99% Rising 🐟 #The99% #StopTheRot

Group of young people rising against poverty & inequality in the UK. We work with likeminded orgs. 📩 Join us…#AntiPoverty

[99% Rising 🐟 #The99% #StopTheRot @99PercentRising]

Hi all ✊ We are a new small group of young people who want to #RiseUp against UK poverty & inequality that have ballooned under the #Tories…we support & work w/ likeminded orgs & groups #CaptainSka #StopTheRot @99Organisation

*and* we’d like to grow 👀 #FollowBackFriday #GTTO

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

51 dead in Spain due to catastrophic floods…

Spain

Not some far away place you can’t relate to

Spain

But sure, keep listening to politicians & shills bankrolled by the fossil fuel industry instead of people who dedicate their lives to understanding climate change.

[Duke of Preston @DOPreston]

Today you will hear a lot about broken Labour promises from the Conservatives. So here’s a little reminder of theirs:

David Cameron “we have absolutely no plans to raise VAT”
They raised it from 17.5% to 20%

David Cameron “I wouldn’t change child benefit, I wouldn’t means test it”
They means tested it.

David Cameron “We have no plans to scrap the educational maintenance allowance”
They scrapped it.

George Osbourne “we will reduce the deficit and get debt under control”
They didn’t.

Boris Johnson “we will build 300k homes a year”
They didn’t.

Boris Johnson “we will end rough sleeping”
They didn’t.

Theresa May “we will ban no-fault evictions”
They didn’t.

Theresa May “we will ban conversion therapy”
They didn’t.

Boris Johnson “we will not raise income tax, VAT or National insurance”
They did, to the highest levels in 70 years.

Boris Johnson “we will build 40 new hospitals”
They didn’t.

Rishi Sunak “we will cut NHS waiting lists”
They didn’t.

David Cameron “we will end child poverty”
They didn’t. In 2021/2022 1 in 3 children in the UK lived in poverty.

#Budget2024

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

Chancellor "I will shortly be appointing our covid corruption commissioner" #Budget

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

Feel a rare sense of relief watching the budget. From what I can tell, no regular people are getting fucked, the rich are taking the hit, cap gains increased, public services and NHS getting long overdue investment. Considering the hell Labour has inherited this is impressive.

[Dr Jatinder Hayre @JatinderHayre_]

The future we’re headed towards: a dilute NHS; devoid of expertise

Here’s my experience of working a set of nights in my local hospital, in a deprived part of the UK, which relies largely on MAPs/Non-doctors at a perilous cost.

(All accounts suitably anonymised)

🧵1/4

[Dr Luke Craddock @DrLukeCraddock]

Top GCSEs/A-levels, competitive degree application, difficult 5/6 years, 100k of debt on graduation, flung randomly around the UK, paid an insulting wage, replaced by lesser trained staff, no training numbers, no post CCT jobs.

The fight continues, but I for one am tired.

[Heather Smith 💙 #The99% #StopRosebank #FBPA #FBPE @Heathersmith_23]

Well this is perfect timing! @99Organisation has an event hosted by @BarryGardiner 1630 today for Labour MPs.
@pollytoynbee @williamnhutton @martinwolf_ @MrMarkEThomas will discuss the #Budget2025 for national renewal
@OpenBritain @DMinghella @marcuschown @EconChange @NEON_UK

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Depressing news that Govt may approve bee-killing pesticide despite election promise to ban it - & outrageous that British Sugar has applied to use neonics for 5th year, despite industry commitment to end reliance in 2023. Govt must act to protect bees 🐝 https://t.co/kOJYWgWvey

[Simon Fleming 🛠 @OrthopodReg]

Competition ratios in 🇬🇧 released

The total lack of thought around jobs vs performative “oh, we will create new med school places” is playing out as predicted

This is not a mistake
These concerns were raised by myself & others *pre-COVID*

I’d ask you to come to your own conclusions about why they are doing this*

*spoilers - it’s not for your benefit or patient care

#medtwitter #MedEd

https://t.co/EqwRwX7hl4

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

These stats, just released, are a national scandal.

Over 15,000 doctors applied to GP training this year.

Yet @NHSEngland is letting only 4000 of them do so.

Yes. That’s 11k potential new GPs lost to the NHS - when we’re crying out for GPs.

Many replaced with PAs - madness.

[Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 @parthaskar]

Competition ratios getting worse
Doctors out of jobs

While public can’t see doctors on time

Meanwhile?

@NHSE_WTE continuing with PA plan -roles which financially can’t survive without replacing doctors

Do you folks have like any ..strategy apart from

“Fill out a survey”

[Dr Sandeep Bansal @iDrSunny]

Yet we have 1500 PAs in primary care growing to 6000 in 8 years

Yet patients can’t see their GP

And non GPs are far less productive and effective

Go figure

[Neena Jha @DrNeenaJha]

The argument that “we need PAs due to a GP shortage” is a lie.

The “NHS GP shortage” is deliberate & entirely manufactured

15036 doctors applied for 4096 GP training posts

**10,940 doctors** were unsuccessful

We have the doctors! NHSE are ensuring there are NO jobs for them!

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

The NHS GP shortage is indeed deliberate & manufactured.

A national scandal in plain sight to leave 1000s of would-be GPs unemployed or untrained while quietly replacing them with PAs as GP substitutes.

[The NHS Whistleblower @ItsnotrightUK]

Ok. Now it’s time to put UK residents first and allow them to apply for round 1 and then have a round 2.

[99% Rising 🐟 #The99% #StopTheRot @99PercentRising]

@wesstreeting What about the physician associate controversy? Instead of saying ‘they’re browbeaten’ will you address the inappropriate replacement of qualified medical doctors by unqualified PAs?

[Girlyswot Spider 🌻 💙 🌎 🌱🕷🇪🇺 @girlyswotspider]

Starmer has managed more good in less than 12 hours than Johnson managed in 4 years
Almost double Johnson’s majority ✔️
Speech that had me crying with relief not rage ✔️
Appointed a team of experts ✔️
Cancelled Rwanda ✔️
Public service ✔️

Thank god
#Hope

[Mark E Thomas @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social @MrMarkEThomas]

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The media are making comparisons with 1997.
But 1945 may be a more apt comparison.
When we compare…

[The Purple Pimpernel @Eyeswideopen69]

They aren’t “climate sceptics”, they are greedy men and women with a vested interest in fossil fuels who manipulate the congenitally stupid on the alt right.

Can we please stop using this term and replace it with something more akin to who they really are.

Planet killers.

[Roh Yakobi @RohYakobi]

And this morning, I have found out... It's not just Rishi.

Let's get something clear now, between us: The Tories are closing down Telford A&E. They are switching it to an Urgent Treatment Centre which will be treating people who "don't need a comprehensive emergency department or hospital admission."

The affects 1 in 3 people who can currently be treated at The PRH A&E centre.

They have closed your A&E services, and now they're trying to tell you that they haven't.

No more misleading leaflets, no more lies. It's time for change, you deserve it.
#VoteLabour #VoteRohYakobi