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
I feel like this summarises the state of our politics pretty well
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I feel like this summarises the state of our politics pretty well
As the excellent Tamasin Cave explained, not only do Hanover work for a lot of people who may not have the NHS’s best interests at heart (cf BBC)…
November 11, 2025 at 8:20 AM
As the excellent Tamasin Cave explained, not only do Hanover work for a lot of people who may not have the NHS’s best interests at heart (cf BBC)…
And so here we are, Mahmoud disgracefully embraces the worst human rights abusing excesses of Priti Patel, excesses that were never properly discussed or explained, and the Guardian now covers it entirely through the lens of “what does this mean for Starmer’s leadership”
October 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
And so here we are, Mahmoud disgracefully embraces the worst human rights abusing excesses of Priti Patel, excesses that were never properly discussed or explained, and the Guardian now covers it entirely through the lens of “what does this mean for Starmer’s leadership”
Define "Perfect Ending"?
October 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Define "Perfect Ending"?
Thank you, @telegraphnews.bsky.social, for playing along so gamely
October 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Thank you, @telegraphnews.bsky.social, for playing along so gamely
The consensus grown-up position is that drug misuse is a health issue, and so I’m not sure you can really write off *doctors* as “just one stakeholder group”. I mean, you *can*, but not if you’re having a pop at someone *else* for being unserious.
October 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The consensus grown-up position is that drug misuse is a health issue, and so I’m not sure you can really write off *doctors* as “just one stakeholder group”. I mean, you *can*, but not if you’re having a pop at someone *else* for being unserious.
Blimey, I just happen to be somewhere with live TV for a change and oh there is actually an episode of #bbcqt I want to watch for the first time in a very long time
October 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Blimey, I just happen to be somewhere with live TV for a change and oh there is actually an episode of #bbcqt I want to watch for the first time in a very long time
The BBC’s complaints department seems to think it’s entirely ok to 100% elide “hate speech” with “free speech” (as Nick Robinson did)
and that incidents of *actual* attacks on free speech, are an entirely separate debate, presumably for some other broadcaster to talk about
and that incidents of *actual* attacks on free speech, are an entirely separate debate, presumably for some other broadcaster to talk about
October 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The BBC’s complaints department seems to think it’s entirely ok to 100% elide “hate speech” with “free speech” (as Nick Robinson did)
and that incidents of *actual* attacks on free speech, are an entirely separate debate, presumably for some other broadcaster to talk about
and that incidents of *actual* attacks on free speech, are an entirely separate debate, presumably for some other broadcaster to talk about
I haven’t bothered complaining to the BBC in many years but i did tonight www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
September 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I haven’t bothered complaining to the BBC in many years but i did tonight www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
So, all the ex-Lab independent councillors in Stroud lost their seats at the next election. V hard to win & to represent democratic wishes (& see off cranks) without a party structure. YP have botched it so there’s a v obvious solution! The Stroud indy cllrs have mostly now joined the Green party.
September 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
So, all the ex-Lab independent councillors in Stroud lost their seats at the next election. V hard to win & to represent democratic wishes (& see off cranks) without a party structure. YP have botched it so there’s a v obvious solution! The Stroud indy cllrs have mostly now joined the Green party.
New profile header
September 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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My only actual definite opinion on Your Party debacle is that getting 800,000 sign ups in a couple of weeks is actually really dangerous, all that happens is every group under the sun wants your shock troops for their own. Contrast organic growth that allows grassroots strength to build. Eg👇💚
September 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My only actual definite opinion on Your Party debacle is that getting 800,000 sign ups in a couple of weeks is actually really dangerous, all that happens is every group under the sun wants your shock troops for their own. Contrast organic growth that allows grassroots strength to build. Eg👇💚
some diehard Labour rose profile types were making this argument on here yesterday, but it’s pretty wild hearing it from someone who presumably knows something about how McNicol’s Labour Party HQ operated and how little control Corbyn had over it at that point.
September 17, 2025 at 7:01 AM
some diehard Labour rose profile types were making this argument on here yesterday, but it’s pretty wild hearing it from someone who presumably knows something about how McNicol’s Labour Party HQ operated and how little control Corbyn had over it at that point.
Jeez, these people really believe their own reviews don’t they.
No government was getting re-elected given collapsing living standards post-pandemic, & the continuity of policy is both obvious & grim, anyway.
The idea one centrist lad was our salvation, & his loss a catastrophe, is for the birds.
No government was getting re-elected given collapsing living standards post-pandemic, & the continuity of policy is both obvious & grim, anyway.
The idea one centrist lad was our salvation, & his loss a catastrophe, is for the birds.
September 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Jeez, these people really believe their own reviews don’t they.
No government was getting re-elected given collapsing living standards post-pandemic, & the continuity of policy is both obvious & grim, anyway.
The idea one centrist lad was our salvation, & his loss a catastrophe, is for the birds.
No government was getting re-elected given collapsing living standards post-pandemic, & the continuity of policy is both obvious & grim, anyway.
The idea one centrist lad was our salvation, & his loss a catastrophe, is for the birds.
if these extremely obvious & important questions weren‘t asked *before* making Mandelson ambassador to the US then heads should roll at the very highest levels for their lack of concern about child sexual abuse - & if they *were* asked, then the highest levels are lying & heads should similarly roll
September 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
if these extremely obvious & important questions weren‘t asked *before* making Mandelson ambassador to the US then heads should roll at the very highest levels for their lack of concern about child sexual abuse - & if they *were* asked, then the highest levels are lying & heads should similarly roll
I wonder if endorsing the far right “great replacement theory“ is also what Johnson considers “simple common sense”
September 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I wonder if endorsing the far right “great replacement theory“ is also what Johnson considers “simple common sense”
Charlie Kirk: “Martin Luther King was awful. He’s not a good person. We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s.”
Boris Johnson:
Boris Johnson:
September 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Charlie Kirk: “Martin Luther King was awful. He’s not a good person. We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s.”
Boris Johnson:
Boris Johnson:
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
September 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
![Mike Higgins, 62, a blind man who uses a wheelchair, whose arrest was seen by millions on social media, also returned. He was arrested at the demonstration last month, which he said "starkly highlights what an absolute waste of time" the proscription of Palestine Action was for the state, taxpayers, police resources and, "most importantly, [for] Palestine and defending the people of Palestine, because that's actually what this is
really about"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nipumwx3u4mmucphtmz54kut/bafkreibleemgreb34tqevuj5clmahg3eoirajedunyvibqeci656ocso2a@jpeg)
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