NEW PAPER in @eyejournal.bsky.social (open access): Qualitative analysis of patient & staff experiences of novel, community-based clinic for chronic eye disease: we discuss how appointments work, clinical setting, communication/engagement, & future of such clinics www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Very pleased to hear Govt plans to enable peerages to be removed. Let’s make Baroness Michelle Mone the first one please - sign petition below: @cbffjuk.bsky.social

👀UK Govt has cut funding to Global Pandemic Fund.... .....despite their Pandemic Preparedness Strategy (published 6 days after this decision) stating the importance of global resilience to the UK's preparedness for pandemics. Unjoined-up and unsafe. @cbffjuk.bsky.social @longcovidjustice.org

👀 Bingo: Reform UK candidate reveals Covid conspiracy beliefs & antisemitism all in one. Still eagerly awaiting response from Mr Farage to our letter urging him to act….. @cbffjuk.bsky.social @josiahmortimer.bsky.social @longcovidjustice.org

The antisemitic terror attack in Golders Green is an affront to our British way of life. There is no place for antisemitism. Thank you to brave volunteers at Shomrim, Hatzola and the police for their swift action. Londoners shout out not in our name!

👀 Bingo: Reform UK candidate reveals Covid conspiracy beliefs & antisemitism all in one. Still eagerly awaiting response from Mr Farage to our letter urging him to act….. @cbffjuk.bsky.social @josiahmortimer.bsky.social @longcovidjustice.org

Still eagerly awaiting a reply from Mr Farage to our letter 👇🏻 @cbffjuk.bsky.social @longcovidjustice.org

As we mark anotther #LesbianVisibilityWeek, this matters. You don’t have to be a lesbian to stand up for lesbians. You just have to believe in equality and fairness. Anyone can be an ally. Everyone has a role to play.

We’ve written to Mr Farage about this Reform UK candidate & others who deny covid & make false claims about the covid vaccine. Looking forward to his reply after he has ‘looked into’ them. Swift action needs to be taken to remove them. @cbffjuk.bsky.social @josiahmortimer.bsky.social

Reform UK now says it is merely "looking into" Byline Times' revelations that one of its candidates authored a conspiracy theory article in a 9/11 Trutherb' journal. It effectively claimed the COVID pandemic was a Pentagon-led scam. Bereaved families are furious. uk.news.yahoo.com/reform-uk-lo...

More good #vaccines news:

👀 Good news…..please consider sharing: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It began with coal and steel. But from the very start, our Union was always meant to be much more. 75 years ago, in Paris, with the signing of the Treaty of Paris, Europe chose a different path. One of unity over division, of peace over war.

Glorious copper beech tree on perfect spring day on the North Downs, Kent. #nature #photography #trees

👀 Looking forward to receiving Farage’s reply….. @reformexposed.bsky.social @cbffjuk.bsky.social @longcovidjustice.org

This is HUGE: long-fought for improvements in sick pay for 10 million workers from this month. Very pleased to have participated in celebration in Parliament of the success of this fantastic #safersickpay campaign. @cbffjuk.bsky.social www.centreforprogressivechange.org/blog/celebra...

Great news for young people across the UK. #erasmus Now for the next steps to reverse self-harming #brexit. @europeanmovement.co.uk

Today, the Covid Inquiry published its fourth report, on vaccines and therapeutics. It says the vaccine rollout was a success. But unless trust in vaccines is rebuilt and manufacturing capacity increased, we will be relying on luck when the next pandemic hits. 🧵 1/9

Conspiracy theories claiming Covid-19 was a “staged event” are an insult to all who lost loved ones and a threat to public health. Reform must remove David Booth as a candidate and clearly disown these dangerous lies. bylinetimes.com/2026/04/15/r...

Tomorrow, the Covid Inquiry publishes its report on vaccines and therapeutics. Covid vaccines saved countless lives and helped end the emergency stage of the pandemic. The report must now drive urgent action to strengthen preparedness, tackle misinformation and ensure equal access to vaccines.

Today, Europe is Hungarian. We are stronger. More united. To the people of Hungary - you've done it again. You have spoken. You have chosen Europe. It's a victory for fundamental freedoms.

NEXT…..

Hungary has chosen Europe. Europe has always chosen Hungary. A country reclaims its European path. The Union grows stronger.

Woo hoo!

Definition of throwing toys out of pram? www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

I take hope where I can get it. (For context: Reform won control of Kent County Council in May 2025.)

When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 stamp duty on her flat, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should immediately resign if she had “any moral decency”. Now we learn he personally made £91,000 in excess payments by failing to pay the tax his company legally owed

Imagine trusting science to bring astronauts to the moon and back but not trusting science to develop safe vaccines.

🔴 14 Government Reforms the Media Has Largely Ignored Over Recent Weeks You probably won’t have read much about these announcements. Some of that is understandable. But not all of it. bylinetimes.com/2026/04/10/1...

And now Wireless itself has announced that the festival has been cancelled. ALL OF THIS WAS AVOIDABLE IF YOU HADN'T BEEN SUCH MASSIVE PRATS

Think this meets & exceeds the definition of chutzpah: Kanye offers to meet Jewish community in UK after Wireless controversy

Ripple mill - in full working order! Fabulous views from the top. #dealtown @dealtowncouncil.bsky.social

Getting fed up with constant stream of free PR for NASA. No discussion of cost. No discussion of damage to the environment. Oh, and the female astronaut hardly gets to speak (except about the toilet). www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Getting fed up with constant stream of free PR for NASA. No discussion of cost. No discussion of damage to the environment. Oh, and the female astronaut hardly gets to speak (except about the toilet). www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Wisdom.

Yes, beautiful photos but why is there hardly any discussion of the environmental damage caused by the space programme?

I don’t care. Marmalades may need to be relabelled under post-Brexit food deal

Street lights still not working. And Reform-led Kent County Council have increased council tax more than Labour-led Dover council. #reformnotworking @reformexposed.bsky.social

Kent County Council is planning to spend £600k on just 8 parking spaces and £150k on personal assistants... all while trying to cut vital local services like our libraries and tips! 🤦‍♀️ We need to stop this massive waste of taxpayer money. Please sign the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...

5 years ago today, we created the National Covid Memorial Wall. A wall of hearts, each one representing a life lost. Matt Fowler painted the first heart. He shares how it happend, and why it still matters. ⬇️ www.covidfamiliesforjustice.org/latestnews/5...

Join us: 28 March, Park Lane, 12pm togetheralliance.org.uk

Want to make public inquiries shorter so that life-saving lessons can be implemented? Just make sure Hillsborough Law happens. No more delays. @cbffjuk.bsky.social @hillsboroughlawnow.bsky.social

The Hillsborough Law continues to be delayed despite it being a manifesto promise and the PM personally promising campaigners. A coalition of bereaved families and survivors of state failures have written today to the PM and the Cabinet demanding action. Just get on with it. @cbffjuk.bsky.social

Pleased to speak to @martin belam for @theguardian.com Friday briefing on what latest #covidinquiry report reveals about the NHS @cbffjuk.bsky.social

👀 Covid inquiry report published on impact on NHS. Read thread below summarising key points 👇🏻

At 12pm tomorrow, the Covid Inquiry publishes its report on the pandemic's impact on our health system. Those who left the NHS chronically underfunded and unprepared must be held to account, and the findings must drive urgent action to make the NHS fit for the 21st century.

Matt Hancock claimed the NHS not overwhelmed during pandemic. We as a country were prepared. @drkevinfong exposed that myth. We were so ‘prepared’ that staff even ran out of body bags. #covidinquiry must make recommendations to ensure NHS never left so exposed again. @cbffjuk.bsky.social

Today is the Covid Day of Reflection. Let’s remember & reflect. And keep fighting for justice & change. @cbffjuk.bsky.social

Well done us @cbffjuk.bsky.social who brought this complaint. Tory Peer committed 5 breaches of standards over £50m Covid PPE deals and “did not act on his personal honour”. Our campaign for accountability continues..... @chrischirp.bsky.social @russellscott.bsky.social