Thedebster
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Thedebster
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Survivor of 34 yrs in the NHS. Used to be a palliative med consultant and a medical examiner. Gardener, parent and dog parent( whippet and greyhound) Escaping to live in France 🇫🇷when I can…
What a surprise!
Who could have anticipated that?? Well… anyone working in a UK hospital in 2016 ( we did, but who listens to experienced doctors, huh?)🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️
Brexit's disastrous impact on the NHS led to 1,485 extra deaths per year, according to a new academic study.

Researchers say after the 2016 leave vote, EU nurses left & were replaced by less experienced or skilled staff, which had knock-on effect for patients
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit led to 1,500 deaths a year as EU nurses left UK, study finds
Quality of care dropped as staff were replaced with less experienced nurses, researchers at the University of Surrey say
www.independent.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
#whippet#sighthounds# wasntme#naughtydog

Hmmm….. third time this week😣
March 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
March 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Another rarity. Betty at 16 weeks. “Accidental” puppy of retired racers, apparently.
March 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Horribly badly informed piece from PETA. Judgemental, emotive, not accurate. Lacks important context to allow an informed decision. Not going to achieve any converts using rubbish,propaganda-style pieces like this.
Like all ‘designer dogs’ who are genetically engineered via inbreeding and for physical features considered fashionable, whippets can face a range of health issues.
Here are five reasons never to purchase a whippet. www.peta.org.uk/blog...
Why Buying a Whippet Is Always a Terrible Idea
Every dog is someone, not an accessory or a toy. Here are five reasons never to purchase a whippet.
www.peta.org.uk
March 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“Be quiet small man” says the self appointed guardian of free speech, to a democratically elected politician publicly making a valid point. 🤦‍♀️🙄
Musk told the Polish FM, a long-standing conservative ally of the US, "be quiet small man".

What I find so fascinating about Trump, Vance and Musk's verbal abuse of Ukrainians & Polish officials etc, is: can you imagine them speaking like this to a Russian or Chinese official?
March 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
#whippet#sighthounds

i2-prod.birminghammail.co.uk/article31146...

Giovanni Liguori, from Italy, with Miuccia, a Whippet which was the Best of Breed winner and went on to win the Hound Group and become a Best in Show finalist(Image: BeatMedia / The Royal Kennel Club)
March 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE

Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"

It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.

#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem
"Puppets on a Kremlin String?" - Marsh Family adaptation of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" on Trump/Vance
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
March 2, 2025 at 9:07 AM
#whippet#sighthound
Whippet of very little brain wanted to sunbathe🙄🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️
February 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Reposted by Thedebster
If the stakes weren’t so high, the contortions & humiliations of all the people who cheered this in & sneered about ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ etc would be absolutely hilarious.
Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
February 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Peaky sunny snoot
#whippet#sighthounds
February 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Reposted by Thedebster
The U.S. pressured Ukraine to withdraw its European-backed U.N. resolution demanding an immediate withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine.

But Ukraine refused to pull its draft resolution.

So the US voted... with Russia, Iran, Israel & North Korea... against Ukraine.

Now read that again.
US pressures Ukraine to nix its UN resolution demanding Russian forces withdraw
The U.S. has pressured Ukraine to withdraw its European-backed U.N. resolution demanding an immediate withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine in favor of an American proposal that doesn't mention Mo...
apnews.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Sad News. Spent my teens listening to and watching The Jam.
Condolences to all who grieve for him😘
R.I.P. Rick Buckler, drummer with The Jam.

The Modern World by The Jam, released by Polydor in 1977.
February 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
#greyhounds
#greyhoundrescuewales
Yay! Welsh government made a decision, and a correct one! Go 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿! Our first greyhound Martha was injured racing at the last remaining track in Wales (Ystrad Mynach), was saved by Greyhound Rescue Wales then adopted by us. We have been pointy-nose obsessed ever since.
February 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
#greyhounds#sighthounds#whippetdogs
5 days in Rome for the Six Nations Rugby ( we were embarrassingly trounced🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😢😳) Missing Betty and Wilma our greyhound and whippet girls. Met 4 beautiful whippets in the park. Photo fail, but I got kisses🥰. Home soon…
February 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Why can’t Apple photos identify a whippet?! Wilma whippet is always described as a greyhound or Italian greyhound. #sighthounds #whippet#greyhound
February 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Why can’t Apple photos identify a whippet?! Wilma whippet is always described as a greyhound or Italian greyhound. #sighthounds #whippet#greyhound
February 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
In case you were in any doubt. Terrifying. 😰
January 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
we know what we saw, and what it meant.
January 21, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Indeed. What the BBC now considers news is risable.
January 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Reposted by Thedebster
Ok, this is a bloody tough one. Top 5 Scottish bands of all time. Please note this isn't Will & Ian's choice (I'll get them) this is the Bunnymen burrow teams choice. Try and share this post & usual rules apply. It's for fun and don't overthink it.
December 26, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Reposted by Thedebster
What didn’t kill me didn’t make me stronger.

It gave me crippling anxiety, a lot of unhealthy coping mechanisms, some really nasty nightmares, the ability to drink enough caffeine to kill a horse, and made me into a cynic who cusses way more than necessary.
December 20, 2024 at 5:26 PM
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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says the public want to leave the ECHR

Let him know he’s wrong by sharing this widely
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says

“We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants”

Share if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR

youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says public want to leave the ECHR - let’s put the record straight
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 6, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Reposted by Thedebster
December 6, 2024 at 12:40 AM