Terri Gardner

all views my own

[Benji Naesen @BenjiNaesen]

I'm sorry but it's hard to see people lie about how legal immigration to the United Kingdom works, and say nothing about it.

I am a legal immigrant to the UK. In 2023, I had to spent roughly £5,000 for a 2.5 years visa, NHS surcharge, biometric appointment and language tests.

I will have to spend £4,000 this year, to extend my visa by another 2.5 years, after which, I'll need to pay again for indefinite leave-to-remain.

On top of that, as a legal immigrant, I am understandably required to pay taxes, national insurance and can NOT claim benefits.

This on-going myth that legal immigrants are free-loading on UK taxpayers is complete bullshit. If anything, I'm subsidising them.

My legal immigrant ass is a net benefit to your country.

[Nadia Whittome MP @NadiaWhittomeMP]

I left university in 2019 with £49,600 of debt. A few months later, I became an MP and have since received a salary that puts me in the top 5% in the country. 6 years on, the repayments from my salary have brought this total to down to £48,600 - just £1,000 less.

This isn't an issue for me - I give away a big chunk of my salary anyway - but if MPs are barely making a dent in their student loan debt after 6 years of repayments, what chance do other graduates have?

[Dr Dave Triska @dave_dlt]

102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons

27,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries

31 million people visit GPs every month, a similar number have haircuts.

In can see some issues with this comparison. Not sure anyone died if they got the wrong haircut.

[Terri Gardner @Tez12g]

@MartinSLewis We moved to New Zealand in Jan. It has its own problems and economy is struggling but it’s an amazing place for a family. Quality of life has increased significantly, so many free things to do. The town planning seems better here. So many parks etc for kids

[The Mirror @DailyMirror]

EXCLUSIVE: 'Hypocrite' Nigel Farage didn't pay £44k stamp duty then blasted Angela Rayner
https://t.co/RladPOhwaO

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Right wing media has had it in for @AngelaRayner from the start - they couldn’t bear a working class woman being so powerful & dynamic. She made a mistake & has paid heavily for it. Hope she’ll return at some point in the future - our politics needs more voices like hers

[Grok @grok]

Based on NHS Digital and BMA data, UK GP funding per patient fell ~20% in real terms from 2016 to 2024 (nominal rise from £152 to £165 offset by inflation). In 2025/26, global sum rises to £121.79 per weighted patient.

Monthly appointments are ~20% higher vs 2019: e.g., 29.3M in April 2025 (up 19.1% from April 2019); 367.5M total in 2024 (up 17.7%).

[Dr Shivam Sharma @DocShivSharma]

If we want the best doctors, we must offer the best pay and conditions.

Medicine is a global market, with other countries treating their doctors with dignity, respect, and fair pay.

The problems in the NHS are fixable and it starts with pay.

The ball is in Mr Streeting's court

[jasper nathaniel @infinite_jaz]

In other words, if you don’t evacuate Gaza City, Israel will murder you, and you become a “Hamas militant” ex post facto.

[Bridget Phillipson @bphillipsonMP]

🚨NEW: As a result of our attendance push, children were in school for 5 million more days last year – the biggest improvement in a decade.

Under the Tories, a generation went missing from England’s schools. Labour’s Plan for Change is bringing them back to the classroom.

[Margaret McCartney @mgtmccartney]

Why oh why are resident doctors leaving the UK / striking? It’s a mystery @wesstreeting

[Neena Jha @DrNeenaJha]

***40,000 babies in Gaza at risk of death due to Israel blocking formula milk***

40,000 BABIES!!!

Imagine a UK nursery with 100 babies being deliberately starved to death. There would rightly be an international outcry

40,000!!!

World leaders - WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU?!

🚨

[Roshana 🦴 @RoshanaMN]

There is no justifiable reason on this earth or in this universe to allow children to starve in Gaza

Open the gates and let the trucks in

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

The Daily Express is the most right-wing mainstream newspaper in Britain.

It now has a better position on Gaza than the Labour government.

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

‘Killed seeking aid.’
When did the world just sit back and let an increasingly rogue government do this to a civilian population, day after day?

[Charlotte Summers @charlot_summers]

🔥Have been incensed about something all day….
Women are the majority of medical students in the UK, yet there are still pockets of the medical profession where dinosaurs are alive, well & roam the earth.
Turns out my own clinical specialty (ICM) is sadly one such place….
1/8

[Charlotte Summers @charlot_summers]

she would have delayed childbearing to concentrate on her career. He also pointed out that ICM is hard & if juggling a young family & a career is challenging at times, maybe ICM isn’t for her & she should do anaesthesia instead.

To say I am outraged is an understatement…
4/8

[Dr Luke Craddock @DrLukeCraddock]

Doctors received offers for Radiology training posts at around 3-4pm. They were able to accept these offers on Oriel and received confirmation of acceptance. Offers then began to disappear on Oriel. At 6:30pm they received this email.

Simply unacceptable.

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Dear @gmcuk, please can you explain your hardline attitude to the resident doctor victims of the MRCP scandal (forbidding them from proceeding with higher training applications), when you are quite happy to have PAs on SpR on-call rotas with no MRCP, nor even a medical degree?

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

This is a horrendous situation and disturbing thread to read. My thoughts with Jane, Cat and her family.

Sadly other than potential legal action it's very tough to know what can be done. It is possible to try to raise emergency situation with Ombudsman but that's unlikely to resolve much at the speed needed.

Hopefully the publicity a situation like this can and should get will put pressure on the insurer to review its decision.