Derek Petrie
@drpetrie48.bsky.social
Independence-oriented, small-holder, deer-stalker and mental health worker.
I understand the rationale behind not screening all men with the PSA test. Like it or not, it's logical.
Wouldn't it be sensible to identify all those with the BRCA1, BRCA2, and HOXB13 genetics though? That must be a much smaller number, and if I understand correctly those are the men most at risk.
Wouldn't it be sensible to identify all those with the BRCA1, BRCA2, and HOXB13 genetics though? That must be a much smaller number, and if I understand correctly those are the men most at risk.
November 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I understand the rationale behind not screening all men with the PSA test. Like it or not, it's logical.
Wouldn't it be sensible to identify all those with the BRCA1, BRCA2, and HOXB13 genetics though? That must be a much smaller number, and if I understand correctly those are the men most at risk.
Wouldn't it be sensible to identify all those with the BRCA1, BRCA2, and HOXB13 genetics though? That must be a much smaller number, and if I understand correctly those are the men most at risk.
Reposted by Derek Petrie
Robbie shouting into a megaphone: "Apparently the law says we can't protest here! Well, what idiots passed that law!?!"
*An aide has a quick whisper in his ear*
Robbie gets back on the megaphone: "Eer, best not look into that too much. Let's go protest somewhere else instead, guys!"
*An aide has a quick whisper in his ear*
Robbie gets back on the megaphone: "Eer, best not look into that too much. Let's go protest somewhere else instead, guys!"
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Robbie shouting into a megaphone: "Apparently the law says we can't protest here! Well, what idiots passed that law!?!"
*An aide has a quick whisper in his ear*
Robbie gets back on the megaphone: "Eer, best not look into that too much. Let's go protest somewhere else instead, guys!"
*An aide has a quick whisper in his ear*
Robbie gets back on the megaphone: "Eer, best not look into that too much. Let's go protest somewhere else instead, guys!"
Of course he is, Westminster holds the Welsh purse strings. Unionists do seem clueless sometimes.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Of course he is, Westminster holds the Welsh purse strings. Unionists do seem clueless sometimes.
I've always thought leading Brexiteers would be in jail before this nonsense is over. Is this the first one?
November 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I've always thought leading Brexiteers would be in jail before this nonsense is over. Is this the first one?
That is genuinely funny. 😂
November 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
That is genuinely funny. 😂
Wow, hostage to fortune?
November 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Wow, hostage to fortune?
And you can deep-fry the left-overs in bread crumbs! Double comfort food.
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
And you can deep-fry the left-overs in bread crumbs! Double comfort food.
Clearly no system should be simply adopted uncritically.
But it is interesting that the Danes have been able to develop a rigorous immigration system inside the EU.
Maybe Brexit was just funded by tax-dodgers after all.
But it is interesting that the Danes have been able to develop a rigorous immigration system inside the EU.
Maybe Brexit was just funded by tax-dodgers after all.
November 17, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Clearly no system should be simply adopted uncritically.
But it is interesting that the Danes have been able to develop a rigorous immigration system inside the EU.
Maybe Brexit was just funded by tax-dodgers after all.
But it is interesting that the Danes have been able to develop a rigorous immigration system inside the EU.
Maybe Brexit was just funded by tax-dodgers after all.
😂😂😂
Interesting to note that all his anti-EU rhetoric falls flat when faced with the reality that the Danes (within the EU and ECHR) can have a quite rigorous immigration policy.
The Tories could always have done that, it was never about the EU or ECHR.
Interesting to note that all his anti-EU rhetoric falls flat when faced with the reality that the Danes (within the EU and ECHR) can have a quite rigorous immigration policy.
The Tories could always have done that, it was never about the EU or ECHR.
November 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
😂😂😂
Interesting to note that all his anti-EU rhetoric falls flat when faced with the reality that the Danes (within the EU and ECHR) can have a quite rigorous immigration policy.
The Tories could always have done that, it was never about the EU or ECHR.
Interesting to note that all his anti-EU rhetoric falls flat when faced with the reality that the Danes (within the EU and ECHR) can have a quite rigorous immigration policy.
The Tories could always have done that, it was never about the EU or ECHR.
Replaced by who though?
The Tories who crashed the whole union, Labour who made a hash of Wales and have no idea what they mean, or UKIP/Reform who are just the right wingers too incompetent and daft be allowed in the Tory party?
The Tories who crashed the whole union, Labour who made a hash of Wales and have no idea what they mean, or UKIP/Reform who are just the right wingers too incompetent and daft be allowed in the Tory party?
November 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Replaced by who though?
The Tories who crashed the whole union, Labour who made a hash of Wales and have no idea what they mean, or UKIP/Reform who are just the right wingers too incompetent and daft be allowed in the Tory party?
The Tories who crashed the whole union, Labour who made a hash of Wales and have no idea what they mean, or UKIP/Reform who are just the right wingers too incompetent and daft be allowed in the Tory party?
Could you be sued for thinking it's all a big spoof then?
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Could you be sued for thinking it's all a big spoof then?
It does seem to have generated quite a lot of hysteria.
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
It does seem to have generated quite a lot of hysteria.
Curiouser and curiouser.....
Not unhappy with the outcome, but WTF?
Not unhappy with the outcome, but WTF?
November 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Curiouser and curiouser.....
Not unhappy with the outcome, but WTF?
Not unhappy with the outcome, but WTF?
Doesn't this show that our immigration control complaints had nothing to do with the EU in the first place?
November 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Doesn't this show that our immigration control complaints had nothing to do with the EU in the first place?
Is that better than making no promises so that you can't be held accountable?
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Is that better than making no promises so that you can't be held accountable?
Is it frightening? Or does the union just need to be very differently constituted to survive?
Maybe people who want the union need to be a bit more nuanced, imaginative and constructive.
Maybe people who want the union need to be a bit more nuanced, imaginative and constructive.
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Is it frightening? Or does the union just need to be very differently constituted to survive?
Maybe people who want the union need to be a bit more nuanced, imaginative and constructive.
Maybe people who want the union need to be a bit more nuanced, imaginative and constructive.
I bought a RBL one, but these are nicer, maybe the Poppy Fund needs to do better.
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I bought a RBL one, but these are nicer, maybe the Poppy Fund needs to do better.
Look out!
It'll be the, "Ah! But what currency...?" prank next. 🤦♂️
It'll be the, "Ah! But what currency...?" prank next. 🤦♂️
November 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Look out!
It'll be the, "Ah! But what currency...?" prank next. 🤦♂️
It'll be the, "Ah! But what currency...?" prank next. 🤦♂️
Smells of desperation.....
November 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Smells of desperation.....
Crikey, if you didn't pay air traffic controllers at the end of month one, in the UK the planes just wouldn't be in the air next day.
November 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Crikey, if you didn't pay air traffic controllers at the end of month one, in the UK the planes just wouldn't be in the air next day.
I have always thought that there will be Brexiteers in jail before this is all over.
November 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I have always thought that there will be Brexiteers in jail before this is all over.
Turning serious political matters into a "national soap opera" is a really dangerous issue.
A media world that reflects gossip rather than fact, heat rather than light and seems to have a phobia about reflecting complexity is a big part of that too.
A media world that reflects gossip rather than fact, heat rather than light and seems to have a phobia about reflecting complexity is a big part of that too.
November 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Turning serious political matters into a "national soap opera" is a really dangerous issue.
A media world that reflects gossip rather than fact, heat rather than light and seems to have a phobia about reflecting complexity is a big part of that too.
A media world that reflects gossip rather than fact, heat rather than light and seems to have a phobia about reflecting complexity is a big part of that too.
Quite a violent assertion....is that wise given recent events?
November 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Quite a violent assertion....is that wise given recent events?