I was in Utrecht last week. It's unimaginable that a motorway once ran through the centre of the city. They removed it & have created a people friendly, accessible, liveable city centre. It was one of the best cities of my Europe trip. Imagine what Glasgow could do Replace The M8

Have to say Private Eye Magazine is absolutely on fire this week. 👏👏👏

This is the level of competence of our govt ministers. No wonder the country is in such a decline.

Now that snipers are trained on peaceful students and professors are being hog-tied by masked men with assault rifles, it'd be great to hear from all the people who made 'free speech on US campuses' their life's mission every time they met a student with blue hair.

The Cass review of gender identity services marks a return to reason and evidence – it must be defended theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Highly recommend this episode of More or Less on the methodology of the systematic reviews that informed the Cass Review. Worth hearing Cass in her own words on the irresponsible adults undermining children’s healthcare by spreading misinformation.

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mor…

The expansion of free childcare has been a Tory-fied mess of a bright Labour idea | Polly Toynbee theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

'Anxiety is the main problem that people seek help with. Anxious that they will make mistakes, that they are going to harm patients, that they can’t provide the level of care they would like to.'

Zaid Al-Najjar on the value of NHS Practitioner Health bmj.com/content/385/bm…

Tory MPs have just voted again to insist that Afghans who worked for our armed forces & who put their own lives at risk for our country can be sent to Rwanda.

Against military advice.

And against the pledges Ministers made to support those who supported us

So, and I mean this respectfully, what in gods name is the point of a PA? Who is this role trying to help? Because it’s certainly not me, and struggling to see how it’s patients either.

Sunak’s “moral mission” to target disabled people. Dystopian, calculated, performative cruelty.

“It’s enough that I lost my father. Stop the war, it’s enough.”

14-year-old Yousef, Gaza.

His message is clear: Every child has a right to safety and peace. Ceasefire now.

Thatcher’s enduring legacy and most heinous sin | Letters theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Life expectancy has fallen in the past decade for those in the more socioeconomically deprived groups..

What is happening to #LifeExpectancy in England? Explore the latest data, the impact of Covid-19 and how England compares to other countries in our updated explainer. ⬇️ kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-an…

Nadhim Zahawi kept his horses warm at taxpayers expense... got away with it... 14 years later he tried to doge a £4 million tax bill.... got away with it!
What else has this crooked charlatan got away with that we don't yet know about???

That didn't take long. UK have rejected latest proposal from EU re youth mobility without even opening the discussion.

news.sky.com/story/uk-rules…

Israel is facing a historic defeat, the bitter fruit of years of disastrous policies. If the country now prioritizes vengeance over its own best interests, it will put itself and the entire region in grave danger, writes Yuval Noah Harari
haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

And er….poverty?

Tory MPs just voted to insist that Afghan interpreters who served British armed forces can be sent to Rwanda.

A scheme which costs £2m per asylum seeker. A £500m+ scheme for less than 1% of asylum seekers. Which now includes those who worked with our troops

Shameful & shambolic