@elligh.bsky.social
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🎄 All I Want for Christmas… Is Treatos (George’s Version)
December 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🎄 All I Want for Christmas… Is Treatos (George’s Version)
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So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic...
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic...
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
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Extremely worried for the awful situation of the Palestine Action activists on hunger strike.
Still awaiting trial, some for over a year.
Green MPs and peers have written to David Lammy, calling for urgent action and fair treatment.
Still awaiting trial, some for over a year.
Green MPs and peers have written to David Lammy, calling for urgent action and fair treatment.
December 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Extremely worried for the awful situation of the Palestine Action activists on hunger strike.
Still awaiting trial, some for over a year.
Green MPs and peers have written to David Lammy, calling for urgent action and fair treatment.
Still awaiting trial, some for over a year.
Green MPs and peers have written to David Lammy, calling for urgent action and fair treatment.
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"Poverty in one of the richest countries is made by political choices. The government must chart a new course."
leftfootforward.org/2025/12/to-t...
leftfootforward.org/2025/12/to-t...
To tackle child poverty the government must deal with parental poverty
Labour's child poverty strategy offers some welcome measures, but it won't address the factors keeping families trapped in poverty
leftfootforward.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"Poverty in one of the richest countries is made by political choices. The government must chart a new course."
leftfootforward.org/2025/12/to-t...
leftfootforward.org/2025/12/to-t...
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Good morning and welcome to Fish For Tea Friday
Don’t wait for people to be friendly.
Be the one who shows them how
Kindness has a way of melting barriers, yours might be the spark someone needs today.
Don’t wait for people to be friendly.
Be the one who shows them how
Kindness has a way of melting barriers, yours might be the spark someone needs today.
December 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Good morning and welcome to Fish For Tea Friday
Don’t wait for people to be friendly.
Be the one who shows them how
Kindness has a way of melting barriers, yours might be the spark someone needs today.
Don’t wait for people to be friendly.
Be the one who shows them how
Kindness has a way of melting barriers, yours might be the spark someone needs today.
The public wants it. MPs voted for it. The House of Lords must not block it. Join me and sign the petition urging Lords to stop delaying and pass the assisted dying bill. 38d.gs/gq6c
Don’t block the assisted dying bill from passing in the Lords
The public wants it. MPs voted for it. The House of Lords must not block it. Sign the petition to support the Assisted Dying Bill
38d.gs
December 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The public wants it. MPs voted for it. The House of Lords must not block it. Join me and sign the petition urging Lords to stop delaying and pass the assisted dying bill. 38d.gs/gq6c
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🔥 The “Friends of Bylines Network” scheme…
…and how citizen journalism can break the grip of mainstream media on the news mix we consume.
Community roots go deeper than broadcasters.
Check it out, share & get involved—> bylinesnetwork.co.uk/friends-of-b...
…and how citizen journalism can break the grip of mainstream media on the news mix we consume.
Community roots go deeper than broadcasters.
Check it out, share & get involved—> bylinesnetwork.co.uk/friends-of-b...
December 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
🔥 The “Friends of Bylines Network” scheme…
…and how citizen journalism can break the grip of mainstream media on the news mix we consume.
Community roots go deeper than broadcasters.
Check it out, share & get involved—> bylinesnetwork.co.uk/friends-of-b...
…and how citizen journalism can break the grip of mainstream media on the news mix we consume.
Community roots go deeper than broadcasters.
Check it out, share & get involved—> bylinesnetwork.co.uk/friends-of-b...
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Our democracy is under threat.
Unless we ditch our outdated voting system, the next election risks allowing Nigel Farage into Number 10 on the “pull of a one-armed bandit” gambling machine. I asked the Leader of the House to back the Lib Dem elections bill when it returns to Parliament in January.
Unless we ditch our outdated voting system, the next election risks allowing Nigel Farage into Number 10 on the “pull of a one-armed bandit” gambling machine. I asked the Leader of the House to back the Lib Dem elections bill when it returns to Parliament in January.
December 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Our democracy is under threat.
Unless we ditch our outdated voting system, the next election risks allowing Nigel Farage into Number 10 on the “pull of a one-armed bandit” gambling machine. I asked the Leader of the House to back the Lib Dem elections bill when it returns to Parliament in January.
Unless we ditch our outdated voting system, the next election risks allowing Nigel Farage into Number 10 on the “pull of a one-armed bandit” gambling machine. I asked the Leader of the House to back the Lib Dem elections bill when it returns to Parliament in January.
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Hey Nottinghamshire.
This is how your Reform council is spending your money. Funded by your 4.84% council tax rise.
This is how your Reform council is spending your money. Funded by your 4.84% council tax rise.
December 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Hey Nottinghamshire.
This is how your Reform council is spending your money. Funded by your 4.84% council tax rise.
This is how your Reform council is spending your money. Funded by your 4.84% council tax rise.
"Press barons can meet the prime minister, but the people who have suffered at the hands of them can't." Don't think that's right? Demand the PM stops cozying up to press barons and restarts the inquiry to put victims first NOW. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
Don’t bow down to media billionaires: protect victims!
Madeleine McCann’s parents, the families of Hillsborough victims, and Caroline Flack’s mum all know what it is like to be targeted by an intrusive press. That’s why over 30 high-profile victims wrote ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
"Press barons can meet the prime minister, but the people who have suffered at the hands of them can't." Don't think that's right? Demand the PM stops cozying up to press barons and restarts the inquiry to put victims first NOW. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
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Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has urged the prime minister to stand up to Donald Trump, describing the US president's new national security strategy as "deeply alarming". - He’s right!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Don't let Donald Trump interfere with UK democracy, Ed Davey tells Starmer
The Lib Dem leader criticises US national security strategy, which warns Europe faces "civilisational erasure".
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has urged the prime minister to stand up to Donald Trump, describing the US president's new national security strategy as "deeply alarming". - He’s right!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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I’m sure Free Speech Warrior Nigel Farage will be having a word about this?
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I’m sure Free Speech Warrior Nigel Farage will be having a word about this?
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Look at this chart.
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Look at this chart.
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
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Conservatives are panicking that working women have ruined everything, writes @polphilpod.bsky.social. “This discourse may not seem intellectually serious—and it isn’t—but that doesn’t mean it won’t make it to our shores.”
Has ‘the great feminisation’ theory arrived in the UK?
Conservatives are panicking that working women have ruined everything
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Conservatives are panicking that working women have ruined everything, writes @polphilpod.bsky.social. “This discourse may not seem intellectually serious—and it isn’t—but that doesn’t mean it won’t make it to our shores.”
The UK has agreed to pay pharma BILLIONS more for medicines to keep Trump happy – I’ve written to my MP urging them to do everything they can to stop this disastrous deal. Use this tool to email yours too!
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4671
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4671
Write to your MP: stop big pharma’s NHS raid
The UK government has agreed a deal with Donald Trump that could see the NHS pay pharma companies an extra £3 billion a year for drugs. Experts say that diverting NHS funding to pay for this deal woul...
act.globaljustice.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The UK has agreed to pay pharma BILLIONS more for medicines to keep Trump happy – I’ve written to my MP urging them to do everything they can to stop this disastrous deal. Use this tool to email yours too!
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4671
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4671
The UK has agreed to pay pharma BILLIONS more for medicines to keep Trump happy – I’ve written to my MP urging them to do everything they can to stop this disastrous deal. Use this tool to email yours too!
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4671
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4671
Write to your MP: stop big pharma’s NHS raid
The UK government has agreed a deal with Donald Trump that could see the NHS pay pharma companies an extra £3 billion a year for drugs. Experts say that diverting NHS funding to pay for this deal woul...
act.globaljustice.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The UK has agreed to pay pharma BILLIONS more for medicines to keep Trump happy – I’ve written to my MP urging them to do everything they can to stop this disastrous deal. Use this tool to email yours too!
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4671
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4671
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UK arms imported by Israel have doubled in 2025.
The UK is complicit in Israel’s genocide and apartheid of the Palestinian people.
Keep reading for 4⃣ more things you need to know.🧵
The UK is complicit in Israel’s genocide and apartheid of the Palestinian people.
Keep reading for 4⃣ more things you need to know.🧵
December 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
UK arms imported by Israel have doubled in 2025.
The UK is complicit in Israel’s genocide and apartheid of the Palestinian people.
Keep reading for 4⃣ more things you need to know.🧵
The UK is complicit in Israel’s genocide and apartheid of the Palestinian people.
Keep reading for 4⃣ more things you need to know.🧵
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We despair that the rightwing keep shifting the Overton Window further right. They never suggest that leaving the ECHR is impossible or not the right time. They just demand it. And we end up discussing it.
It’s time the left pushed back.
Not put up ‘can’t do’ barriers to our own hopes and aims.
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It’s time the left pushed back.
Not put up ‘can’t do’ barriers to our own hopes and aims.
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🚨BREAKING🚨
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
December 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We despair that the rightwing keep shifting the Overton Window further right. They never suggest that leaving the ECHR is impossible or not the right time. They just demand it. And we end up discussing it.
It’s time the left pushed back.
Not put up ‘can’t do’ barriers to our own hopes and aims.
👏
It’s time the left pushed back.
Not put up ‘can’t do’ barriers to our own hopes and aims.
👏
GB News’ recent Trump interview was outrageous - completely biased and full of lies. And GB News didn't challenge him ONCE. Ofcom MUST investigate them for breaching its rules. Sign now if you agree: 38d.gs/l_kt
OFCOM: INVESTIGATE GB NEWS’ SHOCKING TRUMP INTERVIEW
GB News’ recent Trump interview was outrageous - completely biased and full of lies. And GB News didn't challenge him ONCE. Ofcom MUST investigate them for breaching its rules. Sign now if you agree.
38d.gs
December 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
GB News’ recent Trump interview was outrageous - completely biased and full of lies. And GB News didn't challenge him ONCE. Ofcom MUST investigate them for breaching its rules. Sign now if you agree: 38d.gs/l_kt
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Sorry but this is exactly the gotcha style of questioning that inevitably brings democracy into disarray. Governments can't actually say everything they want about foreign leaders because that is diplomacy. Headline either way. And unscrupulous leaders who don't care are the winners.
Keir Starmer’s spokesman refuses to criticise Trump for calling Europe a group of “decaying” nations led by “weak” leaders
Asked about Trump saying European countries will no longer be “viable" thanks to migration, Keir Starmer’s spokesman says the UK is “returning control to our asylum system”
Asked about Trump saying European countries will no longer be “viable" thanks to migration, Keir Starmer’s spokesman says the UK is “returning control to our asylum system”
December 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Sorry but this is exactly the gotcha style of questioning that inevitably brings democracy into disarray. Governments can't actually say everything they want about foreign leaders because that is diplomacy. Headline either way. And unscrupulous leaders who don't care are the winners.
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Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
December 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
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"The votes of the dead should not count for more than than the views of the young. Around 3.2 million Leave voters have died since the referendum. Six million young people have now reached voting age since 2016, and they are more likely to be pro-EU."
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
Pro-Brexit Majority Of 2016 'Has Literally Died Out', Polling Expert Reveals
The founder of YouGov said there is now an 8.1 million majority in favour of rejoining the EU.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 10:34 AM
"The votes of the dead should not count for more than than the views of the young. Around 3.2 million Leave voters have died since the referendum. Six million young people have now reached voting age since 2016, and they are more likely to be pro-EU."
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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That's because you're in Dubai.
December 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
That's because you're in Dubai.
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A Health Secretary who won't meet
#NHS patients...but will take £220k+ from private healthcare donors.
So yes - we brought a puppet to Wes Streeting's office to ask the question: who is really pulling Streeting's strings? ⬇️
#NHS patients...but will take £220k+ from private healthcare donors.
So yes - we brought a puppet to Wes Streeting's office to ask the question: who is really pulling Streeting's strings? ⬇️
December 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A Health Secretary who won't meet
#NHS patients...but will take £220k+ from private healthcare donors.
So yes - we brought a puppet to Wes Streeting's office to ask the question: who is really pulling Streeting's strings? ⬇️
#NHS patients...but will take £220k+ from private healthcare donors.
So yes - we brought a puppet to Wes Streeting's office to ask the question: who is really pulling Streeting's strings? ⬇️