Andy Cowper
@hpiandycowper.bsky.social
Freelance journalist: writes about health policy and politics of the English NHS in weekly column (£) ‘Cowper’s Cut’ on www.healthpolicyinsight.com.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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November 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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November 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Ou sont les Matt Hancocks d’antan?
November 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Ou sont les Matt Hancocks d’antan?
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I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
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Second, Farage's response is such a tell: he's normally a smart communicator, but he's clearly massively on the back foot and defensive over this. A good response would be "I was a little shit at school; I am sorry for the horrible time I gave other kids. The views I held then are not who I am now."
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Second, Farage's response is such a tell: he's normally a smart communicator, but he's clearly massively on the back foot and defensive over this. A good response would be "I was a little shit at school; I am sorry for the horrible time I gave other kids. The views I held then are not who I am now."
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One way of avoiding the mansion tax.
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
One way of avoiding the mansion tax.
Kemi Badenoch really is remarkably bad at this. Loads and loads to shoot at, and this is the best she can do.
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Kemi Badenoch really is remarkably bad at this. Loads and loads to shoot at, and this is the best she can do.
Do we have proof that the Covid Corruption Commissioner actually got any of this alleged £400 million back?
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Do we have proof that the Covid Corruption Commissioner actually got any of this alleged £400 million back?
The 250 new neighbourhood health services look likely to be delivered by PFI-style funding. www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
Treasury backs private borrowing to build health centres
The Treasury has agreed to approve private borrowing as part of a new "NHS Neighbourhood Rebuild programme", it has announced ahead of the Budget.
www.hsj.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The 250 new neighbourhood health services look likely to be delivered by PFI-style funding. www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
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Me: it would be good if government budget and spending review processes were done more openly and transparently
Also me: NOT LIKE THIS
Also me: NOT LIKE THIS
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Me: it would be good if government budget and spending review processes were done more openly and transparently
Also me: NOT LIKE THIS
Also me: NOT LIKE THIS
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Cash ISA limit cut to £12,000 as expected - though only for under 65s! A new bias in the tax system towards pensioners is introduced....
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Cash ISA limit cut to £12,000 as expected - though only for under 65s! A new bias in the tax system towards pensioners is introduced....
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new allegation concerning Farage’s behaviour when he was 18 years old
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
new allegation concerning Farage’s behaviour when he was 18 years old
Not wonderful www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
Ian Brown and Tim Burgess were among those to pay tribute to Mani, whose death was announced by his brother and nephew
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Not wonderful www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Wonderful www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk’s Grok AI tells users he is fitter than LeBron James and smarter than da Vinci
Users noted that in a raft of now-deleted posts, the chatbot would frequently rank Musk top in any given field
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Wonderful www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Knowing me, knowing you …aha surely it’s a certain broadcasting legend from Radio Norwich 😉
November 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Knowing me, knowing you …aha surely it’s a certain broadcasting legend from Radio Norwich 😉
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It's not that guy off DIY Disasters is it? 😊
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
It's not that guy off DIY Disasters is it? 😊
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Please tell me there is awkward dad dancing
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Please tell me there is awkward dad dancing
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OMG I cannot WAIT
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
OMG I cannot WAIT
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The keenly-awaited Health Policy Insight Christmas ad will be ‘dropping’ in the fairly near future.
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The keenly-awaited Health Policy Insight Christmas ad will be ‘dropping’ in the fairly near future.
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We are doing our best not to dismember any more journalists with bone saws www.ft.com/content/dc11...
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
We are doing our best not to dismember any more journalists with bone saws www.ft.com/content/dc11...
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Part of the problem here is they keep hiring comms people from newspapers who know how to pitch stuff to their former colleagues - but these tricks don't work anymore.
This does seem to be a relevant question. Reading the Sun and Guardina pieces side by side it is hard to believe they are describing the same policy. That kind of spin might have worked in 1990s but in a social media ecosystem where anger goes viral is is likely to generate own goals
And once again, I ask whether Ministers and No10 realise that the readership of one paper can in fact read the contents of another.
November 17, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Part of the problem here is they keep hiring comms people from newspapers who know how to pitch stuff to their former colleagues - but these tricks don't work anymore.
I’ve been going on and on and on about the bizarre healthcare-AI hyping coming from the Larry ‘Oracle’ Ellison Foundation-funded Tony Blair Institute.
Ahem: www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Ahem: www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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www.telegraph.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I’ve been going on and on and on about the bizarre healthcare-AI hyping coming from the Larry ‘Oracle’ Ellison Foundation-funded Tony Blair Institute.
Ahem: www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Ahem: www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...