This strikes a chord for me, beautiful writing.

My petition should be soaring past the 10,000 mark. Please help me share it as widely as possible. What's at stake is an abnormal proliferation of tax havens and feudal enclaves petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

BREAKING: Heroic police officers save public from this terrifying terrorist who was holding a sign the government doesn’t like x

How do we keep GPs in the job? New research from Sophie Park. www.phc.ox.ac.uk/news/gp-work...

NEW: Scottish activists taking part in a historic humanitarian mission to Gaza have been detained by Israel

Keir Starmer welcomed Israeli president Herzog to Downing Street as 200,000 Palestinians were forced to flee Gaza and Israel prepared for a further offensive.

Peak rail fares scrapped on ScotRail trains. Scotland also has: Public ownership of water, lower water bills than England's. No university tuition fees for local students. No prescription charges, abolished in 2011. No two child benefit cap from March 2026. England must follow.

This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”

How influential is the Israeli lobby in British politics? We look at MPs’ links with Israel @sussexbylines.co.uk

Here's how the real two-tier Britain works: 1. Whatever Nigel Farage says, however stupid, is looped and discussed by the media, while left-wing voices are treated as noises off. 2. Tiny far-right protests get massive airtime, while 10s of 000s gathering for Palestine or green causes are ignored.🧵

Why is some criminal damage with red paint acceptable when some is not? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08...

The message of journalist Anas Al-Sharif to the world, just one hour before he was assassinated by Israeli forces a short while ago. (+ Includes Alt Text)

We're launching an emergency petition to demand the UK stops arms sales, RAF flights, and military backing immediately. For every 1,000 signatures, we’ll send a message straight to Keir Starmer. Let’s show him the public won’t stay silent while Gaza burns. act.38degrees.org.uk/act/stop-isr...

Still brilliant. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVy7...

The police have been wrong-footed by this absurd attempt to ban people from caring about Gaza as much as the rest of us have. Press release from Defend Our Juries. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

What words remain for a government that goes to court to insist it be allowed to continue selling weapons to a state committing genocide, then sends a letter of complaint when those weapons are used?

Private Eye hits the nail on the head

Amanda Doyle of NHS England asked GPs to see the plans as an opportunity not a threat - but that's not how it's landed with most GPs. My latest in BMJ bmj.com/cgi/content/...

BJGPLife: Devalued: The financial erosion of the GP role bjgplife.com/devalue...

Reaction to the derisory DDRB uplift here: bmascotland.home.blog/2025/05/23/d...

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NEW: The BBC must join international calls to exclude Israel from the Eurovision Song Contest, Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie has said

Our government is still arming Israel. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...

The Court of Appeal has this week ruled that anti-protest laws which completely ignored the will of Parliament are UNLAWFUL It has not been mentioned on a single news show this morning. If they won’t cover it let’s do it ourselves

Great opportunity to deliver celebrations for Dingwall's 800 year birthday feisrois.org/get-involved... #Dingwall800

BJGPLife: What is Illness? bjgplife.com/what-is...

Truly wish the world's media could be even half as outraged at Israel's extermination of the Palestinian people, as they are at trade tariffs.

Almost unbelievably, the Labour government is now piling on more anti-protest laws. Its justification is to protect religious worshippers from "intimidation", but the way the proposed new measures are framed would allow the police to shut down protests almost anywhere.

🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨 This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️ 👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

“There is this terrible misconception that disabled people just take, but actually by taking from us, you prevent us from being able to give – we want to be able to participate in life equally the same as anyone else, and that includes going to work.” Disability campaigner Tanni Gray-Thompson

'Has your department carried out an impact assessment of how many people will be affected by these cuts?' Welfare Secretary Liz Kendall is asked about plans to save billions of pounds from the benefits budget

Neoliberal achievements. Higher homelessness, food insecurity, malnutrition, lack of good food/housing, fuel poverty, sewage in rivers, crumbling schools. Underfunded NHS can't provide timely care. Corporations making record profits. Rich got richer in a corrupt political system.

“I can be a GP in the style that I enjoy.”  Professional values, autonomy, and fairness are experienced as influencing GPs' decisions to move or stay in #Rural #Scotland doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @louiselocock.bsky.social#Rural#Scotland#PrimaryCare

If this were Just Stop Oil, there'd have been dozens of arrests, furious denunciations in the billionaire press and, perhaps, long jail sentences. Farmers have a right to protest, and the police respect it. Other people, it seems, not so much. The real #TwoTierPolicing www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

🛑 LATEST: What Is Ethnic Cleansing? 👇🏻 Let #BrokenNews explain all in their latest report. Please like and share this message. youtu.be/XFG4IE6XsYQ?...

Lucky for the tractor drivers they weren't objecting to the continued burning of fossil fuels leading to environmental degradation, natural disasters, weather extremes, food insecurity, economic disruption, conflict, and terrorism. Still can't quite see how an ambulance would get through though.

If Labour approves the Rosebank oil field, it would be the final straw for many of its green-minded voters. It might appease corporate power for a moment, but in doing so it will lose far more than it gains. The government seems to be on a self-destructive streak. Now's the time to rethink.

United Nations Censures UK Over Abuse of Terrorism Act Against Journalists and Activists. Despite this HMG ploughs on... www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...

Our NHS is not for sale. Trade talks with Trump must not open the door to US healthcare profiting from our NHS. Keir Starmer must protect our NHS by keeping it off the table during deal negotiations. Join me by adding your name to 38 Degrees’ petition: 38d.gs/TrumpxNHSBS

These stats are frankly bonkers. If anybody is complaining about why they are waiting to see a GP. They need to ask why successive governments have not supported the same growth in GP numbers as it has hospital medic numbers. Agree @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social or just going to sit & watch the end

Silly nonsense about involving communities in shaping their own health priorities. Whatever next? @sshmedicine.bsky.social @mgtmccartney.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social @mancunianmedic.bsky.social healthandcare.scot/stories/4019...

Brilliant by the awesome Margaret McCartney. It seems to me there is a widespread brief in “prevention” which is really early detection. This belief is often wrong, and whether to screen is usually a difficult call. Fund and support the National Screening Committee. Listen to experts.

Palliative Care Doctor, Dr Rachel Clarke, "There are thousands of people suffering unnecessary pain" "We may be in a peculiar position where we have a state funded dying service but we don't have a state funded palliative care service"

King Charles inherited £650m tax free, gets £125m a year tax free from the tax payer and has an estate worth £22bn that’s never taxed. But he still needed a 45% pay rise. Like if he needs a pay cut. RP if you want the Monarchy gone. #AbolishTheMonarchy