Graham Dutfield

@grahamdutfield.bsky.social

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Once a geographer, avid practitioner of slow scholarship, Leeds Uni prof, philhellene, loves mountains & coasts, teaches intellectual property & justice, health, food, biodiversity. Time to take the money out of politics. Living in safe South London .. more

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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 1d

Great there are still people like this to give us all hope in these times www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

The scientist who helped win the fight to protect a sacred piece of the Pacific

Respected ocean expert Katy Soapi continues to advocate to protect Tetepare, one of the last untouched places in Solomon Islands

www.theguardian.com

Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 1d

Couldn’t agree more

Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 1d

I was very much around in 1975. It was not cleaner or safer then, only the music being better. Apart from that I struggle to think of anything.

Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 2d

"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975

“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Every day there are multiple instances of blatant corruption. Our government policy is for sale to the highest bidder and every bad actor in the world knows it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 2d

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 4d

NEW

The letter the BBC could send back to Trump

A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim

By me. Enjoy.

emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...

The letter the BBC could send back to Trump

A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim

emptycity.substack.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 4d

The flying of St George's flags across the country are creating "no-go" zones for NHS staff, with some facing frequent abuse, health bosses have warned

news.sky.com/story/st-geo...

St George's flags are creating 'no-go zones' for NHS staff, health bosses warn

A trust leader hails the "bravery" of black and Asian healthcare workers for continuing to treat patients in areas "designed to exclude them".

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 5d

Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump.

Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader

Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 5d

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure

Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.

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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 5d

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Africa finally has its own drug-regulation agency — and it could transform the continent’s health

If it gets things right, the first major regulator of medicines to launch for 30 years could empower Africa to tackle African challenges around health and disease.

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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 5d

This is a must read - and it’s open access: “Peak Pharma: Toward a New Political Economy of Health” url: academic.oup.com/book/61632

Peak Pharma: Toward a New Political Economy of Health

Abstract. This book argues that we have reached the ‘peak’ of a particular model for pharmaceutical innovation—the neoliberal value model that has been in

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John Simpson @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social · 5d

Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 5d

I do not understand the Labour government's reticence over defending the BBC and social media regulation. Their long-term survival basically depends on it. Their cowardice in the face of it may be the single thing they are most remembered for.

on.ft.com/3JVxC1Z via @FT

BBC faces ‘existential’ threat after exit of top executives

Broadcaster’s deepest crisis in recent history comes amid fresh questions over its future role in British society

on.ft.com

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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 5d

WTO AGREEMENTS & PUBLIC HEALTH, A joint study by the WHO and the WTO Secretariat (2002). "One such initiative is the Global Fund proposed by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan dedicated to the battle against HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases." www.wto.org/english/res_... @wto.org @who.int

"As the world becomes increasingly integrated, it becomes less and less possible for different policy areas to be handled independently of each other. The inkage between trade and health has been the focus of much debate: real concerns should be dealt with and any misunderstandings should be clarified based on sound evidence and rigorous analysis.

We consider this joint study by the WHO and the WTO Secretariat a useful and timely initiative in this regard. It illustrates that there is much common ground between trade and health. Another important message is that health and trade policymakers can benefit from closer cooperation to ensure coherence between their different areas of
responsibilities.

In both the WHO and the WTO questions of trade and public health feature high on the agenda, and significant advances have been made in the recent past. The endorsement by the international community of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health is a very visible expression of governments' commitment to ensuring that the rules-based trading system is compatible with public health interests.

The multilateral trading system has a lot to contribute to increase global welfare. In addition, the expertise and work of other organizations are needed to find effective solutions. In our common pursuit of sustainable human development, the WTO and the WHO are important partners. We are honoured to present this joint study on WTO Agreements and public health, the first of its kind. It is an encouraging testimony of our good and growing cooperation."

"The WHO team was led by Nick Drager and included Robert Beaglehole, Debra Lipson, Zafar Mirza and early input from Matthew Hodge. Information on country health-trade cooperation was kindly provided by Suwit Wibulpolprasert of Thailand's Ministry of Health, and Jake Vellinga of Health Canada. Many WHO staff in Geneva headquarters and six regional offices supplied helpful information and comments at various stages of the report's preparation. We especially thank Orvill Adams, Thiru Balasubramaniam, Douglas Bettcher, William Cocksedge, Sarah England, Dr F.X. Meslin, Julie Milstein, André Prost, Yasuyuki Sahara, Jorgen Schlundt, German Velasquez and Derek Yach for their valuable contributions. WHO's input benefited from the comments of experts
around the world, working in government health agencies, academic institutions, and civil society organizations. The WHO team also would like to thank Andrew Cassels, Ann Kern, David Nabarro, Poonam Khetrapal Singh, and Eva Wallstam for their support.

The principal coordinator for the WTO contribution was Deputy Director-General Miguel Rodríguez Mendoza with the assistance of Erik Wijkstrom and Alexander Keck. Inputs and comments were provided by Rolf Adlung, John Finn, David Hartridge, Marion Jansen, Pieter Jan Kuijper, Vivien Liu, João Magelhães, Hamid Mamdouh, Gabrielle Marceau, Doaa Abdel Motaal, Laoise Ni Bhriain, Adrian Otten, Gretchen Stanton, Thu-Lang Tran-Wasescha, Peter Ungphakorn, Jayashree Watal and Frank Wolter. With respect to the WTO, this study has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice to the positions of WTO Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO."

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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 6d

#IGC52 Glossary of Key Terms Related to Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions @wipo.int Published on 5 November 2025. @arianna-s.bsky.social @keiwashdc.bsky.social www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/... @grahamdutfield.bsky.social

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 6d

It’s not at all clear to me how the BBC can do any kind of serious journalism if its top two bosses can be forced to quit over such an obviously confected scandal. There is no substantive error here. How can the BBC report on Trump, or Farage, or anyone else, in these circumstances?

Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 7d

Lack-of-conviction politics on full display. Don’t they realise nobody respects cowardice, especially when it’s as blatant as this?

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 11d

A lot of people I follow, reasonably but I think wrongly, think this is a “line” reflecting the government’s caution. It’s not, but because the government is so vague on so much, can’t give honest answer like “I do not follow US politics at a municipal level” and have it be believed.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 11d

Labour frontbench doesn't know what it thinks!

Try
He won the Mayoralty so congratulations to him for winning the trust of the voters. As we know, power brings responsibility and so I wish him well in taking on that public service and leadership challenge.

Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 7d

Blackmail?

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 9d

Britain’s biggest drugmaker says it will only greenlight plans for a £200 million Cambridge research site if ministers go further on NHS spending reforms in trade talks with the US.

Britain’s biggest drugmaker says UK’s NHS pricing offer is still not enough

U.K. officials are negotiating new pharma spending levels as part of trade talks with the Trump administration.

www.politico.eu

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 9d

Arm twisting by the US government is going to another extreme by tying funding aid to the condition of pathogen sharing. While this sharing will not be attached to condition to access medical tools that are developed from the pathogen information that countries would share.

EXCLUSIVE: US Ties Global Health Aid To Data Sharing On Pathogens – Undermining WHO Talks - Health Policy Watch

The United States (US) aims to compel countries that receive its aid to fight HIV, tuberculosis and malaria to share all information about “pathogens with

healthpolicy-watch.news

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 9d

Not only does the UK government waste vast sums of money on demonising those seeking asylum, now it appears that they are complicit in quite a number needing it in the first place. Choosing to save money over a genocide, again. #r4today

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide

Exclusive: British government adopted ‘least ambitious’ option months before RSF’s massacres in El Fasher

www.theguardian.com

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 9d

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands

The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

newyorkermag.visitlink.me

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 9d

Britain’s biggest drugmaker says it will only greenlight plans for a £200 million Cambridge research site if ministers go further on NHS spending reforms in trade talks with the US.

Britain’s biggest drugmaker says UK’s NHS pricing offer is still not enough

U.K. officials are negotiating new pharma spending levels as part of trade talks with the Trump administration.

www.politico.eu

Reposted by Graham Dutfield

Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 10d

Well, will you look at that completely expected piece of news.
The very same people who are so quick to blame migrants for all the ills of the world, are the ones posing more of a threat.
Watch likes of Goodwin try and explain this away and still blame migrants.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Far-right extremists outnumber Islamists in anti-terror programme referrals, data shows

Total referrals reach record high, with 21% being due to ‘extreme rightwing concerns’ and 10% to Islamist ideology

www.theguardian.com

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 10d

In normal circumstances the attempt by the US to extort an allied country directly and via large companies would be a major political scandal. It isn't because the US is using such mob tactics on all other countries. We all lose out.

www.politico.eu/article/us-p...

US pharma to abandon UK unless NHS pays more, says Trump’s ambassador

Britain has offered to increase the threshold at which the NHS pays firms for medicines. Pharma firms want the government to go further.

www.politico.eu

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 11d

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 11d

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 12d

I’m sure Matt Goodwin will be along shortly to tell us all whether LNER Customer Service Host Samir Zitouni counts as British or not. news.sky.com/story/train-...

Train company LNER 'extremely proud' of rail worker in critical condition after mass stabbing as family call him 'hero'

The "extraordinary bravery" of the LNER worker who intervened during the train mass stabbing attack on Saturday has been hailed by his company.

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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 12d

theconversation.com/earthshot-pr...

Earthshot prize’s request for a vegan menu for Prince William leaves a bitter taste in the Amazon

Western ideas of sustainability imposed on Indigenous cultures and food risk stifling what is unique and sustainable.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12d

The party who claim to be patriots literally had a Reform leadership member caught red handed taking bribes from Russia.

This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.

How are Reform getting away with this?

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill

How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?

www.theguardian.com

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12d

Nigel Farage, who has so far registered a total of £280,500 for four hours a month as a "brand ambassador" for a company selling gold bars, thinks a £10 an hour minimum wage for young people is too high bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...