Sally Miller 💙 @sallyM.bsky.social
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now the long road to recovery from the politics of corruption …..
Joined April 2020
Where does all the NHS money go? A 💈 Constant wrangling over NHS finances: it’s a bottomless pit - it’s mismanaged - it’s a huge amount - it’s not enough - will never be enough.... Where to start with all of this? Let’s take a look.... 1/15
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Threatening our senior lawmakers into accepting assisted suicide, or else...thank you for demonstrating so shamelessly the kind of coercive pressure which my elderly patients will face if the Lords don't stand up to you bullies.
“If they continue to push against the expressed will of the democratic majority, the Lords may find that it is their own future which becomes the question.” Christine Jardine MP joins many arguing that deliberate time-wasting tactics risk tarnishing the reputation of the House of
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And for the shareholders of private healthcare companies, presumably?
On Wednesday I will set out how we will cut NHS waiting lists, cut national debt and cut the cost of living. This will be a Budget for you and your family. https://t.co/3YRXhvVQrN
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Amazing thread. Nine times Lord Falconer has said the Upper House can of course reject a Bill.
1. Lord Falconer, 2017: the Lords has the right to reject a bill which wasn’t a manifesto promise.
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Hmmm so why not do this first? i.e. before inviting private health providers in to monetise assisted dying
We will transform palliative and end-of-life care nationwide to put an end to the postcode lottery in access and quality. Our Modern Service Framework will ensure that everyone receives high-quality compassionate care when they need it most. https://t.co/sZNfGv7IF2
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This is really interesting. It’s almost as if there’s a connection between media coverage of political events & people’s understanding of them..
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian interference is now up to 13k, and growing fast. It's still early days, but it's notable that the percentage of people signing is highest in Wales. This suggests that media coverage of Nathan Gill was considerably more
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Why is this very experienced Parliamentarian openly lying about how Parliament works, just in order to get the state killing the old and vulnerable as quickly as possible?!
Lords role is to scrutinise not to block this bill. It is role of elected MPs to make important public policy decisions. Constitutionally wrong for unelected Lords to frustrate Commons (and go against overwhelming public support for Assisted Dying Bill)
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Things we are now being asked to sacrifice for the sake of the AS bill: —The NHS’s founding principles —Hippocratic Oath —Universal suicide prevention —Hospices which want to opt out —Prohibition on the state taking the lives of its citizens —The constitutional role of the Lords
For a former Leader of the House to be community noted for misrepresenting the constitution and respective roles of the two Houses is quite something! Again we see those in favour of this Bill willing to say anything to get this wretched bill on to the statute books.
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So blatant
Rachel Reeves's letting agent forgot to fill in a form so the media had wall to wall coverage for 4 days straight. Nathan Gill a Reform leader and Farage aid is jailed for treasonously taking bribes from Russia, the same media is virtually silent. Why?
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What’s unconstitutional is a govt bill (but not trailed in manifesto) masquerading as a private members bill; ministers assisting in voting down amendments in Commons committee; now pretending the Lords have no right to vote to amend or reject the result.
Lords role is to scrutinise not to block this bill. It is role of elected MPs to make important public policy decisions. Constitutionally wrong for unelected Lords to frustrate Commons (and go against overwhelming public support for Assisted Dying Bill)
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Laura Kuenssberg has just managed to host an hour long political programme, without a single mention of one of the main parties being implicated in a Russian bribery scandal How is that even fucking possible? #bbclaurak
#bbcbreakfast
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Call for boycott of firms criticised by Grenfell fire inquiry. Arconic, Kingspan and Celotex behaved with “systematic dishonesty”, “engaged in deliberate and sustained strategies to manipulate the testing processes". 72 died in 2017. No one prosecuted. https://t.co/xtmpyLOCkF
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TV personality wants homeowners and businesses to shun ‘dishonest’ firms Arconic, Kingspan and Celotex
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Zack Polanski's economic policies would take us a step closer to the systems in Norway, Finland & Denmark. We'd still have capitalism, have rich people & inequality, just there'd be housing for the homeless & protection for the poor. This for Tories like Gauke is "dangerous."
Zack Polanski’s economic approach is extraordinarily ignorant and dangerous.
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When is the IFS going to accept its share of responsibility for the idiocy of economic policy post 2010? The coalition government wasn’t ‘populist’ ‘far left’ or ‘far right’ - and Sw1 LOVED it. Yet it was the most damaging government of my lifetime.
Quite. V worrying coming from the leader of an increasingly popular party. The populism of far left and far right have much in common. Pretending there are simple answers, no economic constraints, and always others to blame and others who will pay.
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Here is the Sun's pitifully small apology for its lie about benefits tourism - a lie that was accepted as truth by millions and helped deliver Brexit. These lies are perverting our democracy. At a minimum, apologies should be published in the same location and size as the lie.
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We have had 17 years of Austerity. What we need now is Austerity for the rich. Let them go without Mansions, Private Jets and Megayachts for at least 17 years.
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Keeping something the same is not doing something different... It's unbelievable that you think it is. Bringing rail into public ownership, now that would be doing something different!
We are freezing rail fares for the first time in 30 years. That's the difference a Labour government makes.
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He has been beyond, beyond contempt for decades now — no typo. As have his loyal apostles at the Mail, the Telegraph, the Express, LBC, the BBC and GBeebies.
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Whereas the economic approach of the last 40 years has brought untold prosperity to the nation. LOL.
Zack Polanski’s economic approach is extraordinarily ignorant and dangerous.
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We’ve been here before. In the early 2000s, waiting times were long and public confidence was sagging. The solution wasn’t a structural overhaul. It was focus. The Govt chose one priority … waiting times … funded it properly, bought capacity wherever it could be found
the 5 Gets that people really want… >Get in >Get diagnosed >Get fixed-up >Get out >Get on with yer life… That's all they want. Where is the Director General of the 5Get’s?
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The Tory who’s f*cking party cut f*cking funding for f*cking cancer is suddenly concerned about funding f*cking cancer.
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