Jim Down
@JimDown8
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icu consultant, author of Life Support and Life in the Balance
Joined April 2021
First paperback copies of LITB arrived today - thank you @jbirkett and the designers at @VikingBooksUK I love it. Out on Feb 28th available to order now. Please spread the word
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The party who claim to be patriots literally had a Reform leadership member caught red handed taking bribes from Russia. This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give. How are Reform getting away with this? https://t.co/14vnLtseGc
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How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
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Yes - you did absolutely predict this. Repeatedly. And Brexit has been one of the worst examples of British self harm since the Corn Laws. It took a while but even the Corn Laws were overturned. Eventually.
I cant resist a tad of schadenfreude as I was accused of scaremongering about predicting all negative consequences of Brexit a decade ago. Always knew Brexiteers had no hard evidence to substantiate their sunlit uplands claims. All done on a wing and a prayer. UK was sold a pup!
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What a treat to hear the brilliant @anilkseth deliver the Voltaire lecture last night. AI might never be conscious but it’s still terrifying
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Thank you to @mrjamesob for having me on, one of the v few people in the UK press to follow this story during what is now a decade of media apathy &/or complicity
‘The threat couldn’t be more urgent and imminent. Yet here we are, still putting our head in the sand.’ @carolecadwalla says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.
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@carolecadwalla @mrjamesob Carole I had our book club last night - not a single one of the 6 people there had heard of Nathan Gill - intelligent well informed people who don’t use X or TikTok. BBC / ITV etc have a lot to answer for .
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Lucky for Nigel Farage that he never met that bloke who took bribes from the Russians, otherwise the media would be all over it.
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The Israeli Minister inviting Tommy Robinson a man with multiple convictions for violence and fraud to Israel in response to the horrific Manchester attack. Let that sink in.😳 At a time all communities in the UK are uniting to support our Jewish community as they grieve, the
In the wake of the horrific Manchester terrorist attack, Israel and the Jewish people stand firmly with our allies in the United Kingdom. On behalf of the State of Israel, I am proud to host British patriot @TRobinsonNewEra who will visit Israel in mid-October. Tommy is a
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Why is this being hushed up in the UK ? Because the UK press is thoroughly corrupt
This story is now big news all over the world... except in the UK.
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In Starmer's speech, there was not one single mention of: 'arms' 'take up arms' 'attack' 'go for the enemy' None of the things Tice said are true. NONE OF IT. Why do @SkyPoliticsHub have him on their show? He's a demonstrable liar and actually the one trying to incite. He
'The prime minister literally used the word "arms", take up arms and attack, go for the enemy, just the most extraordinary language' - @TiceRichard Reform UK's deputy leader is challenged by @darrenmccaffrey on claims Starmer called for violence against Farage's party.
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Haha -
Reform UK planning to bring about the change Britain needs by recruiting all the people who broke it in the first place….
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I'll be attending the amazing 27th Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Forum in Da Balaia. Let me know if you're planning to attend so that we can say Hi! 👋 Or register now and join me at the event! https://t.co/o6anUp06kz via #Whova event app
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2025-09-29, Albufeira, Faro
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This is desperately upsetting and harrowing but a must listen for us all.
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Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 07/09/2025 · 58m
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I’m afraid you can’t distance yourself from a controversial speaker if you are the ones who invited him!! Reform distances itself from doctor who made Covid claims at conference - BBC News
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A speaker at the Reform UK conference claimed it was "highly likely" that the jab was linked to the King and Princess of Wales' cancers.
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I bet this leads the BBC all day … I bet the media will be chasing Farage all around the place demanding the facts …
EXCLUSIVE: 'Hypocrite' Nigel Farage didn't pay £44k stamp duty then blasted Angela Rayner https://t.co/RladPOhwaO
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Spot on. 🎯 @EllieChowns: "While the Conservative Party deludes itself with the myth of endless fossil fuels, the rest of us know just how ridiculous and reckless that is."
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.@CPhilpOfficial just told a whopper of a lie. He claimed the Cons Rwandan scheme would have cleared all the asylum hotels in a year. The Rawandan scheme would have removed 200 people a year. There are currently 33K asylum seekers in hotels.
The Con minister who opened The Bell Hotel @CPhilpOfficial spouting his nonsenses on @BBCr4today
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BREAKING: This is illegal. Trump can NOT unilaterally ban mail-in voting or require voter ID. HE’s LYING
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It's great to see the Greens & Lib-Dems strongly represented on tonight's #Newsnight & taking part in a really balanced, impartial discussion. Oh wait...
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“Russia inserted a clause saying that all guarantor states, including Russia, had to approve the response if Ukraine were attacked. In effect, Moscow could invade Ukraine again and then veto any military intervention on Ukraine’s behalf”
nytimes.com
Representatives from the warring nations held peace talks in the early weeks of the Russian invasion. They fizzled. Documents from those talks show why any new ones will face major obstacles.
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