Rachael 😷💉🌍🇪🇺🏳️🌈
@rachaelunderwood.bsky.social
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Nice little explainer thread on why doctors are angry and many can’t find jobs, despite the NHS being in crisis
What has gone wrong is part complacency, part incompetence and part deliberate
1 They have increased medical school places (and international recruitment) significantly but failed to match it with increase in postgrad training numbers with exception of GPVTS and Psych
1 They have increased medical school places (and international recruitment) significantly but failed to match it with increase in postgrad training numbers with exception of GPVTS and Psych
December 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Nice little explainer thread on why doctors are angry and many can’t find jobs, despite the NHS being in crisis
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VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
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In 2020 Keir Starmer and Alf Dubs urged the then Conservative Government to restore their commitment to family reunion for child refugees, saying there was a “moral argument” to protect desperately vulnerable young people.
Five years later Dubs condemns Starmer for doing the complete opposite
Five years later Dubs condemns Starmer for doing the complete opposite
November 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
In 2020 Keir Starmer and Alf Dubs urged the then Conservative Government to restore their commitment to family reunion for child refugees, saying there was a “moral argument” to protect desperately vulnerable young people.
Five years later Dubs condemns Starmer for doing the complete opposite
Five years later Dubs condemns Starmer for doing the complete opposite
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Yes let's be inspired by a country that has absolutely none of the contextual factors, needs or history that impacts migration that this country has. That will work
November 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Yes let's be inspired by a country that has absolutely none of the contextual factors, needs or history that impacts migration that this country has. That will work
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Hey Labour
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Hey Labour
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
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"Compared with other European countries, the UK received the fifth largest number of asylum seekers in the year ending March 2025, and the seventeenth largest intake when measured per head of population" - Home Office data
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"Compared with other European countries, the UK received the fifth largest number of asylum seekers in the year ending March 2025, and the seventeenth largest intake when measured per head of population" - Home Office data
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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Reminded today of this amazing open data project. Search by postcode for your local casualties of WW1, it’s astonishing
Astreetnearyou.org
Astreetnearyou.org
Astreetnearyou.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Reminded today of this amazing open data project. Search by postcode for your local casualties of WW1, it’s astonishing
Astreetnearyou.org
Astreetnearyou.org
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Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
October 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
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Why has Dominion Voting Systems been settling defamation lawsuits with Trump allies who falsely claimed the company stole the 2020 election?
Because Dominion has just been bought by a company run by a former GOP election official.
Be warned.
Because Dominion has just been bought by a company run by a former GOP election official.
Be warned.
October 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Why has Dominion Voting Systems been settling defamation lawsuits with Trump allies who falsely claimed the company stole the 2020 election?
Because Dominion has just been bought by a company run by a former GOP election official.
Be warned.
Because Dominion has just been bought by a company run by a former GOP election official.
Be warned.
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Does the news reflect what we die from?
October 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Does the news reflect what we die from?
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And yes I know it’s a long way away, lots of water under the bridge before then etc. But the next election is probably going to be about which bloc - the Lab-Lib-Green-etc left or the Tory-Reform right - unites first in vaguely workable fashion, and how well its voters understand what to do where.
October 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
And yes I know it’s a long way away, lots of water under the bridge before then etc. But the next election is probably going to be about which bloc - the Lab-Lib-Green-etc left or the Tory-Reform right - unites first in vaguely workable fashion, and how well its voters understand what to do where.
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If in 2029 we’re looking at a grand coalition of the willing on the left-to-centre to beat Reform, and tactical voting on a mahoosive scale, then the various bits of that coalition will have to work together on some level or they’re just going to eat each other’s votes
October 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
If in 2029 we’re looking at a grand coalition of the willing on the left-to-centre to beat Reform, and tactical voting on a mahoosive scale, then the various bits of that coalition will have to work together on some level or they’re just going to eat each other’s votes
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All of this. 👇
When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
September 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
All of this. 👇
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When the government is using *three* adjectives, it is a considerably weakness to have all three of them - "unrealistic, unworkable and unfunded" - being about how, rather than why. At least one or two of the three words should be fron the family of "unprincipled" or "extreme"
September 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
When the government is using *three* adjectives, it is a considerably weakness to have all three of them - "unrealistic, unworkable and unfunded" - being about how, rather than why. At least one or two of the three words should be fron the family of "unprincipled" or "extreme"
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In the late 19th century, millions of migrants left Germany as a result of religious persecution, economic hardship, and political uncertainty.
Among them was Nikolaus Schrod, a cabinet maker from Frankfurt who - along with his wife Bina - moved to London to start a new life in the 1850s. 1/3
Among them was Nikolaus Schrod, a cabinet maker from Frankfurt who - along with his wife Bina - moved to London to start a new life in the 1850s. 1/3
a black and white photo of a crowd of people with a sign that says walter
ALT: a black and white photo of a crowd of people with a sign that says walter
media.tenor.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
In the late 19th century, millions of migrants left Germany as a result of religious persecution, economic hardship, and political uncertainty.
Among them was Nikolaus Schrod, a cabinet maker from Frankfurt who - along with his wife Bina - moved to London to start a new life in the 1850s. 1/3
Among them was Nikolaus Schrod, a cabinet maker from Frankfurt who - along with his wife Bina - moved to London to start a new life in the 1850s. 1/3
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The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co
September 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
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This, by @petermitchellnhsn.bsky.social, is very good if very upsetting
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/tyne...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/tyne...
Tyneside Totenkopf
Paralleling scenes across Britain, a summer of far-right phase shift culminated in a stand-off in Newcastle this weekend, as ‘stop the boats’ marchers were opposed by campaigners defending the North E...
tribunemag.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This, by @petermitchellnhsn.bsky.social, is very good if very upsetting
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/tyne...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/tyne...
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Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.
September 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.
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STOP APPEASING FASCISTS.
Just sums up everything wrong with this government's approach at the moment, encouraging division rather than finding ways to bring the vast majority together.
Just sums up everything wrong with this government's approach at the moment, encouraging division rather than finding ways to bring the vast majority together.
September 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
STOP APPEASING FASCISTS.
Just sums up everything wrong with this government's approach at the moment, encouraging division rather than finding ways to bring the vast majority together.
Just sums up everything wrong with this government's approach at the moment, encouraging division rather than finding ways to bring the vast majority together.
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Want to be clear that the predictable violence against the police wasn't the only problem with yesterday's march
It's that 100,000 angry racists gathered in London for the biggest racist march in 50 years, and anyone not white had to steer clear
The govt can't see that because they are inadequate.
It's that 100,000 angry racists gathered in London for the biggest racist march in 50 years, and anyone not white had to steer clear
The govt can't see that because they are inadequate.
September 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Want to be clear that the predictable violence against the police wasn't the only problem with yesterday's march
It's that 100,000 angry racists gathered in London for the biggest racist march in 50 years, and anyone not white had to steer clear
The govt can't see that because they are inadequate.
It's that 100,000 angry racists gathered in London for the biggest racist march in 50 years, and anyone not white had to steer clear
The govt can't see that because they are inadequate.
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Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
My colleague @thejohnsimpson.bsky.social has done a terrific deep dive into the financial links between US tech billionaires and Tommy Robinson
Well worth a read
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Well worth a read
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
US cash turned Tommy Robinson into the poster boy of UK f...
Outside the Old Bailey in 2018, a reinvented Tommy Robinson flashed his perfect new teeth to 2,000 diehard supporters at a “free Tommy” rally on a stage ...
observer.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
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Still waiting for Starmer.
Today people went around my neighborhood in north east London spray painting St George’s crosses onto people’s homes. Many of these houses have non British people living in them.
This is getting very dark, very quick.
This is getting very dark, very quick.
September 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Still waiting for Starmer.
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Not a single one of the 110,000 knuckle dragging thugs in London today will vote Labour.
There is nothing to be lost but plenty to be gained by Starmer condemning them in very strong terms.
There is nothing to be lost but plenty to be gained by Starmer condemning them in very strong terms.
September 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Not a single one of the 110,000 knuckle dragging thugs in London today will vote Labour.
There is nothing to be lost but plenty to be gained by Starmer condemning them in very strong terms.
There is nothing to be lost but plenty to be gained by Starmer condemning them in very strong terms.