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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 28m

I wonder if the government know that the racists and xenophobes are STILL not going to vote for Labour after this? Should be obvious by now.

The racists and xenophobes wouldn't care if someone had a PhD in an English language/lit subject, they just care about skin colour and ethnicity.

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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 36m

The country would be a whole lot better serviced if the government went after the grifters and racists with the same enthusiasm as they do with immigrants.

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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 56m

I think we're one or two bad polls away from someone in the government promising to deport any immigrants who won't get rid of their accent.

Someone really needs to take Starmer aside and have a quiet word about not being so bloody stupid.

András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 2h

Well this will certainly do it www.gov.uk/government/n...

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

www.gov.uk

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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 4h

Massive cuts of services through "efficiencies" in systems that long went past waste inefficiency and into overwork inefficiency has created a system that was brittle years ago.

I'm not seeing any light in the tunnel that'll make that better either.

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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 4h

There's two bits of the NHS that can't close their doors, GP practices and EDs, and they're acting as sin-eaters for the rest of the system that have increased referral bars and closed services.

Search any ICB Board paper and go to the financial bits for how much yours is cutting this year.

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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 4h

I see this both as a patient and as part of general practice.

My work borough is doing 30% more appts/1000 residents than equivalent months in 2019, with no more core funding, less discretionary local money, and a whole pile of work dumped on them from elsewhere in the system.

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redneeraj.bsky.social @redneeraj.bsky.social · 9h

The UK is one of the few countries with penicillin sensitive streptococcus. This is, in my view, one of the greatest achievements of the NHS model.

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 9h

1 in 6 bacterial infections now resistant to treatment, says WHO - rising to 1 in 3 in SE Asia on.ft.com/46Zv7Dq

One in six bacterial infections now resistant to treatment, says WHO

Levels of antimicrobial resistance highest in south-east Asia and eastern Mediterranean

on.ft.com

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 10h

The Labour Position is weird. "we absolutely won‘t do something about that thing we think is really bad for the Country, and for which we blame the Tories."
Sounds like being invited late to a party you always wanted to attend, except now you are declining out of pique.

Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 10h

If it’s self damaging for the Conservatives to continue to profess their support for a Brexit no one likes, it’s incoherent - and self damaging - for Labour to both dislike Brexit but at the same time to (largely) support it in its current form.

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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 8h

There’s also my generation of folk who had a decent number with the hope to just shrug and move to the Med coast somewhere in early retirement.

That’s gone, unfortunately many seem to have gone the Reform way blaming the EU for it rather than the grifters who caused it.

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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 23h

If you were to read this news search result from DuckDuckGo, you'd think you were clicking on a BBC story. No... it diverts you to MSN.

Now, that's one way to learn distrust of a search engine and dislike MSN even more.

Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 1d

Some days just need a fish finger sandwich.

And I judge anyone who judges me for this choice!

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The King's Fund @thekingsfund.bsky.social · 3d

This week, the government launched its review into how GP funding is distributed - known as the Carr-Hill formula.

For more detail on how the Car-Hill formula currently works, you can read our GP funding and contracts explained: https://bit.ly/4pRAkG3

GP Funding And Contracts Explained | The King's Fund

This explainer sets out how general practices are contracted and paid in England, looking at the services they are contracted to deliver, and the different streams of funding they receive.

bit.ly

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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 1d

I read through some of the comments and it just shouted out poverty tourism rather than anything more positive.

I couldn’t see anything where the people at the far end benefited.

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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 1d

ITVX is showing:

Space 1999
Hammer House of Horrors
Count Duckula

a cartoon of spongebob sitting in front of a tv

Alt: a cartoon of spongebob sitting in front of a tv

media.tenor.com

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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 1d

I’ve brought in consultants

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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 1d

The Committee will decide.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 4d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 2d

If Farage does get into power then a large part will be Labour and their ridiculous appeasement. They’ve gone from a party of strong principle to one of thrashing and panicking into making outrageously bad decisions.

The Tory descent is one for their own voters to pick over.

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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 2d

What this also means is that the vast majority of people who are not racists or xenophobes are left with a choice of staying with a party that’d rather appease the racists or go to a party that will just not be in power, ever.

And that then leads to the racists getting into power.

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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 2d

The bad guys see this as a way to personal wealth and power, and will always go harder and further into populist racism after every appeasement meant to dilute their message.

You cannot appease them enough.

It’s astonishing that our Tory and Labour politicians cannot see this.

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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 2d

I think the difference between the racists and xenophobes of today and those of, say, 20-30 years ago is that they are getting a free run at it today.

The two main political parties are terrified of saying anything positive about immigrants, and that plays right into the hands of the bad guys.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2d

High street slot machine shops, owned by Merkur, are paying their staff bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose.

Companies chase profits by spreading misery, exploiting vulnerable people

Gambling Commission must shut down these parasites.

High street slot machine shops pay staff bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose

Exclusive: MPs and campaigners condemn ‘appalling’ reward scheme for Merkur venue managers

www.theguardian.com

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 2d

Join us today from 2–8pm in the heart of London for Diwali on the Square.

The day will be packed with exciting activities for all to enjoy the vibrant spirit of Diwali.

It’s a fantastic opportunity to come together and celebrate the triumph of light over darkness.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 2d

The etiquette bit with that smarmy bloke was just cringeworthy.

And if you’re giving 10s in the 3rd week then maybe that’s a contestant who shouldn’t have been in the show in the first place. Just makes it a bit pointless really.

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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 2d

I’m just not getting Strictly this year. It’s always been a glittery over the top thing but it’s almost overdone this year, like you’ve given it to someone to do a sequel who didn’t REALLY get what made the original work.

The forced ultra-positivity is far more grating than normal.

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