine series of pie charts showing the political contributions of the "Magnificent Seven" tech firms, as seen in quantum of sollazzo, @puntofisso.bsky.social's always excellent newsletter
www.sparklinecapital.com/post/partisa...
www.sparklinecapital.com/post/partisa...
November 12, 2024 at 12:19 PM
A fine series of pie charts showing the political contributions of the "Magnificent Seven" tech firms, as seen in quantum of sollazzo, @puntofisso.bsky.social's always excellent newsletter
www.sparklinecapital.com/post/partisa...
www.sparklinecapital.com/post/partisa...
Finally, the tribunal agrees we have a right to see the citations from Boris Johnson for Charlotte Owen (Baroness Owen of Alderney Edge) thanks to the determination of @mrosenbaum.bsky.social
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December 21, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Finally, the tribunal agrees we have a right to see the citations from Boris Johnson for Charlotte Owen (Baroness Owen of Alderney Edge) thanks to the determination of @mrosenbaum.bsky.social
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Without truth and integrity there is no democracy. The US election and Brexit proved that!
Politicians and the media are now allowed to publish lies without correction or sanction. Fake new is institutionalised.
Well done Spain 👏🇪🇸
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Politicians and the media are now allowed to publish lies without correction or sanction. Fake new is institutionalised.
Well done Spain 👏🇪🇸
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Spain introduces bill to combat online fake news
Minister calls bill demanding digital platforms publicly correct false information ‘good news for democracy’
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Without truth and integrity there is no democracy. The US election and Brexit proved that!
Politicians and the media are now allowed to publish lies without correction or sanction. Fake new is institutionalised.
Well done Spain 👏🇪🇸
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Politicians and the media are now allowed to publish lies without correction or sanction. Fake new is institutionalised.
Well done Spain 👏🇪🇸
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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Highlighting the problems of GP funding with a 20% cut £/patient, increasing workload, increasing costs to practices, including NI employers & staff costs
Failure of NHS England workforce planning resulting in GP practices closing, GP under employment & unemployment
3000+ FTE GPs available now
Failure of NHS England workforce planning resulting in GP practices closing, GP under employment & unemployment
3000+ FTE GPs available now
December 17, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Highlighting the problems of GP funding with a 20% cut £/patient, increasing workload, increasing costs to practices, including NI employers & staff costs
Failure of NHS England workforce planning resulting in GP practices closing, GP under employment & unemployment
3000+ FTE GPs available now
Failure of NHS England workforce planning resulting in GP practices closing, GP under employment & unemployment
3000+ FTE GPs available now
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Speaking of relevant experience, almost none of Trump’s proposed Cabinet members have any. What they do have is money and, in many cases, deep conflicts of interest with the agencies they will be tasked with running.
Democrats Still Haven’t Figured Out How to Attack Trump
Over the course of the decade, the party has hoped that voters would simply reject him as immoral, uncouth, and unfit for office. They need a stronger argument—and his Cabinet picks give them one.
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Speaking of relevant experience, almost none of Trump’s proposed Cabinet members have any. What they do have is money and, in many cases, deep conflicts of interest with the agencies they will be tasked with running.
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I say, I say
"what is Dido Harding's favourite dessert?"
"Profiteer Roles"
"what is Dido Harding's favourite dessert?"
"Profiteer Roles"
December 14, 2024 at 10:05 PM
I say, I say
"what is Dido Harding's favourite dessert?"
"Profiteer Roles"
"what is Dido Harding's favourite dessert?"
"Profiteer Roles"
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FBI is reportedly monitoring anyone who says 'bad' things about Donald Trump.
So don't RP this and get them working all Christmas.
So don't RP this and get them working all Christmas.
December 13, 2024 at 8:46 PM
FBI is reportedly monitoring anyone who says 'bad' things about Donald Trump.
So don't RP this and get them working all Christmas.
So don't RP this and get them working all Christmas.
Bribery “the act of promising, giving, receiving…with the corrupt aim of influencing a public official in the discharge of his official duties.”
Amazon, Meta, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have all announced $1 million donations to Trump’s inauguration fund.
Tech companies most threatened by Trump are donating to his inauguration fund
Amazon, Meta, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have all announced $1 million donations to Trump's inauguration fund.
www.cnbc.com
December 14, 2024 at 12:12 AM
Bribery “the act of promising, giving, receiving…with the corrupt aim of influencing a public official in the discharge of his official duties.”
Our NHS remains one of the things we should be proudest of in Britain.
Yes, there are huge challenges as a result of decades of underinvestment, but we must renew the fight to save it.
No one diagnosed with cancer should have to worry about insurance or bankruptcy.
substack.com/@robertreich...
Yes, there are huge challenges as a result of decades of underinvestment, but we must renew the fight to save it.
No one diagnosed with cancer should have to worry about insurance or bankruptcy.
substack.com/@robertreich...
Robert Reich on Substack
A recent report found that the for-profit US healthcare system ranks last among peer nations.
substack.com
December 13, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Our NHS remains one of the things we should be proudest of in Britain.
Yes, there are huge challenges as a result of decades of underinvestment, but we must renew the fight to save it.
No one diagnosed with cancer should have to worry about insurance or bankruptcy.
substack.com/@robertreich...
Yes, there are huge challenges as a result of decades of underinvestment, but we must renew the fight to save it.
No one diagnosed with cancer should have to worry about insurance or bankruptcy.
substack.com/@robertreich...
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‘Medical misogyny’ condemns women to years of gynaecological pain, MPs told
‘Medical misogyny’ condemns women to years of gynaecological pain, MPs told
Damning parliamentary report blames lack of education by healthcare workers and ‘pervasive stigma’ for poor care
Women and girls are enduring years of pain because their reproductive conditions are being dismissed due to “medical misogyny”, according to…
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 12:13 AM
‘Medical misogyny’ condemns women to years of gynaecological pain, MPs told
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“Another woman of a certain age trying to pin something on me”
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December 7, 2024 at 12:52 PM
“Another woman of a certain age trying to pin something on me”
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Terrific article on Trumps nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ⬇️
“I have no respect for a man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around and uses women for his own power and ego,” Hegseth’s mother wrote to him. “You are that man..”
Terryfing!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“I have no respect for a man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around and uses women for his own power and ego,” Hegseth’s mother wrote to him. “You are that man..”
Terryfing!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense should alarm all of us | Moira Donegan
Pete Hegseth, who has been accused of drunken, irresponsible and predatory behavior, would be in charge of the world’s most powerful military
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Terrific article on Trumps nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ⬇️
“I have no respect for a man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around and uses women for his own power and ego,” Hegseth’s mother wrote to him. “You are that man..”
Terryfing!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“I have no respect for a man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around and uses women for his own power and ego,” Hegseth’s mother wrote to him. “You are that man..”
Terryfing!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Terrific article from Ashley Storrie about grief, humour and autism⬇️
Your Mum would be so proud of your talent and achievements 👏
www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...
‘Am I allowed to be funny?’ Ashley Storrie on acting, autism – and grieving her mum, Janey Godley
The Scottish comedian received two Baftas last month, just after the death of her mother. She discusses secrets, sadness, success and how comedy sustains her
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Terrific article from Ashley Storrie about grief, humour and autism⬇️
Your Mum would be so proud of your talent and achievements 👏
www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...