"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."

My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.

Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

The Kremlin is controlling the White House.

Brilliant podcast, I love it best when they make each other laugh. Infectious.

Literally happening as we speak

Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.

This is the only flag I’m flying today. For Janey. #Trumpisacunt Let’s make it trend.

I see three distinct phases. Pre-Fox, when opinion was diverse but actual facts were indisputable.
Fox/Trump, where objective truth was subjected to the false equivalence of ‘alternative facts’ (ie lies).
And now, where media & tech platform owners collude with him to drown out the truth altogether.

Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come.

‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.

Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.

Thanks . In the Christmas @newstatesman.com

Why is the government not capable wiping the floor with Nigel Farage every single day like this? Alastair Campbell effortlessly destroys him over his Brexit legacy which by almost every economic and financial measure has been disastrous for the country

Great article by @gracedent.bsky.social about the gift of sobriety at Christmas. It’s great that more public figures are talking about their positive sober stories.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

#sobriety #sober #recovery #soberlife #addiction #soberliving #soberaf #alcoholfree