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Richard FitzGerald
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Views my own. Retired Radiologist. Former RCR Vice President , Radiology .
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Essential viewing if you have even the vaguest interest in Welsh politics (so if you live in Wales you should tune in!).

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Political programme Sharp End moves to new slot
Emily Price ITV Cymru Wales’ political programme Sharp End is moving to a new day for the new year. The show – which has been on air for over two decades – will now be broadcast on Tuesdays instead of...
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January 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Should Poland arrest Netanyahu?

Yes - Like
Hell yes - RP
January 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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"We're marching toward an uninsurable future. (Insurers') investment in & insurance of fossil fuels contributes to events & losses making it challenging if not impossible to write insurance."

California's former top insurance regulator Dave Jones on LeverTimePod.com - pass it on 👇
The L.A. Fires And The Uninsurable Earth (Part 1)
The urban inferno is a warning about America’s future — if we do not combat the climate crisis and adapt to its threats.
www.levernews.com
January 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Left: Rachel Reeves is celebrating £125 million a year in extra trade with China

Right: Your reminder that Brexit has cost the UK £13.5 billion in trade

To make up for the lost UK-EU trade, Labour needs to find 108 similarly updated trade deals
January 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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That's £13.5 billion in trade every year lost by keeping us outside the EU Single Market
January 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Potential #Runcorn By Election

Would Reform UK Highlight Scandal of Lack Of Access To NHS #GPs

But Unemployed / Underemployed 🇬🇧 GPs ?

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform woos voters before potential byelection test in Labour stronghold
Nigel Farage writes to constituents in Runcorn and Helsby after Labour MP Mike Amesbury charged with assault
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December 29, 2024 at 9:18 AM
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🚨 Tonight, ITV, 8.30pm 🚨

Don't miss @danielhewittitv.bsky.social's investigation into the underfunding crisis in UK palliative care. With MPs debating assisted dying, this just couldn't be more important.

Thank you @itvx.bsky.social for inviting me to contribute.

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November 28, 2024 at 10:56 AM
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Nigel Farage loves open borders - for the super rich

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Nigel Farage loves open borders - for the super rich
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
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November 28, 2024 at 7:44 AM
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Nigel Farage has 3 full time bodyguards paid for by you the taxpayer.

I don't think this is an expense we can or should afford, and certainly not without knowing exactly how much, or who to.
November 28, 2024 at 1:09 PM
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Two Labour MPs have been criticised for setting up crowd funders to help pay for the clean up operation in Pontypridd following devastating flooding caused by Storm Bert at the weekend ✍️ @emilypricejourno.bsky.social
Labour MPs criticised for asking public to donate to flood relief fund
Emily Price  Two Labour MPs have been criticised for setting up crowd funders to help pay for the clean up operation in Pontypridd following devastating flooding caused by Storm Bert at the weekend. A...
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November 26, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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I’m not going to leave X just yet - I hate that sense of being driven away from a place I used to love. But after one day on here, I already know how much prefer it.

So if you see this and would be kind enough to share it to let people find me, that would be hugely appreciated. Thank you.
November 15, 2024 at 7:21 PM
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In the week that MPs vote on assisted dying, please - please - can we all agree & act on the fact that the time to end the woeful underfunding of NHS palliative care is now?

If we truly cared about dying people, we wouldn’t neglect their final days.

Over to you, @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 7:32 AM
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Confirmation of a coal tip landslip in Cwmtillery is extremely concerning

Coal tips are a legacy of an industry that extracted from Wales to enrich London

Yet the UK Government has only pledged 4% of the £600m needed to secure them

Westminster must commit to the full funding
November 25, 2024 at 6:37 PM
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“It is only a matter of time before a mountainside is brought down. We need climate adaptation help – and we need it now”

Read @thierryaaron.bsky.social on on the arrival of the climate crisis in Wales, and the urgent need for action:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In Wales, we’re one more flood away from another disaster like Aberfan | Aaron Thierry
It is only a matter of time before a mountainside is brought down. We need climate adaptation help – and we need it now, says climate expert Aaron Thierry
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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The funding cuts to GP Practices by NHSE have been the reason for lack of GP appointments

Until recently ARRS didn’t include GPs (75 GPs in Sept)

Funding 31k staff £1.4bn whilst cutting £2bn in real terms cuts for GP practices

Can’t see a GP blame

#GeneralPractice #MedSky #RCGP
November 24, 2024 at 2:35 PM
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1 GP per 2300 patients in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 an ⬆️ of 500 patients in 10yrs

The failure to invest in GPs, with a cut in funding of 20%

Led to unemployment & under employment of GPs, practices closing & GPs leaving

The new Govt said it would bring 1000 GPs via ARRS JUST 75 have been employed

FUND #GeneralPractice
November 21, 2024 at 7:12 AM