A ‘wassail’ for the new year from @bjgp.bsky.social ! bjgplife.com/wassail/ FYI @euanlawson.social @drtomround.bsky.social @nadakhan.bsky.social @timsenior.bsky.social @sammerriel.bsky.social @rcgp.bsky.social @rcgp-innovait.bsky.social

Looking for a New Year's resolution ? Try Moral Ambition: Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference by Rutger Bregman reviewed by Terry Kemple @bjgp.bsky.social @bjgpopen.bsky.social bjgplife.com/moral-ambiti...

Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.

There has been a strong reaction to the antisemitism allegations levelled at Nigel Farage - except from those you might have expected to condemn it most loudly. My piece for @jewishnews.bsky.social on a strange silence www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...

You thought the patriarchy was going to stop with trans people? Really? www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics. Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.

Any GPs on here want to come and chat to me about ADHD referrals under the Right to Choose process. I would very much welcome your insight...

🚨"They want to take away your healthcare and sell it back to you" American doctor in the NHS raises alarm about underfunding and privatisation of the NHS. Share if you support our NHS. vist.ly/4h6vb

Today House of Commons will debate Railways Bill Great that franchises are coming into public ownership but we also need 🚄 Publicly owned rolling stock (trains) 🚄 An end to competition + private profit 🚄 Accountable passenger watchdog 🚄 Lower fares, new lines, investment!

🎯ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY🎯 The Green Party has passed 180,000 members! That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉 All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope. Be part of it. Join today ⤵️

Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for putting restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether. He did not declare that Reform had just received £9 million from one of its biggest investors bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...

Feel free to share any interesting insights with @bjgp.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social

Is good will becoming a cover for exploitation or just not sustainable? @nadakhan.bsky.social unpack the debate @bjgp.bsky.social bjgplife.com/maybe-its-ti... fyi @drtomround.bsky.social @sammerriel.bsky.social @timsenior.bsky.social @joannelreeve.bsky.social

Failures at South East Water owned water treatment centre led to tens of thousands of people in Tunbridge Wells being cut off from the supply. In 2024, regulator warned SEW over bacteria and pesticide contamination risks ... nothing happened. Does any regulator serve the people?

Facts

And being inspired @oxprimarycare.bsky.social by @louiseyounie.bsky.social on creative enquiry www.creativeenquiry.co.uk/human-flouri...

At @oxprimarycare.bsky.social educators conference thinking about Ai - here's a thought for the day from @bjgp.bsky.social bjgplife.com/the-art-of-a...

So here it is - the December @bjgp.bsky.social with bjgplife.com/yuletide/ fyi @rcgp.bsky.social @rcgpscotland.bsky.social @rcgp-innovait.bsky.social

A Yuletide mystery bjgplife.com/yuletide/ from @bjgp.bsky.social December edition FYI @euanlawson.social @timsenior.bsky.social @nadakhan.bsky.social @drtomround.bsky.social @sammerriel.bsky.social @bjgpopen.bsky.social

Am looking forward to co-leading a workshop on creative writing and medicine tomorrow in Oxford

Any uk taxpayer found an accessible explainer for Making Tax Digital? I actually watched the HMRC webinar which was a superb example of how to bore people stupid without giving them the information they need. Someone surely has cracked this?

If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch. We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling. 🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states. This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺

Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics. Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages. Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare... This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.

Schrödinger’s consultation - a thing in general practice! @bjgp.bsky.social @bjgpopen.bsky.social @euanlawson.social @drtomround.bsky.social @nadakhan.bsky.social @sammerriel.bsky.social @timsenior.bsky.social bjgplife.com/schrodingers...

As the Budget looms, Labour is ignoring the most obvious cause of Britain's economic woes: Brexit. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The President of the United States is publicly calling for the political prosecution of his political opponents, urging the death penalty because they urged soldiers to uphold the rule of law. This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.

Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."

BREAKING: Reform UK's former Welsh leader and close Nigel Farage associate, Nathan Gill, sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for repeatedly taking bribes to spread pro-Russian propaganda

From Error to Ethics: Five essential lessons from teaching clinicians in trouble bjgplife.com/from-error-t... I am looking forward to hearing from the author directly at www.apothecaries.org a week today at the Osler and Selwyn lectures

A Doctor’s Bag for Tomorrow: Packed with Apps, AI and Good Old Fashioned Eye Contact bjgplife.com/a-doctors-me... from @bjgp.bsky.social fyi @euanlawson.social @nadakhan.bsky.social @drtomround.bsky.social @sammerriel.bsky.social @bjgpopen.bsky.social @rcgp-innovait.bsky.social

81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

Need some reading while delayed in an airport today? Climate change is adding more bumps to the friendly skies New research in Weather & Climate Dynamics via @egu.eu: storms are becoming more intense, frequent, & shifting tracks, bringing stronger winds/turbulence, especially during 🛬 &🛫

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

Yep. And to think that so many people think this man is some sort of hero is such a sign of our twisted times.

Incredible to deliver the Sydenham Lecture at the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries this week! Thank you @gentlemedic.bsky.social for the invite.

FYI @bjgp.bsky.social @bjgpopen.bsky.social @euanlawson.social @drtomround.bsky.social @timsenior.bsky.social @nadakhan.bsky.social

This fantastic book arrived today written by Ben Hoban an Exeter GP it builds on his excellent articles in @bjgp.bsky.social . It comprises an excellent set of reflections discussions and short stories. Who knew that fun could also be Cpd? FYI @rcgp-innovait.bsky.social @bedsidereading.bsky.social

Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…

FYI @empathy-centre.bsky.social @rcgp.bsky.social @euanlawson.social @drtomround.bsky.social

Two amazing medical authors discussing silencing of patients and meaning-making in medicine at the historic Apothecaries Hall on 28 October fyi @mja-uk.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social catalogue.apothecaries.org/product?cata...

Rachel Reeves set to blame Nigel Farage for tax rises in the Budget, saying he delivered Brexit with “easy sloganeering” and then walked away It’s about time www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack. Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia. Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

Cartoon by John Deering.

Book review: The Elements bjgplife.com/book-review-...

Don't threaten us with a good time, Daily Express.

Two amazing medical authors discussing silencing of patients and meaning-making in medicine at the historic Apothecaries Hall on 28 October fyi @mja-uk.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social catalogue.apothecaries.org/product?cata...