Guru
@guru5.bsky.social
Retired GP. Woke and proud to be. Empathy for fellow humans. Passionate about the NHS #BLM
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Stasis, sanctimony and the liberal paradox. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog with such Brexit news as there is, but mainly analysis of what 'responsible Farage' tells us about the tensions in Reform and what the BBC row tells us about Brexitism: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/stas...
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Stasis, sanctimony and the liberal paradox. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog with such Brexit news as there is, but mainly analysis of what 'responsible Farage' tells us about the tensions in Reform and what the BBC row tells us about Brexitism: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/stas...
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Reform UK energy plans crumble under scrutiny
Reform UK Ltd rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
By Brian McHugh
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@brianmchugh.bsky.social
Reform UK Ltd rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
By Brian McHugh
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@brianmchugh.bsky.social
Reform UK’s energy plans crumble under scrutiny
Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Reform UK energy plans crumble under scrutiny
Reform UK Ltd rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
By Brian McHugh
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@brianmchugh.bsky.social
Reform UK Ltd rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
By Brian McHugh
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@brianmchugh.bsky.social
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🚨 For millions across England NHS dentistry has effectively ceased to exist. People in agony are pulling out their own teeth - it’s not Victorian, it’s medieval! We cannot allow this to be normalized
🚨 For millions across England NHS dentistry has effectively ceased to exist. People in agony are pulling out their own teeth - it’s not Victorian, it’s medieval! We cannot allow this to be normalized
youtu.be/FuMcq1HFatQ?...
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🚨People in agony are pulling out their own teeth - it’s not Victorian, it’s medieval!
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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November 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
🚨 For millions across England NHS dentistry has effectively ceased to exist. People in agony are pulling out their own teeth - it’s not Victorian, it’s medieval! We cannot allow this to be normalized
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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They know this is immoral and if they had half a brain cell between them they would know that rather than cutting the ground from under Reform it just legitimises their prejudice. They might as well wear vote Reform badges
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
They know this is immoral and if they had half a brain cell between them they would know that rather than cutting the ground from under Reform it just legitimises their prejudice. They might as well wear vote Reform badges
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NEW: Reform UK has been accused of embracing racism after it picked a former academic who argued that UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds are not necessarily British as the head of its new student organisation.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK accused of embracing racism over its pick for head of student organisation
Matthew Goodwin argued people from minority ethnic backgrounds born and raised in UK were not always British
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
NEW: Reform UK has been accused of embracing racism after it picked a former academic who argued that UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds are not necessarily British as the head of its new student organisation.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Brexit law
EU Member States adopt negotiation position for talks with UK on treaties on food standards, emissions trading - www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
EU Member States adopt negotiation position for talks with UK on treaties on food standards, emissions trading - www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
EU-UK relations: Council greenlights negotiations on agri-food deal and linking emissions trading systems
Council authorises Commission to start negotiations with UK on a common sanitary and phytosanitary area (SPS) and to link emissions trading systems (ETS).
www.consilium.europa.eu
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Brexit law
EU Member States adopt negotiation position for talks with UK on treaties on food standards, emissions trading - www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
EU Member States adopt negotiation position for talks with UK on treaties on food standards, emissions trading - www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
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To be clear, I wrote this could exacerbate UK-US tensions ONLY if US pettily chose to react. This can’t be ruled out, given other tensions such as BBC row, fallout from Andrew/Epstein, perceptions Starmer becoming politically weak. On substance, far more significant US rupture is with Colombia.
🔴‘The UK’s Suspension of Intelligence Sharing Over Trump’s Caribbean Boat Strikes Risks a Transatlantic Rift’
Keir Starmer’s Government risked being implicated if the President’s attacks were found to break international law, reports @alexhh.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/12/t...
Keir Starmer’s Government risked being implicated if the President’s attacks were found to break international law, reports @alexhh.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/12/t...
'The UK's Suspension of Intelligence Sharing Over Trump's Caribbean Boat Strikes Risks a Transatlantic Rift'
Keir Starmer's Government risked being implicated if the President's attacks were found to break international law, reports Alexandra Hall Hall
bylinetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
To be clear, I wrote this could exacerbate UK-US tensions ONLY if US pettily chose to react. This can’t be ruled out, given other tensions such as BBC row, fallout from Andrew/Epstein, perceptions Starmer becoming politically weak. On substance, far more significant US rupture is with Colombia.
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NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
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Thx to Julie Ivory on Facebook for a great meme
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Thx to Julie Ivory on Facebook for a great meme
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
An ex-Facebook lobbyist has been put in charge of Ireland’s data watchdog. This risks making Europe’s privacy laws meaningless. Sign today to tell the EU to reverse this decision: action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
Don’t let Big Tech lobbyists exploit our data!
An ex-Facebook lobbyist has been put in charge of Ireland’s data watchdog. This risks making Europe’s privacy laws meaningless. Sign today to tell the EU to reverse this decision:
action.wemove.eu
November 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
An ex-Facebook lobbyist has been put in charge of Ireland’s data watchdog. This risks making Europe’s privacy laws meaningless. Sign today to tell the EU to reverse this decision: action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
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PM joins Health Secretary in recognising return of racism ("that frankly I thought we had dealt with decades ago" - a slightly detached tone)
My column this week is about why government needs to go beyond calling out language/rhetoric about racism + act on it
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
My column this week is about why government needs to go beyond calling out language/rhetoric about racism + act on it
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
PM joins Health Secretary in recognising return of racism ("that frankly I thought we had dealt with decades ago" - a slightly detached tone)
My column this week is about why government needs to go beyond calling out language/rhetoric about racism + act on it
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
My column this week is about why government needs to go beyond calling out language/rhetoric about racism + act on it
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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🔴US-Style Culture Wars Have Come to Britain but Who Is Starting Them?
A new study raises stark questions about links between extreme rhetoric in the media and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
A new study raises stark questions about links between extreme rhetoric in the media and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
US-Style Culture Wars Have Come to Britain but Who Is Starting Them?
A new study raises stark questions about the link between extreme rhetoric in the media and politics and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues Professor Bo...
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🔴US-Style Culture Wars Have Come to Britain but Who Is Starting Them?
A new study raises stark questions about links between extreme rhetoric in the media and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
A new study raises stark questions about links between extreme rhetoric in the media and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
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I'm not sure if others have noticed this, but interesting that one of the Prescott criticisms of the BBC is based on those of the 'History Reclaimed' group, which is also associated with the 'Restore Trust' group's attacks on & so far unsuccessful attempts to take control of the National Trust. 1/3
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I'm not sure if others have noticed this, but interesting that one of the Prescott criticisms of the BBC is based on those of the 'History Reclaimed' group, which is also associated with the 'Restore Trust' group's attacks on & so far unsuccessful attempts to take control of the National Trust. 1/3
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"The hard truth about underfunding palliative care is that people who are at their most vulnerable – the dying – suffer more pain, more indignity, less choice & less autonomy than they might have."
Incredibly, only 30% of hospice care is NHS funded.
Pls read my piece in today’s @theguardian.com.
Incredibly, only 30% of hospice care is NHS funded.
Pls read my piece in today’s @theguardian.com.
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"The hard truth about underfunding palliative care is that people who are at their most vulnerable – the dying – suffer more pain, more indignity, less choice & less autonomy than they might have."
Incredibly, only 30% of hospice care is NHS funded.
Pls read my piece in today’s @theguardian.com.
Incredibly, only 30% of hospice care is NHS funded.
Pls read my piece in today’s @theguardian.com.
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Every poll, survey, opinion piece, research and documentary confirms the disaster that is Brexit. Immeasurable damage, economically, socially, scientifically, security, politically.
It is utter madness not to start reversing Brexit.
@labourlewis.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l0G...
It is utter madness not to start reversing Brexit.
@labourlewis.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l0G...
Top 10 UK Industries That Collapsed After Brexit
YouTube video by EconomyTalk
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November 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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The more I think about, the more I realise that the attack on the BBC really is terribly thinly veiled - and listening to @newsagents.bsky.social’s episode today, you can see just how dangerous things are right now.
A very good episode from the people who know the BBC best.
A very good episode from the people who know the BBC best.
Inside the BBC: What really went on
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 10/11/2025 · 35m
podcasts.apple.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The more I think about, the more I realise that the attack on the BBC really is terribly thinly veiled - and listening to @newsagents.bsky.social’s episode today, you can see just how dangerous things are right now.
A very good episode from the people who know the BBC best.
A very good episode from the people who know the BBC best.
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Anybody who had a vision to bring American levels of political, cultural and social polarisation to Britain - whether their motive was clicks or cash, ideology, boredom or anything else - would make it their top strategic priority to abolish the BBC, or to damage and diminish it at the very least
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Anybody who had a vision to bring American levels of political, cultural and social polarisation to Britain - whether their motive was clicks or cash, ideology, boredom or anything else - would make it their top strategic priority to abolish the BBC, or to damage and diminish it at the very least
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Very interesting piece, including the extract below which has the ring of truth
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Very interesting piece, including the extract below which has the ring of truth
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"We would never tolerate a government that chose to defund 70% of neonatal services, gambling that charities would fill the gap. Yet this is exactly the situation for end-of-life care."
Please read my piece on the travesty of NHS palliative care underfunding 🙏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please read my piece on the travesty of NHS palliative care underfunding 🙏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As a palliative care specialist, I’ve witnessed the human tragedy of our end-of-life care crisis | Rachel Clarke
While the government debates assisted dying, palliative care is an afterthought. And many more people face death without the care and support they need, says Rachel Clarke
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"We would never tolerate a government that chose to defund 70% of neonatal services, gambling that charities would fill the gap. Yet this is exactly the situation for end-of-life care."
Please read my piece on the travesty of NHS palliative care underfunding 🙏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please read my piece on the travesty of NHS palliative care underfunding 🙏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...