Unfortunately this confirms my experience. I waited a year from referral to surgery, it took six months to have the follow up echocardiogram and I’m still waiting (10 months and counting) for an assessment of the operation’s success theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

whisper it quietly and don't jinx it, but the b0ts have suddenly disappeared from my notifications

I raise you “the Village” in E17

humiliating. looks like shit. yet another massive W for earth, the best planet in the universe

This is a very odd article - the YouGov MRP mostly highlighted how little these seats were exposed despite some safe Labour seats not swinging (much) towards Labour.

As ever, Sunder Katwala's take on this is the most level-headed.

Middle class Americans live in the richest country on earth at a time of unprecedented global prosperity and have let online ragebait convince themselves that they are living through awful historical circumstances.

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No pressure mate

We should have abandoned taking political betting markets seriously the day after the Brexit vote.

Ah it's Israel moderate Labor big-wig president Isaac Herzog..

Just incase you're wondering why there are no partners for peace..

I think a more accurate title for this book would be 'Postbox'

🚨 There has been a 239% increase in refugee homelessness in 2 years. Newly recognised refugees are becoming homeless and destitute because of systemic failures and a dysfunctional process.

Our new report on what the next Mayor of London should do: refugeecouncil.org.uk/latest/news/ne…

Alid allegedly started being abusive and threatening towards a housemate after learning he had converted from Islam to Christianity and was attending local church

The man reported Alid to the police and their housing provider, but police didn't arrest him and they weren't moved

An Islamist extremist tried to murder his housemate and then stabbed a random passer-by to death in Hartlepool on 15 October in 'revenge' for Israel's killing of Palestinian children in Gaza, a court has heard

Ahmed Alid denies murder and attempted murder and his trial continues

The FT calls today for Labour to fund its social care wage increases from 'central funding.' That's essential. Wage rises are needed but the funds cannot come from raising care charge, or from councils further cutting care packages.

So much in this - running the midwife gauntlet for pain relief, the NCT pushing people to risky, agonising births - chimes for me. I got an epidural after 15 hours of trying. Never so glad to see anyone in my life as that anaesthetist. I'm OK. But UK birth culture is messed up.

Reform Party candidate for Parliament, Iris Leask, is suspended for saying that Ben Wallace ‘should be left to die’ in Afghanistan, advocating that meat-eaters ‘eat other humans’ and calling for the obliteration of the human race (2024)

BIG potential blow to GB News.

One of its major bankrollers, Paul Marshall, is set to quit its board. Redundancies are also planned.

news.sky.com/story/telegrap…

economist.com/britain/2024/0… Bootlicking: a noble art

The world may now be in the foothills of World War 3. But while the autocratic powers are getting ready as fast as they can, the democratic powers seem utterly blind to the disaster that could be looming just ahead.

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Relatedly, we will see (as we are already seeing) more coups d'etat. Coup-plotters have different great-power patrons they can turn to for arms and political support, and Washington prioritizes geopolitics over democracy promotion nytimes.com/2023/09/13/wor…