Alex Scott-Samuel
@dralexss.bsky.social
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☮Politics as if people mattered☮
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As of June 30 2022 England no longer has a national health service. It has been replaced by 42 legally autonomous 'integrated care boards' each with a rigid budget & the ability to choose what services are provided & by whom. The impacts are in the video
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How the Health and Care Bill affects you
YouTube video by Alex Scott-Samuel
https://youtu.be/yaAQhJkWSnU?si=31pJeGmWlE1qxNFN
about 1 year ago
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What has Starmer ever done wrong to us?!?
YouTube video by Martin Odoni
https://youtube.com/watch?v=1PI12nrs700
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#McFaddenMustResign
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#McSweeneyMustResign
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#StreetingMustResign
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#StarmerMustResign
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thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/lif...
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GMC applied blanket term to doctors and assistants
BMA reveals phrase ‘medical professionals’ used to describe PAs, AAs and doctors in Good Medical Practice during High Court appeal
https://thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/life-at-work/gmc-applied-blanket-term-to-doctors-and-assistants/
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Carole Cadwalladr
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NEW: What’s happening in the US is TECHNOFASCISM. It’s fascism + surveillance technologies. Palantir is playing a central role. And the UK is next in line. My latest for
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What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here
Peter Thiel's data surveillance company Palantir is powering Trump's ICE operation in the US. Carole Cadwalladr argues that the UK will be next
https://www.thenerve.news/p/technofascism-us-america-fascism-trump-palantir-peter-thiel-uk-nigel-farage-reform
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I've belatedly discovered Robbie Thompson. There is so much to hear. My current favourite is Look Who's Arriving
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Look Who's Arriving
YouTube video by Robbie Thompson - Topic
https://youtu.be/RMr2zhnP0AU?si=xElxslkrlhVqlZLf
7 days ago
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Painstaking dissection of Labour's ugly heart
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Why Keir Starmer Has No Power | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
https://youtu.be/c4NnGWHEhIA?si=t4CPnxq8KP6v1szE
7 days ago
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This superb challenge to these latest crimes against humanity must surely resound around the world
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
https://youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?si=6a4Al909GMPbMJyF
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Liverpool Women’s Hospital in the Eye of the NHS Storm
January 2025 “Save the Liverpool Women’s Hospital. No closure. No privatisation. No cuts. No merger. Reorganise the funding structures, not the hospital. Our babies and mothers, our sic…
https://saveliverpoolwomenshospital.com/2026/01/29/liverpool-womens-hospital-in-the-eye-of-the-nhs-storm/
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Clear and accurate commentary
#MMT
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The death of the NHS? Or the death of neoliberalism? Your choice.
A recent article posted on Medium predicts the NHS is going to die because it is unaffordable. Sadly that rather long article displays…
https://medium.com/@malcolmreavell/the-death-of-the-nhs-or-the-death-of-neoliberalism-your-choice-1168980cd942
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Fascinating discussion of
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, Marxism and China – especially the final section
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Ep 364 - State Money, Class Struggle with Anthony Anastasi
Podcast Episode · Macro N Cheese · 24/01/2026 · 1h
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/macro-n-cheese/id1453085489?i=1000746461459
15 days ago
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Right To Food London AGM - Monday 26 January, 6.30pm - in person and via zoom
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This is the most accurate description I've read of the situation in Your Party. If you're a member, the best thing you can possibly do is to endorse and later vote for The Many Corbyn-allied CEC candidates
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Sultana's Mythomania
Lies, damned lies and elections
https://substack.com/inbox/post/185415784?utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true
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Netanyahu skips Davos ‘peace board’ signing as Switzerland say he’ll be arrested
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Netanyahu skips Davos 'peace board' signing as Switzerland say he'll be arrested
Butcher of Gaza Benjamin Netanyahu is skipping the gangster 'Board of Peace' signing after Swiss authorities said they'd arrest him
https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/01/23/netyanhu-davos/
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Having been reminded of this wonderful blast from the mid 1980s I thought you might like it too. Stuff like this kept us sane during the Thatcher years
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Professor Nuts - In A The Bus
YouTube video by 1dubplate
https://youtu.be/V6-HN2IB-d8?si=RjjsmWLaRuPQegH9
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Strong on encouraging adjectives, weak on impact predictions... this report is like the government which produced it. Waffles about "mitigating risks" of privatisation rather than spelling out these fatal risks
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https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69651a7699fbdc498faecd1f/impact-statement-10-year-health-plan.pdf
20 days ago
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Speaking as a medical practitioner, this is nothing short of dangerous. I hope you are never diagnosed/treated by this under-trained practitioner
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Wes di Weasel
YouTube video by DuckStreetStudios
https://youtube.com/watch?v=y-7HFiyJ1MY&si=2ZqPR-lXOAfyQc0s
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This is who I shall be supporting in the forthcoming @thisisyourparty.baky.social elections. I hope you'll do the same
www.themany.uk/candidates
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Our Candidates — The Many
https://www.themany.uk/candidates
24 days ago
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I've spent 50 years in left politics and I know a winner when I see one. I'll be voting for The Many – and I strongly encourage you to do the same
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24 days ago
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This helped me learn French in 1960
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Bob Azzam - Mustapha
YouTube video by garageland66
https://youtu.be/zNbrEPWnYCg?si=uiZApOOelsbbTrri
29 days ago
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BREAKING NEWS It was the wonderful Garrison Keillor who gave Bob Dylan his name and his style Me and Bob at Al's diner
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Me and Bob at Al's diner
Podcast 135 - And then a tall woman with long black hair walked up with a jacket on a hanger. A tweed sport coat. I said, “Elaine, I want you to meet Bob Dylan.”
https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/me-and-bob-at-als-diner?publication_id=292075&play_audio=true&utm_medium=email&r=2rprcp
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Kristi Noem lets slip the identity of Minneapolis ICE murderer
Noem referred to another incident involving the same agent last year - and gave away enough detail that David Ross could be identified
https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/01/08/david-ross-ice/
about 1 month ago
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The slowed video at 5m in shows precisely what happened Fatal ICE Shooting
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Cenk REACTS To Fatal ICE Shooting
YouTube video by The Young Turks
https://youtube.com/watch?v=hv8M4cEnZgg
about 1 month ago
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Richard Murphy conference, Cambridge, February 28
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
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Cambridge, 28 February 2026
With Christmas and New Year well and truly over, it seems like a good time to remind you that we are holding an in-person event in Cambridge on 28 February 2026, which is now open for booking. The bo...
https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01/06/cambridge-28-february-2026-2/
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First off in the
@thisisyourparty.bsky.social
leadership elections is the Socialist Workers Party Trotskyists & fellow travellers slate. Their popularity gambit to win over middle Britain is abolition of the monarchy
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Maximum Member Democracy - Let’s deliver it
Grassroots Left Slate:Your Party CEC elections: Maximum Member DemocracyAgreed by representatives from the Democratic Socialists, Democratic Bloc, Platform for a Democratic Party, Trans Lib Group, G...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WMFzE-4G9w_SoG3s2oq4t2_9xdUnBKoySKjkzDyL9yc/mobilebasic
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Donate to A helping hand for Sean Halsall., organized by Alan Albert Gibbons
Southport socialist councillor Sean Halsall has been at the heart of getting Your… Alan Albert Gibbons needs your support for A helping hand for Sean Halsall.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-helping-hand-for-sean-halsall
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America accused of acting like 'cowboy state' after capture of Maduro
YouTube video by LBC
https://youtu.be/sqBN6gdx5Io?si=SbRS2HMdiZuXW_Wh
about 1 month ago
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Anne Michaels recorded and published Letters from Martha 40 years ago: it remains an all time favourite
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THE BOY WHO TURNED HIS FACE TOWARDS THE SUN - ROBBIE THOMPSON - A CAFE No.9 LIVE SESSION
YouTube video by Cafe No.9 Sessions
https://youtu.be/Sxi-8P0KaZA?si=KAeZ-Nl6QE6VoRrM
about 1 month ago
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Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat
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Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat (Official Audio)
YouTube video by LeonardCohenVEVO
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ohk3DP5fMCg
about 1 month ago
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Leonard Cohen - Democracy (Spoken Word)
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Leonard Cohen - Democracy (Spoken Word)
YouTube video by tomskc
https://youtu.be/rUIuAT97c4w?si=y7EpIaA_KZ7uWokg
about 1 month ago
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Never bettered
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White Christmas
YouTube video by Joshua Held
https://youtu.be/Ooc5eJc5SHA?si=eaqXC1821B7U29vg
about 2 months ago
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Read the digital edition of today!
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about 2 months ago
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Rathi Guhadasan
about 2 months ago
My solidarity is with striking
@bma.org.uk
resident doctors today. Not with a Health Secretary who attacks a union in the media rather than negotiating and working with them to address drs’ serious concerns. We all need a solution to stop dr attrition and burnout and make patient care safe.
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A wonderful result Andrea! Let's: rid Unison of those who suppress our labour movement; actively oppose & reverse NHS privatisation & Americanisation; make Rachel Reeves tell the truth about public money & rebuild our welfare state (#MMT); affiliate to
@thisisyourparty.bsky.social
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about 2 months ago
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I wrote this 5 years ago, describing the actions of Boris Johnson, Matt Hancock & Simon Stevens killing tens of thousands.
@ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social
found that virtually all these deaths were avoidable. As my final line says, it's time to make the guilty pay
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Tom Mellor – In Covid Town
YouTube video by Alex Scott-Samuel
https://youtu.be/1ey1DkViDGg?si=EjFhj84Vtb3KuNBJ
about 2 months ago
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Anne Maxwell
about 2 months ago
Here's the rebuttal to James Meadway asserting that MMT is "toxic sludge". Thank you
@mmt101.bsky.social
mmt101.substack.com/p/mmt-is-int...
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MMT is ‘intellectual toxic sludge’, writes economist James Meadway. Here are 3 things Meadway gets wrong about MMT
MMT Economics: Modern Monetary Theory: what it really says, and why Meadway’s criticisms don’t hold up
https://mmt101.substack.com/p/mmt-is-intellectual-toxic-sludge
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