Patrick Barlow
@patrick-barlow.bsky.social
Not the actor, the other one
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Bearded clown alert. Page 182 of today's BMJ.
There are successful, progressive careers to be had for doctors outside of rotational training. However, we have to decide as a profession to make it normal for all, and the NHS has to stop behaving like a 'gig economy' employer.
#SASsix
There are successful, progressive careers to be had for doctors outside of rotational training. However, we have to decide as a profession to make it normal for all, and the NHS has to stop behaving like a 'gig economy' employer.
#SASsix
November 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Bearded clown alert. Page 182 of today's BMJ.
There are successful, progressive careers to be had for doctors outside of rotational training. However, we have to decide as a profession to make it normal for all, and the NHS has to stop behaving like a 'gig economy' employer.
#SASsix
There are successful, progressive careers to be had for doctors outside of rotational training. However, we have to decide as a profession to make it normal for all, and the NHS has to stop behaving like a 'gig economy' employer.
#SASsix
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Dr Boss: “One of the ways to deal with ambiguous loss is to give survivors as much information as possible. If there’s no meaning to what’s happened, then people are frozen. These families are stuck, and that’s a terrible place to be.”
#chinookjustice
uk.news.yahoo.com/chinook-cras...
#chinookjustice
uk.news.yahoo.com/chinook-cras...
Chinook crash families say defence ministers have ‘deigned to meet us’
They said the meeting will take place at the MoD on December 16.
uk.news.yahoo.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Dr Boss: “One of the ways to deal with ambiguous loss is to give survivors as much information as possible. If there’s no meaning to what’s happened, then people are frozen. These families are stuck, and that’s a terrible place to be.”
#chinookjustice
uk.news.yahoo.com/chinook-cras...
#chinookjustice
uk.news.yahoo.com/chinook-cras...
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Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
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The funding given to GPs to run their practices has been cut in real terms by 20%
The average is now £169 per patient per year, but many practices receive less and in most cases this is in poorer areas with worse health outcomes
The average is now £169 per patient per year, but many practices receive less and in most cases this is in poorer areas with worse health outcomes
November 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The funding given to GPs to run their practices has been cut in real terms by 20%
The average is now £169 per patient per year, but many practices receive less and in most cases this is in poorer areas with worse health outcomes
The average is now £169 per patient per year, but many practices receive less and in most cases this is in poorer areas with worse health outcomes
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Trans Day of Remembrance: Zack Polanski and Kate Nash deliver powerful speeches at London vigil
Written by Amelia Hansford
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/21/t...
Written by Amelia Hansford
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/21/t...
Zack Polanski and Kate Nash deliver powerful speeches at London trans vigil
Zack Polanski and several prominent campaigners joined together to host an array of candlelight vigils to mark Trans Day of Remembrance.
www.thepinknews.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Trans Day of Remembrance: Zack Polanski and Kate Nash deliver powerful speeches at London vigil
Written by Amelia Hansford
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/21/t...
Written by Amelia Hansford
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/21/t...
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Live on YouTube from 7.25pm… www.youtube.com/live/6YebFZs...
November 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Live on YouTube from 7.25pm… www.youtube.com/live/6YebFZs...
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#OtD 20 Nov 1975 Spain's fascist dictator, General Franco, whose 1936 coup led to the Spanish Civil War, died. He killed 150-400k people. After his death, a workers' assembly and strike movement escalated as militant workers encountered democracy: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9316...
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
#OtD 20 Nov 1975 Spain's fascist dictator, General Franco, whose 1936 coup led to the Spanish Civil War, died. He killed 150-400k people. After his death, a workers' assembly and strike movement escalated as militant workers encountered democracy: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9316...
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Excellent from @gilestremlett
"Even today, Franco serves as a warning that outward mediocrity is no barrier to the ruthlessly ambitious." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Even today, Franco serves as a warning that outward mediocrity is no barrier to the ruthlessly ambitious." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors | Giles Tremlett
Little is taught about the murderous, incompetent dictatorship – and now almost one in five young people say Franco was good for the country, says historian Giles Tremlett
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Excellent from @gilestremlett
"Even today, Franco serves as a warning that outward mediocrity is no barrier to the ruthlessly ambitious." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Even today, Franco serves as a warning that outward mediocrity is no barrier to the ruthlessly ambitious." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The pandemic was a catastrophe but one that had been happening in the decade before 2020
Cuts in pandemic preparedness, lack of funding & resilience
The UK saw an additional 250,000 deaths, a fall in life expectancy
Lest we forget the pandemic merely exposed the failures of Government
Cuts in pandemic preparedness, lack of funding & resilience
The UK saw an additional 250,000 deaths, a fall in life expectancy
Lest we forget the pandemic merely exposed the failures of Government
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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The pandemic was a catastrophe but one that had been happening in the decade before 2020
Cuts in pandemic preparedness, lack of funding & resilience
The UK saw an additional 250,000 deaths, a fall in life expectancy
Lest we forget the pandemic merely exposed the failures of Government
Cuts in pandemic preparedness, lack of funding & resilience
The UK saw an additional 250,000 deaths, a fall in life expectancy
Lest we forget the pandemic merely exposed the failures of Government
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The pandemic was a catastrophe but one that had been happening in the decade before 2020
Cuts in pandemic preparedness, lack of funding & resilience
The UK saw an additional 250,000 deaths, a fall in life expectancy
Lest we forget the pandemic merely exposed the failures of Government
Cuts in pandemic preparedness, lack of funding & resilience
The UK saw an additional 250,000 deaths, a fall in life expectancy
Lest we forget the pandemic merely exposed the failures of Government
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#OtD 20 Nov 1896 Jewish garment worker organiser and anarchist Rose Pesotta was born in Ukraine. She was active in NYC, narrowly avoided deportation, and badly beaten by anti-union thugs, causing her permanent hearing loss, but did not give up stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9309...
November 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
#OtD 20 Nov 1896 Jewish garment worker organiser and anarchist Rose Pesotta was born in Ukraine. She was active in NYC, narrowly avoided deportation, and badly beaten by anti-union thugs, causing her permanent hearing loss, but did not give up stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9309...
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Also, I’m old enough to remember when Chris Whitty said that 20,000 or less deaths would be a good outcome.
Turns out, that that dithering ‘I’m ignoring the science’ lobcock of a lardarse could have saved that many and possibly more by locking us down just one week earlier.
More cvnty behavior.
Turns out, that that dithering ‘I’m ignoring the science’ lobcock of a lardarse could have saved that many and possibly more by locking us down just one week earlier.
More cvnty behavior.
Bringing in lockdown a week earlier on 16 March would have meant 23,000 fewer deaths in England in the first wave, modelling suggests. This would have equated to 48% fewer deaths in the first wave.
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Also, I’m old enough to remember when Chris Whitty said that 20,000 or less deaths would be a good outcome.
Turns out, that that dithering ‘I’m ignoring the science’ lobcock of a lardarse could have saved that many and possibly more by locking us down just one week earlier.
More cvnty behavior.
Turns out, that that dithering ‘I’m ignoring the science’ lobcock of a lardarse could have saved that many and possibly more by locking us down just one week earlier.
More cvnty behavior.
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GPs up & down the country warned Wes Streeting, Department of Health and Social Care 6w ago that forcing the implementation of online forms without safeguards was a fools errand & raise false expectations
Have now decided not to talk to @BMA_GP @doctor_katie @DavidGWrigley
So here we are 🤷🏻♂️
Have now decided not to talk to @BMA_GP @doctor_katie @DavidGWrigley
So here we are 🤷🏻♂️
November 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
GPs up & down the country warned Wes Streeting, Department of Health and Social Care 6w ago that forcing the implementation of online forms without safeguards was a fools errand & raise false expectations
Have now decided not to talk to @BMA_GP @doctor_katie @DavidGWrigley
So here we are 🤷🏻♂️
Have now decided not to talk to @BMA_GP @doctor_katie @DavidGWrigley
So here we are 🤷🏻♂️
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
@neildotobrien.bsky.social
👇🏼
23,000
You were part of it.
Apologise.
Then resign.
www.facebook.com/watch/?v=269...
👇🏼
23,000
You were part of it.
Apologise.
Then resign.
www.facebook.com/watch/?v=269...
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
@neildotobrien.bsky.social
👇🏼
23,000
You were part of it.
Apologise.
Then resign.
www.facebook.com/watch/?v=269...
👇🏼
23,000
You were part of it.
Apologise.
Then resign.
www.facebook.com/watch/?v=269...
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The "Dominic Cummings is a genius" types were worse than Dominic Cummings because they enabled Dominic Cummings.
The "Boris Johnson is a genius" types were worse than Boris Johnson because they enabled Boris Johnson.
Now go away and write that out a thousand times.
The "Boris Johnson is a genius" types were worse than Boris Johnson because they enabled Boris Johnson.
Now go away and write that out a thousand times.
November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The "Dominic Cummings is a genius" types were worse than Dominic Cummings because they enabled Dominic Cummings.
The "Boris Johnson is a genius" types were worse than Boris Johnson because they enabled Boris Johnson.
Now go away and write that out a thousand times.
The "Boris Johnson is a genius" types were worse than Boris Johnson because they enabled Boris Johnson.
Now go away and write that out a thousand times.
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Thought for the day.
November 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Thought for the day.
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Since the Covid Inquiry is out, we have to bring back this beauty just for you Dominic Cummings! 😂😂
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Since the Covid Inquiry is out, we have to bring back this beauty just for you Dominic Cummings! 😂😂
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The Covid Inquiry finds that if Boris Johnson had called the first lockdown even one week earlier then it could have saved at least 20,000 lives.
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Covid Inquiry finds that if Boris Johnson had called the first lockdown even one week earlier then it could have saved at least 20,000 lives.
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
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From the CWS Archives. 19th December 2021.
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
From the CWS Archives. 19th December 2021.
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Boris Johnson
What he said: 20,000 more police
What he did: 23,000 fewer people
What he said: 20,000 more police
What he did: 23,000 fewer people
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Boris Johnson
What he said: 20,000 more police
What he did: 23,000 fewer people
What he said: 20,000 more police
What he did: 23,000 fewer people
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Tomorrow night’s game will be shown live on the YouTubes… www.youtube.com/live/6YebFZs...
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Tomorrow night’s game will be shown live on the YouTubes… www.youtube.com/live/6YebFZs...
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Among other topics, we discuss the sale of children in care.
They're worth roughly £100k each. The profit you can extract by sending them across the country to the cheapest housing in derelict places, cutting them off from all hope and contact, is off the scale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xx6...
They're worth roughly £100k each. The profit you can extract by sending them across the country to the cheapest housing in derelict places, cutting them off from all hope and contact, is off the scale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xx6...
How To Platform Socialist Ideas Through Billionaire Owned Channels | George Monbiot | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Among other topics, we discuss the sale of children in care.
They're worth roughly £100k each. The profit you can extract by sending them across the country to the cheapest housing in derelict places, cutting them off from all hope and contact, is off the scale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xx6...
They're worth roughly £100k each. The profit you can extract by sending them across the country to the cheapest housing in derelict places, cutting them off from all hope and contact, is off the scale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xx6...
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Damage due GP access change
1,300 practices - representing almost 14m patients - following the contract change
42% of GP practices ⬇️ face-to-face appts
45% redeploying staff to cope
74% workload ⬆️
68% reported ⬆️ stress
54% said their working hours ⬆️
www.gponline.com/bma-poll-rev...
1,300 practices - representing almost 14m patients - following the contract change
42% of GP practices ⬇️ face-to-face appts
45% redeploying staff to cope
74% workload ⬆️
68% reported ⬆️ stress
54% said their working hours ⬆️
www.gponline.com/bma-poll-rev...
BMA poll reveals scale of damage to patient care from online GP access change
Most GP practices say disputed changes to online access have negatively affected patient care, with more than two in five forced to reduce face-to-face appointments and GPs reporting serious risks of ...
www.gponline.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Damage due GP access change
1,300 practices - representing almost 14m patients - following the contract change
42% of GP practices ⬇️ face-to-face appts
45% redeploying staff to cope
74% workload ⬆️
68% reported ⬆️ stress
54% said their working hours ⬆️
www.gponline.com/bma-poll-rev...
1,300 practices - representing almost 14m patients - following the contract change
42% of GP practices ⬇️ face-to-face appts
45% redeploying staff to cope
74% workload ⬆️
68% reported ⬆️ stress
54% said their working hours ⬆️
www.gponline.com/bma-poll-rev...