LyndaR
@lreaich.bsky.social
I don't write much but I enjoy reading your ideas,thoughts and
comments.
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Is the government going to sit and watch while the #PalestineAction hunger strikers die? Is most of the media going to carry on ignoring them? Just how callous has the Establishment become?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Families of Palestine Action hunger strikers seek urgent meeting with Lammy
Justice secretary urged to ‘show a bit of humanity’ with protesters severely ill after refusing food for weeks
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Is the government going to sit and watch while the #PalestineAction hunger strikers die? Is most of the media going to carry on ignoring them? Just how callous has the Establishment become?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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🏥 Hospitals built with PFI were found to be 70% more expensive than public builds.
Private partnerships were costly and ineffective last time — saddling the NHS with decades of debt.
So why bring them back… and who really benefits? 👀
Read more 👇
everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
Private partnerships were costly and ineffective last time — saddling the NHS with decades of debt.
So why bring them back… and who really benefits? 👀
Read more 👇
everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
December 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🏥 Hospitals built with PFI were found to be 70% more expensive than public builds.
Private partnerships were costly and ineffective last time — saddling the NHS with decades of debt.
So why bring them back… and who really benefits? 👀
Read more 👇
everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
Private partnerships were costly and ineffective last time — saddling the NHS with decades of debt.
So why bring them back… and who really benefits? 👀
Read more 👇
everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
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Here's the latest variant picture for Europe (excluding the UK), to the end of November.
BA.3.2.* "Cicada" showed a slightly slowing growth advantage of 7% per day (49% per week) over XFG.* "Stratus", which predicts a crossover in late December.
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #EUR #BA_3_2 #XFG #Stratus
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BA.3.2.* "Cicada" showed a slightly slowing growth advantage of 7% per day (49% per week) over XFG.* "Stratus", which predicts a crossover in late December.
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #EUR #BA_3_2 #XFG #Stratus
🧵
December 20, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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It’s hard work keeping up with all the positive announcements from Labour this week And a few around the economy. Sit back and enjoy a Government working for its citizens. They’re in their stride now. 👏👏👏
December 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
It’s hard work keeping up with all the positive announcements from Labour this week And a few around the economy. Sit back and enjoy a Government working for its citizens. They’re in their stride now. 👏👏👏
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this is insane
New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
December 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
this is insane
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On the whole customs union debate, worth bearing a few things in mind. The 'research' on which the claims of economic benefit are based isn't about a CU but about the EU accepting 'deep alignment on goods and services' - which it won't. 1/3
December 9, 2025 at 9:34 AM
On the whole customs union debate, worth bearing a few things in mind. The 'research' on which the claims of economic benefit are based isn't about a CU but about the EU accepting 'deep alignment on goods and services' - which it won't. 1/3
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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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Helluva week in America... here are 5 minutes breaking down some of the key things you should know!
All these actions and more available on www.trumpactiontracker.info
youtu.be/3xjl2U2QteY
All these actions and more available on www.trumpactiontracker.info
youtu.be/3xjl2U2QteY
Undermining democracy this week in America
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Helluva week in America... here are 5 minutes breaking down some of the key things you should know!
All these actions and more available on www.trumpactiontracker.info
youtu.be/3xjl2U2QteY
All these actions and more available on www.trumpactiontracker.info
youtu.be/3xjl2U2QteY
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The BBC has a lot of problems
But Justin Webb spending nearly 15 mins talking to Minister turned Spectator editor Michael Gove on #R4Today about Covid inquiry
And not mentioning this?!
This is our money he was involved in handing out
But Justin Webb spending nearly 15 mins talking to Minister turned Spectator editor Michael Gove on #R4Today about Covid inquiry
And not mentioning this?!
This is our money he was involved in handing out
November 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
The BBC has a lot of problems
But Justin Webb spending nearly 15 mins talking to Minister turned Spectator editor Michael Gove on #R4Today about Covid inquiry
And not mentioning this?!
This is our money he was involved in handing out
But Justin Webb spending nearly 15 mins talking to Minister turned Spectator editor Michael Gove on #R4Today about Covid inquiry
And not mentioning this?!
This is our money he was involved in handing out
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Odd coverage of the #covidinquiry by the Today Programme.
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Odd coverage of the #covidinquiry by the Today Programme.
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1/ How does the COVID Inquiry's Module 2 report align with what we said in @independentsage.bsky.social at the time? A 🧵on Transparency, Early & Decisive Action, Scientific Advice, Integration of Social & Economic Harms, Communication and Behavioural Science, Governance, Data and Preparedness
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
1/ How does the COVID Inquiry's Module 2 report align with what we said in @independentsage.bsky.social at the time? A 🧵on Transparency, Early & Decisive Action, Scientific Advice, Integration of Social & Economic Harms, Communication and Behavioural Science, Governance, Data and Preparedness
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Totally agree, Alice.💪
We should also lift ludicrous restrictions on bringing dependents that have caused a massive decline in overseas applications for PhDs, Masters courses etc...
The system based on tuition fees is ludicrous and unsustainable already without cutting a major income source 🙄
We should also lift ludicrous restrictions on bringing dependents that have caused a massive decline in overseas applications for PhDs, Masters courses etc...
The system based on tuition fees is ludicrous and unsustainable already without cutting a major income source 🙄
November 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Totally agree, Alice.💪
We should also lift ludicrous restrictions on bringing dependents that have caused a massive decline in overseas applications for PhDs, Masters courses etc...
The system based on tuition fees is ludicrous and unsustainable already without cutting a major income source 🙄
We should also lift ludicrous restrictions on bringing dependents that have caused a massive decline in overseas applications for PhDs, Masters courses etc...
The system based on tuition fees is ludicrous and unsustainable already without cutting a major income source 🙄
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Making sense of what’s happening in the Comey prosecution, after a day of ping pong action with court orders & the government’s efforts to avoid turning over grand jury material to the defense—& why it’s critically important for the future of our democracy joycevance.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What Happens When The Government Loses Its Credibility: The Comey Prosecution
This is one of those long posts we occasionally have when a judge files a highly significant order.
joycevance.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Making sense of what’s happening in the Comey prosecution, after a day of ping pong action with court orders & the government’s efforts to avoid turning over grand jury material to the defense—& why it’s critically important for the future of our democracy joycevance.substack.com/p/what-happe...
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🧵1/ Europe is experiencing a hybrid war. Russia is targeting not only military and commercial infrastructure and security systems but our health systems. In our new paper in the European Journal of Public Health, @charlottemar.bsky.social & I spell out the implications
@eupha.bsky.social
@eupha.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
🧵1/ Europe is experiencing a hybrid war. Russia is targeting not only military and commercial infrastructure and security systems but our health systems. In our new paper in the European Journal of Public Health, @charlottemar.bsky.social & I spell out the implications
@eupha.bsky.social
@eupha.bsky.social
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9/ You can read the paper here: academic.oup.com/eurpub/advan...
Europe in a hybrid war: health security as strategic defence
Europe is under attack, not through conventional warfare, but from a sustained Russian campaign of hybrid warfare that brings serious risks to health. Hybr
academic.oup.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
9/ You can read the paper here: academic.oup.com/eurpub/advan...
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It's the culmination of a series of cool calculations:
1 × 1 = 1
11 × 11 = 121
111 × 111 = 12321
1111 × 1111 = 1234321
11111 × 11111 = 123454321
111111 × 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 × 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 × 11111111 = 123456787654321
2/2
1 × 1 = 1
11 × 11 = 121
111 × 111 = 12321
1111 × 1111 = 1234321
11111 × 11111 = 123454321
111111 × 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 × 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 × 11111111 = 123456787654321
2/2
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
It's the culmination of a series of cool calculations:
1 × 1 = 1
11 × 11 = 121
111 × 111 = 12321
1111 × 1111 = 1234321
11111 × 11111 = 123454321
111111 × 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 × 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 × 11111111 = 123456787654321
2/2
1 × 1 = 1
11 × 11 = 121
111 × 111 = 12321
1111 × 1111 = 1234321
11111 × 11111 = 123454321
111111 × 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 × 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 × 11111111 = 123456787654321
2/2
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A reminder of our great event with Professor @chrischirp.bsky.social about her Trump Action Tracker. Watch the video below
bbkbritpol.substack.com/p/watch-what...
bbkbritpol.substack.com/p/watch-what...
Watch: What Is Trump Doing to Democracy? In conversation with Professor Christina Pagel, creator of the Trump Action Tracker
Recorded 30th October 2025
bbkbritpol.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A reminder of our great event with Professor @chrischirp.bsky.social about her Trump Action Tracker. Watch the video below
bbkbritpol.substack.com/p/watch-what...
bbkbritpol.substack.com/p/watch-what...
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The early flu season in England continues to build, while the latest Covid wave continues to recede.
Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.
Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The early flu season in England continues to build, while the latest Covid wave continues to recede.
Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.
Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.
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and now with added bar charts showing number of actions per month by domain. Clear massive growth in recent months in "violating democratic norms", "suppressing dissent", and "Nationalism"
October 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
and now with added bar charts showing number of actions per month by domain. Clear massive growth in recent months in "violating democratic norms", "suppressing dissent", and "Nationalism"
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The PCR positivity map is out, there's been another drop in positivity to 10.3%, and this week all surveillance indicators agree it's dropped.
Adjusting for non-reporting, we make the national average 11.96%.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
1/7
Adjusting for non-reporting, we make the national average 11.96%.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
1/7
October 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The PCR positivity map is out, there's been another drop in positivity to 10.3%, and this week all surveillance indicators agree it's dropped.
Adjusting for non-reporting, we make the national average 11.96%.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
1/7
Adjusting for non-reporting, we make the national average 11.96%.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
1/7
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We are now in a significant COVID wave after a period of relative calm- excellent summary from @chrischirp.bsky.social
England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet
The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter
open.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We are now in a significant COVID wave after a period of relative calm- excellent summary from @chrischirp.bsky.social
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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
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The Trump Action Tracker is a British academic’s answer to Trump “flooding the zone” with anti-democratic and anti- rule of law behaviours.
It’s a one-stop-shop for logging thd lot. And the neta-analysis of what is happening is very enlightening… darkly.
See TrumpActionTracker.info
It’s a one-stop-shop for logging thd lot. And the neta-analysis of what is happening is very enlightening… darkly.
See TrumpActionTracker.info
October 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The Trump Action Tracker is a British academic’s answer to Trump “flooding the zone” with anti-democratic and anti- rule of law behaviours.
It’s a one-stop-shop for logging thd lot. And the neta-analysis of what is happening is very enlightening… darkly.
See TrumpActionTracker.info
It’s a one-stop-shop for logging thd lot. And the neta-analysis of what is happening is very enlightening… darkly.
See TrumpActionTracker.info