Lisa Featherstone

Birds, painting and drawing, popular science stuff and happily European.

[Lisa Featherstone @Notlob]

@NiallHarbison If she was in a bar, then Barbara?

[Sophy Ridge @SophyRidgeSky]

Tony Blair:

“I remember a conversation in the Brexit debate
He said to me ‘you're this typical elite, trying to say you know more about it than I do’
But do you know what I said to them?
I DO know more because I've been prime minister for 10yrs”

[Lisa Featherstone @Notlob]

‘My jaw dropped’: Bat loss linked to death of human infants | Science | AAAS https://t.co/Bj8leZJjUO

[Rohan Slaughter @RohanSlaughter]

MSc Educational Assistive Technology - full fee scholarship opportunity!

We are delighted to announce that our MSc EduAT scholarship has been renewed to support the January 2025 start.

[Lev Parikian @LevParikian]

England cricketers in post-match interview: “yeah a great performance from Rooty, Smithy and Woakesy, they hit the bally with the batty so we beat the other teamy to win the gamey, really looking forwardy to the next testy at Lordsy next weeky.”

[Dr Phil Hammond 💙 @drphilhammond]

The NHS may be broken, according to @UKLabour @wesstreeting, but here’s how to fix it.

Prevention, Prevention, Prevention, Prevention….

1. Prevent poverty. It’s the single biggest determinant of ill health, and health and social care demand, both now and in the future. Blair and Brown made good progress in reducing it. So it can be done.

2. Prevent illness, with a relentless focus on living well, self-care, mental health support and tackling the commercial determinants of illness. Dental disease is the commonest cause of childhood operations, and yet it’s almost 100% preventable.

3. Prevent existing risks and diseases getting worse, with evidence-based screening and a substantial shift in resources to primary, community and social care

4. Preventing waste and medical harm, by ensuring patients receive the right care, in the right place, from the right people at the right time. This is the toughest nut to crack, as it requires adequate numbers of well trained and well rested staff working in safe, clean environments with the right equipment. We currently spent three times as much litigating harms from maternity care than we do on maternity care. This is a permanent disaster and would be a very good place to start. Instead of repeating our mistakes, we need to learn from them.

For more detail see @PrivateEyeNews and come to the shows @edfringe @theSpaceUK Aug 2-17

https://t.co/CGMa3R91W3

https://t.co/q982NBcjF6

[Rory Stewart @RoryStewartUK]

I think the most compelling @RestIsPolitics Leading interviews @campbellclaret + I have done is with Deputy PM @AngelaRayner - particularly from 8:35 - she is so frank, self-reflective, and brutally insightful about life + its lessons - an extraordinary person https://t.co/xmy4yoDJ5a

[Lisa Featherstone @Notlob]

@RoryStewartUK directly answering your concerns expressed on Thursday with @campbellclaret. Excellent appointment.

[UK Prime Minister @10DowningStreet]

James Timpson OBE @JamesTCobbler has been appointed Minister of State (Minister for Prisons, Parole and Probation) in the Ministry of Justice @MoJGovUK.

[Lisa Featherstone @Notlob]

@BarristerSecret No - you are Mark Darcy! 😊

[Fred Thomas MP @FredThomasUK]

Shocked and disappointed by the hustings yesterday.

Service should be above political point scoring.

My time as Royal Marines Commando is a privilege of a lifetime. It would be an honour to serve Plymouth in Parliament, as I served our nation before.

https://t.co/ADwDaDIVyD

[James Hogg @JamesAHogg2]

Behold, something Witty and Freudian. Actually, this is probably my favourite joke.

A very good evening to you.

[Lisa Featherstone @Notlob]

Wonderful book - go and buy one. :-)

[Lev Parikian @LevParikian]

In just over 3,000,000 seconds* the paperback of Taking Flight will be published.

There will also be an audiobook edition, which I am recording as we speak**.

I would love this information to be widely shared.

https://t.co/3sVz81GmMm

*give or take
**not literally

[Simon Calder @SimonCalder]

BREAKING Best foot forward: Brits urged to wear flip-flops or sandals for Euro passport checks from Oct 2024.
When the Entry Exit System begins, UK travellers to the EU will have to give toe prints + facial biometrics.
Aim is to swerve legal cases over right to take fingerprints.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

2019: Theresa May, "After Brexit our environmental standards will not fall"

2024: Oxford rower Leonard Jenkins, "A few guys got e.coli.. I was throwing up this morning.. It would have been ideal not to have so much poo in the water"

World famous #TheBoatRace2024 @theboatrace between Oxford and Cambridge affected by raw sewage dumped into the River Thames after the Conservative party promised our environmental standards would not fall after Brexit. Yet it has been the Conservative party who have repeatedly voted to allow water companies to continue to dump raw sewage in our rivers and seas - shame on them, and on anyone who continues to vote for them

[Lev Parikian @LevParikian]

I’ve said this before but it can’t be said too often. Of the many beautiful and perfect things about Detectorists, birdsong accuracy is one of my favourites.

[Svetlana🇸🇰🤘 @HeavyMetalSvet]

Greatest scene & writing of all time #MontyPython

[Rory Stewart @RoryStewartUK]

I am quite happy looking at this video for a very long time

[RS Archer @archer_rs]

"It's all a conspiracy Ted, the deep state, dark forces are railling against us"

"If you say so sir, I wouldn't be knowing about that sort of thing"

[JW @baronlordvader]

Just found out that A Tale of Two Cities was originally serialised in two local newspapers.

It was The Bicester Times, it was the Worcester Times.