Trade union disability rep. Arts, science and languages nerd, internationalist, hiker, nature lover. Could really do without Long Covid
community to help us find each other and connect with researchers on Bluesky.
go.bsky.app/SFsSVSc
Additions welcome. If you're on it and don't wish to be, please let me know. Previous packs:
1. go.bsky.app/JvVAoFt
2. go.bsky.app/MjGuFEe
3. go.bsky.app/Q9FoCjK
How #Motability cuts went from a rightwing online campaign to Rachel Reeves’s #Budget. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
How #Motability cuts went from a rightwing online campaign to Rachel Reeves’s #Budget. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.justgiving.com/page/one-red...
www.justgiving.com/page/one-red...
Key point: LC is preventable by cutting Covid infections. The best thing to do as a policymaker or an employer is to create Covid-safe workplaces.
#CleanAir 😷
“I've done my job for 30 years and I'm very competent at it, but I couldn't understand what some of the words were meaning… It's almost having to recognise things again and relearn things”
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
@longcovidsupport.bsky.social @nikki-s.bsky.social @imperialperc.bsky.social @imperialbrc.bsky.social
Key point: LC is preventable by cutting Covid infections. The best thing to do as a policymaker or an employer is to create Covid-safe workplaces.
#CleanAir 😷
Eminent lawyer Michael Mansfield KC tells the Byline Podcast that police should "look again" at the former Prime Minister's handling of the pandemic
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/met-police...
And people only claim he said racist things because they don't like his not-at-all racist politics. Got it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
And people only claim he said racist things because they don't like his not-at-all racist politics. Got it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
Labour has completely capitulated the ground to the far right, the racism & the hate.
We no longer have a conversation AT ALL about how we need immigration & when we cut it, we pay the price. #r4today
Labour has completely capitulated the ground to the far right, the racism & the hate.
We no longer have a conversation AT ALL about how we need immigration & when we cut it, we pay the price. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
go.bsky.app/L5nN6tD
go.bsky.app/L5nN6tD
#Petition: Review #NHS policy on #masks, safe air & ventilation to protect vulnerable.
Please sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
#Covid #CEV #CovidIsAirborne #CleanAir
#Petition: Review #NHS policy on #masks, safe air & ventilation to protect vulnerable.
Please sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
#Covid #CEV #CovidIsAirborne #CleanAir
#Petition: Review #NHS policy on masks, safe air & ventilation to protect vulnerable
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
#Covid #CovidIsAirborne #CleanAir #CEV
#Petition: Review #NHS policy on masks, safe air & ventilation to protect vulnerable
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
#Covid #CovidIsAirborne #CleanAir #CEV
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
What do ministers think denying more children secure immigration status would do?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
What do ministers think denying more children secure immigration status would do?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
#CovidInquiry
#CovidInquiry
I could swim in it
take a deep breath
and jump
right in
just like a sparkling silver and pink and blue
fish
swim
to the very core
where all the pain starts
and where all the pain comes
back home
I could swim in it
take a deep breath
and jump
right in
just like a sparkling silver and pink and blue
fish
swim
to the very core
where all the pain starts
and where all the pain comes
back home
donate.redcrossredcrescent.org/ua/electricity
donate.redcrossredcrescent.org/ua/electricity
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
The Govt has adopted my first amendment to the Devolution Bill to make pollution part of their health plans.
Next up: a real duty to act on pollution, climate and nature. Write to your MP to sign my New Clause 29 today.