No doctor should be able to act without accountability. But if the GMC does not take this to a tribunal, it will look like they only take action against easy targets, and bad doctors can be protected by having powerful friends. goodlawproject.org/update/when-...

I do not want to live in this version of Great Britain. And isn't that exactly the point? Born here, Mum from here, but seen as not one of us because of where my Dad is from. We have to challenge the assumption that migration takes from society now. Before mass deportations. Before it's too late.

NEW: 38% of Bluesky users regularly get their news here Share of users of other sites who get news on those sites 57% X/Twitter 55% TikTok 55% Truth Social 53% Facebook 41% YouTube 41% Instagram 34% Threads www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Nigel #Farage on #Paracetamol: “When it comes to science, I don’t side with anybody...I don't know. You don't know." Also #NigelFarage: I know Sharia Law is taking over London because "I met taxi drivers that told me that." #MakeRacismWrongAgain

An excellent investigation into one of the biggest policy problems of our lifetimes. The only way individuals can win against AI companies and malign individuals is to give them legal rights that can be enforced. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

It really suits the right to hold up Corbyn and Sultana as the people the left should want as their leaders, instead of the many sensible people amongst the left.

So refreshing to see such unequivocal belief in democratic norms.

Public health shouldn’t be centred around individual behaviour change. It should be focused on changing the wider commercial, social, environmental & ultimately political determinants of health. Behaviour change will naturally come when healthy behaviours are facilitated by those structural changes.

Research matters 🧪 by @tomgauld.bsky.social

This is top-tier data visualisation. I wonder how important Jaws was in seeding a fear of sharks in the population. In the media age, using salience of threat as a marker of real danger is not a great strategy.

Before this narrative solidifies, here's an important fact that would change the story for most people: Reform spent £40,000 on Facebook ads pushing their narrative this summer. That's more than Labour & Tories COMBINED. Source: @privateeyenews.bsky.social

It is an indictment of society if corporations get wealthier by commoditising workers who can't afford to live.

I wonder how many who say they support Palestine Action are in support of its previous stunts? I support the innocent people of Gaza, but not the smashing up Jewish-owned businesses, an act which echoes 1930s Germany in terrifying ways.

If you're a reporter, please stop referring to RFK Jr and his cronies as "vaccine skeptics." They're not skeptical. Skepticism would be fine. Skeptics look at evidence and can be persuaded. These people are extremist anti-vaccine cranks, and that's how news organizations should describe them.

When is the GMC finally going to strike Malhotra off? I first noticed him on Diary of a CEO and was horrified then. He came across as someone so traumatised by the avoidable death of his father that he's lost his grip on reality. Ironic that so many other deaths are risked by his misinformation.

The only ending for a pandemic that was allowed to spread through the population is for it to forever circulate in the population. And thanks to large animal reservoirs, we will never now eradicate it. We've had so many public health successes in my lifetime, but this reminds us we need better.

Reminder that vaccines work. I can't help but think a lot of vaccine scepticism is down to branding issues. Here's the argument: If someone were to set up a company (call it NaturVax) selling oral vaccine rather than injections I think vaccine scepticism would be a lot less cool.

This rhetoric is beyond the pale. These ideas are what the UK fought against in WWII. We need to remember what "never again" means.

This is excellent news. Low-cost storage is one of the missing links to eliminate wasted energy from renewables, electrify the National Grid, and lower energy costs for ordinary people.

This is what #Farage isn't telling people. The ONS population pyramid projections are terrifying for the public finances. Green is the 2018 population. The Gray shows far more older people are going to need public services, with fewer younger people to pay taxes. #Migration is just a scapegoat.

Wasn't mass deportation the Nazi's first policy too? Farage continuing to show solidarity with the logic this country fought against in WWII. If they called it a dressed up reverse Kinder transport instead I don't think it would be as big a vote-winner. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Last time I checked, it was the Conservatives who - changed the rules so half the board could be political appointees - made ex-No. 10 man Robbie Gibb chair, who exerted pressure over appointments. Maybe that's the kind of political interference Harding meant. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This graph is great because it goes beyond a thousand opinion pieces about age of driver. You can see at a glance the risk adjusted for the amount of driving. What can we do to reduce deaths of the very old and young on the road?

We need to accept that we've made a huge policy mistake on vaping. Rather than being a useful tool to get more people to stop cigarettes, vapes have let big tobacco get its foot back in the door - and start reeling us into addiction and illness again.

"The NHS is actually still treating fewer patients than are being referred." Until we solve the productivity problem, the backlog will not get solved. We need capacity outside hospital for people who can't get care at home, better IT, and to prune back all the inefficient processes.

This is the biggest opportunity for the UK to lead global science in my lifetime. If the UK can take advantage of the ground being ceded by the US, it would boost the economy and growth at a single stroke. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Council Tax is 1 of 2 taxes on wealth the UK has. Yet the rich pay a lower percentage rate than the average person. If we want to rebalance the economy, reforming Council Tax is one of the first places we need to look. #EconSky Source: www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...

Never thought there'd be a time where wanting to normalising belief in science would be a hot take - yet here we are. #RFK

We’re told markets are always efficient. That prices reflect value. But if that’s true, why does everything feel like it’s falling apart? My new video breaks down the lie at the heart of modern economics—and how it’s gone too far. 🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4uv... Thoughts? #EconSky

Vaping is not safe. Nicotine addiction is not safe. And joining the Tobacco Industry, which promotes both for profit, demonstrates a contempt for the population's health that is incompatible with public service.

The biggest risk to our societies, our health, and our security isn't #immigration. It's people believing things they see online that just aren't true. My latest video, on the rhetorical techniques used to convince us, is part of my effort to fight back. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwgl...

This is a massive opportunity for all nations within the UK to attract top-tier scientific talent and research funding for a generation. We must grab it with both hands. science.slashdot.org/story/25/03/...

Fascinating data about the state of Scotland's GP sector, from @auditscotland.bsky.social The top line? A Scottish Government agreement with GPs to improve general practice has failed to deliver on several of its commitments. THREAD

Generational inequality in one chart. You’re under 40. You’ve bought a home, have a car, and save a few grand a month. You’ve done everything right — and you’re still near the bottom of the UK’s wealth distribution. This isn’t failure. It’s a system where wealth accumulates above you.

People say a UK wealth tax isn’t feasible. But they don't know: 🧾 The UK already has wealth taxes — that need reform 💰 Costs < Gains - A one-off wealth levy could raise £260bn, even with avoidance. 🧠 Public support is widespread - they are genuinely democratic Read 2020's Report: www.ukwealth.tax

Just astonishing. About 1 in 15 people with incomes in the top 0.01 per cent appear on the lists of taxpayers disclosing an offshore account...this probably only captures 10 to 15 per cent of all offshore evasion. The law should be enforced. www.lse.ac.uk/research/res...

I will never, ever understand how two centuries of public health knowledge was so casually ignored. Not just by politicians, but by a whole lot of other people who frankly should have known better - but were deeply cynical about modern Britain's capacity to respond.

I'm predicting this to be the first of many such cases.

A detailed, fact-based takedown of the new arguments that are fanning xenophobic flames in the UK. So happy the @economist.com realises the value of articles like this. www.economist.com/finance-and-...

This increase in frailty will have massive implications for Scotland's public policy and healthcare service planning. Can any ordinary punter say what the SNP's plan for the NHS is?

Finally Andrew Neil sees what was always obvious to the rest of us.

Proof the Daily Mail is capable of doing something good, once in a while.

First evidence that those predicting a Trump-Musk fallout may get their wish. Perhaps sooner rather than later.

Part of what makes anti-vaxx statements so widespread is that they've been mainstreamed. Lots of people assume if ideas are really false, they don't get air time. We should make that true. Until we clean up our information stream from polluters, this will be the end result.

Sounds like a massive opportunity for Europe and the UK to step up if this goes through.

Are phones part of the problem? Undoubtedly. Are they the only problem? Certainly not. Would like to see a formal strategy around improving mental health, including. - Incentivising work - Healthy social networks - Increasing buying power You can't be happy in a society that shuts you out

Graphs like this make me think that Stock Markets are kind of just Astrology for Finance Bros.

Let's inject some facts into the discussion about Ukraine. This is a visualisation of 2024 defence spending. Europe can outspend Russia, but only if we work together and the US doesn't work against its allies.

These polls suggest that before the White House fallout, Ukrainians were pretty behind Zelenskyy's position. Will be interesting to see what they think now.

I love the BBC but this is embarrassing quality for a headline. Read the room, editors.