Public health agencies often have to tell people things they really don’t want to hear, especially in a frankly terrifying, highly emotional situation. Having relationships helps communities trust that outbreak mitigation steps are for the health of the community. When that trust is broken, well.

Former CDC Director Robert Redfield delivered a headline-grabbing line yesterday, saying that Ebola may become a pandemic. He also said of the outbreak, “…it wasn’t recognized very quickly. I’m not sure why”. IDK Dr. Redfield, maybe the termination of USAID had something to do with it?

Wonderful to officially open the refurbished workspaces at St Peter's Hospice in my constituency. The hospice received a £1m share of a £125m capital funding boost for adult and children’s hospices from this government – the biggest investment in a generation for hospices.

Reminder: They didn’t burn witches. They murdered women. Independent women. Assertive women. Intelligent women. Women who refused to be quiet. Women who refused to roll over. Women who refused to submit. Watch out for your sisters.

SpaceX only exists because it takes government money, but doesn't experience government oversight. SpaceX has a worse track record than NASA in a year-to-year comparison despite SpaceX having access to all the knowledge NASA learned in their experimental days. SpaceX is capitalism failure.

The evidence shows that males commit the overwhelming majority of sexual and violent offences, and the stats are not changed by the men’s self-identification ie the risk profile for trans women is the same as for other men.

Interesting to note the lack of outrage from the usual rage bait merchants in response to the murder of London bus driver, Sergei Krajev. I guess the name of the alleged assailant, Gary Jones, doesn't have the clickability value for their followers as, say, Mohammed Ali. news.sky.com/story/murder...

Evidence and statistics, you say?

I understand the concern about AI and I share it. But when used wisely, AI can make science more effective by helping us process vast amounts of data. Still, the fundamentals remain essential and can only come from real people: judgment, rigor & reproducibility. The #COVID data was done in 3D before

Agree. TBH I’m not in favour of Mahmood’s latest changes to immigration. I think making people who are allowed to stay wait 10 years is too much. But I really can’t bear this extremism coming from some on the far left. They’ve virtually accused Starmer of murder. It’s ridiculous.

Thom Hartmann: “The Fourteenth Amendment, written in the blood of the Civil War, says in Section 4 that this is blatantly illegal: “[N]either the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States.”…

So there is no true investigative journalism anymore. Just tech bros propaganda.

This government is overhauling a broken SEND system that failed children. We want every child to have the right support in local schools, without having to fight for it. We'll learn from international best practice and chart a new path forward, together. metro.co.uk/2026/05/18/u...

We live in a country where 92% of land and 97% of rivers are no go zones for the public. This film exposes that while following the Right to Roam movement. It’s on tonight, for one night only, in the Stroud Vue.

The BBC continues its tradition of inviting on to its flagship current affairs/news programmes, race-baiting, BBC hating, right-wing commentators who have their own shows on their own right-wing channels. If Alex Phillips has something to say, she can fucking say it on Talk. #politicslive

One of most destructive acts of the Cameron-Osborne era was the decision to target austerity on local government.

New post: Why Labour's current disarray is ultimately the consequence of Osborne’s austerity mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2026/05/why-... The media's belief that 2010 austerity was necessary led to Corbyn's victory, which then led to Starmer's Blue Labour and their subsequent polling disaster.

Never forget, Cameron's Tories brought Brexit because Farage's UKIP was taking a bite out of Tory polling. Without a care, Cameron & Cabinet bet the nation for Tory Party benefit; to the absolute disastrous detriment of the nation.

Except they didn't realise it was a bet; they thought they were the only ones with cards. The definition of people playing with fire because they don't know it's hot.

Brexit is slowly being reversed The UK is already moving back toward the European market through new UK-EU agreements on security, defence, energy, agri-food rules, carbon pricing, electricity trading, Erasmus+ re-entry from 2027 and a possible youth mobility scheme.

If you ask British business what they need it’s not the political shenanigans of politicians / it’s predictable government that allows them to plan & invest. All Burnhams ambitions will end up doing is setting back our recovery by months if not years.

Shabana Mahmood: "Criminal gangs have exploited our high streets to launder their dirty money and undercut honest businesses. We're hitting back with a nationwide crackdown to shut these fronts down, seize dirty cash, drive organised crime off our high streets and put bosses behind bars."

On local council election night, if you've missed it Tim Montgomerie was saying "I've been out on the doorstep in these elections, the absolute visceral hatred and detestation of Starmer really shocked me, there's absolutely no foundation for that level of dislike and it really upset me!'

#Erasmus+ will benefit more than just University students - people from all ages and backgrounds will have the opportunity to live, study, work, and train abroad, including adult learners, sports staff, teachers, and youth workers. We can’t wait for 2027 🌍

This

Labour have it well under control, they don't need to change the rules after the event and take away the status that so many have worked so hard for. That’s not who we are, surely….?

This needs far wider coverage. Men paid by the state to have deceptive relationships with women even having kids whilst in some cases already being married to other women who in turn had no idea what was going on. As Indira says it wasn't even illegal.. FFS!

Fixing the foundations part 94!

I find the whole Corbynite 'the right wing of the party wanted him to fail' a bit absurd I didn't want him as leader, but I knocked doors, stuffed envelopes, drove people to polling stations, put up posters & delivered leaflets. I respected & campaigned with his big fans I'm Labour & he was leader

This is what the loss of a party of government actually looks like.

Precisely this!

Just why Burnham & Streeting, you pair of planks.

Every. Single. Day. 😎✨

They have been smoked out and the Streeting/Burnham camps will be briefing against each other. They have lost momentum and the more Burnhams vague, back of a fag packet policies, and his record in government, are examined, he will be found wanting. Streeting looks like an unprepared backstabber

Burnham isn't PM material, media frenzy or not. Good in Manchester but on a world stage, cringe. He's lost 2 previous contests. Also, for the foreseeable, we can't go further left. We need stability. In time perhaps if we've recovered enough from the Tories. Only Starmer can achieve that I think.

So now we will have months of the news dominated by what Burnham or Streeting said. Division and distraction instead of delivery. Do these Labour rebels have any thought of the damage they're wreaking? I'm appalled.

There is no joining the EU quickly. Only a fool would believe that. Starmer has spent 4 years quietly building up trust with 27 countries who all have to say ‘yes’. He is the only one who stands a chance of getting us back into the EU. Not Burnham. Not Streeting. Starmer. They trust him.

"Our man is a brilliant potential prime minister, but also if he's forced to discuss the central economic and foreign policy question facing the nation, his campaign will fall apart."

Got my degree in 1990 and passed the qualifications in 2000. Optometry. Got a grant, free tuition and no debt. Walked into a £40k a year job. Bought a house. How have we got it so wrong for the young of today?

Just how difficult can it be for Labour MPs to understand this.?

"I spoke at the Cambridge Union last night about LGBs, children's safety and women's rights." Maeve Halligan gave a courageous and outstanding speech, which, if you haven't already seen it, is well worth 10 minutes of your time. youtu.be/wE0JY9d7f-w?...

If this isn't "designed to stir up hatred" against Jews, what is? Why are the Met not arresting them?

Indeed this!

It is true to say that, despite a raft of positive changes, things remain tough for many people. However, creating instability when people need us to focus on the job would be irresponsible. The Conservatives lost their ability to govern because of their infighting. We can't make the same mistake.

Say Burnham becomes PM. We all know being a Labour PM is a target every second for the media. His language will be scrutinised,what he said before the challenge v what he’s doing now. It will be worse than Starmers treatment. This isn’t suddenly gonna change a thing,think it will,you are delusional

Muslim NHS worker said her discrimination case victory over bosses who allowed trans woman to use single sex toilets as a win 'for all women' trib.al/gYTztHI

Starmer's challengers are playing Farage's game. Latest Inside-Out column. open.substack.com/pub/philipst...