Call me a pessimist but I fear the good ones would move on leaving the ‘less talented’ ones
Ever wondered where TV news channels find all these young guests with near identical hard-right libertarian views? Well it turns out they're being pushed out by specialist 'talent agencies' backed by pro-Trump cash bylinetimes.com/2024/10/08/t...
Talent agencies funded by right-wing American fossil fuel billionaires are helping to funnel hard right views onto our TV screens
The ‘Westminster Bubble’ has been a problem for a very long time.
Losing our GPs. But are YOU putting up a fight for them? By 2034, qualified GPs in England will deliver just 70% of all appointments at surgeries, down from the 90% who did so as recently as 2015. It could be just 50%. I find that quite chilling www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Patients will increasingly see nurses, physiotherapists or pharmacists instead of GPs, says Frontier Economics study
It is understood the Irish Government has informed Israeli officials that Unifil troop movements are a matter for the UN and its force commander on the ground. Unifil has told Israel it will not be removing the troops.
Request rejected on day when 24 Irish citizens managed to leave country with Dutch and Canadian assistance
Good to see the British Library moving forward from the cyberattack. Its detailed document on the attack is really worth reading, even if you're not nerdy: it's a shining example of clear writing www.bl.uk/home/british...
British Library reveals £400,000 plan to rebuild after "catastrophic" ransomware attack 📜📚 www.thestack.technology/british-libr...
World-famous library is still battling to recover from an incident described as one of the worst in British history.
Amid the (mostly) trivia freebiegate stories, the real story of Labour conference was largely missed. The clearest signs yet the govt is going to shift fiscal and political approach and start talking about borrowing to invest. My piece for NS. www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...
The Chancellor’s shift in position is Labour’s best hope of avoiding political and economic decline.
Starmer to his staff, 2020: I want absolutely everything declared. EVERYTHING. Not a hint of impropriety. I don't want so much as a paperclip or mouse pad to be missed off the register. Every wazzock journalist, 2024: OMG OMG OMG OMG HE TOOK PAPERCLIP AND MOUSE PAD DONATIONS WTF WTF WTF WTF
David Davis famously said there would be no downsides to Brexit only considerable upsides - this week Yorkshire Bylines recorded downside number 2,000! 2,000 downsides of Brexit, many of which are getting worse with time, not better. Will it ever end? yorkshirebylines.co.uk/regular-feat...
David Davis famously said there would be no downsides to Brexit only considerable upsides - so we started recording them.