Paula Whiteside 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇮🇹🍝🥂#FBPE
@whitesidepaula.bsky.social
Darned Brexit got me here, searching for kindness and shouting into the wind
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All those people, including current government, who falsely claim migrants are to blame for failings with the NHS, along with infrastructure in general, are in for one hell of a shock with how much worse things will get with Labour's anti-immigration policies.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
All those people, including current government, who falsely claim migrants are to blame for failings with the NHS, along with infrastructure in general, are in for one hell of a shock with how much worse things will get with Labour's anti-immigration policies.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more Covid deaths, says inquiry.
Inquiry chair Baroness Hallett said earlier government action could have avoided the 23 March 2020 lockdown and potentially saved about 23,000 lives in the first wave.
Source: archive.md/cswMJ
Inquiry chair Baroness Hallett said earlier government action could have avoided the 23 March 2020 lockdown and potentially saved about 23,000 lives in the first wave.
Source: archive.md/cswMJ
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more Covid deaths, says inquiry.
Inquiry chair Baroness Hallett said earlier government action could have avoided the 23 March 2020 lockdown and potentially saved about 23,000 lives in the first wave.
Source: archive.md/cswMJ
Inquiry chair Baroness Hallett said earlier government action could have avoided the 23 March 2020 lockdown and potentially saved about 23,000 lives in the first wave.
Source: archive.md/cswMJ
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I mean why TF is Gove a Lord now? He spent Covid plotting with Cummings and grifting his sorry arse off, having already lied himself inside out over Brexit - another reason our country is in such a mess.
He gets a peerage.
We get to pay for it all.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He gets a peerage.
We get to pay for it all.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Michael Gove lobbied by Covid VIP lane’s biggest winner of PPE contracts
Exclusive: then Cabinet Office minister had phone call with Unispace, which weeks later got the first of £680m worth of deals
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I mean why TF is Gove a Lord now? He spent Covid plotting with Cummings and grifting his sorry arse off, having already lied himself inside out over Brexit - another reason our country is in such a mess.
He gets a peerage.
We get to pay for it all.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He gets a peerage.
We get to pay for it all.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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So, #r4today reports on the Covid inquiry and the “too little, too late” Tory govt, then says they’ll be talking to *Lord* Gove about it. Ugh.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
So, #r4today reports on the Covid inquiry and the “too little, too late” Tory govt, then says they’ll be talking to *Lord* Gove about it. Ugh.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
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You're not asking trans people. You're asking all people. This affects us all. Anyone could be barred from services based on appearance. Since, surprisingly we all have a fecking appearance
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance
The new code of practice on access to single-sex services cannot gain legal force until it gets sign-off from ministers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
You're not asking trans people. You're asking all people. This affects us all. Anyone could be barred from services based on appearance. Since, surprisingly we all have a fecking appearance
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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😂😂😂 Bloomberg have got Farage sussed. Kent is his showpiece Reform party council, but in reality it is a clownshow in a third rate circus.
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
😂😂😂 Bloomberg have got Farage sussed. Kent is his showpiece Reform party council, but in reality it is a clownshow in a third rate circus.
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But he was SO FUNNY on Have I Got News For You.
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
But he was SO FUNNY on Have I Got News For You.
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Well done to everyone complicit in electing this fucking berk :) www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Well done to everyone complicit in electing this fucking berk :) www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Jacob Rees-Mogg like Rishi Sunak has registered all his assets in tax havens, because they don't 'belong' to him in the UK they aren't taxed here.
So his tax bill is negligible, he doesn't need to leave to dodge tax.
This con needs to be stopped.
So his tax bill is negligible, he doesn't need to leave to dodge tax.
This con needs to be stopped.
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Jacob Rees-Mogg like Rishi Sunak has registered all his assets in tax havens, because they don't 'belong' to him in the UK they aren't taxed here.
So his tax bill is negligible, he doesn't need to leave to dodge tax.
This con needs to be stopped.
So his tax bill is negligible, he doesn't need to leave to dodge tax.
This con needs to be stopped.
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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 5:30 PM
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.
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UK Covid inquiry:
Chairwoman of the inquiry, former judge Baroness Hallett, said the UK's response could be summarised as "too little, too late"
Lockdown could have been avoided - but action came too late
'Chaotic' government with key figures criticised including Dominic Cummings & Boris Johnson
Chairwoman of the inquiry, former judge Baroness Hallett, said the UK's response could be summarised as "too little, too late"
Lockdown could have been avoided - but action came too late
'Chaotic' government with key figures criticised including Dominic Cummings & Boris Johnson
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
UK Covid inquiry:
Chairwoman of the inquiry, former judge Baroness Hallett, said the UK's response could be summarised as "too little, too late"
Lockdown could have been avoided - but action came too late
'Chaotic' government with key figures criticised including Dominic Cummings & Boris Johnson
Chairwoman of the inquiry, former judge Baroness Hallett, said the UK's response could be summarised as "too little, too late"
Lockdown could have been avoided - but action came too late
'Chaotic' government with key figures criticised including Dominic Cummings & Boris Johnson
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Vance on the Russia-Ukraine war:
"Why don't you stop killing each other and start trading with one another?
Why don't they actually engage in some commerce, travel between the two countries, engage in some sort of cultural exchange?“
May you never feel such pain we feel, JD.
"Why don't you stop killing each other and start trading with one another?
Why don't they actually engage in some commerce, travel between the two countries, engage in some sort of cultural exchange?“
May you never feel such pain we feel, JD.
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Vance on the Russia-Ukraine war:
"Why don't you stop killing each other and start trading with one another?
Why don't they actually engage in some commerce, travel between the two countries, engage in some sort of cultural exchange?“
May you never feel such pain we feel, JD.
"Why don't you stop killing each other and start trading with one another?
Why don't they actually engage in some commerce, travel between the two countries, engage in some sort of cultural exchange?“
May you never feel such pain we feel, JD.
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The news that a national lockdown could have been avoided is shattering. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone who lost loved ones during the pandemic.
Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservative Party. This tragedy must never be repeated.
Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservative Party. This tragedy must never be repeated.
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The news that a national lockdown could have been avoided is shattering. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone who lost loved ones during the pandemic.
Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservative Party. This tragedy must never be repeated.
Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservative Party. This tragedy must never be repeated.
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2 posts containing details of Boris Johnson's response to the initial outbreak of COVID, taken from "The Decade In Tory"
I'm glad the inquiry has been published. But it's 3 years too late. And by focusing on just COVID, it barely touches the surface.
£2.50 right now.
amzn.eu/d/eCNltv2
I'm glad the inquiry has been published. But it's 3 years too late. And by focusing on just COVID, it barely touches the surface.
£2.50 right now.
amzn.eu/d/eCNltv2
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
2 posts containing details of Boris Johnson's response to the initial outbreak of COVID, taken from "The Decade In Tory"
I'm glad the inquiry has been published. But it's 3 years too late. And by focusing on just COVID, it barely touches the surface.
£2.50 right now.
amzn.eu/d/eCNltv2
I'm glad the inquiry has been published. But it's 3 years too late. And by focusing on just COVID, it barely touches the surface.
£2.50 right now.
amzn.eu/d/eCNltv2
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Anyone watching the news could see what was happening in China & then Italy - we had the luxury of a few weeks notice to save thousands of lives but Johnson was sorting out his divorce & missing fucking Cobra meetings.
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Anyone watching the news could see what was happening in China & then Italy - we had the luxury of a few weeks notice to save thousands of lives but Johnson was sorting out his divorce & missing fucking Cobra meetings.
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It's a bit of a bugbear of mine but the 'we're keeping pubs and restaurants open but please don't go to them' announcement was possibly the most pathetic act of governance my lifetime, but seems to have slipped from public consciousness.
November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
It's a bit of a bugbear of mine but the 'we're keeping pubs and restaurants open but please don't go to them' announcement was possibly the most pathetic act of governance my lifetime, but seems to have slipped from public consciousness.
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Findings partic brutal about early 2020, describing the Feb as “lost month”. If lockdown was imposed a week earlier than March 16, it could've cut deaths in England by almost half. Many of same mistakes then "inexcusably" repeated - @peterwalker99.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Findings partic brutal about early 2020, describing the Feb as “lost month”. If lockdown was imposed a week earlier than March 16, it could've cut deaths in England by almost half. Many of same mistakes then "inexcusably" repeated - @peterwalker99.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The 750-page document also has stinging criticism of “toxic and chaotic” culture inside Boris Johnson’s Downing Street – which it said the then PM. actively embraced – in which loudest voices held sway and women were sidelined.
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The 750-page document also has stinging criticism of “toxic and chaotic” culture inside Boris Johnson’s Downing Street – which it said the then PM. actively embraced – in which loudest voices held sway and women were sidelined.
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BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
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Worth remembering as this unfolds that it was disabled people and people from ethnic minority backgrounds who disproportionately died. Tens of thousands needlessly lost their lives, many who died alone or with just an iPad. Thousands more were left with life changing Long Covid. A true scandal.
BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Worth remembering as this unfolds that it was disabled people and people from ethnic minority backgrounds who disproportionately died. Tens of thousands needlessly lost their lives, many who died alone or with just an iPad. Thousands more were left with life changing Long Covid. A true scandal.
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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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The plant, would make ethylene for plastics manufacture - likely to cause ammonia, ozone, nitrogen oxide + PM2.5 pollution - linked to increased cases of heart + breathing conditions - and carcinogenic VOCs - risking people's health says @clientearth.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘could cause more deaths than jobs created’
Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The plant, would make ethylene for plastics manufacture - likely to cause ammonia, ozone, nitrogen oxide + PM2.5 pollution - linked to increased cases of heart + breathing conditions - and carcinogenic VOCs - risking people's health says @clientearth.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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If he had a modicum of self-knowledge he would now resign, former Tory spin doctor Robbie Gibb would resign from the BBC board, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
The real threat to BBC impartiality
The BBC has suffered a week of mistakes, resignations and the threat of a $1bn lawsuit. But the biggest risks of bias are in the boardroom, not the ne...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
If he had a modicum of self-knowledge he would now resign, former Tory spin doctor Robbie Gibb would resign from the BBC board, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
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*Pops over to X* Has he? Has he been? YES! He's published an 1,835-word tweet rebuttal of a report he hasn't read!
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
*Pops over to X* Has he? Has he been? YES! He's published an 1,835-word tweet rebuttal of a report he hasn't read!
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I believe anyone could have done better than Johnson.
Here's a quiz I made to prove it.
Here's a quiz I made to prove it.
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I believe anyone could have done better than Johnson.
Here's a quiz I made to prove it.
Here's a quiz I made to prove it.