Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/

The UK doesn’t have “uncontrolled legal migration” otherwise anyone from any other country can come in here at any time without going through some form of lawful application process. When did this ever happen in modern history? The govt is using this term without telling us what they mean by it.

While Trump is telling the UN that solar is a scam, the reality in the US looks very different. A sunny July saw 40 US states break their all-time high for solar generation in a single month 🇺🇸☀️ Just one month earlier, in June, 38 states had set new all-time records.

Government steps in to ‘accelerate’ AI in the NHS - Ben Clover HSJ - www.hsj.co.uk/technology-a...

Some args I see against universal ID: 1. “I don’t like the way the govt is arguing for it, making it all about immigration”. I’m not keen on a lot of this govt’s comms but the route to a majority on this issue runs through more authoritarian voters so it makes sense to go big on framing like this

Repost for those discussing trade policy in Labour fringes next week - this year's UK trade policy stocktake. Strategy a welcome reality check, but long-standing problems of purpose, hype, secrecy, implementation remain. No longer mad, still not delivering ecipe.org/blog/uk-trad...

Yet another mode of attack to weaken access to vaccines- this time targeting the vaccine compensation programme. Reports agree Kennedy wants to add autism symptoms to the symptoms eligible for compensation 🧪🧵 #MedSky

Great from Meg Hillier on why it's urgent, right & realistic to lift two child limit: “In a country where life chances vary so starkly, lifting the two-child cap is the quickest, smartest and most effective to enable every child to fulfil their potential... 1/2 www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Indeed. Legal migration to the UK is, by definition, "controlled". This is not a coherent critique (of either New Labour or the Conservatives) either economically or politically.

"Objective details do matter for government, though — especially when considering a policy that, in retrospectively changing the law to deport potentially hundreds of thousands of legal migrants, would shred the UK’s reputation for fair play and predictability. " www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

I asked an ICB which had refused to release info under the FoI but did not appear to have applied the public interest test for evidence of when this test was applied. This is what they said. There is, basically, no evidence. @mrosenbaum.bsky.social

There hadn't been much by way of chaotic US tariff announcements recently, and the one thing with Trump is we know he has to be the centre of attention, so here we go again, with confusing branded drug plans at the heart www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The latest grid to charge ahead with batteries: Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺🔋 After a slow build-up over the last few years, 2025 has seen a rapid acceleration, with another new record today at just under 1 GW discharge.

NEW DATA | China's incredible solar growth continues in August 🇨🇳☀️ Solar power reached 124 TWh in August according to the latest Ember data released today. This was a 39% increased compared to August 2024.

theconversation.com/how-rfk-jr-i... From @chrischirp.bsky.social

This is one of the reasons I’ve always been OK with ID cards.

Latest threads on NHS performance data for all four UK countries: NHS England - bsky.app/profile/gmdo... NHS Scotland - bsky.app/profile/gmdo... NHS Wales - bsky.app/profile/gmdo... NHS Northern Ireland - bsky.app/profile/gmdo...

There’s a great talk by Marc Farr (“I wish I was macho instead of just deep”) that you can view on the Midlands Analyst Network website. It's very thought-provoking. Here are some of my thoughts… 1/18

If you want to know the facts rather than believing headlines that are meant to divide and distract follow @monkemma.bsky.social Yet another example of the Daily Express lying to it’s dwindling readership for click bait

This is a good policy. Tax wonks are pretty united on national insurance being a bad tax, because it means labour income is taxed more than other forms, and adds to complexity

Dear UK, you already charge close to $100,000 for a visa for a professional with a family. Sincerely, this professional immigrant www.ft.com/content/33ce...

We're on track for a decade of decline in families’ disposables incomes by the end of the parliament. But this is not inevitable. The gov can introduce targeted policies like investing in social security, and interventions in key areas like housing and energy. Listen on @lbc.co.uk 🔽

"The political logic of treating migrants as permanent second-class citizens is not clear." @robfordmancs.bsky.social shows making it harder for migrants working and paying taxes to settle here is *incredibly* unpopular. Also applies to Labour/Tory proposals! (1/2) ukandeu.ac.uk/reforms-radi...

Is Andy Burnham right? Is there "definitely a case" for reintroducing the 50p tax rate?

Introducing slightly less cruel/damaging version of Farage's plans would not "outmanoeuvre Reform";would be an economic/ political own goal Far better to attack Reform/Tories for Powellite ethnonationalism & say migrants who come here, contribute & *choose* to stay are welcome -and become British.

Three years on from Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng's mini budget, I've written for @theobserveruk.bsky.social about its legacy and the lessons the Chancellor, her team and her backbench MPs (including would-be MPs) should keep in mind this autumn. This point is especially important.

This excellent piece by @liamthorp.bsky.social focuses on Farage. But as it correctly says, the much more immediate threat is that *Labour* will move the goalposts. www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

As @benzaranko.bsky.social argues here, the fiscal constraints -and the resulting requirement for tax rises - the government faces are not the result of either the fiscal rules or the OBR, but simply reflect economic realities. (1/2) observer.co.uk/news/politic...

It will probably come as no surprise to anyone to hear that there is NO EVIDENCE for Donald Trump’s claim about Sharia law in London fullfact.org/world/donald...

Excellent news. Lifting the two-child cap won't end child poverty - but every expert in this area agrees that it is by far the single most important and effective thing the government could do. archive.ph/g7Snp

Wind and solar power now make up around 30% of electricity generation in Brazil. But are they really useful in a hydro dominated system? A thread on why they play an increasingly important role in Brazil's power sector 🧵🇧🇷

National director: More money required to tackle ‘significant waits’ - Annabelle Collins HSJ - www.hsj.co.uk/mental-healt...

The Download: Last of the £2bn laggards - Ben Clover and Joe Talora HSJ - www.hsj.co.uk/expert-brief...

Prototype of ‘fundamental’ national tech ‘by end of the year’ - Ella Devereux HSJ - www.hsj.co.uk/technology-a...

Nigel Farage claims his mass deportation plan would save the UK hundreds of billions of pounds over the coming decades. New analysis of official statistics, forecasts and Reform's own figures suggests it would actually *cost* the UK hundreds of billions over the same period

WHO statement on autism-related issues The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI

I hear endlessly (including right now on the radio) that “the new consensus” is that Covid was “almost certainly” caused by a lab leak. This might be a political “consensus”, led by the same White House that says tylenol caused autism. But it’s not the scientific one.

Key charts from a great thread. Careful analysis by my @theifs.bsky.social colleagues shows that the two-child benefit limit has had no detectable impact on school-readiness at age 5, including among the poorer children most likely to be affected. Key policy takeaway: scrapping the ... [1/3]

Please, @theguardian.com, stop writing headlines that give credibility to Trump’s baseless medical misinformation. The way you’re reporting this makes you part of the problem.

.. and most importantly that both Reform and Conservatives -and much of the media- are using irregular migration as an excuse to attack the rights of legal migrants to the UK, using both language and the policies of Enoch Powell, and that there should be no tolerance or appeasement of this racism.

GPs want patients to be able to see GPs Yet @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social is not listening to their concerns There are unemployed GPs & practices with too little funding to employ them Online access 8am-6.30pm without the support will be a disaster for patients & will reduce actual appts

First Farage platformed notorious UK anti-vaxxer, Aseem Malhotra, who insinuated that Covid vaccines caused the Royal Family’s recent cancers. Now he’s openly trashing scientific method & evidence, pretending neither can be trusted & facts are a free for all. This is deeply dangerous populism.

Genuinely no clue what @paulbrand.bsky.social is talking about This was *precisely* the argument made in 1997 manifesto & subsequently elaborated by Blair under rubric of "managed migration" Difference is it was coupled with uncompromising defence of economic and social benefits of diversity 1/3

Patients have complained about disruption to outpatients bookings and waiting lists following the introduction of a new electronic patient record (EPR) system at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. www.digitalhealth.net/2025/09/pati...

Is it really *that hard* to say that it is totally morally wrong to say to people who have come here legally, worked, paid taxes, built their lives here, contributed to Britain, that they have to fuck off now, rather than "unfunded".

I think the key problem here is a continuing assumption, in traditional media, that when the White House speaks on a major topic, this is a big news story. That model can't cope with a president with no regard for truth, who's in constant broadcast mode, & who veers around from one day to another.

Much more of this. The NHS argument is an effective one; not only does it point out the very real impact Reform's policies would have, but it also humanizes migrants as real people (i.e., treating you at hospital), rather than speaking of them as a singular mass of figures & fiscal/economic costings

This is a very poor way for the BBC to handle this type of inaccurate prejudice as a news story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...