Martin McKee
@martinmckee.bsky.social
Prof of European Public Health LSHTM
Co-Director European Observatory on Health Systems & Policy
Member Independent SAGE
Past President BMA & EUPHA
Committed to 🇬🇧 rejoining 🇪🇺
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/people/mckee.martin
Co-Director European Observatory on Health Systems & Policy
Member Independent SAGE
Past President BMA & EUPHA
Committed to 🇬🇧 rejoining 🇪🇺
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/people/mckee.martin
Is this a good time to recall this 1960 case on defamation?
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Is this a good time to recall this 1960 case on defamation?
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
Trespasses, on Channel 4, is a powerful drama that explains why some of us who grew up in Northern Ireland in the Troubles are so concerned about the world today. We’ve seen how populist politics arise and what the deadly consequences are.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Trespasses review – an intoxicating, rousing and heartbreaking love story
This adaptation of Louise Kennedy’s masterly novel, set in 70s Belfast, sees a Catholic teacher drawn into a dangerous affair with a Protestant barrister. It really hits a nerve
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Trespasses, on Channel 4, is a powerful drama that explains why some of us who grew up in Northern Ireland in the Troubles are so concerned about the world today. We’ve seen how populist politics arise and what the deadly consequences are.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
If this is true and U.K. Government really is planning to cut its contribution to the Global Fund, at a time when Trump’s action will cause deaths on a massive scale, it is moral bankruptcy.
@friendseurope.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@friendseurope.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cutting aid for disease fund would be moral failure, Labour MPs tell Starmer
UK expected to reduce contribution to Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria by 20%
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
If this is true and U.K. Government really is planning to cut its contribution to the Global Fund, at a time when Trump’s action will cause deaths on a massive scale, it is moral bankruptcy.
@friendseurope.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@friendseurope.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Our new paper (by @petravarkonyi.bsky.social) shows a link b/n perceived corruption and health outcomes in central & eastern Europe. Expanded coverage isn’t enough—informal payments persist. Real change needs anti-corruption/ACTA tinyurl.com/2ky3rbkc
@martinmckee.bsky.social @obshealth.bsky.social
@martinmckee.bsky.social @obshealth.bsky.social
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November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Our new paper (by @petravarkonyi.bsky.social) shows a link b/n perceived corruption and health outcomes in central & eastern Europe. Expanded coverage isn’t enough—informal payments persist. Real change needs anti-corruption/ACTA tinyurl.com/2ky3rbkc
@martinmckee.bsky.social @obshealth.bsky.social
@martinmckee.bsky.social @obshealth.bsky.social
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Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.
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New Eurohealth issue out now! Released with #EPH2025, it explores investing in sustainable health & well-being. Highlights include youth mental health, planetary health @martinmckee.bsky.social, digital skills & more.
🔗 bit.ly/EUROHEALTHEP...
#PublicHealth #HealthEquity #MentalHealth
🔗 bit.ly/EUROHEALTHEP...
#PublicHealth #HealthEquity #MentalHealth
Investing for sustainable health and well-being - Eurohealth 31.3
This special issue of Eurohealth accompanies the 18th European Public Health (EPH) Conference in Helsinki, exploring how health investment can drive equity, resilience, and sustainability across Europ...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
New Eurohealth issue out now! Released with #EPH2025, it explores investing in sustainable health & well-being. Highlights include youth mental health, planetary health @martinmckee.bsky.social, digital skills & more.
🔗 bit.ly/EUROHEALTHEP...
#PublicHealth #HealthEquity #MentalHealth
🔗 bit.ly/EUROHEALTHEP...
#PublicHealth #HealthEquity #MentalHealth
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#EHFG2025: "health must be the cornerstone of a renewed #socialcontract in Europe"
@martinmckee.bsky.social (2025). The Gastein prescription: health as Europe's path to renewal.
@thelancet.com Regional Health - Europe, 59, 101514.
doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
@martinmckee.bsky.social (2025). The Gastein prescription: health as Europe's path to renewal.
@thelancet.com Regional Health - Europe, 59, 101514.
doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
November 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
#EHFG2025: "health must be the cornerstone of a renewed #socialcontract in Europe"
@martinmckee.bsky.social (2025). The Gastein prescription: health as Europe's path to renewal.
@thelancet.com Regional Health - Europe, 59, 101514.
doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
@martinmckee.bsky.social (2025). The Gastein prescription: health as Europe's path to renewal.
@thelancet.com Regional Health - Europe, 59, 101514.
doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
Starting journey home after trip taking in Rwanda, South Africa, and Mozambique. A reminder, once again, of the sheer complexity of Africa, where health systems are powerfully shaped by unique national histories, something so much health research simply ignores.
November 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Starting journey home after trip taking in Rwanda, South Africa, and Mozambique. A reminder, once again, of the sheer complexity of Africa, where health systems are powerfully shaped by unique national histories, something so much health research simply ignores.
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If you would like to know more about the crown and parliament @rebeccamckee.bsky.social and I explain all here www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/mo...
The monarch, royal family and parliament | Institute for Government
What is the relationship between government, parliament and the monarchy?
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
November 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
If you would like to know more about the crown and parliament @rebeccamckee.bsky.social and I explain all here www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/mo...
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Narrator: “That process will not begin immediately however, as the Trump admin furloughed 80% of the National Nuclear Security Administration federal workforce, the same workforce that preps for nuclear testing.”
October 30, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Narrator: “That process will not begin immediately however, as the Trump admin furloughed 80% of the National Nuclear Security Administration federal workforce, the same workforce that preps for nuclear testing.”
It really is beyond me how anyone still thinks that Lucy Letby’s conviction is safe
In trying to save his own reputation, has the lead expert witness in the trial of Lucy Letby sacrificed the reputation of his fellow experts?
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October 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It really is beyond me how anyone still thinks that Lucy Letby’s conviction is safe
The search for an internet connection… with thanks to @tolibmirzoev.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The search for an internet connection… with thanks to @tolibmirzoev.bsky.social
Kicking off our new @horizoneu.bsky.social project in Mozambique this morning. PEN CONNECT will co-create solutions to NCDs. With @dinabalabanova.bsky.social we’re working with a great Mozambican team here in Maputo.
October 29, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Kicking off our new @horizoneu.bsky.social project in Mozambique this morning. PEN CONNECT will co-create solutions to NCDs. With @dinabalabanova.bsky.social we’re working with a great Mozambican team here in Maputo.
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👀ICYMI: "We found a vulnerable, fragmented system with a hotchpotch of arrangements across the system of independent bodies."
✍️@chrischirp.bsky.social & @martinmckee.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #Populism
✍️@chrischirp.bsky.social & @martinmckee.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #Populism
How safe are UK research institutions from politicisation? - Impact of Social Sciences
New research finds the arm's length bodies that underpin UK research run the risk of politicisation unless they are put on a firmer footing.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
👀ICYMI: "We found a vulnerable, fragmented system with a hotchpotch of arrangements across the system of independent bodies."
✍️@chrischirp.bsky.social & @martinmckee.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #Populism
✍️@chrischirp.bsky.social & @martinmckee.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #Populism
We now have a stream of garbage in US newspapers, like this one in @washingtonpost.com denigrating London, all coded attacks on @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Well, I live in London, love it, and am delighted to have Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk as my mayor.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Well, I live in London, love it, and am delighted to have Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk as my mayor.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | London’s sad decline is a warning to New Yorkers
In three terms as mayor, Sadiq Khan has crushed the economic life out of Britain’s capital.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We now have a stream of garbage in US newspapers, like this one in @washingtonpost.com denigrating London, all coded attacks on @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Well, I live in London, love it, and am delighted to have Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk as my mayor.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Well, I live in London, love it, and am delighted to have Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk as my mayor.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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The Trump Action Tracker has an update!
Main change is to break down the five authoritarian domains into ten - this allows for easier understanding of why actions have been logged and more tools for searching / filtering the now 1621 actions.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
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Main change is to break down the five authoritarian domains into ten - this allows for easier understanding of why actions have been logged and more tools for searching / filtering the now 1621 actions.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
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October 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The Trump Action Tracker has an update!
Main change is to break down the five authoritarian domains into ten - this allows for easier understanding of why actions have been logged and more tools for searching / filtering the now 1621 actions.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
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Main change is to break down the five authoritarian domains into ten - this allows for easier understanding of why actions have been logged and more tools for searching / filtering the now 1621 actions.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
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We always say “never again”. Visiting Kigali’s Genocide Memorial today. The exhibit chronicles how European governments created the conditions for the killings, armed the perpetrators, and stood back when they happened. Plus ca change?
October 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
We always say “never again”. Visiting Kigali’s Genocide Memorial today. The exhibit chronicles how European governments created the conditions for the killings, armed the perpetrators, and stood back when they happened. Plus ca change?
The greatest reward for an academic is seeing one’s former student (and even better if still a colleague) get recognition. Incredibly proud of Anna Odone profiled in @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social
@eupha.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@eupha.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
October 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The greatest reward for an academic is seeing one’s former student (and even better if still a colleague) get recognition. Incredibly proud of Anna Odone profiled in @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social
@eupha.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@eupha.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
On way home after 2 great days in Vienna discussing health policy with colleagues from ~30 countries at HSPM network. So much to learn from international comparisons.
eurohealthobservatory.who.int/monitors/hea...
eurohealthobservatory.who.int/monitors/hea...
October 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
On way home after 2 great days in Vienna discussing health policy with colleagues from ~30 countries at HSPM network. So much to learn from international comparisons.
eurohealthobservatory.who.int/monitors/hea...
eurohealthobservatory.who.int/monitors/hea...
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The 2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought goes to Belarus’ Andrzej Poczobut and Georgia’s Mzia Amaglobeli.
The courage of these journalists in speaking out against injustice, even behind bars, stands as a powerful symbol of freedom and democracy.
The courage of these journalists in speaking out against injustice, even behind bars, stands as a powerful symbol of freedom and democracy.
October 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The 2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought goes to Belarus’ Andrzej Poczobut and Georgia’s Mzia Amaglobeli.
The courage of these journalists in speaking out against injustice, even behind bars, stands as a powerful symbol of freedom and democracy.
The courage of these journalists in speaking out against injustice, even behind bars, stands as a powerful symbol of freedom and democracy.
Albanian Prime Minister perfectly captures my feeling when I switch on the radio every morning.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
October 22, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Albanian Prime Minister perfectly captures my feeling when I switch on the radio every morning.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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My latest with @martinmckee.bsky.social in @bmj.com:
The UK must defend drug price controls against aggressive pharma pressures, and prioritise patients and public interest over industry profits.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
The UK must defend drug price controls against aggressive pharma pressures, and prioritise patients and public interest over industry profits.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
October 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
My latest with @martinmckee.bsky.social in @bmj.com:
The UK must defend drug price controls against aggressive pharma pressures, and prioritise patients and public interest over industry profits.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
The UK must defend drug price controls against aggressive pharma pressures, and prioritise patients and public interest over industry profits.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
More evidence that the UK government (or at least one part of it) is doing everything in its power to destroy the country's scientific base.
The costs of the UK’s Global Talent Visa looks a trifle high in comparison to competitor countries - largely through the Immigration Health Surcharge (which critics say is a form of double taxation as they contribute to the NHS through normal tax on their earnings)
October 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
More evidence that the UK government (or at least one part of it) is doing everything in its power to destroy the country's scientific base.