Paul Roberts
@paulrobertsnhs.bsky.social
Long-serving NHS Trust CEO, recently retired, but still active in and around the NHS. Interested in healthcare, equality, news, politics, Ukraine, cricket (Somerset), rugby (Exeter), football (Bristol City) and life.
Gideon Haigh - great writer. But he and others are responsible for the fact that I have to be up at 2:30am on Friday morning to watch…… #Ashes25
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England’s defining Ashes moment | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Gideon Haigh - great writer. But he and others are responsible for the fact that I have to be up at 2:30am on Friday morning to watch…… #Ashes25
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
This is an interesting piece and worth the read, despite the provenance. But to really see the swivel eyes in this country read the below the line comments! 🤪
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
Access Restricted
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
This is an interesting piece and worth the read, despite the provenance. But to really see the swivel eyes in this country read the below the line comments! 🤪
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
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X is in clear + systemic breach of its legal duties in the UK to remove unlawful content from its platform.
Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.
A new thread documenting this.
Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.
A new thread documenting this.
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
X is in clear + systemic breach of its legal duties in the UK to remove unlawful content from its platform.
Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.
A new thread documenting this.
Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.
A new thread documenting this.
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excellent work by @jamesrball.com …
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
excellent work by @jamesrball.com …
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Here's my plea to the government, media and everyone else to stop treating NHS administrators as a problem to be eliminated, rather than the glue which holds the whole organisation together.
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Here's my plea to the government, media and everyone else to stop treating NHS administrators as a problem to be eliminated, rather than the glue which holds the whole organisation together.
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Here's my plea to the government, media and everyone else to stop treating NHS administrators as a problem to be eliminated, rather than the glue which holds the whole organisation together.
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The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
A Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact for the 2020s?
The co-leader of the far-right AfD, Germany's largest opposition party, has suggested that Poland is as much of a threat to his country as Russia is.
Leader of far-right AfD suggests Poland as great a threat to Germany as Russia
Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
A Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact for the 2020s?
It’s probably worth white men with parking tickets asking Trump to intervene now he’s run out of violent insurrectionists to pardon.
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It’s probably worth white men with parking tickets asking Trump to intervene now he’s run out of violent insurrectionists to pardon.
Streeting speaking to the NHS Providers conference. Could this be his David Brent moment?
“Um Well, there’s good news and bad news. The bad news is some of you will lose your jobs. I know. Gutting. Gutting. On a more positive note, the good news is I’ve been promoted*. So every cloud!”
*allegedly
“Um Well, there’s good news and bad news. The bad news is some of you will lose your jobs. I know. Gutting. Gutting. On a more positive note, the good news is I’ve been promoted*. So every cloud!”
*allegedly
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Streeting speaking to the NHS Providers conference. Could this be his David Brent moment?
“Um Well, there’s good news and bad news. The bad news is some of you will lose your jobs. I know. Gutting. Gutting. On a more positive note, the good news is I’ve been promoted*. So every cloud!”
*allegedly
“Um Well, there’s good news and bad news. The bad news is some of you will lose your jobs. I know. Gutting. Gutting. On a more positive note, the good news is I’ve been promoted*. So every cloud!”
*allegedly
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PM joins Health Secretary in recognising return of racism ("that frankly I thought we had dealt with decades ago" - a slightly detached tone)
My column this week is about why government needs to go beyond calling out language/rhetoric about racism + act on it
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
My column this week is about why government needs to go beyond calling out language/rhetoric about racism + act on it
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
PM joins Health Secretary in recognising return of racism ("that frankly I thought we had dealt with decades ago" - a slightly detached tone)
My column this week is about why government needs to go beyond calling out language/rhetoric about racism + act on it
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
My column this week is about why government needs to go beyond calling out language/rhetoric about racism + act on it
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Unlike Alice Thompson’s attack on Zack Polanski and the Greens, The Times appears to have closed Finkelstein’s piece to comments. I guess they know their readers!
Yes. This ludicrous phrase 'woke right' seems a fairly blatant attempt by people on the actual right to somehow associate the blatant & hideous racism they have ushered in - whether through complacency, incompetence or malice - with the people who warned it was happening.
Anti-racism is of course welcome but the nonsensical phrase “woke right” is a very clear sign that a writer as lost it
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Unlike Alice Thompson’s attack on Zack Polanski and the Greens, The Times appears to have closed Finkelstein’s piece to comments. I guess they know their readers!
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Yes. This ludicrous phrase 'woke right' seems a fairly blatant attempt by people on the actual right to somehow associate the blatant & hideous racism they have ushered in - whether through complacency, incompetence or malice - with the people who warned it was happening.
Anti-racism is of course welcome but the nonsensical phrase “woke right” is a very clear sign that a writer as lost it
"This week the woke right took to saying that people who are black aren't properly British" complains Danny Finkelstein.
No, Danny, Douglas Murray, who you patronised, promoted and admired, has been saying *exactly this* for over a decade.
archive.ph/2025.11.12-0...
No, Danny, Douglas Murray, who you patronised, promoted and admired, has been saying *exactly this* for over a decade.
archive.ph/2025.11.12-0...
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Yes. This ludicrous phrase 'woke right' seems a fairly blatant attempt by people on the actual right to somehow associate the blatant & hideous racism they have ushered in - whether through complacency, incompetence or malice - with the people who warned it was happening.
If Truth Social AI has a name, Trump will sue her.
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
If Truth Social AI has a name, Trump will sue her.
I hope the BBC ensure the film is made.
It is up to Reform whether they take part but this is an important story.
We can make up our own minds about Reforms constant dodging of media scrutiny and refusal to answer difficult questions.
It is up to Reform whether they take part but this is an important story.
We can make up our own minds about Reforms constant dodging of media scrutiny and refusal to answer difficult questions.
November 12, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I hope the BBC ensure the film is made.
It is up to Reform whether they take part but this is an important story.
We can make up our own minds about Reforms constant dodging of media scrutiny and refusal to answer difficult questions.
It is up to Reform whether they take part but this is an important story.
We can make up our own minds about Reforms constant dodging of media scrutiny and refusal to answer difficult questions.
1/x Fascinating piece by @lewisgoodall.com Real insider knowledge and very depressing. For me this was the most intellectually coherent critique of the BBC’s constant platforming of the right. Until now I have had little time for this argument…
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
1/x Fascinating piece by @lewisgoodall.com Real insider knowledge and very depressing. For me this was the most intellectually coherent critique of the BBC’s constant platforming of the right. Until now I have had little time for this argument…
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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Shuab Ganote and Peter Hyman write for Demos on their conversations with 16 yesr olds on their experiences of society, technology, gender shifts, role models & their views of the future
demos.co.uk/research/ins...
demos.co.uk/research/ins...
Inside the mind of a 16-year-old: From Andrew Tate to Bonnie Blue to Nigel Farage - what do first time voters think about social media, politics, the state of Britain and their futures?
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Shuab Ganote and Peter Hyman write for Demos on their conversations with 16 yesr olds on their experiences of society, technology, gender shifts, role models & their views of the future
demos.co.uk/research/ins...
demos.co.uk/research/ins...
Does the BBC Charter mean nothing to you? Did she die in vain?
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Does the BBC Charter mean nothing to you? Did she die in vain?
1/2 Charles Moore on the Today Programme alleges consistent BBC bias towards metropolitan progressive views. This is a consistent line from a well coordinated group on the right who are hostile to the BBC. In the memo Prescott even cites “History Reclaimed” an ideological reactionary campaign.
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
1/2 Charles Moore on the Today Programme alleges consistent BBC bias towards metropolitan progressive views. This is a consistent line from a well coordinated group on the right who are hostile to the BBC. In the memo Prescott even cites “History Reclaimed” an ideological reactionary campaign.
Predictably the Trump White House is claiming credit for Davie’s resignation. Whatever you think of Davie this is shameful for the UK and its government.
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Predictably the Trump White House is claiming credit for Davie’s resignation. Whatever you think of Davie this is shameful for the UK and its government.
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A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
November 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
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The private company Restore Trust’s attempt to take over the @nationaltrust.org.uk failed again. Will they stop now? No, because they are part of the well-funded nexus of right wing activist organisations that’s determined to control national institutions.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
Voting results from the AGM
Read about the National Trust's 2025 Annual General Meeting and the results from the day.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The private company Restore Trust’s attempt to take over the @nationaltrust.org.uk failed again. Will they stop now? No, because they are part of the well-funded nexus of right wing activist organisations that’s determined to control national institutions.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
The frightening appeasement and complacency about democracy in America from Baker is scary. Let’s see what happens in the midterms and then in three years time….
The big Democratic poll winner is… Gavin Newsom
www.thetimes.com/article/c9db...
The big Democratic poll winner is… Gavin Newsom
www.thetimes.com/article/c9db...
The big Democratic poll winner is… Gavin Newsom
Zohran Mamdani may have claimed the headlines but this week’s voting puts California and its governor centre stage
www.thetimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The frightening appeasement and complacency about democracy in America from Baker is scary. Let’s see what happens in the midterms and then in three years time….
The big Democratic poll winner is… Gavin Newsom
www.thetimes.com/article/c9db...
The big Democratic poll winner is… Gavin Newsom
www.thetimes.com/article/c9db...
A short thread about a tall story. 👇
#OnThisDay 1083 Matilda of Flanders, queen of William the Conqueror, died in Normandy. Contrary to popular myth, she was not 4’2” tall. A (short) thread:
November 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
A short thread about a tall story. 👇