Counterpoint: ALL staff in the NHS deserve fair pay and conditions, including resident doctors. We have all suffered from the squeeze on salaries and a hike in living costs. Here, trade union members are trying to improve their working lives. Don't pick fights with working people - tax the rich.

Counterpoint: ALL staff in the NHS deserve fair pay and conditions, including resident doctors. We have all suffered from the squeeze on salaries and a hike in living costs. Here, trade union members are trying to improve their working lives. Don't pick fights with working people - tax the rich.

A national campaign calling for higher taxes on Britain’s wealthiest individuals arrived in Newcastle this week, with the Patriotic Millionaires UK bus pulling up on Market Street in steady rain emblazoned with the message: “Tax us, the super-rich.” 👏👏👏

"I’m determined to rebuild NHS dentistry” says Keir Starmer For that to happen we need sustainable funding. Yesterday I joined @thebda.bsky.social in delivering a petition backed by 120,000 people to the PM and Health Secretary. Progress will hinge on whether they listen

Defend the BBC before it’s gone – an open letter The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy | Dr Russell Jackson @docrussjackson.bsky.social yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/def...

Information underpins democracy and the BBC is a key part of that. We need to protect our institutions open.substack.com/pub/christin...

Our political response to the #NHS 10 Year Plan is below. "While some ideas, if effectively delivered, would garner our support, we are deeply concerned that the dominant strands being advanced rely heavily on privatisation and unrealistic technological promises." More here: 👇

it is awful the people designing the digital exclusion are digitally confident enthusiasts and don't consult with or care about people who aren't

Hopefully wont come to, as actually I believe in the NHS and want to be an NHS GP (or I'd have already left!)

Strong message here 👇 www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/lmcs-co...

'Conference, we have been lied to. Strong words, but they’re honest words.’ @drkatie.bsky.social unashamedly speaking truth to power at the LMC England conference in Manchester earlier today. www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/lmcs-co...

Strong message here 👇 www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/lmcs-co...

'Conference, we have been lied to. Strong words, but they’re honest words.’ @drkatie.bsky.social unashamedly speaking truth to power at the LMC England conference in Manchester earlier today. www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/lmcs-co...

The UK Labour Party defines itself as a "democratic socialist" part in the first sentence of Clause IV. And has since the 1990s. That's how woeful the BBC claiming it's a term with no definition is. Good grief.

Which one is more English?

1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution. The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵

Congratulations to New York City. This is what solidarity looks like ✊

Frustrated you can't get a GP appointment? Work in primary care? Interested in what's happening and want to improve local services? Join our FREE event on 29th Nov in London. Details and tickets here: keepournhspublic.com/event/primar...

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

Great British Railways legislation out today! 🎉A once in a lifetime opportunity To make public ownership a huge success we need 🚅fare reductions 🚅Switzerland levels of investment 🚅passenger representation 🚅no more wasteful competition 🚅rolling stock in public hands weownit.org.uk/news/new-gre...

Nigel Farage is now talking about cutting the minimum wage for young people. Once again, instead of going after the super-rich, he attacks ordinary workers. So much for being a man of the people.

This from @lewisgoodall.com

ReformUK, the Russian spy, and the rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill : www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Latest letter in this morning’s @yorkshirepost.co.uk by Jas Olak

In case you missed it ... This is the "preamble" or introduction to the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights. It perfectly sums up the whole beauty of the European idea. #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺🕊

‘I think we were so desperate to get out of the EU that at the time we basically came up with a very bad deal.’ Former Tory Brexit minister David Jones, who has since defected to Reform UK #Traitors

Our Head of Campaigns, Tom Griffiths, writes for @left-foot-forward.bsky.social about the vital contribution migrants make to our NHS. Join our event on this in Nov to hear @zackpolanski.bsky.social and others speak. Tickets here: bit.ly/MigrantsNotT... 🔥🎟 leftfootforward.org/2025/10/anti...

'No progress' on GP contract reform as BMA frozen out of Carr-Hill review www.gponline.com/no-progress-...

Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term www.gov.uk/government/p...

Robinson, Musk and Badenoch are all part of an industry of grievance, a machine designed to spread hate which now operates across the British right – from respectable print outlets to wild-eyed online fascists inews.co.uk/opinion/dont...

Friendly reminder: these are the rights we all have under the ECHR. They're not just for a privileged few They're for EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US

History teaches us clearly: rights can be lost quickly if we don't defend them. Act now: amn.st/633227EWl4

NHS needs up to £3bn extra to avoid cuts, health leaders warn. Cuts = money wasted on redundancies. NHS leaks money due to PFI, privatisation profits. 6.26m await 7.41m England hospital appointments. Can't expand economy without healthy workforce. Must increase NHS capacity. Pay doctors/nurses.

Should be asked of every decision taken since July last year

Did you know that unpaid carers save the UK over £184 billion a year? This #InternationalDayOfCare we're calling for better support to recognise the enormous contribution millions of unpaid carers provide to family and friends across the UK every day.

Collective action is our route to change the NHS for the better. Unsafe political point scoring threatens to destabilise GPs. 🖥️ infinite online consultation access risks dangerous working practices 😔 ARRS GPs with poor pay and fragmented work 💾 Mandatory use of IT that overshares inaccurate data

renewal.org.uk/articles/soc... my essay on Labour strategy in the face of Reform threat ... free to read 👇🏽 ( but subscribe if you can)

These are not "out of touch liberal elite" opinions they're majority opinions. Millions of "ordinary" people.

A majority of voters, and a plurality of white voters, think that Reform is a racist party with racist policies.

Labour demonstrating their commitment to ordinary people, living, working and contributing to Britain. Protection given to all Renters is wide ranging and is now Law. All renters will be safer.

Farage: epic grifter

How should trade unions respond to the 10 Year Plan? Dr Steve Watkins' analysis shines a light on economic solutions that have been neglected for decades, but could now prove a crucial life raft for the NHS. Read his paper here 👇 drs-in.unitetheunion.org/policies/the...

Collective action is our route to change the NHS for the better. Unsafe political point scoring threatens to destabilise GPs. 🖥️ infinite online consultation access risks dangerous working practices 😔 ARRS GPs with poor pay and fragmented work 💾 Mandatory use of IT that overshares inaccurate data

Have you been affected by Virgin Active’s ban on trans people in bathrooms and changing rooms? We want to hear from you. If you’re a trans or gender diverse member of Virgin Active, tell us about your experiences here: goodlawproject.org/about/contac...

🤷In shared, stuffy spaces, infection prevention and control is essential. When transmission is high, ventilation and face coverings are vital to reduce airborne spread. 🤦Too often, ignorance prevails - because the data is hidden, dismissed, or ignored. Interesting: www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...

NHS leaders warn of longer waiting times if demand for extra £3bn not met Key Labour pledge under threat as health service faces costs from redundancies, strikes and rising drug prices

Nothing on the BBC Radio news this morning. Nothing I could find on their website. This is an MP from the party whose lead in the opinion polls normally ensures them wall-to-wall coverage. She spouts racist nonsense for which even she feels obliged to apologise. What on earth are they playing at?

‘We need a party where we can say what we think and have arguments without having our whip suspended.’ Labour MP Dr Simon Opher says the Caerphilly loss proves Labour must change direction. @natashadevon.bsky.social

Powell will not be taking on a cabinet role - and will therefore not be bound by collective responsibility. She can publicly speak truth to power and represent the Party's grassroots when the government next falls short. Vital to shift Labour back to the left.