Same - as much as I hate all the misery and evil I think I’m addicted to it…

So who still uses Bluesky? Are we all still on our best behaviour over here?

🚨 TOMORROW! 🚨

Come and join the “hard left eco mob trying to derail NHS pay deal” in London 👇

Finally on my way to Liverpool for @rcn.org.uk Congress #RCN25.

Looking forward to seeing some of the @nhsworkerssayno.bsky.social squad and joining the mental health forum as a voting member.

✊

❗️This is at the 1 in 12 Club in Bradford today. 🇵🇸

To be absolutely clear, I will not vote for Labour if they continue to support Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians.

I won’t be voting tactically

I don’t care who that lets into power

I’m not voting for a Party that can permit the wilful starvation of innocent people.

Lord Summerisle in front of the Wicker Man pyre in 1973's THE WICKER MAN

Dani (Florence Pugh) frowning in massive floral gown and headdress in Ari Aster's MIDSOMMAR

Happy May Day!

Thank you Ifhat for your support!

I am standing for re-election to the female health seat on UNISON's NEC alongside Claire Miller and Kevin Corran.

We also recommend voting for Adrian O'Malley for the remaining health seat.

#TimeforRealChange
#UNISON
#NECElections2025

Proud to join colleagues from West Yorkshire Health Workers 4 Palestine for a march remembering Palestinian health workers in Leeds this weekend.

#NotATarget #FreeDrHussamAbuSafiya

Many of the best people I meet are trans. Some of the biggest advocates for justice. No trans woman has ever threatened my rights. Today’s ruling is a win for hypothetical scenarios that barely exist in reality, and causes real life pain and anxiety for people already enduring so much.

Outside the BBC building in Leeds this lunchtime:

“BBC, pick a side: justice or genocide!”

#FreePalestine

Just watched ‘Striking with Pride: United at the Coalface’ as part of Leeds Queer Film Festival and 100% recommend to anyone who gets a chance to watch it.

An important display of solidarity I think a few on the left could do with being reminded of right now.

This ⬇️

It’s a sign that there’s something v wrong with society if one job isn’t enough to survive on

And these people no doubt would be the first to complain about standards slipping. How can you expect good service when an employee is exhausted? Would you want a doctor straight off another shift?

Always the way. Another real champion of women’s rights…

I’m never going to stop laughing at this

Obviously most ‘centrist’ media outlets don’t respond to those on the left-wing saying they’re focusing on the wrong things, so let me say this: your reporting is really super boring now, because it’s very clear that you’re using mental gymnastics not to call out Starmer properly.

I’d be willing to attempt a citizens arrest if he fancies visiting Leeds

Cardiff: University confirms plans to cut 400 jobs Vice-chancellor Wendy Larner says "it is no longer an option for us to continue as we are".

Who needs nurses anyway?

So sorry to hear about your cat. 💔 Everything is awful at the moment, even in the best of circumstances, but the (seemingly few) decent people left need to stick together! Spring will soon be on its way - I always find that feels a little bit better. 🌞

Almost 7 in 10 (67%) respondents to an RCN survey said they're delivering care in over-crowded or unsuitable places

Nursing staff are being forced to deliver care in inappropriate settings every day.

Patient safety is being compromised.

The true extent of the corridor care crisis has been revealed in our new report, using the testimonies of over 5,000 NHS nursing staff.

Read it here: https://bit.ly/3WiS8wB

'Talk of an upcoming ceasefire deal in Gaza must be treated with caution, especially as the implementation of the terms will be fraught with difficulties', says Al Jazeera Senior Analyst Marwan Bishara.

🟥 Read analysis: aje.io/upmvx5

Free Palestine 🇵🇸🙏❤️

Write to your MP: Palestinian healthcare workers under attack

🚨 Tell your MP - Protect healthworkers

Israel is escalating its genocide on Gaza and its attack on Palestinian healthworkers. Write to your MP to demand they push the govt to #StopArmingIsrael, and protect healthcare workers (1/5)

Write here: palestinecampaign.eaction.online/healthcarewo...

'Nurse' stabbed at hospital A&E department - man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder The woman in her 50s, who has suffered life-changing injuries, is being treated at her place of work.

Horrendous to think that nurse went to work in A&E - in already dire circumstances - and ended up a patient there herself.

I hope our unions are really going to stand up for us. @rcn.org.uk

Of course. And Linda - by what can only be a miracle at this point - lived to see another day!

Our queen:

'Patients are collapsing in the waiting room': A&E nurses speak out Nurses working on the front line of emergency care have spoken to the BBC about pressure they are facing.

Wake up Streeting! Address the healthcare professional's recruitment & retention crisis.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

‘Forgotten’: How one Mexican city struggles against big industry for water A Coca-Cola plant pumps millions of litres of water in San Cristóbal de las Casas. But locals say their faucets run dry.

“We’re forgotten about here... nobody cares.”

A Coca-Cola plant pumps millions of litres of water in Mexico's San Cristóbal de las Casas. But locals say their faucets run dry.

So who is to blame for the water shortages? ⤵️

Can anyone point to *any credible* sources for the claims I’ve seen vaguely waved around, that private health has a whole load of meaningful & useful spare capacity just waiting around for NHS patients?

I saw 20% mentioned but that seems to have come from industry lobbyists - about something else!