Really proud to have had some small involvement in work that we published yesterday, strengthening our commitment to anti-racism and making CQC an anti-racist organisation 1/3 #Health #Inequalities www.cqc.org.uk/news/cqc-pub...

Thinking about the Prime Minister's departure from a political communication perspective Whatever your thoughts on what the PM achieved (or didn't) there is a fair amount of consensus that the communication from himself and the administration was not working 1/6 #Comms #PR

We often hear a lot of corporate speak about empathy being important It can feel a bit disingenuous sometimes #Comms #PR #Leadership #Empathy samuelwallace.home.blog/2026/06/22/d...

The obvious question at the heart of this story is why wasn't this solution to a problem Co-designed with people who use services, their families and advocates? 1/2 #NHS #Health #MentalHealth #codesign www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

I really hate this northeastbylines.co.uk/region/north... I get it's a way to keep funding for the arts but to bring everything back to economic development is such a reductionist approach Life is more than just the bottom line, art is the enrichment that takes us from survival to really living

I don't work in local government, but I've never felt more seen by a blog comms2point0.co.uk/comms2point0... #Comms #PR

Interesting and timely podcast www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-health-c... We can all see the growth of racism, both in it's occurrence but also it's severity across the country 1/2 #NHS #Health #Racism

Handsworth is now Green! 💚🥳 Huge congratulations to @edfreshwater.bsky.social!

Delighted that all 3 Green Party candidates are now a team of councillors, with @nickhartleygreen.bsky.social having been re-elected.

Jeez. The Labour leader of Keir Starmer’s local council, Camden, has failed to win his seat, with the entire ward he stood in being won by the Greens.

🚨 GREEN MILESTONE 🚨 For the first time, the Green Party has 1,000 councillors 💚 Congratulations to Cllr Maxine Webb - the 1,000th Green Party councillor - on being elected to Norfolk County Council 🎉

Let's go Wales. £1 bus fares. Rent controls. Tomorrow is the day for a Greener Wales! 💚

Samsung family in South Korea pays off record $8bn inheritance tax bill. IHT rate is 50%. The family said that "paying taxes is a natural duty of citizens". It establishes a benchmark for others. Can you imagine the super-rich doing the same in the UK?

#GetGreensElected - #VoteGreen

I've been think a lot lately about resilience and why it doesn't work for me Some thoughts below, hope they're helpful for someone and if you have any thoughts on this let me know #Comms #PR #Resilience samuelwallace.home.blog/2026/05/04/i...

There is both a wonderful smallness and gentleness to Small Prophets Through this it shows us how the everyday can be fantastical apollo-magazine.com/small-prophe...

This kind of approach could be more effective in delivering what people need, the challenge is that political necessity will often work counter to this Question is, how can we have policy that serves people's needs rather than politicians? #Health #NHS www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

The current AI ecosystem feels reminiscent of early internet Decentralised, organic, democratic spaces Vs corporate, exploitative ones We know which way the Internet as a whole went, let's hope AI can be different restofworld.org/2026/frugal-...

This is Apartheid. It's morally disgusting - and comes at the same time as Israel is committing an ongoing genocide. To see the Labour Government defend Israel repeatedly will horrify the British public - it cannot go on like this.

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Project Hail Mary Fantastic film The universe is filled with infinite wonders, but the greatest of them is the connections we make with each other

Expected but naive geo-political strategy from Saudi Arabia On the surface, ensuring a regional competitor is removed seems sensible but in reality the instability created by this conflict and/or a collapsed Iran will be destructive for their strategy to diversify the economy

Good article on the challenges of working in comms with dyslexia Much of the points in this piece feel relevant for anyone who's neuro diverse #Comms #PR www.allthingsic.com/managing-wit...

Climate change deepening inequalities is well known. This is an area of that I hadn't considered before but feels obvious when you think about it #climatechange www.sixthtone.com/news/1018324...

🗣 @zackpolanski.bsky.social: “For a truly progressive government, a wealth tax needs to be a day one priority.” ✅️

This first half is typical Scotland Best chance at a title for 20 years and it's errors all over the pitch and no drive/desire #6Nations #Rugby #IREVSCO

Some interesting findings here What sticks with me most is the results on the speed vs oversight trade off 1/2 #AI #Health #NHS www.health.org.uk/features-and...

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Interesting article Spot on in it's articulation of the problem, people in PR do a great job 'selling' the value of the organisations they work for but often miss the opportunity to do so for our profession Both publicly but also within our organisations influenceonline.co.uk/2026/02/20/h...

The King is mad

Really concerned to hear the Defence Secretary refuse to rule out UK's involvement in future strikes on Iran. Iraq lessons must be learned. Further escalation in the Middle East makes us all less safe. Starmer must rule out UK involvement immediately.

As we see more AI model use in medical diagnosis we'll need a serious conversation on how human validation interacts with them Who validates and at what stage will be key to making this safe and effective #Health #NHS #AI www.sixthtone.com/news/1018223...

🎉 Green WIN! 🎉 🌹 to 💚 💚 Congratulations to Aasiya Bora of Leicester Green Party on being elected in Stoneygate ward!

Yes- vote for Hannah Spencer!

I don't often miss twitter but old twitter would have been the best place to be to laugh at people who think Kpop is a band and not a genre #Kpop #Belfast

Really interesting perspective on shifting the focus of communications from messaging to relationships influenceonline.co.uk/2026/02/13/w... #PR #Communications

Something the Government want you to forget...

In what might be the fading days of the Islamic Republic Worth remembering that it was a desire for economic justice that propelled it to power, rather than a desire for theocracy And it's that unmet desire that's has eroded it's foundation newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...

Highlighting a vital need to reimagine and revitalise the welfare state www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

“Only those safe from fascism and its practices are likely to think that there might be a benefit in exchanging ideas with fascists.” So true lithub.com/fascism-is-n...

Good piece on the broad makeup of Russian opposition to Putin jacobin.com/2026/02/russ...

Pretty cool tool to see how you're networked

The daft thing is that with Proportional Representation there'd be no need for this self-destructive war within Labour. It could split into its component parts - left and right - and people could vote for what they wanted. It's only First-Past-the-Post that forces these irreconcilables together.

This is what politics should feel like: thoughtful, honest and shaking things up. Hannah Spencer is going to be a brilliant MP for Gorton & Denton. It's time to stop Reform in their tracks: Watch online this Wednesday.

Excellent article but stark reminder that for all the perceptions of universities as ivory towers for elites, they are actually vital hubs in towns n cities supporting local businesses and providing key services as well as education….

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Shocking story A health service that truly serves the interests of the public will always be open, transparent and willing to learn #NHS #Health www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Really good piece about such an overlooked but widespread issue Some great tips for PR / Comms leaders on how to be considerate to colleagues in this situation #Comms #PR influenceonline.co.uk/2026/01/09/c...

A really powerful podcast series from @theguardian.com on The Free Birth Society TW: Baby loss, medical trauma 1/2 open.spotify.com/show/57nEonC...

Today is Monday. So of course, yesterday being Sunday I published the latest edition of Five things on Friday (that I started writing on Tuesday). Please enjoy. www.fivethingsonfriday.com/archive/five...