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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 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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.
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School repairs left unfinished as firm behind PFI contract goes into liquidation.
Massive profiteering from PFI. After 25-30 years assets need to be in good condition before transfer to the public body. Then the company goes bust.
Govt doing more PFI deals.
Massive profiteering from PFI. After 25-30 years assets need to be in good condition before transfer to the public body. Then the company goes bust.
Govt doing more PFI deals.
Repairs left unfinished as firm behind huge schools PFI contract goes into liquidation
The news heightens concerns that 88 schools in Stoke-on-Trent could be left with unfinished work.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 AM
School repairs left unfinished as firm behind PFI contract goes into liquidation.
Massive profiteering from PFI. After 25-30 years assets need to be in good condition before transfer to the public body. Then the company goes bust.
Govt doing more PFI deals.
Massive profiteering from PFI. After 25-30 years assets need to be in good condition before transfer to the public body. Then the company goes bust.
Govt doing more PFI deals.
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UK Covid-19 Inquiry says govt response to the pandemic in March 2020 was "too little, too late"
Imposing lockdown a week earlier could have saved 23,000 lives in England
In 2016 govt knew the NHS couldn't cope with a flu epidemic but had no plan.
What did austerity do?
Imposing lockdown a week earlier could have saved 23,000 lives in England
In 2016 govt knew the NHS couldn't cope with a flu epidemic but had no plan.
What did austerity do?
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
UK Covid-19 Inquiry says govt response to the pandemic in March 2020 was "too little, too late"
Imposing lockdown a week earlier could have saved 23,000 lives in England
In 2016 govt knew the NHS couldn't cope with a flu epidemic but had no plan.
What did austerity do?
Imposing lockdown a week earlier could have saved 23,000 lives in England
In 2016 govt knew the NHS couldn't cope with a flu epidemic but had no plan.
What did austerity do?
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Not the first to make this point. But there is a tyrant in charge of another country who is accused of being heavily linked to a paedophile sex ring - and supposed ‘patriots’ in this country are passionately willing him to take down our national broadcaster. Madness.
November 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Not the first to make this point. But there is a tyrant in charge of another country who is accused of being heavily linked to a paedophile sex ring - and supposed ‘patriots’ in this country are passionately willing him to take down our national broadcaster. Madness.
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Reform in Lancashire threatens closing five day centres and five care homes, with “reprovision” forcing disabled or older adults (including a 106-year-old) into alternative support.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Reform in Lancashire threatens closing five day centres and five care homes, with “reprovision” forcing disabled or older adults (including a 106-year-old) into alternative support.
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UK electricity bills up 163% since 2008. Wages haven't.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
Electricity bills increased 163 per cent since 2008 as energy price cap rises - research - Insider Media
New analysis of UK energy costs showed that the average annual household electricity bill increased by 163 per cent between 2008 and 2024, reflecting a steep rise in household energy costs…
www.insidermedia.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
UK electricity bills up 163% since 2008. Wages haven't.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
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685,000 Britons has wealth of £2.8 trillion, 48m have £2.4trn.
4 people have more wealth than 20m Britons.
Bottom 50% of the population has 5% of wealth, the bottom fifth only 0.5%.
Rich buy political parties, legislators; hold govts to ransom.
Can't get economic growth without redistribution.
4 people have more wealth than 20m Britons.
Bottom 50% of the population has 5% of wealth, the bottom fifth only 0.5%.
Rich buy political parties, legislators; hold govts to ransom.
Can't get economic growth without redistribution.
Rachel Reeves’ budget must reduce inequalities and increase spending capacity of the masses
This is how to secure sustained economic growth
leftfootforward.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
685,000 Britons has wealth of £2.8 trillion, 48m have £2.4trn.
4 people have more wealth than 20m Britons.
Bottom 50% of the population has 5% of wealth, the bottom fifth only 0.5%.
Rich buy political parties, legislators; hold govts to ransom.
Can't get economic growth without redistribution.
4 people have more wealth than 20m Britons.
Bottom 50% of the population has 5% of wealth, the bottom fifth only 0.5%.
Rich buy political parties, legislators; hold govts to ransom.
Can't get economic growth without redistribution.
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UK children living in the most disadvantaged areas are more likely to die in intensive care, children living in poverty projected to rise to 4.8m by 2029.
Govts tinker with poverty. Push real wage/benefit cuts, don't curb profiteering, appease the rich, destroy futures.
Govts tinker with poverty. Push real wage/benefit cuts, don't curb profiteering, appease the rich, destroy futures.
UK children dying through poverty, data shows
A new report published by the Child of the North initiative shows that the two-child benefit cap is pushing 109 families a day into hardship.
www.leeds.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
UK children living in the most disadvantaged areas are more likely to die in intensive care, children living in poverty projected to rise to 4.8m by 2029.
Govts tinker with poverty. Push real wage/benefit cuts, don't curb profiteering, appease the rich, destroy futures.
Govts tinker with poverty. Push real wage/benefit cuts, don't curb profiteering, appease the rich, destroy futures.
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New post just out:
"On the edge"
On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...
"On the edge"
On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...
On the edge
My week in the NHS
open.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM
New post just out:
"On the edge"
On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...
"On the edge"
On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...
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Barrister used AI to prepare for hearing, cited ‘fictitious’ cases.
The problem is bigger.
Students use AI for essays, dissertations
Property rights stolen
Doctors/Nurses relying on AI
Loss of jobs
Absence of human interaction
More hacking
Technology overriding critical thinking
Who is regulating?
The problem is bigger.
Students use AI for essays, dissertations
Property rights stolen
Doctors/Nurses relying on AI
Loss of jobs
Absence of human interaction
More hacking
Technology overriding critical thinking
Who is regulating?
Barrister found to have used AI to prepare for hearing after citing ‘fictitious’ cases
Judge rules Chowdhury Rahman used ChatGPT-like software and then tried to hide it, wasting immigration tribunal’s time
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Barrister used AI to prepare for hearing, cited ‘fictitious’ cases.
The problem is bigger.
Students use AI for essays, dissertations
Property rights stolen
Doctors/Nurses relying on AI
Loss of jobs
Absence of human interaction
More hacking
Technology overriding critical thinking
Who is regulating?
The problem is bigger.
Students use AI for essays, dissertations
Property rights stolen
Doctors/Nurses relying on AI
Loss of jobs
Absence of human interaction
More hacking
Technology overriding critical thinking
Who is regulating?
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BBC News reporting on Israel deliberating destroying Gaza infrastructure
Including a waste water treatment plant just before the ceasefire was announced, which legal experts say may be a war crime
Including a waste water treatment plant just before the ceasefire was announced, which legal experts say may be a war crime
October 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
BBC News reporting on Israel deliberating destroying Gaza infrastructure
Including a waste water treatment plant just before the ceasefire was announced, which legal experts say may be a war crime
Including a waste water treatment plant just before the ceasefire was announced, which legal experts say may be a war crime
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Also, if you're "in bed with flu", it's almost certainly Covid.
After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
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
christinapagel.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Also, if you're "in bed with flu", it's almost certainly Covid.
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1,611 homeless Britons died last yr, including 11 children & babies under the age of one.
Contrary to Suella Braverman, homelessness isn't a lifestyle. It is a failure of society.
Yet govts cut wages/benefits, public services, local council funding; no curbs on profiteering.
How civilised are we?
Contrary to Suella Braverman, homelessness isn't a lifestyle. It is a failure of society.
Yet govts cut wages/benefits, public services, local council funding; no curbs on profiteering.
How civilised are we?
'Abject failure' as UK's homeless deaths rise - including children
The government's homelessness minister, Alison McGovern MP, has described the increased number of deaths as an "abject failure that cannot be tolerated".
news.sky.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:35 AM
1,611 homeless Britons died last yr, including 11 children & babies under the age of one.
Contrary to Suella Braverman, homelessness isn't a lifestyle. It is a failure of society.
Yet govts cut wages/benefits, public services, local council funding; no curbs on profiteering.
How civilised are we?
Contrary to Suella Braverman, homelessness isn't a lifestyle. It is a failure of society.
Yet govts cut wages/benefits, public services, local council funding; no curbs on profiteering.
How civilised are we?
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This ruling is a joke.
PPE Medpro will go bankrupt and the Government won't get a penny.
Michelle Mone should have to pay the £122m personally.
RT if you want to see her pay it all back.
PPE Medpro will go bankrupt and the Government won't get a penny.
Michelle Mone should have to pay the £122m personally.
RT if you want to see her pay it all back.
October 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This ruling is a joke.
PPE Medpro will go bankrupt and the Government won't get a penny.
Michelle Mone should have to pay the £122m personally.
RT if you want to see her pay it all back.
PPE Medpro will go bankrupt and the Government won't get a penny.
Michelle Mone should have to pay the £122m personally.
RT if you want to see her pay it all back.
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Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
October 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
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Actor & TV presenter Nadia Sawalha supports the #GlobalSumudFlotilla 🚢
She joins voices around the world calling to break the siege on Gaza and stand for justice, dignity, and freedom.
#SailToGaza #BreakTheSiege #GlobalMovementToGaza #FreePalestine
She joins voices around the world calling to break the siege on Gaza and stand for justice, dignity, and freedom.
#SailToGaza #BreakTheSiege #GlobalMovementToGaza #FreePalestine
August 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Actor & TV presenter Nadia Sawalha supports the #GlobalSumudFlotilla 🚢
She joins voices around the world calling to break the siege on Gaza and stand for justice, dignity, and freedom.
#SailToGaza #BreakTheSiege #GlobalMovementToGaza #FreePalestine
She joins voices around the world calling to break the siege on Gaza and stand for justice, dignity, and freedom.
#SailToGaza #BreakTheSiege #GlobalMovementToGaza #FreePalestine
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Please RT this so Donald Trump sees.
September 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Please RT this so Donald Trump sees.
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Gupta: It is safe. That’s what the best-quality research shows. And how irresponsible, using the podium of the WH to put this out there when you’re not even offering an alternative. That is dangerous. An untreated fever is dangerous. Untreated pain in pregnancy is dangerous.
September 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Gupta: It is safe. That’s what the best-quality research shows. And how irresponsible, using the podium of the WH to put this out there when you’re not even offering an alternative. That is dangerous. An untreated fever is dangerous. Untreated pain in pregnancy is dangerous.
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🚨Our upcoming documentary on the VIP Lane made the ITV news this evening.
“Waste of taxpayers' money': Whistleblower says billions wasted on unfit PPE during Covid pandemic”.
🎥Tune in to ITV Sunday 10.15pm to watch the rest of “The Covid Contracts”
www.itv.com/news/2025-09...
“Waste of taxpayers' money': Whistleblower says billions wasted on unfit PPE during Covid pandemic”.
🎥Tune in to ITV Sunday 10.15pm to watch the rest of “The Covid Contracts”
www.itv.com/news/2025-09...
September 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
🚨Our upcoming documentary on the VIP Lane made the ITV news this evening.
“Waste of taxpayers' money': Whistleblower says billions wasted on unfit PPE during Covid pandemic”.
🎥Tune in to ITV Sunday 10.15pm to watch the rest of “The Covid Contracts”
www.itv.com/news/2025-09...
“Waste of taxpayers' money': Whistleblower says billions wasted on unfit PPE during Covid pandemic”.
🎥Tune in to ITV Sunday 10.15pm to watch the rest of “The Covid Contracts”
www.itv.com/news/2025-09...
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Toxicology principle that needs to be mainstream:
The dose makes the poison.
That’s true of everything. Water. Oxygen. Vitamin A. Vitamin D. Aspartame. Formaldehyde.
A single pear contains 120 times MORE formaldehyde than what might be in a vaccine.
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The dose makes the poison.
That’s true of everything. Water. Oxygen. Vitamin A. Vitamin D. Aspartame. Formaldehyde.
A single pear contains 120 times MORE formaldehyde than what might be in a vaccine.
1/
September 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Toxicology principle that needs to be mainstream:
The dose makes the poison.
That’s true of everything. Water. Oxygen. Vitamin A. Vitamin D. Aspartame. Formaldehyde.
A single pear contains 120 times MORE formaldehyde than what might be in a vaccine.
1/
The dose makes the poison.
That’s true of everything. Water. Oxygen. Vitamin A. Vitamin D. Aspartame. Formaldehyde.
A single pear contains 120 times MORE formaldehyde than what might be in a vaccine.
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~40% of Hepatitis B infections are caught in childhood. It is contagious enough that it can be spread just from sharing common household objects.
The chance of chronic infection (ie does not clear, and is associated with high rates of liver failure and cancer) ranges from 50%-90% in this age group.
The chance of chronic infection (ie does not clear, and is associated with high rates of liver failure and cancer) ranges from 50%-90% in this age group.
There’s a rumor that Kennedy’s revised, biased ACIP will move hepatitisB age up to 4, creating real access issues to parents that want to to protect babies and setting babies up for lifelong harm.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Kennedy's vaccine panel expected to recommend delaying hepatitis B shot in children
RFK Jr.'s hand-picked panel of vaccine advisors is expected to vote to delay the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Doctors warn that could fuel a return of a disease virtually eradicated in U.S. kids.
www.npr.org
September 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
~40% of Hepatitis B infections are caught in childhood. It is contagious enough that it can be spread just from sharing common household objects.
The chance of chronic infection (ie does not clear, and is associated with high rates of liver failure and cancer) ranges from 50%-90% in this age group.
The chance of chronic infection (ie does not clear, and is associated with high rates of liver failure and cancer) ranges from 50%-90% in this age group.
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Nigel Farage (Dulwich), Danny Kruger (Eton), Richard Tice (Uppingham) and Isabel Oakeshott (Gordonstoun) aren't 'standing up to the elite'. They are the elite.
September 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Nigel Farage (Dulwich), Danny Kruger (Eton), Richard Tice (Uppingham) and Isabel Oakeshott (Gordonstoun) aren't 'standing up to the elite'. They are the elite.