Ian Alexander
@iandalexander.bsky.social
Irish/Welsh by parentage. Scots by birth. European/Internationalist by inclination. An awkward Celt.
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Stop right there - are you saying migrants… help run essential services?
Next you’ll be telling me the NHS doesn’t staff itself by magic.
Shocking.
Next you’ll be telling me the NHS doesn’t staff itself by magic.
Shocking.
Reform council leader urges Labour to reconsider curbs on care worker visas
Kent’s Linden Kemkaran writes to government to express ‘grave concern’ about possible exodus of overseas care staff
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Stop right there - are you saying migrants… help run essential services?
Next you’ll be telling me the NHS doesn’t staff itself by magic.
Shocking.
Next you’ll be telling me the NHS doesn’t staff itself by magic.
Shocking.
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Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth
June 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth
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The trains in the Netherlands are 100% #windpowered. Over 5,500 trips a day 100% #renewable.
We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climateemergency #climateaction #climate #energy #renewableenergy #renewables #GreenNewDeal
We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climateemergency #climateaction #climate #energy #renewableenergy #renewables #GreenNewDeal
June 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The trains in the Netherlands are 100% #windpowered. Over 5,500 trips a day 100% #renewable.
We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climateemergency #climateaction #climate #energy #renewableenergy #renewables #GreenNewDeal
We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climateemergency #climateaction #climate #energy #renewableenergy #renewables #GreenNewDeal
Latest Covid variants and outlook for UK summer
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Latest Covid variants and outlook for UK summer
There probably will be a Covid summer wave.
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May 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Latest Covid variants and outlook for UK summer
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It's a shame that international student numbers will be cut, because only 2% of voters want their post-study work limited and they bring £37bn to the country. But Britain has gone mad and willingly chosen poverty, so there it is, nothing to be done. www.russellgroup.ac.uk/news/new-pol...
New polling shows public support for international students | Russell Group
A new survey shows the majority of people don't think international students are a priority for immigration restrictions
www.russellgroup.ac.uk
May 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It's a shame that international student numbers will be cut, because only 2% of voters want their post-study work limited and they bring £37bn to the country. But Britain has gone mad and willingly chosen poverty, so there it is, nothing to be done. www.russellgroup.ac.uk/news/new-pol...
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🚨 New Poll
🔴58% want closer EU ties, just 20% US.
🔴51% want Starmer to do more to improve UK-EU relations:
46% support rejoining the EU customs union (22% oppose).
44% support rejoining single market (23% oppose)
🔴58% oppose lowering UK regulations to strike deal with US.
archive.ph/2025.05.10-1...
🔴58% want closer EU ties, just 20% US.
🔴51% want Starmer to do more to improve UK-EU relations:
46% support rejoining the EU customs union (22% oppose).
44% support rejoining single market (23% oppose)
🔴58% oppose lowering UK regulations to strike deal with US.
archive.ph/2025.05.10-1...
May 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🚨 New Poll
🔴58% want closer EU ties, just 20% US.
🔴51% want Starmer to do more to improve UK-EU relations:
46% support rejoining the EU customs union (22% oppose).
44% support rejoining single market (23% oppose)
🔴58% oppose lowering UK regulations to strike deal with US.
archive.ph/2025.05.10-1...
🔴58% want closer EU ties, just 20% US.
🔴51% want Starmer to do more to improve UK-EU relations:
46% support rejoining the EU customs union (22% oppose).
44% support rejoining single market (23% oppose)
🔴58% oppose lowering UK regulations to strike deal with US.
archive.ph/2025.05.10-1...
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Israel is sick. And the world must stop it.
April 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Israel is sick. And the world must stop it.
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The Centre for Health & the Public Interest said Streeting was talking “utter nonsense” about the private sector providing extra capacity because almost all the doctors it uses to perform operations are NHS staff
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Streeting defends NHS use of private sector but says it must ‘pull its weight’
Health secretary accused of talking ‘utter nonsense’ about private sector’s ability to help cut NHS waiting times
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The Centre for Health & the Public Interest said Streeting was talking “utter nonsense” about the private sector providing extra capacity because almost all the doctors it uses to perform operations are NHS staff
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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this is an amazing reduction from ULEZ!
Wooah. 18.5% reduction in sick leave reported.
(And this was pre-Covid:
"Our sample periods for the LEZ and ULEZ analyses are 2005–2009 and 2016–2019, respectively.")
(And this was pre-Covid:
"Our sample periods for the LEZ and ULEZ analyses are 2005–2009 and 2016–2019, respectively.")
📢A new study from @uniofbath.bsky.social shows London's low emissions zones have had major benefits for human health and the economy, with a 10.2% decrease in respiratory issues following LEZ implementation, an **18.5%** reduction in sick leave, and annual public health savings of over £37 million.
April 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
this is an amazing reduction from ULEZ!
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Trump Grows Increasingly Combative in Showdowns With the Courts (Gift Article)
Scholars say that the Trump administration is now flirting with lawless defiance of court orders, a path with an uncertain end.
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April 16, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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