The best way to keep high-quality psychology provision is to be embedded within wider multi-professional teams. This is when we give most value to patients, & colleagues see our value too- when we’re integrated within a network of holistic care. Having separate psychology services is less effective.

Nigel Farage blames “computer-hacking” for public revelation of his £5m gift from a billionaire living in Thailand. Gift not disclosed to authorities. Foreign money funds Reform. What return have the tax exiles been promised on their investment? What else has not been disclosed? archive.ph/kowpN

NEW ANALYSIS: What's going on in Spain? Spain's wholesale electricity price in early 2026: €44/MWh. Italy: €127. Germany: €96. UK: €103. Wind+solar now deliver 44% of generation. Gas sets the price in just 9% of hours, down from 55% in 2022. Full analysis: janrosenow.substack.com/p/spain-just...

It's always possible that you're not the 'right' service to help someone with what they have going on. But it IS possible to care & show kindness. And ideally help someone with a meaningful onward step to where they might get the help they need.

The radicalization of the introvert historians, a profound listen... @hcrichardson.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/n_xrcMH...

What do electric buses do at night? They help balance the grid. First Bus in Glasgow: "By flexing when buses are charged, the depots can increase demand at times when there is excess renewable energy on the system, particularly wind power in Scotland, and reduce demand during peak periods. [1/2]

Today I saw the #PublicEmergencyBriefing in my local town. I'd encourage everyone to find a screening and take your friends. The science and effects on society are incredibly serious but I left with a sense that none of us are alone, we have many of the solutions needed and urgent action is vital.

And the ‘what about the good stuff?’ people can fuck off too. When you say that, you’re saying the vicious anti-immigration stuff (and throwing disabled people under the bus, and all the transphobia) doesn’t really matter. Sorry, but it does. It matters *hugely*.

BTW, Labour supporters saying ‘give them time, you can’t turn everything round in two years’ can bugger off. They haven’t tried to turn things round. They’ve tried to make them worse. Nastier, worse immigration policies. Repeated ‘red lines’. Reinforcing the lies to help Farage.

Today’s Dock painting #unsoliciteddockpix The lovely trio of silver birches and reflections in Eden Dock #watercolour #nature #silverbirches

Exclusive: Ministers have been accused of 'ignoring' special school teachers in workforce projections, despite the key role they are expected to play in planned SEND reforms https://schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-ignores-special-school-staff-in-annual-workforce-forecasts/

South East Water CEO to step down after Kent and Sussex supply outages. He will probably turn up with another lucrative post. Musical chairs can't solve the water industry woes. Need fundamental change, prevent extraction of cash. Change won't happen without ending privatisation.

there's only so long before hate & division will collapse in on itself. It's such a corrosive energy. In contrast, genuinely caring about people, community, & environment will grow & consolidate.

***Crikey!*** Cambridge Labour have lost their city council leader Cameron Holloway - defeated by Kathryn Fisher of the Cambridge Green Party. They also lost former city council leader Anna Smith in Coleridge Ward - defeated by Sarah Nicmanis in a *very close* contest. Just 80 votes in it.

ZELENSKYY: On May 8, when most of the world remembers and honors the warriors of World War II — those who defeated Nazis — today’s Russian Nazis continuing their war and still trying to restore the same insane order that was defeated in World War II.

Buttercups and Blue this morning on Glastonbury Tor.

Longer gaps between cutting, incremental trimming, and periodic hedge laying are all ways you can help your hedges flourish. And don't trim to the same point each year! 🌳 #nationalhedgerowweek #hedges #wildlife #conservation #hedgesandedges #landmanagement #hedgelaying #craft #rural #skills

We voted out the Tories, only to find that, after a long 14 years of waiting, a Labour government adopts and extends some of their worst policies, while entirely failing to excite or inspire. Now Labour and its supporters on this platform blame us for turning away. What aren’t they seeing here?

No one expected Keir Starmer to solve our pressing problems overnight. But what we did expect – and had every right to expect – was that he would lay out a clear vision and roadmap for doing so. Instead, we’ve had drift, appeasement and a startling absence of ideas, values and ambition. 🧵1/6

250 years after his birth, an exhibition in Ipswich tells a very different Constable story Not just the paintings, but the life behind them And one moment that reshapes how you see his career eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/cu...

NEW: Russia is escalating the temporary transfer and deportation of Ukrainian children to participate in Russian-run summer camp programs in occupied Ukraine and Russia. 🧵(1/10) Read more:

Departure of Ben Parnell as CEO of Athena Learning Trust v interesting, given debate over behaviour management. Some background on that in this story: www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/2608336...

One more thing about freedom of movement. It isn't a 'necessary evil', is a genuine positive. It's something that is good from almost every angle. We should have been celebrating it.

Sutton Trust ‘The backgrounds of leading figures in the media also remain highly unrepresentative. The gap is particularly prominent amongst newspaper columnists (50% privately educated), political commentators (47%), podcasters (45%), and BBC executives (38%) www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...

📣Election Day! Polling stations are open! Your chance to vote for amazing Green councillors who have just 2 vested interests - your local community and your environment. Make hope normal again & Vote Green💚 (& remember to take photo ID to the polling station!)

Reading Ofsted report on school within an academy chain which is well-known for its v strict ethos. Ofsted's section "What it's like to be a pupil at this school" would leave parents having to read between the lines to get a sense of this. Text looks formulaic. Wondering re the point of inspections.

'The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness & of love.' ~William Wordsworth We can all make choices & do what we can, in the circumstances we’re in. Doesn’t need to be showy or loud. It comes from a quiet place within, & tells us who we are.

People need to be clear. Brexit wasn’t just a shitshow for technical legal reasons involving the single market and customs union. It was a shitshow because of the whole approach to immigration. Freedom of movement was a huge, critical positive, and denying it was massively damaging.

The fox appears in the folklore of many cultures and is associated with cunning and tricks or as a familiar animal possessed of magic powers #FolkloreThursday Silk embroidered fox by Helen Richman, professional hand embroiderer, UK #WomensArt

It would be incredibly naive to legislate to give effect to the EU/US trade deal without providing for safeguards in the event that Trump breaches it - given his pattern of breaching trade deals, and in fact breaching every form of deal throughout his entire life

In Poltava, a final farewell was held for two rescue workers killed in a Russian missile strike yesterday, a double-tap specifically designed to kill first responders. Cowardly terrorist tactics that kill those who come to save.

Threatened with being shutdown, an AI agent publicly disclosed private data inc usernames & passwords. The 'lethal trifecta' of AI: "if they've got access to private information, if they've got internet access, and if someone can give them an instruction that's untrusted, then they're not safe."

“The evidence from countries such as Denmark and Australia is clear: granting temporary status to refugees will exacerbate mental and physical ill-health, adversely affect social integration and increase refugees’ risk of economic instability and of falling into poverty.”

1/2 This is a connection I hadn't made: RFK,Jr.'s efforts to undermine not just public health but science dovetails with Vought et al.'s Christian nationalism - a "coordinated, full-throated attack on secular democratic institutions that protect everyone equally." Good read: is.gd/bMFkyA

They’re smearing Polanski because he offers an alternative. As soon as there’s a slither of hope and light the journalists and the political class do all in their power to crush it. Instead of the politics of hate from Labour/Tory/Reform the alternative is hope. join.greenparty.org.uk

The media forensically dissects the pasts of people who challenge the status quo, such as Polanski and Corbyn. Fair enough, up to a point: we should know about our representatives. But it's far less inquisitive about those who defend power, however great their misdeeds, such as Nigel Farage.🧵

It was wrong when the media did this to Ed Miliband when he was leader and it is wrong to do this to Polanski. Genuinely have no idea how awfulness like this gets past editors… It’s really not that hard to criticise policies or politicians without being antisemitic.

Neoliberalism eroding resilience. UK energy companies made £125bn profit since 2020. Due to lack of investment, UK does not have adequate electricity transmission or storage system. Companies are paid to turn-off wind turbines during high winds. Expected to cost £8bn a year by 2030.

🔴 EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK Refuses to Explain Why Nigel Farage Met and Posed with Man Criminally Convicted for Violent Attack on Anti-Racism Meeting at a Church Byline Times' new findings cast doubts on Farage's claim of refusing to associate with extreme elements – @josiahmortimer.bsky.social reports

This can't, or shouldn't, be even remotely good enough, and surely wouldn't be accepted as such for any other party leader. Amongst many, many other things, it can't have been both 'unconditional' *and* 'to pay for my security'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The UK has six weeks of jet fuel left, the government has no plan, and your holiday might be at risk youtu.be/j5rxWjYLlzg?...

The "out of the way swine" comic is great but this is the best comic strip of all time

I've seen the decline in healthy Reef corals in real time over the last couple of decades. Loss of coral means loss of small Reef fish & critters. It leads to loss of larger predator fish, which leads to ecosystem collapse. Lots of people depend on that system theconversation.com/massive-mari...

Glyphosate usage is back in the news, especially pre harvest spraying of wheat. The @thesoilassociation.bsky.social have concerns over human health as breads & cereals may be tainted. Others have environmental concerns as we previously reported...

Hi All, just sent out this free midweek update. We have a fascinating contrast. For all the talk, nothing has materially changed in the US-Iran War since April 1. Trump remains as stuck as he was then. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

EU trade deal could force UK to restrict use of weedkiller linked to cancer. WHO classified glyphosate as “probably carcinogen”. EU banned it in 2023. Brexit led to lower health standards in the UK, corporations appeased. Don't wait for the EU deal, protect people now.

NEW: Google quietly shut down Project Mariner yesterday, the web-browsing AI agent it highlighted onstage last year at Google IO. I reported for WIRED, nearly 2 months ago, that Google had moved staffers off the Project Mariner team as it responded to OpenClaw-style agents.

Bayer has paid out billions in compensation to people killed by close contact with glyphosate yet it is still legal in Britain to spray crops shortly before harvest and let it enter the food chain. Banned in EU. www.standard.co.uk/business/bus...

Would be cool if media outlets would do their job and start reporting on the Russian mass slaughter of Ukrainians over the last few days, with them randomly throwing missiles and drones at our towns and cities onto busy streets, in broad daylight, to maximize casualties with zero military objectives