A reminder that this is the same "unhinged" war and President the Daily Mail has spent weeks berating Keir Starmer for not joining and following

Scroll this 🧵 and hope.

The UK must learn from international experiences of the pandemic So far, the Covid inquiry has considered little evidence from abroad.

www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/he... #covid #SarsCoV2 #Johnson #Hancock

Turns out marmalade won't have to be renamed despite Reform claims The new rule was introduced because some EU countries use 'marmalade' and 'jam' interchangeably - and is intended to protect the distinctiveness of Paddington's favourite spread

It's a day of the week with a "y" in it so of course Reform are lying to you.
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Former Prime Minister John Major questions the ‘validity’ of First Past the Post There has been a significant intervention in the debate around electoral reform recently, in the guise of former Prime Minister John Major. The Conservative politician has questioned the

Former Prime Minister John Major questions the ‘validity’ of First Past the Post electoral-reform.org.uk/former-prime... Electoral Reform Society – ERS

UK must feed and fuel itself - but Labour would rather attack wealth The policies of Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves push us to rely on imports.just as war, inflation and global instability demand self-reliance

The UK has relied on food imports since at least Napoleonic times.

Unfortunately, the Brexiters were so busy obsessing over blue passports and the tax cuts they never stopped to work that one out.

Restoring measles-free status in the UK Reducing barriers to vaccination and education remain key Losing measles-free status reflects shortcomings in the UK’s approach to public health and healthcare provision.1 Gross geographic and demogr...

Pleased to have written this with my @independentsage.bsky.social friends @sheencr.bsky.social, @duncanrobertson.bsky.social, and @helensalisbury.bsky.social

We must reverse the decline in MMR and other vaccines, urgently...

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Nick Candy sells Chelsea mansion for more than £275mn [FREE TO READ] Deal for Providence House in central London marks capital’s most expensive house sale

So as Reform UK announce their plans for the "biggest benefit cuts ever", whilst cutting taxes for the wealthiest, their Treasurer has just sold his Chelsea Mansion for a record £275million
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Excited to share our editorial in @bmj.com - we discuss the need for targeted action to address the fact that the UK has lost its measles-free status. We highlight issues like public health spending cuts, fragmented infrastructure, training cuts that impacted vaccine access #HealthPolicy 🧵

School Food in England: Research Reveals Major Health & Standards Failures New research into school food in England reveals widespread unhealthy options, poor compliance with standards, and growing commercial influence. Discover what’s going wrong and what must change.

www.biteback2030.com/our-campaign... #biteback

Millions to be denied hospital referrals in drive to cut waiting lists GPs will be forced to seek ‘advice and guidance’ from consultants rather than referring patients to specialists, a move doctors warn will jeopardise safety

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Screenshot of Times piece with headline "Millions to be denied hospital referrals in drive to cut waiting lists."

🧵/ The NHS is about to undergo one of the most radical – and scandalous - changes in its history.

From 1st April (the public are the fools in this), GPs will be contractually obliged to seek remote “advice & guidance” from hospital clinicians, making it even harder to see an NHS specialist.

Bach’s St John Passion Oxford Bach Soloists perform Bach’s moving work on Good Friday.

If you’re in London on Good Friday, go to this.
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Channel 4’s Dirty Business is a clarion call to nationalise the water industry As the drama shows, private firms no longer able to pollute the coast of England of Wales just switched to rivers instead

“Sewage pollution is at record levels, companies are staggering under debts of £60bn accrued in part to pay shareholder dividends of £78bn and infrastructure has been left to rot.”

The UK Covid Inquiry has laid bare the avoidable horror of the second Covid wave It is becoming ever clearer both how devastating the second wave of winter 2020/21 was, and how much of that devastation could have been avoided.

Read the full post here

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🧵The Covid Inquiry’s latest reports have made one thing brutally clear: the first year of the pandemic - and especially the second Covid wave in winter 2020/21 - was devastating.

Much of that devastation was avoidable.

This 🧵: impact on NHS, impact on bereaved, and avoidable harm. 1/19

We’re letting big corporations gamble with our lives. Act now, or the food could run out | George Monbiot The fragility of the global food system fills me with dread – and the war with Iran has exposed just how close to collapse it is, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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We tracked down the superyacht owned by the world’s sixth richest man. Larry Ellison won’t like what we did to it 🛥️🏴‍☠️

Important for understanding the context for Farage’s witless opposition to ‘net zero’.

The Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace, Washington DC

UK should rejoin EU, says Sadiq Khan as France opens door to return to Single Market The capital’s economy is £30 billion smaller than if the UK had stayed in the EU, says the London Mayor

🎡London’s economy is;

📉 £30 billion smaller than if the UK had stayed in the EU

💼 Employment in the capital is down 230,000 jobs

👪 The average family is about £3,500 worse off, he argued.

We need to be honest about Iran – and how our rampant greed for oil is causing mayhem | George Monbiot Oil has empowered capitalism, and some of the world’s most exploitative regimes. Move away from it and we can solve some of the key issues we face, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #fossilfuels

and you should have a word with @edmilliband.bsky.social about allowing Tesla to supply electricity while you're at it Chi please

Former Conservative MP Crispin Blunt charged with four drugs offences Ex-MP for Reigate, 65, accused of one count of possessing a class A drug and three of possessing a class B drug The former MP Crispin Blunt has been charged with four drugs offences, prosecutors said. The 65-year-old, who represented Reigate from 1997 to 2024, is accused of one count of possessing a class A drug and three of possessing a class B drug. Continue reading...

Former Conservative MP Crispin Blunt charged with four drugs offences

Screen scandal: How Ofcom lets GB News get away with it SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: A channel constantly breaking the rules has effectively become Reform TV, while our useless state regulator does nothing

Since Ofcom seems to have given up, we asked 20 experienced journalists from a range of backgrounds to watch multiple hours of @gbnewsonline.bsky.social . Their conclusion: the channel has, in effect, become Reform TV. How did it happen? www.thenewworld.co.uk/alan-rusbrid...

Why gas sets the price of electricity, and why the economics behind it makes no sense The way electricity prices are determined in the UK is widely misunderstood. Many people assume the price reflects the cost of producing electricity from the cheapest available sources. It does not. I...

Why gas sets the price of electricity, and why the economics behind it makes no sense www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/03...

Ofcom is facing mounting criticism over its systematic failure to enforce its rules amid repeated breaches by GB News.

This damning assesment is from Anna Sabine MP, Lib Dem Culture spokesperson, who spoke at the weekend about Ofcom's inaction & the danger this creates.

Trump Officials Weigh New $1 Billion Deal to Stop Offshore Wind Farms

Oil prices are at multi-year highs. Your home electric bill is through the roof. The Strait of Hormuz is jammed up. And the Trump administration wants to ... pay $1 billion to stop renewable energy projects.

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‘Basics’ of life in Britain have been sold for profit, says Polanski Exclusive: England and Wales Greens leader outlines economic policy including help to meet rising energy costs and water re-nationalisation

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What's worth more: Churchill or a woke badger? Welcome to Britain's banknote culture war | Jonn Elledge Self-appointed patriots are up in arms about a plan to replace historical figures with cute wildlife. The Bank of England shouldn’t duck this debate, says author Jonn Elledge

"Tom Tugendhat, who is a very serious person (he was in the army, you know), accused the Bank of “weakness”; while Ed Davey said that Churchill “deserves better than being replaced by a badger” – tell me you don’t want to see that war movie.

Very sorry to tell you I have written about banknotes.