James Dray
@Drayjames
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Global Health & Development, Philanthrophy, UK & African politics. Chair @SSF_UK Trustee @coram @NAT_AIDS_TRUST & @BritainLeads 🏳️🌈🇿🇦🇬🇧 He/Him
London, England
Joined March 2009
Africa spending more on interest than health as debt crisis spirals
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Poor and middle income countries are being forced to cut back on hospitals, schools and development so they can pay off creditors
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RT @ctrlamb: Vatican commissioned report sets out proposals for tackling the debt burden on developing countries. The compiling of the repo….
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On June 20, 2025 the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (PASS) and Columbia University’s Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) published a report by a commission of global experts calling for...
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RT @WalkerMarcus: This is the most beautifully catty statement put out by any academic institution about another in at least five decades a….
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Statement from the Provost of Oriel College on the discovery of the seventh surviving 1300 engrossment of the Magna Carta at Harvard Law School
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RT @ElectionMapsUK: How *that* YouGov Poll plays out in my Nowcast Model:. RFM: 309 (+304).LAB: 137 (-274).LDM: 89 (+17).SNP: 48 (+39).CON:….
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This is so incredibly stupid and short sighted. UK in talks with Brazil over 'potential sale' of two Royal Navy warships - Sky News
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Defence experts said the fact HMS Bulwark - which has only just received an expensive refit - and HMS Albion are being flogged off underlines the pressure on the defence budget, even though Sir Keir...
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RT @JennyChapman: Our work with @GlobalFund is good for Global Health, and the UK’s health security too. Since 2002, we’ve helped cut glob….
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RT @MSuzman: I am deeply disturbed by news reports that the U.S. Administration is considering withdrawing its support for Gavi. If true, a….
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RT @cssf_uk: “One child, aged 12, is non-verbal and unsteady on her feet. The expression on her face on stage was one of sheer wonder.” 💗….
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Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. Despite what you might hear from Trump, Starmer, Musk and Lammy, US and UK aid cuts mean that people will die who would otherwise live. Is this who we are?.
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A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
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RT @Telegraph: 🗣️ Former Army chiefs criticise Starmer’s aid cut to boost defence.
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Defence and aid are ‘complementary pillars of a coherent security strategy,’ says General Lord Richards
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No UK Prime Minister in modern history has ever cut as much aid as Keir Starmer. More than half million children will likely die. Almost 40 million children wont be immunised. A quarter of a million schoolchildren will no longer receive food. over the next 5 years.
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RT @AnnelieseDodds: It is with sadness that I have had to tender my resignation as Minister for International Development and for Women and….
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RT @PoliticsJOE_UK: Starmer in 2021: No Prime Minister should cut foreign aid. Starmer in 2025: I'm cutting foreign aid. .
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RT @JamesCleverly: Increased defence spending is right, cutting the ODA budget is a mistake! . Rather than cut the bloated welfare bill, or….
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RT @FT: The assault on USAID is a wake-up call for the rest of the world
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Even before the Trump administration’s slash and burn approach, international assistance was ripe for a rethink
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RT @adrianlovett: It’s here. #Mandela20. With:. @bonsuman. @ArchbishopThabo. @aoteh. @UNReliefChief. @sanianishtar. @szmakka. @junesarp….
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RT @cssf_uk: We're getting closer to empowering more young people through the unique power of Shakespeare. But we still need your help to r….
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I am so proud to chair the Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation, and get so much enjoyment out of it, but I would be lying if I didn't acknowlege that it sometimes keep me up at night given the challenging situation we face in arts education.
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The decline in arts education, particularly in drama and performing arts, has left a significant gap in children's development. In these challenging times, our work is more crucial than ever. 🫶🏿. 🔗 Read more about it here:
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RT @DuncanStott: This is the only thing you need to understand about inheritance tax on farmland .
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RT @joshglancy: I say this having been guilty of it, but there’s something deeply cringe in the way Brits talk about American politics. The….
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