Sam Page PhD
@samljpage.bsky.social
Green campaigner; New Scot #RejoinEU #BLM
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Sam Page PhD
@samljpage.bsky.social
· Mar 3
Why whole foods may not be good for us
We are being encouraged to eat food that may be laden with pesticide residues and forever chemicals
bylines.scot
The only way to be sure of eating food that is not laced with pesticides & forever chemicals is to grow your own or buy organic. So why is organic farming declining in Scotland?
@soilassocscot.bsky.social
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@soilassocscot.bsky.social
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A new wave of protests against the Palestine Action ban is starting today in cities across Britain
More than 2,000 people have already been arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding signs, in a campaign of civil disobedience that wasn't predicted by the government
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
More than 2,000 people have already been arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding signs, in a campaign of civil disobedience that wasn't predicted by the government
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
Ban a Pro-Palestinian Group? The U.K. Government Thought Few Would Care.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
A new wave of protests against the Palestine Action ban is starting today in cities across Britain
More than 2,000 people have already been arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding signs, in a campaign of civil disobedience that wasn't predicted by the government
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
More than 2,000 people have already been arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding signs, in a campaign of civil disobedience that wasn't predicted by the government
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
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#BBCNews - Major UK project launched to tackle drug-resistant superbugs with AI
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Major AI project to tackle drug-resistant superbugs
The UK turns to artificial intelligence (AI) to reverse the rising numbers of infections that shrug off antibiotics.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
#BBCNews - Major UK project launched to tackle drug-resistant superbugs with AI
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Bitcoin is in the red for the year — and investors say more turbulence could be in store.
Bitcoin just erased its gains for this year | CNN Business
Bitcoin is in the red for the year — and investors say more turbulence could be in store.
www.cnn.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Bitcoin is in the red for the year — and investors say more turbulence could be in store.
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Carbon monoxide gives no clues.
No smell. No taste. No sound.
The only warning comes from a working alarm.
Fit carbon monoxide alarms in key rooms at home.
Test them every month to make sure they will alert you.
#COAwarenessWeek
No smell. No taste. No sound.
The only warning comes from a working alarm.
Fit carbon monoxide alarms in key rooms at home.
Test them every month to make sure they will alert you.
#COAwarenessWeek
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Carbon monoxide gives no clues.
No smell. No taste. No sound.
The only warning comes from a working alarm.
Fit carbon monoxide alarms in key rooms at home.
Test them every month to make sure they will alert you.
#COAwarenessWeek
No smell. No taste. No sound.
The only warning comes from a working alarm.
Fit carbon monoxide alarms in key rooms at home.
Test them every month to make sure they will alert you.
#COAwarenessWeek
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'will you be deporting thousands of children to a place they've never been minister' is a big enough & obvious enough Q that govt has to know the answer to it before they unveil the whole package - it surely has a material effect on costs, numbers, political impact, maybe legality. So either..
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
'will you be deporting thousands of children to a place they've never been minister' is a big enough & obvious enough Q that govt has to know the answer to it before they unveil the whole package - it surely has a material effect on costs, numbers, political impact, maybe legality. So either..
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Listening to Steve Reed explain on the radio today that he can't say what Mahmood's plan means for kids of people who give birth after they've been granted asylum because that's a hypothetical Q govt can't be expected to answer right now made me think these reforms are going to unravel quite fast
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Listening to Steve Reed explain on the radio today that he can't say what Mahmood's plan means for kids of people who give birth after they've been granted asylum because that's a hypothetical Q govt can't be expected to answer right now made me think these reforms are going to unravel quite fast
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This from @stephenkb.bsky.social cuts to the heart of the matter. Does the government not understand how toxic this argument is? Do they think they can somehow weaponise it? The last governments at least had the merit not of making this kind of foul claim.
November 18, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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This from @stephenkb.bsky.social cuts to the heart of the matter. Does the government not understand how toxic this argument is? Do they think they can somehow weaponise it? The last governments at least had the merit not of making this kind of foul claim.
November 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This from @stephenkb.bsky.social cuts to the heart of the matter. Does the government not understand how toxic this argument is? Do they think they can somehow weaponise it? The last governments at least had the merit not of making this kind of foul claim.
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New study reveals the real costs - and opportunities - of our agricultural system. The social cost-benefit analysis brings unprecedented clarity to societal impacts of Dutch agriculture.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
New study reveals the real costs - and opportunities - of our agricultural system. The social cost-benefit analysis brings unprecedented clarity to societal impacts of Dutch agriculture.
📘 Read more grondbeginsel.nl/wp-content/u...
📘 Read more grondbeginsel.nl/wp-content/u...
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Alf Dubs is right. We need more compassion in our politics.
Labour adopting anti-refugee rhetoric risks emboldening Reform to promote even more racist and radical measures against migrant communities.
Labour adopting anti-refugee rhetoric risks emboldening Reform to promote even more racist and radical measures against migrant communities.
Labour peer Lord Dubs: "To use children as a weapon, as the home secretary is doing, is I think a shabby thing. I’m lost for words, frankly."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
Labour Peer Who Fled The Nazis Condemns His Party's Immigration Crackdown
Lord Dubs said he was "lost for words".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Alf Dubs is right. We need more compassion in our politics.
Labour adopting anti-refugee rhetoric risks emboldening Reform to promote even more racist and radical measures against migrant communities.
Labour adopting anti-refugee rhetoric risks emboldening Reform to promote even more racist and radical measures against migrant communities.
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"Ukraine gave up nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees and then got hammered.
So if it ends badly for Ukraine, this is going to be a massive catalyst for nuclear proliferation."
@fromtga.bsky.social on the Russo-Ukraine war and global disorder
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So if it ends badly for Ukraine, this is going to be a massive catalyst for nuclear proliferation."
@fromtga.bsky.social on the Russo-Ukraine war and global disorder
🔗 www.youtube.com/live/OW_LTnR...
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"Ukraine gave up nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees and then got hammered.
So if it ends badly for Ukraine, this is going to be a massive catalyst for nuclear proliferation."
@fromtga.bsky.social on the Russo-Ukraine war and global disorder
🔗 www.youtube.com/live/OW_LTnR...
So if it ends badly for Ukraine, this is going to be a massive catalyst for nuclear proliferation."
@fromtga.bsky.social on the Russo-Ukraine war and global disorder
🔗 www.youtube.com/live/OW_LTnR...
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🤔 Is it possible to leave the ECHR? If so, how? And, less radically, can these conventions be reformed?
With the UK's membership in the European Convention on Human Rights and what that means under increasing scrutiny, @cbarnard.bsky.social has the answers👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/leaving-the-...
With the UK's membership in the European Convention on Human Rights and what that means under increasing scrutiny, @cbarnard.bsky.social has the answers👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/leaving-the-...
Leaving the ECHR and the Refugee Convention - UK in a changing Europe
Catherine Barnard explains the political and legal consequences of leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the Refugee Convention.
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🤔 Is it possible to leave the ECHR? If so, how? And, less radically, can these conventions be reformed?
With the UK's membership in the European Convention on Human Rights and what that means under increasing scrutiny, @cbarnard.bsky.social has the answers👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/leaving-the-...
With the UK's membership in the European Convention on Human Rights and what that means under increasing scrutiny, @cbarnard.bsky.social has the answers👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/leaving-the-...
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Please repost and share this petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics.
Given Farage's poll lead, this is the most important issue in British politics.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Given Farage's poll lead, this is the most important issue in British politics.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Please repost and share this petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics.
Given Farage's poll lead, this is the most important issue in British politics.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Given Farage's poll lead, this is the most important issue in British politics.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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This needs a bit of a push. Please sign and share.
Please repost and share this petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics.
Given Farage's poll lead, this is the most important issue in British politics.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Given Farage's poll lead, this is the most important issue in British politics.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
This needs a bit of a push. Please sign and share.
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So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, CEO Sundar Pichai said the artificial intelligence boom had been an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
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Great online tree ID event tonight, organised by our friends at D&G Woodlands.
Places still available.
Places still available.
Winter Tree ID...but how?
Tue 18. November at 19:30 - 21:00 GMT
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November 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Great online tree ID event tonight, organised by our friends at D&G Woodlands.
Places still available.
Places still available.
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Charities and MPs have condemned the government's hardline asylum proposals
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/gove...
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/gove...
Government’s asylum proposals ‘cross a dangerous line’, warn campaigners and MPs
"This is headline chasing, not problem solving - a Government bowing to anti-immigrant, anti-rights politics."
leftfootforward.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Charities and MPs have condemned the government's hardline asylum proposals
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/gove...
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/gove...
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My sense of Epstein is that he weaponized the ability to get guys to share humiliating or illegal sexual desires and activities with him, which he could then exploit for favors or blackmail. An ancient profession no doubt but one I hadn’t thought about so clearly. on.ft.com/49uRtjb
Lawrence Summers to step back from public roles over ties to Epstein
Former US Treasury secretary sought paedophile’s advice over relationship he was pursuing
on.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
My sense of Epstein is that he weaponized the ability to get guys to share humiliating or illegal sexual desires and activities with him, which he could then exploit for favors or blackmail. An ancient profession no doubt but one I hadn’t thought about so clearly. on.ft.com/49uRtjb
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Six months ago, before Keir Starmer's "island of strangers" speech, the Greens were polling at 9%
November 18, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Six months ago, before Keir Starmer's "island of strangers" speech, the Greens were polling at 9%
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Labour’s “we have to do it, or racism will get worse” argument is striking. Any other public policy failures British ethnic minorities should be on the hook for? Can we be blamed en bloc for Rachel Reeves’ budget next week too? www.ft.com/content/37b0...
Defence of Labour asylum policy reveals backsliding on racism
Home secretary’s framing of failures is partly low politics, but also a result of ministers’ poor approach to race relations
www.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Labour’s “we have to do it, or racism will get worse” argument is striking. Any other public policy failures British ethnic minorities should be on the hook for? Can we be blamed en bloc for Rachel Reeves’ budget next week too? www.ft.com/content/37b0...
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All the things that once made us proud to be British are now being trashed by this right-wing #Labour government 😢
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
All the things that once made us proud to be British are now being trashed by this right-wing #Labour government 😢
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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ICE-style raids on Britain's streets: that's all Labour's brutal asylum reforms will achieve: Stella Creasy
“That the number of people seeking refuge in the UK has increased in the past year reflects not a generosity of our system, but the chaos of our world”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“That the number of people seeking refuge in the UK has increased in the past year reflects not a generosity of our system, but the chaos of our world”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
ICE-style raids on Britain's streets: that's all Labour's brutal asylum reforms will achieve | Stella Creasy
If we want to ‘stop the boats’, we need to stop the BS when it comes to what creates refugees, and how to respond to them, says Labour MP Stella Creasy
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
ICE-style raids on Britain's streets: that's all Labour's brutal asylum reforms will achieve: Stella Creasy
“That the number of people seeking refuge in the UK has increased in the past year reflects not a generosity of our system, but the chaos of our world”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“That the number of people seeking refuge in the UK has increased in the past year reflects not a generosity of our system, but the chaos of our world”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Far from healing division in our countries, #Labour is creating a hostile environment for everyone in the UK who is not white ☹️
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Far from healing division in our countries, #Labour is creating a hostile environment for everyone in the UK who is not white ☹️
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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This lasts about one minute after it turns out that many of these states that refuse to take back migrants and refugees turn out to be security and trade actors whose good will the UK relies on
The British government will impose visa bans on countries that refuse to take back migrants who enter the UK without authorization, as part of widespread reforms to the immigration system.
UK to impose Trump-style migrant visa bans
People from Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo will be barred from Britain if their governments don’t improve immigration cooperation.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This lasts about one minute after it turns out that many of these states that refuse to take back migrants and refugees turn out to be security and trade actors whose good will the UK relies on