Watch today’s hearings live from 10:30 (with a three minute delay) on our 📺 YouTube channel 👇 https://www.youtube.com/@UKCovid-19Inquiry

One in five children infected in the recent London measles outbreak were reportedly hospitalised. Don’t believe the anti-vaxxers when they say “it’s a mild disease” or “it’s better to get immunity naturally”. It isn’t.

A reminder that measles cannot be treated, it can only be prevented. It is one of the most contagious diseases in the world and can cause blindness, deafness and life-threatening lung and brain infections.

Matt Goodwin and ReformUK do not want to take us back to the past but to a dystopian future. Women will never give control of their bodies back to a government. Do not vote ReformUK #GortonandDenton #ReformUK #MattGoodwin #byelection

“Seven schools and a nursery have reported more than 60 suspected cases of measles in an area of north London, and labs have confirmed 34 cases since January 12. Some children have been treated in hospital.” archive.md/2026.02.1...

The UK was declared measles free in 2017. Vaccine programs completely eliminated it. Since then, pro sickness conspiracy theorists and anti science idiots have enabled its return.

Describes as 'one of the UK’s most influential cultural assets', it broadcast to millions. Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan called it: “Perhaps Britain’s greatest gift to the world” in the 20th century. I learned so much working there. Yet, its end has been coming since I joined. So sad..

This is part of a bigger story that hasn't had much coverage about the FCDO being cut to ribbons. Development funding has been slashed but foreign office staff are also being reduced by 20-30%.

I like the government pivot to reminding voters that Farage is an avowed enemy of NATO & Europe & an ardent admirer of Vladimir Putin, who routinely orders the murders of critics & opponents. It is politically effective & morally essential.

15 years ago today I arrived on Downing Street in a cage. I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong. Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole. Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you... (Photos AP)

Where "supply" just means "eventually deliver" after another, entrely different, country kindly pays for the weapons that the U.S. is selling, as needed by Uraine. That's $15 billion dollars of cha ching. These aren't being supplied after donation.

What could possibly go wrong? “Staff members at the United States’s premier infectious-disease research institute have been instructed to remove the words “biodefense” and “pandemic preparedness” from the institute’s web pages” 🧪🦠 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

That the European establishment lept to their feet to give Marco Rubio a standing ovation at #MSC is a prime example of what I wrote about last week. He insulted them and promised to break Europe apart. But they desperately sought comfort in his words about America & Europe sharing a common culture

What a bunch of…. Nothing good comes from these people. Nothing hopeful for the communities of Gorton and Denton. Nothing to make anyone’s lives better. It’s just an ugly pitch to boost Matt Goodwin’s needy ego. Voting for this is voting for hatred and failure. manchestermill.co.uk/goodwins-gan...

21% reduction in staff and student illness in this Hampshire school. The impact of clean air on student learning and well-being is significant. ⁦‪‬⁩ www.portsmouth.co.uk/education/th...

Don't you hate it when fighting age men flee their own country, leaving their families behind, then expect other people to give them a handout.

"The analysis evidenced that effective classroom air filtration costs pence per pupil per day, making it one of the most affordable health and attendance interventions available to schools." #school #education #workers #teachers #students #cleanair #CleanAirForAll #SafeSchools #covid

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Health officials are racing to contain a growing measles outbreak in London, which has struck down dozens of young children and affected 7 schools and a nursery. UKHSA has warned an outbreak across London could see 40,000 - 160,000 cases: www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

Do listen to the unpicking of the ReFuk Wales leader’s claims about living in Wales.

🚨Reform leader Nigel Farage has posted on X “1 million people living in this country don’t speak any English at all. 4 million people living in this country barely speak passable English” It’s racked up 2 million views AND IT’S COMPLETELY UNTRUE youtu.be/o56Tw8vSEfE?...

Matt Goodwin claims young men are flocking to Reform. Facts utterly demolish him.

Rubio just made a speech to the European defense community in Munich that did not mention Ukraine. Or democracy. Or US business deals with Russia. Or the administration's plans to support the European far right. But there were lots of nice words about our common civilization.

You may have read the headlines & assumed someone had done due diligence & checked the facts before publishing You’d be wrong You may still need Doctors in the future, although Nurses ARE amazing at their jobs & couldn’t do without them www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....

Free piece just released. Marco Rubio called on tolerant, democratic, liberal Europe to destroy itself and embrace a Trump-like future. He received a standing ovation and we are told some people are reassured. If so, Europe will deserve everything coming its way. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

This is everything it should be - meticulously researched, deeply thought out, uncomfortably probing, scrupulously fair, AND ALSO outrageously entertaining. This is how progressives should tell stories. An hour flew by.

This is the key point - it's not about Moderna's flu vaccine, it's about sending a signal to the rest of the industry that vaccine development isn't viable in the US. It's all part of the larger anti-vaccine agenda.

You know what helps make the streets safer? Paying your taxes

And by "our country" I assume you mean the United Arab Emirates where you live?

The Farage Files: Week One @mrjamesob.bsky.social and Henry Riley have been scrutinising Reform UK with a fine-tooth comb, uncovering a massive 22 stories. youtu.be/fyNKDMxg2bM

Jim Ratcliffe, like many British billionaires, is so patriotic he helped fund Brexit blamed migration for the UK's woes then migrated to avoid paying British taxes and is now looking to fund Reform Ltd to make sure it will never #TaxTheRich

Parents say they were given lessons about avoiding noise and trying 'marble jars' for rewards, when their SEND children urgently needed help at school trib.al/9KZiq58

And yet another Reform councillor goes: buff.ly/AJbGOZ8 Full list, updated yet again, here: buff.ly/ux3FagH

'A shadow hangs over democracy; the shadow of corruption', writes @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social director Tom Brake

This is shocking. Cost of living crisis laid bare as almost half of Britons ‘have under £25 left at end of week’ Majority of UK adults forced to make difficult choices, with almost two-thirds found to be cutting back on essentials like food and heating www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Very good from @verybrexitproblems.bsky.social

A Party that oversaw two decades of trickle-down economics and austerity shouldn’t really point the finger. Rachel “plotted” did she? As in, she sat in an office, and discussed fiscal policy with colleagues… She is the Chancellor. She has to fix your shit. It’s her job.

Jeez. Just listen to this from Nigel Farage. As a country we are so much better than this. Remember immigration has benefited the UK by filling critical skill & labour shortages - in fact without immigrants our public services - particularly health & social care would not be able to function

Fourteen years, a financial crash, a childish tantrum, and myriad infant cabinets say otherwise. You are unfit for office. You are unfit to shine Labour’s shoes — however inept they have been. There have been no bigger failures in office than you Kemi. Sit down and be quiet.

Is this satire? Your entire political career has been based on self enrichment — you are venality incarnate and among the easiest politicians on the planet to buy.

Well he can fuck straight off.

Nearly one-fifth of improvement to hospital waiting list under Labour down to non-clinical activity

The UK's future is "intrinsically bound" to the EU. If the government truly believe this, then drop those red lines & get on with taking us back where we belong! www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

England’s maternity scandal engulfs another NHS trust Dozens of babies’ deaths might have been avoided. Their families are fighting for answers. By @hannahsbee.bsky.social

"If Elon Musk has taught us anything, it's that you can make immense amounts of money and still be a complete prat." @mrjamesob.bsky.social doesn't hold back on Jim Ratcliffe...

Our investigation has uncovered a network funded by Hungary’s authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán, that uses profits from refining Russian oil to platform far right and anti-trans campaigners in the UK https://goodlaw.social/2l1y

I was born and raised in Gorton and Denton, and I absolutely guarantee you Reform won't put it first. They won't even put Britain first. They'll put Russia first. We LITERALLY jailed one of them for doing that.

"A conservative network led by Michael Gove and Nigel Farage’s senior adviser James Orr has spent more than half a million pounds pushing far-right and anti-trans voices – some of it fuelled by profits from Russian oil."

Probably a good time to remind ourselves... www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Ratcliffe is, quite obviously, factually, morally & intellectually wrong about immigration. But his racist comments will be 'both-sided' everywhere because people who simply don't like seeing non-white faces aren't ashamed to say so anymore.

Mate, it was 1066. Move on.