Helen Salisbury
@helensalisbury.bsky.social
GP, medical educator, writer (BMJ columnist, Dr Helen in 'Take a Break') Independent SAGE, BMA Council.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Excellent. More councils need to start actively pursuing these flag-litterers for the costs of cleaning up after them. They make no secret of who they are, after all - there are gloating videos all over Facebook. @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social @oxfordclarion.bsky.social
Ahahahahaha, local business that recorded themselves sticking a load of Union Jacks to lampposts all about town are currently pissing and moaning about finally Finding Out.
November 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Excellent. More councils need to start actively pursuing these flag-litterers for the costs of cleaning up after them. They make no secret of who they are, after all - there are gloating videos all over Facebook. @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social @oxfordclarion.bsky.social
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Through his life and extraordinary talent, the immigrant and refugee child Tomáš Sträussler who became known to us all as Tom Stoppard made British theatre and this country a better place to be.
You might even argue that he helped redefine Englishness through his astonishing legacy of work.
You might even argue that he helped redefine Englishness through his astonishing legacy of work.
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Through his life and extraordinary talent, the immigrant and refugee child Tomáš Sträussler who became known to us all as Tom Stoppard made British theatre and this country a better place to be.
You might even argue that he helped redefine Englishness through his astonishing legacy of work.
You might even argue that he helped redefine Englishness through his astonishing legacy of work.
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
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Just because it's reached the 100,000 threshold, doesn't mean anything will happen.
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Just because it's reached the 100,000 threshold, doesn't mean anything will happen.
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Quite right
"Would you support or oppose creating a national health insurance program, sometimes called "Medicare for All," that would cover all Americans and replace most private health insurance plans?"
Support: 65%
Oppose: 26%
Data For Progress / Nov 17, 2025
Support: 65%
Oppose: 26%
Data For Progress / Nov 17, 2025
November 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Quite right
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
This was raised in Parliament today. All over Radio 4 too - talking about it while not daring to repeat what you said.
If it's any consolation, your accurate description of Donald Trump has now reached a wider audience than the lecture.
If it's any consolation, your accurate description of Donald Trump has now reached a wider audience than the lecture.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This was raised in Parliament today. All over Radio 4 too - talking about it while not daring to repeat what you said.
If it's any consolation, your accurate description of Donald Trump has now reached a wider audience than the lecture.
If it's any consolation, your accurate description of Donald Trump has now reached a wider audience than the lecture.
Here's a piece I wrote about mandatory training for all health & social care staff about working with people with learning disability & autism - the Oliver McGowan training. Women with LD die 23 years younger than other women, men 19 years younger - is this the answer?
doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
doi.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Here's a piece I wrote about mandatory training for all health & social care staff about working with people with learning disability & autism - the Oliver McGowan training. Women with LD die 23 years younger than other women, men 19 years younger - is this the answer?
doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
C'mon guys we can get this over the line - now nearly 75,000.
(and then we can look at all the other malign foreign and commercial influences in British politics too)
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
(and then we can look at all the other malign foreign and commercial influences in British politics too)
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
C'mon guys we can get this over the line - now nearly 75,000.
(and then we can look at all the other malign foreign and commercial influences in British politics too)
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
(and then we can look at all the other malign foreign and commercial influences in British politics too)
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Proud of my cousin Priya, Co-director of the Equality Trust, - quoted on their new report on the inflence of extreme wealth in British politics www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media ownership affect political decisions
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Proud of my cousin Priya, Co-director of the Equality Trust, - quoted on their new report on the inflence of extreme wealth in British politics www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
Does the phrase 'as honest as the day is long' mean different things depending on the time of year? Should it imply variable honesty?
November 27, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Does the phrase 'as honest as the day is long' mean different things depending on the time of year? Should it imply variable honesty?
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🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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"A new poll suggests nearly half of Britons think there are more migrants in the UK illegally than legally, but in reality just 7% arrive through irregular channels"
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
November 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
"A new poll suggests nearly half of Britons think there are more migrants in the UK illegally than legally, but in reality just 7% arrive through irregular channels"
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
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Alarmed to hear Rachel Reeves talking about "selling government assets we no longer have any use for"
Look at everything that's been stolen from YOU since 2010 👇👇👇
*We need MORE publicly owned assets not fewer* to "break the cycle of austerity" #Budget2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XN4...
Look at everything that's been stolen from YOU since 2010 👇👇👇
*We need MORE publicly owned assets not fewer* to "break the cycle of austerity" #Budget2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XN4...
The truth about what 14 years of CUTS looks like
YouTube video by We Own It
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Alarmed to hear Rachel Reeves talking about "selling government assets we no longer have any use for"
Look at everything that's been stolen from YOU since 2010 👇👇👇
*We need MORE publicly owned assets not fewer* to "break the cycle of austerity" #Budget2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XN4...
Look at everything that's been stolen from YOU since 2010 👇👇👇
*We need MORE publicly owned assets not fewer* to "break the cycle of austerity" #Budget2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XN4...
'Rachel Reeves did not suggest that the right honorable member for Clacton is a Russian Asset' could be an effective campaign slogan at the nect election.
“We are ramping up sanctions on Russia…
We are freezing known Russian assets…
But let me be clear, I don’t actually mean the right honourable member for Clacton.”
We are freezing known Russian assets…
But let me be clear, I don’t actually mean the right honourable member for Clacton.”
Reeves aims a searing ‘Russian assets’ gibe at Farage
Rachel Reeves used her Budget speech to jab at Nigel Farage, invoking Russia amid renewed security concerns
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
'Rachel Reeves did not suggest that the right honorable member for Clacton is a Russian Asset' could be an effective campaign slogan at the nect election.
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Nobody should go hungry in Oxford this winter. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/nobody-sho...
Nobody should go hungry in Oxford this winter.
Ensure nobody goes hungry this christmas. Emergency food requests are surging this winter: we need your help to feed our neighbours in need.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Nobody should go hungry in Oxford this winter. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/nobody-sho...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
WTAF?
Orwell is spinning in his grave. I think he wanted his works to be satire and warning, not prediction.
Orwell is spinning in his grave. I think he wanted his works to be satire and warning, not prediction.
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
WTAF?
Orwell is spinning in his grave. I think he wanted his works to be satire and warning, not prediction.
Orwell is spinning in his grave. I think he wanted his works to be satire and warning, not prediction.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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"Co-opting the cross". Precisely.
May they sit through a thousand sermons on the commandment to love thy neighbour as thyself.
When I needed a neighbour
Were you there, were you there?
When I needed a neighbour
Were you there?
And the creed and the colour
And the name won't matter
Were you there?
May they sit through a thousand sermons on the commandment to love thy neighbour as thyself.
When I needed a neighbour
Were you there, were you there?
When I needed a neighbour
Were you there?
And the creed and the colour
And the name won't matter
Were you there?
Tommy Robinson supporters are turning to Christianity, leaving the Church in a dilemma as their motivation isn’t based on a belief in God or Christian values
It’s using Christianity as a weapon against a perceived threat from Islam cultivated by Robinson, Farage etc
It’s Tommeh said be Christian🙄
It’s using Christianity as a weapon against a perceived threat from Islam cultivated by Robinson, Farage etc
It’s Tommeh said be Christian🙄
Why Tommy Robinson supporters are turning to Christianity
The Church of England is grappling with what to do about followers of the far-right figure embracing faith.
www.bbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"Co-opting the cross". Precisely.
May they sit through a thousand sermons on the commandment to love thy neighbour as thyself.
When I needed a neighbour
Were you there, were you there?
When I needed a neighbour
Were you there?
And the creed and the colour
And the name won't matter
Were you there?
May they sit through a thousand sermons on the commandment to love thy neighbour as thyself.
When I needed a neighbour
Were you there, were you there?
When I needed a neighbour
Were you there?
And the creed and the colour
And the name won't matter
Were you there?
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Today is the 4th anniversary of the worst ever tragedy in the Channel.
At least 27 men, women & children drowned in the freezing water, & 4 more have never been found.
Since then, neither we nor the French have done a thing to offer people in this situation with real solutions.
At least 27 men, women & children drowned in the freezing water, & 4 more have never been found.
Since then, neither we nor the French have done a thing to offer people in this situation with real solutions.
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Today is the 4th anniversary of the worst ever tragedy in the Channel.
At least 27 men, women & children drowned in the freezing water, & 4 more have never been found.
Since then, neither we nor the French have done a thing to offer people in this situation with real solutions.
At least 27 men, women & children drowned in the freezing water, & 4 more have never been found.
Since then, neither we nor the French have done a thing to offer people in this situation with real solutions.