Oxford England. Heine imagined the shark as a metaphor for falling bombs, specifically from the American and British warplanes that flew overhead on their way to bomb Libya. Never more relevant.

aje.io/usafnl So Blair thought the British military were above international law. There were mass protests of millions which he tried to sideline. His actions kept Labour out of office for over a decade leading to brutal austerity.

Since Trump demanded we all pay more taxes into the war machine those arms companies instead of developing new machines of war are paying shareholders billions. Capitalism can’t fix either healthcare or even warfare.

Astonishingly high cost-of-living in the USA if people struggle to survive on $70,500 and $151,000 a year is needed for rent, food and child care.  And of course there is healthcare too.

Today, French lawmakers unanimously approved a bill exonerating women punished for abortion before it was legalized in 1975. This "is an act of justice toward those thousands of lives shattered by unjust laws," said Aurore Bergé, minister-delegate for gender equality.

Great to see Andrea Egan win Gen Sec UNISON, the biggest public service union in UK (Andrea pictured with SHA activists protesting low pay). She has a tough task ahead organising and inspiring members to fight back after years of union passivity. We wish her the very best.

I just got a taxi from the train station to home. The muslim taxi driver told me to have a Happy Christmas. The same way that when it’s Eid, I would say Eid Mubarak. That’s Luton. That’s the real world. Some folk would do well to get off X and visit it sometimes.

What depressingly divisive attack lines from the Parliamentary Labour Party. These questions are being briefed to backbenchers to ask ministers.

🚨BREAKING: #NHS patients are outside Wes Streeting's office after waiting 392 days for a meeting. Meanwhile, Wes has found time to accept £220k+ from private healthcare linked donors. So today they came to his office and only then did he FINALLY agree to meet with them.

Sadly the best defence against NHS outsourcing is Austerity2. Do check out sochealth.co.uk/2025/11/21/sav…

ACA marketplace subsidies, which allowed millions of people to afford private health insurance, are set to expire by the end of this year. For contractors and freelancers in particular, the expiration of these enhanced subsidies could decide whether or not they can afford health insurance.

What a privilege it was to speak last night with young leaders from across the UK, all of whom care passionately about human rights and want to see lasting peace in Palestine. Thank you to the Palestinian Ambassador, @medicalaidpal.bsky.social, and everyone who travelled for this special event.

Photographs released by the Hanover Animal Protection and Shelter show a drunk raccoon passed out in the bathroom of a Virginia liquor store after ransacking the shop. The raccoon was safely returned to the wild after sobering up at the shelter.

The Reform has dropped the act, openly Thatcherite. The Conservatives are copying them to save their skins. The best way to cut support for the authoritarian right is to stand with people against profiteers in water and energy, and give real security.

Some of our SHA members marching today for Palestinians. The SHA in its 95 year history has an unparalleled record of internationalism. Our members stand in that tradition! #freepalastine

SHA view on the Budget proposals to reintroduce ruinous PFI in healthcare - Socialist Health Association sochealth.co.uk/2025/11/25/s...

Important article on big pharma www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

There is a huge threat to public services everywhere check whats happening to your eye hospital @oxfordclarion.bsky.social sochealth.co.uk/2025/11/21/s...

Labour’s asylum proposals are a denial of fundamental health and human rights to the most vulnerable and a betrayal of health equity principles. Read why in my article here: sochealth.co.uk/2025/11/19/r... @socialisthealth.bsky.social

The Tories' catastrophic COVID incompetence cannot be repeated. Care homes were turned into morgues while No 10 Downing Street partied the night away. Lessons must be learned.

In the 2.5 years since the war in Sudan broke out, over 150,000 civilians are thought to have died. Journalists show extraordinary bravery reporting from the front lines. Our contributor @moniango.bsky.social spoke to Basma Shams and Eyad Hisham from @ayinnetwork.bsky.social buff.ly/M4wXTpb

Great unity March today through Oxford in response to anti migrant organising by the right. Union and Labour turnout - a few hundred.

So now we will have homeless asylum seekers. They will have fled oppression to freeze on our streets. This is the ‘moral mission’ of the government. Words fail us.

On my way to the parliamentary launch of a critique of the NHS 10 year plan organised by @RichardBurgon the SHA @SocialistHealth is delighted to support socialist MPs and of course fellow health campaigners 99-percent.org

So the FT is advocating for a low wage economy with on work poverty?

Back from the Chartist convention in Newport. Former SHA President, Julian Tudor Hart, pictured on the red banner, coined the ‘inverse care law’ which describes how the market in healthcare denies care to the poorest. Will Marmot Places be an answer.

And @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social, thank you for always being a strong voice for unions and our members in the Cabinet. Let's continue to work together to deliver the New Deal and win for working people.

Socialist Health Association members join half a million people in London demanding food and medicine is allowed into Gaza and the release of all hostages

League Tables in the NHS sochealth.co.uk/2025/08/03/n...

Overwhelming sadness and sympathy for the Jewish community in Manchester. The direct cause of this tragedy is clearly the terrorist but the response of Manchester police leaves many questions.

In a historic vote, delegates at Labour Party Conference today voted to accept that Israel is committing a genocide in Palestine and to demand comprehensive sanction the, including a full arms embargo, in line with its obligations under international law. #LabConf25

#Lab25 #labconf #LabourConference2025 #LabConf25 SHA affiliated to Labour in 1931 to help create the NHS. Our fringe events, outside conference security, are tonight and tomorrow. Let’s challenge the Thatcherite monetary orthodoxy which says we can’t fund public services or end child poverty.

If you are a Labour delegate at conference, please vote FOR "Peace in the Middle East Motion 2" and vote against "Peace in the Middle East Motion 1", which undermines the UN Commission of Inquiry report by falsely claiming it merely found “a risk” of genocide in Gaza.

I hope SHA delegates get the chance to speak on Palestine if our motion is combined with others in a composite. @rathisochealth @SocialistHealth sochealth.co.uk/2025/09/24/eme…

Why is Trump making unfounded autism links with Tylenol and Paracetamol? #Newsnight www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7qmKs1oAxk

Good to see child poverty motions to Labour conference backed by us is are getting onto the conference agenda. A small but important step forwards a big gain for our great campaigners … and children! #ScrapTheTwoChildCap

Tonight ITV1 how commercial interests made millions supplying faulty PPE during the pandemic.

Deputy leadership contenders respond to the SHA sochealth.co.uk/labour-deput...

Well done big issue

TUC 2025 delegates, we’re here! Stand 15, lots of seating by us 😊. Looking forward to chatting with you about how we can work together to restore our NHS to the fully publicly provided service we all deserve. @socialisthealth.bsky.social #PatientsNotProfits

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So has the Labour reshuffle opened the way to a further shift to the right?

‘What is happening has been clearly announced by the Israeli government: the eradication of Gaza City, of the north of Gaza. The displacement once again of a population that has been expelled multiple times with nowhere to go.’ @selmadabbagh.bsky.social on the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...