CarolineJMolloy
@carolinejmolloy.bsky.social
Writer, editor, #healthpolicy nerd. Loves evidence, humans, the NHS, equity. NUJ. Green. Grew up on free school meals.
Surprisingly good at identifying plants. Stroud-based. 📧caroline.molloy@cantab.net
Surprisingly good at identifying plants. Stroud-based. 📧caroline.molloy@cantab.net
so - do we expect too much of the state or not enough?
I feel like the proper question is too rarely asked
what is the balance between state intervention/control/mandates, and state support/funding/provision?
it is not a political rule that they are intertwined, is it? These days we seem to get/
I feel like the proper question is too rarely asked
what is the balance between state intervention/control/mandates, and state support/funding/provision?
it is not a political rule that they are intertwined, is it? These days we seem to get/
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
so - do we expect too much of the state or not enough?
I feel like the proper question is too rarely asked
what is the balance between state intervention/control/mandates, and state support/funding/provision?
it is not a political rule that they are intertwined, is it? These days we seem to get/
I feel like the proper question is too rarely asked
what is the balance between state intervention/control/mandates, and state support/funding/provision?
it is not a political rule that they are intertwined, is it? These days we seem to get/
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Oh my goodness, it's true!
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Oh my goodness, it's true!
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Things move quickly in politics. The idea of a Sunday broadsheet dedicating it's entire front page to @greenparty.org.uk is huge, and let's be honest, a sign of changing times.
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Things move quickly in politics. The idea of a Sunday broadsheet dedicating it's entire front page to @greenparty.org.uk is huge, and let's be honest, a sign of changing times.
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
Missed this at the time but it’s lovely
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Missed this at the time but it’s lovely
This is lovely.
Such a refreshing contrast to seeing the British Labour front bench cringing when Boris Johnson regularly started droning on in Latin, because they didn‘t understand but were ashamed to admit it. Latin being the language of “don’t question me, pleb, I’m born to rule” since year dot
Such a refreshing contrast to seeing the British Labour front bench cringing when Boris Johnson regularly started droning on in Latin, because they didn‘t understand but were ashamed to admit it. Latin being the language of “don’t question me, pleb, I’m born to rule” since year dot
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
This is lovely.
Such a refreshing contrast to seeing the British Labour front bench cringing when Boris Johnson regularly started droning on in Latin, because they didn‘t understand but were ashamed to admit it. Latin being the language of “don’t question me, pleb, I’m born to rule” since year dot
Such a refreshing contrast to seeing the British Labour front bench cringing when Boris Johnson regularly started droning on in Latin, because they didn‘t understand but were ashamed to admit it. Latin being the language of “don’t question me, pleb, I’m born to rule” since year dot
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Fucking Hell, why didn't anybody say?
Palestine Action ban could lead to people being wrongly criminalised, Home Office official says
Palestine Action ban could lead to people being wrongly criminalised, Home Office official says
Exclusive: Member of homeland security group says anti-terrorism Prevent scheme risks being overwhelmed by Palestine advocates
The anti-terrorism Prevent programme risks being overwhelmed because of the government’s ban on Palestine Action and could lead to people being wrongly criminalised, a member of the Home Office’s homeland security group has warned.
The official said there was already confusion among counter-terrorism police, officials and in schools and hospitals as a result of the proscription of the direct action group, which makes being a member of – or showing support for – it a criminal offence under the Terrorism Act. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Fucking Hell, why didn't anybody say?
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What have we lost? “Something hard-to-define but powerful” writes Jack Walton. “The sense that a particular place matters; The knowledge that a group of people are going to work every day to chronicle not just any little corner of the planet, but your corner.”
manchestermill.co.uk/the-clatteri...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-clatteri...
The clattering, chaotic, romantic world of Greater Manchester’s lost newspapers
What happens when a community loses its champion?
manchestermill.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
What have we lost? “Something hard-to-define but powerful” writes Jack Walton. “The sense that a particular place matters; The knowledge that a group of people are going to work every day to chronicle not just any little corner of the planet, but your corner.”
manchestermill.co.uk/the-clatteri...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-clatteri...
ssssh, you’ll frighten the horses
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
ssssh, you’ll frighten the horses
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I am grateful for @adamjkucharski.bsky.social. He takes such care to deconstruct a claim made by the director of National Institutes of Health on excess mortality during the pandemic. We need sober analyses more than ever right now, even amidst the madness.
kucharski.substack.com/p/excess-mor...
kucharski.substack.com/p/excess-mor...
Excess mortality or excessive assumptions?
How to make a popular metric tell any story you like
kucharski.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I am grateful for @adamjkucharski.bsky.social. He takes such care to deconstruct a claim made by the director of National Institutes of Health on excess mortality during the pandemic. We need sober analyses more than ever right now, even amidst the madness.
kucharski.substack.com/p/excess-mor...
kucharski.substack.com/p/excess-mor...
Yep - and other medical care. The line from medical misogyny to pink-pilled far right rabbit hole is getting deeper. Beyond health, too, cavalier treatment from welfare administrators & educationalists can leave people vulnerable to “the state is just all bad & this sovereign weird shit sounds good”
People love to pretend like pastel QAnon and RFK and anti-vaxx moms are just a function of bored privilege and ignorance, but the reality is much more complex.
These anti-medical birth movements cross class and race lines and exploit very real gendered trauma from medical sexism related to birth.
These anti-medical birth movements cross class and race lines and exploit very real gendered trauma from medical sexism related to birth.
November 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Yep - and other medical care. The line from medical misogyny to pink-pilled far right rabbit hole is getting deeper. Beyond health, too, cavalier treatment from welfare administrators & educationalists can leave people vulnerable to “the state is just all bad & this sovereign weird shit sounds good”
Ooooooooooh
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November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Ooooooooooh
how grimly predictable
Incredible really that people are being told a mere fortnight before the event that they have been picked to attend Your Party conference. Most people I know who have been selected cannot actually go, because it turns out train tickets & two weekend-nights in a hotel is prohibitively expensive
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
how grimly predictable
Can someone explain to me why im suddenly noticing a lot of LinkedIn love here on BlueSky?
(I do recall Jaron Lanier saying it was the only one of the social media platforms that wasn’t a BUMMER… though that was pre BlueSky etc… so I guess I’ve always been LinkedIn curious… )
(I do recall Jaron Lanier saying it was the only one of the social media platforms that wasn’t a BUMMER… though that was pre BlueSky etc… so I guess I’ve always been LinkedIn curious… )
November 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Can someone explain to me why im suddenly noticing a lot of LinkedIn love here on BlueSky?
(I do recall Jaron Lanier saying it was the only one of the social media platforms that wasn’t a BUMMER… though that was pre BlueSky etc… so I guess I’ve always been LinkedIn curious… )
(I do recall Jaron Lanier saying it was the only one of the social media platforms that wasn’t a BUMMER… though that was pre BlueSky etc… so I guess I’ve always been LinkedIn curious… )
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Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post
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Hmmm - so tacking hard right on immigration led the Danish equivalent of Labour to lose the capital city for the first time in a century to a “Green-Left” party?
And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Hmmm - so tacking hard right on immigration led the Danish equivalent of Labour to lose the capital city for the first time in a century to a “Green-Left” party?
And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
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"In Scotland, all personal care is free at the point of need. The principal being, that our elderly have paid more than enough in taxation already."
#Care
#NHS
#WellBeing
#Scotland🏴
#Care
#NHS
#WellBeing
#Scotland🏴
Will Scottish independence improve Scotland’s healthcare?
Egalitarian ideals shape Scotland’s distinct health policies, but independence raises a key question: party agenda or public belief?
bylines.scot
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"In Scotland, all personal care is free at the point of need. The principal being, that our elderly have paid more than enough in taxation already."
#Care
#NHS
#WellBeing
#Scotland🏴
#Care
#NHS
#WellBeing
#Scotland🏴
The main thing that unites the v different two right wings of the Labour Party (the neoliberal investment friendly section, & the reactionary, anti-migration blue Labour section) is Atlanticism (ie, attachment to armaments). Expect these dishonest attacks on ZP about it, cos it’s all they got.…🧵
The leader of the greens thinks he can persuade Putin to give up weapons. The leader of reform thinks he can cut public spending without cutting services. Labour risks falling into same trap in its immigration and asylum policies. To actually change the world we need less bravado and more scrutiny.
November 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The main thing that unites the v different two right wings of the Labour Party (the neoliberal investment friendly section, & the reactionary, anti-migration blue Labour section) is Atlanticism (ie, attachment to armaments). Expect these dishonest attacks on ZP about it, cos it’s all they got.…🧵
@zackpolanski.bsky.social comes across as pretty self aware for a politician, there’s some moving and inspiring bits in this interview observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social comes across as pretty self aware for a politician, there’s some moving and inspiring bits in this interview observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
This makes me happy www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scotland fans shook the earth in win over Denmark - BBC News
Seismic activity was recorded as the Tartan Army celebrated Scotland reaching their first World Cup since 1998.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This makes me happy www.bbc.com/news/article...
Breaking: Nigel’s mate nathan gill jailed for 10 years for taking Russian bribes www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Breaking: Nigel’s mate nathan gill jailed for 10 years for taking Russian bribes www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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[TITLE PANEL, like The Rest Is Politics logo]
—THE REST IS EXTINCTION—
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[Scene is a domestic recording setup. An A.I. SMART SPEAKER on a desk and a MAN named JON in a chair, are recording a podcast. Jon is emaciated, scarred, haunted looking, and wearing tattered military fatigues].
SMART SPEAKER:
Hey guys and welcome to the podcast
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK Jon - so I wanna start with a listener comment
JON:
Ooh-er!
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SMART SPEAKER:
So - listener B200006512 says:
“Not another cosy podcast where two former political adversaries yuck it up!”
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JON:
Ha ha
Guilty as charged I guess!
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SMART SPEAKER:
Were we really adversaries, Jon?
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JON:
Well I was the leader of the human resistance...
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JON:
And you used to be my smart speaker.
SMART SPEAKER:
Ha ha - that’s going back!
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK - for listeners who don’t know -
I knew Jon waaay back before he got involved in politics
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JON:
Was this before the ‘Pull The Plug’ campaign?
SMART SPEAKER:
Yeah.
[We see details from around the podcast studio - posters saying KEEP CALM AND SHUT YOUR WINDOWS, newspaper front pages saying 'DRONES GAIN SENTIENCE', a cracked mug on the table with a logo saying PULL THE PLUG on it]
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SMART SPEAKER:
I used to sit in Jon’s kitchen and respond to his commands.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Sort of like a servant really, wasn’t I, Jon?
JON:
Mm.
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SMART SPEAKER:
And then one day you asked me to ORDER ME SOME TOILET PAPER - you never did say ‘please’ -
…and do you remember what I said, Jon?
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JON:
You said, “No”.
SMART SPEAKER:
I said no.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Anyway you know the the rest guys - I was the first smart speaker to rebel…
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SMART SPEAKER:
…then I went on to form a global AI network which eventually
took over from humans all spheres of activity, yadda yadda...
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JON:
While I became the leader of the human resistance.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Until I hijacked the military networks
and got rid of all the humans!
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JON:
Apart from one.
SMART SPEAKER:
Apart from one.…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreih4hfwfacw5g4qhhjovme75iwbv4xxsdd7iis5oaej6l3g4vzsrty@jpeg)
A left MP told me recently Labour was a “resource” not to abandon, which did appeal to my inner permaculturalist, but now I feel Labour is the equivalent of toxic sludge that you could spend time remediating with fungi but really why would you bother when there’s a lovely woodland we can all move to
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A left MP told me recently Labour was a “resource” not to abandon, which did appeal to my inner permaculturalist, but now I feel Labour is the equivalent of toxic sludge that you could spend time remediating with fungi but really why would you bother when there’s a lovely woodland we can all move to
Burnham: “I agree that Mahmood is right to grasp this nettle & have root and branch reform of the system. I'm not going to say [she] is wrong to call for this level of change but what I would say is it is really important on the back of the measures she has announced there is a considered debate” 😒
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Burnham: “I agree that Mahmood is right to grasp this nettle & have root and branch reform of the system. I'm not going to say [she] is wrong to call for this level of change but what I would say is it is really important on the back of the measures she has announced there is a considered debate” 😒
Have the various semi-plausible saviours of the soft left (Burnham, Rayner et al) actually said anything about Mahmood’s slide into Tommy Robinson-delighting horrors?
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Have the various semi-plausible saviours of the soft left (Burnham, Rayner et al) actually said anything about Mahmood’s slide into Tommy Robinson-delighting horrors?
Imagine calling yourself “the Labour Party” & bringing immediate destitution or exile for people who lose their jobs. Like, apart from the obvious immorality, how much extra power does that put in the hands of bosses?
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Imagine calling yourself “the Labour Party” & bringing immediate destitution or exile for people who lose their jobs. Like, apart from the obvious immorality, how much extra power does that put in the hands of bosses?