When you see images of the NHS in crisis over the coming days, remember that over £100 BILLION of public money has gone to non-NHS providers of healthcare over the last decade. That's public money that should have been invested in our NHS.
3 Ways to Become a Lifelong Learner:
1. Become an information omnivore
2. Regularly challenge your assumptions
3. Get good at screening for bad information
Be humble. Be teachable. The universe is bigger than your view of the universe. There's always room for a new idea. Humility is necessary for growth. 🧠
I am unashamedly left-wing because not everything is a competition to me - I want to see other humans succeed and do well and not have to struggle every month to pay bills and eat. It's really that simple.
If we put a 10% tax on the wealth of those with over £100m, we would raise £69 billion.
And yet this government says there's no money for a proper pay rise for NHS workers.
It's time to tax the super-rich!
We hear there is going to be a pay announcement for NHS staff today. Please, please don’t hand them another real terms pay cut as the third wave begins. NHS staff are broken and they deserve so much more.
RT if you believe our NHS heroes finally deserve a real pay rise today
Last night Conservative MPs voted through a Bill that could mean life sentences for people who rescue asylum seekers in danger of drowning at sea.
Yet another example of the moral depravity of this vile Conservative government.
The Government were supposed to announce a pay rise for NHS staff in Parliament just now, but instead, they u-turned.
Retweet if you think NHS staff deserve better than this.
Requiring photo ID to vote when 1 in 4 don't have it will stop people from voting.
But that's the point.
Because this isn’t about stopping voter fraud - it’s about disenfranchising the young, the poor, and people of colour. People less likely to vote Tory.
Give 16 year olds the vote across UK, in all elections. It’s their future. They can marry, enlist in the army, work full time but not vote.
When people say 16 year olds aren’t interested in politics
1) they are
This is Laurence Fox's response to an NHS doctor who criticised him.
Imagine being so entitled as to think that NHS staff who have risked their lives in the pandemic, worked themselves to the bone, and often still struggled to pay the bills should say thank you to YOU.
4 Harsh Truths About Life
1. The less you force relationships, the stronger they are.
2. You’re not supposed to accomplish all your goals.
3. No one actually knows what the hell they’re doing.
4. The world doesn’t give a shit about you unless you give it a reason to.
This is an interesting read - thanks for sharing!
Liked this diagram. FMS/CFS etc are almost defined by the presence of central sensitisation but I wonder what dictates condition-specific levels of central sensitisation with MSK problems like shoulder v TMJ pain... 🤔