🎥 Available now: “The Future of Health” from #FoP2025!.From postcode predictions to policy solutions — this session dives deep into Scotland’s health inequalities and what we can do about them. 📺 Watch now: #FestivalOfPolitics #ScotParl #PublicHealth.

🔚 Wrapping up with a challenge from Dorling:.“You can change things. But you have to be angry, and you have to be bothered”.A call to action for policymakers, communities, and citizens alike. #FoP2025

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🙋 Questions from the audience on statistical literacy, universal basic income, and climate change management through a reduction in fossil fuel use. The chamber of the Scottish Parliament is captured by Dorling's inciteful and engaging storytelling. #FoP2025.

🗣️ From the suffrage generation to now, has women's increased power benefited society?.

🙋 Time for questions from the audience. First is about what has caused violent crime to fall in the last 20 or so years. Dorling puts this down to the increased role and power of women, specifically mothers in our society and in how children are raised. #FoP2025.

🌍 On global comparisons:. @DannyDorling puts Scotland in context of our Nordic neighbours — how do we compare to other nations on equity and opportunity? . 🗣️ Be part of the conversation 👇 tell us your thoughts in the thread below 👇 .#FoP2025.

📉 On economic justice:.Danny Dorling reminds us that inequality isn’t inevitable — it’s a policy choice. What policies are most important to tackle inequalities?.#FoP2025.

🩺 On inequalities in health:.“I can predict on a map who is likely to die in their 90s and who will die in their 70s”.Dorling points to the stark reality that healthy life expectancy can be predicted based on what area people grow up and live in. #FoP2025

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Live now at #FestivalOfPolitics 🎉.🗣️ In conversation with @DannyDorling — geographer, author, and provocateur on inequality, housing, and the future of fairness in Britain. In partnership with @DavidHumeInst.

Just wrapping up #VoteChatbot 🤖 at the Scottish Parliament. A recording will be available in the coming weeks. 👇 Keep the conversation alive 👇 .Can AI make democracy more accessible?.What ethical frameworks do we need to build protect it? . #FestivalOfPolitics #FoP2025.

The panel at Vote Chatbot at the Ballot now discusses "shitification" 💩 . Does technology and AI make everything worse? or does it give humans more freedom to be artistic, creative, idiosyncratic and personable?. #FoP2025.

AI-generated avatars, false biographies, campaign bots — the future of politics is already here. Is regulation of technology always playing catchup? and do the large tech companies deserve a say in how that regulation functions?. #VoteChatbot. #FestivalOfPolitics #FoP2025

At #FestivalOfPolitics - @prof_vaccari discusses that we are in a pandemic of lack of trust. Technology can both help or hinder trust. it can make institutions more transparent, or it can spread misinformation. #VoteChatbot . 🗣️ Join the conversation, can we trust AI?.

The discussion has begun around large language models. @maggiechapman kicks off with a crucial question: "What are the democratic risks of using a biased system, or at least a system that doesn't have all the information?" . #AIandDemocracy #FestivalOfPolitics #FoP2025.

🤖 Politics meets algorithms - We are live at Vote Chatbot at the Ballot! #FestivalofPolitics . Can AI support civic engagement without undermining trust?. Join the discussion #FoP2025 #ScotlandsFuturesForum.

🔚 That’s a wrap on “The Future of Health”! Innovation isn’t just tech—it’s communities, third sector, economic policy and more. Thanks to all speakers and attendees!.🎟️ Our next event is on AI and Democracy join us in person or across socials: #FoP2025.

💬 Audience Q&A underway!."Socio-economic impact has the highest impact on health inequalities. What do you think of initiatives like a Universal Basic Income?". Should it be means tested?, does it drive inflation?,.🗣️ Be part of the conversation.#FestivalOfPolitics #FoP2025.

John Cassidy, Chair of Scottish Communities for Health and Wellbeing, highlights the challenges charities face fundraising, alongside the positive power of the voluntary sector to change lives.

The panel discusses the Christie Commission. Many solutions were offered by the Christie Commission are still being discussed today, was it an opportunity missed?. #FoP2025.