Lots of questions and statements from Bristol's boat dwellers at yesterday's Harbour Committee meeting. It's blatant social cleansing of a community by the council. Another massive scandal in plain sight: democracy.bristol.gov.uk/documents/g1... 1/

"A role built to compete with doctors, but with less training and more risk to patient safety, is not what the system needs." Gillian Leng’s review of physician and anaesthesia associates is welcome, writes @parthaskar.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Israeli government sanctions Haaretz, severs all ties - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-government-sanctions-haaretz-severs-all-ties

A one-page report to the Audit Committee at Bristol City Council outlines the results of its investigations into the council's 'Stepping Up' programme over the past 6 years. Read the full story here: www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

Full speed ahead by the Greens with gentrification of the docks led by their dodgy Harbour Master. Fee increases have reached up to 200 per cent with improvement in facilities promised but not yet planned. Public engagement comments on the fee rises here: democracy.bristol.gov.uk/documents/s1...

I witness firsthand the suffering caused by the lack of care & support we currently provide to people needing palliative care. 1 in 4 people don’t get the PC they need in the UK. This is a national scandal. It reveals a sorry truth about how little, in truth, we invest in people who are dying.

British MP says UK spy planes over Gaza must stop after ICC issues arrest warrants - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/british-spy-planes-gaza-must-stop-arrest-warrants-uk

In light of the ICC arrest warrants issued against Israeli PM Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, analyst Neve Gordon says there is “substantial” evidence of Israel using food as a method of war in Gaza. 🔴 Read analysis: aje.io/kz2x6n

Bristol corruption watch: www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

Tony Blair patron of charity displaying map including Gaza and West Bank as part of Israel - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/tony-blair-patron-jewish-nation-fund-erases-west-bank

News values: petition by posh Shropshire lad, Renhard that's managed 700 signatures in a week is news. Petition launched by working class people in Barton Hill about the council's shambolic mess of an LTN that's got 3,500 signatures in a week is not news: www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

UK refuses to say if Netanyahu would be arrested on British soil following ICC warrant - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-legally-obliged-arrest-netanyahu-british-soil-experts-say

Watermelon Index names and shames companies complicit in Israel's war on Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-gaza-war-companies-complicit-watermelon-index-database-progressive-international

Tormented and defenceless: The Palestinian victims of Israel’s north Gaza onslaught  - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/tormented-and-defenceless-palestinian-victims-israels-north-gaza-onslaught

🚨TOMORROW we hand in our complaint to Ofcom demanding they investigate Sky News’ coverage of Maccabi fans’ violence in Amsterdam Today is the last chance to join the over 32k people who have added their name to support it. Click to add your name: palestinecampaign.eaction.online/ofcom-sky-ne...

Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!

Palestinians in northern Gaza face “diminishing conditions for survival” as Israel’s military has “denied or impeded” all UN support efforts. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/lvp7pu

Finally. But is it too late?

US imposes sanctions on Israeli settler group over violence against Palestinians - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-imposes-sanctions-israeli-settler-group-over-west-bank-violence

Hello! If you oppose NHS privatisation please could you repost this and follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) ⭐️💙

The debate around the use of physician associates in the NHS is certain to be debated on this app as it was over in the other place Last month I published this long read after speaking to Merseyside medics about their concerns www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Two Palestinians die in 'catastrophic conditions' in Israeli prison - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/two-palestinians-die-catastrophic-conditions-Israeli-prisons

I’ve spent the last 18 months of life highly dedicated to informing the public about the way the government is degrading the NHS, through the workforce plan, eg using PAs to replace doctors In all honesty I’ve not opened an account on 🦋 to talk about that issue (1/4)

Mass murder. White supremacy.

At least 43,846 Palestinians have been killed and 103,740 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, 2023, says the enclave’s Health Ministry. 🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️

the Guardian is now officially on BlueSky @theguardian.com

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next. I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Jewish activists poured red paint on the steps of the Israeli consulate in Toronto, demanding a ceasefire in Israel's war on Gaza.

When I moved to East Bristol I was amazed to find out there's no direct bus route to the main railway station at Temple Meads. Bristol's the third most congested city in the UK