Nigel Brown
@nigel-brown.bsky.social
Em. Prof of Molec Microbiology & former Vice-Principal, Univ Edinburgh. FLSW, FRSE, etc.. Allegedly retired, but still doing science-related stuff. Trustee FairFrome charity. Pro-EU Brit. #iPhobe. Editor #AccessMicrobiology
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Nigel Brown
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ee.co.uk is my UK broadband/mobile phone provider, having taken over BT's provision, and has simply an appalling website to interact with. Whoever would have thought I would miss BT?
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ee.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
ee.co.uk is my UK broadband/mobile phone provider, having taken over BT's provision, and has simply an appalling website to interact with. Whoever would have thought I would miss BT?
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Sign the petition!
weownit.org.uk/act-now/peti...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/peti...
Thames Water want to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.
Thames water want to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years
weownit.org.uk
October 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Sign the petition!
weownit.org.uk/act-now/peti...
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We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?
October 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?
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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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September 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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🔴BBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End ‘Wall to Wall’ Farage Coverage
They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
BBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End 'Wall to Wall' Farage Coverage
They accuse the BBC of "following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage
bylinetimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🔴BBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End ‘Wall to Wall’ Farage Coverage
They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
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It's no surprise that Nigel Farage hardly ever bothers to visit Clacton or turn up at Parliament. When he was an MEP, his attendance record was 748th out of 751. He's a workshy grifting gobshite.
September 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It's no surprise that Nigel Farage hardly ever bothers to visit Clacton or turn up at Parliament. When he was an MEP, his attendance record was 748th out of 751. He's a workshy grifting gobshite.
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This too should be in the Media non-stop for a week until Nigel Farage is forced to resign.
September 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This too should be in the Media non-stop for a week until Nigel Farage is forced to resign.
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This is how dictatorships behave
September 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This is how dictatorships behave
Bluesky is better than Twitter for academic research discussions.
(and for lots of other reasons! 😁)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
(and for lots of other reasons! 😁)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement
Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.
www.nature.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Bluesky is better than Twitter for academic research discussions.
(and for lots of other reasons! 😁)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
(and for lots of other reasons! 😁)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees.
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
August 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees.
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
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FIFA should pull all of the 2026 World Cup matches scheduled to be played on US soil & reassign them to venues in Canada.
That includes the World Cup final scheduled to be played at the Meadowlands.
This is not a country suited to host an international event now & won’t be until 2029.
That includes the World Cup final scheduled to be played at the Meadowlands.
This is not a country suited to host an international event now & won’t be until 2029.
August 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
FIFA should pull all of the 2026 World Cup matches scheduled to be played on US soil & reassign them to venues in Canada.
That includes the World Cup final scheduled to be played at the Meadowlands.
This is not a country suited to host an international event now & won’t be until 2029.
That includes the World Cup final scheduled to be played at the Meadowlands.
This is not a country suited to host an international event now & won’t be until 2029.
Feeding Britain is circulating a petition to urge the Government to extend the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme during the school holidays in England through to the next general election.
Please do sign and circulate the petition:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please do sign and circulate the petition:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Petition to extend The HAF Programme
Dear Prime Minister,
We are writing to urge you to extend the Government’s support for the provision of meals and activities, for children and young people during school holidays, through to the next...
docs.google.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Feeding Britain is circulating a petition to urge the Government to extend the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme during the school holidays in England through to the next general election.
Please do sign and circulate the petition:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please do sign and circulate the petition:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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A *third* of the Commons has called on the PM to recognise Palestine as a state. Never seen anything quite like this.
July 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A *third* of the Commons has called on the PM to recognise Palestine as a state. Never seen anything quite like this.
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The way that I was raised, being Jewish meant believing that every human life was sacred; to save a single human life meant saving all of humanity. That no law or ritual was more important than saving a single human life.
It's unfathomable that any Jew can accept what Israel is doing in Gaza.
It's unfathomable that any Jew can accept what Israel is doing in Gaza.
July 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The way that I was raised, being Jewish meant believing that every human life was sacred; to save a single human life meant saving all of humanity. That no law or ritual was more important than saving a single human life.
It's unfathomable that any Jew can accept what Israel is doing in Gaza.
It's unfathomable that any Jew can accept what Israel is doing in Gaza.
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This article…
… is, by a long way, the clearest account of the UK government’s complicity in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza that I have ever read.
Please read and share.
… is, by a long way, the clearest account of the UK government’s complicity in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza that I have ever read.
Please read and share.
In all but name: is Gaza Britain’s undeclared war?
Britain isn’t just watching Gaza burn – it’s helping fuel the fire, with weapons, intelligence, and silence
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This article…
… is, by a long way, the clearest account of the UK government’s complicity in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza that I have ever read.
Please read and share.
… is, by a long way, the clearest account of the UK government’s complicity in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza that I have ever read.
Please read and share.
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The story I heard concerned a Japanese businessman who was told we were going to make our universities more businesslike.
His response: why would you do that? Your universities are excellent and your businesses are rubbish.
But we appointed the wrong people and pressed ahead.
His response: why would you do that? Your universities are excellent and your businesses are rubbish.
But we appointed the wrong people and pressed ahead.
July 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The story I heard concerned a Japanese businessman who was told we were going to make our universities more businesslike.
His response: why would you do that? Your universities are excellent and your businesses are rubbish.
But we appointed the wrong people and pressed ahead.
His response: why would you do that? Your universities are excellent and your businesses are rubbish.
But we appointed the wrong people and pressed ahead.
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Looting at Thames Water
Net assets in 1990, £1,329m;
2024, £1,301m;
2025, £359m negative - liabilities exceed assets
NO shareholder investment since privatisation?
Dividends £10.4bn.
Can't rebuild water services without ending privatisation.
Water Commission didn't spot looting,
Net assets in 1990, £1,329m;
2024, £1,301m;
2025, £359m negative - liabilities exceed assets
NO shareholder investment since privatisation?
Dividends £10.4bn.
Can't rebuild water services without ending privatisation.
Water Commission didn't spot looting,
July 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Looting at Thames Water
Net assets in 1990, £1,329m;
2024, £1,301m;
2025, £359m negative - liabilities exceed assets
NO shareholder investment since privatisation?
Dividends £10.4bn.
Can't rebuild water services without ending privatisation.
Water Commission didn't spot looting,
Net assets in 1990, £1,329m;
2024, £1,301m;
2025, £359m negative - liabilities exceed assets
NO shareholder investment since privatisation?
Dividends £10.4bn.
Can't rebuild water services without ending privatisation.
Water Commission didn't spot looting,
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I really don't want to go through the whole rigmarole of seeing Farage win power and then fuck everything up and have loads of sympathetic voxpops with dismayed Reform voters expressing their regrets when it was extremely fucking obvious what would happen because his platform is incoherent garbage
July 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I really don't want to go through the whole rigmarole of seeing Farage win power and then fuck everything up and have loads of sympathetic voxpops with dismayed Reform voters expressing their regrets when it was extremely fucking obvious what would happen because his platform is incoherent garbage
What a fantastic thought! (For the non-microbiologists among you, there is such a thing as the Epstein-Barr virus, which is linked to certain cancers, but not discovered by Jeffrey Epstein and William Barr))
July 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What a fantastic thought! (For the non-microbiologists among you, there is such a thing as the Epstein-Barr virus, which is linked to certain cancers, but not discovered by Jeffrey Epstein and William Barr))
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Yorkshire Water’s hosepipe ban is a symptom of a broken system
Last week, Yorkshire Water announced a hosepipe ban that will affect over five million people across Yorkshire, with a threat of £1,000 fines.
– it’s time to take back control of our water.
By Jon Trickett MP
Last week, Yorkshire Water announced a hosepipe ban that will affect over five million people across Yorkshire, with a threat of £1,000 fines.
– it’s time to take back control of our water.
By Jon Trickett MP
Households are tired of carrying the can for water companies
Yorkshire Water’s hosepipe ban is a symptom of a broken system – it’s time to take back control of our water
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Yorkshire Water’s hosepipe ban is a symptom of a broken system
Last week, Yorkshire Water announced a hosepipe ban that will affect over five million people across Yorkshire, with a threat of £1,000 fines.
– it’s time to take back control of our water.
By Jon Trickett MP
Last week, Yorkshire Water announced a hosepipe ban that will affect over five million people across Yorkshire, with a threat of £1,000 fines.
– it’s time to take back control of our water.
By Jon Trickett MP